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It's a big world out there buddy. It never hurts to expand ones horizons...As far as orange peels and twigs...nah.
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Wisconsin is full of fine beers; I've had most of them that don't need fancied up!
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I just tried the Czech pilsners, I would give them a try. Deschutes Black Butte Porter is a local beer that I would highly recommend as well.
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The beer I drink isn't fancied up, but it's way beyond Schlitz.
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It never hurts to orange a good Belgian White Ale... I'm just sayin.....
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Urquell? Czechvar?
I don't think either are that great.
You partook in the retro Schlitz I take it?
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You partook in the retro Schlitz I take it? So that's the one you mean. I will give it an honest try if I see it.
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While I have you on, your thoughts on Hofbrau and where to find it?
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I'm not sure of their distribution.
Which version of Hofbrau do you mean?
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Plain jane HB label. NOT the Oktoberfest version.... http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.html
Last edited by HawkI; 06/26/11.
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I haven't had it here. At the 'Haus it was good, but it's on the light end of the Munich Helles style. Not a "big" beer.
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Mathman,
have you sampled the U Fleku when in Prague? It made me a fan of Budvar!
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have you sampled the U Fleku when in Prague? Can't say I have. Tell me about it.
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There's more than a few Bohunks around here so I can answer this confidently. The cap on a Bohemian style beer is on the bottom of the bottle.
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the Czechs call it a 'dark lager'. I can't remember if U Fleku is the name of the beer, or of the place they make and sell it.
The place is supposedly the original brewery/beer hall for the stuff, and is an old tradition. They play a lot of accordion, its kind of how I pictured Bavaria, (which isn't that far, actually) and might reflect the heavy Austrian influence for so much of Czech history.
Any way, the beer is very dark, but tastes lighter than a stout. The place is somewhere south of Wenceslas Square, and in the New Town, if memory serves.
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Who cares this is the kind of beer I like.
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Quote: You partook in the retro Schlitz I take it?
So that's the one you mean. I will give it an honest try if I see it. I got my hands on some. On my way to a grill-out at a friend's house I stopped to get some beer for the party. When I went to the cooler to get a couple of our usual favorites, there it was. Schlitz original 60's formula. Remembering what I wrote here, I bought a sixer so we could give it a try along with our regulars. Here's the funny part. When I brought it into my friend's house, he and Lance (his wife's boss) started laughing. It turns out they had just been talking about really wanting to get some and try it out. I had never talked about it with either one of them. Anyway, we all liked it fine. Particularly Lance because it reminded him of the sips he got from his dad and uncle back in the day. For my palate it was certainly more enjoyable than the usual mass market suspects, and I actually liked it. But it isn't going to displace my usual favorites in the golden lager category. I don't know if it's an all malt beer, but it didn't strike me as something that would pass Reinheitsgebot muster. There was a sweet note in the flavor that's usually telltale for brewing with adjuncts. Corn grits being the likely suspect. Yuengling is another "old school" American Lager producer that does this. This is not the same sweetness that I taste in a more heavily malted "real" beer. I would have liked the Schlitz more if the hops were a little sharper so the sweetness would be better balanced. It was a pleasant diversion, but I can't call it serious Pilsner. It just didn't have the bready malt note and crisp hop bite of the real thing.
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Mathman, you're gonna be proud of me. The frosted mug has been put away and a 14 oz tall beer glass is my new best friend. Recent purchases have included Three Floyds brand called the "Robert Bruce". A dark full of body beer with sweetness to it. My new favorite might be Hoegarden, A Belgium wheat Ale. Oh so smooth. oh so good.
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It's interesting how your taste is developing.
Hoegaarden is a witbier, a style I generally don't care for. They're usually spiced, and that spoils them for me.
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You are correct, it is a witbier,However I detect no spice in the taste, Just a smooth taste with zero bitterness or aftertaste. (I think I will go have one).
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