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RingoCStarrQB wrote:Lou Malnati's pizza and a pitcher of Green Line pale ale (got that Duck).......see photo of pizza and then try to beat it anywhere in the world  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] .  That Lou Malnati's pizza beats the best calamari and marinara sauce combo anywhere, anyplace, anytime..........not to mention a nice pile of international olives and an antipasti plate along with your exquisite glass of red wine.   

On the other hand......when in Boston I go to Rabia's to get my Italian fix......see [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 

I imagine Vince Lombardi loved Italian food too !!

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RingoCStarrQB wrote:Lou Malnati's pizza and a pitcher of Green Line pale ale (got that Duck).......see photo of pizza and then try to beat it anywhere in the world  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] .  That Lou Malnati's pizza beats the best calamari and marinara sauce combo anywhere, anyplace, anytime..........not to mention a nice pile of international olives and an antipasti plate along with your exquisite glass of red wine.   

On the other hand......when in Boston I go to Rabia's to get my Italian fix......see [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 

I imagine Vince Lombardi loved Italian food too !!

Well Ringo, I'm always up for trying a new brew.  I always like to consult with Beer Advocate tho.  It's the Bible for beer.  Green Line Pale Ale got a mediocre review.  Doesn't mean I wouldn't still try it or that it's not good.  Just sayin'...

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duck wrote:

RingoCStarrQB wrote:Lou Malnati's pizza and a pitcher of Green Line pale ale (got that Duck).......see photo of pizza and then try to beat it anywhere in the world  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] .  That Lou Malnati's pizza beats the best calamari and marinara sauce combo anywhere, anyplace, anytime..........not to mention a nice pile of international olives and an antipasti plate along with your exquisite glass of red wine.   

On the other hand......when in Boston I go to Rabia's to get my Italian fix......see [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 

I imagine Vince Lombardi loved Italian food too !!

Well Ringo, I'm always up for trying a new brew.  I always like to consult with Beer Advocate tho.  It's the Bible for beer.  Green Line Pale Ale got a mediocre review.  Doesn't mean I wouldn't still try it or that it's not good.  Just sayin'...

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I question your beeradvocate knowledge source.   What is a good beer/ale anyway Duck?   Hell my latest basic fare is Heineken Light.   I can drink several of those while mixing in some nice cognac in between.

JnC4GB wrote:There's a great relatively new beer made in Duck's neck of the woods. A high alcohol content beer that doesn't taste like one...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 

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JnC4GB wrote:Duck, have you looked at the places with major selections for any Wisconsin beers? Did you find some and have you tried any?

For the record, the New Glarus Spotted Cow that Ringo talks about is terrific. As for Leinenkugel, the "original" tastes like soapy dishwater. A truly dreadful beer that is inexplicably popular. The "Red" is drinkable, but the "original" Leinies?  

Then again, if you can drink shitty Heineken light, maybe you'd like it. 

Toddseahawks wrote:I want a grinder...

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duck wrote:Here is my present go to beer...


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An excellent beer, but a wee bit too aggressive with the bitterness/hops for me to make it my "go to". I wouldn't hit it until beer #3 or 4 of the evening --unless I was having it with assertive food. It'd wash down a spicy Italian sausage hoagie pretty damn well.

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JnC4GB wrote:

duck wrote:Here is my present go to beer...


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An excellent beer, but a wee bit too aggressive with the bitterness/hops for me to make it my "go to". I wouldn't hit it until beer #3 or 4 of the evening --unless I was having it with assertive food. It'd wash down a spicy Italian sausage hoagie pretty damn well.

How does one determine if the Italian sausage is assertive? Does it extend beyond the hoagie bun? Does it squirt in your face when you dive into it? Please define.

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ILvLamp wrote:

JnC4GB wrote:

duck wrote:Here is my present go to beer...


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An excellent beer, but a wee bit too aggressive with the bitterness/hops for me to make it my "go to". I wouldn't hit it until beer #3 or 4 of the evening --unless I was having it with assertive food. It'd wash down a spicy Italian sausage hoagie pretty damn well.

How does one determine if the Italian sausage is assertive? Does it extend beyond the hoagie bun? Does it squirt in your face when you dive into it? Please define.

I'd say it's about how it feels on the tongue...and more importantly how it feels after swallowing it. Did it go down easy or did it leave you with watering eyes, gasping for air, and with a strong urge to cleanse your palette before you tackle it again?

I'm not going to comment on this post, nope not at all!   lol      

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JnC4GB wrote:

duck wrote:Here is my present go to beer...


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An excellent beer, but a wee bit too aggressive with the bitterness/hops for me to make it my "go to". I wouldn't hit it until beer #3 or 4 of the evening --unless I was having it with assertive food. It'd wash down a spicy Italian sausage hoagie pretty damn well.

How does one determine if the Italian sausage is assertive? Does it extend beyond the hoagie bun? Does it squirt in your face when you dive into it? Please define.

And here I thought little Miss Lampy was the in house expert on assertive sausages squirting in her face   

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ILvLamp wrote:

JnC4GB wrote:

duck wrote:Here is my present go to beer...


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An excellent beer, but a wee bit too aggressive with the bitterness/hops for me to make it my "go to". I wouldn't hit it until beer #3 or 4 of the evening --unless I was having it with assertive food. It'd wash down a spicy Italian sausage hoagie pretty damn well.

How does one determine if the Italian sausage is assertive? Does it extend beyond the hoagie bun? Does it squirt in your face when you dive into it? Please define.

I'd say it's about how it feels on the tongue...and more importantly how it feels after swallowing it. Did it go down easy or did it leave you with watering eyes, gasping for air, and with a strong urge to cleanse your palette before you tackle it again?

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JnC4GB wrote:Duck, have you looked at the places with major selections for any Wisconsin beers? Did you find some and have you tried any?

For the record, the New Glarus Spotted Cow that Ringo talks about is terrific. As for Leinenkugel, the "original" tastes like soapy dishwater. A truly dreadful beer that is inexplicably popular. The "Red" is drinkable, but the "original" Leinies?  

Then again, if you can drink shitty Heineken light, maybe you'd like it. 

To be honest, I haven't tried many Wisconsin beers, tho I'd like to.

The only one I'm familiar with is Leinenkugel and, like you, I was very unimpressed.

Leinies?  Yuck.  Soapy Dishwater actually is a remarkably good description of that weasel piss.  I had a fantastically smooth brew--one of the very best I've tasted in the past few years a couple of days ago in a cool waterfront bar on River Street in Savanna, GA.  This shit just blew me away...  At $9/pint--it's not cheap--but the owner told me he pays $190 for a half barrel and can't keep enough of it in stock...  One taste and I knew why...  Ringo will like it.  Turns out it is brewed in no less than Kiln, Mississippi...    

Toddseahawks wrote:I want a grinder...

_HD_ wrote:Well Ringo, I'm always up for trying a new brew.  I always like to consult with Beer Advocate tho.  It's the Bible for beer.  Green Line Pale Ale got a mediocre review.  Doesn't mean I wouldn't still try it or that it's not good.  Just sayin'...

Beer Advocate merely tells you the opinion of what other people who have tried the beer think.  Reviews such as this are only as good as the palate of those doing the tasting and are also subject to the deficiencies that come along with bottled beer.  As anyone knows--beer in the barrel...never subjected to hot/cold cycles, light or old stock is far superior...and these pricks on Beer Advocate mostly always are reviewing bottled beer...  Beyond that--roughly 80% of the population has their head up their asses to some degree or another anyway.  It's one source of info--but there is no substitute for the dance your own taste buds do... 

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_HD_ wrote:Well Ringo, I'm always up for trying a new brew.  I always like to consult with Beer Advocate tho.  It's the Bible for beer.  Green Line Pale Ale got a mediocre review.  Doesn't mean I wouldn't still try it or that it's not good.  Just sayin'...

Beer Advocate merely tells you the opinion of what other people who have tried the beer think.  Reviews such as this are only as good as the palate of those doing the tasting and are also subject to the deficiencies that come along with bottled beer.  As anyone knows--beer in the barrel...never subjected to hot/cold cycles, light or old stock is far superior...and these pricks on Beer Advocate mostly always are reviewing bottled beer...  Beyond that--roughly 80% of the population has their head up their asses to some degree or another anyway.  It's one source of info--but there is no substitute for the dance your own taste buds do... 

Oh, absolutely.  Nevertheless I still find Beer Advocate to be a useful tool.  The people who write reviews are generally NOT by Coors-swilling kicks; they are by people who love beer just the way we enjoy football.  Each reviewer has his own bias and after a while you can get a sense of who's dialed in and who isn't.  More to the point, you can get a feel for which reviews might be most relevant to your own taste.  In many ways it's like a message board just like this.

By the way, they do NOT just review bottled beer.  They usually specify in the review whether they drank the beer on draft or from the bottle.  Breweries and ale houses get reviewed too.