TLDR Beer Club

[MrWookie]

Acoustix,

Warsteiner I'm fairly sure is a hefeweizen. I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard good things. DFH 60 is nothing short of great, and I'm glad you like it. As for highlighting a summary, sure, sounds good.

Al,

Optimator is a great beer I discovered after taking the physics GRE. The people who took it with me all went to a nearby bar to drown our sorrows of the test. I ordered a liter of it because it had a cool name, and I was not disappointed. Afterwards, I was pretty tanked.

And as for using the term "nose," sure, you can use it to describe beer. It's just a fancy way of saying "smell."

[Aloysius]

Wookie:

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And as for using the term "nose," sure, you can use it to describe beer. It's just a fancy way of saying "smell."

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I'm fancy like that will do [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

2 breweries I always hear mentioned in best-ofs are Samuel Smith's (I'm a fan of their Oatmeal Stout) and Young's. Beers from these 2 breweries never fail to dissapoint me.

-Al

[snowden719]

Sam Smith and Young's are both IMO good but not reat breweries, although Sam Smith is a decent amount better. Ultimately, they're probably worth giving a try, but there's probably 50 better breweries than those two, although I do reccomend Young's double chocalate stout, and Sam Smith's imperial stout and oatmeal stout.

[dcb777]

Sam Smiths Outmeal stout is a great beer.

[MrWookie]

Continuing the trend of cheap beer, tonight I'll review Sam Adam's Double Bock. I think I paid $1.85 for this one, which means it'd run you $6-$8 per sixer, depending on where you shop. I'm not sure exactly of its ABV, but it tasted on the stronger side, maybe 7%. The beer pours a nice medium brown, but without much head at all. It smells malty and slightly of alcohol, and that's pretty much the flavor, too. It's not as earthy as some bocks, but at first glance, this would be a decent option for someone who likes brown ales. The problem is the sweetness. It's very sweet, and while I didn't really mind at first, it really started grating on me at the end. I was going to give this beer a 2.5 rating, but I just can't for a beer I had trouble finishing. I give this beer [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and a half [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

[JPinAZ]

As promised, here's my review of Russian River's Damnation golden ale.

My parents got me some bottles of this for Christmas 2005 (I love my family, this year my sister got me a pound each of four varieties of hops, which will probably last me a couple years). Damnation is a 750ml bottle conditioned 7%, 25 IBU Belgian style golden ale. A cool thing that Russian River does is mark which batch of a particular bottling a bottle is. This bottle was from batch 6.

It pours with a beautiful golden yellow. If this were the stuff that made yellow snow I'd have no problem eating all I could [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Nice head, though it doesn't last long. Good lacing throughout the beer.

It smells very fruity with pears as the dominant aroma. There's some banana in the background. There's also a nice yeastiness to it.

To me the flavor is lacking. There's a bit of fruityness but not what the aroma leads you to believe. There is a nice spicy flavor to it. The body finishes a little dry.

Overall, I'd give this [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img][img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I'm more partial to the sweetness of dubels & tripels so that affected the rating. If I were to judge this strictly by style it would rate higher.

After checking RR's bottle log on their web site, Batch 6 was brewed on 7/17/05 & bottled on 8/12/05. I think I need to find a bottle of a different batch. They state they couldn't use their house yeast for bottle conditioning which resulted in a thinner body than normal. Another cool thing they do on their labels & mark them how long you can age the beer. Damnation can be aged for up to 3 year.

If you're interested in trying it out, you can order bottles on line. $7.50 for the bottle I had. They also have Supplication available. I have a bottle of this as well which I'll probably won't try for a while. I wish they bottled Pliney the Elder.
http://www.russianriverbrewing.com/Merch...ategory_Code=BB

Up next (in a week or so): Supposedly the rarest beer in the UK, Thomas Hardy's Ale (2004 vintage).

[JPinAZ]

To all the lurkers following this thread: don't worry about how it will turn out, post your reviews. I've been reading this thread since TLDR was the Mod Forum flavor of the month & always thought, "I should do a review" of whatever I was drinking then or had in the frige. I never posted because I wasn't sure what to write. Get a piece of paper & a pen & write down your impressions as you drink. Tell what you like & what you don't. If it helps, have one or two before you post. I would have done that, but since the two reviews I've done were both wine bottle sized & 8% & 7% more than one bottle wasn't necessary. And if I did have more than one bottle I'd be asleep & unable to post. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[El Diablo]

M: I don't really like Warsteiner. I can't really remember, but talking about it with the bartender last time I had it a while back, I think he said it was not technically a hefeweizen, but they still recommended drinking it with a lemon. I don't remember what he said exactly, but I do remember that I didn't care for it, nor do I care for hefeweizens.

SL and others looking to just make short suggestions: you should check out the OOT Beer Club thread. I'd love to hear some of you elaborate on some of the one-liner recommendations in that thread.

[RunDownHouse]

Warsteiner is a standard, run-of-the-mill European Lager. Not sure exactly what, it might be a Pils. In any case, its certainly nothing special. Its a huge brewery, though, with worldwide distribution and pretty good saturation in many markets. I'm not a big fan, but its not offensive or anything.

[Hobbs.]

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Warsteiner is a standard, run-of-the-mill European Lager. Not sure exactly what, it might be a Pils. In any case, its certainly nothing special. Its a huge brewery, though, with worldwide distribution and pretty good saturation in many markets. I'm not a big fan, but its not offensive or anything.

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I was about to write almost the exact same thing. So yeah, Warsteiner = lightish lager. Oh, and in my time in Germany I got the impression it was the German Bud.