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RandMart · Jan 24, 2008

Discuss. 
Personally, I'm a big Dogfish Head [DE] fan. I have no tolerance for NASCAR beers.

rugby · Jan 25, 2008

Bell's beer out of Kalamazoo, Mi is awesome. Try the Pale Ale. 
rugby

Dougie Fresh · Jan 25, 2008

Something in an IPA for me please. The hoppier the better.

RandMart · Jan 25, 2008

D'You want hops for hops sake or hops for flavor? 
The legendary Dogfish Head 120-Minute IPA [DFH :120] is perhaps the hoppiest there is, at 120 IBU and 20% alcohol. But it is NASTY!!! 
What Maverick's, Jaws or Teahupo'o are to Big Wave Surfers; DFH :120 is to Hop-Heads ... You have to do it, to say you did it, but you're not doing it every day. 
I dial it down with the 60-Minute [DFH :60] as my daily, or Victory HopDevil. Stone IPA is nice [Stone Ruination is mega-hopped like DFH :120; listen to the showdown between DFH and Stone on "Speaking of Beer" - podcast #32]. 
Locally, you have Smuttynose, Magic Hat [which I heard are discontuing Blind Faith], Harpoon ... 
If you can find Lagunitas IPA from Cali that's good, too.

Sans Souci · Jan 26, 2008

I'm not the most knowledgeable beer drinker, but I'll try just about anything. Sure enjoyed taste-testing in the U.K., Ireland, and The Netherlands. Not too hepped up on the fruity ones, though. Just seems wrong. 
To answer La T's question, I swear by a Guinness or other stout (Guinness is a stout; right?) pre-race. Ran a PR marathon in Boston last year, a PR HM around the same time, with this day-before prep. Oh, and I'd have a beer with La Tortuga any ol' time. 
Not sure I want it right at the finish, but fairly soon thereafter. <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> 
Any recommendations, RandMart, on British Columbia beer? Anyone?

RandMart · Jan 26, 2008

Rogue, from Portland, is as close as I can get, off the top of my head. 
Oh, wait, there was one on SoB ... gimme a minute ... <a href="http://www.speakingofbeer.com/2007/10/25/show-39-hop-a-palooza-episode-2-the-return-of-evo-terra/" target="_blank">Granville Island Whitecaps IPA.</a> 
It stuck in my mind because, not only did the guys like it, but the guy got two (2) 22 oz. bottles for $5 in a 7-11.

hobey · Jan 27, 2008

Belgians, IPAs, Cream Stouts, Cream Ales. Aside from the American macro swill, I've never met a beer style I didn't like or did not find any redeeming qualities. 
For BC beer, Spinnaker's in Victoria brews up some good ones. There's also a decent brewpub in Yaletown...I forget the name of it.

winejunky · Jan 27, 2008

Not that this lower 48'er isn't somewhat familiar w/Vancouver, but the name is Yaletown brewery......closest place in the Northwest to get decent poutine. 
I'm a big believer in a glass of suds the night before if you aren't having a glass of wine.....after the race.....little tiny bubbles form Epernay or Reims.

hobey · Jan 28, 2008

Makes sense...duh. <img alt="huh.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/huh.gif"> 
You can get poutine there? I've only had it in Montreal and frankly it frightens me still.

RandMart · Jan 29, 2008

Poutine? Who makes that? I can't find it on ratebeer.com. 
Huh? Oh. No way! That's dis-gusting! <blockquote></blockquote>Poutine is a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with gravy and sometimes other additional ingredients. The freshness of the curds is important as it makes them soft in the warm fries, without completely melting. It is a quintessential Canadian comfort food, especially but not exclusively among Québécois.
Is there a Ted Le Nugente song called "Ween Deen Sweet Poutine?"

winejunky · Jan 30, 2008

Poutine is absolutely the best post marathon food in the world....I love curds, pomme frites, and gravy. Throw some chopped onions and a bottle of champagne and I'd run a marathon everyday!

RandMart · Jan 30, 2008

Swap the curds for Velveeta, and the Champagne for Chimay, and I'll meet you at the diner.

winejunky · Jan 30, 2008

Velveeta.....i thought you were a real beer geek. Good god would you drink an ultra pasteurized beer....I do love Chimay.

Sans Souci · Jan 30, 2008

wj, snork! 
I thought Velveeta was recycled into lawn chairs. Or vice versa. Can't remember. <img alt="confused.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/confused.gif"> 
Poutine is a once-in-a-blue-moon pleasure. If it's possible, the deprivation makes the frites taste even better. 
So, Hobey, don't be frightened. <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> C'mon, I'll share mine.

RandMart · Jan 30, 2008

I'm confused ... what's one got to do with the other? 
I like beer. I like good beer. It is the lubricant of my soul. It is my fuel. I love and study it. 
Cheese? Huh? Ask someone else. 
By the same point; I love bicycles. They got me from school to work and home when we were poor. Other kids had cars. I had a car - a '75 Vega. I sold it to buy a bike. 
Cheese is an adhesive. It binds my sandwiches to the bread. It makes my omlettes something slightly more than scrambled eggs. Cheese allows me to use something resembling a wood-working tool at 7AM on a Sunday morning. But, my level of scrunity, is way, way down. 
That being said, I present: <a href="http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/cheese_shop.htm" target="_blank">The Cheese Shop</a> MOUSEBENDER: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?. WENSLEYDALE: Not today, sir, no.

winejunky · Jan 30, 2008

Its about the ingredients and the process in which it is made...lets look at it like this: 
Chimay= finely made cheese, perhaps double cream aged cheddar 
Velvetta= Bud light or Coors light...ultra pasteurized for the unbeliever 
I'd hardly ever knock someone for their taste in beer, hell I love Miller High Life on a hot summer day when mowing the grass, after all it is the champagne of beers.

RandMart · Jan 30, 2008

My point was that the things I care about, I care about deeply. Cheese does not fall in that category. Cheese is a laminate. 
Now, there are people who want everything that they use, touch, taste, read, and know about to be what others have decided that are the best. 
These people suck. I have no tolerance for them. Knowledge is no substitute for learning. 
Ahhhh, you've opened the <a href="http://400beers.blogspot.com/2007/06/3-way-dance.html" target="_blank">LawnMower Beer</a> discussion ... well done.

CoyoteMark · Feb 1, 2008

I'm a spoiled microbrew snob here in Fort Collins; wheat beers in particular. The one race that every beer loving runner must run: <a href="http://www.horsetoothhalfmarathon.com/raceinformation.html" target="_blank">Horsetooth Half Marathon</a> 
Cheers! 
Mark

hally · Feb 1, 2008

Hi Randy and all. 
90 minute IPA is my favorite. I have not tried the 120, saw it but bypassed it. 
60 minute just doesn't cut it, gotta be 90. 
I brought home a variety while I was at Mom's over Thanksgiving in DE 
They were out of 90 minute believe it or not so I tried Troegs Troeganator Double Bock, Strohs Double IPA and the Victory Hop Devil. The last was my least favorite. I can actually get the Stroh's here at my local beer distributor so happy about that. My brother brought me a six of Duck Rabbit Porter for Christmas from NC. He wanted to bring Imperial Stout but could not find it. 
It was delicious too. Are you seeing a trend here? I prefer the higher ABV beers. My local store carries 24 oz Rogue breweries bottles. I like trying those too. The Mocha Porter and the Chocolate Stout are faves. 
Barb

RandMart · Feb 1, 2008

DFH :90 is a bit much on the ABV for a daily. Plus the $$$ factor. 
You like the <a href="http://400beers.blogspot.com/2005/12/tregs-hopback-amber-ale.html" target="_blank">Tröegs</a> do you? Although I can get it in NJ any time, I only partake when I'm in riding in Hershey and it's on tap. 
Rogue's Chocolate Stout is very good, but to me the benchmark is Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout; a.k.a. <a href="http://400beers.blogspot.com/2005/12/brooklyn-black-chocolate-stout.html" target="_blank">BBChocoStout</a>. 
DFH Worldwide Stout has insane ABV - 18%, I believe - but is like $8 per 12 oz. bottle.

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