GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[the wicked child]

Yeah, I personally really enjoyed it. Definitely going to be on the lookout for some.

[Eismann]

Picked up Troubadour and Buffalo, a couple of Belgian stouts. I can't recall trying that style, so this should be interesting.

Jig was also selling a St Bernadus 4-pack with a glass. 12 oz of Abt, Pater 6, Pater 8, and Tripel for $25. Gave it a whirl.

[JS©]

Ratebeer is annoying in terms of the value of the actual numeric rating. Stuff is either 96+ or 75-

That said, I find the actual reviews to be more useful on ratebeer, and it is linked up with Beerbuddy, which is the best beer app, so, I do use it.

Untappd > Beerbuddy, although the rating system of .5 to 5 doesn't give a lot of room for adjustment.

[canaan]

Thirsty Dog 12 Dogs of Christmas - I can't tell if its good or not. Spicy--definitely. Christmasy-definitely. Just a little on the bitter side for me.

[Kraftster]

I hated untappd. Has it changed at all over the past couple years.

[eddysnake]

tested out a Victory Winter Cheers and it was great. It's basically a goose island sofie light. Not real sure how it fits into being a winter beer, but at 6.7%, these will go down easy and I expect get me in trouble, going to have to load the kids in the radio flyer tonight. Be excellent to each other.

[yubb]

Untappd has gotten a lot better over the years. The app, anyway.
For Android, it always felt like they didn't do a very good port of the iPhone app. It didn't seem to use a lot of the built in features of Android's OS, mostly relating to the keyboard.

But it's very usable now.

[JS©]

Thirsty Dog 12 Dogs of Christmas - I can't tell if its good or not. Spicy--definitely. Christmasy-definitely. Just a little on the bitter side for me.

the spicyness turned me off from it. Two paws thumbs down.

[Kraftster]

I felt like Untappd had a distinctly social media flavor. Beer Buddy feels way more informational, and I like being able to scan barcodes vs. typing a search.

[canaan]

tested out a Victory Winter Cheers and it was great. It's basically a goose island sofie light. Not real sure how it fits into being a winter beer, but at 6.7%, these will go down easy and I expect get me in trouble, going to have to load the kids in the radio flyer tonight. Be excellent to each other.

i drank one of these last night. nomnomnom

[yubb]

I felt like Untappd had a distinctly social media flavor. Beer Buddy feels way more informational, and I like being able to scan barcodes vs. typing a search.

I didn't know about Beer Buddy. I'll try it out.
I like the social aspect of Untappd. I only have a few friends on it. As I know their tastes I can tell if I'd like a beer based off their ratings.

[Eismann]

Picked up Troubadour and Buffalo, a couple of Belgian stouts. I can't recall trying that style, so this should be interesting.

Jig was also selling a St Bernadus 4-pack with a glass. 12 oz of Abt, Pater 6, Prior 8, and Tripel for $25. Gave it a whirl.

The Pater and the Prior were both really good. Liked the Prior a bit more; little richer and smoother.

Would recommend both to those looking to try brown ale types.

[the wicked child]

Not impressed with Southern Tier Old Man. Piney and bitter, not really in a good way though.

[shafnutz05]

Finally got my hands on a Snowpack sampler, can't wait to dig into that this evening. Fire is already going, Christmas lights are on, Nat King Cole playing, etc.

[columbia]

Not impressed with Southern Tier Old Man. Piney and bitter, not really in a good way though.

Are they alluding to the fact that old men are often bitter?

[eddysnake]

tested out a Victory Winter Cheers and it was great. It's basically a goose island sofie light. Not real sure how it fits into being a winter beer, but at 6.7%, these will go down easy and I expect get me in trouble, going to have to load the kids in the radio flyer tonight. Be excellent to each other.

i drank one of these last night. nomnomnom

I drank a few tonight after multiple ten fidy and coyote stout and Moscow mules. They are still nomnomnomn

It's funny because it's not tonight

[canaan]

Moscow mules make the world go round. And fat bottom girls.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

And gravity

[Eismann]

The Buffalo belgin stout is tasty. It's thinner than I generally like stouts, but I'm not not returning its phone calls and stalker texts.

[shafnutz05]

I've said this before, but Sierra Nevada offers an incredible price point vs. quality of beer. I bought the Snowpack for under $34 at my distributor. Any other variety pack from a top-end craft brewery, you are looking at least $38, generally more for things like Founders ($40+). It's a great variety too, with four distinct flavors of beer. I hate the variety packs that have three ales and one lager, or some similar lame arrangement.

The Coffee Stout is fantastic too

[Eismann]

Note to self (and, probably eddysnake): Duck Rabbit Milk Stout after a series of belgian stouts is not, repeat, not, a good idea.

[jimjom]

Mad Elf

[Loaf31]

Drank my first Mad Elf of the year... Wasn't feeling it at all

[the wicked child]

Any better than last year's? I liked the one I had in '12 but last year's had an odd aftertaste to me.

[columbia]

Somehow, I've never had Leffe Brune, so I picked up a six pack at the Kroger.