bjl110
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GilaMinumBeer said:Damnit woman! I've told you to stop following me around in here. Now go be a good wife and get me another one before it starts.
My Y chromosome just said that you are mistaken!
GilaMinumBeer said:Damnit woman! I've told you to stop following me around in here. Now go be a good wife and get me another one before it starts.
It's not just limited to beer, but man, some people have the freaking palate of a child and *seriously* need to let it develop.
Full of female hormones from the soy plant, sounds like something that a man wanting to put on some muscle would avoid.
The same can be said about beer. Alcohol raises estrogen levels and decreases testosterone. I guess you'll be quitting the beer now right?
Ok, enlighten me. What is a good entry level belgian that will help me to learn to appreciate them. I'm serial.
I enjoy tripels very much but entry level... there belgians there is no entry level !!!! try a faro or a tripel a dubbel or quad or ahhhhh I know try delerium tremens or delerium nocturn those are really good belgian golden and dark strongs or maybe a gueze or straight lambic or framboise. Belgian beer is basically disney land as charlie papazian has said.
Delerium Tremens was my drain pour. I've had cold medicine that was more appetizing...
MBasile said:I didn't like Belgian beers, so I brewed a Saison. Guess what I like after 5 gallons of it... I haven't tried any commercial Belgians of other styles since my conversion, but I have brewed 2 more Saisons.
+1
The best things in life are acquired tastes anyways. The group of beers I used to completely avoid were the dark, roasty beers - porters and stouts.
But I knew I was missing a big part of the beer experience, not being able to enjoy some truly great beers simply because of my personal taste.
So I worked at it... first thing I did was make a nice, thick, chocolatey milk stout, and made it specifically to minimize any of the sharp or acrid roast flavors you might experience with, say, a dry stout. From there, I started drinking less sweet and more "roasty" examples of the styles. In no time at all - and I mean surprisingly quickly - I found myself able to enjoy pretty much any stout no problem... like to the point where I'll buy some examples purely because actually I'm expecting to really enjoy them, something I never would have done before.
That's pretty much what the whole concept of an acquired taste is. Funny thing is, I often find that the things I enjoy the *absolute most* - be it music, food, beer, etc - is stuff I started out actually disliking. If we always went with what automatically and strongly pleases the senses without any sense of difficulty whatsoever, we'd all be listening to pop music, and our favorite food and drink would probably consist of fast food, cheap candy, and soda. Which is exactly what you'd expect from children, and pretty much what I meant earlier when referring to people having the palate of a child.
can you make an additional poll option: "this thread"?
I'd vote for that.
Celticway said:I go to Belgium at least once a year for work. To have fresh Belgian beer is heavenly. When you buy it here, most of the time it is old or handled improperly making for a very poor resembelance of the original state.
I didn't like Belgian beers, so I brewed a Saison. Guess what I like after 5 gallons of it... I haven't tried any commercial Belgians of other styles since my conversion, but I have brewed 2 more Saisons.
pointerDixie214 said:Man I want to go back. Nothing like a big fat waffle and a belgian strong dark ale in the morning for breakfast... did that almost every day in brussels.
Houblon said:brunch/lunch
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer302.jpg
close-up
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer304.jpg
How about the cheese with your beershttp://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer283.jpg http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/Img_1083.jpg
jonmohno said:I brewed up a french ale with a .022 fg.I would call it a good two-dimensional beer.
Houblon said:brunch/lunch
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer302.jpg
close-up
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer304.jpg
How about the cheese with your beershttp://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/beer283.jpg http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/UknowWho2u/Img_1083.jpg
+ 1 he should stop getting cold medicine from the belgian dollar store. also he has a very lucky and well financially feed drain.My God I almost want to cry after reading this. The next time this happens, PM me. I will come rescue the precious. :cross:
n2fooz said:Seriously? How could you not like these???