Wine afficionados
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Topic: Wine afficionados
Posted By: Snipa69
Subject: Wine afficionados
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:32pm
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Anyone who drinks wine ever tried a bottle of Yellow Tail? It's pretty good stuff. Very dark reds, and I'm not sure if they make any whites but I'm pleased and surprised I can type as well as I can. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:37pm
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I like the kind in the box.
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:37pm
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haha, the kind you drink out of a straw? wow, your hangovers must suck. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:42pm
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It's pretty good stuff, we serve it at the place I work. They do have a chardonnay and a pinot grigio but I like reds more than white, and the merlot or cabernet is pretty good.
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:47pm
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A buddy of mine at school loves the stuff. He has a glass almost every night. I want to try it sometime.
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 01 March 2008 at 11:58pm
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My room mate's frat did the 'Tour De Franzia' last night where they raced in drinking a bag of wine. He came back and puked in his bed then slept in it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:06am
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Good god, that's awful. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:06am
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Boxed wine is sure classy...
I like wine in small amounts, I come from a big wine drinking family but i've never been able to sit down and drink more than one glass. The stuff coming from our region (niagara falls region) is some of the best wine in the world. A lot of high quality wine is made only a town or two over. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 1:07am
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I've never had a taste for red wines. I like white wines like Piesporter and Gewürztraminer. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:03am
Same. My dad and my stepmom drink wine almost exclusively. They won't drink beer at all, but thats all I really drink. I don't really enjoy drinking wine except at dinner. ------------- 
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carl_the_sniper wrote:Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:29am
| Keep an eye out in the paper for Wine Tasting parties, they're kind of expensive, but they can be a lot of fun. |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:01am
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I've been to a couple of those. I was thinking of perhaps going to one while in California at the end of this month but I wont necessarily be in 'wine country' while i'm down there. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:43am
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red wine is good, i hate rosets and whites though.
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Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 6:24am
| i work around wine yellow tail isn't bad. |
Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:39am
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Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:00am
| My sister is always stocked with Yellow Tail. I can't stand the stuff. White only for me. |
Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:04am
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Yellow Tail is pretty good stuff, and for the price it is outright amazing. And for all the box snobs - while most wine served in boxes in the US is pretty atrocious, boxes are slowly catching on around the world, particularly in Australia, where several major wineries are experimenting with boxes, twist-caps, and other tradition-violating innovations. Go Aussies! ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:11am
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Boxes ftw
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Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:28am
Anybody ever had it? It's made down the road from me... won a few awards in the city. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:38am
I don't think i've ever even seen boxed wine before. Probably more of an american thing than anything.
Tell me that doesn't look rednecked... It's not how wine was meant to be and puts a bad image on the whole thing. How people could stand drinking wine to get drunk is beyond me. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:42am
Friends mom drinks that stuff. Always has a box in the fridge. She says it's pretty good for being in a box. ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:47am
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 11:51am
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I would think drinking anything out of a plastic bag wouldn't be anywhere near as good as a glass bottle but whatever floats their boat.
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:21pm
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I still don't see why its so bad for someone to be a redneck... if thats how they want to act, why not just let them and shut up about it?
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:25pm
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Wine made in prison is the best.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:48pm
I wouldn't say the best, but good for the price. As for Australian wines, they're alright, but not nearly as good as the hype has been suggesting. Australia's climate is only good for a few varietals. New Zealand on the other hand, produces a much wider variety of wines with excellent characteristics that are far subtler than those grown in the Aussie climate. However NZ wines are usually very limited in production with the exception of a few due to the limited land available for cultivation. Australia reminds me of Cali back in the 80's. Producing a competent wine, but going for quantity rather than quality. California has since changed that business model successfully due to the climate and soil. Australia doesn't have the climate and soil conditions needed to produce more refined wines, so they will never be able to get away from their "Quantity over Quality" approach. The only thing they DO have in abundance in Australia's SE region is land. Now, if you want to find some really GREAT wines at the same price you'd be plunking down for Yellowtail (maybe a few bucks more a bottle) then you need to look to Chile and Argentina. I highly suggest Catena (though they can be pricey) and absolutely DEMAND that you try any offerings from Montes Vineyards that you can get your hands on. Cab Sav, Malbec, Syrah, Zin, and Chard. You can still find the Reserve Montes Cab for around $10-$14 depending on your local. As for wine that I normally drink: Ridge York Creek Zinfandel Moet et Chandon Brut Rose Imperial Veuve Cliquot Yellow Label Veuve Cliquot Grande Dame (Whenever I can get it) Veuve Cliquot Demi-Sec Iron Horse Russian Cuvee Iron Horse Brut Rose Black And Green Zin (Russian River) Argyle Pinot Noir Canus Conundrum Montes Reserva Cabernet Montes Alpha Cabernet Montes Malbec Sketchbook Zin Wishing Tree Zin Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Heitz Cellar Zinfandel Chateau Neuf De Pape (Any Red from that region) Just to name a few. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 12:54pm
| No Canadian wines tallen? |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 1:08pm
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Sorry, as far north as I go for wine is the finger-lakes in NY and the Willamette Valley in Oregon/Washington. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 1:19pm
Really? The niagara region makes some of the best fine wine in the world. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 2:05pm
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Homemade wine is still the best though, I know a few old school Italians who still do it, and it is just amazing. Boxed wine is the most disgusting crap I have ever tasted, how people like it is beyond me.
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Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 2:06pm
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I lold As for drinking wine to get drunk, don't italians do that to, I heard that wine over there is like beer to them. -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:02pm
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Drinking wine out of a bag gives you the ability to hold the bag above your head and give it a firm slap -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:37pm
what do you mean "not how wine was meant to be..."? I was always under the impression that wine was meant to be drank. seems like that fulfills that roll quite nicely. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:11pm
Meant to be bottled. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:18pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine - Meant to be jarred -------------
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:05pm
| Some box wine isn't that bad. You just have to know which ones to get. We haven't had bottled wine in my house for awhile. Of course, my mom likes to drink wine and drinking high cost wine would be foolish. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:07pm
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I drink whiskey and beer no wine for me.
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:18pm
hXc, man. I'm not a big wine fan. I'll drink some with a nice dinner but that's about all I care for. My dad really likes the riesling produced at the Columbia Winery up in Washington. Not bad for a white wine imo(I prefer reds). ------------- 
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:44pm
| thos wine bladders, after emptied are good for storing water. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 6:14pm
No, meant to be bottled. The history is has changed over time so that it should be bottled. If mainstream boxed wine is in it's future, i'll stop drinking it now. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 7:16pm
| My sister makes hard apple cider that's close to the same alcohol percentage as some wines and comes with a nasty hangover. She'll drink almost two bottles to her face then be retarded. |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:22pm
Idk i think milk bags is a weird Canadian thing..  ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:28pm
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In Canada, milk comes in bags!
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:51pm
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It's better in bags.
Comes in cartons too but bags are superior. What is your point? |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:00pm
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Our point is your Canadian elitism is annoying.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:05pm
No, this was a case of wine elitism. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:07pm
That too, but your overall snobby attitude about Canada when compared to America is annoying. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:09pm
How does that apply at all in this thread? |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:36pm
| aahhh yes, when i think fine vintage wines, I think Canada |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:55pm
you posted in it, therefore it applies. also, my school had milk in bags too, and ours had cartoons on them. america>canada -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 9:58pm
But I wasen't even being elitist so it doesn't apply at all.
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 10:08pm
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Alright, stop screwing up my thread. I would however like more suggestions as to brands. Price isn't an option, I feel as though you should always have an expensive bottle of wine on hand *that is decent* for special occasions. Living in Washington, I have plenty of the Columbia Winery brands to chose from. In fact, if anyone ever visists I suggest taking the Dinner Train as the food is good and in the middle you take a tour of the Columbia Winery. Great experience and for a decent ticket price. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 10:09pm
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My grandpa has a very nice wine cellar in his house, like old bottles and the like. No idea what brands though
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:03am
I swear to god, if you failed any harder, you'd need medication. I'm slowly getting back into drinking wine after a poor choice decision that involved a gallon jug of red table wine when I was in high school. For almost 5 years afterwards, the mere smell of red wine was enough to send me fleeing in terror at the memories of a near death experience. I am a huge fan of meade (honey wine) though. In fact, the final toast at our wedding last September was with meade, in keeping with the Irish tradition (where the term 'honeymoon' derived from) ------------- ? |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:10am
Agreed. The pinot grigio for white and the cabernet for red are great. I try various types here and there, but if I want a sure thing I go with Yellow Tail. Moscati D'Asti is a great dessert wine. It's ok (pretty palatable actually) with dinner, but it's very sweet and a lot of people would like it after dinner. Chaucer's Mead is a good dessert wine, but that is some seriously sweet stuff. You won't need much of it unless you've got a wild sweet tooth. It's honey wine. ------------- 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 12:49pm
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Meh. Never could get into wine.
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 7:59pm
Actually some really nice, and expensive as all hell, wines come from Pelee island. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 8:08pm
Niagara region Actually, in our 100+ bottle collection, I don't think we have a single bottle made in the US. The US has never took me as being a country where much fine wine is produced. |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 8:27pm
Do you live in a box? California makes some of the best wine in the world. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 8:42pm
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 8:46pm
| I suggest buying some cheap bottled wine and just keep it for years then sell it or enjoy it. Some cheap wine turns into a $150 bottle if you hold it for a while. |
Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:39pm
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 9:56pm
Is it anything like american beer? |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:10pm
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:15pm
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Wow Carl, seriously, California wines have become the pinnacle of success. There are wineries there that consistently produce top vintages year after year that sell for over $500/bottle from the start. This isn't a 1964 LaTorre that has appreciated in value over the past 44 years, it's merely a few years in oak and ready for market and selling at that price.
That said, I'm going to be enjoying a nice bottle of Pommery of Reims, long considered to be the seat of the best Champagne houses in France, this Saturday evening and will more than likely proceed on to steak tartar paired with a lovely Chateauneuf-du-Pape and more than likely finish with a wonderful Armagnac and chocolate fondant. Sorry MBD, but there's none of those on the http://www.danieloconnells.com/menus.jsp - wine list at O'Connell's at the moment. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:16pm
ok, now the canadian elitism applies to this thread also:  -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:27pm
Seriosuly new to me. But it surpried me more that people haven't heard of fine Canadain wines. Eville: Possibly, but american beer is pretty crappy from what i've heard/experienced. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:29pm
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and what have you experienced?
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:32pm
Beer bought in the US, what else would I have? |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:33pm
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i was looking for something a bit more specific. ie brands
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 03 March 2008 at 10:41pm
Absolutely no clue man. It was a while ago and I don't remember because it was pretty bad. I remember it was fairly mainstream beer. That plus what I have heard from word of mouth too. |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:29am
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I live here, and the mass produced beers are just awful *bud, busch, etc* with a few acceptions. Sam Adams is decent, and Micro Brews such as Mac N' Jacks are delicious. As for wines (the sujbect of the thread) I'm thinking about trying a few different types such as pommegranite and the like. Anyone ever had decent experiences with these? As for American Wines Carl, have you tried some from the NW region? Cailfornia wines are super easy to find now adays and are quite good (accept for one bottle of a Pinot Nior that I had that was awful) and are decently priced but check out some from the Columbia Winery if you haven't already. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:36am
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miller and bud... lulz. oh... and canada has this:  and you're saying we have bad beer? come on... most mass produced beer is crap. I can handle most miller products... high life light is pushing it, i only drink that on $1 bottles, and 10 cent wing night. btw, if anyone comes to milwaukee, I'll treat you to some brewery tours of the couple smaller places around here. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:37am
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I just want to point out that I never said american wines were bad, just not what I thought of when I thought of fine wine.
Googled and not sure what NW means but if it's American, I probably haven't tried it. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:43am
It is also crap. Ever try creemore? It is a semi-massed produced beer from about 3 hours from here. One of the best beers that I have ever tried. Heineken is pretty good and so is steam whistle which is another Canadian beer. |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:45am
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NW=compass direction=North West. So places like Washington and Oregon. Normally it includes Idaho, but that would just be a joke. Hicks can't produce anything accept redneck jokes and inbread children. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:58am
Nah never had any wine from there. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 1:05am
heineken is dutch and tastes like skunk peen oh yeah, labatt is owned by a belgian country. -------------
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 3:03am
| if i can see through my beer, i don't drink it. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 5:29am
| i really don't have a preference when it comes to beer, so longs its not a light beer. i really just hate those, imo they have no flavor what so ever. i'm a fan of sam adams, and as i get across the country on an eventual road trip i plan on getting some different types to see what else is out there other than stuff here on the island in NY |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 8:12am
You'll treat them to a free tour? :) BTW, I love how a wine thread very quickly became a beer thread. Proves the audience. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 8:37am
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 8:44am
I'm not saying Hendrix is bad, just not what I thought about when I thought of good guitar players. -------------
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 11:11am
lakefront costs $5 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 11:26am
PCF, you may be surprised to see what all SAB Miller owns: http://www.sabmiller.com/sabmiller.com/en_gb/Our+brands/Brand+information/Brands+A-Z.htm - Link Here's the list w/o links:
The listed beers are all owned outright, SAB has controlling shares in twice again as many breweries around the world. They now own most of China's public brewery shares and control distribution of most of the major "high-end" imports ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |