/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16572815
I removed beer from my diet and lost 25 pounds in just a few months. Cheers to all you skinny bros that can drink beer and not gain any weight.

>>16572815
the bottle looks like an anal plug

>>16572858
I ate fast food almost every day for a while to see if it was even possible for me to gain weight but all i got was a little bit of extra skin hanging over my pants and it gone two weeks after i stopped with the slop

>>16572858
it's a shame but it's true. lost almost 15 pounds (mostly gut fat) now since 4th of july when i had my last beer

>>16572819
>HECKING BREWDOG!!!

>>16572819
As far as macro microbreweries go, brewdog is probably the worst.

>>16572896
It always gives me a mental lurch to see Jesse Cox on these soy compilations. I used to watch his stuff religiously

>>16572912
>It always gives me a mental lurch to see Jesse Cox on these soy compilations. I used to watch his stuff religiously

>>16572977
Kek don't get me wrong, he totally fits the stereotype

I can't find this shit anywhere anymore

>>16572815
Absolutely based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOa2vqB4ptw

>>16572815

>>16572867
Spoken like a man whose never used either.

>>16573297
I can find it pretty easily in Omaha. If I can find it there maybe you ain’t looking hard enough.

>>16572815
I prefer pic rel

>>16573471
I live in a tiny shithole in canada, it's a miracle it ever showed up at all. This shit was even more rare, but it's the best beer I've ever had.

>>16572815
Duvel is based but also expensive. An occasional treat

for me its

>>16572815
>>16573387
>>16573459
>>16573544
>>16573608
based thread

>>16573692
I need to try the other Rocheforts. I tried 10 based on the advice of anons in threads like this a little while ago, but it was a little too heavy for me.

>>16573692
This is the best beer I've ever had. What else should I try? I like all kinds

>>16573848
Go with other Trappist beers, some have already been posted in this thread. I think Chimay and Le Trappe are fantastic, myself.

They'll all be similar to Rochefort, but with their own particularities and flavor undertones.

>>16572912
yeah me too :(

>>16572815

For me it's a good Kwak.

>>16572815
For me, it's De Ranke's XX bitter

>>16572906
Based my brother's opinion poster

>>16573886
My local has started stocking chimay and le trappe and I can't get enough of the brown and white. How's the Le Trappe quad? I want to try it but im worried it'll be too sweet.

>>16572819
>I just love the hustle and bustle of the city!

>>16572819
Fun fact about Brewdog is the malt bill for their entire beer range has the exact same base which makes up about 65% of the mash, that's why their beers especially pales are distinctively Brewdog.

Another fun fact, none of the food they market as vegan is actually vegan because they use dairy and animal fat in all their dishes.

Final Fun Fact: James Watt is the most buriable cunt in the UK

tonight its

Unironically whats the deal with monks and beermaking? Doesn't seem like a very holy endeavor.

>>16572819

I wanted to try this but after seeing those douchebags in the park with Oz & James I just can't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hILGIYm-cTg&t=405s

(starts at ~6:45)

>>16574094
When the tradition started it was potentially life-saving in some places because the alternative drinking water was almost always contaminated with human waste or animal waste or something else cholera-inducing

>>16572819
I am from the city Brewdog came from and I am here to call you a faggot

>>16574094
The Church has never been opposed to alcohol. Wine gladdenth the heart of man, and the Lord came eating and drinking.

For me? It's Amberbock. Smooth with a dark, rich taste.

cannot wait for cooler weather to start tucking into some damn imperial stouts

>>16573786
I enjoyed 6 the most, and yes Im a pleb how could you tell

>>16573996
Based, I love De Ranke probably my favorite brewery here with Dupont and De Dochter van de Korenaar if we're not looki g at sours. Their yearly hop harvest bottle is pretty great if you can get some, the years pick of fresh hops(instead of dried) brewed into something good. Cuvée De Ranke is great too (mix of oak aged brown beer and lambic).

>>16573608
St. bernardus is based af, I live next to a self-proclaimed "beer-boutique" and pick up a bottle every now and then.

>>16573682
I tried the Chimay Red, and the White.
The Blue is on my bucket list before the end of the world.

>>16572896
Brewdog and Stone Brewing are weird cases culturally. They both got caught right on the cusp of the shift from "it's cool to like non-mainstream beer styles, and shit on big money American Adjunct Lagers" and "beer snobbery is gay soiboy shit." Both leaned in heavily on the former, and got real uncool real fucking fast when the tide changed. I'm curious to know whether it actually hurt either financially though.

>>16573459
based Orval chad

>>16573608
I'm Canadian too. St Bernardus is great (I miss the mixed 6-packs we used to get at Chrismas - haven't seen those since covid started). Do yourself a favour and buy whatever Rochefort is available to you. If you're in Ontario, know that you're getting the 8 or the 10 cheaper than any American; one of the perks of the lcbo being a big buyer internationally.

>>16572819
>giving money to BrewDog
Thanks, i almost forgot retards like you existed. Carry on jerking off in supermarkets and eating dirt or whatever your kind does for fun.

>>16572815
Actually tried this for the first time a week ago, was actually pleasant. Had a nice creamy, lightly fruity flavor to it.

>>16575853
I prefer stupid fat ugly retard bastard ale.

>>16572815
I do fucking love duvel, while some other beers might be objectively superior I always come back to my beloved duvel and it's definitely the belgian beer I've had the most.

I had a bottle of the Duvel 6.66 a while ago and it was pretty nice too, I need to get some again.

>>16575912
Alright Nick calm down, we all know you don't even drink anymore.

what beer has the funniest looking bottle? I never had red stripe but it has a good one.

>>16575965
Delirium Tremens for sure

>>16573928
Is it true that you get aids the second you touch that wooden handle?

>>16573544
My gentleman of color.

>>16572819
>IPA

Blow it out your ass.

>>16572884
Damn, I'm slightly overweight and I love beer to much to give it up
Beer never made me fat in high school when I drank 5 days a week but in my 20s it has

>>16575853
So what does the beer crowd think is cool these days?

Budweiser is unironically the best beer

>>16576169
I dunno, I think it was sours and goses prior to covid, and then all momentum kinda died.
I'm not American, and they have a type of beer I really like but can't find any examples of in Canada. It's a really malty, not fruity IPA. Examples would include Dogfish Head 90 Minute, Bell's Two-Hearted, and Founder's Centennial. They rule. Our stores are packed with shitty fruity hazy IPAs instead. I have several friends who just went back to drinking macros because our craft beers are all fruit juice + ethanol. I also like saisons; Boulevard's Tank 7 and Goose Island's Sofia are good ones.
Quebec also makes a lot of good stuff, a lot of it Belgian-inspired, but I haven't been allowed to go there either. Anyway, sorry for the rambling, regional-focused answer.

>>16576146
Kinky.

>>16576206
I'm not an IPA guy but I do like Dogfish 60 minute and Bell's Two Hearted.
I think the rise of hard seltzer ruined innovation in the craft beer industry

>>16576232
DFH 60 Minute and Bell's Two Hearted are great.
I dunno about "ruined," but seltzers have definitely had an influence. I noticed this summer that Stella was packaging their 355mL beers in skinny little White Claw-style cans.
Alcopops have always existed though; for my generation it was Mike's Hard Lemonade and 4Lokos. Hard seltzers are just the zero-cal iteration, an alcoholic mirror reflection of LaCroix and its imitators growing profitable.

>>16576253
Beer consumption (both macro and craft) is declining because of the seltzer boom, and shelf space formerly dedicated to beer is being used more and more by seltzer.
Craft brewers are making seltzers too now, which is taking away from potential development of new beers

>>16576169
Hazy ipas, fruited sours, and pastry stouts. It's fucking bleak.

>>16576274
Huh. I don't think I've seen it swing that way so dramatically, but as mentioned I'm Canadian. Alcohol sales in my province (ON) are a literal duopoly, and lumbering organizations are slow to adapt.

>>16576283
Yeah I hate it.
I buy tons of AALs and Modelos now because of that

>>16576289
1/3 of the alcohol space at American 7-11s is now devoted to Seltzer, it's bleak

>>16576304
Oof, that sucks. Last time I was in the US was maybe 2014 or '15, and I remember envying you guys. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot and Torpedo, Old Rasputin, or Ommegang Hennepin available at whatever shitty gas station you wandered into. I would imagine you've still got good beer stores around though?

>>16576330
Yeah we have good beer stores but even in those, they tend to be IPA heavy

>>16572884
>>16572858
i kept the beer and just cut snacking
quickly hit pre-pandemic size

>>16576169
Like the other anons said sours and imperials are big right now and probably half the craft section at most bottle shops. Thankfully it feels like there's been a bit of a return to tradition lately and I'm seeing a lot more belgian and german styles available. Dubels, tripels, red ales, and english strongs and browns seem to be way more popular than a year ago.

>>16575853
It is quite odd that they pretend to be the good guys but don't even post a list of ingredients.
>>16575965
my local discounter carries this beer once every 3 moths. 10.5% makes this a meme beer
>>16576165
I've lowered my food intake and try not to drink late at night with mild success. I'm neither gaining nor losing any weight. :/
>>16576573
I don't like the trend to imperialize every beer style. Some just taste better with a lower ABV

>>16573459
Years wrap all favorite Belgian, I know it’s the black sheep flavor wise. More like a Berliner Weiss than anything
>>16574093
There’s a good lad

>>16574093
As a German this image made my cringe really hard.

big fan of this

>>16576625
Im with you. Ive had some really nice ~12% beers but they become a chore to drink because you have to sip it like a wine or risk fucking yourself up. Why can't they just stick to a nice 6 - 8% so I can drink it like a proper beer and not have the ethanol hint distracting from the flavour

For me it’s this game changer.

>>16576210
Eat shit and die.

>>16576169
I'm pretty tired of all the Barrel-aged Pastry Stouts, 70% fruit IPA's 'now with added bits' and Pale Ale DMS bombs. Now I appreciate anything that's clean enough to be sessionable, just a nice old plain well made beer.

>>16572815
For me it's our cheap local beer that's 8,49€ on sale.

>>16576714
Mugs are only for helles and dunkel lager?

>>16577026
Mugs are for lagers. Preferably tapped beers. What triggers him the most is that you're not using a weizen glass.

>>16577040
>lager
Mug
>Belgian
Chalice
>wheat
That bulbous weizen glass
>kolsch
Those little baby glasses
>porters and stouts
Tulip
>ale
????
>IPA
Toilet

Close enough?

>>16577048
You can drink lagers from whatever you want. Glasses like pic related are the most elegant looking imo but tulips are also common. Mugs are more common in bars so drunks can't break the glasses as easily as thin ones. For helles there's also the willibecher that's similar to pint glasses.

>>16577209
Forgot the damn pic.

>>16577213
Danke, just popped open my first Festbier of the season. Weihenstephaner. Got a pack of Ayinger Marzen for later with my brother. Prost!

>>16576573
Can't there be innovation in more sessionable styles too?
Like if they can make 15 new IPA styles, why not amber ales/lagers?

>>16572815
A national treasure, at least until Heineken bought them

>>16576625
Eating smaller portions (while changing almost nothing else) helped me
I used to eat until I felt stuffed, now I eat until I'm comfortable

>>16576899
Agreed. I stopped caring for even regular IPAs a few years ago.

>>16573459
It's fucking hilarious that orval can work with a keto diet

>>16574050
That's the wonderful thing about Trappist ales. They're like a greatest hits album of beers and pretty much universally fantastic.

For me it's this.
Shout out to unibroues fin du monde

>>16576169
Depends on what you mean by beer crowd. For people who actually like beer, it’s beer. For people trying to accessorize their copy/paste personality it’s hazy IPAs and fruited sours. Chicks dig pastry stouts I guess.

But the real answer is seltzers. Breweries are kept afloat by boozed up la croix and beer is becoming a novelty. Won’t be long before a seltzery is a thing.

>>16579093
Seltzer is killing the beer market.

I wonder if beer will even exist 20 years from now

>>16579037
Very few beers can.

>>16579093
>chicks dig pastry stouts
if 'chick' is codeword for bearded someone, then chicks most definitely do enjoy pastry stouts

>>16579245
Chicks only like Seltzers

>>16575429
There's a green and a gold chimay too