religious experience

The view from my favorite table at Schlenkerla. Used to be a chapel for the Dominican monks back in the 14th century. Now Rauchbier is served by gravity from the wooden barrel where the altar used to be. Is that what you mean by "religious experience?"

 

I agree with hoponius being a religious drinking experience and will add kiwi rising. Also for the sake of tolerance, lost abbey in particular witch's wit!

 

Jeez, man- you have a favorite table and everything? Do they shout your name like 'Norm' when you walk in?

I gotta say, though, that if I were there it would be hard for me to leave...

 

For me it was probably when I had my first Rochefort 10. Had never had anything like it before and it completely blew me away.

 

Aventinus
La Chouffe
Backwoods Bastard
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
John Barleycorn
Old Foghorn

 

Odell's Myrcenary set the standard for hoppy beers...it's incredible.

50/50 Eclipse PvW and GI Rare are two of the best stouts in existence.

 

C`mon, you've had to have brewed something you fell in love with.

 

Hated IPAs until I have Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere a few years back. Started an infatuation with fresh/wet hopped IPAs and now I can barely drink anything but hoppy beer.

 

Yes, but love is not a religious experience.

 

I wouldn't call it a religious experience, but Boulevard's "Sixth Glass" quad was what turned me onto trying craft beers. Founders Breakfast is the best beer I've ever had, and that was a religious experience.

 

Walking into the Cantillon brewery last September, I was smacked in the face with an intense, all-enveloping and unmistakable loon funkiness.

Could've convinced me there and then that I'd been hit by a truck on 56 rue Gheude as I crossed the street to get there.

 

It should at least earn you an indulgence.

 

I have had a few beers and a meal at that table.

 

Years ago when I first started getting into craft, I enjoyed stouts (never had an RIS) when I was given a Stone IRS that had been properly cellared for a year. Blew my mind. Never knew beer could be like that. That moment changed me forever.

 

Sculpin, Boy King, BCBS, Raspberry Tart/Belgian Red, Arrogant Bastard, an '07 Double Bastard I had a few months back, first batch of terrapin hopzilla and I'm sure a few others

 

Firestone Walker 14th Anniversary.

 

Rochefort 10

Cantillon Classic Gueuze

Hello Belgium.

 

Pannepot still wows me every time I can get a hold of it. Perfection to me.

 

I love ALL Cantillon, but still, to this day, nothing beats Lou Pepe Gueuze with 3-4 years on it. It is THE most INSANELY good beer I've ever had. Fresh LP taste the same as classic gueuze, but with several years in the cellar, its a completely different animal.