Ok, time for me to finally play along:
Neisson Rhum Agricole, rocks. Neisson is possibly my favorite brand, though I still like JM a lot, and Clement as well. Agricole is a cheater's cocktail to me, because I don't need to do anything to it. Even with whiskies do I prefer to do things with them, old fashioned, boulevardier (I've been trying a different version with Cynar & Aperol, very good), whiskey smash, sour, julep (while it's pretty much whiskey on the rocks, it does still call for mint), etc. I've tried at least one cocktail with an agricole, I've decided it's just pointless.
What do you think about
these glasses? $20 for four on Amazon.
First of all, I know I don't like them because they are too small.
Even if it was big enough, I wouldn't know how much I liked it until I tried using it with at least a couple of different beers.
And even if I liked the beers with it, I think 4 is overkill, unless you host guests often that all like to drink fine beer from a glass. I should be more specific, I think 4 is overkill if this larger purchase means you get to experience fewer glasses of different shapes, owing to any sort of budget in mind.
I'm in north fort worth, tx (zip 76131). I usually buy my beer at local grocery stores - the kroger 5 minutes from my house has a decent selection from what I've seen: various german and belgian imports, giant bottles of duvel, la fin du monde, chimay, a lot of others I haven't tried, etc. They probably sell beer glasses in the household goods section, but I've never checked.
Call these places, and ask if they carry Duvel glasses, and ask for the cost. If they have it and it's no more than say $7 or whatever, I say it's worth it to stop by, and also check out what else they have.
Fossil Creek Liquor
1900 Western Center Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76131
(817) 306-8435
LIQ-O-RAMA
1228 S Blue Mound Rd
Fort Worth, TX 76131
(682) 286-9800
I recently rented out another room to a friend, and she's got a Costco membership. I'll start going there with her I guess. I just hate going to stores unless I absolutely have to. My grandparents are nice enough to pick me up the giant kirkland TP thing whenever they go (they only live 10 minutes away from me). I get a lot of things from amazon on the subscribe and save thing and I'll usually just go to Kroger for the rest. I never even thought about Costco's beer selection, since I've not been to one in years. If it's decent, that'll give me even more reason to go
I don't think there's a need to go there unless, well, you need to. Beer selection is extremely limited. They will probably have a Sam Adams variety case, Kirkland variety case, Heineken, Stella, Amstel, Newcastle. IIRC, the Amstel was only like $18.50. I only buy a couple of case or two a year there probably.
All I've been trying to do in the last few months is try a lot of new beer, since I've only been drinking it since december. I haven't been keeping a list, but I think I've tried 60 or so. Most of them have been pretty good
If and when you find the right glasses, backtrack this thread and have many of the same beers again, but "for the first time".
I scanned a lot of this thread just now, and those smooth Paulaners I'd prefer in a different type of glass, but the Anchor Porter or Duvel and others, I'd prefer in the Duvel. Make sure to pay attention that the beer is not too cold, because you really can miss out on the flavor when it is. I suppose you can pour, take a sip every so many minutes and pay attn I guess.
