beer — Food

~terry Mon, Mar 10, 1997 (21:36) seed

What are your favorite beers?

~terry Mon, Mar 10, 1997 (21:38) #1

I give Bosque Porter a B. I'm doing a beer tasting test. I'm trying out one new beer every night. This stuff comes out of Waco, Texas. You'd never expect. Kind of sweet.

~KitchenManager Sat, Mar 29, 1997 (12:29) #2

Ah, beer! Pete's Wicked Ale, Guiness Stout, Red Hook ESB, Sam Adams Double and Triple Bocks, Blackened Voodoo, and Anchor Porter. There's more, but these are the tops of my list. WER

~terry Sat, Mar 29, 1997 (12:53) #3

I like Guiness a lot. There's nothing else like it, at least that I've tried.

~stacey Tue, May 27, 1997 (21:43) #4

Love beer... Bass Ale, Pete's Wicked, Killian's Colorado beers... Great Divide, Trout (Fairplay, CO), Boulder Ale Texas beers... Nothing beats a Shiner!

~terry Wed, May 28, 1997 (07:59) #5

Ya got that right. Especially their bock beer.

~nancyw Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (18:44) #6

The type of beer depends on the food. And the time of day. Some of the dark beers almost feel/taste like dessert to me. SOme of my friends haul me out to local breweries (get a life, they say) and pour the good stuff in to me. I can handle about 1/2 a glass. Lots of the micropubs are starting to have good food, which is a saving grace for me.

~terry Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (18:47) #7

Like dessert you say? As in four pieces of chocolate?

~nancyw Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (19:00) #8

No, I do have a broader repetoire than just chocolate. I like food of almost every stripe, including non-chocolate liquids. I mean dark, foamy beer.

~terry Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (19:00) #9

I share your liking for dark beers. What are some of your favorite brands? How about Guiness Stout?

~nancyw Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (19:09) #10

Brands? Whatever my friends pick out! That's why I always pick friends with good taste. And usually I buy a local beer or something new to try. Thus no memory. I just like em!

~terry Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (19:11) #11

Celis is a great Austin brand. And of course Shiners. But I already mentioned Shiners. Ever tried it?

~nancyw Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (20:02) #12

Can't say that I've ever even heard of it. But I lead a sheltered life...

~terry Thu, Jun 12, 1997 (08:06) #13

It's like our best regional beer, what's the best regional brew in your neck of the woods?

~nancyw Thu, Jun 12, 1997 (13:35) #14

I know you are really trying to show how little brains I have left. Lets see, I'm asking my staff... Redhook, Big Time, and then we all have blank looks on our faces. Maybe we drank too much beer in earlier years. Ei!

~terry Thu, Jun 12, 1997 (16:25) #15

So it's Redhook? What's that like?

~nancyw Fri, Jun 13, 1997 (20:28) #16

Milking a dead horse here. Its beer. I know thats blasphemy, but I am not a beer knowledgable person. IT tastes good! What can I say. Now if I were to comment on chocolate..... there's another story. I confess, I am a beer ignoramus!

~terry Sat, Jun 14, 1997 (08:46) #17

Are there any chocolate beers?

~stacey Mon, Sep 15, 1997 (20:52) #18

Hola! How about your favorite cheap beer?!?! Let's hear it for Black Label, Hamm's and Pig's Eye Red! Hey guys, it's that Colorado girl from Texas loggin' in again via the Denver Public Library... Breakin the law, breakin the law! Miss you all, miss Austin but having a grooving time living in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains!

~terry Mon, Sep 15, 1997 (21:21) #19

I'll go with Redeye, haven't tried the other two. How is the wonder woman doing? I, for one, miss your boundless energy around Austin. It sure was great when you were around. Are you doing much bicycling, rollerblading etc? The Austin libraries have lots of free net access these days. I wonder if your "website" is still up, I'll have to take a look. Is the library your only access?

~stacey Tue, Sep 23, 1997 (12:09) #20

Not anymore! I'm ethernet babe now! I'm connected at school FINALLY! The T-1 connection really spoiled me at MR. Ahh, but that has little to do with food, now. No beer last night, a couple of glasses of Merlot though.

~terry Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (07:52) #21

Actually, you were just an isdn babe back then. I developed a liking for Merlet a while back. What kind of connection do you have at school now?

~stacey Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (09:28) #22

a slow one.

~terry Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (19:29) #23

What? A dial up modem? Are you springing by telnet or over the web?

~stacey Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (09:28) #24

telnet But on the topic of beer... *smile* Fat Tire. Yum.

~terry Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (18:54) #25

What beer do you recommend I pick up for this weekend?

~stacey Fri, Sep 26, 1997 (09:12) #26

first I gots ta know what you're doing.

~terry Fri, Sep 26, 1997 (16:51) #27

Partying. Relaxing.

~stacey Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (08:49) #28

Bad Dog Ale... is that the one? You know,the one with the Hunter S. Thompson quotes.

~terry Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (11:50) #29

Have you ever tried Pilsner Uraquel? Guiness Strout? What do you think of these?

~stacey Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (09:00) #30

yes. and yes. The first one I loved. The black, tarry one, not so great. Although I had it in England where the tradition is to drink in at room temp!

~terry Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (20:31) #31

I've heard that, I like both of these. Based on that, what else would you recommend that I try?

~stacey Wed, Oct 1, 1997 (11:43) #32

Alimony Ale!!

~terry Thu, Oct 2, 1997 (23:14) #33

For real?

~stacey Fri, Oct 3, 1997 (09:23) #34

Yep. It's a darker than amber ale with all kinds of crazy flavors. NOT fruity More spice. Nutmeg maybe. I don't know if Texas has it or not but Boulder Amber Ale and Trout Ale are both good ones too. They're brewed in CO, the whole "Rocky Mountain water" thing.

~terry Fri, Oct 3, 1997 (23:14) #35

Celis is pretty popular around Austin, and they have some interesting flavors.

~stacey Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (09:45) #36

I had a cold Guiness last night. Watched the cascade and everything. It was yum... much better cold!

~terry Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (17:16) #37

Makes me want to have a beer, but no beer in the fridge right now, and I'm home for the day. In 30 seconds the space shuttle lands. . . . . . . . Main gear touchdown. Nose gear touchdown. Another good landing at Edwards AFB. I guess you were here too late, but they have opened a lot of microbreweries around Austin. The Copper Tank, etc.

~stacey Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (17:56) #38

The Copper Tank's been around for awhile -- 3 years. Been there, liked that. Actually I prefered it before the restaurant. I also had been to the Armadillo but I know that's shut down. Thre were a couple more when I last talked to Austin ites... Thanks for the shuttle commentary!

~terry Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (20:13) #39

Sure, they were saying that on the radio while I was typing. Cedar Street is actually what I was trying to think of, they had a real cool gathering there recently put on by the MAIN folks (who are putting public internet terminals in the libraries around Austin). Did you ever make it there?

~stacey Tue, Oct 7, 1997 (09:15) #40

I made it there but I didn't know it was a microbrewery.

~stacey Thu, Oct 9, 1997 (12:36) #41

Last night I had a Red Hook. Decent beer. I'm still reeling over how much I enjoyed the Guiness this time. Refrigeration makes a HUGE difference. In Estes Park they have the Estes Park brewery -- good microbrews that have recently started in a broader market. The Wynkoop in downtown Denver also makes a couple really good micros -- Railyard Ale is one of my faves. But every month they tap a specialty brew. Last year they tapped one in honor of Kurt Vonnegut.

~terry Thu, Oct 9, 1997 (18:56) #42

Does Guiness make other beers besides Stout, I seem to vaguely recall even seeing a near beer made by Guiness.

~stacey Fri, Oct 10, 1997 (10:20) #43

In a green can?

~terry Sat, Oct 11, 1997 (18:53) #44

I don't remember what kind of can. Strangely, I drank a near beer the other night and felt a buzz from it. It was Heineken's Near Beer, called Klausthauler or something.

~KitchenManager Sat, Oct 11, 1997 (19:22) #45

I know I'm interrupting and all, but my favorites (all dark) are: Samuel Adam's Double Bock Guiness Stout Red Hook ESB Pete's Wicked Ale Anchor Porter Blackened VooDoo Red Hook's porter with the Starbuck's coffee in it WER

~terry Sat, Oct 11, 1997 (21:04) #46

Any particular flavor of Starbuck's coffee? How would you arrange these on a scale of bitter to sweet?

~KitchenManager Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (00:18) #47

Actually, I don't know which they use to brew it with, I just remember it's Starbucks. And there really isn't a sweet one one the list. I usually don't prefer my darks sweet, although the occasional black and tan hits the spot! WER

~stacey Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (09:41) #48

It was a cheap beer weekend! Black label and Red Dog!

~terry Mon, Oct 13, 1997 (13:24) #49

Beer brewed with coffee, what do you think Stacey?

~stacey Tue, Oct 14, 1997 (08:37) #50

Sounds like two of my biggest vices in one fell swoop! I like the idea.

~terry Tue, Oct 14, 1997 (13:49) #51

Will you try one and get back to us?

~stacey Wed, Oct 15, 1997 (09:19) #52

will do

~terry Wed, Oct 15, 1997 (13:19) #53

Oh good, Stacey's our canary in the mineshaft for coffee brewed beer.

~stacey Thu, Oct 16, 1997 (09:04) #54

I seem to be everyone's canary -- the fumes at MR?!?!

~stacey Thu, Oct 16, 1997 (09:06) #55

Had Pets's Oktober fest and a Twisted Pine amber (local) last night. The Twisted pine was kinda yeasty but really good and darker than most ambers.

~KitchenManager Thu, Oct 16, 1997 (23:33) #56

Ambers are good, yeasty isn't. Oktoberfests are good, also. Decent beer tastes, stacey!. WER

~stacey Fri, Oct 17, 1997 (11:00) #57

Why thank you sir! I also volunteer my taste-testing services in this area!

~KitchenManager Sat, Oct 18, 1997 (00:00) #58

Well, that's two, what are the others? WER

~terry Sun, Oct 19, 1997 (12:05) #59

George Gale is a founding member of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain. The ale won a gold medal this year. For more details: http://www.troth.demon.co.uk/pages/beers.html.

~stacey Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (09:21) #60

Other taste testing services...??? *smile*

~terry Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (18:07) #61

What do you all think of Belgian brewed beers vs. beers brewed with Belgian methods in the US?

~KitchenManager Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (23:36) #62

stacey--yes(can e-mail me your answer if you'd prefer) terry--Can't say that I like either. Too yeasty, at least all that I have tried. I prefer German, Irish, and Australlian, outside of my favorite American, and Swiss Lowenbrau is pretty good, especially the dark. WER

~stacey Tue, Oct 21, 1997 (10:42) #63

[BMy, my this is becoming quite the inuendo conference... I like it!

~KitchenManager Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (00:49) #64

Inuendo, conferencing, or onlookers? Back to Belgium: I forgot about Duvel, I think its Belgian, and some lambics, especially Faro Pertotale Ale. WER

~terry Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (01:09) #65

Discovered on the most happening beer joints in Austin, it's called Fado. It's and Irish pub and they have great Guiness Stout on tap. I went there Friday for dinner and had fish and chips (very good) with some Stout. I met some folks for the first time and we had a blast. One of the guys was a former ranked tennis pro who needed a website (guess who might be building it?) and there were some women from SWT who were partyin' like it was 1999. Fado is sandwiched in between the Cedar Street jazz joint and a coffeehouse on Fourth Street.

~stacey Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (12:03) #66

sounds yummy! The joint, not the partyers! *grin*

~terry Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (20:26) #67

Glad you qualified that, in case we misinterpreted you. What was your favorite beer joint around Austin? Have you ever been to the Draught Horse?

~stacey Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (09:16) #68

Fave beer joint would have to be all those with outdoor patios... Dog&Duck, Crown and Anchor, (shoot) what was the one by crown and anchor? I thought the Draught Horse was a bit overpriced and most of the microbrew places (ie. the Bitter End) a bit pretentious.

~terry Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (11:12) #69

I've never been to Draught Horse, just heard about it. There's a place downtown that has beer and movies, what's it called? It's around the corner from Fados.

~stacey Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (13:04) #70

Dunno? What KIND of movies?

~KitchenManager Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (13:12) #71

Down, girl, down. WER ps--no offense = )

~stacey Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (13:16) #72

A serious question (yeah right!) If he were referring to one of the comedy places vs. a dramatic movie screen... it might jog my memory.

~KitchenManager Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (13:24) #73

I think he's referring to a place where you can have dinner, a beer, and watch a movie, a restaurant/cinema kinda place. WER

~terry Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (20:40) #74

Yeah, that's it, but the name escapes me.

~stacey Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (11:21) #75

The Cinema Grill?

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (14:39) #76

Nope, somethin' else.

~stacey Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (14:45) #77

Vittles N' Video?

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:01) #78

Nope, you're getting colder.

~stacey Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:05) #79

Raucous Reels?

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:09) #80

Not there yet.

~stacey Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (15:31) #81

Movies N' Mai Tai's?

~terry Fri, Oct 24, 1997 (17:10) #82

Great name but no banana.

~stacey Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (09:39) #83

Cider and Slapstick?

~terry Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (10:46) #84

Nope, another cool name though. Try again. This is fun.

~stacey Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (12:02) #85

Drama on Draught?

~terry Mon, Oct 27, 1997 (12:40) #86

Nyetski.

~stacey Tue, Oct 28, 1997 (08:46) #87

Action/Adventure Ale House?

~terry Tue, Oct 28, 1997 (10:38) #88

Not.

~stacey Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (09:51) #89

Shows N Suds?

~terry Wed, Oct 29, 1997 (21:03) #90

Not Shows 'n Suds, but that's one of the best names you've come up with.

~stacey Thu, Oct 30, 1997 (08:39) #91

Now how am I supposed to come up with another fictional name with that kind of pressure on me, huh? You know it would be my nature (and habit) to come up with something better than the best I've already created... oh the pressure...

~terry Thu, Oct 30, 1997 (09:27) #92

Alls the same in love and naming movie/beer joints.

~stacey Thu, Oct 30, 1997 (09:57) #93

Bellylaughs N' Beverages?

~terry Thu, Oct 30, 1997 (12:53) #94

*** giggle *** but no.

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (00:02) #95

stacey, when you're tired, let me know I finally looked up the answer WER

~stacey Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (09:59) #96

Ttttt...iiii...rrrrr.eeee....ddddd.... and fading!

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (14:57) #97

Alamo Drafthouse Theater WER

~stacey Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (16:45) #98

not nearly as catchy as any of mine, but thanks for the reprieve!

~terry Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (18:20) #99

I like Stacedouts names much better!

~KitchenManager Fri, Oct 31, 1997 (23:42) #100

Me, too... WER