Orval? That was a hand puppet duck who "sang" "I wish i could fly" or are we not thinking of the same one? It is just as good in the UK as Ireland, its not bad here either, except the price!
Guinness - it IS good for you
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Boddies and Cafferys go down well! Quite light, but still a little heavier and nicer than the real light beers, for those nights when i dont want to feel i have had a 4 course meal for a drink of Guinness.
cobaltbabe
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simbrooks:
OD and I did a beer tasting thing last summer and we had something called Orval. It was really heavy but not as heavy as guinness. I didn't like it much. We also had a cherry beer that was a nice after dinner drink but i don't think I could stand to much of it. Very sweet.
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gj62
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Will be trying it in Ireland in June - hooray!simbrooks:
Just down the street from me is an Irish pub with Guinness on draft during happy hour for $4 - and that's the 20oz imperial!
christopher1260
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For all of the Guinness drinkers on the board.... try Abita Turbo Dog from Abita Brewing in New Orleans. We can get the stuff in a few select bars up in Ohio, so I assume that it is fairly widely available. I'm a huge guinness drinker, ( I mean I drink a lot of it, not that I'm 6'8" or 400 lbs) and I love the Turbo Dog.
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gj62
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Can't agree with you there. TurboDog is a chocolaty-sweet ale that just doesn't sit well with me. Of course, options for decent brews are limited in New Orleans, so when I'm there, I choose Abita over Dixie. I'm sure there's someone on the board for whom them thar's fighting words...christopher1260:
Now here's the question of the hour.. who here besides me has made beer and what types? I've made a stout that tasted very much like vitamin G, but I altered it a little and it had a mondoyummy aftertaste that was just slightly sweeter than G and 2x the alcohol percentage at 8.4%. My raspberry wheat was good with flavor and body and clocked in high alcohol wise to at 14%. I tried my hand at a pale ale that was odd tasting, my lager was way to drinkable at 7.5% and tasting similar to Sam Adams - I got hosed testing it because I liked it so much I went after a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pint!
I've taken a hiatus from brewing though... mostly because making 72 pints at a time tended to create parties and hang overs that I couldn't keep up with although the beer was really yummy....
I've taken a hiatus from brewing though... mostly because making 72 pints at a time tended to create parties and hang overs that I couldn't keep up with although the beer was really yummy....
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gj62
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I used to, and made mostly ales and porters, with the occassional stout mixed in. Never tried a lager - not my favorite beer style.CBulla:
However, time & effort won out, and now I pay for people to make it for me!
cobaltbabe
Diva of the Deep
We have a lovely little micro brewery not to far from us called the Church key brewing company. They make a nice Northumberland ale and a few months ago they had a chocolate lager. The Northumberland is nice for a light beer but I found the lager had a grainy aftertaste. Like putting cocoa in your mouth dry. I much prefer the dark beers.
chocolate lager eh.... hmmmmmm I have been debating a cherry wheat or light porter.
