I love a good craft beer, but unfortunately had to travel out of state to drink it. Now we will be able to buy them here at home thanks to a New law just passed
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Please tell me about your favorite brews, any style welcome.
Cheers!
Spect
Don’t you (er, bless my heart, “y’all”) still have the nip-size-only bottle law for the hard stuff, though?
Nah, now we have free pour and watered drinks like the rest of the country. (The old mini-bottles used to be an ounce and a half)
Go get yourself a bottle of Delirium Tremens to celebrate.
14%? Holy crap, what kind of beer has 14% alcohol? Or is it 14 proof?
Did the bartender wander around from person to person which an airline beverage cart and no change?
Congratulations! I’m an administrator on a popular beer rating site and this is definitely good news!
Some of my all time faves:
Three Floyds Dark Lord
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Three Floyds Behemoth
Bells Expedition
Russian River Pliny the Younger
I have to travel or trade to get those. Unfortunately, most of my favorites aren’t available here in NJ.
Nah, 14%. Some of my favorite beers are high alcohol; for instance, Allagash Curieux is about 10% and their other beers range from 5-10%, same with Unibroue’s offerings. I’ve brewed a beer at home that (IIRC) got up to around 10-11%. You just need the right yeast and a lot of “food” for it to gobble up.
Wow, we might actually join up with the Century of the Fruitbat soon! First free pour, then tattoos, now this?!
Ahh, so many beers, so little time, so here’s a few of my favourites
Porters (my favourite): Fuller’s London Porter, Real Ale Shade-Grown Coffee Porter, Kona Brewing Pipeline Porter (although I doubt very much you’ll see that where you are), and for variety, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Belgian style: Chimay Grande Reserve, Unibroue Trois Pistoles or La Terrible (preferably a Terrible that’s been aging for a while. I’ve got a 2004 that I’m looking forward to), St Bernardus Abt 12, New Belgium Trippel, Victory Golden Monkey
Barleywines: Flying Dog Horn Dog, Anchor Old Foghorn (I think I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t care for Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot)
IPAs: Dogfish Head 90 Minute, Dogfish Head 120 Minute (although you’re going to have to go somewhere that sells a 21% abv beer for that), Avery Maharaja, Stone IPA
Wheats: Hoegaarden, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Franziskaner Hefeweizen, Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, Julius Echter Hefeweizen
Lagers/Pilseners: Flensburger Gold, Czechvar (Budvar to the rest of the world, damn you Anheuser-Busch!)
Pale Ales: Boddingtons, North Coast Red Seal, Sierra Nevada Pale
Stouts: Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, Victory Storm King Stout
Fruit Beers: Unibroue Apple Ephemere, Special Block 6 (brewed with pomegranate juice, it’s a little like drinking a pink champagne)
There’s a whole load more I love, but these are probably ampngst my faves, at least for the moment
Yep, now all we need is a state legislature that will give up their executive power and a DOT that actually spends money on roads and things.
Wait a minute, I forgot, they do pave streets if one of the members happens to have a house on it. What a joke this state is.
From the thread title, I thought my homegrown Coors was finally available in S.C.
Yeah, even a lotta’ Colorado natives put down our native brew. Too bad. It’s smooth, not heavy, no aftertaste and just tastes good. It ain’t for beer snobs, just guys who like a really good ice cold beer. My personal favorite is old-hashioned Coors Banquet in long-neck bottles.
14% is pretty high, but there are a lot of beers over 6% (which was, and may still be, the maximum in North Carolina).
The most common ones are the malt liquors like Colt 45 and Olde English that are popular in the black community, so it’s not hard to see the real purpose behind laws like this. (6% isn’t a random number; most malt liquors are 6-9% ETOH.)
Alcohol is alcohol, just get some vodka and Hi-C and be done with it.
:dubious: You’re forgetting about a damned high percentage of the microbrews, home brews, and imported beers. Homebrewers were (IIRC) a big part of the push behind this legalization, as were fans of specialty brews.
Pardon me while I go laugh my ass off. That’s like saying “steak’s steak, forget that Prime cut - get some Standard grade and a bucket of tenderizer and steak sauce.”
Sorry for the spammage, I missed the edit window. 6% in NC was repealed in mid-2005. The grassroots group, formed from beer fans, Pop the Cap was the driving force behind it.
I’m fond of Arrogant Bastard Ale. As well as many other fine products from the Stone Brewing Company of San Diego, California.
Who knew southern Californians could make good beer?
Southern California is home to some of the most awesome breweries and brewpubs whose beer I wish I could get on the East Coast, especially AleSmith, Port Brewing, and one of my all time favorites a little north, Russian River. San Diego alone has over 25 breweries.
BTW, the standard for measuring the alcohol content in beer is ABV, not ABW, which is the measurement used when describing the 14% now allowed in SC. This means that the % allowable in SC can more accurately be described as 17.5%. The limit previously in SC was 6% ABV (5% ABW).
Thanks all for the info. Please keep it coming.
I like the flavorful craft beers. They’re for sipping, not chugging. One will usually last me for a while.
As for Coors in SC. It’s been here for a long time. The first time I tried it, I wondered what’s with all the excitement? I still feel that way.