Food and Drink Another thing CP has been good for - Page 3

**luv** · 05-01-2010, 05:22 PM

If it wasn't for CP, I doubt I would have taken an interest in beer. I used to think I hated it, but I've actually grown to appreciate it. Someone once posted a thread about favorite kinds of beer, and it got me curious. Now, in participating in some World Beer Tours, I've come to love beer. Thank you, CP!

kstater · 05-01-2010, 06:10 PM

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By the way, Luv, I just saw this on my facebook feed:

I was really confused until I realized it was a random girl I went to high school with that hardly ever posts.

**Reaper16** · 05-01-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

For some reason, I just can't get into Sam Adams beers. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy them - but I think I've been tainted by living here in Beer Country that Sam Adams seems more like a domestic brewer who produces crafts than a craft brewer. Kind of like Blue Moon.

I'll have one on occasion, but mostly when it's about the only craft beer on tap.

I don't have an opinion of them as being like a macrobrewery but, like you, I opt for other things almost every single time. I think they make very average beers much of the time. I was very impressed with their Noble Pils, however.

kstater · 05-01-2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Heh. See the above. I just can't get into beers made by the domestic breweries trying to fake it.

Yup. I had a Hop Hound Amber Wheat(Michelob) last week that was an absolute pathetic attempt.

**luv** · 05-01-2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

By the way, Luv, I just saw this on my facebook feed:

I was really confused until I realized it was a random girl I went to high school with that hardly ever posts.

Uh, yeah. Definitely not me. My name has a capital A, and I'm not pregnant.

kstater · 05-01-2010, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I don't have an opinion of them as being like a macrobrewery but, like you, I opt for other things almost every single time. I think they make very average beers much of the time. I was very impressed with their Noble Pils, however.

Their Noble Pils is great. I'm probably in the minority, but the Blackberry Wit was good as well. The Impy stout was average, and the Imperial Wit was not that great.

**DaFace** · 05-01-2010, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I don't have an opinion of them as being like a macrobrewery but, like you, I opt for other things almost every single time. I think they make very average beers much of the time. I was very impressed with their Noble Pils, however.

I think part of the source of my impression is the fact that Sam Adams brews in multiple breweries around the country. It just doesn't seem like you should be able to call yourself a craft brewery when you get big enough to have multiple breweries.

That said, New Belgium is starting to get up there in size, too, and I still try theirs quite a bit. So maybe I'm just a homer.

**DaFace** · 05-01-2010, 06:17 PM

Interesting factoid I just learned from Wikipedia: Sam Adams is currently the largest American-owned brewery. That doesn't mean it's the largest brewery in the US, though - it's just that all the big ones are owned by international companies.

**Reaper16** · 05-01-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I think part of the source of my impression is the fact that Sam Adams brews in multiple breweries around the country. It just doesn't seem like you should be able to call yourself a craft brewery when you get big enough to have multiple breweries.

That said, New Belgium is starting to get up there in size, too, and I still try theirs quite a bit. So maybe I'm just a homer.

That's a fair point. I've heard talk of New Belgium planning a second brewing facility, too. Somehow Sierra Nevada still makes all their (mostly great) beers in one facility and they are second only to Boston Brewing Co. in sales amongst craft breweries.

**DaFace** · 05-01-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

That's a fair point. I've heard talk of New Belgium planning a second brewing facility, too. Somehow Sierra Nevada still makes all their (mostly great) beers in one facility and they are second only to Boston Brewing Co. in sales amongst craft breweries.

Yeah, NBB has been actively considering opening up a brewery in California for a couple years now. From my NBB insider friend, the big hangup is that they're really big on company culture, and they're not sure if they can replicate that culture anywhere else. Fort Collins pretty much IS New Belgium in terms of culture these days.

**luv** · 05-01-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kstater

Their Noble Pils is great. I'm probably in the minority, but the Blackberry Wit was good as well. The Impy stout was average, and the Imperial Wit was not that great.

I didn't care for the Noble Pils. I think I'm going to go open my other Blackberry Wit, though.

**Bugeater** · 05-01-2010, 06:21 PM

**luv** · 05-01-2010, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I think part of the source of my impression is the fact that Sam Adams brews in multiple breweries around the country. It just doesn't seem like you should be able to call yourself a craft brewery when you get big enough to have multiple breweries.

That said, New Belgium is starting to get up there in size, too, and I still try theirs quite a bit. So maybe I'm just a homer.

I like their Mothership Wit.

Johnny Vegas · 05-01-2010, 06:28 PM

**DaFace** · 05-01-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

I like their Mothership Wit.

I'm actually not much of a fan of that one. Too "spice-y" for me.

**Bowser** · 05-01-2010, 06:50 PM

This is as good a place as any to throw props out to Reaper for suggesting I hit Flying Saucer in P&L. I tried beers that I couldn't even pronounce, and they were all damned good.

BONUS FACTOID - The waitress working behind the bar had the patrons laugh at a guy that ordered a pitcher of Coors Light.

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