Foodery. Oh how I love thee. Let me count the ways... from left to right that is:
- Guinness Draught - long one of my favoritest beers in the land
- Coopers Brewery Dark Ale - new to me
- Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale - I've had their oatmeal stout and it was decent, I have a feeling about this one though
- Bell's Special Double Cream Stout - new to me and it's special!
- The One and Only Newcastle Brown Ale - my favoritest beer in the whole wide world
- Brooklyn Lager - another old favorite
- Beamish Irish Stout - I'm still not sure if I like this one better than Guinness, hard call
I'm gonna crack one of these before bedtime Monday night.
Foodery: Pine/10th Sts, 215.928.1111, open until midnight, every night.
guinness is really good, thick n rich those Irish really know their stuff. Coronas aint bad either.
Posted by: Jatin | May 30, 2005 at 09:43 AM
corona? blech. and if you like guinness, try out beamish.
Posted by: albert | May 30, 2005 at 12:01 PM
At the risk of sounding like an echo, I have to say that I love Newcastle as well. I think you'll like Sam Smith Nut Brown...great stuff, and hard to find.
Posted by: Matt | May 30, 2005 at 02:26 PM
I'm a big fan of the Amish Beer that they sell at the Foodery. It's from Lancaster (duh).
Posted by: D-Mac | May 30, 2005 at 06:41 PM
Ahhhh, Newcastle. The iced tea of beers. (I have no idea why I consider it that.) I tried some beer called "Magic Hat" the other night that absolutely rocked. For cheap beer exploration, I suggest Fox and Hound's on Tuesdays for $2 pint night. It's worthwhile.
Posted by: Greg | May 30, 2005 at 10:34 PM
magic hat #9 is the bane of my existence. i find it absolutely disgusting.
Posted by: albert | May 30, 2005 at 10:41 PM
I daresay I like both Beamish and Guinness. Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout is good. (Can you tell I love stouts?) I know Newcastle is good stuff, but I'm not a fan of the brown ale-- I like IPAs better.
Posted by: yoko | June 01, 2005 at 09:45 AM
oof, IPAs. never liked them. that taste, yuck.
Posted by: albert | June 01, 2005 at 04:56 PM
IPAs are an aquired taste. You have to get used to the hops in stages.
Try a Fuller's ESB next time you are at the Foodery.
Also, make sure you have the beer at a decent temperature.
Cold beer=less flavor. Hops will dominate at lower temperature. More flavors come out as a beer warms. Which is fine if the beer is good.
Posted by: Geoff | June 02, 2005 at 03:27 PM
Fullers is that beer from London with the red/gold label, right? I've tried it and didn't like it too much.
I like me a semi-cold beer myself.
I've always wanted to travel to Ireland to have me an unpasteurized, room temperature Guinness, I hear it's sublime.
Posted by: albert | June 02, 2005 at 03:48 PM
I've had the Guinness Foreign Export which they ship to the Caribbean but not here. Awesome. I think there are a lot better stouts you can find in America though.
Check out http://beeradvocate.com
In regards to serving temps, you don't want it to be ice-cold. 40-55, depending on style, is more appropriate.
Posted by: Geoff | June 02, 2005 at 08:27 PM
the best thing in there is the bell's. If you start going to the foodery often you may start to see a number of those beers as a little inferior. Guinness and beamish for example, seem extremely watery when you've had some serious stout, say from weyerbacher, dogfish head, three floyds, etc, etc. they just have very little flavor. whoever said corona is buying into too much marketing. it's expensive budweiser. put a lime in bud, it's the same thing, swill with a lime in it. check out ratebeer.com for ideas on what beers from the foodery are the best. beeradvocate.com is decent also although i like it less and actually keep track of what beers I've had on ratebeer.com personally.
Posted by: chris | February 21, 2006 at 02:15 PM