#342550 - 17/02/2011 13:50
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: Dignan]
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I think I knew one person who hated tomatoes but liked ketchup. Then again, that stuff has so little tomato in it I'm not surprised Eh? Tomato ketchup is mostly tomato. The amount of raw tomato put in is more than the actual finished product because they concentrate it.
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#342552 - 17/02/2011 13:57
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: tonyc]
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
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I think I knew one person who hated tomatoes but liked ketchup. Then again, that stuff has so little tomato in it I'm not surprised Eh? Tomato ketchup is mostly tomato. The amount of raw tomato put in is more than the actual finished product because they concentrate it. Ah, don't know why I thought otherwise. Maybe because it's so sugary. Octoberfest is another word for Märzen, a special style of lager. Ah, that's right. She has said she likes those. Thanks for the recommendations.
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#342553 - 17/02/2011 13:57
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: tonyc]
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
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I just had a nice Eisbock last night. An icebeer, who woulda-thunk-it.
Aventinus Weizen Eisbock from G.Schneider & Sohn. 12% ABV, 500ml. A nice kick in the pants, it was actually the highest ABV I've tried that I've actually enjoyed.
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#342554 - 17/02/2011 14:01
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: Dignan]
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Registered: 24/12/2001
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Ah, don't know why I thought otherwise. Maybe because it's so sugary. There is a load of sugar and vinegar as well but it should still be majority tomato assuming the brand you're buying or the recipe you're following is a good one.
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#342556 - 17/02/2011 14:29
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: Dignan]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Regardless of whether the actual alcohol burns off, the question is whether that means the taste of it goes with it. It doesn't. If it did, why bother cooking with it in the first place? Because many flavoring compounds are alcohol soluble, but not water or oil soluble.
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#342567 - 17/02/2011 16:26
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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All the electric stoves I've ever used work the same way, they have stepped power output (more often consisting of just on an off) and so regulate their temperature by switching on or off (or stepping up and down). That's not how they are in the US. That said, in my opinion, electric stoves, at least the traditional style with the coiled eyes, are lousy because it's so hard to get a pan to sit level on them. Given that contact is necessary for useful heat transfer, and it makes a lousy surface to cook on.
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#342591 - 18/02/2011 10:23
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Extraordinary thread :-)
I am pretty much in the camp of "I like almost every alcoholic drink" in the way that I like most soft drinks. Some are very good however, and some are crap - but they all taste different, so in terms of tasting the alcohol - nope, definitely not. You can feel the alcohol, if it is strong, but no taste that is an alcohol one.
In food with alcohol, a steak and ale pie has hardly any alcohol in it, but tastes of ale (a good thing) whereas a vodka jelly tastes of jelly (also a good thing)
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#342596 - 18/02/2011 11:05
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: frog51]
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Although of course there is a fairly good chance that you wouldn't be able to identify it as steak and ale pie if you were blind folded, were stopped from being able to smell it and not told what it was...
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#342692 - 22/02/2011 10:09
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Although of course there is a fairly good chance that you wouldn't be able to identify it as steak and ale pie if you were blind folded, were stopped from being able to smell it and not told what it was... You're probably right :-)
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#342722 - 23/02/2011 00:20
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: frog51]
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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I'm a fan of root beer, but I enjoy a good ginger beer and birch beer now and again.
IBC was my usual brand until I moved where they don't know what root beer is. Sigh.
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#342726 - 23/02/2011 11:56
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: JBjorgen]
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1039
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
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For root beer, accept nothing but Henry Wienhard's. It's still not real root beer as I knew it as a kid, but it's the best going now. IBC tastes like the chemical soup that it is. Like all sodas. As I move around the globe, I never really miss what I can't get any more, as there's always new and yummy things to explore.
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#342733 - 23/02/2011 15:14
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: larry818]
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
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I'm partial to Stewart's Root Beer or Ginger Ale, although the reason may be that I share the name. wikiwiki
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#342734 - 23/02/2011 15:20
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: larry818]
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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For root beer, accept nothing but Henry Wienhard's. It's still not real root beer as I knew it as a kid, but it's the best going now. Ah, a good Portland label. Crater Lake Soda, Jone's Soda, and Lucky Lab (a Portland brew-pub) also have good root beers.
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#342737 - 23/02/2011 19:32
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1039
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
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Didn't HW leave Portland a while ago?
I want to find a true root beer, even HW is just mixed chemicals. Good mixed chemicals, tho!
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#342739 - 23/02/2011 21:36
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: larry818]
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Didn't HW leave Portland a while ago? It was bought by Miller in 1999, and moved out of state, for a while. It came back to Oregon in 2003, though moved up the Columbia to Hood River. I want to find a true root beer, even HW is just mixed chemicals. Good mixed chemicals, tho! Let me know if you find one.
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#342743 - 24/02/2011 01:35
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: canuckInOR]
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
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If anyone is ever in Toronto, I can after sampling tonight, wholeheartedly recommend Beer Bistro. Amazing selection of beer on tap and in bottles, plus a very nice (and tasty) food menu.
I had a Koningshoeven Dubbel and La Maudite on tap tonight. While I've had my fair share of Maudite in the past, this was the first time I'd tried it draught. Different, but very very nice. Quite smooth and maybe a little less malty than in-bottle. Definitely less yeasty, which is neither good nor bad, just different.
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#342745 - 24/02/2011 02:45
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: hybrid8]
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1039
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
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If anyone is in Ontario, I'd appreciate the smuggling of some Formosa beer into the usa.
I've heard it's not wonderful beer, but my company's name is Formosa.
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#342746 - 24/02/2011 03:13
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: JBjorgen]
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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I'm a fan of root beer, but I enjoy a good ginger beer and birch beer now and again.
IBC was my usual brand until I moved where they don't know what root beer is. Sigh. Is there a chance that locally it's called sarsaparilla?
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#342749 - 24/02/2011 10:59
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: JBjorgen]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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I'm a fan of root beer, but I enjoy a good ginger beer and birch beer now and again.
IBC was my usual brand until I moved where they don't know what root beer is. Sigh. Don't think I've ever seen root beer, will have a hunt around as I see it mentioned a lot.
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#342756 - 24/02/2011 13:23
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: frog51]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
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Root beer is a fizzy "soft" drink, commonly found in grocery stores and the like. I've found it in England on previous trips, so have a look around.
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#342760 - 24/02/2011 14:06
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
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Root beer is a fizzy "soft" drink, commonly found in grocery stores and the like. I've found it in England on previous trips, so have a look around.
Cheers Shh! /snigger
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#342802 - 25/02/2011 03:16
Re: My (Your) favorite Beer
[Re: BartDG]
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Registered: 08/06/1999
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You guys are not alone. I've got a very sweet tooth and really hate anything to eat/drink which tastes bitter. So this includes (almost) all beers. And this coming from somebody from Belgium! I really prefer wine, but on the other hand I don't drink that much at all. Last time I was in Britain, I've tried cider. Now that I liked! But that was probably my sweet tooth talking (or tasting) again. I'm very much the same way. I have yet to find any beer that I like. I enjoy wine and ciders, but don't drink often. I did come to appreciate a good Woodchuck Amber Cider while watching a movie from years of going to the Alamo Drafthouse. Most of the Austin locations had it on tap. And I have a few new root beers to hunt down now. Time to go wander BevMo sometime this weekend.
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