What're you drinking right now?

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:18 pm

Every Advent Sunday, I try to make a really good meal, so today I did a crazy lasagne (crazy in the sheer amount of cheese and bechamel).

And we had a bottle of Panil. It was perfect for it. It did such a good job at cutting the fat. That beer really is like a wine - also, the sour seems to be a little more subdued and the oakiness is more pronounced.

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:33 pm

Epic Brainless on Cherries - very meh, would not buy again.

Cale · Post by **Cale** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:44 am

RPA and Peche Mortel with some beef bourguignon.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:56 am

Yesterday at The Ceili Cottage:
Church-Key Holy Cow Chocolate Milk Stout (draught)
Durham Hop Addict (draught)

Then at home:
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:49 pm

cratez wrote:Yesterday at The Ceili Cottage:
Church-Key Holy Cow Chocolate Milk Stout (draught)
Durham Hop Addict (draught)

Then at home:
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Thoughts on the Holy Cow?

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:54 pm

JeffPorter wrote: Thoughts on the Holy Cow?

Decent but unremarkable. Balanced chocolate taste and enough roastiness to prevent it from being cloyingly sweet, but not as full-flavoured as I expected. Wasn't digging the diacetyl either. On the plus side, my lamb shank was delicious and the Hop Addict was in top form.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:10 pm

cratez wrote:
JeffPorter wrote: Thoughts on the Holy Cow?
Decent but unremarkable. Balanced chocolate taste and enough roastiness to prevent it from being cloyingly sweet, but not as full-flavoured as I expected. Wasn't digging the diacetyl either. On the plus side, my lamb shank was delicious and the Hop Addict was in top form.

Was it the lamb or mutton shank? Those things are huge and delicious!

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:32 pm

Celebrator Dopplebock. It tastes like peanut butter and jelly.

toweringpine · Post by **toweringpine** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:52 pm

I am in the process of making vanilla extract. I took a small sample from my bottle and after tasting and smelling it, I poured about five drops into a bottle of Cool. Quite tasty!

I had a can of Granville's Lions Winter Beer a few days ago and really enjoyed it. My homemade version isn't nearly as good but still fun for a change. I had a Box Steam Funnel Blower not long ago and it was great too. I wouldn't have thought vanilla would be a good flavour in beer but after trying a few I am a convert!

If anyone else wants to have a little fun in the kitchen, try making some extract. It takes about a year but is so much better than any commercial vanilla I have ever tried and was way cheaper too.

boney · Post by **boney** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:16 pm

I'll tell you what I'm not drinking right now.....Nogne Sunturn Brew, Barrel Aged Porterhouse Celebration Stout and 8 Wired Sasion Sauvin. Why? Because Canada Post completely caved in half my fucking box. Not a freezing issue due to the breakage pattern, pattern of in-box destruction, the alc% and God damn scuff marks at point of impact. Careless butter fingered mother fuckers.

Luckily, the other beers in the box survived.

I don't ship with FedEx or Priority Courier due to non-beer related ass-hatery from those companies. Now it looks like Canada Post is off my list as well. I guess UPS is my only option left.

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:19 pm

That's a shame as the Barrel Aged Porterhouse Celebration Stout is wonderful

Only other option is Purolator, maybe?

boney · Post by **boney** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:18 pm

Oops....I meant Purolator rather than "Priority" Courier. Had good experiences with UPS and FedEx are off my bad books as they bent over backwards to rectify a screw up of there own making, just hours ago today (I've had a bad day of shipping/recieving).

Yeah, most dissapointed about the Celebration Stout. Had a guy hold one in the back of the store for me, as I missed it when it first hit Calgary. Crying shame.

The Mick · Post by **The Mick** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:59 am

Saison du Buff and a Raging Bitch to celebrate the 16 degree weather in December.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:59 pm

Couple pints of Fuller's ESB on draught at The Crow's Nest pub in Newmarket. First time there, but I'll be back!

phat matt · Post by **phat matt** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:18 pm

few brews at home....
ommegang three philosophers
ddc peche mortel
trafalgar cognac aged porter