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Control Volume posted:Yeah the green bottled poo poo was one of four beers I've dumped, the other three being ones that I'm drat sure had gone sour (though I guess being in a green bottle qualifies urquell for this category) while the canned stuff is the best pilsner, draft or not, that I've ever tasted Shabadu posted:Dinner release 8/20. 1 case limit. My wife and kids will be out of town without me. I'm seriously considering lining up at 3am, please talk me out of it.
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poop dood posted:Holy gently caress they're canning Pilsner Urquell now?! They've been doing it for a while. Still pasteurized, mind. Tankovna is where it's at. Basically, Czech beer is best in the Czech republic
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Shabadu posted:Dinner release 8/20. 1 case limit. My wife and kids will be out of town without me. I'm seriously considering lining up at 3am, please talk me out of it. Why would I talk you out of it, wouldn't want you to be late for Dinner now would we? e;fb on my loving joke. /sigh. Good beer is good, do what makes you happy to get it.
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bartolimu posted:Pilsner Urquel on tap at the first pub it was ever tapped, in Prague, is ambrosia from heaven. The green bottles and trans-Atlantic trip do horrible, horrible things to a beautiful and noble beer. Can confirm, the unfiltered version on draught is the truth
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Shabadu posted:Dinner release 8/20. 1 case limit. My wife and kids will be out of town without me. I'm seriously considering lining up at 3am, please talk me out of it. did that work? a coworker gave me a bottle of Coffee Dinosmores and that was one of the most chocolate syrup-tasting beers i've ever had. kinda one note, but i could have drank three more last night, no problem.
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Kaiho posted:They've been doing it for a while. Still pasteurized, mind. Tankovna is where it's at. Like, 10 years or so. And pretty much every czech lager is fantastic if you're drinking it fresh. Staropramen and budvar are totally different beers from the canned or bottled stuff they export.
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Pilsner Urquell poured in the underground cellar out of the wood barrel is one of those truly memorable  moments for any beer fan and that was a huge highlight of visiting the Czech Republic. The canned stuff is solid even if it's pasteurized and it's pretty easily found too.But yeah, generally Czech pilsners are in top form when served at a tankovna. My favorite pub was U Sadu because of the Sadek exclusively poured there.
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air- posted:Pilsner Urquell poured in the underground cellar out of the wood barrel is one of those truly memorable U Pinkasu is my usual (and the aforementioned first Urquel source), but I'll have to get over to Žižkov to try U Sadu if I get to Prague again. U Fleku is too loving touristy but I still go there when I can because their proprietary beer is one of the best in the world. In the States, the only brewery doing Czech-level pils is Noble Brewing in Anaheim. Their Czech blonde and dark are both excruciatingly close to the originals.
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bartolimu posted:U Pinkasu is my usual (and the aforementioned first Urquel source), but I'll have to get over to Žižkov to try U Sadu if I get to Prague again. U Fleku is too loving touristy but I still go there when I can because their proprietary beer is one of the best in the world. I was pretty frustrated with U Fleku; I liked the beer, but constantly getting pestered to buy shots got real annoying. I dig FW Pivo but I've also been crushing a ton of Saint Arnold 5 o clock pils. Falls the gently caress off past 6 weeks of canning date unfortunately.
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bartolimu posted:U Pinkasu is my usual (and the aforementioned first Urquel source), but I'll have to get over to Žižkov to try U Sadu if I get to Prague again. U Fleku is too loving touristy but I still go there when I can because their proprietary beer is one of the best in the world. I really enjoyed my (solo) lunch at u Fleku. I was watching the waiters trick a horde of German students into shots while downing about 4 pints of that dark lager and eating things that would give me heartburn for days. I mean, it is a horrible monstrosity but both the food and beer are good. My bar of choice is u Zlateho Tygra though. So uninviting and dour, plus you have to be there early if you want to have any hope of getting in. My kind of place. See I thought that Pivo Pils from Firestone Walker hit that hoppy note of a fresh pilsner for me. We got a small amount in the UK and it was super fresh and tasty.
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Do you like cask beer? Do you like drinking really weird one-offs that may never again see the light of day? Good, then you should come to Cask Days, it's a cask beer festival in Toronto that's held every year in late October. This year there's going to be 400 beers, nothing specific announced yet, same as every year, you only really know who's going to be there a month in advance, and exactly what's going to be on about a week in advance. In the 5 years I've gone, I've never been disappointed with the selection. This isn't just english cask ales, there's things that are all over the board. Brett porter, 16-way IPA showdown, dry hopped sours, brown ale with beef stock, you name it, that style is probably there in some capacity. Tickets go on sale today: http://festival.caskdays.com/tickets and this year the even is October 21st to 23rd. You should all go, it's a great time and a nice way to spend the night. Just dress warm.
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Kaiho posted:See I thought that Pivo Pils from Firestone Walker hit that hoppy note of a fresh pilsner for me. We got a small amount in the UK and it was super fresh and tasty. You probably enjoyed it so much because it was fresh. I love Pivo but other than when FW entered the market, I haven't seen a single release of theirs on the shelf that was less than 4-5 weeks old. I gather that this is an issue across the country. Shabadu posted:Dinner release 8/20. 1 case limit. My wife and kids will be out of town without me. I'm seriously considering lining up at 3am, please talk me out of it. Lining up for anything at 3am is stupid
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Kaiho posted:I really enjoyed my (solo) lunch at u Fleku. I was watching the waiters trick a horde of German students into shots while downing about 4 pints of that dark lager and eating things that would give me heartburn for days. I mean, it is a horrible monstrosity but both the food and beer are good. I found U Zlateho Tygru once and haven't managed it again. It's in that area of Prague I always get lost in, and I'm not there nearly often enough to get better at navigating. It seemed nice in that particularly Bohemian working-class way (which I also love), but was packed full with people waiting so I had to move on. Pivo is a very good beer, but doesn't quite scratch the Czech pils itch for me. And I've had it fresh; the Vegas FW rep is very good about rotating stock.
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cryme posted:You probably enjoyed it so much because it was fresh. I love Pivo but other than when FW entered the market, I haven't seen a single release of theirs on the shelf that was less than 4-5 weeks old. I gather that this is an issue across the country. Bear in mind that I tried it in the UK, where given shipping it was definitely a minimum of 4 weeks old. But it did die a rapid hop-death. Then again we can get Tipopils on occasion too so that does nicely.
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cryme posted:You probably enjoyed it so much because it was fresh. I love Pivo but other than when FW entered the market, I haven't seen a single release of theirs on the shelf that was less than 4-5 weeks old. I gather that this is an issue across the country. I'd be lucky to find month old Pivo in Chicago. 6 months+ seems to be the standard around here.
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Reminder: AHA member presale for GABF tickets starts in 20 minutes.
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Waiting in line for Are You Afraid of the Dank by Cellarmaker.
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obi_ant posted:Waiting in line for Are You Afraid of the Dank by Cellarmaker. I'm bummed that I can't make it out for this one. I've only been for Double Dobis as far as bottle releases, but I was able to walk up around 4 and there was no line. they did sell out soon after though, but that was supposedly the fastest they've sold out yet
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poop dood posted:Hey funkybottoms, I'm at Ardent right now and the Nelson Sauvin Saison tastes like Sprite and I love it. glad to hear it! same yeast, but totally different recipe from our normal saison; this one is Rob's baby and we're pretty happy with it. speaking of saison, we bottled our tokaj barrel-aged saison today for release this weekend, so that's pretty interesting, and we're getting wine barrels to age more saison (with fruit!) tomorrow. oh, and we're probably gonna do a radler again soon, too, except this time it will be a real radler rather than the Frankenstein thing we put together for the UCI event last year. and have you had any Berliner? i dig the raspberry lime syrup something fierce.
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All the Pilsner Urquell posts inspired me to snag a few cans today. I had only had the bottled stuff previously, and the cans are so much better it's almost like drinking a different beer. There are a lot of bad pilsners made by BC brewers, but I really like Driftwood's Pilsner Doehnel and Persephone's Keller Pilsner.
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Klaus Kinski posted:Like, 10 years or so. I hear this about every euro beer and wonder how much of it is reality vs. the "vacation effect" We just did a pilsner showdown and I think most of the Euros (esp green bottle) were suffering from age/packaging woes.
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MunchE posted:I hear this about every euro beer and wonder how much of it is reality vs. the "vacation effect" I don't disagree with that idea, except tankovna is something particularly special about drinking in the Czech Republic. Having the beer served in that manner just doesn't happen anywhere else: http://www.drafthouse.co.uk/news/2014/tankovna-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-pilsner-urquell/
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MunchE posted:I hear this about every euro beer and wonder how much of it is reality vs. the "vacation effect" In a blind test I would not be able to tell that czech budvar and canned budvar are the same beer. The recipe is also probably different considering the canned stuff is 5.5% abv, the stuff in czech is 4.2% or 4.5%.
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:I'm bummed that I can't make it out for this one. I've only been for Double Dobis as far as bottle releases, but I was able to walk up around 4 and there was no line. they did sell out soon after though, but that was supposedly the fastest they've sold out yet I was there for that one too. I really wish they gave out coasters for the bottles that you buy. Also, from what I know Double Dobis was their first release of that specific beer, Coffee and Cigs and Are you Afraid of the Dank come out all the time.
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Got my 5 bottles of concentrated Whale Juice from Lost Abbey. At least I was able to check out on my own sweet-rear end time!
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obi_ant posted:I was there for that one too. I really wish they gave out coasters for the bottles that you buy. Also, from what I know Double Dobis was their first release of that specific beer, Coffee and Cigs and Are you Afraid of the Dank come out all the time. no way, the first release of DD was back for their first year anniversary party in October of 2014. that bottled batch was probably like the 5th batch they've made. just from my untappd history alone I've had 4 different batches of it and I'm pretty sure I've missed it before. the only bottled beer that's been new was the City Beer Store one.
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Klaus Kinski posted:In a blind test I would not be able to tell that czech budvar and canned budvar are the same beer. The recipe is also probably different considering the canned stuff is 5.5% abv, the stuff in czech is 4.2% or 4.5%. I think they make a 10, 11, and 12 Plato beer so maybe it is a different beer? I don't know, haven't really looked at the packaging on either side of the Atlantic. Angry Grimace posted:Got my 5 bottles of concentrated Whale Juice from Lost Abbey. At least I was able to check out on my own sweet-rear end time! My friend who was about 1400 tickets ahead of me on purchase number got five bottles. I did not. Now I wait to see if I lucked out for three.
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:no way, the first release of DD was back for their first year anniversary party in October of 2014. that bottled batch was probably like the 5th batch they've made. just from my untappd history alone I've had 4 different batches of it and I'm pretty sure I've missed it before. I thought that was D++? My mistake. Double Dobis is pretty amazing.
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Podima posted:Going to Forest & Main tomorrow for dinner. Any recommendations? Drink everything. Eat everything. And if they still have bottles of Solaire Reserve buy them.
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Kaiho posted:I really enjoyed my (solo) lunch at u Fleku. I was watching the waiters trick a horde of German students into shots while downing about 4 pints of that dark lager and eating things that would give me heartburn for days. I mean, it is a horrible monstrosity but both the food and beer are good. I've had Pivo Pils in the UK and it was really good and fresh...but like double the cost of a great German or Czech pils. I really, really liked Krusovice amongst the bigger brand Czech pils, but that beer does NOT travel well at all 
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MunchE posted:I hear this about every euro beer and wonder how much of it is reality vs. the "vacation effect" I've been to Prague seven times now, and the pils definitely tastes better there. I had the Tanknova in Barcelona of all places the other week, and it was fantastic there as well. Age is absolutely an issue with a lot of beer over here, poo poo sits in warehouses for months in green bottle.
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Podima posted:Going to Forest & Main tomorrow for dinner. Any recommendations? They had a pork belly kimchi crepe on the menu a while back that was the best thing I've ever had there, so should they have that, get it. Otherwise, what Hatful said.
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Spuckuk posted:I've been to Prague seven times now, and the pils definitely tastes better there. I had the Tanknova in Barcelona of all places the other week, and it was fantastic there as well. The local around the corner from my work has Tankovna Urquell. It's not badly priced (£4.50 a pint? Maybe?) but is diacetylic as gently caress. I know slight diacetyl is OK in the style but I legit don't understand how it gets that way on its journey from Pilsen to London.
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Kaiho posted:The local around the corner from my work has Tankovna Urquell. It's not badly priced (£4.50 a pint? Maybe?) but is diacetylic as gently caress. I know slight diacetyl is OK in the style but I legit don't understand how it gets that way on its journey from Pilsen to London.  Big part of the tankovna culture is proper line maintenance too; felt like every place I went to in Prague took it very seriously.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Drink everything. Eat everything. And if they still have bottles of Solaire Reserve buy them. a worthy uhh posted:They had a pork belly kimchi crepe on the menu a while back that was the best thing I've ever had there, so should they have that, get it. Otherwise, what Hatful said.  Thanks, you two!
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