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The BEER thread.

Discussion in 'The Watercooler' started by Ray D, Sep 4, 2012.

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  1. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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  2. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    I actually go through that area once in a while when we visit family in Rhode Island. The coffee stout looks good. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30922/94846/
     
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  4. Ray D

    Ray D Staff Member Mod Team

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  5. TerribleTowelFlying

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  6. Ray D

    Ray D Staff Member Mod Team

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    I love the video on the Kickstarter page. It's not quite as funny as Dollar Shave Club, but it is entertaining.

    Not being from the Growler community, what kind of volume would 2 Growlers be?
     
    Ray D, Jul 9, 2014
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  7. strummerfan

    strummerfan Well-Known Member

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    64 ounces or 128 ounces

    The growlers in the video are 64 oz.
     
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  8. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    Beat me to it.

    I have both sizes, though I've always considered the 2 liter ones as growlers, and the larger ones as one gallon jugs. There are growlers that come in smaller sizes as well.
     
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  9. Ray D

    Ray D Staff Member Mod Team

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    So about 8 pints.

    Good info for the future. :D
     
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  10. strummerfan

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    There's one problem with this beer dispenser. In the 3 states I've purchased growlers the laws would prohibit this thing from being filled. In all of the states the growlers had to have the stupid surgeon general's warning. In at least one you couldn't buy a growler from store A and then get it filled at store B. The growler actually had to have the name of the store filling it in addition to the SG warning.
     
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  11. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    You guys are lucky. I've not encountered a store in the north that fills growlers. We have a local farm winery that does refill their own with ciders, but that's the only place I've ever come by that does.
     
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  12. strummerfan

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    I know for a fact they fill growlers at breweries in PA and there are a bunch of places in NYC that fill growlers. You must live in the sticks with black and white television and rabbit ears.
     
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  13. TerribleTowelFlying

    TerribleTowelFlying Staff Member Site Admin Mod Team

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    Well, yes. Some breweries do. I was under the impression that you could walk into most bars and liquor stores and get a growler filled.

    We do have color tv, but to get it, you have to have a big black satellite dish in your yard. Not everyone has one yet though, because they cost so much.

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    TerribleTowelFlying, Jul 9, 2014
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  14. santeesteel

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    I don't always drink beer, but when I do.............. There's a LOT more beers available now than when I drank it. My favorites were always: Pacifico, Killian's red, Moosehead and, in certain areas of MX. at the time, there was a beer named Victoria which was good. Costa Rica made a good brew but, now, I can't remember it's name!
     
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  15. darcrav

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    Victory Twelve
     
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  16. darcrav

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    picked up a few yesterday

    4 pack sierra Nevada Ovila Belgian style abbey saison ( new to me , any one tried it before?)

    4pk New Holland Dragon's MIlk
    4pk Founder's Double Trouble
    4pk Founder's Devil Dancer triple ipa
    4pk Lucky Bucket certified evil ( new to me a friend of mine in Nebraska mentioned it saw it and bought it)
    Brooklyn Cuvee Noire

    as well as my abundance of
    left hand
    400lb monkeys
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    milk stout

    victory hopdevil
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    golden monkey
    and Twelve

    as well as

    2 Stone ipa variety 12 packs
    and
    two Chimay
     
    darcrav, Jul 27, 2014
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  17. strummerfan

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    Dragon's Milk is outstanding. I love that's it's always available. Far too many BBA Stouts are only on the shelves for a day or two and then gone for a year.
     
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  18. darcrav

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    chilling the Brooklyn Cuvee Noir right now for the game tonight

    hope it doesn't disappoint like our two yo yo s did yesterday with their shenanigans
     
    darcrav, Aug 21, 2014
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  19. Blast Furnace

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    I was very disappointed when I walked into my distributor yesterday and learned that NYS does not allow for samplers to be given out anymore :eek:

    It became my ritual last year to go there on Sundays before game time and try a few samplers and get a growler filled of the one I liked for the game. Of course, with no samplers now, I chose one I did not like yesterday. Stupid stupid law :threaten:

    I picked up a jug of Mississippi Mud, I'l let you all know how that one is Thursday :guiness:
     
    Blast Furnace, Sep 8, 2014
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  20. strummerfan

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    I always check out the reviews of new beers on beer advocate or ratebeer before purchasing. Yes, I'm that guy standing in the beer aisle with his nose in a smartphone
     
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  21. Ray D

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    That time of year again. Fall on it's way. Nights getting cooler. Football season has begun...

    And Sam Adams Octoberfest is on the shelves. :dancing:

    Hey, wait a second. WTF have they done to my glorious golden beverage??? Dammit!!! The hops junkies went and screwed up perfection by changing the formula! It now has a decidedly overly hoppy taste. :frustrated::mad::sick::cray:
     
    Ray D, Sep 11, 2014
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  22. BowlsOfSteel

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    Really? Sorry but I can't help myself as I'm from Germany and always rolling on the floor whenever I read about Oktoberfest with this kind of soda you're drinkin over there :lolol:
    Please don't take this to serious :grin:

    I got some Bud over at The International Series last year and I must admit this has not much to do with beer (maybe the ingredients). Also this "light" beers :facepalm:

    Thank you for having the greatest game on earth, but maybe bring some real drinks next time ;)
     
    BowlsOfSteel, Sep 11, 2014
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  23. Ray D

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    Hate to break it to you, but "Bud" isn't an American beer anymore. ;) And I agree it's awful, as is anything made by Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, et al. Mega Breweries almost always suck.

    Sam Adams is a decent brewery. They make seasonal beers. That was one of their good ones. I'm a Guinness guy normally anyway.

    Now I'll get out of the way for the craft and microbrew guys to defend the U.S's honor. :D
     
    Ray D, Sep 11, 2014
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  24. pjgruden

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    Yeah, I don't even drink beer and even I can confirm that Bud is straight up Garbage.

    Funny story, years ago I walked into a bar in Germany, and there was a group of three guys that kept ordering Buds like they were free. And they cost more than the German beer because it was imported. :lolol:

    Speaking of beer, maybe I'll pick up a case. Probably Red Stripe, always been a fan for some reason.
     
    pjgruden, Sep 11, 2014
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  25. BowlsOfSteel

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    This is just normal here. There is an online store which sells "American food" and also beer. 24 Bottles Sam Adams are around 65$ there. Bud / Miller etc. is ~50$.
    I had some vacation in Berlin weeks ago and there is a restaurant called House of 100 Beers and they have like 60-70 beers from all over the world (in addition to some german variations), but there ain't one from the US :lolol:

    The Guinness you're talkin about is from Ireland, isn't it?
     
    BowlsOfSteel, Sep 12, 2014
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