/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Bump 4 beer

>>13688558
I like beer, but I'm just not being a faggot about it

Dane here. I'm ashamed that we export this sour piss.
We produce some very good beers, even basic lagers, and I hate that foreigners associate us with Carlsberg.
Sipping one pic related right now. Not saying that's miles ahead of Carlsberg, but certainly no worse, and it happens to be what I'm having.

>>13688801
Is Giraf an even more stronger elephant? Last one is the best beer to get shitfaced.

Pic related. The undisputed chad beer.

>>13688814
oh jeez we have Elephant beer in every gas station in Germany and that stuff is total shit for kids to get drunk

>>13688816

>>13688816
>weissbier
fag beer. their lager is the #1 beer of all time

>>13688859
your mum's a fag

>>13688814
Giraf comes as either black, like the one posted, or red.
Black is around 10% vol. and I think red is about 7.2 or something.
So yeah, stronger than Elephant.

Had a Brutalis the other day as well, which isn't a very good strong lager, but has a somewhat interesting backstory.
It's named after a rhino which was adopted from England into a Danish zoo in Givskud in 1990 at the age of 13.
Brutalis proved so aggressive and uncontrollable that he was eventually deemed unfit to exist in captivity and was released into a reservation in Namibia four years later.
He died in 2000 fighting another male for access to some sweet rhino poon.

>>13688887
I guess you can't chug the black one as easy as regular elephant. Black elephant with 10,5% is almost undrinkable imo.
Why do Danes love animals so much though?

>>13688921
>Why do Danes love animals so much though?
Found the Chinaman

This shit is my jam. If I'm not careful I'll go through a 6 pack in one night.

>>13689360
What flavor is it :^)

>>13688558
>carlsberg

Shhhh everyone be vewy vewy quiet! Look the cute widdle babies are talking about their beers. Awwww look that one anon is even bragging about the “high” abv of his hipster piss! Honey get the camera quick before it’s their bedtime. So cute, I can’t believe how adorable they are. Alright sweetly now let’s go drink some whiskey like adults and let the children play.

>>13689407
Beer flavor

>>13688801
The Carlsberg that most people get outside of Europe is made locally under license so don't feel too bad.

Does anyone use untapped? thought about starting a ck beer group.

>not embracing the bumbrew

>>13688558
pic related is my fav

>>13689360
>6 pack
those are rookie numbers anon

>>13690124
>those are rookie numbers anon
Narragansett is sold in 6 pack pints.

>>13690180
whoops lol, then those are perfect numbers

>>13688816
I got a crate of this stuff, it's yummy and smooth

>>13688558
good for a shill bitch

I lost count of the number of shill bitches in this thread, do you people get paid to shill or is it natural for you?

>>13690251
Their weissbier is my all time favorite beer. I fucking wish they exported it to the US though

finally legally allowed to drink. besides light beer (like amstel light or stella) the only thing i've had was guinness. what's something not too expensive that'd you consider good?

>>13690576
A local pilsner or ipa

>>13689407
piss flavor, the favorite of reddit types everywhere

>>13688558
Why the fuck would anyone drink beer in a glass like that, I'd be embarrassed

>>13688833
check those deibels

This the place for us Soy boys to hang out?

>>13690124
tastes skunky and nasty

Only place I've seen that carries this is a local no-name local liquor store and I can't get enough

>>13691033
just the way I like it

>>13688816
this shit tasted like bud ice.

>>13691045
Sup Michael.

>>13691111
do people really like skunky beer? i mean really?

>>13691130
what?

>>13691130
Hi

>>13691053
They sell those everywhere you little non-coastie roastie

>>13691224
I live on the coast. Arab family that runs the place must be running a racket.

>>13688558
Carlsberg: it's probably beer!

Bump

Why do IPA's taste like soap? Whenever I try one (because every 'craft' place seems to only do IPA's and their variations) it's just horrible. No one understands what I mean.

Worth every penny

>>13688558
The best beer actually comes from France

what's up crew

>>13693228
Redpill me on these tallboys

>>13692736
>(because every 'craft' place seems to only do IPA's and their variations)
Do you live in Kansas and it's 2010 or what?

>>13693238
They're what you drink when you hate yourself real bad. A half step above bum wine.

>>13689360
>I'll go through a six pack in one night

Woah we got a real fuckin party animal on our hands

Which is better bros? Bottles or cans?

>>13693228
Steel Reserve tastes like you drank beer, pissed it out, drank that piss, puked it up, then canned it and put it on a shelf

>>13693910
Bottles, no question. I don't like how so many craft brewers are going to cans now.

>>13692736
West Coast IPAs are vaguely soapy I guess

>>13693257
What? its usually coasties complaining about how everything around them is only IPA

Great Plains 2010 was definitely not the epicenter of peak IPA, thats a weird point of reference

>>13693927
Why do you think this?
Cans are objectively better in basically every way besides the fact that old bottle lines are a little cheaper to pick up for a start up brewery (but this is less true today than it used to be I think)

Cans protect the quality of the beer better, let zero UV light in. Are lighter so easier to ship and can fit more beer in a smaller space so better for both shipping costs, warehouse space, and fridge space at home. More durable than glass so less break in transit, and relatedly are allowed in more places such as festivals, sport games, music venues, beaches etc where broken glass is too risky to allow glass bottles

The only reason bottles are used at all is the irrational consumer perception of glass bottles being higher end signaling a more valuable product thanks to old timey marketing

>>13693264
But what are they? And what do they taste like?

>>13693917
Even ice cold?

>>13694098
Yes, malt liquor is for niggers, indians, and white trash

>>13693257
Nah, Leeds in the Norf.

>>13693228
step it up, fag.
even bums know that shit tastes awful.
if you're gonna slum it, do it right.
pic related

>>13691241
I live in Buttfuck, Indiana and that beer is sold everywhere.

carlsberg is the budlight/coors of euro beer, and bud/coors sells very well in the usa.

>>13695586

>>13688796
You should apply that to everything

>>13695586
>>13695879
How good are these? I've had some Central Waters beers (had a Satin Solitude as my last beer) but I haven't had either of these. I like their Hope is Brewing and Mudpuppy Porter beers.
Right now I am drinking pic related.

>>13695978
If you like barrel aged stuff, basically all of their BA stuff is worth a try, never disappointing

>>13695985
I've only had Dragon's Milk for that, and Founder's tequila barrel aged gose, which is kinda different. I'll probably try them. I'm not sure I'm sold on bourbon barrel aged stuff.

Anyone blackpilled here?

>>13688816
Good Weißbier, my favourite Weißbier is König Ludwig Weißbier.

>>13689614
Probably the best budget beer.

>>13690124
Tastes good but I generally don't drink beer bellow 5% alcohol so not for me.

>>13690195
Bad meme beer like all belgian beers. Gonna be a yikes for me.

>>13690251
Probably my favourite Helles.

>>13691053
Overrated, there is a lot more better Weißbier.

>>13693910
Heineken is watery piss. How did it get so popular around the globe?

>>13696177
>Heine's
It really is watery. It doesn't taste bad in the sense that it doesn't taste like much. It's like Stella.
>don't drink beer below 5% abv
But then you miss out on Berliner Weisse beers and goses.

>>13695978
Their barrel aged stuff is some of the best around

>>13696343
I suppose I will have to try it.
My gf's grandpa said that Dragon's Milk was the best stout. Even without having Central Waters' barrel aged stouts, I know that to be incorrect. Are these a lot better than Dragon's Milk?

>>13696177
You forgot to review mine :(

>>13688558
I drink lots of vodka. That cleans out my system, and even cleans my teeth (I haven’t brushed in years, and haven’t had a cavity since).


I also eat a liverwurst sandwich pretty much every day – to counterbalance the effects the vodka has on my liver. I make my sandwiches on seeded rye (because it’s the healthiest bread), with mayo (because eggs are the best protein; I use kewpie, because the msg makes it taste better), coarse mustard (good for the white blood cells), zucchini pickles (because they taste good), and a bunch of baby spinach (just for filler; it could honestly be left out).


I also eat a lot of canned fish (mostly sardines, but also the occasional fancy smoked oysters) on saltines. They give you all your essential amino acids, and provide a nice opportunity to try out various hot sauces, which are generally very low in calories, while high in flavor and immensely prodigious to healthiness.


Aside from that, I drink large amounts of water (anywhere between ice-cold to slightly chilled) every day, always through a straw, and sometimes with a lemon wedge.


To each their own, I say, but I’m just shy of 30 and am doing better than most of you.

What beer will keep the longest in subpar conditions e.g., without refrigeration but a cool pantry?

>>13690323
They don't even distribute well inside Germany. Only common in Bavaria.

Couldn't find it reliably in London, much less here in Canada or the US Northeast.

>>13696345
Yes. Dragons milk is a bourbon bomb. Balance is out the window

>>13696521
High alcohol beers, low ph beers and beers without dry hop character.

>>13696609
>High alcohol
>without dry hop
Anything that fits these two that's relatively common?
Continental styles are hard to get and every craft brewery is obsessed with a hop bomb with a shelf life of 3 milliseconds.

>>13696521
I never refrigerate any of my beer and I live in alabama and don't have central air conditioning. beer lasts long enough unless you're trying to age it or whatever fucking meme shit you're doing

>>13696641
>relatively common
If you don't live in flyoverland, it shouldn't be that hard to find imperial stouts, barleywines and barrel aged beers that are typically high AbV. Only thing I can think of in flyoverland is malt liquor.

>>13688558
Love to sip some beer before I sleep but hate to get up midnight and go to toilet to piss.

>>13696656
For what, one week?

>>13689614
FICK JA

>>13696521
Barleywine, Imperial Stout

>>13696690
Flyover literally invented the current BA Stout/Barleywine movement, and is by far the leader

Craft beer is like the last place you want to bring up flyover as a generic bad thing, it makes no sense

>>13697330
How come non-flyover states make the best BA stouts and barleywines then? Also, where are you more likely going to find those beers, in bottle shops in NYC, Chicago and LA or in the equivalent in flyover states like Ohio, Arkansas or Idaho?

You could call Michigan and Wisconsin flyover states I suppose, but they're the very small exception.

>>13697330
It makes perfect sense. It's like regional fast food hamboigah chains. They have nothing else and nonconformity is gay, so they sperg out over it while ignoring or deriding other things that aren't craft beer and hamboigahs and hand egg.

>>13697485
>You could call Michigan and Wisconsin flyover states I suppose, but they're the very small exception.
I read flyover as specifically the midwest, so especially places like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Chicago that excel at BA stouts and stuff like that. Like Goose Island literally invested the style

The problem is flyover is a vague term that many posters use for specifically the midwest but some use it as just a variant of boomer memes in general, and some about the south or the great plains or like Montana even which makes it especially confusing

>>13697496
>hamboigah
What sort of accent is this trying to approximate? New York 1910?

>>13697543
I would say flyover states are states that are frequently flown over, but not flown to. Chicago (and thus Illinois) doesn't count because plenty of people fly there.

Most of the Midwestern, Mountain and Southern states are definitely flyover though.

>>13697598
ok, I understand that is a literal reading of the term, but thats not what most people mean here when they say flyover. Most of the time it is just midwest memes

>>13688558
>Carlsberg
Are you baiting right now?
They are selling this swill in plastic bottles where I am from and you drink it from your pretentious little glass, like it's some amazing fancy belgian monk beer or some shit.
Fucking hilarious.

>>13697604
Sure, but it's hardly fair to call one of the most culturally important cities in the US today 'flyover', as 'flyover' usually has implications of cultural backwater.

>>13697598
>chicago doesn't count

>>13688816
Bavarian here.
Not that good. Since you can't get local brews probably, look out for Schneider, which is better.

>>13690251
Can't stand August anymore, it's so stale and boring. I'm from Munich though, so I basically got force fed it from childhood onwards.

>>13697622
>Chicago
>culturally important
Maybe if you’re a Somalian.

>>13697639
>>13697626

>one of the most important music scenes in US history
>some of the best breweries in the states
Ok then.

>>13697622
ha, seems you have discovered why flyover is a nonsense meme term and not a literal description of a place

Flyover is actually good because the bad places aren't actually part of it even though you also fly over them

>>13697643
>implying they brew decent beer anywhere in of the USA

>>13697654
They brew excellent beer basically everywhere in the US
Literally almost all of the worlds best beer is from the US, especially the upper midwest, northwest and New England

>>13697654
Assblasted German/Belgian detected.

>>13697631
>Since you can't get local brews probably, look out for Schneider, which is better.
Are your local brews that much better? I assume you mean those village breweries.

>>13697485
They dont. The best barrelled stuff definitely comes from the midwest.

>>13697677
I mean, not THAT much better, but due to the variety, you will almost certainly find a beer that is EXACTLY to your tastes and competently made.
If your villages beer isn't to your liking, just get one from a town over, they'll sell it in all the adjacent towns and so on and so forth.

>>13697748
What's your usual drop?

Tuborg my dudes

>>13697774
Tape one of these into each hand and try to drink both empty before you have to piss

>>13697782
Forgot pic

>>13697782
What

>>13697848
Am I talking chinese or what?

>>13697859
Chang?

>>13697665
>Literally almost all of the worlds best beer is from the US

Always fun to hear this one.

>>13697791
got the 1 liter one yum

>>13698397
Like by any metric possible almost all the best beer is American

This will probably even out a bit as more and more people around the world start making good beer. Its kind of happened in the US regionally where basically everywhere but the south its absurdly easy to find excellent beer and even much of the south is ok

I think most Europeans still though genuinely do not understand what they are missing out on. Like I feel most Germans I talked to when I was there have literally never even tried a stout or an IPA let alone a barrel aged barleywine or lambic. I think the less traditional brewing regions will be the first to start seeing excellent beer. Honestly of the places I was in Europe besides maybe London, Budapest had the best selection of beer

>>13697791
>>13698407

Same, they're selling them in B&M at the mo. It does wreck the piss seal.

Pic is my go to whenever I can. Nothing beats it. Bottle>draft>can.

>>13698427
I don't want to talk about semantic too much, but you literally cannot make a Lambic outside of Belgium. I know you meant wild ale, but this area was the only place making this style of beer for the 200 years and until recently. I've been to US recently and tried the famous sour brewery like ale apothecary, bruery terreux, allagash, russian river lost abbey etc and in my opinion they don't compare to the classics 3 fonteinen, cantillon or tillquin (and they are generaly way more expensive as well). I'd say even a brewery like lindheim olkompany here in Norway make things as good as here.

Although IPA is not really my favorite style I've tried things like pleny the elder of king julius and I can easily find one as good here in Europe (cloudwater or Lervig for example).

Same for barley wine with Baladin or Lervig.

Overall I get the feeling that US has a lot of good brewery everywhere, but saying that they make the best beer is a bold claim, as it is probably still Belgium.

Germany is shit and they only drink their wheat beer, on this I'll agree.

>>13698497
>I don't want to talk about semantic too much, but you literally cannot make a Lambic outside of Belgium.
Well no, some US brewers agreed not to use the term Lambic, but there is no technical or legal reason why they cannot use the term, many others do use it

>>13698530
Well at least in Europe it's a controlled name. But as I said, the name is not very important. My point was that the tradition for spontaneous sour beer are very strong in Belgium and from what I've tasted they make the best beer in this style.

>>13698497
The thing in the US is good beer is just extremely common today, You absolutely can find very good examples of many of these same styles in Europe eventually, but in the US you can go to bars in random cities and just have an amazing and wide selection of styles that is very rare in the rest of the world

Belgium is great for a small number of styles, but in my experience all of those styles are made just as well in the US, hell the best lambic style beers I have ever tried are from Wisconsin in New Glarus. You can certainly argue that Belgium is slightly better than the US at a few styles but there is little argument to be made broadly that anyone but the US is the best at making beer right now. No where else is so much excellent beer of so many varied styles being made so frequently, with such high availability

Even in the 10 years or so I have been drinking good beer the market has improved wildly, stuff that used to be world class extremely rare quality beer is now being made by like 5 different breweries I can walk to. All of my favorite, extremely hard to find stuff of 2012 is now everywhere

>>13698548
>My point was that the tradition for spontaneous sour beer are very strong in Belgium
My understanding is that the American craft beer movement basically saved this stuff from extinction. Belgians didn't even know what they had and were drinking very little of this stuff but then the American market started to explode with people looking for old quality styles alongside new styles

>>13697765
I'd pretty much soft-dox myself if I told you.

>>13698551
Thank god for the USA!

>>13698551
Brasserie Dupont was almost done for before American tastes saved it and repopularized saison in general

>>13698549
If you're comparing USA and Belgium, you're comparing 300 million to 10, obviously there is going to be more variety. But I can assure you that if you go to any pub in Belgium you'll have great beer of many different style. Barleywine is the only one I can think of where Belgium doesn't have much. If you can show me a strong old aged ale better than pannepot grand reserva then I'll be very happy to try.
I'm not denying that US make great beer, just that absolute claims like "USA make the best beer without argument" or your friend saying that USA saved lambics >>13698551 sound a bit ridiculous.

>>13698758
My state alone compares favorably to any European nation.

Hell, breweries I specifically can walk to collectively could make an ok argument

>>13698778

I don't think this discussion is leading us anywhere. I'll try new Glarus when I can, anything else?

>>13698758
>show me a strong old aged ale better than pannepot grand reserva
This beer indeed sounds pretty good, but I really think you do not understand how absurdly common, extremely good beer has become in the US.

Like I remember not that long ago when Founders KBS, a bourbon barrel aged stout with coffee, was a huge deal. Every year they would release it and to secure even a 4 pack you probably would have to show up to the liquor store when they opened (if they even allowed 4 bottles per customer). Now like 50% of breweries around here (as the overall number has skyrocketed) are making barrel aged stuff that is just as good if not better and KBS is now on grocery store shelves year round. Like this beer that many considered one of the very best in the world not even 10 years ago is now on US super market shelves year round, this is a huge acheivement

IPAs have a similar story. The hype super rare IPAs of 10 years ago are straight up mediocre compared to most new, successful IPAs today. Like Pliny was the most hyped IPA in the world for a while and now there are literally a dozen if not several dozen better IPAs at any super market.

and mind you the US was probably already making the best beer in the world 15 years ago

>>13698827
Man, if I could walk to New Glarus too I would 100% argue breweries in walking distance of me make better beer than any single Euro country. New Glarus is just amazing when it comes to sours or any traditional Euro style beer they decide to make

>>13698832
I've tried KBS, honestly I didn't find it that impressive. I've had a lot of better imperial stout from Europe. As I've said earlier I don't think this discussion is leading us anywhere, so I'll just ask you to give example of what you consider amazing beer from us (please no IPA) and when I visit I'll look for them.

>>13698867
Have you guys gotten many modern super cloudy IPAs? They are so much better than old school IPA. You should definitely give them another chance if most of your experience is only with California style IPA

>>13698906
I've tried king Julius. I think it qualifies as such. But honestly I don't think I'm suited to judge the quality of IPA, it's just not my style

Unfiltered master race coming through.

I used to think what I like about Weissbier is that it's made with wheat instead of barley, but then I discovered it's that it's unfiltered. I find unfiltered regular (barley) beer to be superior to Weissbier.

>>13691053
This is still my go-to brew when all else fails, since it's so common.

>>13698921
ah just curious. I last was in Europe a year and a half ago and saw almost no hazy IPA in most of the places I visited, but thats they was IPA is going so I assume it will be getting a lot more popular there too

>>13691053
This stuff is great. I'm so glad it's in every Tesco.

Dos Equis for me lately, mostly because I have vomited hard on most other beers / wines recently and can't stand the taste of them at the moment.

>>13693903
No one likes an alcoholic anon

>>13693910
Cans are technically more airtight

>>13688558
What’s your favorite Belgian anons?

>>13695586
>>13695879

>>13699896
Kwak, tripel karmeliet

>>13699896
Barbar.
Bar none. I can't take a sip without going "fuck that's so good"

>>13697791
This may be the most vile swill money can buy.
We used to drink this shit on a dare cause it's so bad.

>>13698621
I was thinking more about styles than the brewery, but understood.

>>13699896
What's so hard about making Belgian Quads/Tripels/Strong Ales?
Barely see it attempted here and I much prefer it over Barleywine.

It's one of those faggy coffee beers but it was surprisingly good

>>13698939
From what I see my friend drinking, I'd say it's pretty easy to find in Europe and at least for the last 2 years. Granted I usually go to craft pub, but still

>>13696512
fuckin lol nice copy paste!
seen that shit in a thread a month or two ago fuck off

>>13699896
See
>>13691027

Never thought to check out a beer thread on 4chan, wanted to see what you guys drink.
Not surprised you're all 25 year olds who like Euro trash that was good before you were born

Other half is where it's at

beer doesn't get me drunk, just bloated
meanwhile two shots of jameson knock me the fuck out

>>13702664
Oh no, another USA is the best thing in the world

>>13702664
If a beer thread starts with euro trash that's all you get. I do find it funny when US beer constantly changes and improves but the people on here stick with the same old shit. Especially the overrated as fuck trappist ales

>>13702822
As a Eurotrash myself it's even funnier because amerimutts drink the shittiest euro beers and think they're amazing. Legit seen some mutts saying Leffe was a great trappist

i know it's not good beer but i spent three months in india and drank kingfisher all the time. i live in the midwest and can't find it anywhere at all, not even local indian restaurants. shit sucks, i just want to sip on some piss water for a bit of nostalgia

>>13702822
Or maybe you haven't tried good European beers. Trappiste are good classics, amazing to get wasted because they cost nothing, but nobody knowing beer a little pretend they are amazing.

>>13703071
Oh I've tried good euro beer, but most of it stays in europe. The thing that gets me is cletus creaming his pants over chimay for the hundredth time while ignoring the plethora of quality, fresh beer in front of them that's 9 out of 10 times cheaper.
We get a handful of imports here and limiting yourself to them just screams retardation

>>13703488
I see, that sounds pretty retarded indeed.

>>13699896
Anyone ever try the American Trappist ale? I think it’s called Spencer’s

>>13688558
>alcohol
idiots

>>13704351
Shut up

Any good breweries in LA?

>>13694011
arent aluminum cans lined with bpa

>>13705728
yep, but its literally irrelevant for adults. The evidence of BPA being harmful to humans is very spare to begin with, but for a full grown adult there is no evidence that it should be avoided

Bump

>>13688558
This is an obscure one but its pretty good

>>13691045
Looks like someone drank piss then vomited it up again.

>>13692860
>fischer
>good

>>13688558
Is this some sort of comedy bit?
Cause why are you putting your crappy super market beer in a fancy beer glass, like it's some delicacy?
This is like drinking boxed wine at a fancy wine tasting or some shit lmao

>>13708214
Huh?

>>13695895
Based texan

>>13708249
>Huh?
Do you put your Becks into a tulip glass and pretend it's a fancy beer? Cause that's what you are doing there and it looks absurd.
So that's not a comedic bit then, which makes it even more funny.

>>13708323
What?

>>13708329
'scuse you?

I have unironically seen someone say, that Schoefferhofer Grapefruit was a good beer in one of these threads.
As far as I am concerned, you are all trash.

>>13708742
What do you drink?

Drinking this tonight. What about you?

For me, it's Samuel Stockbottom's Old Cumdumpster Barleywine

>>13688558
Trying to cut off drinking to lose weight but then I get cranky and binge once a week or every two weeks

>>13709734
Redpill me on sours broham

>>13706495
I don't think I have ever seen such a thing but I have absolutely no clue how this would remind one of that

>>13709761
Sours are my favorite kind of beer. This one I have is alright though not great. Goses might be my favorite kind of sour. Sours as a whole are quite accessible imo, though goses are probably enjoyable to most people. Sours can be fruity, they can be wheaty, they can be citrusy, or they can be flemish. Sours have a lot of variety.
If you are looking to get into them, I have some recommendations. Dogfish Head's Sea Quench Ale is not my favorite, though it is pretty good and very, very easy to try and enjoy. I like Sour Monkey a lot in part because the taste and also because the 9.5% ABV. It's good and isn't weak.
I'm not exactly a brewer or a real expert, but is there anything you'd wanna know or any kind of flavor you'd want with your sour?

>>13709791
The only “sour” beer I’ve really gotten into is a good Berliner Weiss. I like a good Gose but the really niche stuff is pearls before swine with me

>>13709932
Weiss's are good, though the low ABV is a bit bothersome to me. I like flavor, but 3% ABV is pretty low.
Ever try flemish sours?

>>13709938
Had some cherry number a while back. Name started with a K and had a lion on the front. Was just getting into adult beer so I had no appreciation for it. I’d love to give her another go if you can remember the name

>>13710032
Not sure I can call out that specific beer, but the Duchess (cherry or non) is pretty good for that. Ommegang has a decent cherry sour.
While not super sour, New Glarus's Belgian Red is a pretty damn good cherry beer.

>>13698837
I have a load still in a case in my closet from when I moved. Those r and ds are good af but I don't drink much nowadays so they collect dust.

>>13689426
I can smell the bo from here.

>>13691027
Fantome makes some strange beers

Weird herbal vibe to all their stuff. Not bad just odd

>>13694011
There is a distinct metallic taste in cans.

>>13698939
Of course you won't. IPAs are British so why do you think you'd find them all over Europe?

>>13710383
Theres a local place near me that does the same shit. One of their beers tasted like oregano kind of

>>13709768
Just looking for something nasty to say about an IPA.

>>13710482
I think when people rate it to say that it's great beer, it's because they just had a small glass, rather than having to finish a whole bottle with one or two other people

>>13692852
Tasted this while I was in Barcelona. It was amazing taste-wise but hit like a truck. Dunno how locals chugged them so easily.
Impossible to find here in the Midwest tho.

>>13692852
They probably didn't even hire a german brewmaster and just printed German words on the front for prestige.
Even Indians are hiring Germans these days to brew their beer.

>>13688558
for me, it's budvar.

>>13710447
Don't drink it from the can then, pour it into a glass. Beer is brewed, fermented, and kegged in metal containers, but somehow only cans give it a metallic taste?

>>13699871
and they dont let light in!

>>13694334
FUCKING LEEDS M88 WEHHHH

>>13699896
easy

>>13701478
>americans think this is luxury

>>13713061
>the wrapping on top and french name makes it fancy!!

>>13710447
no, no there is not. There is a metallic taste in very cheap beers but its not from the can, its from the cheap grains

>>13710454
>IPAs are British so why do you think you'd find them all over Europe?
I can find literally every style of beer in the US, so I guess I have higher expectations. What an absurd idea that only the place where a name comes from should ever be able to make a style, this isn't fucking wine.

Also lol at the idea that IPAs currently are a british thing, the modern concept is only vaguely related to the historical IPA

>>13713061
Americans think it is fancy relative to Bud Light, which it kind of is, so fair enough. Americans who drink good beer do not consider it special, basically just southerners who only drink Busch Light and already consider Bud high end do

>>13714133
Yes, because all of those brewing companies are new start ups jumping on a trend and mostly brewing British beers.

Meanwhile in Europe, you already have established regional brewing traditions that focus on what the locals like and what they're used to. The idea that all of a sudden, you're going to have hundreds of small breweries open in France and Germany and so on, brewing British style beers is nonsensical.

>>13714970
This. I find it hilarious that American craft brewers primarily do beers in the British traditions. Stouts, porters, IPAs, session ales, ales in general, sours, bitters, etc are all British beers. Only those that try and do Belgian style beers break the mold, that and the ubiquitous pilsner style lagers.

My little brother has been buying alcoholic drinks for some time now. Should I be worried? I cannot drink so I have no clue on how it can affect you.

>>13714970

I can't speak for Germany, but I can assure you you have a lot of craft beer popping up in France and making ipa, because it is the trendy style right now. Granted most of them are pretty shit, but being local is something important for hipsters so it sells

>>13715057
Good, maybe they'll be something drinkable in France if I go anywhere other than Normandy next time I pop over the channel.

Is this any good?

>>13715073
Just drink wine or Belgium beer.

>>13715110
It has a pretty strong taste but i like that

>>13688816
Literally everything they make is great BUT this is clearly the chaddest of all beers.

>>13713061
Americans think Becks Lemon is luxury.

>>13714970
South German here, i.e. the part of Germany that actually makes German beer famous.
We have a lot of the brew masters here, that kinda go the "craft beer" route in addition to the traditional beers they make.
So you get some 600 year old brewery coming up with a Pale Ale and shit like that and sell that along with their 600 year brewing tradition Lager.
That's not the same as brewery making Pale Ale for hundreds of years, with knowledge being passed on between generations of brewers.
Even a very experienced brewmaster can only make an approximation of that, there is a lot of institutional memory involved in things like this.
A great sum of many small factors make a big difference.

>>13715833
sup anon, i'll be in neuernberg for a few months, any local stuff i should try?

>>13716242
Do you mean nuernberg?
I'm not too familiar with the exact brews of the area, since I am not there often, but the region of Franconia, where it's at in Bavaria, is known for having a vast multitude of breweries, even when compared to the rest of Bavaria.
Really, you should probably just look out for the beers each restaurant or pub has on their signs, as most places kinda "commit" to a single brewery, which they will broadcast on their signs and menus (they probably have other beers on tap as well, it's just what you would get when you order a "helles" without specifying).
Those will be the mainstream local brews most of the time, that are really part of the local identity.
But as far as I know, there is an avid beer scene in Nuernberg, so I'd say just be open to try all sorts of things. Visit the multitude of breweries.

I think "red beer" is a distinct specialty of Nuernberg, so try that for sure.
But as a beer fan, you picked a good spot, let me tell you that much, there will be a LOT to try.

>>13716242
Try Rauchbier (smoked beer), which is like exclusively made in Franconia. You could also try Schwarzbier (black beer), which originated in Thuringia that borders upon Franconia.
As a northern German i find Helles and Pilseners from the south kinda bland and boring though. Tastes like German lite beer.

>>13716424
>As a northern German i find Helles and Pilseners from the south kinda bland and boring though. Tastes like German lite beer
What a shitty and wrong opinion lmao.
If anything, you guys are the ones drinking light beer. All your beer tastes like ashtrays, it's just low quality. Don't mistake pollutants for flavour.
Also, our beer is stronger than yours, what are you even saying.

>>13716436
It's true. You should add some hops and bitterness to your beers. Would make them more interesting in taste and much more refreshing. Also the north invented Bockbier that is stronger than anything you had.

>>13716449
You just drink the same low quality pilsener that everyone else in the world drinks.
Also, just making a bock stronger doesn't make it better.
It's best somewhere around 9-12 percent.
Jacking that up to 30 does not somehow make that good.
You clearly haven't tried many beers if you actually think like this.
You probably drink industrial beer exclusively.

>>13716468
Drank about 350 different beers in my life. Helles was always boring. Also never said that more abv is better. Northern style pilseners have enough bitterness that 4,9% are enough alcohol. If the beers are less bitter and more malty like southern style beers you add slightly more alcohol to give it a little bit more punch in taste. I'm not even a fan of beers with more than 7,5%. Beers with more than 10% loose the actuall character of a classic beer to me.

>>13716382
Based, drink a big bottle last night

>>13716565
>BITTER GOOD
>ALCOHOL BAD
You are a tastelet. Also don't say 350 as if that's somehow supposed to be impressive.
If you wanna brag on the internet, you better have an actually big number.

You don't have any variety up there your beer is the same as anywhere else in the world.
When people anywhere think of German beer, they think of Weizen, Oktoberfest, small local breweries, wooden caskets and essentially just bavaria, and not industrial shit like Becks.

>>13716382
Probably my favorite beer

>>13716644
You don't understand anything. Typical Bavarian idiot drinking his girly beers with no actual taste.

>>13717152
Lmao, enjoy your becks and ashtray plastic beers, meanwhile we will keep defining beer culture for the whole world.

>>13715273
Bro the eisbock version is insane

>>13714970
>Yes, because all of those brewing companies are new start ups jumping on a trend and mostly brewing British beers.
This is just a comically out of touch description of US beer making, its absurd

>>13717981
Yeah, but can hardly find it here sadly. I will say it trades a little liveliness for booziness.

>>13693910
If you drinkin heineken, just pour that shit down the drain

Niggers, pussies and women drink beer. MEN drink liquor. Doesn't matter if you're a Scotch guy, a Bourbon guy, a Vodka man. a Gin man, maybe you're an Absinthe devotee? Doesn't matter long as you're drinking a man's drink. I repeat beer is for niggers, faggots, women and teens.

>>13690124
>>13691053
>>13697791
Based
>>13706376
Wait what? I live in Clonmel.

>>13717466
>if you don't drink the 7 different styles that you can get in Bavaria you must drink macropiss

>we will keep defining beer culture for the whole world
Germany is so irrelevant culturally these days its not even funny.

>>13719319
Yass queen, make me another vodka lime soda!

>>13717466

Nobody drink your beer Hanz, face the reality. Belgium and USA are the real important countries when it comes to beer.

>>13688816
weissbeer is beer for women who needs it to be sweet and taste like a fruit

Is this good bros? I want the cute little goat :3

>>13688558
Probably ... B... B... .. ... W.....

>>13719633
Yeah it's pretty damn good. Nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary, but definitely worth trying.

I love the cute goat too. I think I kept him from the last bottle I had. :3

>>13719633
>tfw they had to remove the goats because my country sucks and cant sell ”fun” looking booze :(

>>13719721
It's the fault of babies and people who make them
When will breeders realize they fuck up everything for everyone else? Apple watches should detect pregnancy and notify authorities. If the person fails to immediately move to some shit hole flyover garbage place where alcohol and fun are illegal, the IRS should immediately notify their employer that there is a massive audit pending that can be avoided by simply letting go of the disgusting breeder scum
In this way, problems can be solved without getting unnecessarily heavy handed

>>13719562
Well it's not northern Germany, that's for sure.

>>13719633
Ayinger is a pretty good brewery in general.
Underrated for a Munich brewery.

>>13719577
Have sex.

>>13719737
What?

>>13720042
It's a crazy person, don't worry about it.

>>13693910
Bottles for the winter, cans for the summer

>>13718565
What, they've been around for more than twenty years?

>>13688558
>not the onion
Sometimes I wonder how we're still a super power.

Every time I buy this beer I'm blown away by how amazing it is.

>>13721397
I bought a sixer of Corona Extra in honor of the virus, and still haven't finished it a month later. Corona Familiar is good stuff, though, but nobody sells 32/40oz near me.

>>13720813
Are you implying an 18 year old business is a "start-up"?

>>13719633
Very. Ayinger is best

>>13721397
Really? They surveyed 100% of the country? Truly impressive

>>13722619
:)

recommend me some good dark beers

Not normally an IPA fan, but living in the PNW means having little selection outside of IPA’s. Picked this up tonight and it’s not bad

I get a headache after just 1 beer, what do?

>>13722391
Yes, it's a new company entering a market where major players are over 400 years old.

>>13723254
What? But I was told that America barely made IPAs anymore.

>>13723397
That may be the case in other regions, but in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, kind of Alaska even though they’re their own thing) its IPA ALL FUCKING DAY and as a dry or coffee stout drinker it’s very depressing

>>13723430
Do you live in a trailer park?

>>13723435
I’m at your moms. So yes.

>>13723230
If you don't tell us where you live, it's quite useless

>>13688796
Okay, kavanaugh.

>>13723827
BASED

>>13723395
ok, but thats an absurd definition

>>13723397
who possibly told you that?

>>13723758
canada

>>13723230
What kind of dark beers do you want?
Liquid bread?
Burnt toast?
Coffee and malt?
Dark in color but otherwise the same as light ales and lager?
High ABV barleywine?
Low ABV table ale?

I started drinking this and it's pretty decent
recs? tesco bros?