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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"></td> <td align="right" valign="middle"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--- MAIN BODY CONTENT TABLE ---> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="subnavtext"> Always Available | Seasonal 6-Packs | Seasonal 4-Packs | Pub Exclusives <hr color="#d9d9d9" size="1" width="100%"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="bodytext">Always Available:</td> <td colspan="2" class="bodytext" align="right"> « Back to Beer List </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<table style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); background-image: url(media/images/bgGradient.png); background-repeat: repeat-x;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="bodytext" align="center" valign="top" width="50%"> Holy Moses White Ale

A Belgian Wit Ale spiced with orange peel, chamomile and coriander.

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="bodytext" align="center">ABV: 5.4%</td> <td class="bodytext" align="center">ABW: 4.3%</td> <td class="bodytext" align="center">IBU: 30</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td class="bodytext" align="left" valign="top" width="50%">
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Belgian Wit: "Wit" is the Belgian word for white and describes the beer's cloudy appearance that comes from the wheat malts and unfiltered yeast.

FOOD COMPLEMENTS:
Mild seafood, salads and spiced/herbed dishes.

BRAND NAME:
Named after Moses Cleaveland, a Connecticut native who founded Cleveland in 1796.

AWARDS:

• Bronze Medal, 2006 World Beer Championships
• Silver Medal, 2001 World Beer Championships
• Gold Medal, 1996 World Beer Championships
• Silver Medal, 1995 World Beer Championships

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Abbreviation Key:

<table bgcolor="#d9d9d9" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="smalltext2" align="right">ABV:</td> <td class="smalltext2">Alcohol by Volume</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="smalltext2" align="right">ABW:</td> <td class="smalltext2">Alcohol by Weight</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="smalltext2" align="right">IBU:</td> <td class="smalltext2">International Bittering Unit</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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What isn't?

 

What is the "gravity" of a beer?

 

That is how many will go down before they come back up.

 

WA, MM. T, it is a comparative density against that of water. What it means for the beer, I don't know other than it is heavier than water.

 

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Specific gravity is a way to measure the amount of sugar in the wort and is measured with a hydrometer. The hydrometer will float in the wort and original gravity of the wort is the number at the water line. These reading are noted on the hydrometer as 20, 30, 40... and represent 1.020, 1.030, 1.040... one being the specific gravity of water at 60 degrees F. Sanitize the hydrometer before putting it into the wort. Hold it by the thin end and slowly sink it into the fermenter. Let it go when the fat end is completely submerged. Once it settles, note the number that marks the water line. We will use this number later on to calculate the alcohol content of the finished beer.

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]You will now take the final gravity reading of the finished beer. Sanitize your hydrometer and open the primary fermenter. Insert the hydrometer and note the specific gravity reading. After you complete the bottling process you can calculate the alcohol content of your beer using this formula. Original Gravity minus Ending Gravity times 105 times 1.26 equals % Alcohol By Volume

So, its all used to determine alcohol content.
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Thanks!

 

Well, after I read all the specific gravity crap, I say:

Who cares?

You brew it and keep all those numbers to yourself, put the alcohol content on the bottle and let the rest of us simply enjoy drinking beer without having to do math.

Nuff said.

 

This past Saturday I drank about 18 of the beers below over a 9 hour period.
I felt no effects from the alcohol, if any, that this supposed beer has. I will never imbide this crap again! Corona Extra....its mexican for water. And we all know what they say about drinking water from mexico.....DON'T.

 

schedule? just PM when anyone gets to the area and I will show-up for a beerstravaganza.

 

Drinking right now, its happy hours $3.00/20 oz beer:

<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="620"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="tableHeading">Oberon Ale </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="275">
</td> <td width="345"> An American wheat ale brewed with Saaz hops. Spicy and fruity, Oberon is the color and scent of a summer afternoon.
<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="300"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td align="right" width="125">Original Gravity:</td> <td width="165"> 1.057 </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" width="125">Alcohol by Volume:</td> <td width="165"> 5.8% </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" width="125">Packaging Available:</td> <td width="165"> 4/6/12 oz bottles (case)
15.5 gl keg
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" width="125">UPC:</td> <td width="165"> 7 4052210061 0 - 12 Oz. Label
7 4052210016 0 - Six Pack
7 4052210060 4 - Case </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right" width="125">Availability:</td> <td width="165"> April - Septemberish </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>I can only add, that a verizon air card, cold beer, the ability to sit outside on the deck of a bar in the shade with the summer breezes blowing gives me a new lease on life and a new life on beer.

 

because i like it

 

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1kilo of Poop.

However, we do not run that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey, beer or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember:
Water = Poop
Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of crap.

There's no need to thank me for this valuable information; I'm doing it as a public service.

 

I have never really given beer much thought. That is until I met, digitally and physically, our own Sir Bard.

I have recently embarked on a quest to sample as many of the great ales as I can obtain.

I have even aquired a taste for, and it is certainly an aquired taste, Guiness. Extra Stout of course.

I used to just go into a convenience store and buy whatever was on sale. Oh what a knave. I now have been enlightened to the vast world of beer.
I have found that I prefer the dark ales. My wife attributes this to my German heritage.

I have for the last year and a half been working on the Tex-Mex border and have had the oppurtunity to sample many Mexican imports. NO, not Corona. The Mexicans I know make fun of Gringos who drink that "donkey piss".

I am talking about labels such as "Dos Equis", "Bohemia", and "Negra Modelo".

I have never been afraid to experiment. To try different foods and drinks in all of the countries I have been to.

But now I have come up with a new drink that I invented myself. Combining the best of the mexican culture that I am currently immersed in.

I call this libation a "Mexican Martini"

The mixture;

First take a tall Pilsner glass (frosted of course)

Then take a frosted shot glass

Fill the shot glass with "Patron Silver" tequila (to allow it to start cooling)

Rim the pilsner glass with lime juice and salt with margarita salt.

Squeeze the juice from two lime wedges into the pilsner glass

Pour in one bottle of your favorite mexican beer ( I prefer Dos Equis Amber)

Drop in the shot glass full of Patron Silver tequila

Pour in another bottle , or fill to the top, with your beer of choice

Squeeze in one more lime wedge and garnish rim of glass with a lime wedge

Drop in one jalepeno stuffed olive (I found these by a company called "Mezzetto" in my local Wal-Mart)

This concoction is a great drink. The tequila softens the bitterness of the beer and the lime compliments it. My wife isn't a fan of beer ( I know, a sacrilage Clyde) and she like this.

A good summertime, BBQ type drink. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

 

Ah, a recipe!!

Somewhat similar and a whole lot less prep time.
Way too long ago, I did a few years before the mast, and was in more than a few really, um, disreputable dives. We usually found ourselves drinking house beers, which were often less than palatable. One way we spiced things up was with a shot of the local rotgut dropped (shot glass and all) into a glass of beer. Called it a "depth charge" mostly because you never knew what damage it would cause.

 

And I can now report that the morning after effects are noticable but not unbearable. Much milder than a beer alone hangover.

 

MM -- my curiosity is peaked. I enjoy more than just beer, but it all depends how bad I want the liver to hurt. This weekend, I shall have a few of these: