ISH Beer Draught - Actual Draught Thread

[BankShot]

1. Pain of Thought - Heineken (Amsterdam)
2. Quasimoto - Stella Artois (Louvain, Belgium)
3. StylesP - Sam Adams OctoberFest (Boston/Cincinnati)
4. Tian820 - Blue Moon (Toronto)
5. BankShot - Downtown Brown Ale (Humboldt, CA)
6. Hateraid - Guinness (Dublin, Ireland)
7. Boozehound - Sammy's Oatmeal Stout (North Yorkshire, UK)
8. MarloStanfield - Prohibition Ale (San Francisco, CA)
9. One Love - Rollstone Red Ale (Leominster, MA)
10. sunsfan1357 - Stone Imperial Russian Stout (Escondido, CA)

11. sunsfan1357 - Pliny the Elder (Santa Rosa, CA)
12. One Love - Sam Adams Boston Lager (Boston/Cincinnati)
13. MarloStanfield - Yuengling Pale Ale (Pottsville, PA)
14. Boozehound - Chimay Grand Reserve (Chimay, Belgium)
15. Hateraid - Leffe (Belgium)
16. Bankshot - Cascade Ale (Bend, OR)
17. Tian820 - Corona (Mexico)
18. StylesP -
19. Quasimoto -
20. Pain of Thought -

Hateraid is now up (3:30 PM EST)

[sunsfan1357]

bump for hater

[BankShot]

So far there are a relatively small number of places represented in the the draft:

Western Europe (3)
U.K. (2)
Northern California (4)
Northeast U.S./Sam Adams (4)
Canada (1)

I expect there to be many more from Northern California and hopefully Oregon... lots of great breweries there that haven't been touched on

[tian820]

So far there are a relatively small number of places represented in the the draft:

Western Europe (3)
U.K. (2)
Northern California (4)
Northeast U.S./Sam Adams (4)
Canada (1)

I expect there to be many more from Northern California and hopefully Oregon... lots of great breweries there that haven't been touched on

I'll represent some Wisconsin hopefully in later rounds

[BankShot]

I'll represent some Wisconsin hopefully in later rounds

Nice I've had some fantastic micros from Wisconsin, and one from Madison in particular that I hope you draught.

[boozehound]

Nice I've had some fantastic micros from Wisconsin, and one from Madison in particular that I hope you draught.

I tried to limit it to beers that are available on at least a regional level. Some of my favs are from brewpubs, but you can only get it as a growler or at the bar.

[hateraid]

I gotta go the this premium Belgian White Ale made and perfected by Monks

[quasimoto]

Via PM, Boozehound selects Chimay Grand Reserve

Nice pick...best trappist beer imo.

[BankShot]

With my second-round pick, I select the Cascade Ale out of the Deschutes Brewery in Bend, OR.



Tian you're up (9:25 PM EST)

[tian820]

One more "mainstream" beer:

[BankShot]

StylesP you're up (9:30 EST PM)

[Snoop_Cat]

Quick question for the beer connoisseurs: I'm going to be a college freshman this year in Baltimore, and I've only really had the typical/accessible alcoholic beverages (BudLight, CoorsLight, Heineken, Mike's Hard, Smirnoff, etc.) what are some cheaper, different beers you'd guys recommend from this draft, and what really distinguishes them from your usual beers.

[Undisputed]

Quick question for the beer connoisseurs: I'm going to be a college freshman this year in Baltimore, and I've only really had the typical/accessible alcoholic beverages (BudLight, CoorsLight, Heineken, Mike's Hard, Smirnoff, etc.) what are some cheaper, different beers you'd guys recommend from this draft, and what really distinguishes them from your usual beers.

Try some stuff from Sam Adams. There's a bunch of different kinds and they're pretty easy to find. The Boston Lager is their most popular, and it's my favorite beer, but they make some amazing seasonal beers also.

[BankShot]

Quick question for the beer connoisseurs: I'm going to be a college freshman this year in Baltimore, and I've only really had the typical/accessible alcoholic beverages (BudLight, CoorsLight, Heineken, Mike's Hard, Smirnoff, etc.) what are some cheaper, different beers you'd guys recommend from this draft, and what really distinguishes them from your usual beers.

A lot of these beers not only have deeper, more palatable flavors, and as an added bones they are often higher in alcohol content.

The problem with most of the handcrafted micros are that they will be considerably more expensive than a sixer of, say, Bud Light, but when taking into consideration the higher alcohol content and straight-up enjoyability of drinking something that doesn't taste like water, it is well worth the couple of dollars extra per night drinking.

As for the Baltimore area, I have no idea what kind of craft beers are available since I spent most of my beer-enjoying time in the Pacific Northwest. Maybe if you're lucky some of the other participants will have an idea.

[BankShot]

Try some stuff from Sam Adams. There's a bunch of different kinds and they're pretty easy to find. The Boston Lager is their most popular, and it's my favorite beer, but they make some amazing seasonal beers also.

I'm not too high on the Boston Lager, but the Octoberfest is really good, and for a lighter style the Spring seasonal is pretty good too. Not sure about the summer seasonal.