Beer/alcohol forum

[Dankdude]

I'm a HomeBrewer who's been making beer since 1988.

[TheConstantGardner]

Originally Posted by mattso101

MMM love the beer!
Good Canadain Mirco brews
Amsterdam dutch Amber (Toronto)
Creemoresprings. Town of creemore Ontairo
Sleemans Guelph On
Blanche de chambly Quebec Canada

I like alot of the European Beers aswell
Stigel, Austria
Stella artios
Erdinger German Wiesbeer
Chimey, Belgian all of them are great!!
Leffe Blond and Brun, Blegian
and My favorite beer right now Hoggarden! soo good Belgian weat beerr berwed with coreander and orang zest
Like I said I LOVE THE BEER

Damn dude, you really do love the beer!
I enjoy the Stella Artois too, but that's one of only a few I recognize from your list. I also love Grolsch when I can get it.

I have grown very fond of white wheat ales such as Blue Moon (great with an orange garnish!) and honey lagers such as J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown.

[TheConstantGardner]

Originally Posted by Dankdude

I'm a HomeBrewer who's been making beer since 1988.

sweet! a grower and a brewer! you don't per chance happen to have a brothel or a harem do you?

[mattso101]

Groelsch is a fantastic Dutch beer. But if you like the whites, blondes, and wheat beers, there is (as I mentioned) Blanche de Chambly from Quebec...Its beautiful. I drink it with a lemon on occasion. There is also the Belgian: Chimay White which is not as smooth but still worthy of a try. Another, more mainstream brewery in Canada recently put out Rickards White (in addition to Rickards Red, Honey Brown, Pale, etc. ) and served it with an orange slice. Not bad.
Petrus Blonde is another Belgian and may be particularly hard to find, its a golden Blonde but so smooth and full flavored.
FINALLY....
Though unless you live near it or vacation there, my favorite smalltown brewery is Muskoka Brewery in Bracebridge Ontario...

[Dankdude]

Originally Posted by TheConstantGardner

sweet! a grower and a brewer! you don't per chance happen to have a brothel or a harem do you?

Nope, but I've thought about it....

Right now I have a Rye IPA (India Pale Ale) fermenting away right now... I should be transferring to secondary fermentation in a day or two to age it for a couple of weeks before bottling.

Here is the recipe for the Rye IPA....


11 LBS 2-row malt
1/2 lb crystal 40
1/2 lb biscuit malt
1 1/2 lbs Malted Rye
1 Worlfloc Tablet @ 10 minutes left in boil.

1 ounce Cascade FWH
2 ounces Cascade Boil 60 mins
1 1/2 ounces Cascade 30 minutes
1 ounce Cascades 10 minutes
1 ounce Cascade flame out

Single stage infusion mash @ 150° F for one hour
Sparge with 170° F for 1 hour
Add First wort Hops and bring to boil, once boiling commences add 2 ounces of boiling hops for one hour. At 30 minutes left in the boil add 1 1/2 ounces of flavor hops. At 10 minutes left in the boil, add worlfloc and aroma hops and continue to boil. At Flame out add 1 ounce of hops.
Cool as fast as possible and pitch wyeast 1272 American Ale II 1600 ML Starter. Ferment at 66°F for one week in primary, 2 weeks @ 66°F for 2 weeks and Bottle with 3/4 cups of corn sugar and allow to condition for 3 weeks in bottle.

[Godkas]

Originally Posted by Dankdude

I'm a HomeBrewer who's been making beer since 1988.

Nice I've been homebrewing about a year here. Already came out with an impressive irish red ale recipe.

[paul-mc]

iv not long got in from work and iv just settled down with a can of stella n ma m8 has just turned up wiv sum dank bud. should b in 4 a good nite.

[Wavels]

I just had to reference the fact that the title of this thread has beer/alcohol in title....

My favorite non beer drinks are nice red wines...I recently discovered Malbecs and I love big cabernets and merlots...pinot noirs are also delicious.

My real decadent beverage of choice is gin.....martinis and gin and tonics....even straight gin on the rocks with twist of lemon or lime....
I like Boodles gin best of all....Tanquery and Bombay are quite nice as well...
The buzz I get from gin is delightful!!!!

[Dankdude]

If i can save up 15 more wine bottles I'm going to make a batch of Blackberry Marlot.
Personally when it comes to hard liquors, I like High end Tequillas.

[Wavels]

Dank, out of curiosity, what are your fave brands of premium tequila?
Do you drink them neat?
I have never tried any top shelf tequila.....soon.....

I also like high end rums....15 yr old Haitian Barbencourt and my favorite; Pampero Aniversario (Venezuela)------I sip them out of a snifter and prefer them to fine cognac. Goes great with a cigar!!!