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Leinenkugels's Fireside Nut Brown "Winter Seasonal"


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Good shit Maynard!!

Thought this place could use a beer thread :cheers:

I've never been into, or even understood the whole fru fru beer/microbrewery craze. More of a Coors Lite kinda guy. To me......Beer's beer, and all those niche' ones were for the same stuck up snob yuppie wannabes who order $5 coffees at Starbucks. As George Carlin said......The more complicated the coffee order, the bigger the asshole!! :D

That being said.......When I went over to PA/NY 2 months ago for the big XX meat, the guys "persuaded" me to drink copius amounts of the local favorite, Yuengling. ;) Pretty good stuff. Went out with another friend last month, and decided to have a Sam Adams Octoberfest with him when he ordered one. Pretty good as well. In fact, went to buy some for the house a few days later, and that stuff must be like QVC......When it's gone, it's GONE!! :eek: There was still a week left in October, and the couple 6 packs I'd seen a few days earlier when I decided to try Cherry Wheat & Harvest Moon instead, were vanished by the time I went back.

So I've tried some others since then. Sam Adams Cream Stout....Kinda strong/bitter. Didn't taste the carmel & stuff like they claimed. Did really like the Cherry Wheat though. The Harvest Moon was OK as well. Budweiser American Ale was OK, but I kept having this suspicion while I was drinking it, that if I had a regular 'ol Bud alongside it......I may not be able to tell the difference ;) Had an Amber Bock & local microbrew the barmaid said was "tastetastic & her favorite" with a rasberry taste, up at Myle's Pizza in Bowling Green last weekend. The Bock was pretty good. Rasberry......Not so much :nono:

Anyways......Went to the store tonight with the intention of finally trying Sam Adams Winter Ale, that I keep putting off for others that catch my eye when I get to the beer aisle. Well....Guess what? The Leinenkugel's caught my eye this time. Kept debating, but decided I see the Winter Ale everywhere, so I'd give the 'Kugel "Winter Seasonal" the nod this time

Glad I did.....Me LIKEY!! :D Very smooth, and has kind of a hazlenut aftertaste to it, which may sound kind of crazy in a beer.....but I dig it

So there 'ya go. My $.02 & ramblings about my recent forays into the top shelf beer culture. I guess I'm one of "those assholes" now. Oh wait.....Some people think I always have been!! :lol:

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If you see it try some great lakes christmas ale

Will do. Keep eyein' the GL's Edmund Fitzgerald too....Just 'cause it's the Edmund Fitzgerald ;)

Somethin' about bein' from Toledo/Lake Erie/Great Lake & that ship has ALWAYS fascinated me

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Love all the Liney's. You rshould try the Summer shandy next summer. Also, not a big fan of Sam Adams, knida barky tasting, but the winter ale or whatever they call it is pretty tasty. I too was always a miller man, then started trying some of the micro brew and to my shock, you could actually taste the beer, not just the water. The only time I drink Miller anymore is if I am mowing the lawn and need to rehydrate. LOL. I now keep my eye out for alot of the micros to at least try and see if the taste hits me. And my personal favorite in tap is a black and blue(guiness and Blue Moon). Love the flavor combo.

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Serious question for you Pauly, and please don't take this the wrong way.......But you don't find the plastic bucket leaves any kind of an aftertaste/undertone with the beer sittin' in it that long I take it?

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I too was always a miller man, then started trying some of the micro brew and to my shock, you could actually taste the beer, not just the water. The only time I drink Miller anymore is if I am mowing the lawn and need to rehydrate. LOL. I now keep my eye out for alot of the micros to at least try and see if the taste hits me. And my personal favorite in tap is a black and blue(guiness and Blue Moon). Love the flavor combo.

Sounds like me. I've heard of the Shandy before....I'll def give it a try next summer

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No strange after tastes at all. The bucket is for primary fermentation only. The wert is only in the plastic pale for about 5 days. Then it is transfered to a glass carboy for another 3-5 days. The fermentation process is relatively quick vs. the conditioning process. That takes about 6-12 weeks depending on the recipe. This process occurs in the final package' date=' the capped glass bottle.[/quote']

Gotcha

I was assuming it sat in the bucket for 6-12 weeks

So ballpark......What's a batch cost you, and how much does it make?

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Another self proclaimed beer snob haha......

We brew few batches in a local fun place....in the summer we did the hefe weizen.....well almost came out as hoegaarden wit beer :p highly recommend this place

http://www.thebrewkettle.com/

....and I do a beer tour every year in the local winking lizard

http://www.winkinglizard.com/data/content/beer_tour.asp

My picks (diverse) this year:

Celebrator dopplebock

Duvel

Left Hand Milk Stout

Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper

and I liked almost all of the Sam Smiths...well may be the Imperial Stout

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Cheers' date=' mate!! Maybe one day we'll all meet at the battle cruiser for a bit of shifting gear. Only one problem then, I'm out of Captain Kirk so I don't have any bees 'n honey.[/quote']

Haha no probs...sure we should sometime

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Just got this message from a friend on my XX board, who lives up by Ann Arbor. Think he may be twisting my arm to come up & visit. ;) Hell.....Maybe we'll turn this into a DTC function & grab a room for the night!! :)

Hey Russ, if you want to sample some good beers, come up and visit me. Every July there is a beer fest from the Michigan Brewers Guild.

Here is a link to their site from this years past festival. It is a good time. Ride up, drink beer, hang out. Ride the next day and head home.

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Seasonal Summer Leinenkugels is the best Fonzie.

SUMMER SHANDY! Tasty!

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Yeah....You're about the 3rd or 4th person that's said that. I'm definitely gonna try it as soon as I can

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Yeah....You're about the 3rd or 4th person that's said that. I'm definitely gonna try it as soon as I can

April thru August. Around here you only can find it at the big liqour store (Arrow Wine and Spirits) when it's out. I haven't found a grocery store that carries it yet.

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I've never been into, or even understood the whole fru fru beer/microbrewery craze. More of a Coors Lite kinda guy. To me......Beer's beer, and all those niche' ones were for the same stuck up snob yuppie wannabes who order $5 coffees at Starbucks. As George Carlin said......The more complicated the coffee order, the bigger the asshole!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roky52aR02E

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There is a Bbar in Millersburg called Bags Sports Bar. Last I recall around 75 different choices of brew. The beer list was longer than the menu.

There were several micro brews I tried this past year.

Cup o Joe - coffee flavored, smooth but bitter aftertaste

Nitro Extra Russian Stout - this was mighty tasty

Leghumper - Kosmo beat me to it.

Usually only get to try these when I'm outta town. Being as Crowtown only carries Budweiser, Bud Lidght, Miller Lite, and Busch Lite. Silly Rednecks.

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Havent been doing my usual weekly variation in a while like I used to... last one I had was the Christmas Ale from Great Lakes I think.. am going to try and get back into the swing of things this Spring.

Not a huge fan of the Summer Shandy though... it was good but I can only drink a couple of em' and I dont like that I have to be limited lol, maybe that just means I am too much of a drunk

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