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    What's your favorite Beer?

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    • J
      jdl1279
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      2016 has aged well

      Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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      • J
        jdl1279
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        @Seul:

        PS: happy birthday jdl  🙂

        Thanks brother

        Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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        • SeulS
          Seul
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          Dugges x Siren collab, a smoked imperial porter, so I was expecting more… Not bad, though!..

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          • Matty123M
            Matty123
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            Copped these a few weeks back. The regular is still on shelves around here.

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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            • SeulS
              Seul
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              Don't drink the Proprietor's fresh…

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              • SeulS
                Seul
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                DIE HARD. STILLE NACHT. ONLY PERKS OF THIS SEASON.

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  Had a couple of those last night…

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • SeulS
                    Seul
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                    Beautiful beer innit?.. Both fresh and aged… If you want some (more), let me know though... This is seasonal: made once a year and usually gone by spring...

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                    • GilesG
                      Giles
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                      I'm OK thanks Eli…...

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • AlexA
                        Alex
                        IHUK Crew
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                        Recently moved apartment, and this is my new local

                        http://www.huissouthsea.co.uk/index.php/beers

                        Any stand out recommendations for tomorrow night? I have only had the Kwak on draught so far, and not looked too deeply into the bottle list

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                        • SeulS
                          Seul
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                          SAISON DUPONT (top three saison-wise for me)
                          DE DOLLE ARABIER (De Dolle don't make bad beer)
                          TRIPEL KARMELIET (solid)
                          WESTMALLE TRIPEL (excellent)
                          ORVAL (in that same top three with Dupont…)

                          DE DOLLE OERBIER (ooooooh yeah, personal fav)
                          ST BERNARDUS ABT 12 (solid)

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                          • AlexA
                            Alex
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                            Thanks, mate

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                            • C
                              cander49
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                              @Alex , I'd also try the Boon Marriage Parfait. It's not my favorite gueuze out there, but it's really solid, and that's a great price for a legitimately good bottle of gueuze.

                              As for me, I had this 2012 De Cam Oude Lambiek a couple days ago. It wasn't quite as good as the 03 yet, but it was super, super nice.

                              I literally bought 5 bottles this Feb 2012 bottling just recently. Nobody cares about De Cam for some inexplicable reason, and this bottle has a particularly average for great lambic on Untappd because many users apparently buy this without know it's actually supposed to be still, think it's gone bad, and give it a horrible rating (how you end up with nearly 6 year old lambic without having a clue what the bottle is about is beyond me).  😃 😃 😃

                              As for the notes, it had an incredible funk that developed even more over the 2 hours that I sipped on half of the bottle (so tasty that it was hard to make it last that long). It had a strong apricot/peach vibe, with a hint of that diacetyl flavor I mentioned on a recent 2010 Fou Foune (buttered popcorn), a bit of citrus, and then a whole green grape/white pepper vibe that was super interesting. So complex and delicate, and just so enjoyable. De Cam can be a bit hit or miss, but I've only ever had one bad bottle from them, and it was probably just bad because of bad storage.

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                              • SeulS
                                Seul
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                                2009 and 2012 labels were re-used for later bottles… So it might be 2015 or 2016...

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                                • SeulS
                                  Seul
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                                  Best beer 2017 (random):

                                  EVIL TWIN MICHIGAN MAPLE JESUS
                                  OERBIER FRESH ON TAP
                                  PRAIRIE BA BIBLE BELT
                                  HILL FARMSTEAD BIRTH OF TRAGEDY KOCHERE COFFEE
                                  LA PIRATA LAB N°001 SUPER OATMEAL STOUT
                                  MIKKELLER NELSON SAUVIN BRUT
                                  BUXTON RAIN SHADOW SINGLE BARREL
                                  BFM ABBAYE DE ST BON CHIEN GRAND CRU 2015 RHUM BA
                                  TEMPEST ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN
                                  OMNIPOLLO x BUXTON ORIGINAL MAPLE TRUFFLE ICE CREAM WAFFLE
                                  FUNKY BUDDHA MAPLE BACON COFFEE PORTER

                                  Honourable mentions:

                                  DE MOLEN WEER & WIND BBA
                                  MIKKELLER BEER GEEK BRUNCH WEASEL BRANDY/ ISLAY WHISKEY/ BOURBON
                                  KEES DOUBLE SHOT
                                  ORVAL
                                  CANTILLON OUDE GUEUZE 2016
                                  STILLE NACHT

                                  Pics:

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                                  • AlexA
                                    Alex
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                                    • Megatron1505M
                                      Megatron1505
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                                      Your local is making me thirsty 🍻

                                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                      • SeulS
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                                        Yesterday I drank me last Stille Nacht 2013… It was bloomin fantastic... I thought to meself "I need some more 2012/ 2013s"...

                                        Checked some local 2ndhand forum this afternoon... Found a guy from another part of the country selling 6 2013s and 4 2012s... Contacted him... He tells me he's going to a small beerfest in my city, today...

                                        So, in short, about 24 hours later after me downing the last 13...

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                                          cander49
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                                          @Seul:

                                          2009 and 2012 labels were re-used for later bottles… So it might be 2015 or 2016...

                                          2012 Oude Lambiek labels were not reused, only some other 2012 labels (more 2009 than 2012 though, and 2009s have oddly been used more recently than 2012 even). Oude Lambiek hasn't even been produced at all since 2012, and only 2 runs have ever gotten import to the US. So, these are the real deal. FWIW, I even double checked this info with one of the guys who runs lambic.info, and he was completely certain my bottles are legitimately Feb 2012.

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                                          • SeulS
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                                            cander49: completely my bad… I thought that was De Cam's Oude Geuze...

                                            But yeah: recently had to break the news to an American who thought he had scored a 75cls 2009 bottle... He checked and the label said 375mls...  😃

                                            Anyway... Fucking tricky...

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