San Diego just wrapped up it's 1st annual beer week and it was a huge success! I just posted in my blog about a Karl Strauss beer dinner that we had - amazing! I'm very into craft beer and food pairings right now and this did not let me down. The greatest surprise was the dessert. Who knew that beer could be paired with a dessert!

lick-a-plate: Celebration of Beer Week (Part 1 of 2) - Karl Strauss

Jen

On Nov 15, 10:11*pm, lick-a-plate <lick-a-plate.
> wrote:
> San Diego just wrapped up it's 1st annual beer week and it was a huge
> success! *I just posted in my blog about a Karl Strauss beer dinner
> that we had - amazing! *I'm very into craft beer and food pairings
> right now and this did not let me down. *The greatest surprise was the
> dessert. *Who knew that beer could be paired with a dessert!
>
> 'lick-a-plate: Celebration of Beer Week (Part 1 of 2) - Karl Strauss'
> (http://tinyurl.com/yjdfdxf)
>
> Jen
>
> --
> lick-a-plate

I had a Karl Strauss Big Barrel Double IPA yesterday and it was
delicious!

Bill Becker > writes:
> I had a Karl Strauss Big Barrel Double IPA yesterday and it was
> delicious!

What's with the double-IPA fad these days anyway?! It seems like every
time someone gets a new beer in around here, it's a double-IPA....

I don't like them 'cause I _like_ the taste of a good IPA, but with a
double-IPA, can only drink half the beer for a given amount of
inebriation.

-Miles

--
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over,
pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche

The double, triple, imperials...are a sign of the times. Its just been this line that keeps pushing forward. All things do change however. Session Ales are making a comeback. Thats lower alcohol beers that you dont mind filling your pint a few times over a session. For now though, I encourage you to ride the wave while its still here.

Ugh, I hate the recent fad for strong beers. It usually has a negative
effect on the taste, and means you can drink _less_ delicious beer
before (being affected / reaching your limit / passing out)...

-Miles

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Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a
pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but
abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.

In article >, Miles Bader > wrote:
>Ugh, I hate the recent fad for strong beers. It usually has a negative
>effect on the taste, and means you can drink _less_ delicious beer
>before (being affected / reaching your limit / passing out)...

On the other hand, think of it as a more intense pleasure.
What would you rather do, eat a whole box of Hostess Ho-de-doh's,
or a small portion of Death By Chocolate? A loaf of Wonder Bread
with mayo or one nice thick piece of fresh-baked whole-grain
bread with freshly churned butter?
--
Joel Plutchak

"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any
other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke

ers (Joel) writes:
>>Ugh, I hate the recent fad for strong beers. It usually has a negative
>>effect on the taste, and means you can drink _less_ delicious beer
>>before (being affected / reaching your limit / passing out)...
>
> On the other hand, think of it as a more intense pleasure.
> What would you rather do, eat a whole box of Hostess Ho-de-doh's,
> or a small portion of Death By Chocolate? A loaf of Wonder Bread
> with mayo or one nice thick piece of fresh-baked whole-grain
> bread with freshly churned butter?

High alcohol seems to have no correlation with intense or stronger
flavor though; many of these high-alcohol beers actually taste _worse_
than their more modest brethren.

-Miles

--
Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a
single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

"Miles Bader" > schreef in bericht
...
> ers (Joel) writes:
>>>Ugh, I hate the recent fad for strong beers. It usually has a negative
>>>effect on the taste, and means you can drink _less_ delicious beer
>>>before (being affected / reaching your limit / passing out)...
>>
>> On the other hand, think of it as a more intense pleasure.
>> What would you rather do, eat a whole box of Hostess Ho-de-doh's,
>> or a small portion of Death By Chocolate? A loaf of Wonder Bread
>> with mayo or one nice thick piece of fresh-baked whole-grain
>> bread with freshly churned butter?
>
> High alcohol seems to have no correlation with intense or stronger
> flavor though; many of these high-alcohol beers actually taste _worse_
> than their more modest brethren.
>


Oooops. Well-known fact that alcohol is a taste carrier... One of the
multiple problems with nablabs...

On 12/27/2009 9:49 AM, Joris Pattyn wrote:
> "Miles > schreef in bericht
> ...
>> ers (Joel) writes:
>>>> Ugh, I hate the recent fad for strong beers. It usually has a negative
>>>> effect on the taste, and means you can drink _less_ delicious beer
>>>> before (being affected / reaching your limit / passing out)...
>>>
>>> On the other hand, think of it as a more intense pleasure.
>>> What would you rather do, eat a whole box of Hostess Ho-de-doh's,
>>> or a small portion of Death By Chocolate? A loaf of Wonder Bread
>>> with mayo or one nice thick piece of fresh-baked whole-grain
>>> bread with freshly churned butter?
>>
>> High alcohol seems to have no correlation with intense or stronger
>> flavor though; many of these high-alcohol beers actually taste _worse_
>> than their more modest brethren.
>>
>
>
> Oooops. Well-known fact that alcohol is a taste carrier... One of the
> multiple problems with nablabs...
>
>
Well about half a year slow but have you tried Levitation by Stone
brewing, 4.5% but still flavorful

Nels

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