Wow. A 9.3%abv Lager. Being pretty fond of Avery products in general, I thought I'd give this style, albeit a rather strong rep, another chance to please me.
Details to follow. ;^)
Best regards, Bill
Wow. A 9.3%abv Lager. Being pretty fond of Avery products in general, I thought I'd give this style, albeit a rather strong rep, another chance to please me.
Details to follow. ;^)
Best regards, Bill
Warming, plenty of malt character and yes, a background of hops. It certainly isn't as boring as the samples of the style I've tried in the past but it took an imperial to win me over?? It sure is a beauty in a glass.
Best regards, Bill
What other oktoberfests have you found boring? The Munich examples are all pretty hearty in flavor IMO.
You don't like Oktoberfests? Try Spaten sometime. Get it in the big bottles and get back to me...
_Randal
The Pete's & Sam Adams and the others(can't remember any of the brands) that came in by BOTM shipments during the season for the last 3 years or so. Back in the 70's, I did rather like the Hofbrau version.
Best regards, Bill
I'm sure that if I had the Spaten available to me, I'd like it. I'm a fan of Spaten. ;^)
Best regards, Bill
I'm highly skeptical that Petes and Sam Adams use much if any munich malt. Instead they load up on caramel malts. If you liked HB, you'll like the rest of the Munich breweries' ofests. Like Randall, I think Spaten is the best. Paulaner is very good too. Hacker-Pschorr is a little over the top to be drinkable, but is curious in its own way.
I just had another Optimator. Grand stuff, that.
Best regards, Bil
Balls. Imperial Oktoberfest. What's next, Imperial Helles?
-- Lew Bryson
Well, there's imperial pilsner, I believe someone is already making an imperial mild (?) so it wouldn't surprise me in the least!
It's time for someone to make an Imperial Lite beer!
Bill Coleman
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"Lew Bryson" wrote in news:h_zad.16167$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com:
What you said. I'm sick of everything becoming imperial. Imperial pilsners were the proverbial final straw for me (and, to top it off, they weren't even good).
Obligatory relevant beer comment: Legend's Oktoberfest is wonderful, and Legend in general is making some of the best beers on the East Coast nowadays.
Is that going to keep up now that Brad M. has left? I suspect it will, but...who knows? Just heard from him today, he's planning a small beer bar in Richmond, looking forward to that.
-- Lew Bryson
Imperial DRAFT DRY ICE Light, thank you.
:-)
(As long as we're talking Avery, I'm partway through a bottle of the Beast... Yow, 18%? The next half oughtta be interesting...)
What's next is coming up with something beyond Imperial.
Incidentally, I picked up a bottle of The Kaiser Friday, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Might make for a good breakfast drop for a tailgate Saturday morning.
I nominate Ridiculous.
-- Lew Bryson
"GOOD or SHITE?" -- Michael Jackson, "Thriller", 1982
"Lew Bryson" wrote in news:TKEad.7177$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
Had heard nothing of that, have never actually been to the brewery and we just started getting their bottles up here in NoVA some months back. It damn well better keep up. I'm deeply impressed by their pils, porter, lager, Oktoberfest, and Golden IPA. Good shit.
Indeed. IIIPA
(Imposing Imperial India Pale Ale)
(I think the 120 minute qualifies)
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I was thinking maybe "Super-Ninja Power Mega-Imperial IPA With Spinning Action Kick".
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