coconut beer.

I tried coconut beer at the local beer hall last weekend . Let me tell you that stuff is nectar of the gods! To most people here it probbly is an old stand by but, for the neophite tikiphyle it is an experience to remenber! Next time I go "out drinkin'" I will get the name of the beer for the unconverted newbie.

[ Edited by: Talkie-Tiki on 2003-03-06 16:57 ]

[ Edited by: purple jade 2006-03-20 21:14 ]

The funny thing was it wasn't too sweet and the coconut was not overpowering.

Hmmmmmmmmm... Sounds interesting! I'm a regular consumer of good ol' Pabst Blue Ribbon but have never included beer in a drink menu for a Tiki gathering. A few of my closest pals are a bit adverse to Liquor Drinkin' and, so, bring their own. It would be nice to be able to offer something they would enjoy that was also a bit tropical and different (even if they are Party Poopers).

I am really lucky that since I moved to the US, most large cities offer a good selection of imported beers, and micro brewery ales from all around the states are available, which means I like real beer, so this brew sound suspicious to me....BUT!: I am spotting an opportunity here for that darn Tiki socialite conflict, when the situation (Tiki Bar or party) demands a Mai Tai to be imbibed, but my Germaness gets the better of me and all I really want is a beer....voila: Coconut beer! Politically correct in any Tiki Lounge!

Not as exotic, but I did partake in a blueberry ale that was quite tasty a little while back...

That Captain Morgan brew is actually ok too (depending on mood). It's a rum-flavored beer.

Well I guess all flavors are covered now. I own a store that sells wine, liquor and beer. We are known for our beer selection and I haven't heard of this one yet. Let me know the name. The Capt'n Malt Beverage has been discontinued up here but I hear they may reformulate and try again. As far as my tastes goes that stuff tasted like an old rum & coke with all the ice melted the morning after.

if ya ever get a chance to try banana flavoured lambic, i recommend it.

i tried it at my friendly neighborhood belgian bar & grill.

What was the brand name of the coconut beer? I wonder if I could find some here.

Where do you get this beer? Remember the old Primo Beer from Hawaii? The only tropical or "tiki" beer I have found is the Tahitian Hinano. Much like Heiniken but it conjurs up all kinds of long, warm nights in Bora Bora.

Rum Flavored Beer?

If any of you guys manage to make out here to San Diego you might get a taste of my favorite brew - Arrogant Bastard Ale brewed by Stone Brewery in San Marcos,CA. Comes in 20 oz bottles, 7.2% alc. "hated by many, loved by few" mmmm...delicious!

Big Bro, being born and raised in Germany, you have beer in your blood!

Look for "Pirate" beer from Belguim(sp?). It's up there next to EKU28! Stronger than strong! I get "wacked" on the hard stuff (rum, etc.Big Ol Tiki Bash) so, beer is in my blood too!

7.5 percent? Pussies!

You ought to try some of our fine Canadian Beverages:

Fin Du Monde (End of the World)
http://www.unibroue.com/products/fin.cfm

Maudite (the Damned One)
http://www.unibroue.com/products/maudite.cfm

Terrible
http://www.unibroue.com/products/terrible.cfm

(in french, 'terrible' means something more akin to 'fearsome' or 'scary' as opposed to just lousy)

You can only have a few Maudite before some Terrible things happen, and trust me, the next morning it will feel like the End Of The WOrld!

Ahh... yes, I've heard of this one. Quite a few people looking for it back east.

On 2003-03-08 23:34, Shipwreckjoey wrote:
If any of you guys manage to make out here to San Diego you might get a taste of my favorite brew - Arrogant Bastard Ale brewed by Stone Brewery in San Marcos,CA. Comes in 20 oz bottles, 7.2% alc. "hated by many, loved by few" mmmm...delicious!

Yes, these are the best Canadian beers I've ever had. (The La Fin Du Monde and the Maudite... never seen the Terrible) but these are Belgium style beers. As much as I like British and German beers (Aventinus is in my top 5) I think the Belgium’s are the King Ruler Supreme in the brewing category.

7.5 percent? Pussies!

You ought to try some of our fine Canadian Beverages:
Fin Du Monde (End of the World)
Maudite (the Damned One)
Terrible

You can only have a few Maudite before some Terrible things happen, and trust me, the next morning it will feel like the End Of The WOrld!

Ben,
EKU28 was the beer of choice when I was last at Olde World Village in your part of town. Is that place still there?

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-03-09 10:10 ]

OK, if 7.2 is too light weight for you, pick up a bottle of Stone's Ruination Ale...it kicks it up another notch.

[ Edited by: Shipwreckjoey on 2003-03-09 10:22 ]

As a student, I developed a taste for Owd Roger (8%) served in pints of course. A lunchtime session on Owd Roger would always end in utter disgrace around the streets of Newcastle. That actually wasn't the strongest beer in that particular pub. That was 11% but only served in small bottles. It tasted like Marmite.

These days my favourite is Double Chocolate Stout, which is like Guinness but with loads more taste. I think it's only about 5%, though.

Trader Woody

I have to chime in when you mention ABA (Arrogant Bastard Ale). It is great beer but not for the faint of heart. Even if you don't like the flavor, you've got to like their slogan. I have a coaster in my office that says "Fizzy Yellow Beer is for Wussies".

If I don't have all the ingredients for a fruity mixed drink, a good beer is always on target.

Newcastle Brown
Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale
Belhaven Scottish Ale
Petes Wicked Ale
Sierra Nevada Wheat Beer (or Porter)
Stone Brewing Co-Arrogant Bastard Ale
Buffalo Bills-Pumpkin Beer (yes pumpkin)

Da Monkeyman

Trader Woody - when in England in '94 I developed a taste for Tetley Bitter. I even went as far as going on their brewery tour in Yorkshire...my wife, who was my girlfriend at the time, couldn't get over the fact that they use some powderized fish enzymes to get the clarity in their beer. She also had a problem with the temperature at which bitters are served. Tetley has recently started popping up in the states but it just doesn't taste the same!

Johntiki,

Yep, Tetley's is very widespread over here as it's a classic bitter. There are many more interesting or better quality ales, but it's a beer that seems to travel well, at least within the island.

Those fish enzyme thingys are used in most beers here, so vegans beware. (They are called finings?? Something like that) It's not as though you'd ever realise they have been used, though.

German lagers have a 'purity law' where no additives can be, er, added, but I don't think that applies to their dark beers.

The warm beer deal puts a lot of people off when they have been used to being served beers at just above freezing temperature to mask the wierd chemical taste of the beers. Any beer tastes ok if served brutally cold.

Keep tasting new brews,

Trader Woody

Mongozo has a coconut & quinua beer which is really yummy. for some reason, it's not listed on the products page of its website:
http://www.mongozo.org/eng/main_eng.htm

but, they have lots of other exotic beers.

Coconut is hard to brew with because it is kind of oily. I've had a toasted coconut porter that a buddy made as a homebrew. Was nice, but really tasted more like vanilla and oak than coconut. There are a few coconut beers made, but they are all very low distribution beers usually made at brewpubs.

Chapeau (availible at Total Wine and More at least in Florida) makes a whole line of fruit beers that have tropical flavors like bannana and mango. They aren't bad for what they are and would fit in well at a Tiki party.

As far as the fierceness that is the Canadian La Fin Du Monde I'll stick with good old American excessiveness:

18% ABV Stout http://ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-world-wide-stout-2001-2003-present-(18)/5923/

14.7% ABV Barleywine http://ratebeer.com/beer/drakes-barley-wine-brandy-barrel/53169/

18% ABV Raspberry Fruit Beer http://ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-fort/42723/

21% ABV IPA http://ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-120-minute-ipa/22904/

18.5% Strong Ale Brewed with Raisins http://ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-raison-d-extra/12834/

And the grandaddy of them all:

25% ABV Barleywine http://ratebeer.com/beer/samuel-adams-utopias/12228/

Canadian brews are laughably tame by American craft beer standards though Bièropholie, Dieu du Ciel, St. Ambroise and Heritage Brewing make some tasty stuff.

Canadian brews are laughably tame by American craft beer standards though Bièropholie, Dieu du Ciel, St. Ambroise and Heritage Brewing make some tasty stuff.

Pardon me, but I highly doubt you've tried every hand crafted micro brewed bottle of love in Canada. Though it is your opinion only, I still don't appreciate that remark.

If you are speaking of the mass produced crap that is Molson Canadian, Kokanee, and all the other garbage beers(which are ok if you can't afford the more expensive, quality stuff) then I apologize.

To name a few: Backhand of God Stout by Crannóg Ales, Hermannator Ice Bock by Vancouver Island Brewery. Pretty much anything by Phillips Brewing Company, Spinnakers Brewery and Buckerfields Brewery all right here in Victoria B.C.

Please understand that this is a forum spanning the globe, many different countries are represented here. I personally don't appreciate such anti-beer sentiment. The same thing could be said of any country. The are many 'laughably tame' beers available everywhere, so take the time to seek out those worth while of your gullet, and ralax a little, guy.

Your beaver loving tiki centralite,

On 2003-03-09 07:15, tikifish wrote:
7.5 percent? Pussies!

You ought to try some of our fine Canadian Beverages:

Fin Du Monde (End of the World)
http://www.unibroue.com/products/fin.cfm

Maudite (the Damned One)
http://www.unibroue.com/products/maudite.cfm

Terrible
http://www.unibroue.com/products/terrible.cfm

(in french, 'terrible' means something more akin to 'fearsome' or 'scary' as opposed to just lousy)

You can only have a few Maudite before some Terrible things happen, and trust me, the next morning it will feel like the End Of The WOrld!

Eau benite (holy water) is awesome too. You gotta love those unibroue beers. In spring McAuslan makes an apricot beer and in fall a pumpkin beer. I wish I knew where I can find coconut beer.

Oh ya,

Welcome to TikiCentral! :D

:drink:

On 2006-06-15 10:41, Tikiwahine wrote:
Pardon me, but I highly doubt you've tried every hand crafted micro brewed bottle of love in Canada. Though it is your opinion only, I still don't appreciate that remark.

Certainly I have not tried them all. Neither have you. But, yet you still choose not to "appreciate that remark" even though it is founded on evidence. I have had enough to know what the general approach to beer is in different regions. And I have had enough different beers from around the world to know the stylistic approach in other countries.

Now of course you can find a general crossover point for bland stuff in any country as almost every country favors pale lagers as their beer of choice. But, you must consider the context of my reply which was in response to a statement that Canadian beers were stronger than US beer (or that the word pussy should be associated with American beer) and that simply is not true.

From Canada I have had:

Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout
Upper Canada Lager
Unibroue Maudite
Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Unibroue Raftman
Unibroue Don de Dieu
Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Unibroue Édition 2005
Boréale Noire
Unibroue Blanche de Chambly
La Barberie Stout Impériale
Unibroue La Terrible
Boréale Cuivrée
Boréale Blonde
Unibroue La Bolduc
Unibroue Éphémère Apple
Unibroue Éphémère Cassis
Boréale Rousse
Molson Canadian
Moosehead Beer

I also have a Unibroue 10 sitting in the cellar to be enjoyed later.

Granted I've had nothing from Alberta, but what is there to seek out? Alley Kat's beers, Brew Brothers? Brewsters? None of their offerings are very highly touted. I've had nothing from BC, but again what is there that is worth a trip just for the beer? Fat Cat makes a decent Barleywine, but that's not a style I much care for. I've had nothing from Manitoba and again they don't put out anything worth seeking. I would like to try some of the Bushwakker Beers from out of Saskatchewan and I'll get to it someday. Of the remaining-Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Yukon there are a handful of interesting beers, but still nothing that is so compelling it probably doesn't have a better example of the style here in the states.

I've kept ratings on 1375 different beers from 47 different countries. I've probably had in total 2000 different beers, but I've only kept notes on the 1375. Granted the vast majority of my ratings are from US brewers, but as I don't keep ratings on things like Bud and Coors that only speaks to the huge proliferation of craft beer in the US.

But, back to my original premise what is the highest abv beer availible in Canada? Do you know? It is nowhere near the highest abv beers in the US if you want a hint.

Ohh and do you mean this 57 out of 100 overall Hermannator? http://ratebeer.com/Beer/vancouver-island-hermannator-ice-bock/6195/

At 9.5% abv that is, unarguably, very cute. But, try an American attempt at an Eisbock:

http://ratebeer.com/beer/southampton-double-ice-bock/11744/
http://ratebeer.com/beer/ramstein-eisbock/30309/
http://ratebeer.com/beer/new-glarus-symposium-eisbock/17531/

And yes the modestly rated Crannog Back Hand of God Stout sounds like something I'd like, but I'd hardly toss it out there as world class.

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