religious experience

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  1. ThirstyBehr

    ThirstyBehr Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Maryland

    you ever had a beer so good that it sets a new standard for beer and completely blows your mind? that's religious! the first time it happened to me was when i drank 90 minute for the first time and since then i've been chasing that feeling trying to find that next beer to rock my world. well i found it and i've gotta say it was even more powerful then the grand 90 minute... burton baton has stole my heart and drove it off into the heavens! goddamn this beer is beautiful almost a liquid poem. i know i'm not alone out there, share your religious experiences!

    p.s. my intention is not to offend anyone, its all in good fun!
     
    #1 ThirstyBehr, Feb 3, 2013
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  2. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    BCBS - started a massive trading addiction that has caused me to acquire 200 bottles of BA stouts.
     
    #2 evilc, Feb 3, 2013
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  3. mcrago

    mcrago Pundit (839) Oct 6, 2012 Indiana

    I have honestly told friends that the first time I had Bourbon County was a religious experience.
     
    #3 mcrago, Feb 3, 2013
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  4. ThirstyBehr

    ThirstyBehr Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Maryland

    when i first poured a glass of baton (hophead btw) i could smell pineapple while the glass was sitting on the counter at that moment i knew it was all over. then i took my first sip and it was as if a white puffy cloud floated me through those big pearly gates while angel whispered in my ears lol
     
    #4 ThirstyBehr, Feb 3, 2013
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  5. mrcraft

    mrcraft Grand Pooh-Bah (3,396) Dec 15, 2012 California
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    Maybe not a religious experience, but a very pleasant surprise. I'm drinking Alpine Pure Hoppiness as I type. I thought it was going to be hopped to the max and bitter. It's a very balanced, delicious brew... I like it a lot!
     
    #5 mrcraft, Feb 3, 2013
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  6. DogfishJoe

    DogfishJoe Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2010 Ohio

    For me it was definately espresso oak aged yeti. The moment I smelt that beer I knew It would be one of my favorites.
     
    #6 DogfishJoe, Feb 3, 2013
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  7. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
    Pooh-Bah

    We had some time off when working in Germany, so on a long religious weekend we went to Belgium and were at Orval and Chiamy. Does that count? Probably not here.
     
    #7 hopfenunmaltz, Feb 3, 2013
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  8. diesel59

    diesel59 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2012 New York

    along time ago..... hennepin and la fin du monde did this for me................. but now with all the beers out there.................... I am a mess..........
     
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  9. TheBigEast

    TheBigEast Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2004 New York

    Apple Brandy Hunahpu on the end of the world day - the world did not end but I was floating above the ground!
     
    #9 TheBigEast, Feb 3, 2013
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  10. squirrely2005

    squirrely2005 Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2011 Texas

    I didn't care for burton baton.... haha it was good though

    I wish I could remember the beers I felt that way about.
     
    #10 squirrely2005, Feb 3, 2013
  11. Angst

    Angst Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2007 California

    '09 Abyss. Either I got a non infected one or it was before it turned. It was delicious!! It was the beer that got me into stouts. Now they are my favorite. Especially BA Stouts! Pliny would be another. Made me say "Wow!" and understand the whole hop craze thing.
     
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  12. ThirstyBehr

    ThirstyBehr Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Maryland

    that sounds f*cking awesome... to drink chimay in belgium is religious... now if you shared a pint with a monk while at chimay, then you my friend sit atop the stairway of heaven!
     
    #12 ThirstyBehr, Feb 3, 2013
  13. ThirstyBehr

    ThirstyBehr Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Maryland

    its ok the baton is very forgiving lmao
     
    #13 ThirstyBehr, Feb 3, 2013
  14. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    Parabola!! Blew my mind!!
    Pliny!! I hated hoppy beer before I tried Pliny!!
     
    #14 ChanChan, Feb 3, 2013
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  15. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    You have no idea, do you? We saw a little of the manastary, and then had some Chimay in town.

    Orval allows you to see a little more, but not much more, you can also buy beer, cheese, bread and religious artifacts in the gift shop.
     
    #15 hopfenunmaltz, Feb 3, 2013
  16. Thirstygoat

    Thirstygoat Initiate (0) Nov 22, 2012 Illinois
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    My first quad, Sixth Glass, got me into the church. Then ABT 12 I was converted Amen!!!
     
    #16 Thirstygoat, Feb 3, 2013
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  17. obrike

    obrike Savant (1,153) Jun 19, 2009 Texas

    My first Maharaja a few years ago blew my mind. Was very, very sad when it was all gone.
     
    #17 obrike, Feb 3, 2013
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  18. DaveAnderson

    DaveAnderson Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2011 Minnesota

    As an atheist since childhood who had to fend off religious indoctrination, my idea of a religious experience is probably unorthodox (OK - pun intended). So I'm going to go with Pumking. My friends kneel before it, and I try it every year, only to have my body reject it.
     
    #18 DaveAnderson, Feb 3, 2013
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  19. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah

    Hopslam 2011 but none of their examples since.

    PROST Dunkel on draft at the brewery where I had one of the first pulls from a new batch.

    Bell's Two-Hearted that was one week old.

    Pliny & Blind Pig fresh on draft at a few California places.

    Odells IPA fresh batch once at the brewery before a tour.

    Guinness in Europe.
     
    #19 yemenmocha, Feb 3, 2013
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  20. ThirstyBehr

    ThirstyBehr Initiate (0) Jan 19, 2012 Maryland

    ahh the great pumpking... how you made all other pumpkin beers obsolete.
     
    #20 ThirstyBehr, Feb 3, 2013
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