/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Respect OP. Dogfish is indeed the goddest of god tiers. Can't contribute because you already have.

>IPA

At Firefly Festival that shit was 9 dollars a glass.

Totally worth it.

Young men of America have been brainwashed into thinking this garbage tastes good.

>>4628794
aside from the odd bar visit after work, or afternoon beer at work, where there might be snacks, I rarely drink beer with food. I don't care for a stomach full of malt and fizz and very few real meals call for beer. wine is much more diverse and pairable.

inb4 durr hurr craft beer is durr only drunk inbev durr. I understand there are different kinds of beer but nearly all have co2 and most have some hops and malt in varying amounts.

tl;dr beer with snack food or brats, or by itself. wine with nearly anything, or by itself. guess which one I drink more of.

>>4628844
Beer is shit, water is best because it does not interfere with the taste of the food. Thats why we cook.

>>4628794

Have you had the 120? I did years ago but can't fucking find it anywhere now

>>4628868
Beer can taste good. I'm just trying to figure out the ultra-hop craze. It's like ~20 somethings want to be toughest by drinking the most hoppy crap.

>>4628863
I wholeheartedly agree with this.

I drink quite a bit of beer but for some reason I really don't like it with food. It's my favorite thing to drink when I'm sitting at my battlestation all night

>>4628879
>when I'm sitting at my battlestation all night
>my battlestation
A girl will never touch your penis.

>>4628870
OP here, I actually just picked up a six pack at publix of all places

>>4628927
>>4628870

yeah I can get 120 at my shitty neighborhood bodega. must be a regional thing.

>>4628878
I'm 21 but it's not just the hoppy stuff I enjoy, I can appreciate anything from a stout to a cider, my favorite just happens to be a good ole' hoppy IPA

Belgian style ales work well with fish and other lighter fare, and anybody who'd pick a shit butter bomb Chardonnay over something like Chimay or La Fin du Monde is a fucking pleb who doesn't deserve true Roman bread.

Various stouts, porters, or reds. Also, fuck toasty beers. Mmm, motherfucking burned flavor amirite.

>>4628933

I liked extreme beers the most when I was in my early 20s. It's natural, don't feel you have to impress anyone. You probably have an overwhelming preference for shiraz, zinfandel, and cabernet sauvignon too, and eschew white wines and light bodied reds. And islay malts over speyside. And so forth.

At the same time, don't be that spaz who shits on things that fall outside of your spectrum because you're discovering flavors for the first time. This is why "college kid" is a term of derision. Aside from the rednecks who actually resent education, a lot of it is based on the stereotype of the opinionated 20something who thinks he has experienced everything after a few years of living away from his parents.

These are my two favorite beers. I've never hard dogfish head but I plan to eventually.

Honestly most of the time I drink cheap shit like malt liquor, I'm half way through a peach 4loko at the moment.

midas touch is delicious

>>4628925
Thank god, fucking 3DPD are terrifying

>>4628934

>muh malolactic fermentation

great lakes makes some great beers

>>4628934

I guess they only sell Fetzer in flyover land?

>>4629089
Keep pretending white wine is for anybody but faggots and classless teenage whores. One of these days you'll grow up.

I had a few of these with dinner.

>>4629116

Drinking only one thing is for people with no taste buds. Have fun with your decorative collection of paper beer coasters.

Newcastle

>>4629121
nice choice bro

been drinking this all summer, and don't plan on stopping any time soon

>>4629121
Sierra Nevada really latched onto the seasonal thing well. Some breweries utterly failed at it, but they impressed.

only goes with really hearty food like roast pork though.
the flavour is ridiculously smokey and delicious, it's like drinking smoked bacon.

I actually really like Asahi, the japanese beer. Otherwise, I usually just pick up great lakes.

>>4629160

oh yeah, that stuff is amazing with some mett and onions. this is one case where I'll make an exception to the wine is best with food thing. although a spatburgunder would probably be good too.

>>4629125
>dat projection
This bottle of Alion 2008 I've got open right now is laughing at you and so am I, pleb.

I picked up a 4 pack or dogfish head 90 min ipa's today on the way home from work.

Let me just say.... I am not used to a 9%.

Drank all 4 in an hour and feel pretty loaded.

#yolo

I drink miller high life with these because im a cheap bastard

>>4629176

pretty nice for a midweek wine. I'm drinking red at the moment too, but I still think you're a twat for not drinking any white wine ever.

>>4629183
>not the mustard onion flavor

Fyi, their cheddar bacon flavored is somehow kosher.

>>4629182
OP here, I did the exact same thing, don't know if you were trollin' or not but I actually did

>>4629186
I've tried to understand the appeal. I really have. But I've yet to come across a case when I wouldn't take a really good trappist ale, or a craft cider, or a champagne/sparking wine/cava, or even on occasion a light bodied red if given the chance. Hell, the best thing butter bomb Chardonnay has going for it is that it remonds me of top tier bourbon.

>>4629202

you keep mentioning these hideous california butter bombs. have you ever actually tried a non-malolactic chardonnay? let alone a good riesling like jj prum or willi schaefer and not some blue nun crap? or a seriously complex riserva tondonia blanco from lopez de heredia? or a super tart and acidic thierry germain saumur chenin blanc?

I would hate white wine too if all I had tried was shit california chardonnay.

>>4629198

bitch please i dont hashtag unless i'm super serious

also, where did the neck label go on the 3rd one...

#godonlyknows

>>4629218
I only went back to the butter there because on a superficial level I actually kind of like the upfront oak given I really have a soft spot for small batch bourbon and old school rye. And that was probably a bad thing to tack on the end. So. I have tried other regions/varietals. And they can be decent, but I'm still waiting to really fall in love with an expression of a white grape.

>>4628794
I like to drink water with my meal, it clears the pallete. Before and after though, I like to get trashed.

>>4629237

bourbon and rye are good. but I think you've been sipping mainstream garbage. but that's like just my opinion man.

>>4628942

Dead Guy Ale is very drinkable but it costs 2x as much as it should really.

>>4629237
Go and let bourdain fuck you in the ass. He's pretty mouthy so he might lick you first and then give you a reach around.

>>4629242
yeah, Rogue and Stone are the worst at pricing pretty good beers as though they are excellent beers

>>4629239
Eh. I've sampled around in the sub-$30 range a fair bit. It's hard to want to dive in above that price point when you haven't really connected with anything at the mid-shelf level.

>>4629250
>yeah, Rogue and Stone are the worst at pricing pretty good beers as though they are excellent beers

The only ones I can think of on the Stone side that are overpriced are Levitation, regular IPA, and maybe arrogant bastard. I feel like next year things will get a lot cheaper, they've seen a lot of success this past year.

>>4629252

yeah the problem with white wine is you have to be really picky, do your research, and be willing to spend a little more than you had intended.

with red wine you can basically walk into the shittiest possible liquor store with a $20 and if you're not a complete retard you can walk out with something acceptable.

>>4629259
Sounds pretty gay, lime water works for me. It's not about the money.

>>4629259
maybe in california stone is less expensive, but here, it is priced a little higher than just about every other craft brewer of its quality tier

>>4629234
Mah nigga

>>4629268
>Sounds pretty gay, lime water works for me. It's not about the money.


Was I talking to you, faggot? Was I even talking about what to drink with dinner? Fuck off.

>>4629269
>maybe in california stone is less expensive, but here, it is priced a little higher than just about every other craft brewer of its quality tier

Yeah might could be. Places near me get good deals on their more popular stuff. I think it's like ~4$ for arrogant bastard and a little less for the regular IPA. 5-6 for Ruination and Self-Righteous and maybe a little more for their barleywine.

>>4629274
You sound like a california hipster faggot debating shit craft beers. Do you debate those while wearing horned rimmed glasses?

>>4629264

now the question is do i stumble my way to get some malt liquor or do i just chillllllllllllllllllllllllllll

11 hours until i start work again

LETZ ROKKKKK

>>4629286
>horn rimmed glasses
>hipsters

is California still stuck in 2008?

>>4629287
420 lulz!

>>4629287
I got 8 hours and I already started taking pulls of Jack Daniels cause I'm a broke college kid
#yolo my friend

>>4629294
It could be worse, it could be the faggots in NYC.
Bloomberg nanny state types.

>>4629300
>nanny state types.
pretty sure those are pretty common in California too

>>4629286

You sound like a regular faggot that doesn't know what the word "debate" means.

That's about all the attention I'm going to give you.

>>4629303
Aye, condolences to both of us.

>>4629300

the government only belongs in the bedroom

>>4629310
... with a menu ...

>>4629310
>if you aren't an idiot New Yorker, you are from Alabama

>>4629325
Ahh some beta with an agenda, wont say it, but just as stupid. So ...

>>4629282
I really like stone's ruin-ten ipa. Also idiot ipa from Coronado is god tier.
I am a lucky s.o.b and live near the russian river brewery and am sipping on a pliny as we speak.

Im heading to Portland and Seattle in a few weeks for vacation. Ive heard of Hair of the Dog, Elysian, Deschutes, and Rogue. Any other good breweries in the Pacific NW that I need to try?

>>4629359

I've lived in WA all my life as a NEET and you know better of the 'local' beers than I do.

I've finally got my shit together in the past 6 or so months.... maybe we should do a toure d'seattle together?

>>4629390
>maybe we should do a toure d'seattle together
That only works if you have a vagina. Which being this is /ck/ you might actually have.

>>4628794
>being this pretentious to sell 4 packs

>>4629421
How are 4 packs pretentious?

I much prefer them to brewers selling bombers. I think 4 packs work really well for more expensive beers

>>4629420

I'm not very well hung, but I still definitely have a penis.

That being said I have a queen sized bed in Bellevue and we can both most certainly bang some Indian (red dot kind, no pow wows) broads on it together.

>>4629421
Gotta appeal to the Snirnoff Ice crowd.

>>4629435
Wait, what does smirnoff ice have to do with expensive craft beers in 4 packs?

>>4629431
Sounds like a plan. I'll bring the curry paste.

>>4629437
Four packs appeal to hipster faggots, you hipset faggot.

>>4629451
>Four packs appeal to hipster faggots
I don't believe this at all, what possible connection is there between hipsters and 4 packs, and what does that have to do with smirnoff ice

also most beers sold in 4 packs are way too expensive for hipsters

>hipster hipster hipster

well, the thread started off alright. might be time to hide it soon.

>>4628794
>2013
>Not drinking PBR and wearing a fedora

wrong wit u

>>4629470
I really don't understand this. where the hell do hipsters drink craft beer? Fucking Alabama? Craft beer is usually very popular amongst young adults and relatively expensive for alcohol, neither fact exactly conducive for hipster popularity

>>4629475

I think the crucial point here is that calling a person a "hipster" is basically just a meaningless insult in 2013. it referred to a specific subculture in the 1950s and for a few years in the 2000s, but both subcultures are long dead.

>>4629475

a secondary way to look at it is you are basically calling me a hipster for simultaneously being calorie conscious and liking and immensely full flavored ipa

an insult to which i am not insulted by

>caring about what others drink

These are pretty nice during summer. Also been drinking Allagash White along with some saisons.

>>4629234

#shitfacedupdate

when bad decisions go good\\

or the other way around fuck i dont know

>>4629548
>Moose Drool

muh brotha from anutha mutha

>>4629539
I tried Summer Shandy a few weeks back. I don't know what I was expecting, but the lemon was overkill.

>>4629670
yeah i don't like Summer Shandy very much. Sunset Wheat it my go-to.

Picked up 2 12 packs of this yesterday, easily my favorite Hefeweizen.

>>4629719
brand/brewery?

craft beers and people who care about them are so fucking gay

>>4629766
Yea, it tends to be fueled by bearded hipsters, but don't let them ruin it for you.
I think the craft brewery explosion is good, mostly. At the very least people now have access to fresh beers instead of crap shipped in from St. Louis

>>4629741
Widmer Brothers out of Portland OR.

http://widmerbrothers.com/beer/

I fucking love their Alchemy Ale and Pitch Black IPA.

>>4629548
i am making the mistake of moving away from the city where moose drool came from this sunday. have you tried kettlehouse's cold smoke? that is the BEST Missoula has to offer

>>4628794
>90 minute IPA
>not 120 minute IPA (18% abv)

Also, their Black & Blue is delicious and the San Paulo Marron is fucking incredible (12% abv brown ale aged in San Paulo wooden vats - the largest vats since the prohibition era)!

>>4628942
>four loco
>all of my ew
>mfw people in michigan drink high life or steele reserve mixed with four loco

I have no clue how you people manage to eat and drink beer at the same time. A stout is like a meal for me.

>>4629773

I can see how those type of people would be a total turnoff. Also,

>people who hoard releases and then brag about it.
>people who ask for Pleeny the Elder and Westveltroon at your local beer place in Texas and when they get politely told "no", storm out of the store

>>4630384

T-try something lighter?

i've been slummin hardcore this summer, corona on the cheap. seems like i only ever drink craft beers in the winter time. not a big fan of most light beer i guess.

>>4630384
that's because a stout is a very heavy beer.

>>4630413

Same. I tend to stock up on craft stouts and porters during summer and cellar them until the temperature drops. Need to get my hands on some Black Butte XXV.

>>4628794
I don't drink beer, but if I were to drink alcohol: isopropyl alcohol. I like spitting fireballs after I start feeling my liver cry out in pain. Obviously, being the god tier drink it is, it is 199.99 proof.

>>4629287
i'd smoke weed but i have to clean up some mescaline first

>>4629670
>>4629677
And yet, the summer shandy is the only one by that brand I like. The lemon overkill is what makes it tasty.

>>4629518
OP here again, how was work today my man? I got plastered and definitely felt it today

>>4630993
summer shady is meh, berry weiss is like drinking fruit loops.

>>4628927
They sell dogfish head at publix?

>>4628942
>4loko

I've literally had too many drunk chucks with those that I immediately gag at the taste of a 4loko now. That shit was the best cheap drink

Where do you gents go for your good beers? My only choices I've found are total wine which is pretty far from my house or my local grocery stores, where the only drinkable shit are Guinness, Fat Tire, and Newcastle.

>>4630384
I know that feeling

>>4631649
Total Wine for me

Total ID everybody and log their names twice

>>4630384
A stout is a pretty fucking heavy beer, so try something lighter. I personally love a good stout with something like beef stew or shepherd's pie, but if I want something lighter I'll just have a porter or lighter ale.

tl;dr we're men.

>>4631649
The stuff at grocery stores is crap.

Do you live in one of those shitty states that doesn't have actual liqueur stores? I've got like 5 stores within a mile's radius that has a huge variety from nationally distrubuted to local microbrews.

My favorite store has a "make your own 6-pack" deal where you can just mix and match 6 beers. great way to try out a bunch of new ones.

>>4631656
VA, we have the abc store for all hard liquor, but they don't have beers there so I've gotta go elsewhere.

>>4631656
>My favorite store has a "make your own 6-pack" deal where you can just mix and match 6 beers. great way to try out a bunch of new ones.

I do that when I go to Total Wine, it's actually what got me into trying new stuff in the first place. My girlfriend took me out for our anniversary and had me pick out a bunch of shit to try. Shit's pretty cash.

would prefer to drink without food but personal fave

My favorite drinking beers are in the IPA category. Fuck all of you, they taste good to me. I don't drink them with meals though because the taste is too strong, I like to go with something lighter in flavor. Usually with a meal I'll have a nice hefeweizen or some sort of plain lager or pilsner. Mexican beers go well with food too, light as fuck. I guess I'm saying I prefer the lesser-flavored mainstream beers with my meals and I save the craft brew for later.

>>4631680
Damn, I've never seen this one. I'm a fan of Sam Smith's oatmeal stout and nut brown ale. The other ones have been OK too. Is your pic related very hard to find? I'm pretty sure if I'd ever seen it I would have bought one.

>>4631695
Im not sure but the only place Ive seen it is The Flying Saucer in my city. I did tell the local specialty liquor store that carry the oatmeal stout and they said they could special order it for me. It tastes amazing

>>4629506
>Hitachino nest
Tried both white and red ale. Nice brew, but $6 for a bottle (11oz?) is too much for me.

>>4631694
Zach?

>>4631710
Houston-fag, whats good? Haven't been to flying saucer in a minute, I'll check for this next time I'm there though. Whats the liquor store you're talking about?

YGSIU

>>4631656
>The stuff at grocery stores is crap.
depends onw here you live

Here in the upper midwest, most grocery stores have a really good selection. usually about 75% of the selection of good liquor stores but usually a little cheaper than liquor stores

people who say bad things about people's beer choices are gay. i like pabst, i don't know why that makes me a hipster. i like IPAs, that doesn't make me a tryhard faggot. i used to be guilty of this myself, judging people who drink smirnoff ice and other things i don't like. live and let live

>>4631804
actually san antonio fag. liquor store im talking is Twin Liquors

>>4631852
Right on. Drink what tastes good to YOU, and fuck all. Let others drink what they like as well. I only judge when somebody refuses to try something new because they're so set in their rut. At least taste something before you claim to not like it. And if you really still think Bud Light tastes better to you, then by all means keep drinking that.

>>4631852
If someone buys Bud Light, I will judge them, I probably won't say anything depending on my relation with the person, but they definitely deserve to be judged for their actions.;

People should be held accountable for dumb things they do, otherwise they will probably keep doing them

>>4631838
My favorite place to buy craft beer is at a grocery store

>>4631694
i agree with you man, if i get a really good craft beer i dont like to eff my palate up with food, id have like something from sam adams to dos equis with food but more to drink than to savor

These threads make me sad. It's next to impossible to get any american microbrew beer in Québec. Well, an american microbrew beer occasionaly pops up at local brewpub, but outside of that no places ever carry any.

We do have our own breweries but I'd really like to try the stuff you have down south.

Anyway, back on topic, call me a tryhard but I like stouts and tripel. A good imperial stouts goes really well with a burger in summer.

>>4631890
I love stouts, if a beer can't be a meal all on its own then what's the point?

>>4631889
xactly. Give me excellent beer and I'd like to drink it how it is, no food or garnish. Give me excellent food and I'd like a beer with it, but nothing with a strong overpowering flavor.

>>4631773

Yeah, true. I was able to get a 24 case for 4 dollars a bottle to share for the 4th. I figured I probably won't be drinking this any other time of year.

>>4631804

Been to D&Q lately? Living in Katy fucking sucks bro.

>>4631909
>D&Q
Not sure what that is. What is it? I do my liquor/beer shopping at Spec's in midtown. I'd suggest ANY Houstonfags go there for liquor, beer, cheese, bread, deli meat, and fine food shoppings. I know you've probably been to a Spec's if you live in the area, but that one in midtown is so far beyond any of the others.

>>4631895
Not sure if sarcastic, honest or a bit of both.

>>4631931
dude they recently opened a Spec's in San Antonio but i havent made it there yet ill have to actually check it out now
captcha : ogyAgro Hollandaise

>>4631961
My sentiment is 100% legit.

>>4631963
Generally Spec's is awesome. It depends on the location though, some are much bigger and better than others.

>>4631931

It's a mini-mart in Montrose. Really small and ghetto looking but always has an amazing selection, especially for seasonals. Yeah Spec's on Smith is like Disneyworld for alcoholics. While it is hard to compete with Spec's price wise, D&Q always has a selection on par with Spec's and the owner is a bro (best customer service you will find). Also, everything can be broken down to singles.

>>4631972

The ones out in the suburbs are pretty amusing somethings because no one fucking buys beer. I feel sorry for the dude who works the one near me. Although they always have stuff I want.

>>4631983
>The ones out in the suburbs are pretty amusing somethings because no one fucking buys beer.
you southerners are an odd group of people

>>4631975
Aw shit, I've been there I think. It's the one on Richmond or Alabama right? Nice little store with good selections. I've been there a few times but forgot about it. I do my main beer and liquor collecting at that Spec's in midtown these days. This makes me want to check out the d q again though.

What's a good chocolate stout? I want to try different brands to see if I can taste the difference

>>4632056
second

I'm seeing a disturbing lack of love for Bell's in this thread.

I love 90 minute, but the only thing that touches two-hearted imo is Stone. Then there's hopslam...and their amber is just amazing, balanced, caramelly, not as biscuity as fat tire.

Rogue is my personal favorite on the west coast though.

Of course

>>4629150

WHO LOVES ORANGE SODA?