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Never had it, I have yet to see a unibroue beer actually. Then again, I can get Westmalle Tripel in pretty much any grocery store and Tripel Karmeliet and St Bernardus Tripel in the nearest bottle shop so I shouldn't complain about the availability of great tripels.

Yup. I listen to the gay dude that works at Nordstrom, especially when it comes to jeans. I tell him slim or relaxed and what color shoes I usually wear (black) and he figures out the rest.

And one of my bosses is the best baker ever; he's gay too.

No idea if they're related but it's a funny coincidence.

EDIT: Noc, you're still hawt.

Edited, Mar 26th 2012 10:40pm by Theophany

I love cooking. I just made a coconut milk and pineapple curry that's amazing. I think I probably put too much heat in it for most people though.

I'm a wimp, so no way I can do that. But one of the famous wing places on shore near me has some ridiculous wings. They take a standard hot sauce, add a ton of dried cayenne and habanero. Last spice is a decent amount (and I mean that) of a habanero concentrate that's over 1 mil scoville units (pepper spray's count).

They choose whether or not you're allowed to order them. I'd guess they end up in the 700-800k range.

The Restaurant has been open for 20 years now, and is decently famous (was on Man vs. Food for its wings a few years ago). They have a challenge--a dozen wings in 15 minutes. And the only rule is no leaving your table--you can drink beverages or use dipping sauces. Only 4 people have finished it. And this place is packed for a good 5 months a year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I'll stick to my pathetic medium sauce.

With your avi, I keep thinking you're laughing at me while you're replying.

Anywho, I think I may have seen that. I like really spicy foods, but I'd at least like to be able to taste the stuff. The triple atomic sort of tastes like red hots at first with a slight sweetness, then it hits you hard.

Don't think I'd want to try anything hotter though. More power to the people that can do that stuff.

Southern Tier's Oat is good stuff.
Also, whoah 10.8% ABV... I thought it was a regular oatmeal stout with 5-6% (even while drinking)


Gogo air guitars!

Edited, Mar 27th 2012 8:36pm by Aethien

Damn, only €145...






Am I mad to say that that's actually pretty tempting?

Edit: €62 for shipping... lololololol and **** no.

Edited, Mar 27th 2012 9:08pm by Aethien

I have yet to see a single bottle for less than €30 though, and the beer is apparently so good that it's worth it.
Still, that kind of money for 4x75cl is painful.





On a sidenote, I found a webshop that sells Fantôme

Well, you get 3 glasses out of that 1 bottle, so that's €10 per glass. Plenty of scotch that's way more expensive, plenty of wine as well.
And I've paid €7.50 for a bottle of Westvleteren 12, so yeah...

I love wine, not as much as I love beer though. I can tell a good wine from a bad or mediocre one and I do regularly get to drink some good wines since my mom is into wine and has a cellar full of it. Still, I'd take a beer over wine in most cases.
Also, try Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen. And haven't you said that you live in/near Chicago? Because if so get Brian Boru Old Irish Red by Three Floyds. (And any other beer by Three Floyds, really).

And I think that saying you'd pay $80 for a bottle of wine but paying €10 for a bottle of beer is a bad deal is kind of silly because it's so similar. Different beverage but good beer is as much worth paying money for as good wine or good whiskey, it's just that wine and whiskey are more established than craft beers.


Also, a quote by the late Micheal Jackson (The writer and beer and whiskey connoiseur, not the singer)
"People say that if you don't drink you live longer, well that's not true, it just seems longer, that's all"

I live in Seattle, which is a bit of a drive to Chicago. I grew up in Chicago and I go back occasionally.

I think what it comes down to is that I appreciate beer, but I don't go out of my way to get it because it doesn't taste good enough to me. Craft beer (at least in this part of the world) generally doesn't taste great.

That, and I live in one of the best wine areas in the USA. Chateau St Michelle (and Alexandria Nicole, etc) is almost literally in my backyard (5 minute drive) and produces some of the best wine in the world.

Also, my mom is a rabid wine connoisseur. She has cellars full of the stuff. Yes, plural. She stores wine at my aunt's house in Chicago in addition to what we have here in Seattle.

Edited, Mar 27th 2012 2:25pm by Theophany

Oh, absolutely. I agree. But people have hobbies, and my mom's is her Porsche and her wine.

That said, if I had the money, I'd totally have a wine cellar.