Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Our Lady of Pain Drinking Club's LiveJournal:

[ << Previous 20 ]

Friday, May 4th, 2007
9:17 pm	zywiec porter, okocim porter (Poland) SVEN: Both are near-identical black with thin brown heads. Okocim smells of molasses and burnt caramel. Zywiec smells of fresh caramel and candied pineapples. Okocim tastes like milky, slightly burned dark chocalate and roastyness. Body is slightly thin given ABV. Zywiec is much more hoppy, with more ale estery fruitiness, slight bits of roasted malt, and a very dry finish. Body is fairly thick. DON: This Zywiec is not akin to what I would expect. Of the two, it has the less apparent scent. The first time I had it, I could swear I smelled pineapple too, but now I can't get a read of anything. It tastes far more bitter, with a good 'roasty' taste. However, I don't see this burned dark chocolate anywhere. Maybe if you got porter flavored chocolate. The okocim is more nose-a-rific, assuredly, and the smell gives it a fair advantage against Zywiec. That, and it has a goat humping a glass on the bottle. The taste is alot more bland, though, and does indeed have this milky taste to it. More smooth than anything else. I can't quite place what it tastes like, though... NICKY: First, the Okocim: It smells fabulous. Sweet, molasses, a little roasty. It has a full, sweet mouthfeel. Tastes of dark chocolate. Very pleasant for its 8.3%. The Zywiec porter, on the other hand, has a thinner, slightly acrid flavor. The Zywiec is entirely too thin for a beer that hits some of the extremes in flavor. It is drier and more bitter, with a more burnt flavors. The pineapple, I have missed. And I am not sure if nose-a-rific is word. DON: Nose-a-rific is word, ugh. Don smash puny nose of NICKY! Raugh! NICKY: Then Don shall have no cookies. I pity the children you will be teaching English to. Pfft. Beer. SVEN: Mien English no good. DON: But, I was.... eh... never mind. Now I attack the carpet. NIQUI: Don just wishes he had hair. Our carpet has more hair. SVEN: Our carpet has so much hair. DON: Who is this new person, and why haven't they commented on the beer? This is absurd. Stop hitting me with that hair-brush! NICKY: Who is this new beer and why haven't we commented on it? I am scared of Don't socks. He is a bad man. Sven's beard should have the final say. SVEN'S BEARD(CECIL, HALLBJORN): Don't touch my stash. You know, mustache. DON'T: This beer is far too smokey. Mmmmm, smoked salmon. SVEN: I do not think we are reviewing the beer we are now drinking. DON'T PUT THAT ON MY HEAD: No, no we aren't. Ta! (Comment on this)
Monday, March 12th, 2007
11:23 pm	Witte (Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY) DON: I don’t know what happened to my taste buds. I used to love this beer like it was nobodies business… but now it has come to pass that I find it not exactly appealing to my palette. Witte is a wheat beer, which means it has a very crisp taste to it. It has a rich golden color, but doesn’t appear very heavy (the head is actually rather disappointing). That gives you a sense of the taste, too. It doesn’t have that much flavor to it. Unlike Hoegarden, it does not in fact have a citrus aftertaste to it which I find rather pleasant. In fact, it seems to lack in all manner of flavor. Just beer. It would be a good beer to mix a Lambic with, though, I will give it that much… and it’s not on the more expensive end of things. Still, all in all, I give it a MEH. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, March 9th, 2007
6:59 pm	XX Bitter (DeRanke, Wevelgem, Belgium) DON- What can I say about XX Bitter that would truly do her justice? She is such a marvelous beer to my tastes that I cannot speak a high enough praise. That being said, I shall once again make this audience aware of my personal tastes when it comes to beer. Bitter. I do enjoy my bitter, but have a different means of tasting it then my fellow comrades. Hops. Hops are what propel me into the realm of enjoyment for the beer I drink, and this one is not lacking in the slightest. Indeed, it self-styles itself the “hoppiest beer of Belgium.” I’ve had a lot of Belgian beers, and have never had a complaint with any of them. This one is definitely my favorite. If you liked Duvel, then just imagine this as that plus a ridiculous amount of flavor. It is a tad pricey for the large bottle of it, coming in at about 13 American after taxes. But! But I’ll be damned if it isn’t worth every penny, and if you like Hops then I highly recommend you give this little beauty a try. Hence I give it APPROVAL. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
8:57 pm	Not dead The Lady of Pain drinking club is not dead. In fact, its very much alive. Its just that all of its members are far too lazy to post anything, even when one of them trys new beers on a regular basis. Or would, if his campus wasn't dry. The other one is crazy. I'll leave it to your imaginations which one that is. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 8th, 2005
11:42 pm	Sven&Niqui's Oatmeal IPA (Amityville) DON: You know, there is something to be said for being part of a brewing process... and by being part, I mean watching people boil grains. Well, that thing to be said about that part thing, it is that there is so much different flavor that goes into a beer its hard to actually determine what is what when you drink it. This one is healthy in its hops as an IPA is, but its thicker then most in both color and texture. It has this odd "spicey" taste to it which is quite apparent from the old oak and oatmeal. I think the oatmeal is what makes it appear so thick, and gives it a bit of that "spicey" taste, but I might just be crazy. In fact, I would say I rank this beer as an APPROVAL overall, as it is an excellent IPA in its own right. Good lord, I just voted for an IPA, what is the world coming too? SVEN: Being the guy who threw the ingredients together, I have no problem at all telling you that in the taste of this beer I detect the fruity bitterness of the cascade hops and the subtle sweetness of the crystal malt barley used in sparing amounts, along with the pleasant roundness in flavour and thickness of body that the libral dose of oatmeal has given the beer. The head retention on this is retarded, head persists on top of the beer for the entire duration of the beer's life in its glass. APPROVAL for my girlfriend and my first communally planned and brewed beer. JEREMY: Not knowing all these fancy terms to describe beer, I shall just say that this is an emphatic APPROVAL. On the other hand I would like to atest to the fact that Don is in fact crazy, and not knows what he's talking about. This beer is not "spicey", he has lost his mind. If I had to use my "expert" opinion I would say that is it more of a slight cinnamon or nutmeg flavor, and also that Don is one of those "crazy" liberal conservatives or conservatice liberals. BILL: Verry hoppy and good sweet taste, Makes a strong stout taste. makes for a nutty yet smooth draft. The biter taste is a refressing change to the fruitiy lambic that has dominated the night. The oatmeal is a good strnng flavor, that could used well with a strong coffee. DON: Oh no, it is not I that is crazy, it is in fact the JEREMY that is quite mad. He does not understand that to taste something means it is spiced in some means or regaurd. The fact that it is spiced with hops just means that those are emphasized by the other tastes already in the beer. I do see a cinnamon taste to it, of course, and I would wager that is from the quite amusing veriety of oats that made up this fine beverage. Moving on, BILL is drunk, that is all. SVEN: I think JEREMY has you this time, sortof, DON or at least your defense is not quite good; one spices things with spice not herbs or grains, which does not, it should be however noted automatically make such a thing not taste 'spicy'. JEREMY: I think it you you who used yelled nazi first, you National Socialist. And Sven is on my side in this requard, even though he is leaving and would ultimately come to my defense. No, no you are the proverbial Republican that votes against a tax cut, or the legendary flaming liberal that is a member of the Nazi party and is an NRA nut. 'Spice' is more generally used when talking about things spiced in the 'Indian' manner. Though I think at this point I am rambling. Off to you next reviewer. DON: Next reviewer indeed! Yes, well, spices being a contradictory matter in this regaurd, I don't think they should matter. What does matter is the fact that this beer is good, and tastes yummy. That, beyond all things, is what this whole debate is concerning. So we'll leave off there, and disregaurd the fact that JEREMY rambles like an insane-person-who-has-a-spoon-stuck-in-his-ear. Indeed! Toodles. (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 19th, 2005
10:05 am	B E (Anheuser-Busch, America) MIKEY: Now, I know it's not Our Lady Drinking canon to write a review by yourself. Still, under the circumstances, I feel compelled. Let me elaborate. This morning, I went to Seven-Eleven, and in the beer fridge was a thing. A thing so uncomprehensibly terrifying that I felt I must immediately purchase it. Budweiser Energy Beer. "Beer with Caffeine, Ginseng, and Guarana Extract and Natural Flavor." Never mind that they totally fudged the number of ands in that sentence, this is sheer calculated horror. And so I am writing the review alone. If it should prove fatal, DON and SVEN will at least live on to continue the traditions. I have just opened the can. It smells like cherry Jell-O. And... it tastes like cherry Jell-O. With an undercurrent of ass. Jesus, this literally tastes like someone poured cherry Jell-O into a can of Bud. The Jell-O bit isn't bad, but you just can't escape the underlying awful taste of Budweiser. DISAPPROVAL. There's always room for Jell-O, unless it's full of goddamn fucking Budweiser. Does this even count as beer, legally? I think I have to write to my congresswoman. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 8th, 2004
11:18 pm	SkullSplitter Orkney Ale SVEN: Very meager brown head, quickly dissapating. The beer itself is a beautiful mahogony colour, smelling strongly of alcohol(it is 8.5 ABV so this is not surprising) and malt. Taste is a burnt malt, bordering on caramel but not quite there; it tastes to me like it should be much darker than it is. DON: Holy screaming eagle shit, batman. Well, if I would say there was a beer that vikings drank that tasted faintly of smoke and was condensed into liquid form, this would be it. I don't know how else to phrase it then to say the flavor is rather present in the taste. And damn is that taste there. Its like a kick in the mouth with a warhammer that has a helm with cute little wings on the side. Deffinently APPROVAL. I love beer that kicks my mouth. On another note, we have guest speakers to critique our beer tonight. They come in many shapes and forms, and shall introduce themselves as they come. Do it, as SVEN says, do it good. AMANDA: Very Dark, Very Strong Flavor. I Agree. APPROVAL NIQUI: I have hair down to my waist, I don't wear jackets and my hat has a safety pin in it. It was very tastey, but not in the way that makes you stop and think. Very sweet and nearly sticky. APPROVAL. SVEN: I failed to note my APPROVAL for this beer, or to describe that the bottles have a photo of a viking in armour, with helmet, ax and sheild. If I could, I would get this more frequently. DON: The hat was tasty? Was it a Fedora? They are rather tasty, sort of like bacon. Not like this beer though, thats a different kind of smoked tasty. Also, I would point out to the AMANDA that she has not described herself in any way-shape-or-form. This is displeasing to me, and thus should be changed. Changed now! So sayeth the zombie master who finds this beer tasty... tasty like smoke! AMANDA: Beer usually does not make me stop and think NIQUI. Beer usually makes me not think and then sleep for a while. Oh and I have short dyed red hair with a blond streak, a black fedora hat, and a World War I Swiss Army coat that I got for 10 DOLLARS on Ebay. (Comment on this)
4:56 pm	Rogue Honey Cream Ale SVEN: I cannot spell. Golden colour with a goodly but quickly dissapating head. Hoppy both in smell and in taste, this one is a very close relative to Rogue Brutal Bitter, although much more mild. The honey taste is very subtle, but indeed there. I will give APPROVAL to this one, and note that the hand gesture that the woman on the bottle(and indeed, the gesture nearly all rouge beer people give) is remeniscent of the gesture given in Red Dawn to fellow Wolverines. MIKEY: What he said. Light, gold, hoppy. I don't really notice much more than the barest fraction of a honey flavor, but for some ineffable reason, it leaves my mouth feeling like it's been freshly slicked with flavorless olive oil. Like a small man with a mop has just waxed my teeth. It dissipates in a second or two, and is more fascinating than anything else, but it's an odd quirk. I note that the ingredients list lists a "Secret Ingredient," and I can only hope that this is not some sort of floorwax. That aside, this is a very tasty beer, as most Rogues are, and I don't hesisitate to recommend it if you're in the mood for hops, but don't feel up to an IPA or Imperial Stout. APPROVAL for sure. DON: The first time I try'ld this beer, I was immediatly struck by how odd and peculiar it tastes. It is just that, I think, both odd and at the very same moment peculiar. Tasting it now after letting the man stop waxing my teeth, I can accurately say that it has a good sort of seltzer taste to it with a degree of beer flavoring so that they can pass it off to those of us who don't mind. I, in fact, do. After tramatic childhood experiences with clowns and seltzer water, I can only give this beer a MEH. And I know I can't spell, so sue me. In the PANTS! SVEN: I have no idea what you were trying to say there, DON. MIKEY: I will hand you, DON, that this beer has virtually no body or maltiness, and that indeed, one could produce a similar taste by heavily hopping water, but that's not really a problem, as long as what you want is hoppiness. For malt, there's always the Westveleteren we just had. Which is, of course, a better beer. DON: Thus we fall into the eternal conflict of taste value. I can not, under good conciounce, place this beer in the same catagory as the last. Therefore it shall suffer the wrath of MEH, and lo' be unto others who so offend my tastebuds. MIKEY: It's not in the same category as Westveleteren. While I gave this beer a fairly enthusiastic positive review, I did so with the qualification that it's good if you're in the mood for hops. With Westveleteren, I simply said it was good. There's a difference. DON: No, no there isn't. MIKEY: Fine. For a given value of Westveleteren, Rogue Honey Cream is equal to a value no more than half that of Westveleteren. It's still a decent and enjoyable beer which I APPROVE of and would drink again, on occasion, which is, of course, what our scale was designed to indicate. Perhaps you think we should add a category along the lines of, DAAAAAMN, SISTER? DON: In this, I beleive we differ, sir. I think it is not even half of the previously above mentioned. In fact, I think it earns the rank I gave it. I despise seltzer. MIKEY: Well, that's a different kettle of horse. Alright then. DON: Make it so, and let loose the cigarette's of war. MIKEY: The cigarette's what of war? DON: Their butt's. MIKEY: One night, while you're asleep, I'm going to sneak in and tattoo [sic] on your forehead. (Comment on this)
4:54 pm	Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus Trappistenbier croos-posted from DONs journal because he is a silly man. MIKEY: One of the few true Trappist beers, Westveleteren is the second hardest to find, and by far the hardest to pronounce. It somehow manages to be more expensive than Orval. Pours a nice deep amber, sort of a maple syrup color, with a reasonable head that settles into some fairly decent lacing. It has a very pleasant earthy sort of aroma, sort of like treacle and mud. The taste is very much reminiscent of the 120 Minute Dogfish Head IPA, as DON pointed out when we first sipped it a moment ago. I note that I cannot hit tab to indent a new paragraph, since it simply sends me to the post security field below. Damn you. Damn you to Hell. It's sort of dark and sweet in flavor, very pleasant and rich. Sort of like some sort of liquid fruitcake, but with much less fruit. APPROVAL, very definite APPROVAL, but with the caveat that I'd probably rather buy an Orval and walk away with two or three bucks more than I would have with Westveleteren. DON: MIKEY, I would wager a guess that you have never had my mother's fruitcake. Indeed, if you had, the only thing you would be using to apply that metaphor too would be perhapes... feet. Or someones left testicle. In any case, on to the beer. Well, what can I say that hasn't been said already? It has that "caramel apple" sort of flavor that 120 minute had, but it isn't a kick in the face quite the same way. Alot nicer to sip, I would dare say, and if I had a nice cigar I would be smoking it about now. Of course, I wouldn't need beer for that at this point, but what the hell. Maybe I'll get lucky, eh? SVEN: Malty malty malty. The caramel flavour is quite deep, with just a hint of smoke to it. A very nice aftertaste and a complex falvour. APPROVAL. MIKEY: I could certainly see this beer being footlike, assuming that the foot in question had a deep, rich, complex flavor with undertones of molasses. That aside, in retrospect, fruitcake wasn't actually what I meant. The cake I actually meant to draw analogy to is my grandmother's Pfalzian spice cake, as focused through the lens of her adjusting the recipe during the rationing period of WWII. This, however, is neither here nor there. What's important is that it's a very tasty cake, with Trappist overtones. DON: I can most assuredly see my way through the ranks to placing this on the shelf of APPROVAL. Indeed, it is a tasty beer I would purchase again if I wasn't horribly broke (from just this sort of reason) and it didn't cost so god-damn much. Another excellent reason to move to Europe and take up residence in a beer vat. Caramel apppplllllesss.... SVEN: MIKEY, does not an s to show ownership get its apostrophe after the S? MIKEY: Be it ever so humble, there's no place like a steel high pressure fermentation chamber. Yes SVEN, that is the case when the entity doing the possessing is plural. As, indeed, the cake was a product of one particular grandmother, and not multiple grandmothers, or grandmothers as a class of objects, the aprostrophe goes before the S. Note that in the case of single nouns which end in s to begin with, the apostrophe goes after the S to prevent anything awkward like pu's or pus's. SVEN: I am not even going to read that because you are wrong. MIKEY: I'm not even going to read that because I can pretty well guess what you said and I... neener, neener, neener. SVEN: Your logic in that case is impeccable, I cannot give further refutation. MIKEY: Remember kids, listen well to SVENS' words, because grammatically speaking, there are apparently a lot of him. SVEN: Strength in numbers and all that. I AM AN ARMY OF ONE DON: Well... All's well that end's well. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 1st, 2004
5:04 pm	Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Germany.) MIKEY: This is a smoked beer, which, apparently, means it smells like bacon. Good, Hungarian bacon. No particularly impressive head, reasonably dark in color. The taste is definitely smokey; to the point that I can't really detect much else. I can't place the taste, although both Omega and SVEN insist they can. At any rate, I like it. APPROVAL. DREW: Beyond the bacon smell and the smoked taste I am not quite sure what the hell to make of this beer. The taste reminds me simply of smoke, but I cannot place it, despite its familiarity. I can't imagine drinking it on a regular basis, but it appears to be an interesting thing to have once in a blue-moon. I don't quite approve of it, but I don't disapprove either. I just wish I could place that bloody taste. SVEN: Bacos. This beer tastes like Bacos. It is more than Bacos, but apparently the Added Smoke Flavour in them is the same as found in here. I want to eat ham or turkey with this beer, or maybe the wonderful smoked Virginia bacon that DON, MIKEY, and I occasionally get. I could not imagine having this every day, but this would be wonderful for large meals or something. Ω: Ok heres what you do if you can't get your hands on some of this, go to a deli and get a sandwich with maple smoked turkey and smoked ham on white bread, then take a sip of club soda, there you go. MIKEY: You didn't say whether you APPROVED, DISAPPROVED, or felt a MEH was in order. Either of you. SVEN: Whole-hearted APPROVAL. I wonder how this is made. Ω:I could only drink this while eating the sandwich that I have described. I, in this case only, APPROVE of this beer. MIKEY: So be it. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
4:50 pm	Efes Pilsener (Product of Turkey, Best Before End.) MIKEY: This was seventy five cents in the shopping cart o' bargains at Swiftway. I feel slightly ripped off. Not too badly, though, since I've never had a Turkish beer, and that's one more pin in the map I someday hope to own. Uninspired head, very blonde in color. There's some tang to the taste, but the hops are cheap and don't impart any real character. DISAPPROVAL for the beer, APPROVAL for the fact that it's Turkish and that's bizarre. DREW: Well, I wouldn't feel ripped off considering it was a mere 75 cents. I agree, the fact that it is turkish is a little novel, but beyond that, rather meh. I'm honestly reminded of crap along the vein of coors and bud. Watered down, almost piss. It's a slight step above beers of that type. Still, its cheaper than those beers so I guess that's one point for it. DISAPPROVAL for the beer. APPROVAL if I ever become a near-broke hobo. SVEN: It is watery and lacking flavour, but to compare it to Bud I would say is insulting nonetheless. I would have been angry about buying it if I had not purchased more than 2 bottle of the stuff. I will give this a DISAPPROVAL, but not a particularly harsh one. I should note that "Best before end" is from the bottom of the rear label, which is printed independently from anything else on the bottle. MIKEY: This is the end, my only friend the end. SVEN: Your mother. MIKEY: Way to make a liar of me. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
10:21 pm	The awfulness SVEN: So, tonight we are drinking the worst beers we could find the ther supermarket so we may find which is the most ass. In the running is Shlitz Ice, Milawaukees' best Lite, Natural Ice, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Shlitz - Grapenuts in seltzer miked with rubbing alcohoul, in my opinion. Natural Ice: Seltzer that was stored near beer for a week or so. Pabst Blue Ribbon: Tastes like beer. beer that makes me want to kill myself rather than finish, but beer nonetheless. Milawaukees' Best Lite: tastes similar to drinking Shlitz off of a dorm room carpet, I can't understand why anyone would ever drink this on purpose. DON: I think it is worth norting that being a patrt of the LoPDC is not without its downsides. For one thing, there is thae matter that mewe nmust tcratique all sorts of beer. Really, really, really, really bad bveer. That mught be one too many really's, but I couldn't give less of an aardvark. In the meantime, someone else tell me what I drank, because I forgot. MIKEY: Holy shit this stuff is bad. I mean, fuck. It's none of it beer; it's all variations on adulterated seltzer. Frankly, I can't disagree with anything anyone has said; suffice it to say that I honestly think Natty Light was the worst of the lot. The others tasted worse, but the fact that I was literally unable to distinguish the taste of Natty Light from that of Perrier pretty much seals the deal for me. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go have a Pabst, vomit in disgust, and then fill my airways with Axis and Allies pieces until I peacefully suffocate and forget this ever happened. DON: Of all of them I think the Milwakee was the best, for the simple reason that it lacked the most in taste. The rest where horrible in their own special way, the schlitz in that it try'ld to be something it wasn't, the Pats in that it tasted fucking foul, and the other one in that it was just bad. So Milwakee wins for me by default, and earns the new and inventive catagory of HOLYSHITTHISISBAD. On to you, SVEN. (Comment on this)
Monday, August 9th, 2004
12:05 pm	Climate and beer. DON: One thing that my brief trip to Arizona has taught me, that I think is worthy of putting down here, is that certain climates dictate certain types of beer preference. Being in 110 F temperatures during the day, nothing quite cooled me off like a nice tall, icy glass of Pacifica with a hint of lime. I’ve never been one to enjoy Corona or its doppelgangers, but I have found that in that dry dessert, they are actually wonderfully refreshing. That is what I wished comment on. Perhaps a review might come later. (Comment on this)
Friday, June 25th, 2004
8:11 pm	Three Philosophers' Ale(Ommegang, USAsortof) SVEN:If the beergods were to make a beer while dreaming of chocalate covered cheries, this is what they would have made. Good head, very very dark, a slight bit of a bite(it's over 9.something ABV) and a very tasty aftertaste. APPROVAL. MIKEY: Dark. Tastes mildly of cherries. Kinda like a non-sucky alocholic version of Robitussin. Head was good, left a nice film on the glass. I'd drink it again. APPROVAL. DON: I don't know where cherries come from when others speak of this beer. I myself taste caramel in its flavor, not some small red fruit. It is dark, and nice to sip, but not exactly something I could drink an entire bottle of. It is entirely too filling for that. I would get it again, if I had someone to drink it with, but I like a beer I can drink on my own. Therefore, this one earns only a MEH from myself. SVEN: I'm fairly certain that cherries come from trees, no matter who is either talking or not talking about this beer. I'd say this is not more filling than anything else with a fair amount of carbonation to it. (Comment on this)
7:41 pm	Ruination IPA Ruination IPA(USA) SVEN: Hoppy, as the description on the bottle indicates, but I don't quite know if I would describe it as "ruinous". Pretty good, but not as good as one would think ny looking at it. Stone breweries, the makers of this beer remind me of Cradle Of Filth, in that the packaging is amazing and that within is only so-so. MIKEY: I can't claim to have been too impressed by the packaging. Looks rather like a 7/7 Trample with ridiculous upkeep costs. Also, I'm sure having spikes on your forearms is necessarily wise. The beer itself is hoppy as fuck. I'm not sure that I like it. Maybe in the right mood. Certainly not something to start your evening's drinking with. MEH. DON: There is deffinently an aspect of this that reminds me of something that comes in jugs... and tastes like an indian pale ale, without this much hops. I think the quote "A liquid poem to the glory of the hop!" says about all there can be said about this. It has a bite to it, that while not being entirely derived from the hoppy taste is indeed quite evident. I wouldn't really recomend it to someone unless they like the sort of beer that is "hoppy as fuck". I do, so I give it a MEH... after all, I think some taste-buds where burned off in the tasting. *Taps MIKEY'S 7/7 Trample and summons his three philosophers* SVEN: I forgot to rate this beforehand, so MEPROVAL for this one. I don't really like it now, but I can imagine being in a mood which I would rather enjoy it. MIKEY: I forgot the word not twice in my original post. Once, I corrected it. The other, by the rules of the posting, must stand. Still, I'm several typoes ahead of the other guys. In a sort of golf sense. Three typoes under par. DON: And I'm the english major, here... I think that says something about our education system. That, or history major's just happen to be uber intelligent super-humans. Oh... and the beer, yes, its still very, very bitter. Ow, my tastebuds. SVEN: Mein gott, you make more spelling and gramatically errors than MIKEY and I put together! Think of the children DON, and do something about it. MIKEY: "And I'm the english major, here..." Capitalize English, the comma is unnecessary, and the ellipsis does no one any good. "That, or history major's just happen to be uber intelligent super-humans." No apostrophe in majors, untermensch. "Mein gott, you make more spelling and gramatically errors than MIKEY and I put together!" Grammatically errors! ANACOLUTHON! DON: ... I hate you both... (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
8:14 pm	one word reviews SVEN: Bar Harbour Blueberry Ale: Tangy. APPROVAL. Erdinger hefe-weizen. tasty. APPROVAL. Harpoon's Unfiltered Offering, Hefeweizen unfiltered wheat beer (AKA UFO). Outstandind. APPROVAL. Pauvel KWAK. Overpriced. MEH. Affligem Abbey Ale (PP BENEDICTIJNEN Dubbel) Belginicredible. APPROVAL. (Comment on this)
Friday, April 9th, 2004
12:10 am	Flying Dog Road Dog DON: I would like to say its nice being back. And squid. Motherfucking squid. On to the review! Right, so this "Flying Dog" stuff is new to me. It has a decent, nondiscript micro-brewery taste. If you've had Harpoon ale, you know it. Its really a standard thing, I'ld recomend it to anyone who has a well rounded taste for beer. Theres nothing that gives it a bad taste, but, having try'ld so many imported beers, I can't say it strikes me as being amazing either. It earns, from me, a MEH, alas. It isn't bad, it just isn't amazing. SVEN: Harpoon isn't a microbrew, they're a bit bigger. right-o on the description of this one. Tastes nice and sharp like a good orter should. I lack something to pour this in, but it seems to me a dark-tasting brew which would't give a great deal of head. DON: It gives great head! What are you talking about? Probably a dark beer, yes, but that doesn't mean theres anything wrong with it, dangnabit. As there are no other disagreements, I shall let this go. SVEN: Since I'm still nowhere near caught up on all the sleep I lost at basic (I just got back yesterday) I'll let this one go as well. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 11th, 2004
10:33 pm	We are not dead. DON: Just thought I would bring it to the attention of the “few” people who read this that the LoPDC is indeed, not dead. We might be separated by great distances, hills, mountains, valleys, hobbits… but we’re still here. As soon as MIKEY gets his beer bottled, and gets his fuzzy bum down here, we’ll begin again with some critiquing. I swear on my brie cheese. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 1st, 2004
9:22 pm	Hevelius Kaper SVEN: Golden in colour and a slight bit of head. Tastes strongly of corn and alcohoul. I know this not from drinking it now, as I'm about on my 9th or so pint of guinness from the keg, but from all the times when I drank it with the polish people in my former band and other assorted metal people while at fast lanes recording studio. right now the taste is light and delicate, but as previously stated, I'm half in the bag - normally it isn't quite as yummy, though not bad, the most endearing trait normally being the fact that it is 9.1% ABV. This isn't a beer for being fancy, this is a utility beer. APPROVAL for this beer that has much sentimental value for me. MIKEY: As SVEN I'm rather tipſy, ſo take my review with a grain of drunk. Unlike him, this is my ſecond bottle of Hevelius ever, my firſt having been almoſt exactly one year ago at last year's New Years' Party. I think. I might be on crack with that one. This is not a ſtellar beer, but man does it have a kick. It's approaching the realm of wine. I'll give it an APPROVAL right now, but that might ſomeday be amended if I ever have it ſober. DON: Its champeigne... beer. Champeigne beer, thats what I shall call it. God damn it does have a kick to it, but I'm not quite noticing it thusly as strongly. I won't say I'm drunk though, or even half there... and no, I won't tell you from what though it can be guessed from my comrade's words (ha ha, SVEN is a comrade). Anyways, back to the beer. It's taste is rather bland, all in all, but deffinently something a person can drink in mass quantities. SVEN: You didn't give your review comment, you commie pinko bastard. MIKEY: Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the pinko asslicker party? DON: Yes... no, wait, no... I think, maybe. Is that good enough for you, you fruitlicking, long-haired, hippy beer-drinker? APPROVAL, alright? Ask me again in the morning and give me two more. SVEN: I belive that man was infact part of said party, Mr. McCarthy. MIKEY: One name, Mister Frier, that's all we need. One name, and you get off. DON: I won't give it! Not to the likes of you! Never, I say! Now give me that faking horn and do your review, SVEN... oh, I mean response... we did our half-assed review already. MIKEY: He's a witch! May we burn him? SVEN: Stop that, you're getting silly. Now noone enjoys a good joke as much as me..., well except maybe my wife...(python contimues...) And now for some good military drilling... DON: Holy screaming Eagle Shit, Batman, these people are out of control. Time to get a move on... give me 25, and when you're done, we'll be reviewing Guinness Draught. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 30th, 2003
11:36 pm	St. Bernards Abt 12 SVEN: 12 year old belgian trappist, from best I can make out of the Flemish/Wallonie writing all the bottle, the only english on the bottle is the part that tells me that I shouldn't drink it. Sweet, crisp, very very faint raisin bran taste. I agree with DON that it A) tastes like carmel apple B)is very familiar but not yet placeable. MIKEY: There's a little more Engliſh that that on the bottle; PRODUCT OF BELGIUM; DEPOSIT FIVE CENTS, etc. I'm with SVEN and DON here, it really does taſte incredibly familiar. It's got a ſort of dark, nutty taste that I remember distinctly having taſted before in some context I no longer recall. I'm ſure that when I go over the old reviews, this matter will become clear. DON: Yes, caramel apples. God DAMN them all, caramel apples. Its faking sweet, too, and the scent of the beer itself lends towards the taste in that respect. NOT quite quaffing beer, at all... do you quaff chardenae? Or however that wine that is white and sweet is spelled... ha, I'll admit to that mistake MIKEY *nudge nudge, wink wink*. Anyway, you can't really quaff wine at all, but I suppose the example still stands in its own sort of way. Not the kind of beer I drink, but it does have a silly abbot on it that seems to need more of the stuff. Silly abbit, beer's for the Lady! Oh, DISSAPROVAL... you chaps? SVEN: I think it is much like the ǖber expensive german bottle we got the night we got More Beer Than A Single Man Can Carry last time we partied at Bill Notjeff and Victors. Mixed with one of the more delicate belgians like McChouffe(or maybe LaChouffe, whichever was darker). APPROVAL for certain. I'm tasting more and more of the apple taste, green apple in particular. MIKEY: It's taſty; and certainly bizarrely old, but I muſt ſay, it's not my favorite beer in this price range. APPROVAL as an abſolute judgement of the beer, MEH when I take into account its price, ſix bucks a bottle. DON: No, its not faking tafty, Mikey. Fak your silly "s". I don't need these strange lettars and the strange horse they rode in on (to quote you). I don't like sweet beers, and I'll stick by that, by gum. SVEN: It's not just sweet, but tangy and subtle. TANGY and SUBTLE! MIKEY: ſubtle. DON: Subtle like a whore who grabs your balls and asks if you want SEX. Thats the kind of subtle you mean, right Sven? ſven: ſurvely. (Comment on this)