If you have had a good (or bad) beer recently report the results here

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

As a Kenyan my default here is Tusker, or Tusker Malt Lager. Washes down barbequed red meat very well. 

[Donoghus]

Dogfish Head Sixty-one.  Absolutely love it.  The taste from the syrah grape must combined with the hoppiness is surprisingly good.

[Lucky17]

Dogfish Head Sixty-one.  Absolutely love it.  The taste from the syrah grape must combined with the hoppiness is surprisingly good.

While I know it's not the same thing: I once had an ale that had been aged in wine barrels (I forget what kind of wine). It was easily one of the worst craft beers I've ever had.

I'm averse to any beer that has been aged in wood barrels. I don't mind getting punched in the mouth with hops. I don't like sucking on wood chips, though.

[Donoghus]

Dogfish Head Sixty-one.  Absolutely love it.  The taste from the syrah grape must combined with the hoppiness is surprisingly good.

While I know it's not the same thing: I once had an ale that had been aged in wine barrels (I forget what kind of wine). It was easily one of the worst craft beers I've ever had.

I'm averse to any beer that has been aged in wood barrels. I don't mind getting punched in the mouth with hops. I don't like sucking on wood chips, though.

Defintely agree with you on the aged barrel thing. 

Also, those bourbon/beer hybrids are absolutely awful.  I just don't understand that fascination at all.

If I want bourbon, I'm going to get myself a bourbon on the rocks.  If I want a beer, I'm going to order myself a beer.  I may even order myself a beer with a shot of bourbon on the side or a bourbon & water with a beer sidecar.  However, I don't want the two combined together like some Frankenstein experiment gone horribly wrong.

[Lucky17]

Preach!

[fairweatherfan]

Also, those bourbon/beer hybrids are absolutely awful.  I just don't understand that fascination at all.

If I want bourbon, I'm going to get myself a bourbon on the rocks.  If I want a beer, I'm going to order myself a beer.  I may even order myself a beer with a shot of bourbon on the side or a bourbon & water with a beer sidecar.  However, I don't want the two combined together like some Frankenstein experiment gone horribly wrong.

Good bourbon stouts are awesome, the bourbon flavor really complements the dark, rich stout tastes.  If they weren't so expensive and potent I'd drink them all the time.  But different strokes and all that.

...wasn't impressed with the one bourbon ale I've had, though, and it was supposed to be a good one (Founders' Backwoods B*stard)

[indeedproceed]

Interesting POI I learned from a brewer: Cask-aged ales (which includes Stouts..stouts are a type of ale) have to be force-carbonated.

Recently a brewery opened near me. They made the "Blunderbuss", a coffee bourbon barrel porter, and then they made a Coffee Porter. The Coffee Porter is fantastic. The Blunderbuss was good, and a bit more complex, but like the movie Prometheus, it was missing something.

[Kiorrik]

We should set up some kind of "send each-other a case of beers" system :]

[Eja117]

Guinness Foreign Extra......I'll probably stick to the original

[Lucky17]

After a long hiatus, my local Trader Joe's is carrying La Fin du Monde again.

It's been a long time, my friend. Lovely to see you again.

Can I QFT myself? Because 100% of the time, it works 100% of the time.

[indeedproceed]

I tried Green Flash Brewing's Double Stout Black Ale.

It's interesting. They get all hoppy wit it. Solid 8%, and with all the stout notes you love, but with a back end bitter hops note you'd expect from a west coast IPA. Honestly, not a huge fan of Green Flash'e offerings in the past it but I'd buy this again

[indeedproceed]

We should set up some kind of "send each-other a case of beers" system :]

Agree.

[Donoghus]

Had the Dogfish Head Noble Rot last night.  Bomber saison ale brewed with grape must.

Wasn't really a fan.  The Sixty-One is much better, IMO, if you're going for a twinge of wine taste.

[indeedproceed]

Finally a beer you guys can't get!! It's brewed 20 miles from my house, it's good. Smooth, complex, strong. Like Hakeem.

[2short]

in western mass we have this great small brewery tree house that is making some fine beers!  I believe 2 of theirs were just named to some list? julius (ipa) and another BUT I just had the percolator stout last week, great beer!