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[Daniel]

Racer 5 Indian Pale Ale, Mission Brewery Shipwrecked Double IPA last night, then a Lil Sumpin Sumpin

[Eatmywords]

I’ve decided Heineken Light is my current favorite mass produced light beer. I like the bitter, floral elements and it doesn’t seem as watered down as other lights. I find it much more enjoyable than Amstel.

Another beer I’ve sort of been forced to drink (because the host would be insulted if I brought my own) is regular Coors (Banquet). For a mass produced American Lager there's nothing offending about it. It’s malty, refreshing and crisp. Goes down nicely.

Coors is to beer what iceberg lettuce is to salad.

Nah, coors Light is iceburg. Banquet is more romaine. The host in q would choose iceburg over all the sheshe ‘fancy’ lettuces btw.

Daniel, you are a beer rock star. I nominate you president and founder of the Brooklyn Beer and BBQ (Bite) club

[Daniel]

Well, Miss K is away and when I was looking through my closet the other day, I found these awesome drinking shoes.

[Eatmywords]

[StephanieL]

Sixpoint Saison. Very light and refreshing, with a wheaty aftertaste.

[g.johnson]

Sixpoint Saison. Very light and refreshing, with a wheaty aftertaste.

Adnams Southwold bitter. Proper beer at last.

[Anthony Bonner]

Sixpoint Saison. Very light and refreshing, with a wheaty aftertaste.

Adnams Southwold bitter. Proper beer at last.

very very very jealous. My favorite quasi mass market brewer

[Daniel]

I had a few alphabet city brewery easy blonds yesterday.. First one I didn't love, it got easier the more I drank. Of course ended the day with aventinus on tap. Was asleep by 6.

[AaronS]

founders frangelic mountain brown - a 9% brown ale brewed with hazelnut flavored coffee - I'm kind of embarrassed to say that I enjoyed this. not many beer flavors, sweet, a little cloying, but the coffee flavors go well with the alcohol sweetness. I haven't had the rogue hazelnut brown ale in a few years but this makes me think I should. the hazelnut definitely tastes artificial.

sierra nevada torpedo is better in a can. I went to their website to see when the southern hemisphere fresh hop ale was released and was excited to see that hoptimum will be available until august and there's a collaboration with russian river coming out in july.

[AaronS]

Sixpoint Saison. Very light and refreshing, with a wheaty aftertaste.

Adnams Southwold bitter. Proper beer at last.

available in bottles at wf.

[StephanieL]

Tröegs Dreamweaver Wheat Ale on draft. I wasn't impressed with it--there were some odd flavors that I couldn't really place, beyond what you'd expect from a top-fermented beer.

[Sneakeater]

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

I know it's totally uncool to like this. But what can I say?

To me, the key thing about this beer is that, contrary to what you'd expect, it isn't overwhelmingly hoppy. To the contrary, there's a very strong sweetish malt undercurrent, lending complexity and keeping this from being the one-dimensional bitter you might expect.

Sorry.

[Daniel]

I don't know where Dogfish isn't cool but, I like the stuff.. I had a couple of Lil Summin Summins at the bar at Aita yesterday afternoon. They are 7 bucks so, it is only the proximity to my house which got me over there.. On a separate note, I spoke with the bartender and it appears there is a little hidden bar attached to the restaurant called Mayflower. I was going to go last night but, ate way too much food and homemade wine + grappa at a family friends house and was laid up in a food coma.

[Abbylovi]

What am I missing, why is Dogfish uncool? I've got the 60 minute in my fridge and I really love a lot of their beers.

[Wilfrid]

The Dogfish 120 had a mixed reception in a Mouthfuls blind tasting a few years ago:

The first thing I noticed pouring the Dogfish Head 120 was its opacity. It's a muddy, cloudy, viscous, toffee-colored liquid. The flavor, though, was a revelation. Perhaps because of a high sugar content, the outrageous IBU score did not translate into overwhelming bitterness on the palate. "Way too sweet" said someone; one accurate description was "apricot and alcohol." It was almost like "a dessert wine." It did quite well in the voting: the consensus seemed to be that it was certainly interesting, although a little would go a long way.

The 90 may be less extreme (but I don't much like extreme beers).