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[Chief Grey Bear]

Nothing wrong with The Banquet beer. That's another one that is old school. And no light beer either. They call it light beer because it's for lightweights! Full flavor or nothing!

I can't help you with the headache thing. Never had one unless I had a hangover. And I haven't had one of those in 30 years. Water is your friend. So is time. 

[Chief Grey Bear]

11 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

  Hummm, interesting bantering here. My question to the Chief is who throws the ned rig better? East side of the state or Westerners? Food related too. It is hot right now and the fish seem to find it tasty,

BilletHead

Ha! I figure you got that all worked out down on Taney. 

Probably the west coasters though. They been throwing in for years. They just didn't know it had a name.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Wow!!   All this because of a bag of potato chips!!

I love this place.   And KC BBQ and KC beer.   And their womens.

Pete

[ness]

I drink a little beer, a little wine and a little of the spirits. I really like to try out different stuff.

There is a really rich selection of beers available now. Too many, I'd argue. I prefer to get them on tap, then maybe out of a bottle and lastly in a can. I lean toward less-hoppy and more malty beers in general.

Probably my favorite beer is a Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat. Fairly light but with a lot of good flavor. A friend who knows I don't like hops said I had to try Boulevard Calling. It's a highly-hopped IPA beer (a whopping 75 IBUs versus 30 for their standard Pale Ale or 12 for their wheat). Turns out I love the stuff -- the hop comes through as a strong citrus flavor, not a mouth-puckering bitter. That really opened my eyes.

I never drank Budweiser. It was always Coors, just because. Maybe because I like the mountains. Was in StL a few years back and toured the brewery and even did a little beer tasting class. I got the free samples at the end the plain-old Budweiser blew my socks off. Honest. Of course it was as fresh as you can get, but it was also very cold. Colder than the 45 Chief mentioned. So, I occasionally buy the King of Beers.

I guess the point of all  this is, sometimes it pays to try stuff that's a little outside your box.

[Deadstream]

Enough already .   What's for supper ?

[snagged in outlet 3]

Chic Fil A Salad with thousand island dressing and a Bud Light.

I'm in a cooking slump.

I burned some spedini the other night and it's affected me.

Pete

 

 

[ness]

I think I'm gonna stop by the store and pick up some ground beef and deli mashed potatoes and gravy. Make me a quick-and-easy shepherd's pie. Just like we ate at good old Three Trails Elementary School in the 60s. Instead of a 3¢ carton of whole milk, I believe I'll stop at Gomer's and get me a sixer of something good to drink with it.

[Chief Grey Bear]

To be honest Ness, I've never measured the temp of my beer. But I noticed early on that the colder the beer was, the milder the flavor. But a few degrees warmer, but still cold, it had a much more robust flavor. Most larger beers they suggest serving between 40* and 45* from what I remember. So take the 45* with a grain of salt. 

 

[BilletHead]

   Leftover venison meatballs Japanese style over white rice. Maybe a Ned rig bashing on the side with a Blue Moon frosted up in the freezer before pouring,

BilletHead

[snagged in outlet 3]

I absolutely love all the new beers on the market.

My favorite style is a marzen .

Sam Adams Oktoberfest on draft fits that bill perfectly.

They have it on tap every year at Oktoberfest here in St Charles and that's all I drink the whole weekend.

And I mean the whole weekend.

But if I drank them all the time I would weigh 300 pounds so I don't. 

Pete