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- From: kenneths@ai.mit.edu (Kenneth J. Schneider)
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- Subject: boston pubs
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 13:42:53 GMT
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- i went out to the boston beer co. saturday and thought i would report. i wasn't
- all that happy w/ the experience, in contrast to someone who posted here a few
- months ago. prices were what i expected for brewpubs ($2.50-$3.75) for a pint,
- but i was shocked to find out that they did not have pitchers! all the brewing
- equipment--vats and such--were visible, and that was cool. food was standard.
-
- we ordered six of the ~12 types of beer they had. i don't remember them all, but
- i do recall several things: the outmeal stout was good but i didn't find it very
- "stout"; it was dark, but i felt it a bit lacking, at least compared to sam
- smith's. i ordered the barley wine. it was 10% alcohol--aren't they typically a
- bit stronger? it was sweet, but again, not as full-bodied as i expected. we also
- tried the blueberry and cranberry beers. the cranberry was not discernable as
- having any cranberry flavor. the blueberry was better--the aftertaste was
- definitely blueberry. no whole blueberries though, as was reported here :-(
- --they said they were out. i was hoping for something similar to a lambic in
- either of the above. no luck. the red ale they had was very good; it had good
- flavor and was smooth, w/ no bitter aftertaste--i've never had a red before to
- compare it too, but this one was good. bbc also had mead. again never had it
- before; this was like a cloudy, full-bodied red wine. is this what they are
- normally like? anybody had mead before?
-
- on the back of the menu, it was stated that the brewing process takes about 10-14
- days. is this short? how 'bout for the barley wine? bbc had an eisbock which took
- about 3 months to make. apparently, while the beer is fermenting, the temperature
- is lowered so that some of the water freezes. the ice is then removed, raising
- the alcohol content to over 10% they claimed.
-
- afterward, we went to the sunset grill and tap in allston. i had never been,
- and it was amazing. 42 beers on tap! including harpoon's winter warmer, which i
- hadn't been able to find anywhere, pilsner urquell, and sam adams triple bock,
- which they claimed was the strongest beer available (13.8 or 14.8%), with the
- exception of samiclaus, which they also had. the samichlaus was apparently from
- 92--the waitress said they had run out of '91. is this right? finally, they had
- around 200 bottled beers. again, i was impressed.
-
- a few random questions:
- sunset had bier du garde. i saw this term go by earlier. what is it?
- what is corsendonk pale ale, and why is it $42.95 for a large bottle?
-
- thanks!
- ken
-