I think we need a rule of thumb that says no apologies are required for semi-redundant post if within 10 minutes of each other.
I saw the questions, I answered quick on purpose so I could take more time to find the Cites from a prior thread. Quite often I am building a post in word in between help–desk calls and other work needs. By the time I post, I find someone has already answered.
So how do we establish the 10 minute redundancy rule?
Your post still had new information and was worth seeing but if you had seen mine you might have changed it a little. I at least think there is no real reason to worry about this.
If you can find it, Chimay Blue is a great breer. It typcially comes in a two pint bottle, for $10 to $14. It’s worth it. Delirum Tremens is an imported Belgian beer. Look for the bottle with the pink elephant. It’s about the same price. They’re both rich, have complex flavors, and have ridicuously high alchohol content. Don’t plan on driving anywhere for a while.
The Chimays also come in 330ml bottles, which are better suited for single servings. (The 750ml, especially the Blue, will knock you on your ass for the evening.) I’ve never seen Delirium Tremens in anything smaller than a 750ml, but the quite decent Delirium Nocturnum comes in a 330ml bottle. Both of these, any many Abbey ales, are really better suited as nightcaps or desert beers rather than to be drank with a meal; they’re more like a cognac than a beer. (The Chimay Red, however, is great with a meat-based dish and the White is good with salad, sandwich, or chowder.)
Damn…now you’ve rekindled my interest in Belgian ales. I guess I’ll have to stop at the Bevmo on the way home and spend more money.
Oddly enough, there’s a store, Starr’s, in Richmond Heights, Missouri that stocks the largest selection of Belgian ales I’ve ever seen. Besides the aforementioned Chimay, in all variations and sizes, there are numerous imports I’ve never even heard of before.