The Beer Thread

[Freed Roger]

[expletive] your German Purity Law, Kraftig Douchebag.

I'm drinking Ayinger Urweisse (Bavarian Dark Weizen) - it's strong and good. Sure enough, on the label in fine print - "brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516."

[jim]

1516 purity law - does that mean you have to boil the water out of the river/sewer before your brew with it?

[lukethedrifter]

It wasn't about purity. They were just trying to keep some of the grain in food, ie bread and not use all of it up making hooch.

[Jocephus]

i thought it had to do with virginity

[GeddyWrox]

Met Schlich last night for a few beers. Good times! When is that 10 year GRB reunion? Would love to meet some more folks and reconnect with a few that I have met in the past!

[Swirls]

[expletive] your German Purity Law, Kraftig Douchebag.

I'm drinking Ayinger Urweisse (Bavarian Dark Weizen) - it's strong and good. Sure enough, on the label in fine print - "brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516."

Try the Ayinger Celebrator doppelbock. It's [expletive] fantastic. And you get little plastic goat figurines with each bottle.

[Freed Roger]

[expletive] your German Purity Law, Kraftig Douchebag.

I'm drinking Ayinger Urweisse (Bavarian Dark Weizen) - it's strong and good. Sure enough, on the label in fine print - "brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516."

Try the Ayinger Celebrator doppelbock. It's [expletive] fantastic. And you get little plastic goat figurines with each bottle.

Judging from the Urweisse (not even a favored style of mine) and their Oktoberfest, Ayinger makes great beer.

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In other news- Full speed ahead for Brew Hub in Chesterfield Valley -and they hired away Schafly brewmaster
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... 88dea.html

Also, the dudes at Craft Beer Cellar tell me that Perennial is looking to move to a bigger space, and 2nd Shift is in line to move to Perennial's locale. 2nd Shift makes some good beer locally, but availability limited.

[Schlich]

Met Schlich last night for a few beers. Good times! When is that 10 year GRB reunion? Would love to meet some more folks and reconnect with a few that I have met in the past!

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speaking of beer, i wanted to try out the Perennial barrel aged abraxas when they tapped it on wednesday, but it ran out in two and a half hours. I'm pretty new to this whole beer snobbery thing, but that seems outrageous to me.

[JL21]

The 4 Hands Madagascar is delicious.

[JL21]

This is a pretty interesting read about how the craft beer movement has ditched Sam Adams and Jim Koch.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restauran ... dams-beer/

It honestly leaves me a little conflicted about a lot of stuff. Koch sounds like a total jackass in the first paragraph or two.