Favorite BEER/DRINK/ALE ;) - Page 4

Thoran · 01-14-2002, 01:56 PM

mmm... beer.

Newcastle Nut Brown
Murphys Stout
Guiness (draft ONLY... none of that lame widget crapola)
Corona with Lime
Becks Dark
Harp
Milwaukees Best - My "Quantity not Quality" brew!

Hard Cider... and not the stuff you get at the store (nasty stuff made from Apple Juice - no bite), REAL hard cider tastes totally different. (on our best year we made 60 gallons of the stuff [img]smile.gif[/img] )

[ 01-14-2002: Message edited by: Thoran ]

Talthyr Malkaviel · 01-14-2002, 02:02 PM

Ok, maybe it's just cos I come from the SouthWest of England, but I've never heard of cider made from apple juice, of course it's made from apples, but apple juice!!!!

Durwyn · 01-14-2002, 02:44 PM

Ah also some of my Russian obsessions,

Baltika =) Love that one.

Also I still think Chezalovakian (hmm misspell hehe) beer is very good, it is made on Seltzer water and it really adds a good swing to it.

Thoran · 01-14-2002, 03:14 PM

All the bottled hard cider I've tried has tasted like it was made from sweetened apple juice with alcohol added. It had none of the tartness or natural carbonation (we call it "Twang") that I expect in real hard cider.

Another failing of bottled hard cider might be the apple varieties they use. The way we made cider is to go around to all the farmers in the area and ask if we could harvest the trees in their cow pastures. Now cows LOVE apples, but apples ferment in their stomachs and sour the milk... so farmers are usually more than happy to let us go in and shake their trees. Of course when you do it this way we get a variety of apples and a wide range of "ripeness". I really like to have tart apples in my cider... adds alot of flavor.

In any event... I've never tasted bottled "hard cider" or "apple jack" that didn't taste just plain nasty in comparison to what I expect (disappointing too).

Talthyr Malkaviel · 01-14-2002, 05:07 PM

I don't have any basis from experience of American cider, so I'd be able to better understand how 'hard' hard cider is if you told me what percent it is.

Lord of Alcohol · 01-14-2002, 06:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MILAMBER:

Hey LofA! I just realized today is Monday. You know what we do on Mondays don't you?

Yes I do Milamber, HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!!!! I'm sure your celebrating along with me! Works done and when the tough are done working, the tough go drinking! Unfortunatley had to downgrade the beer tonight (broke

) but what the hell I'll drink it anyway!!!

01-14-2002, 02:02 PM	#32
Talthyr Malkaviel Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: August 31, 2001 Location: Land of the Britons Age: 37 Posts: 3,224	Ok, maybe it's just cos I come from the SouthWest of England, but I've never heard of cider made from apple juice, of course it's made from apples, but apple juice!!!! __________________ Resident cantankerous sorcerer of the Clan HADB<br />and Sorcerous Nuttella salesman of the O.R.T<br /> <br /><br />Say NO to the Trouser Tyranny! Can I drill you about this?

01-14-2002, 02:44 PM	#33
Durwyn Elminster Join Date: January 4, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 415	Ah also some of my Russian obsessions, Baltika =) Love that one. Also I still think Chezalovakian (hmm misspell hehe) beer is very good, it is made on Seltzer water and it really adds a good swing to it. __________________ <b>-Durwyn Foehammer</b><p><i>\"Don\'t you go a-meddling with old stone or cold wights or prying in their houses, unless you be strong folk with hearts that never faulter.\"</i> - J.R.R. Tolkien

01-14-2002, 05:07 PM	#35
Talthyr Malkaviel Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: August 31, 2001 Location: Land of the Britons Age: 37 Posts: 3,224	I don't have any basis from experience of American cider, so I'd be able to better understand how 'hard' hard cider is if you told me what percent it is. __________________ Resident cantankerous sorcerer of the Clan HADB<br />and Sorcerous Nuttella salesman of the O.R.T<br /> <br /><br />Say NO to the Trouser Tyranny! Can I drill you about this?

01-14-2002, 06:27 PM	#36
Lord of Alcohol Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC Age: 60 Posts: 4,570	quote: Originally posted by MILAMBER: Hey LofA! I just realized today is Monday. You know what we do on Mondays don't you? Yes I do Milamber, HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!!!! I'm sure your celebrating along with me! Works done and when the tough are done working, the tough go drinking! Unfortunatley had to downgrade the beer tonight (broke ) but what the hell I'll drink it anyway!!! __________________ No

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01-14-2002, 01:56 PM	#31
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	mmm... beer. Newcastle Nut Brown Murphys Stout Guiness (draft ONLY... none of that lame widget crapola) Corona with Lime Becks Dark Harp Milwaukees Best - My "Quantity not Quality" brew! Hard Cider... and not the stuff you get at the store (nasty stuff made from Apple Juice - no bite), REAL hard cider tastes totally different. (on our best year we made 60 gallons of the stuff [img]smile.gif[/img] ) [ 01-14-2002: Message edited by: Thoran ]

01-14-2002, 03:14 PM	#34
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 56 Posts: 2,109	All the bottled hard cider I've tried has tasted like it was made from sweetened apple juice with alcohol added. It had none of the tartness or natural carbonation (we call it "Twang") that I expect in real hard cider. Another failing of bottled hard cider might be the apple varieties they use. The way we made cider is to go around to all the farmers in the area and ask if we could harvest the trees in their cow pastures. Now cows LOVE apples, but apples ferment in their stomachs and sour the milk... so farmers are usually more than happy to let us go in and shake their trees. Of course when you do it this way we get a variety of apples and a wide range of "ripeness". I really like to have tart apples in my cider... adds alot of flavor. In any event... I've never tasted bottled "hard cider" or "apple jack" that didn't taste just plain nasty in comparison to what I expect (disappointing too).

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