What are you drinking?

[Fat_Bulldog]

I wonder if they make beer in France....

One of my favorite beers is a French beer. Pelforth Brune.

BUT, that said, it generally gets trashed by beer-rating sites.

The "Budweiser" of French beers is "1664". I loved it, it was in my hotel room fridge so I pretty much drank that when I was working there.

Another beer common in the area that you want to try is a Belgium beer called Leffe Blonde Ale. Outstanding - probably my favorite beer of alltime although RC recommends a darker beer from the same brewer.

I've been drinking Capital Brewing Company "Wisconsin Amber" this week and it is gooo-oood.

Have you tried "1664 Select?"

[JL21]

Yeah, in the Leffe family, I'm a Leffe Brune guy. But the blonde is tasty too.

[wart57]

Mt Dew. The nectar of the gods!

[ThatGuy]

Mt Dew. The nectar of the gods!

Are you strictly a drinker of the original Mountain Dew, or do you like the other stuff too? I'm a big Livewire fan.

[wart57]

Mt Dew. The nectar of the gods!

Are you strictly a drinker of the original Mountain Dew, or do you like the other stuff too? I'm a big Livewire fan.

Livewire is ok, as well as the special Halo 3 Mt Dew Feul, but the good old fashion regular Mt. Dew is my morning coffee.

I need to start mixing it with Vodka in the evenings.....

[jim]

I wonder if they make beer in France....

One of my favorite beers is a French beer. Pelforth Brune.

BUT, that said, it generally gets trashed by beer-rating sites.

The "Budweiser" of French beers is "1664". I loved it, it was in my hotel room fridge so I pretty much drank that when I was working there.

Another beer common in the area that you want to try is a Belgium beer called Leffe Blonde Ale. Outstanding - probably my favorite beer of alltime although RC recommends a darker beer from the same brewer.

I've been drinking Capital Brewing Company "Wisconsin Amber" this week and it is gooo-oood.

Have you tried "1664 Select?"

Didn't notice that one. With all of those light beers they brew in France I probably just didn't see it.

[Molly]

Changing of the seasons. Moving from Bud Select to red wine.

[jim]

pinot noir yellow tail. it sucks

I'm trying to get used to wine for our Paris trip, so I'm drinking this (I know, it's a Colo wine, but we had some laying around the house, so what the heck)



I couldn't tell you whether it sucks or not. I don't know how to tell if wine is good. Here's what their website says about the 2002 version.

BookCliff Vineyards Ensemble 2002

(Silver medal winner at the Eastern International Wine Competition 2005)

Medium red garnet color. Vanilla in the nose, jammy with bright berry flavors. A touch of black currant in the finish.

Varietal: 48% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc
Appellation: Grand Valley
Production: 698 cases
Alcohol: 13.8%
Harvest: 9/21/02 - 10/06/02
Aging: Barrel fermented, malolactic fermentation. Merlot aged for 9 months in French oak barrels, Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 9 months in French and American oak barrels, Cabernet Franc aged for 9 months in French barrels.

I have yet to notice any vanilla in my nose, and I have no idea what "jammy" means.

I wonder if they make beer in France....

I'm not a wine expert at all, so when I was invited to dinner at a guys house I was working with in France I stopped off at the local store and bought the most expensive bottle of wine I could find. Had no idea what it was, but it wasn't all that expensive (30 Swiss Francs or about $25). Not crazy expensive or anything. Anyway, I show up to dinner with this bottle of wine and they go running into their library room and pull out a wine book and find it vineyard and read about the wine before they open it. It was really interesting to see how they studied it and talked about the area that the grapes were grown int. It was so incredibly French of them.

[Molly]

pinot noir yellow tail. it sucks

I'm trying to get used to wine for our Paris trip, so I'm drinking this (I know, it's a Colo wine, but we had some laying around the house, so what the heck)



I couldn't tell you whether it sucks or not. I don't know how to tell if wine is good. Here's what their website says about the 2002 version.

BookCliff Vineyards Ensemble 2002

(Silver medal winner at the Eastern International Wine Competition 2005)

Medium red garnet color. Vanilla in the nose, jammy with bright berry flavors. A touch of black currant in the finish.

Varietal: 48% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc
Appellation: Grand Valley
Production: 698 cases
Alcohol: 13.8%
Harvest: 9/21/02 - 10/06/02
Aging: Barrel fermented, malolactic fermentation. Merlot aged for 9 months in French oak barrels, Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 9 months in French and American oak barrels, Cabernet Franc aged for 9 months in French barrels.

I have yet to notice any vanilla in my nose, and I have no idea what "jammy" means.

I wonder if they make beer in France....

I'm not a wine expert at all, so when I was invited to dinner at a guys house I was working with in France I stopped off at the local store and bought the most expensive bottle of wine I could find. Had no idea what it was, but it wasn't all that expensive (30 Swiss Francs or about $25). Not crazy expensive or anything. Anyway, I show up to dinner with this bottle of wine and they go running into their library room and pull out a wine book and find it vineyard and read about the wine before they open it. It was really interesting to see how they studied it and talked about the area that the grapes were grown int. It was so incredibly French of them.

But did they like it

[jim]

pinot noir yellow tail. it sucks

I'm trying to get used to wine for our Paris trip, so I'm drinking this (I know, it's a Colo wine, but we had some laying around the house, so what the heck)



I couldn't tell you whether it sucks or not. I don't know how to tell if wine is good. Here's what their website says about the 2002 version.

BookCliff Vineyards Ensemble 2002

(Silver medal winner at the Eastern International Wine Competition 2005)

Medium red garnet color. Vanilla in the nose, jammy with bright berry flavors. A touch of black currant in the finish.

Varietal: 48% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc
Appellation: Grand Valley
Production: 698 cases
Alcohol: 13.8%
Harvest: 9/21/02 - 10/06/02
Aging: Barrel fermented, malolactic fermentation. Merlot aged for 9 months in French oak barrels, Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 9 months in French and American oak barrels, Cabernet Franc aged for 9 months in French barrels.

I have yet to notice any vanilla in my nose, and I have no idea what "jammy" means.

I wonder if they make beer in France....

I'm not a wine expert at all, so when I was invited to dinner at a guys house I was working with in France I stopped off at the local store and bought the most expensive bottle of wine I could find. Had no idea what it was, but it wasn't all that expensive (30 Swiss Francs or about $25). Not crazy expensive or anything. Anyway, I show up to dinner with this bottle of wine and they go running into their library room and pull out a wine book and find it vineyard and read about the wine before they open it. It was really interesting to see how they studied it and talked about the area that the grapes were grown int. It was so incredibly French of them.

But did they like it

We finished the bottle, so I guess they did. It was at this guys house that I had Leffe Blonde Ale for the first time. No 1664 in his fridge.

Of course, we were eating raw donkey so we needed a good belt of something to wash it down.