What commercial beers are in your 'fridge?

c.n.budz · May 2, 2007

I've got 1 bottle of Guinness in the fridge left over from St. Patty's Day, all the rest is HB. Lately when I buy commercial brew I've been buying microbrew sampler packs. I figure it's a good way to try multiple styles to get ideas for upcoming brews without having to pay the high prices for single bottles

zoebisch01 · May 2, 2007

Currently: Optimator, Allagash Grand Cru, Franziskaner Hefe, Franziskaner Dunkel (one left), 2 (8) packs of the Unibrou sampler, Bell's Java Stout, Bell's Kalamazoo Stout, Bell's Best Brown, Wild Goose IPA, Straub and prolly a few others. Mostly just the remains of cases that I bought. I have plenty of homebrew for a while.

Denny's Evil Concoctions · May 2, 2007

Hacker Pschor eldelhell, hefeweizen and Pilsner Urquel 16oz gold cans. FInally an non skunked urquel!

McKBrew · May 2, 2007

Deschutes Black Butte Porter

and a Global Beer sample pack (Belgian Beers) that I haven't tried yet.

It contains 1 of each

Bruegel Amber Ale
Augustijn
Bornem Double
Bornem Triple
Piraat
Gulden Draak

DeathBrewer · May 2, 2007

That's an awesome pack. The Bornem Triple, Piraat (of course) and the Gulden Draak are three of my favorite beers. The others are good too, except the amber...which is pretty meh.

i used to get that pack all the time when i wanted friends to sample belgians

raceskier · May 2, 2007

I've got a pretty good selection right now.

Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager
Fullers ESB
Fullers London Pride
Full Sail Session Lager
McEwan's Scotch Ale
Mammoth IPA
Mendocino Red Tail Ale
Spaten Oktoberfest
Trader Joes 2006 Vintage Ale
Trader Joes Hofbrau Bock

Dang. I've been buying a lot of beer. I justify it as sampling to find out what I want to brew and of course collecting re-usable bottles.

AlexN · May 2, 2007

Well, the NBA playoffs are underway and my HB is still conditioning, so I'm loaded for bear right now:

Bell's Oberon
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Bell's Best Brown
Bell's Lager (Can you tell I live in Michigan?)
Dogfish Head 60 & 90 min IPA
New Holland Kolsch
New Holland's The Poet
Goose Island Honker's Ale
Stone Smoked Porter
Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
Strongbow
Dark Horse Raspberry Ale (for SWMBO)
Guinness (also for SWMBO)

Hmm, no wonder I'm broke!

jlinner · May 10, 2007

A couple of cases of Leffe and some Firehouse IPA, Duvel, Ommagong, Kuran and some Miller Lite for the people that come over that don't like good beer.:rockin:

Evan! · May 10, 2007

Got too much homebrew to be dabbling in commercial stuff too much, but I did just drink the last bottle from my stash that I got up in Brooklyn...yum.

I do have a bottle of Brimstone's Big Ale, which is an Old Ale style, in my fridge, which is, oh, probably 8 years old. I have nearly a case of the buggers. It's interesting with that much age...tasting a little cidery and oxidized, but interesting anyway.

Got a few of Bell's expeditions downstairs too, and I have my cellar case of stuff that I'm aging, but other than that, it's all homebrew, baby.

brewt00l · May 10, 2007

Current fridge contents:

Three Floyds Black Sun Stout
Southampton Double White
..and the remnants of 1/2 of the Breckenridge sampler case (demoted to guest beer status)

waskelton4 · May 10, 2007

McKBrew said:
Deschutes Black Butte Porter

Probably my Favorite porter i've had to-date.. YUM

my fridge has Amberbock and PBR at the moment..
(see best commercial value beer)

zoebisch01 · May 10, 2007

brewt00l said:
..and the remnants of 1/2 of the Breckenridge sampler case (demoted to guest beer status)

Lol, having never had Breckenridge's stuff I am assuming these are guests who have overstayed their welcome?

brewt00l · May 10, 2007

zoebisch01 said:
Lol, having never had Breckenridge's stuff I am assuming these are guests who have overstayed their welcome?

lets just say those with "less refined palates"

I had high expectations for the sampler pack after very favorable experiences with their small batch IPA and the vanilla porter but all the beers in the sampler are rather bland and just fall short of being really good beer. My local distributor said his wholesaler just started carrying Breckenridge and he had no idea what it was like but he also had fairly high expectations. It's not swill but at the price, there are far better brews goin.

...oh and there are a few stray Dales Pale Ale in there too (at least as of right now, can't say the status will be the same later).

Wolf · May 11, 2007

brewt00l said:
lets just say those with "less refined palates"

I had high expectations for the sampler pack after very favorable experiences with their small batch IPA and the vanilla porter but all the beers in the sampler are rather bland and just fall short of being really good beer. My local distributor said his wholesaler just started carrying Breckenridge and he had no idea what it was like but he also had fairly high expectations. It's not swill but at the price, there are far better brews goin.

Was their Oatmeal Stout in there? I had one of those a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. SWMBO loves their Vanilla Porter.

brewt00l · May 11, 2007

Wolf said:
Was their Oatmeal Stout in there? I had one of those a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. SWMBO loves their Vanilla Porter.

It has their summerbright Amer wheat, trademark EPA, avalanche amber and the oatmeal stout. The oatmeal stout is prb the best of the bunch but to be honest, I think they all kinda suck for the price of the case...and their ratebeer ratings reflect that (2.67, 2.85, 2.61 & 3.24 respectively).

Kai · May 18, 2007

1 Orval
1 Rogue Dead Guy bomber
1 HB Cider
1 Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
1 Propellor Revolution Russian Imperial Stout
1 Strongbow
1 St. Ambroise Pale Ale
1 Bornem Double
1 Bornem Triple
1 Piraat
1 Gulden Draak
1 Augustijn
1 Bruegel Amber Ale

We felt like some Belgians.

DeathBrewer · May 18, 2007

did you get the sampler pack?

Proofman · May 21, 2007

Bellhaven Scottish ale
Sam Adams Cream Stout
Black Sheep Holy grALE (this will sit a while. probably the dryest beer I have ever tasted)

Bosh · May 21, 2007

Costco European beer sampler:

3 hoegaartens
3 stellas
3 leffe blonde
3 becks dark

For about $25

One of the best deals to be had on good beer in Korea

Melana · May 21, 2007

I have:

1 Blue Moon
1 Wachusett IPA
1 Dogfish Head Punkin
5 Harpoon IPA
6 IPA from somewhere in NY State.

Kai · May 22, 2007

DeathBrewer said:
did you get the sampler pack?

If this is aimed at me, yes, I got the van Steenberg "live beers" six-pack. Beer stores around here don't carry many Belgians, so these were all unfamiliar. I'm through them all now, but I'd like to try them again before I make any grand judgments. Still developing my Belgian palate and all.

cmizer · May 23, 2007

1 Founders Dirty Bastard
1 Stone IPA
1 Great Lakes Blackout Stout
2 Flying Dog Double Dog
1 Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic (left from a sampler about 6 months ago)

Ryanh1801 · May 23, 2007

6 Rochefort 8's.

got the last bit that this area will ever see. Now the key will be to save a few for a while.

RoaringBrewer · May 23, 2007

Been a while since I chimed into this post last, so figured I'd update my list:

Various Weyerbacher offerings (from their variety case - Hop Infusion IPA and others)
2 Stone AB bombers that are getting old (read: need to drink soon)
6 DFH Aprihop (last of a case)
1 25oz. DFH Black and Blue
1 25oz. DFH Red and White
1 12oz. DFH Worldwide Stout (3-Year Vintage - to be devoured soon)
1 Erie Brewing Co. Railbender Ale
1 Redhook IPA
2 Saranac Adirondack Lager
2 Saranac Pale Ale
1 Saranac IPA
1 Saranac Black & Tan (yes, you guessed it, I had 2 Saranac variety 6ers and finished one - stuff isn't too bad but I've had better - I think I actually like the 'amber' lager best)

Jay52 · May 23, 2007

DFH 60 minute IPA, SN Wheat, Widmer Broken Halo IPA, Fat Tire, and Guinness Draught.

BlindLemonLars · May 24, 2007

Two Pyramid Hefeweizen.
One Red Hook ESB
One 22oz Sapporo Reserve

KopyKat · May 24, 2007

Uhhh, that would be none.

xjiefx · May 24, 2007

I've got a couple of bottles in my fridge since I did not start homebrewing yet!

-Unibroue's Blanche de chambly
-Tuborg
-RJ's tremblay
-Carlsberg
-Kilkenny
-Guinness
-RJ's Blanche du cheval blanc
-Liefman's Frambozenbier
-Rickard's white

Only good stuff...

Home to have some of my own in the fridge in 5-6 weeks. I'll brew for the first time this sunday!

zoebisch01 · May 24, 2007

xjiefx said:
Home to have some of my own in the fridge in 5-6 weeks. I'll brew for the first time this sunday!

WooHoo!

Just got some Brooklyn EIPA....the style has grown on me....but NO I AM STILL NOT A HOPHEAD

RoaringBrewer · May 24, 2007

zoebisch01 said:
WooHoo!

Just got some Brooklyn EIPA....the style has grown on me....but NO I AM STILL NOT A HOPHEAD

Very good English IPA IMO...

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