Scott Kaczorowski wrote:

dgs wrote in
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Scott Kaczorowski wrote:

I have definitely been remiss on the Baltic Porters.

They are a manifold pathway into the World o' Malt.

That's fine. But I apparently can't taste the stuff.

Don't make me come down there and beat some (malt) sense into
you. Not that I would, but don't make me.

The "remiss" statement was, you know, well, 'cause I'm a Pollack

You're a fish? That would be "Pollock."

Serves you right. Jackson has evolved beyond mere
snobbery, as have many of us. To even question his brain
waves on the matter is to question your value as a
beer-drinking sentient being. So mote it be.

God's Eye?

Listen! The Stars!

Y'know, I'm kinda bewildered at your current level of
sproggage. I think I didn't get the memo. What's the sitch
here?

Grok sproggage not.

Rugrats. Yoof. Chilluns. Under-18s.

Did go to Germany,
Poland, and Austria last summer though.

Oh *shit* that's right! Do tell.

To tell: Koelsch and a little beer festival to start, unfiltered
but GOOD lager at my uncle's birthday party, lunch at a Dortmund
brewpub before flying off to Krakow's Polish beer (lagers unexciting,
porters uniformly excellent), then Berlin's monster International
Beerfestival for just one day (shoulda made it two), then down to
Vienna where beers ranged from UTTER SHITE (infected brewpub stuff) to
FFFFFFFFFGOOD (Ottakringer lagers fresh from the conditioning tanks,
numerous others), then finally to Düsseldorf for much Altbier drinking
with an expat whose posts used to be far more numerous in rfdb.

Told.

The Beach that is Long, CA

Is this like that Hungarian Madonna interview? "Hello,
friend who is a girl..."

"Dissatisfied I am."

No, I don't think they were channeling Yoda.

10-yo Saison de
Pipaix: cidery, sour, probably the last year of life left,
and Herself appreciated it

But did you get lucky?

I'm *always* lucky. Don't need to "get."

after a rather sweet glass of
"Oud Beersel" Kriek which actually was nothing more than a
kegged version of Boon Kriek.

A shame, that. I 'bout American Pie'd my pants when I saw the
Oud Beersel Kriek on a shelf near me recently. Silly me hadn't
kept up on the Belgium [sic] Brewing News (or even the
Celebrator FTM).

It's now a Boon label or something. A mere shadow of its former
self, dangnabbit.

I was hard-pressed to find that damn horse, but s/he was there.
Not the from-the-brewery-pink-washed experience of yore I was
hoping for.

No, which was what led us to downing a ten-year-old bottle of
Saison de Pipaix. Guaranteed sourness with that one.

About as sweet as that Lindemans Framboise.

The 90yo grandma and the 65yo mommyinlaw thought it was the bees
knees. I hadn't had it in a while and thought it might be a
nice departure from the usual Schramsberg (sp) Blanc de Blanc
(or whatever). I was right.

Um, yeah. Well, we've now documented that Lindemans Framboise is
a clear winner with the "women past a certain age" demographic.
Next up: Redbach?

I was threatened with disownment (a substantial sum and
therefore a threat I will not take lightly) but for a similar
bottle of Peche for Xmas morn.

Pussy. I quit talking to family years ago. Sanity beats
inheritance in my case.

So **** you.

And my horse? Mister, don't you have something for my horse?

Nice as a kids' drink, but for
grownups... oh, wait, we've been here already, haven't we?

Not really. I over-reacted and shut down what could have been a
useful discussion.

Gosh, really? How introspective of you. Good thing we're not
discussing (or disgusting) should-have-been-defrocked Catholic
priests or something.
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dgs wrote in


beer-drinking sentient being. So mote it be.

God's Eye?

My Lord, a Niven/Pournelle reference on rfdb, and last week a Tim Powers
reference on B**rA*vocate. I'm becoming mainstream...no, strike that.

Still nice to see.


and on the gripping hand ...


Well, rape my lizard, another one!


Just had to de-lurk to say it.


And by God, when you de-lurk, you don't fool around!

Well the other news group I hangout in is R.A.SF.F rasseff as we call it.


Nels
Drinking a Coast Range Maduro Porter ... not bad, a little light.

"Alexander D. Mitchell IV" wrote:
So YOU'RE the one.

Actually, Scott's beer was just a coincidence... The Romulan Ale
you're thinking about was made by some brewery in Mexico.

There's a bottle of Romulan Ale sitting on my friend's beer shelf
today [...]

The glass of the bottle is stained blue.

Heh, mine was too. The bluish foam was interesting, but as you
might expect, it tasted a bit crappy.
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dgs wrote in
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Scott Kaczorowski wrote:

dgs wrote in
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Don't make me come down there and beat some (malt) sense
into you. Not that I would, but don't make me.

I dares ya. Double. Pick up Binkley on the way down.

As point of clarification: I've had plenty o' Baltic Porters.
Leastways, those that were available 'round here when they were
all the rage (and rightly so) several years ago. I simply
haven't sought them out recently (no, I don't know why) and
neither have I simply stumbled across them for one of those "oh
yeah!" moments.

Told.

And what did you bring me? Wait...don't tell me...will I get
nothing and like it?

About as sweet as that Lindemans Framboise.

The 90yo grandma and the 65yo mommyinlaw thought it was
the bees knees. I hadn't had it in a while and thought
it might be a nice departure from the usual Schramsberg
(sp) Blanc de Blanc (or whatever). I was right.

Um, yeah. Well, we've now documented that Lindemans
Framboise is a clear winner with the "women past a certain
age" demographic. Next up: Redbach?

Had dinner with some guy last night and we talked about this
very beer and its possible uses. His point was that it should
be viewed as a fruit beer and not a lambic. Mine would be that
beers like this have their place and if it doesn't pass
someone's snob test then, that's fine. But don't tell me I
didn't enjoy this beer or that it's somehow an abomination in
the eyes of Quaffir.

I was threatened with disownment (a substantial sum and
therefore a threat I will not take lightly) but for a
similar bottle of Peche for Xmas morn.

Pussy. I quit talking to family years ago. Sanity beats
inheritance in my case.

Two houses in Santa Monica. Two. I'll do hideous, unspeakable
things to remain in favor. But the Lindeman's was/is not one of
them. I hadn't had "it" in a while and found "it" quite
enjoyable.

So **** you.

And my horse?

And your horse. Or goat, sheep, whatever you can get your hands
on.


Spott

Scott Kaczorowski wrote: dgs wrote in

Don't make me come down there and beat some (malt) sense
into you. Not that I would, but don't make me.

I dares ya. Double. Pick up Binkley on the way down.

Speaking of MALT, I was genuinely (and pleasantly) surprised
recently with the improved quality of bottled Gordon Biersch Märzen.
Not a limp-dick-caramel-malt-poseur any more, but some authentic
German-style MALT flavor. Not quite on par with the real deal,
but certainly on par with, say, Saxer Amber of memory (RIP),
which makes it about the best domestic Amber/Oktoberfest/Märzen
regularly available to me.

Mind you, I'm talking about the bottled stuff from San Jose, not the
variably SHITE-to-GOOD draught versions from any of the ubiquitous,
variably SHITE-to-GOOD GB brew pubs.

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Cheap cases of SNCA at Bay Area Costco's do not suck.