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You ought to try it mixed with a pale ale or IPA. Very quaffable when it gets hot.missjo wrote:
This is my new addiction
My other half doesn't drink much I handed him a bottle to try,
turned away for a min, turned back to him handing me the empty bottle
going that was delicious is there any more
How did I miss this? You mix fruit with beer? Do you put a little umbrella in the glass, Nancy?mvscal wrote:You ought to try it mixed with a pale ale or IPA. Very quaffable when it gets hot.missjo wrote:
This is my new addiction
My other half doesn't drink much I handed him a bottle to try,
turned away for a min, turned back to him handing me the empty bottle
going that was delicious is there any more
Don't know about this, but beer mixed with limeade or lemonade makes a pretty refreshing drink on a hot day. Variations of this drink are popular in most of the world.Goober McTuber wrote:
How did I miss this? You mix fruit with beer? Do you put a little umbrella in the glass, Nancy?
I know a number of ladies who agree with you on this.Mikey wrote:Don't know about this, but beer mixed with limeade or lemonade makes a pretty refreshing drink on a hot day. Variations of this drink are popular in most of the world.Goober McTuber wrote:
How did I miss this? You mix fruit with beer? Do you put a little umbrella in the glass, Nancy?
Beer mixed with lemonade or as you Americans call it 7up, is known as a Shandy here & it is deelicious!Mikey wrote:Don't know about this, but beer mixed with limeade or lemonade makes a pretty refreshing drink on a hot day. Variations of this drink are popular in most of the world.Goober McTuber wrote:
How did I miss this? You mix fruit with beer? Do you put a little umbrella in the glass, Nancy?
See, Mikey? I rest my case.missjo wrote:Beer mixed with lemonade or as you Americans call it 7up, is known as a Shandy here & it is deelicious!Mikey wrote:Don't know about this, but beer mixed with limeade or lemonade makes a pretty refreshing drink on a hot day. Variations of this drink are popular in most of the world.Goober McTuber wrote:
How did I miss this? You mix fruit with beer? Do you put a little umbrella in the glass, Nancy?
missjo wrote:what we call lemonade in Oz & the UK you call 7up in America
We call your lemonade, lemon cordial
Wrong. 7Up is a beverage sparingly used to flavor a perfectly good rocks glass full of Canadian whiskey, hence the name "7 and 7."missjo wrote:Beer mixed with lemonade or as you Americans call it 7up, is known as a Shandy here & it is deelicious!
Truman wrote:...Canadian whiskey...
Occasionally, yes. Why not? It's refreshing on a hot day and you can pound them fast.Goober McTuber wrote: You mix fruit with beer?
mvscal wrote:Occasionally, yes. Why not? It's refreshing on a hot day and you can pound them fast.Goober McTuber wrote: You mix fruit with beer?
Hmmm, seems a lot of purists here once espoused that a fruit-infused beer was for the limpest of wrists. How times change.mvscal wrote:Occasionally, yes. Why not? It's refreshing on a hot day and you can pound them fast.Goober McTuber wrote: You mix fruit with beer?
Exactly.Jay in Phoenix wrote:Hmmm, seems a lot of purists here once espoused that a fruit-infused beer was for the limpest of wrists. How times change.mvscal wrote:Occasionally, yes. Why not? It's refreshing on a hot day and you can pound them fast.Goober McTuber wrote: You mix fruit with beer?
When you're adjusting your doily mvscal, please make sure to lift your pinkie finger skyward. Let's all the poofters know you're "down" with them.
Purists of what...exactly? Certainly not beer or alcoholic beverages in general.Jay in Phoenix wrote:Hmmm, seems a lot of purists here once espoused that a fruit-infused beer was for the limpest of wrists.
The Germans call it Radler and enjoy it during the summer, but what would they know about beer purity?Mikey wrote:mvscal wrote:Occasionally, yes. Why not? It's refreshing on a hot day and you can pound them fast.Goober McTuber wrote: You mix fruit with beer?
Exactly. I first tried lemonade and beer about 20 years ago while sailing around the BVI. It was hot and humid, the drink is quite refreshing, and you could pound a lot of them without getting dehydrated. It's not something that I drink very often but it's great on a really hot day if you're doing someting active outside.
Okay mvscal, a "straight" answer to your question. A couple of years back, there was one of those typical 'favorite beer' threads, and I included a mention of a seasonal pumpkin flavored beer as something I hadn't tried before and actually liked. Instantly, a number of beer-snobs (if there is such a thing) rambled out of the suds-hall, arms flailing and foam spraying from their mouths like a bunch of rabid lush-puppies, decrying the effeminate infusion of fruit into beer.mvscal wrote:Purists of what...exactly? Certainly not beer or alcoholic beverages in general.
I would have to agree. I enjoy a pumpkin spiced Märzen from time to time in the fall. If your masculinity is so deeply invested in the fruit/spice free nature of your malted beverage, you probably have a lot of other issues going on.Jay in Phoenix wrote: A couple of years back, there was one of those typical 'favorite beer' threads, and I included a mention of a seasonal pumpkin flavored beer as something I hadn't tried before and actually liked. Instantly, a number of beer-snobs (if there is such a thing) rambled out of the suds-hall, arms flailing and foam spraying from their mouths like a bunch of rabid lush-puppies, decrying the effeminate infusion of fruit into beer.
More than a little over-the-top, as reactions go. It's freaking beer.
Not quite, Fanta's it, deadly.mvscal wrote:It's called sangria and they add chopped fruit to the wine.
This from the moron who claimed Belgian IPAs aren't a legitimate beer.mvscal wrote:I would have to agree. I enjoy a pumpkin spiced Märzen from time to time in the fall. If your masculinity is so deeply invested in the fruit/spice free nature of your malted beverage, you probably have a lot of other issues going on.Jay in Phoenix wrote: A couple of years back, there was one of those typical 'favorite beer' threads, and I included a mention of a seasonal pumpkin flavored beer as something I hadn't tried before and actually liked. Instantly, a number of beer-snobs (if there is such a thing) rambled out of the suds-hall, arms flailing and foam spraying from their mouths like a bunch of rabid lush-puppies, decrying the effeminate infusion of fruit into beer.
More than a little over-the-top, as reactions go. It's freaking beer.
Beer was never meant to be some sort of rigidly codified beverage. Experimentation and a wide variety of spices and adjuncts have been part of brewing tradition from the get go.
Jay in Phoenix wrote:A couple of years back, there was one of those typical 'favorite beer' threads, and I included a mention of a seasonal pumpkin flavored beer as something I hadn't tried before and actually liked. Instantly, a number of beer-snobs (if there is such a thing) rambled out of the suds-hall, arms flailing and foam spraying from their mouths like a bunch of rabid lush-puppies, decrying the effeminate infusion of fruit into beer.
mvscal wrote:If your masculinity is so deeply invested in the fruit/spice free nature of your malted beverage, you probably have a lot of other issues going on.
Not all experiments work and it should be noted that actual Belgians find Belgian IPAs revolting as does anyone else with a functioning palate.Goober McTuber wrote:This from the moron who claimed Belgian IPAs aren't a legitimate beer.
And yet Belgians are actually brewing Belgian IPAs. Ponderous.mvscal wrote:Not all experiments work and it should be noted that actual Belgians find Belgian IPAs revolting as does anyone else with a functioning palate.Goober McTuber wrote:This from the moron who claimed Belgian IPAs aren't a legitimate beer.
...for sale in the United States. If you would like to eat shit, I'd be happy to sell you some. How much do you want?Goober McTuber wrote:And yet Belgians are actually brewing Belgian IPAs.mvscal wrote:Not all experiments work and it should be noted that actual Belgians find Belgian IPAs revolting as does anyone else with a functioning palate.Goober McTuber wrote:This from the moron who claimed Belgian IPAs aren't a legitimate beer.
I don't care for the stuff, but it turns out to be quite popular. When I get a chance, I'll look for the link that indicated that one of Belgium's oldest brewers was making a Belgian IPA. But your point when this originally came up was that the Begian yeasts would get lost in the prominent hops profile. Quite the opposite is true. The Belgian IPAs I have tried had a noticeable hops nose, but once you taste the beer the hops become buried by the flavor of the Belgian yeasts. But continue to ramble on about things you haven't even tried. It's always been your M.O.mvscal wrote:...for sale in the United States. If you would like to eat shit, I'd be happy to sell you some. How much do you want?Goober McTuber wrote:And yet Belgians are actually brewing Belgian IPAs.mvscal wrote:Not all experiments work and it should be noted that actual Belgians find Belgian IPAs revolting as does anyone else with a functioning palate.
So is Walmart and McDonalds.Goober McTuber wrote:I don't care for the stuff, but it turns out to be quite popular.
FTFYGoober McTuber wrote: Maybe if you mashed up a cumshot and mixed it in there, you might like it.
Uh no, they aren't.Goober McTuber wrote:and drinking the stuff.
I appreciate that there are people out there experimenting with new combinations of ingredients and styles but it doesn't always work and Belgian IPAs are an abortion.This style isn't very popular in Belgium, but more and more Belgian brewers are making IPAs for American drinkers, where the style is extremely popular.
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I'll get back to when/if your yahoo link ever opens up.mvscal wrote:Uh no, they aren't.Goober McTuber wrote:and drinking the stuff.
I appreciate that there are people out there experimenting with new combinations of ingredients and styles but it doesn't always work and Belgian IPAs are an abortion.This style isn't very popular in Belgium, but more and more Belgian brewers are making IPAs for American drinkers, where the style is extremely popular.
http://voices.yahoo.com/food-drink-guid ... tml?cat=22
I've tried them before and they are absolutely disgusting. I like Belgian beers and I can get with an IPA occasionally, but Belgian IPA is a Frankenstein mash up that doesn't work on any level. It's strictly a product for the 'MORE AND BIGGER' rubes who pounce on every fad and don't have a single functioning taste bud in their head.
http://www.lamag.com/digest-blog/2012/1 ... omes-to-laThe Holy Grail of Ales is Here: Westvleteren XII Comes to L.A.
L.A. beer geeks rejoice: the holy grail of ale is on its way. Revered by many as the best beer in the world, the highly sought-after Westvleteren XII lands in SoCal tomorrow, albeit in very limited amounts.
“Westy 12,” as its colloquially known, has been famously difficult to acquire, both because it was until recently only available at the Trappist brewery in Belgium, and because of the aura that’s subsequently grown around it. Those who were lucky enough to somehow score a bottle—be it through generous friends, eBay opportunists, or via trade on popular beer sites like BeerAdvocate—would usually break it open at a special occasion, splitting it between as many attendees as possible which usually meant you could expect a pour of just an ounce or two, a tease, really, that left you wanting more. (Ask me how I know.)
Thankfully, specialty beer importer Shelton Bros. has worked with Brouwerij Westvleteren to periodically release small amounts of it to thirsty Americans. Gift packs (aka “bricks”) containing six 11.2 fl oz. bottles and two handsome Westvleteren goblets will retail for around $85, and can be found at the following locations, though I’d recommend you call first to verify availability.