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Originally posted by Renzo I've yet to try Delirium Tremens. I keep forgetting. Meh. I've been on the Magic Hat #9 tip lately.

Magic Hat is such a hit or miss brewery, I think. But they make a lot of great stuff. The #9 is probably the beer most responsible for getting me into craft beer...aside from sierra nevada i suppose. I guess the whole 'apricot-infused not quite pale ale' doesn't do it for everyone. Oh well

shitty shitty pic i took with my webcam. i've got a growing beer cellar in the works. and by that i mean i have about 30 beers that i've been holding on to. I guess you might consider these a handful of my favorite / most prized. Not much but it's a start.

From left to right - Port Brewing Older Viscosity, Deschutes Mirror Mirror, Russian River Consecration, Trappistes Westvleteren 12 (yeah, it's empty...can you blame me? i'll get my hands on another soon enough), Russian River Temptation (this beer is pure wow), Deschutes Black Butte XXI, De Dolle Brouwers Stille Nacht. Peeking out behind the Westy is Stone's 09 Vertical Epic. I had a Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout but drank it the other day. What a beer.

GENTLEMEN



One of my recent faves. I'm also really liking Duvel Green and Lost Abbey 10 Commandments.

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Ale brewed with cherry juice? Now that sounds pretty interesting. Is it heaps sweet in flavour though?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Ale brewed with cherry juice? Now that sounds pretty interesting. Is it heaps sweet in flavour though?

Nope! The hoppiness of the beer cuts the sweetness of the cherry pretty well. It's REALLY good.

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Originally posted by bas Nope! The hoppiness of the beer cuts the sweetness of the cherry pretty well. It's REALLY good.

Man, one day we're going to have to get an international beer exchange thing going on. That would suck for US people though, I guess, as alcohol can't be mailed to the US :/

I wonder if it can be mailed from the US though? I'd love to try stuff like that.

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That's so weird. There has to be a way to get these delicious beers to you

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Originally posted by bas That's so weird. There has to be a way to get these delicious beers to you

Yeah, I'm not sure if beer/alcohol can be sent FROM the US, but it definitely can't be sent TO the US. I checked ages ago. I was going to swap Mario some US beer for some Oz wine

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i've traded beers previously. you just need to be discreet about it.

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Originally posted by Adam420 Anyway, another beer I recently tried was this one: It's a super-strong lager (I believe) at 14% abv. It was once listed in the Guiness book of world records as the world's strongest beers. It is very highly rated. It is brewed once a year on the 6th of December and then matured for 12 months, before being sold. I personally hated it but that's just me.

Yea, that's a very strong beer. Super Malty. It definitely had a unique taste, but I wouldn't try it again.

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights i've traded beers previously. you just need to be discreet about it.

Yeah, and if customs confiscates it? Lying about what you send through the mail is a federal offence here, and probably is in the US too, so no thanks

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