The Beer Thread

[jim]

I like to "build my own" 6-packs when I'm in the mood to try new brews. I don't want to invest in a whole sixer of a particular beer until I try one.

I was going to suggest the same, if the place will let you do it. Great way to test them out without the $6-$24 or more investment.

There is a little convenience store in Readstown, WI that I go to where you can mix and match a bunch of stuff, including practically all of the New Glarus products and Capital products ... probably my 2 favorite brewers. When I go I will get 2-3 six packs to bring back where I will get 2-3 beers of various kinds. $7.49 a six, which is about as cheap as you will find N.G. stuff anyway so it's a bonus that you can get the variety.

[lukethedrifter]

Anyone a fan of Boulevard Lunar?

[JL21]

I bought a six of that earlier in the summer, had one, and disliked it so much that I wound up giving the other five away.

[lukethedrifter]

I like it as a session beer that's got some flavor but not overwhelming. Not a world beater. I think I like it like you like Newkie.

[Jocephus]

i want a 6pack after work...what should i get?

edit: actually i think i'll go with guinness...haven't had it for awhile

[JL21]

I like it as a session beer that's got some flavor but not overwhelming. Not a world beater. I think I like it like you like Newkie.

It's possible- even likely- that my expectations were too high. I'm a fan of Boulevard's products and I dig the Brown Ales. It seemed like a perfect match.

[redbirdjazzz]

I like it as a session beer that's got some flavor but not overwhelming. Not a world beater. I think I like it like you like Newkie.

It's possible- even likely- that my expectations were too high. I'm a fan of Boulevard's products and I dig the Brown Ales. It seemed like a perfect match.

Beer Advocate says it's a Dark Wheat rather than a brown, so that might have caused your expectations problem. I've only had it once (I thought it was supposed to be a brown too), and thought it was mediocre at best, but I'd be willing to try it again at some point; I just won't actively seek it out.

[lukethedrifter]

I like it as a session beer that's got some flavor but not overwhelming. Not a world beater. I think I like it like you like Newkie.

It's possible- even likely- that my expectations were too high. I'm a fan of Boulevard's products and I dig the Brown Ales. It seemed like a perfect match.

Beer Advocate says it's a Dark Wheat rather than a brown, so that might have caused your expectations problem. I've only had it once (I thought it was supposed to be a brown too), and thought it was mediocre at best, but I'd be willing to try it again at some point; I just won't actively seek it out.

Here's a fairly interesting though lacking focus article on Boulevard v. Schlafly which gets into Lunar a bit. I give Boulevard props for taking this chance.


Lunar has provoked similar reactions all across the Kansas City area. And Boulevard owner John McDonald knows it. But McDonald believes that quaffers are divided into two constituencies. One is worth courting, the other isn't. To McDonald, Rice and his pals represent "social drinkers." Beer, he says, is just a "social lubricant" to the majority of beer drinkers. "It's ubiquitous in American life," McDonald says. McDonald is more interested in what he calls "real beer drinkers." They distinguish subtle aromas and flavors in beer, like members of a poor man's wine club. These guys thrill that Lunar is a German-style dunkelweizen with a Belgium yeast, billed on the company's Web site as "a cloudy, russet brown beer with subtle aromatic notes... a uniquely rounded mellow flavor crowned by a crisp, dry finish."

[Freed Roger]

this article talks about beer/ice cream floats. I won't go so far to put ice cream in beer, but I had the Blvd Dry Stout and discovered it was pretty darn good to drink after a bite of ice cream. didn't like the Dry Stout on its own though.

Which leads to question, anybody have luck mixing two beers? - like a black and tan . what works?

(answer now before jim gets back)

[redbirdjazzz]

I like it as a session beer that's got some flavor but not overwhelming. Not a world beater. I think I like it like you like Newkie.

It's possible- even likely- that my expectations were too high. I'm a fan of Boulevard's products and I dig the Brown Ales. It seemed like a perfect match.

Beer Advocate says it's a Dark Wheat rather than a brown, so that might have caused your expectations problem. I've only had it once (I thought it was supposed to be a brown too), and thought it was mediocre at best, but I'd be willing to try it again at some point; I just won't actively seek it out.

Here's a fairly interesting though lacking focus article on Boulevard v. Schlafly which gets into Lunar a bit. I give Boulevard props for taking this chance.


Lunar has provoked similar reactions all across the Kansas City area. And Boulevard owner John McDonald knows it. But McDonald believes that quaffers are divided into two constituencies. One is worth courting, the other isn't. To McDonald, Rice and his pals represent "social drinkers." Beer, he says, is just a "social lubricant" to the majority of beer drinkers. "It's ubiquitous in American life," McDonald says. McDonald is more interested in what he calls "real beer drinkers." They distinguish subtle aromas and flavors in beer, like members of a poor man's wine club. These guys thrill that Lunar is a German-style dunkelweizen with a Belgium yeast, billed on the company's Web site as "a cloudy, russet brown beer with subtle aromatic notes... a uniquely rounded mellow flavor crowned by a crisp, dry finish."

Ah, a dunkelweizen, that makes more sense. I've never liked dunkel/hefeweizens; the banana/clove thing really just doesn't work for me at all.