new york style is good, but it's not a pizza pie. It's more like a pizzokie from bj's. Chi town pizza looks like a slice of pie and has to be eaten like one as well with a fork and knife; no option for folding.
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new york style is good, but it's not a pizza pie. It's more like a pizzokie from bj's. Chi town pizza looks like a slice of pie and has to be eaten like one as well with a fork and knife; no option for folding.
I'll give you the pizza. Having lived in NYC for 5 years, nobody can touch it (I'm looking at you Chicago). NW for beer, but I do miss being able to get a Rheingold every now and then.I've viewed the East v. West thing similar to how I see pizza around the country. Here in NY, pizzas loaded with all kinds of crap aren't as popular. Why? Because the pizza is good enough not to need all kinds of toppings. Same thing with our beer. We don't need to over-hop to make good beer.
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I don't see a great representation of east coast beverages but I see a trend among coastal breweries that I have exposure to that there seems to be a competition on who can make a beer that is so bitter it will make your teeth fall out. Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a good hoppy beer but I am more interested in the aroma and flavor of it and not the addition of hops solely for the purpose of bittering. Personally, I'm pretty happy about the beer coming out of the mountain region where I reside. Of course, my opinion is biased by my location.
NW for beer, but I do miss being able to get a Rheingold every now and then.
This is where I go when back in NYC. Welcome to Wantagh Beverage
Send him the hot rocks lager. Great beer with some cool history behind the brewing.
Victory Brewing Co, Ommegang, Saranac?
PM me. I've never heard of it. I'm sure we can work something out.
I've had Victory beers but never Ommegang or Saranac. I tried a Hop Devel once and almost lost a molar.
You never had Ommegang??? We get it in Denver. It is Duvel's sister Brewery in Cooperstown. Saranac was one of my staple beers in college. Argonaut only has the Black and Tan (not their best IMO) but Total Beverage and other Big stores along the Front Range have their other stuff
zman said:You never had Ommegang??? We get it in Denver. It is Duvel's sister Brewery in Cooperstown. Saranac was one of my staple beers in college. Argonaut only has the Black and Tan (not their best IMO) but Total Beverage and other Big stores along the Front Range have their other stuff
Represent for Argonaut! Every time we go to GABF we load the car down with everything that we can't get in OK and stock the 'cellar.'
next time I'm in Denver I'll have to make a stop in Tipsy's and look since they have the biggest selection I know of. in the meantime I guess its time for me to take a closer look at the bomber section of the liquor stores around Colorado Springs.
I've had Victory beers but never Ommegang or Saranac. I tried a Hop Devel once and almost lost a molar.
Damn. I left NYC at the end of '99, so that makes sense. Ah well, at least the Les Paul Rheingold jingles are available online.Rheingold's been gone again for at least 5-7 years. I do remember being able to get it after I left the Army for some time, so between 10-7 years ago it was available.
Airborneguy said:Pizzas loaded with toppings are trying to showcase the toppings. Plain pizza is practicing the art of simplicity.
I've had the unfortunate experience of eat pizza that tasted like the sauce came from a can of spaghetti'os. Trust me there is such a thing as bad pizza....And don't get me wrong; there really isn't any bad pizza out there: bread, cheese, tomatoes, there is just boring pizza. I'm looking at you Domino's...
I lived in Europe from 18-25, lived in Detroit for 2 years and then on the East Coast from 27-37. Four the past four years I live in Seattle. I witnessed the resurgance of the craft brewery on the East Coast and the improvement of beer in general all over. Each has their own virtue and vice.
On the East, they're obsessed with recreating what Europe makes. On the left they're obsessed with how much hops they can cram in a bottle. The middle seems to struggling to recreate what they lost pre-prohibition. The south? (and I don't mean the Mason Dixon, because Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesse, North Carolina, and Arkansas seem to make some good brews)Well, the best stuff comes from Mexico. They seem to be hamstrung with the ABV and "Blue" laws, and really can't quite come into their own.
Well, we found something we all agree on.
Tourists! You just have to know where to look.
Houston has a bar on Washington Street called Taps. As the name suggests, they have a wide selection on the walls, but they sell bombers as well, and they have local Texas craft brew from across the state.
Thanks to BMC, our laws are still very favorable to the big boys.
Well, I will say that when I went to Addison, TX, there was a place there called Flying Saucer with a huge wall of taps, including beer from two Maine breweries, Allagash and Shipyard, which was a nice surprise finding it 2000 miles from home. But again other local restaurants just gave me funny looks when I asked for anything beyond the big beers. I guess you are right, I just needed to know where to look. I changed jobs since then and now I don't travel, but if I ever make it back to Houston, I will check it out.
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