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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2011, 10:49:36 AM »
Beer goes well with seafood boils and hamburgers.

Sherry and port the rest of the time for me.
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2011, 01:05:29 PM »
Beer goes well with seafood boils and hamburgers.

Sherry and port the rest of the time for me.

Different types of beer can go with different foods.

It is a trend among better restaurants, to match certian beers with certian dishes.

Dark beers go with heavy foods and light with light.

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2011, 03:47:21 PM »
Don't drink any beer any more myself, stopped drinking the stuff completely about 4 years ago, but I don't think folks are able to do that here. Well, there might be some small breweries that might allow it but mostly they just bottle their beer in Holland, I think.

Maybe in Belgium (they have a lot of breweries.. smaller/bigger), here and there, one can do it 'yourself'. I know in France, Spain and other wine producing countries it's totally common practice to fill up your own brought 'package' with p/m cheap table wines though. Wine, it being without the pop, is an easier product to do that with/duh.
I used to take my bottles and bota bags to Chiponia, where they had a lot of producing bodegas, to refill.  :thumbup:

Chiponia? In Spain? You've once visited the place, PPK?

Um, together with a friend (and his lady), we started up a bodega in Amersfoort p/m 15 years ago. We were trying to sell Spanish wines and cavas we imported, um, p/m ½ of the stock, ourselves. This to restaurants, other stores and everyone who wished to buy a bottle. Blahiah, but after the first year, and after break even point was reached luckily, we.. well decided it was time to move on and closed the store.

Looking back, we should have gone for it 200% instead of the 75% we gave it. Yeah, there were reasons to go our separate ways but to close, 'retro-spec-ing' and stop all was a bit stupid, really.

Still have a bit of a soft spot for wines from the Valdepeñas region. A 'young' red from there.. nice.

 
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2011, 03:51:28 PM »
Yeah Lutra, I was stationed in Rota Spain from November 1978 to September 1981. Spain is cool, I may go back for a visit sometime.

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2011, 04:12:31 PM »
Okay, cool.. and yeah, Spain's culture is.. rich, I'd say. Their food culture, for instance, is top notch in my opinion.

Tip maybe, if you wish to visit Spain again, suit self ofc.. but the region around Leon (in the north-west is beautiful too. More green than the dominant ochre colour a lot of Spain tends to exhibit. 
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2011, 04:26:43 PM »
Okay, cool.. and yeah, Spain's culture is.. rich, I'd say. Their food culture, for instance, is top notch in my opinion.

Tip maybe, if you wish to visit Spain again, suit self ofc.. but the region around Leon (in the north-west is beautiful too. More green than the dominant ochre colour a lot of Spain tends to exhibit.
I'll keep that in mind. I might as well go to a part I haven't been if I go back.  :thumbup:

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2016, 08:49:11 PM »
I remember this topic, I'm glad I found it again.

Currently I'm living in Beervana (AKA central Oregon)  and we have literally hundreds of places to fill a growler.

There's even a fly fishing store here in town that has 30 beers on tap!!!

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2016, 11:51:39 PM »
A microbrewery is supposed to move in to a property nearby.
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2016, 05:24:43 PM »
You should see if they will fill 2 liter bottles for you, it's a great way to get beer!  :glug:

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #24 on: April 15, 2016, 12:29:23 AM »
2 litre bottles? I'd rather not.
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2016, 07:55:44 PM »
COWARDLY!!! :tantrum:  Drinking 2 liters of beer is BRAVE!!!  :viking:

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #26 on: April 16, 2016, 02:50:01 AM »
Yeah, but not in a single bottle.
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2016, 08:26:50 AM »
  A work friend makes beer at home, just like Hank!

     
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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2016, 10:00:38 AM »
Yeah, but not in a single bottle.

You're supposed to pour it into a glass, not drink straight from the growler.  :P

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Re: Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.
« Reply #29 on: April 17, 2016, 04:42:56 AM »
Yeah, but not in a single bottle.

You're supposed to pour it into a glass, not drink straight from the growler.  :P

I don't want to. Drinking from the bottle is manly. :P
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