Stout Beer

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ I remember those days. The beer selection was terrible..esp if living where I was.
My favorite was Bud.

Now...there is a great beer from almost every brewery...and the breweries are all over the place.

See! The world has become a better place.

If you can't find the double dipped I can try to bring you some when I roll up that way. If nothing else I can swing by, say Hi turtle guy!, drink one of your beers, drop off some beer, then roll on North.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Waitaminit!

Is that Saugatuck Neapolitan flavored? If they put flavors into it, I’ll pass.

It has notes of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate. The chocolate would come from the grains used to make a stout. The vanilla and strawberry would come after fermentation. The beer is on the sweeter side. The Double Dipped has a very "boozy" flavor but it's still on the sweet side. I like both of them but they might not be for everyone.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by cabmando

See! The world has become a better place.

If you can't find the double dipped I can try to bring you some when I roll up that way. If nothing else I can swing by, say Hi turtle guy!, drink one of your beers, drop off some beer, then roll on North.

Nah..that will give me an excuse to stop at their brewery sometime. I'm not that much of a stout fan...yet!
The fridge here has plenty of Bell's and Founders...just stop on over!

[stevej37]

Was in my local Meijers this am and they had an 'introductory special' on this for $12/4 pack
Founders barrel aged Velvet Rush. 11.1% abv

I tried one...very good. Ready for a nap now!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Was in my local Meijers this am and they had an 'introductory special' on this for $12/4 pack
Founders barrel aged Velvet Rush. 11.1% abv

I tried one...very good. Ready for a nap now!

Hmm, I'll probably pass. Recently, I was at the store and saw something that I thought was a chocolate stout. Turned out it was a chocolate ale. I think I'd have been OK if it was an ale or if it had been a chocolate stout, but I'll probably pass on any chocolate ales that I see in the future (and I may be missing out, but that's OK).

[cabmandone]

^^^
HEY! a stout is an ale.

You have ales, generally fermented at warmer temps, and lagers that are generally fermented at lower temps.

[stevej37]

I did notice while drinking it...It didn't fill me up as much as some stouts. I could still eat something without feeling stuffed...which I like.

[cabmandone]

Yeah browns and ambers don't fill you up like a stout does. But I like stouts because they are a meal in a bottle

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Yeah browns and ambers don't fill you up like a stout does. But I like stouts because they are a meal in a bottle

One of my doctor friends was telling me he read an article about how doctors in Ireland used to prescribed a Guinness Stout to pregnant women as a good source of calcium and minerals.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of my doctor friends was telling me he read an article about how doctors in Ireland used to prescribed a Guinness Stout to pregnant women as a good source of calcium and minerals.

I'd heard that it was prescribed as well. I suspect many Irish husbands/fathers shared their wives' prescription, probably assuming it was like Popeye and spinach, if some is good, then more must be better!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of my doctor friends was telling me he read an article about how doctors in Ireland used to prescribed a Guinness Stout to pregnant women as a good source of calcium and minerals.

I've never looked into calcium in a stout but if they're basing it on "milk" stout, the "milk" is nitrogen.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by cabmando

I've never looked into calcium in a stout but if they're basing it on "milk" stout, the "milk" is nitrogen.

I'd always heard that it was iron that pregnant women got from Guinness.

[id10t]

Guinness is nutritionally complete EXCEPT vitamin C and calcium. 48 pints per day to get your ADA recommended minimums of everything.....

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I like tasty beers, but this was 35+ years ago so no microbreweries and a restricted beer selection in Oklahoma.

35 years ago. Just doing the maths. It would have been 43 years ago. The only American beer us boys could get our hands on was Schlitz. As a teenager I said to the guys "The first thing I do when I get to Hollywood is to go into a bar and ask for a Schlitz." True to my words I went into a bar (slightly resembling the set of Cheers) and asked for a Schlitz. Everyone stopped and turned around, and someone said "I think he's asking for a Coors, we don't drink Schlitz around here." Then a friendly argument broke out amoungst them as to whether I wanted a Coors or a Bud' LOL

[stevej37]

Schlitz and Blatz beer were my fathers favorites.
One day I came home from school and there was a fridge in the garage.....I couldn't understand why!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

The only American beer us boys could get our hands on was Schlitz.

Wow... that's a sad story. I'm sorry.

[cabmandone]

I thought Steve would like to know I'm sipping on a Double Dipped Neapolitan right now.

[stevej37]

Hah! Where the heck did you find it down there?

[cabmandone]

I grabbed a 4 pack while I was in Kzoo! I've been saving it for a special occasion! I've been waiting for a day ending in the word day. Thursday made sense!

[stevej37]

I get to Holland quite often...that's only 15 minutes from Saugatuck..closer for me than Kazoo.