GATOR'S GUIDE TO BEERFUL BLISS

[bigwater]

aint this a coincidence..

just after talking about goose island yesterday..

i head up to columbus to my partents house for the weekend.. they had just got back from b'ham al... they had been shopping at the world market.. great place to pick up all kinda off the beaten path brands like we've been talkin bout..

for supper my dad breaks out some kinda bottled orange soda.. i didn't think nothing of it until i looked at the bottle.. goose island orange cream soda... made with 100% real sugar.. even had the goose on the bottle. i checked it out to see where it was made.. goose island beer company chicago IL.. i was like damn how about that..

seriously if you have never shopped at a world market your missing out.. i've only been to the ones in dallas and b'ham... neat place for sure..

[MC3]

gotta admit....i'm also a beer snob...


sweetwater's sweet georgia brown
new castle
j.w. dundee's honey brown
sam smith's nut brown ale

mc3

[the doctor]

Have any of you tried any beer from Terrapin Beer Co., Athens, Ga.
Their Rye Pale Ale is some fine stuff.

I have recently been on a Blue Moon kick.
You still can't beat the ole faithful Newcastle on draft.

Ill second the terrapin, was in athens this fall visiting my sister I had the chance to try it....good stuff

first trip to Athens BTW and really liked the town

the doc

[HFG2]

Athens is a great town... if only there wasn't that damn university there...

[Marenisco]

Man, it was fun to see this thread. I'm in a "beer of the month" club and over the years have sampled just about everything posted. However, the best part of the thread was Gator's opening post. Spent a summer in Bozeman MT and spent most of my nights at the Spanish Peaks Brewery. Drank many a Black Dog, which by the way was named after the owner's black lab and hunting companion.

Got my start drinking beer in Scotland where essentially every pub brewed their own. Back in those days, I couldn't handle too many pints but had fun building up my tolerance.

Also, for those of you interested in more flavorful beers, check out Canadian beers if you're ever north of the border. When I was growing up in Canada, the "Beer man" still made door to door deliveries, just like the milk man. After that phased out, I remember my dad going to Chatham, the nearest city, every weekend to go to the library and the Brewers Retail store.

[jsherwin]

Teul,
I'll come eat and watch ya'll drink. I'll make up some great Sweet Tea or a good bottle of water.
But i would love to eat.

[crow]

(Spoken like a real redneck) I'll drank it when there gets to be a NASCAR team with it's logo on a car!

I'm really kinda skeered to drink something that I might like more than Bud! I'm already just plain foolish how much I like beer!

crow

[gator]

I'm in a "beer of the month" club and over the years have sampled just about everything posted.

man, WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!

how do ya'll do it??? this would be fun as heck to get going.......when you get a chance, i'd appreciate some details of how ya'll get it done -- esp, how you go about getting beers from over the country/world....just, gotta find them in stores somewhere?

thanks, and good to see ya postin, gator

[TODO]

I ran across some sam adam's white ale yesterday, it is the spring seasonal, good stuff most certain.

[Blackwater]

All of Sams products are good, had the white ale a few years back and i agree it was good, picked up some red hook seasonal call Winter hook this weekend that was pretty good also.

[teul2]

I had to bring this back up.
Went to the grocery store last night and got one of the "build your own 6 packs".
Saw a few oldies like Stella i had to get and a new one, Flying Dog Brewery's Old Scratch Amber Lager. A great beer brewed in Denver, CO.
http://www.flyingdogales.com/beer-old-scratch.asp

[Greenhead22]

Must've went to County Market.

[gator]

flying dog brews some good stuff..........man, first time i had it, was in crested butte --- i spent a week there one night

flying dog has found it's way down here i see....krogers carries the pale ale and the "light" ale or somesuch....

i had sam adams "honey porter" and finished off a redfish sammich w/ garlic mashed taters w/ both the HP and some black dog.

sometimes a hand just gotta have a beer

gator, hoping someone connected w/ these stores sees all this and realizes what a market they have here

[Roach]

Hmmmmm, I try it all with you fellers if you are buying. If not, I will just stick to the KING OF BEERS, Bud heavy!

[Super Black Eagle]

flying dog has potential, but I have not found one rich enough yet.

I'm still trying to get back into the swing here after that last minute trip to memphis this weekend. So, last night I sat down to a bowl of Raman Noodles and a Redhook Blackhook Porter. Twas the perfect compliment.