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SeanBateman:
I had the first DFH beer I didn't really like last night! The Shelter Pale Ale! It tasted more like grape juice than beer, just not delicious.
Patrick:
I had a Weissbär Weissbier and it was good but kindof light on the flavor and not as strong as it could've been. I should've gone for the Dunkelbier that the restaurant offered, fuck.
Darkbluerabbit:
--- Quote from: SonofZ3 on 26 Dec 2007, 19:18 ---I bought a case of the Sam Adams Winter Collection or whatever its called to try the Cranberry Lambic (my cousin talked it up). I can honestly say I have never been more dissapointed in a beer. Why do they even call it lambic when it fails to come anywhere close? Terrible beer.
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I am drinking a Cranberry Lambic right now! I was actually pretty pleased with it, but I generally don't like fruity beers at all, so I didn't expect much. I am a whore for all things cranberry though, so I gave it a try despite my reservations. It's dry and has stronger beer flavor than all the berry brews I've had before, so that's probably why I like it better. I do not care for sweet beer. Ech.
SonofZ3:
Its the audacity to call it a lambic that bothers me. Compared to even a mass produced lambic like Lindeman's Framboise or Kreik it just falls waaayyyyyyy short. I can't really describe what belgian lambic is like, but I'll give it a try. Framboise is Raspberry, and when you pour it into a glass it has the absolute darkest red color with a beautiful pink foam. When you pull the cork out of the bottle (fermentation continues in a bottle of lambic after bottling, which results in higher pressures than normal beers. Lambic bottles tend to be heavier and have a cork) the smell of raspberry immediately greets you. The first taste is sour, and the carbonation reminds you more of champagne than beer, there is a malt flavor, but raspberry is still the main sensation...I love real lambic. Technically its a beer, but unlike anything else. Try a bottle of Framboise or Kreik sometime, and you'll understand why the Sam Adams Cranberry was dissapointing to me. It doesn't even have the Brettanomyces Lambicus yeast.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 23 Dec 2007, 22:24 ---I really hate all this extra cold nonsense though
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The whole notion of "extra cold" and "best served ice-cold" is complete bullshit served up by breweries who can only produce a sub-standard product and P.R. people who are trying to market their beer to ignorant yobbos. When you chill beer too much you completely dull all the flavour that it might have. If you truly want to enjoy your beer, don't drink it ice-cold. If it's an excessively hot day and you want to drink a refreshing beer, there are some styles that are perfectly suited, in particular wheat beer (for super-hot days) and I.P.A.s (for the merely "very hot). Put them in the fridge so they're cool but not "extra cold", pop 'em open, and enjoy.
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