SIS - Beers & Cigars
by Nasty N8 on Sep 29, 2010 5:54 PM EDT
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I am getting married in about a week and need to put together a gift for my groomsmen and ushers. Everyone is a Buckeye alum or fan, so I'm getting a nice OSU bucket and beer mug. I also want to throw 3 good beers and possibly a cigar. I want a good variety of beers that most people will enjoy that are not ridiculously expensive (i.e. no belgian abbey beers). So, I figure this is as good a place as any to do a little beer polling.
List just 1 beer per reply and your rating (1 to 10) of that beer. If you have had a beer someone else has recommended and want to add your rating, just reply to that string. Same process for cigars (if I do cigars, I'm looking to be especially budget-conscious on these, but I'd rather not give cigars at all than give crappy cigars).
I appreciate any help people can provide! Thanks!!!
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burger beer with cigars and ash in it 5/10
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Sep 29, 2010 8:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You rated it too high
Burger is minus 16 out of 10
by ThisonebelongstotheReds on Sep 30, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
If you can get your hands on Deschutes Jubelale out there I'd get that
it’s pretty much the best fall/winter beer ever. It’s a darker beer but not so dark that it’s off-putting.
I'll have to look for it...
How pricey is it? I’m looking to try and stay to stuff that comes in 6-packs and break up several 6-packs and give folks a variety…
It's not terrible
out here in Portland, it’s currently about $12 for a 12 pack, but it just got released last week so it’s on sale – I think it’s usually about $9 for six.
a good Oktoberfest seems perfect for this time of year
i suggest Great Lakes. 8/10
of course, it’s tough to screw up an Oktoberfest. i’d say just about any one would do.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2010 7:33 PM EDT reply actions
oh and congrats on getting married, dude
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
For cigars--any Montecristo would be good.
I’d rate them as high as 8/10. Dominican version of the original cuban cigars. Very nice, and affordable. Available at any cigar shop.
As far as beer, if $10 a bottle (big bottle) is in your price range, Morimoto Soba Ale (the Iron Chef) is nice.
serious issue seriously
"And a high fly ball to center field. He hit it a ton. And the 2010 National League Central Division Champs are the Cincinnati Reds!"
great lakes dortmunder 10/10
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Sep 29, 2010 8:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Really like Great Lakes
But I’ve never been able to stomach the dortmunder… I got a great lakes variety 12 pack once and had the remaining 2 dortmunders sit in my fridge forever.
Avery Hog Heaven 10/10
I think it retails at 6.99 for a 22oz bomber and is 9.2% Abv.
Watch it, ass blood.
Appreciate the recommendation...
But looking to stay in budget as I’ve spent a decent amount so far and would like to include a cigar too
Pabst Blue Ribbon
9.5 out of 10
by ThisonebelongstotheReds on Sep 30, 2010 10:36 AM EDT reply actions
If I'm not drinking high-end micro-brews and imports, I don't mind PBR...
But I have a feeling that will send the wrong message to my groomsmen
The Wurstkusche in LA carries nothing but craft brews...PLUS PBR. On tap. For $2.50 in a giant mug.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 30, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
One time I was in Nashville with a buddy
We went into this bar where a band was playing. They had picnic tables inside on a concrete floor. Waitress walks up — you know, the older, no nonsense kind — and says they have a special on PBR, 2 for a dollar. We said, okay great.
She comes back with 4 cans of PBR. That’ll be two bucks.
You just can’t buy memories like that.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I can't remember the name of the place but I've been to that bar.
I also can’t remember the name of the bar In Athens that sold 50 cent cans of Hudepohl. In the basement. Only in the basement.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 30, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
real hipsters drink Red Oval
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Sep 30, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Red Hook has a fall beer that's pretty good
their ESB has a lot of critics, but I’m not one of then.
What’s Shiner doing these days?
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
i had a pack of Shiner's hefe this summer
it was tasty.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 30, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
La Chouffe
is one of my favorites. Hard to go wrong with a monk beer for me.
Taste: 9/10….. Alcohol content 14/10
I do not like pickles.
Bourbon Barrel Stout
from Bluegrass Brewing Company in L’ville. Best beer I’ve ever had.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by onemoreredoctober on Sep 30, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions
from what i remember, that was a pretty decent beer
but i was already drunk, so who knows
I had one of those.
And I really enjoyed it but I don’t know if I’d enjoy any more than two per ‘session.’
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 30, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
My fave beer is...
DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE
from Brouwerij Verhaeghe is the traditional Flemish red ale. This refreshing ale is matured in oak casks; smooth with a rich texture and interplay of passion fruit, and chocolate, and a long, dry and acidic finish. After the first and secondary fermentation, the beer goes for maturation into the oak barrels for 18 months. The final product is a blend of younger 8 months old beer with 18 months old beer. The average age of the Duchesse de Bourgogne before being bottled is 12 months.
Price Category:….. Specialty, Import
Beer Style:….. Flemish Red Ale
Alcohol by Volume:….. 6%
Characteristics:….. Sweet, fruity ale with a pleasant sour finish
Ingredients:….. Reddish malts and spicy hops with low bitterness
Awards:….. 2006 World Beer Championships – Gold Medal “Exceptional”
In LA it sells for $5.65 per 12 oz. bottle. I will say that it is very wine-like, and therefore delicious, but not for everyone. The enigmatic fruit flavors contained therein have been described to me by drinkers as being from apple, passionfruit, or cherry…it seems a difficult tang to nail down, but an irresistible one. I just drink it without the encumbrance of a prerequisite definition.
To quote Emerald City SuperTasters:
Cherry sodas are way too sweet and medicinal, beers don’t satisfy sweet and sour heads, wine doesn’t have quenching bubbles, lemonade won’t get you drunk, champagne isn’t drinkable like beer and has no malty goodness… have I found my perfect drink in Duchesse De Bourgogne?
9.4 / 10
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
This makes me sound beer snobby, but I assure you I'm not.
I usually drink Miller Light. But this beer is amazing, and treated with reverence by all the beer-lovers I know.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Oct 1, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Shiner Bock
i give it an 8/10. it’s not too expensive, at around $15 for a 12er. i’m a sucker for ambers and bocks, so naturally, Amber Bock is one of my favorites as well.
as an out-of-towner
What is this stuff they call Leinenkugels, or something?
Commercials are kinda goofy. It is a good local microbrew, or is it crap?
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I really like Leinies Red.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not crap.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 30, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the Summer Shandy on a hot day, but I'm not sure if that qualifies as "beer"
And the Sunset Wheat of theirs tastes like Fruity Pebbles. Seriously.
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
by BK on Oct 1, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Thank you.
I’m glad somebody else recognizes the flavor of Sunset Wheat. It’s like liquefied fruity pebbles that will get you slightly drunk.
lienenkugel berry wiess
is the best possible drink to get 19-year-old girls drunk.
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
Cy, please call me next time you're out and need a wingman.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Oct 1, 2010 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Wingman
Last year, I went out with one of my friends at the dorm and told him I’d be his wingman. Unfortunately, neither of us really knew what a wingman was supposed to do, so when he went up and met the girl he was meeting, I walked up behind him, flapping my arms and shouting “caw! caw!”
Best cock-block ever.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Funny, but I am totally against cock-blocking in all circumstances.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Oct 1, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome. We now know that Madville calls his penis "Calvin."
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
Petey, Petey, Petey,
Cal (if you’ve followed along over my last 19,162 comments) is a good friend who happens to be gay.
Not Dick, my good friend who happens to be my penis…jeezle
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
Why did he need a wingman if he was just meeting one girl?
That’s not called a wingman at all, it’s called a third wheel.
That good deal will get you a good deal drunk.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
Gotta share this silly story with someone so I'll post it riiiiiight here.
Out on Friday Night Date Night with the wife earlier tonight (Dewey’s pizza, "The Social Network’ and then beers on a walk around the neighborhood).
While waiting for the previews to start at the theater (Oooooo… ‘True Grit’!) wife is returning to a slight conversation about JImmy and Justin’s act which she found entertaining when a friend posted it on The Facebook.
wife: “I guess they’ve done different acts before. And won awards?”
me (always a skeptical ass): “Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake have won awards? What awards?”
wife: “I dunno. An Emmy?”
me: “An Emmy?!? Wait, the damn show hasn’t even been on the air for a year. How could they have won an Emmy?”
wife: “Oh, it’s been on for more than a year. Two or three years now. Time flies.”
me: “No way. There’s no way Jimmy Fallon’s show has been on for two or three years. I’ll bet you any amount of anything that his show hasn’t even been on the air for eighteen months.”
wife: ……..(blank stare)
(No bet but I’m a skeptical ass so I commandeered her iPhone anyway…..)
From Wikipedia:
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009,
Eighteen months exactly.
forget it, he's rolling
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Uh. Yeah.
So now it’s no longer a silly story about how I was juuuust barely won a pointless argument to being a silly story about how I’m was wrong. And how I can’t count. Thanks.
Soooooo… ‘True Grit’ is gonna be awesome, eh?
Uh, no.
Jimmy Fallon is not very funny. And I have no idea why a straight man would like any of Justin Timberlake’s work.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
I did not say he was funny Petey...
I just said he had some laughts and he had a lot of attractive women on his show
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
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