What's your favorite Beer?

[mclaincausey]

A saison aged in oak with cranberry, cinnamon, hibiscus, nutmeg. Yet another terrific effort from Crooked Stave, by far my favorite local brewery.

[mclaincausey]

Went way the fuck out into the burbs to escape the Denver market's decimation of beer stock. I'd hoped for Russian River and Bruery, instead got a sixer of Sculpin (usually sold by the bottle, one max due to demand), AleSmith Grand Cru, and Double Swingline from Trinity, which is a very bitter (150 IBU) and very sour (3.6 pH) ale, a wild DIPA. Intrigued by that.  They also had a shitload of Hibiki 12, but I resisted… For now.

[Seul]

Yummy 

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/oud-beersel-oude-kriek/10908/

[mclaincausey]

They had that at the place i went to over lunch and I had it in hand.

[Seul]

It's good, man… You'd like it... Nice 'n sour...

[Giles]

Many thanks @chris for the beer…

Yep, it's farmhousey and hoppy (and I'm happy)….

and also for the wherewithal to open it...

[Seul]

So G: now I know what beers you like, I'll adjust to it and make sure next time you'll have lots of saisons and hopheads

[Giles]

and stouts….

[jdl1279]

Did you try the B-craft Eli?

[Seul]

Not yet… Soon!.. 

[Seul]

@Giles:

and stouts….

Imperial stouts?..

[mclaincausey]

@Seul:

@Giles:

and stouts….

Imperial stouts?..

Such as….

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/alesmith-speedway-stout/14232/

???

[Seul]

One of my favs… I'll trade hard for a barrel aged version fyi…

[Broark]

Glad you got some Jester King Giles, you've got to make it down to the brewery here in Austin sometime!
Talk about an unexpected haul, this just happened today at the grocery store.

Haven't had the Fresh Squeezed IPA from Deschutes, but I've heard good stuff.
I thought that the Prairie Apple Brandy Noir had been sold out here, but I grabbed the last two bottles. Same goes for the Bomb!, so I'm glad I came across a few more bottles.
Had no idea we got Orval here, so I picked up two bottles along with the Grand Reserve to give some Belgian beer a shot. I blame you Seul!

[Seul]

Good choices… And so jealous of that Bomb!.. 

[Broark]

I think I read a few pages back that I shouldn't drink the Orval cold, correct?

[Seul]

Correct - serve at around 55F…

[Chris]

Glad you liked the Noble King, Giles.  I still haven't unpacked my beer yet.  Happily, it all made it safely back to Houston.

[Broark]

Got it, will report back tonight with my impressions!

[Megatron1505]

Interesting…..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2998149/World-beer-map-shows-country-s-popular-brew.html?ito=social-facebook

Also a powerful indicator that popularity is no guarantee of quality.