Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
Originally posted by: Farang
Budget: High life from the bottle
Day-to-Day: Mirror Pond
Payday: Rochefort 12
Mirror Pond never seen that one before how is it?
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale is one of the finer Oregon micros.
Picking individual beers is almost impossible for me. Budget beers I don't do. Day-to-day is just whichever micro catches my eye at the grocery store. Could be a pale ale one day or a porter the next. Payday would be hitting John's Market (an eclectic beer-and-wine store in SW Portland) and picking out something new and exotic.
I was up at John's market this weekend picking out some random brews for my brother for Christmas. I used to live a quarter mile away, which was dangerous, because their selection is awesome. I was trying a new beer every couple days. Love that place... I was driving down SE Stark and saw a store that advertised itself as having "1000 beers," so I'll have to check it out. If anything, it would be closer.
Budget: I don't do budget beer. My "budget" beer is whatever one of my day to day beers happens to be on sale that day.
Day to day: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Widmer Hefeweizen. Over the summer I was always stocked on Bridgeport's Supris summer ale.
Payday: One of the good Belgians. Rochefort 10, Chimay blue, Westmalle, etc. That or a nice craft brew, ie Stone Imperial Russian Stout, Speedway Stout, Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA, Black Boss Porter, etc. At this time of year, you have to try Hair of the Dog's "Doggie Claws" Christmas ale. Delicious.
I like beer.
Oh, and how can you list shit like Corona and Guinness as "budget?" Maybe it's just my location, but those are $7-8 for a 6 pack, vs. $6-7 for a local microbrew (and Oregon has some damn fine micros). So yeah, Corona and Guinness are shit, but they aren't budget. They're like the Bose of the beer world; overpriced shit that's only good if you've never had the real thing.