Best (and worst) beers you’ve ever had - redux

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

6 minutes ago, jAUSon said:

La Fin Du Monde. Hard to find, but it exists. It's not hoppy, but wheaty, and HEAVEY. You can almost stand a popsicle stick in it. It would be foolish to pass it up if you spot it in a specialty place. 9% abv, lol. 

Love this beer!

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

9 minutes ago, AUDub said:

Oktoberfests still haven’t hit the shelves here. Bit later than last year. Hmm. 

Saw SA Octoberfest in the store this evening. Almost picked it up for nostalgia sake.

[AUDub 11,158]

1 minute ago, jAUSon said:

La Fin Du Monde. Hard to find, but it exists. It's not hoppy, but wheaty, and HEAVEY. You can almost stand a popsicle stick in it. It would be foolish to pass it up if you spot it in a specialty place. 9% abv, lol. 

Welcome aboard! 

La Fin du Monde is an excellent beer. Never gets old. One of my earlier introductions to craft and I still find myself purchasing a bomber from time to time. I’m quite lucky to actually be able to find it on the reg. As you said, heavy, like a lot of tripels, and deceptively so. Easy to drink too quickly if you’re not careful. 

Others in the style I’d recommend should you happen across them.

Chimay Cinq Cents

Westmalle 

St. Bernardus Tripel

All also very good, but I’m not going to lie, Unibroue’s offering is what I consider the class of the style among those I’ve tried. 

[AUDub 11,158]

5 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Saw SA Octoberfest in the store this evening. Almost picked it up for nostalgia sake.

SN’s is the one I always crush this time of year. 

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

1 minute ago, AUDub said:

SN’s is the one I always crush this time of year. 

Marzens....I freaking love them. We just got SN’s on the reg last year. I’m pretty sure I took a bath in it.

[AUDub 11,158]

1 minute ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Marzens....I freaking love them. We just got SN’s on the reg last year. I’m pretty sure I took a bath in it.

Wish they would collaborate with Mahrs Brau again. The 2016 edition bordered on world class to me. 

[jAUSon 2,836]

And the worst I ever had. (Probably 1998) I had a Sam Adams Triple Bock. A beer snob's beer. And let me tell you- it tasted like eating chalk while biting a live 120v power chord. I worked at this stupid place in the 90's. http://www.newyorkbeverage.com

There were less micro's back then, but we drank everything available at the time.

I don't think they make the Sam Adam's triple bock anymore.

[McLoofus 35,182]

9 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Tell me about it.

Still out

9 hours ago, jAUSon said:

La Fin Du Monde. Hard to find, but it exists. It's not hoppy, but wheaty, and HEAVEY. You can almost stand a popsicle stick in it. It would be foolish to pass it up if you spot it in a specialty place. 9% abv, lol. 

Welcome! Post often. 

8 hours ago, AUDub said:

SN’s is the one I always crush this time of year. 

I love that they do something different every year. And it's always fantastic. Actually one of the best indicators of just how good of a brewery they really are IMO. 

[AUDub 11,158]

8 hours ago, jAUSon said:

And the worst I ever had. (Probably 1998) I had a Sam Adams Triple Bock. A beer snob's beer. And let me tell you- it tasted like eating chalk while biting a live 120v power chord. I worked at this stupid place in the 90's. http://www.newyorkbeverage.com

There were less micro's back then, but we drank everything available at the time.

I don't think they make the Sam Adam's triple bock anymore.

Interesting! Never had it. Looks like they only made three batches. 94, 95 and 97.

Looking at BA, the reviews seem to be heavily vintage dependent. 94 and 95 look serviceable, while all of the reviews of the 97 vintage seem to be horror stories.

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

10 hours ago, AUDub said:

Welcome aboard! 

La Fin du Monde is an excellent beer. Never gets old. One of my earlier introductions to craft and I still find myself purchasing a bomber from time to time. I’m quite lucky to actually be able to find it on the reg. As you said, heavy, like a lot of tripels, and deceptively so. Easy to drink too quickly if you’re not careful. 

Others in the style I’d recommend should you happen across them.

Chimay Cinq Cents

Westmalle 

St. Bernardus Tripel

All also very good, but I’m not going to lie, Unibroue’s offering is what I consider the class of the style among those I’ve tried. 

 

10 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Marzens....I freaking love them. We just got SN’s on the reg last year. I’m pretty sure I took a bath in it.

Please forgive me, but

???

[AUDub 11,158]

3 minutes ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

 

Please forgive me, but

???

With regularity. Routinely.

[ShocksMyBrain 9,368]

On 8/14/2018 at 9:54 PM, jAUSon said:

La Fin Du Monde. Hard to find, but it exists. It's not hoppy, but wheaty, and HEAVEY. You can almost stand a popsicle stick in it. It would be foolish to pass it up if you spot it in a specialty place. 9% abv, lol. 

My first craft beer I legally bought a couple days after my 21st in Orlando before the Capital One/Citrus Bowl against Wisconsin in 2006. That’s a tough one to tailgate with. The outcome of the game was hard to stomach too. 

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

17 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

My first craft beer I legally bought a couple days after my 21st in Orlando before the Capital One/Citrus Bowl against Wisconsin in 2006. That’s a tough one to tailgate with. The outcome of the game was hard to stomach too. 

'Course before the craft beer explosion but, the day I came of age, I gave the sales clerk hell for not carding me.

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

This bad boy drops this week. Yes, please. (not my pic)

[ShocksMyBrain 9,368]

SW G13 or whatever. It tastes like weed. Better than NB Hemperor. 

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

 Bruh

[ShocksMyBrain 9,368]

2 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

 Bruh

Just stop. Making me jealous. 

[AUDub 11,158]

In the interest of keeping you posted:

On 3/26/2018 at 9:48 PM, Tiger Refuge said:

Seriously, keep us posted. I used subway tile on my kitchen backsplashes. It wasn’t bad at all. 

Removed a good bit of tile with a wedge, hammer and grout saw. 

Cut out the backer board and drywall with my sawzall. 

Handy dandy pipe cutter.

Cut cut cut

The old fixture.

Close-up of the damage I cause getting the old dome off. Not supposed to be twisted. 

Cut to length.

New mixing valve with some of the pipe sweated into place. 

Necessary tools. 

New valve in place. Bottom spout not sweated in yet. Did most of my sweating before installing. Had to sweat four couplings in the wall. Ended up working out pretty well. Water runs, no leaks. 

Another view. Coming along. 

Drywall and concrete back board in place. All that remains is to tile. 

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

@AUDub Great work! One thing I haven’t done much of...plumbing. Love when a home improvement project comes together! I pulled down our old shed in the backyard today. Once I can haul off it’s remains, I’ll start building a new one.

[AUDub 11,158]

Tiling sucks. That is all. Almost done but it's giving me fits. 

[AUDub 11,158]

Thank God my wife got a busy pattern that will hide my many errors. Still have to grout. 

Edited August 26, 2018 by AUDub

[AUDub 11,158]

And grout. Now it just has to cure, then I can seal it and we can use the shower again. 

Edited August 27, 2018 by AUDub

[ShocksMyBrain 9,368]

Celebratory beer. 

[AUDub 11,158]

I'm pretty blitzed. Chimay through the game. About to do my Ten Fidy nightcap. 

[AUDub 11,158]

Ugh. I remember back when my hangovers were over by mid morning.