Where are the good beer drinkers?

[wendelclark17]

B-day weekend for me and have tomorrow off so I will definitely be imbibing some Belgian brews.

BTW...as long as we're on the topic...if you're reading this HockeyPoolGeek, happy b-day to ya brother. If I recall correctly we share the same date, May 4th.

Party on with your bad self!

early happy birthday BOmm and I see we have a new milestone brother!!

[3rtpaper]

Get a one-way ticket. Cheaper, and...let's face it...you're not going to want to leave anyway.

Oh if only things were that simple.. Plus I would have an awful sleep schedule trying to watch hockey haha.

[Bomm Bastic]

early happy birthday BOmm and I see we have a new milestone brother!!

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....**.

Sitting here waiting to get out of the office, knowing I have tomorrow off and it's sunny and 70-75 outside (what is that like negative-50 celsius?)

I can't help but think of this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIsKOwzv08

[dyzfunctioned]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....**.

Sitting here waiting to get out of the office, knowing I have tomorrow off and it's sunny and 70-75 outside (what is that like negative-50 celsius?)

I can't help but think of this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIsKOwzv08

What's worse - you sitting there waiting to get out of the office, knowing you have tomorrow off and it's sunny and 70-75 outside...

or...

Me sitting here waiting to get out of the office, knowing I have to go home and unpack and clean, knowing I have to come back here tomorrow morning and the weather sucks.

[Bomm Bastic]

What's worse - you sitting there waiting to get out of the office, knowing you have tomorrow off and it's sunny and 70-75 outside...

or...

Me sitting here waiting to get out of the office, knowing I have to go home and unpack and clean, knowing I have to come back here tomorrow morning and the weather sucks.

Ha! You win.

[dyzfunctioned]

Ha! You win.

Now if only the prize wasn't having a more miserable life. haha

[Bomm Bastic]

Wooo-whoooo....beer-thirty bizz-nitches! Ok, technically it was beer-thirty two beers ago.
But ya'll feel me, right?!?

After reading that really interesting article that dyz linked us to...I went with Stella Artois.

Couldn't resist.

[Gaborlick]

dogfishhead 90 minute, can't help it Go Flyers..lol

[bondon]

What's worse - you sitting there waiting to get out of the office, knowing you have tomorrow off and it's sunny and 70-75 outside...

or...

Me sitting here waiting to get out of the office, knowing I have to go home and unpack and clean, knowing I have to come back here tomorrow morning and the weather sucks.

I'm currently jobless and therefore have negative income. So you guys can both shove it

Edit: Before you shove it Bomm I'd like to wish you a happy birthday

[blayze]

Guess who's enjoying an ice cold Corona after work boys... that's right.. CORONA

[Bomm Bastic]

I'm currently jobless and therefore have negative income. So you guys can both shove it

Edit: Before you shove it Bomm I'd like to wish you a happy birthday

Too much, brother! You're just going after that sympathy vote!

[3rtpaper]

Guess who's enjoying an ice cold Corona after work boys... that's right.. CORONA

I can't even tell you the last time I had to resort to Corona, please tell me you limed it too haha.

Well its friday and 9 AM for me and I'm already thinking of what to drink when I get home.. the beer fridge is stocked too.

Belgium Saison - Home brew
Hefeweizen - Home brew
Aged Pumpkin Ale - Home brew
Great Lakes Commodore Perry - IPA
Bell's Winter Ale - Winter Ale
Bell's Oberon - Summer Ale
Miller Highlife - hahaha
Weyerbaucher Merry Monks - Belgium Trip Trip Triple
Troegs Troegenator - Double Bock
Penn Brewery October Fest

I'm thinking my hefe, followed by the Oberon, followed by the Commodore Perry.

[wendelclark17]

Guess who's enjoying an ice cold Corona after work boys... that's right.. CORONA

you know when they are trying to teach beer experts how skunking or being "light-struck" affects beers they take a bottle of Corona and put it on a windowledge for 10-15 mins. Thats why they serve Corona with a lime to mask the skunkiness of the light-struck effect. This is why most beer bottles are brown to stop light from penetrating the beer.

from wiki: Lightstruck beer

Lightstruck, or "skunked" or "skunky", beer has been exposed to ultraviolet and visible light. The light causes riboflavin to react with and break down isohumulones, a molecule that contributes to the bitterness of the beer and is derived from the hops. The resulting molecule, 3-methylbut-2-ene-1-thiol, is very similar chemically and in odour to the musk-borne mercaptans that are a skunk's natural defences.[13]

In some cases, such as Miller High Life, a hop extract that does not have isohumulones is used to bitter the beer so it cannot be "lightstruck". A dark brown glass bottle gives some protection to the beer, but green and clear glass bottles offer virtually no protection at all.[14]

There are also other solutions available to improve beer bottled in clear and green glass from becoming skunked or light-struck. There are specialty coatings that can be baked into the glass and offer additional protection from UV light.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bo...ghtstruck_beer

[3rtpaper]

And that is why most craft beers are trying to switch to cans. 100% protection from light plus it is much cheaper. Problem with that is you often pick up off flavors from the coatings that protect the inside of the can, generally phenolic flavors which for some beers actually works pretty well, other not at all.

[tgraveline]

Yeah, plus you can do the whole nitrogen thing and the beer comes out with a much more frothy heavenly taste that takes you to paradise. You know I'm talking about you Guinness Draught.