/ck/ - Food & Cooking

OP here, I carried them all home in my trusty dusty fedora

I got an expired 6 pack of Red Chair for 4$. Still tastes good.
Thinking about trying the new Berliner Weiss Schell's put out, but 12$ for a bomber sorta turns me off.

I've got a 6pk of anchor old foghorn,
bomber of stone chai spiced russian imp stout
750ml of Boulevard's burbon barrel quad
bomber of lagunitas imperial stout
6pk speakeasy big daddy ipa
a single grapefruit sculpin and a single bottle of dorado dipa

4-5 cases of bottled and 10 gallons of kegged home brew. Not sure what to drink

>drinking liquid jew
weed is better and doesn't make you fat

>>6626703
I have had the dogfish head festina. I liked it.
I however have not had the other three sours. Please post pictures and some reviews of said sours.

>>6626782
>weed doesn't make you fat

It's the munchies and laziness that make you fat

>>6626782
No. No it's not

>>6626808
Sure thing. GF has been raving about the stuff from DESTIHL's Wild Sour series and this will be my first time trying one of them. I'll probably wait for her to be over to try anything but the Kirsch Gose because she's already had that.

Was just preparing to fire of a new one myself.

Not an recent haul but still. Got some new beers that i tried tonight coming up!

Pleasant enough hoppy stout, still i enjoy them a bit stronger!

>>6626886
You always seem to get your hands on some really awesome stuff, nice haul.

ITT: muh gimmicky beer

>>6626901
What's the gimmick?

>>6626897
Occasionally that is though, that haul was probably my best one to date (the Moloko was underwhelming as hell though!).

Rochefort indeed, just not as flavorful and balanced as the 10. Miss alot in the taste. Still very nice belgian!

>>6626901
Please explain.

>>6626910
I really want to try some of Mikkeller's beer. Just had a St. Bernardus 12 last night, great stuff. When I first got into beer I drank tons of belgian style darker ales and then kind of fell out of them, stocking up and getting back into them lately though.

>>6626934
I have tried alot of Mikkellers stuff, anything in particular you recommend? Loved their beer geek breakfast line!

Last pint of my first homebrew Zombie dust. Next generation on fermentation right now. Hopefully it will turn out atleast as good as this one did!

>>6626934
>>6626963
Read it as you wanted me to try more Mikkeller for some reason, realized my mistake now. So yeah, beer geek stouts are all very good. The I beat you IIPA is well worth a try, also all their pilsners are well worth to try if you can get a hand of them!

>>6626969
I'm the guy who's always posting from the Chicago suburbs, I think I found a store that has a lot of foreign stuff so I'm hoping to get out there within the next few weeks and see what I can pick up without paying an arm and a leg.

>>6626975
Well the vanilla shake beer geek might be worth an arm atleast just so you know if you find that one!

>>6626984
Thanks for the heads up, whenever I make it out there I'll put up a photo.

Think I'm gonna open my Stone Enjoy By bomber tonight.

>>6627007
Take a pic of that as well then! if not else just to inject some spirit to the thread! Only had their imperial stout so far but i do look forward to trying some IPAs from them!

>>6626963
Mikkellers "sponta----" series is dope as fuck

>>6627013
Oh I will, probably in an hour or two. I usually buy their stuff when I see it, the Enjoy By's are a great series of IPAs. My favorite has been the 12/26/2014. Also have a bottle of their Mutt Brown Imperial Brown Ale in the fridge, eager to give it a try.

>>6627027
Seen it online but have yet to try any of them. Will keep them in mind then!

>>6627028
Soon i will see these beers on my shelf hopefully!

#1

Short's Soft Parade.


Yum

Numero dos

Very sour and very delicious

>>6627123
GREAT beer, I've only ever had one but it was pretty spectacular.

Not as fruity as other iterations have beens. Distinctly dry, bitter, and grassy with Galaxy and Citra hops really shining through. These are always great though and I have never been let down.

>>6627123
Are you the guy trying to drink ever beer available at his pub? How's it going?

>>6627123
That is a delicious brew. Good choice, anon.

>>6627164
>>6627167

Thanks and yes that's me. I've drank all the good ones and I have to pick and peck at what's left now. About 190 of 208 done. Almost there.

Abandoning the quest and drinking a draft now. This is a recent favorite. Deschutes fresh squeezed IPA.

>>6627172
That's a great IPA. Wish my bar did something like that, I'm sure I've tried everything there.

Might stay for the whole tigers game if I don't get too drunk

#michiganbeer

My favourite beer to get drunk on. I could down these motherfuckers like its nothing

none of that dumb little hipster craft beer for me, only quality

>>6627215
How is that? I almost grabbed a bottle today.

>>6627215
Dark horse rules

>>6627238

This one is sour as fug. Like drinking a warhead.

>>6627323
Nice!!!! That's one from the series I posted in OP. How is it? I'm looking for some still since GF wouldn't share.

>>6627300
>blastitwithpiss.png

>>6627341

The can says it's full of citrus and I can taste that. But more than anything I am tasting some green apple bubble pop or mystery flavor airhead. Very sour either way, but I love sours

Final beer here because I am pretty sauced at this point

This one is also delicious

>>6627458
plz describe, I've been hesitant to buy because I don't really care about tea but I love flavored stouts

>>662i bouthgt a 12 pack of stones

it feels good to be 87..2

>>6627468
wat

>>6627468
That post was a trainwreck

>>6627467
Hard to say then because you can def taste the chai spice, which I happen to love.

It's very tasty in stout form, if that helps sway you

>>6627468

>>6627468

Drinking this right now, it's great especially after working in the hot sun all day.

>>6627478
Eh, I'll try it out, its only 8 or 9.99 USD so it won't let me down too much.

Anyone here ever try this Stingo from Samuel Smith Brewery? Any good?

>>6627590
I've tried it. It is definitely worth buying a bottle.

Anyone interested in trying a unique porter should check this out.

>>6627594
What's it like? I've seen some call it bitter, some sour, and some rummy. Mainly I'd like to know just so I know when to drink it, I'll certainly pick one up if it's recommended.

>>6627458
Just had the regular IRS from them. Was still very fresh and boozy. I'm going to give my other bottle another couple months at least.

>>6627609
The aging in oak contributes to its flavor considerably. Pair that with a lot of dark fruit (figs, raisins, etc.) and a silky smooth mouthfeel - it's a pretty great beer.

>>6627624
Awesome. Certainly sounds good, worth 12.99 USD a bottle?

>>6627631
I'd say yes

>>6627468
It's time for bed, anon

Just bought a 6 pack of this

Are sours becoming the new IPAs?

>>6627682
no, they are becoming the new barrel aged imperial stout

>>6627673
Did youridicylous imperial coffee stout? It's so damn good and cheap it's ridiculous

>>6627773
Idk what happened there. Did you try their imperial coffee stout* fuck

>>6627780
not recently, but yeah, it is excellent

Just enjoying the classics m8

>>6627682
Next IPA's are Saison's

>>6627172
>Fresh Squeezed
It's definitely in my top 5 beers of all time, it's literally too drinkable.

>>6627978
>muh nigga
Going to have a bottle of that right now.

>>6626703
Good picks

>>6626886
Oh mikkeller they have some great brew

>>6628013
IPAs aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but sours seem to be the growing trend everywhere

Any of you use untappd? Post names...drtyn8 I do but often forget to check in my beers. Philly pharmhouse from flying fish

>>6629001
Just added you m8. I'm the gnardog

>>6629072
So you don't like dfh? Tried the theobroma? 120min? They come up with some strange ones but I've liked a few of them

>>6629084
I'm just never as crazy about their stuff as I'd hope to be. But no I haven't tried either of those, I'll keep an eye out. I'm OP so I'm hoping that these Festina Peche can change my mind on them.

>>6629088
Haven't had this year's yet. Last year way good.. im a sour fan have you had the victory sour monkey?

>>6629099
Not yet, I'm still fairly new to these sour beers. I am looking out for it though, I know it's something I wanna try. In other news a road trip was just thrust upon me and I'm leaving for Boston from Chicago in the morning. Any must stop places there or on the way?

>>6629927
Hmmm. Maybe Hennepin in Cooperstown ny. Can't think of any stand out places... plenty of places in between but how far out of the way you want to go or which way are you going? Spring house in Pennsylvania is good but think it's too far south for your trip some good brews in ct too. Wachusett is in central mass. If in Boston you see cisco brews try them. I love their grey lady.

I am drinking this Dogfish Head Midas Touch. I wanted to try some Festina Peche but it sold out in a couple days and I missed it.

Anyway, whether or not you buy into/enjoy the whole "ancient ale thing Dogfish has, this is damn good. Unique too. It smells pretty grapey, like a sweet white wine. The flavor is interesting, but kind of hard to describe. Some people say it is like a combination of champagne, mead, and beer, but to me it is almost like a grapey saison... Try it for yourself!

>>6630353
That sounds delicious. I've seen a lot of people hate on this brew

>>6630359
That is because it is considered "cool" or "hip" or "elite" to hate Dogfish Head for some reason, or to call them "gimmicky". Rouge is a gimmicky brewery, Dogfish is NOT. They are cool guys, who just make the beer they want to make, and most of the time they do it well.

As far as this particular beer goes, autists on the internet just get triggered about the whole ancient ale/King Midas thing. It taste damn good, who cares if they bases it off of some recipe in a tomb or if they didn't (they did by the way, not to be gimmicky, but because it was a neat idea, and it tasted good after the fact)

Just drunk off this.. anybody here??

>>6626703
I'm a poor college student, so pretty much just 30 pack of old Milwaukee for $18

>>6627458
I love this as a fan of chai tea. The beer lost a lot if not all of its stout flavor though. Not that I care too much.

>>6630379

I need to stop just buying beer and actually start drinking some of this collection.

>>6631978
iktfb

But there's so much good shit to try, I can't drink it all fast enough.

My fridge has about 30 beers in it right now - most of them from Founders because I went through an obsession with all of their beers when I first started drinking craft beer.

Now I have
>5 bottles of FBS
>3 FIS
>2 Backwoods Bastard (damn that shit got good as fuck after a few months)
>4 Founders Porter (still drink that shit daily - it's my go-to beer)

Then I've got
>1 BCBStout
>1 BCBBarleywine
>1 (year old) Imperial Biscotti Break
>1 Ballast Point Victory at Sea
>1 Stone Imperial Russian Stout

It's dawning on me that I need some beer that isn't all roasted barley

College student here. Is there a trick to liking beer? Every goddamn person I meet gets me "the perfect beer" so that I can get into the beverage. I've run the gamut from fucking Keystone Light to Sam Adams to Fat Tire to some local microbrew shit and a bunch of beers in between. Every time it's just nasty-ass swill that I can't help but spit out and then go shoot vodka to cleanse the palate.

Beer is unequivocally an acquired taste. But should I bother acquiring it at all if I can't stand the stuff as of right now? Am I missing something?

>>6631978
>I need to stop just buying beer and actually start drinking some of this collection.
Literally Me: The Post

>>6632001
You might just straight up not like beer. There's no shame in admitting that. I'd recommend a fruit/vegetable beer or some sort of chocolate/oatmeal/coffee sweet stout if you want to give it one last shot.

>>6631978
I have that problem too where every time I go to the grocery store I see something new I want to try, and while I drink a lot, I don't drink fast enough and now my fridge space is 50% beer

>>6631978
At one point I had 150 beers. I'm down to 80 now. Oops.

>>6632001
I absolutely fucking love beer. But if you don't like it, you don't like it. Don't feel obliged to like beer. I have lots of friends who are the same as you.

>>6627978
had this on draft last night. Refreshing and smooth

I'm currently at work and I'm craving a beer, I can go across the street and buy a 24oz from the liquor store but it makes me feel like a scum bag. I'm working as a cashier, 8 hour shift, probably 3 customers an hour.

>>6632650
Fuck it. One day I helped out some customer so she smoked me up. I fell asleep in the back office and left the new kid up front by himself

>>6632662
I smoke at work anyways, I'm a daily smoker so it doesn't even faze me anymore.

my buddy left three of these in my fridge when he left. how is it?

>>6633128
Worst wheat beer out there, but still drinkable. Imagine a citrusy coors

>>6632650
Smoke crack faggot

Is there a kind of Lager that doesn't taste watered down, or is that just the kind of beer that is? I've went through a variety of brands and they don't seem to taste a whole lot different.

>>6633144
>worst

what's the best?

>>6633617

its pretty much just how lagers are

>>6633617
A lager is meant to be cheap and easily quaffable. If you want something a bit stronger I suggest you try a pilsner.

>>6633638
Couldn't tell you. I like oberon.

>>6633649
What? Pilsner is lager
>>6633617
Go for a bock or dopplebock or maybe one of the newer hoppier lagers. Most lagers are typically boring and light but they don't have to be

ask a guy who works for a specialty whiskey and beer store as a buyer anything

> most of stones beer is shit
> macro is shit
> LA > SD

>>6633918
> most of stones beer is shit
> macro is shit
> LA > SD
Oh man. I can already tell you don't know shit, but you really think you do.

Was sipping on this the other day. Have another bottle too gonna pop it in a year or two and see how it fairs :D

>Crooked Fence- Sins of our Fathers Imperial Stout
>Prairie Artisan Ales- Eliza5eth Farmhouse Ale in background

>>6633144
I wouldn't say absolute worst since it can be enjoyable at times

>>6634128
I'd say worst. I'm not saying it's a shit beer at all. I enjoy it from time to time. I'm saying its usually the worst one you can buy at a liquor store

Love it when Stone is on sale

what's the best cheap beer you can get in Italy

Summer is finally arriving in Germany

>>6626782
>everything I don't like is automatically jewish

I want /pol/ to leave please.

>>6634647

It's just too sweet for my liking

>>6634677
They never leave. They just slowly grow. /pol/ will be the last nail in the coffin for 4chan

Finally drank my 2015 Sour in the Rye
Goddamn that was worth what i paid for it.
Exactly what im looking for when i want a sour.
So tart, so tangy, so much pucker.

I actually live near the Bruery but all their best shit is for Members Only, and i am NOT dropping 300 a year to be part of that club.

>>6634723
Damn. They're taking the beer game to another level with that member shit.

Thank you, Belgium.

>>6635117
Great stuff

>>6631988
Founders is solid and fairly cheap, it's definitely my fall-back if I don't feel like trying anything new. I'm actually drinking their imperial stout right now

There's a little local brewery that's started up right by my house in Louisville that's pretty solid. It's called Great Flood, they haven't started bottling in 6-packs yet but it's all solid, if not great, and pretty cheap. I've also got some Hammerheart Skoll Och Hati (almost sickly sweet coffee brew, but very good), Lagunitas Olde Gnarlywine, and Founders Dirty Bastard in the house right now

>>6630379
I actually hate it because it doesn't taste good to me.
I harbor no ill for dogfish head brewery.

Had one of these upon recommendation. Ridiculously sweet and syrupy, you wouldn't guess it's 14% ABV at fucking all. Apparently hard to come by too?

Picked up a Brewdog Paradox Compass Box recently too, might crack that open on Wednesday

>>6635477
How'd you get that hammerheart brah? You visit it recently? MNfag here. They're great.

>>6635495
There's a large liquor store here in Louisville that will occasionally have some of their stuff, usually on draft. I've got the hammerheart in a howler. I haven't had too much of their stuff, but this was pretty delicious

>>6634207
how is that smoked porter?
it wa 4.99 for a bomber and i almost bought it the other day.

>>6635502
Nice. Yeah their stouts and brown ales and pretty much everything except their ipas rule. The ipas are just sort of whatever, but they don't make that many. If you see it try their barrel aged longship? I think it was. It was great.

>>6634647
love this beer. straightforward and delicious.

nothing crazy but got this for after i finish my assignments tonight? Is it any good?

>casual night, pounding down night, or just lax no need to go fancy
1.Pacifico
2. Coors
3. High Life or Swiller Lite

>i want something good but im fine with people stealing the beer on occassion, i might also drink a 12 pack if i can manage it
1. Lagunitas (all types)
2.Shocktop
3.Fat Tire
4. Stella
5. Sam Adams (all)

>fuck you im going to enjoy this tier
1. Any Stone Brewery product or Arrogant Bastard
2. Peroni
3. 805 (all)
4. Angel City Brewery (all)
>california bro here

>>6633918
im from LA and i think you need to shut the fuck up

>>6635535
It's pretty great. It's a really hopped wheat ale and it's pretty GOAT. Super refreshing too.

>>6635833
>i want something good but im fine with people stealing the beer on occassion, i might also drink a 12 pack if i can manage it
>Lagunitas (all types)
>sharing a six pack of Lagunitas Sucks and not hoarding it all for yourself

>>6635833
When you say 805 (all) you mean all Firestone Walkers?

>>6635885
yes, good catch

>>6635870
depends on the night, but its an on or off type of thing, same with pacifico tbh lad

>>6635885
DOUBLE JACK
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J
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I bought a 3 pack of 25oz cans of Budweiser at a liqour store at 9:40 am this morning. I starded drinking them and some french brandy at 4pm.

>>6635833

Ia 805 any good? I started seeing that shit EVERYWHERE this past semester but I never wanted to pay craft beer price for something that's 4% when I was getting 6 packs of Undercover Shutdown for less than $10.

>>6636327
I had some back like 5 months ago and thought it was pretty good. Not blow your mind amazing, but I liked it.

>>6636327
It's good if you wanna switch it up. If you can, definitely try their Wookey Jack, Union Jack, or Double Jack brews. Top tier stuff and it's not that expensive (at least in Commiefornia).

>>6626703
Best beer coming through don't mind me chaps.

>>6627978
Cheap, reliable, good.

Guys what's the best macro lager? Lately I've just wanted something cheap and simple to sit back and enjoy after work.

>>6636379
Schlitz hands down

>>6627234
They get too much hate.

It's a good beer

>>6636379
yuengling

if I wanna get plowed but don't have any money pbr or miller highlife

>>6626886
always enjoy your posts man keep em comin

>>6636358
I've tried all three of those. Firestone is pretty good and I live in the bay area so I'm not that far from them. There stuff is good but it hasn't really been in my regular rotation. This past year I've been apeshit about Lagunitas. I love stouts and strong ales and they make a lot of really good ones.

>>6636379
I like to mix it up, MHL one week, Rolling Rock the next, etc. Drink the same thing all day every day and you start to taste every individual component of the drink and it no longer becomes enjoyable.

>>6626703

blue light is good

>>6636379
Yuengling. Too bad I can't get it where I live. Oh well, I can get plenty of great microbrews.

Picked up singles at the liquor store I work at tonight. Can't find my phone for a picture.

>pic related. Muh citra
>Honey apple strongbow because I wanted to start off with something sweet.
>Two bottles of Kronenbourg for some skunky faggoty french goodness.

>>6636675
>average wisconsin resident.png
I would know. I am one.

>>6636379
I've been into busch signature copper lager lately.

It's surprisingly good. 5.7% too so you'll catch a buzz pretty easy.

>>6636825
Fresh Squeezed is GOAT. Patrician taste there.

>>6636923
Citra heavy beers in general are GOAT.

Here in KY there's a brewery called against the grain that makes pic related, Citra Ass Down.

It's the citra lover's wet dream.

One of the coolest breweries I've ever seen too. The brewery is in a baseball stadium that was previously closed down.

>>6636953
Some of the best label art too, I should add.

And a correction. I was mistaken about the baseball stadium being closed down.

>>6633128
Blue Moon is beer for people who don't like beer

>>6633128
Pleb as it is, Blue Moon isn't bad by any means.

>>6636358
>>6635885
I endend up buying a 22oz of 805 tonight. When I walk my dog I usually buy a 24oz can of some flavored malt garbage at the near by liqour store to drink while I take my dog for a mile and a half walk. Last night I actually bought a 22oz of the Firewalker IPA because I have the money and I mostly drink craft beer so I thought it would be good to drink while walking. A fucking 22oz bottle of 7.5 abv IPA is rough to down while you walk a mile and a half even though I enjoy a nice IPA. I usually don't like drinking beer that is less than 7% abv. I'm a craft beer enthusiast but I'm still an alcoholic. I downed this bottle of 805 in half the time it takes me to drink a bottle of 8% sugar shit. Sure it's half the abv but this beer tasted really good. I could see myself picking up a 12 pack to share with people who aren't BIG BEER drinkers. I would never buy it for myself again but this is way better than all the adjuct lager people usually drink.

>>6636830
Do you live in Nebraska or Iowa?

Drinking this right now, dark Weißbier from a local brewery

>>6637826
Weißbier is the fucking shit

Never had dark though, how's it compared to common light ones?

>>6637848
Not as good IMO

Less sweet banana flavor and more traditional roasted malts. The light weissbier is more of a unique style IMO.

>>6637826
>dark white beer
???

>>6638267
Wheat beer

>>6637848
IMO it sometimes taste like chocolate and butter for me.
Less of the banana and dat clove spice is correct.

>>6636492
Maybe because only douches who know nothing about quality and different beers, but still wants to come across like they do, drink them.

Had this today, an old favourite. Absolutely gorgeous stuff, way too drinkable for 7% tho. Would get drunk very quickly.

>>6636371
Mon nigre. This was everywhere in Bath, was great having a decent pint so common when at uni.

>>6638696
No idea why the picture didn't upload there

>>6638699
Shit, that beer is from England? I was confused since I live near the Yakima valley.

I am drinking this Lagunitas Citrusinensis. It as a pale ale (not IPA, apparently) brewed with blood orange. I love IPAs (Or Pale Ales, whatever the actual difference is), ad blood orange, and this beer is damn good in my opinion. It has a pretty tropical, citrus filled aroma, with some blood orange in there, and the taste follows that, but with the blood orange really shining through in the finish.

Not that malty or bitter, on the fruity side of the pale ale/IPA spectrum which is how I like them. It is a limited release so buy some if you see it.

>>6636953
Against the Grain is absolutely incredible. Have you ever tried their oyster stout? It's so hard to get ahold of

>>6626782
Beer is a pretty famous part of German culture.
>IHBT

Just got a 6 pack of this, pretty good

>>6626782
>weed is better
are you 16?

also bought a 4 pack of this, about to open one

enjoying this as we speak.

Real good stout, although not ordinary.
The mix of belgian yeasts with dark malts makes for a fruity but still complex and heavy stout.

>drinking anything other than the black stuff

I got a 22oz Arrogant Bastard and a 16oz can of Torpedo IPA. Arrogant Bastard was the first big beer I had when I was 21 and it got me into craft beer. Torpedo wouldn't even make my top 5 list of IPAs but I was at 7-11 so I didn't have much to chose from.

>>6640256
Their can/bottle sizes upset me....14.9oz....11.2oz. That Guinness glass is 20oz. What the hell?

>>6634132
Fair enough

>drinking beer

>>6640578
>reading autistic comics

Trying this one tonight - I like Tremens and Nocturnem, so I though I'd try this. Not sure if I like it. It's sweet but still quite bitter.

>>6640492
The cans fit perfectly into an American pint. It pisses me off.

>>6639625
Good stuff. Their regular bender and their cynic are the ones I still buy. Bitter Brewer is good too. The recipe for Furious seems to have changed. It was so much more piney and citrusy a few years ago I feel like. Maybe I'm just delusional though

>>6626782
Go back to /pol/.

>>6638699
That's a nice beer, I had some a couple of days ago. The abv really isn't apparent, and it's got a good fruity punch in the hops.

>>6639770
That sounds fucking incredible.

I just picked up a 4 pack. The little tag on the shelf at bevmo said this was 9.6%abv. I took a few sips and decided I could not taste the alcohol at all. Then I googled a picture of this and find out it's 10.4%! It even says it on the back of the bottle. I only paid $11.50 for this so I think it was a good buy and I just bought it because I didn't feel like Old Rasputin today and this bevmo was smaller and had less selection in the freezer. I don't drink IPAs all that often but if I was in the mood for a really good one I'd pick this up again.

Drinking a local beer tonight. It's Betty IPA from Hangar 24. It's pretty good and cheap in my area.

>>6642561
Yeah man, Hoptimum is pretty good. Good choice you made.

>>6626703
>beer thread
https://youtu.be/56duVYLsd4Q?t=50s

Decided to pick up a six pack of pic related after seeing an anon posting about it here, and I must say I am absolutely smitten. It has been my go to for around a month now and the flavour is as breathtaking each and every time. So thankyou, anonymous.

This is pretty much THE Beer in the region I live in.
Best shit ever

>>6643823

Had one of these when I visited Hamburg last weekend, it is indeed a superbly crisp lager. Wish I'd bought some to bring home.

>>6627551
Haven't tried Sammy Smith's fruit offerings yet. Are they as good as their rivals (pic related)?

>>6644697
Nope, the raspberry one tastes very artificial compared to Rubaeus.

>>6628980
Love this shit.

>>6636379
Second Schlitz. the Gusto/60's formula stuff is very enjoyable

>>6640578
Mansandals, just go get some twisted teas

>>6643746
Their grapefruit sculpin is incredible.

I'm an alcohol noob, and I've been experimenting with a lot of beer.

Most beers leave too bitter a taste for me, except for Coors (Light). Even with Bud Light, though, I find that beer goes great with sponge cake, complimenting the bitterness.

Pale ales are nice but rather soapy. I tried a Pilsner once and it reminded me of Ginger Ale, that was nice. I tried Amstel and it tasted kinda like root beer.

Today I tried extra stout Guinness, and then decided to toss some coconut water in to balance out the flavor. And it tastes amazing, to me at least. I call it the Irish Castaway. I wonder how it tastes to beer experts.

>>6635833
Cali brother and not drinking Russian River? Tsk Tsk Tsk

>>6636971
Had a version of this up in pa.. it was aged in bourbon barrels

I'm currently in the process of making a summer shandy, but I can't decide on what flavor to make it once the pale ale's finished.
I'm thinking I might try out a mix of things and then give it away as "Mystery Shandy" for my friends.

I'm considering using mango or apricot for at least one of the flavors, but I'm worried it might come out too sweet.

Any suggestions?

>>6645720
I asked the very same question at a brew-supply store and was directed here.

https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3188-tropical-brewing-mr-wizard

Other than that, I'd say use extract, or dried versions of the fruit in the fermenting wort the way you would dry-hopping, or in secondary fermentation/carbonation, if you want it a bit sweeter.

Fermentation's gonna eat the sugar so you don't have to worry about it being too sweet.

>>6645720
Chunks of mango frozen are good to eat. I like them with a few drops of balsamic mixed in. Drink pale ale as is

>>6645750
I'm actually going for a shandy, not a fruit beer.

Right now, I'm already 2 weeks into the fermentation, I'm just deciding on what beverage to mix with it once it's done. Which is why I'm ultimately worried about it being too sweet.
That pineapple suggestion does have me thinking, though...

>>6645765
The shandy was actually asked for by a friend with the request "surprise me". I might save some of the pale ale in a separate keg to drink on my own, but this is mostly as a gift for someone else.

>>6645793
Surprise! I made a pale ale... haha

I got a 12 pack of Lagunitas IPA for $12. With the amout of Lagunitas I drink on a weekly bases it's suprising to me that I haven't had this IPA in probably 2 years. It's citrusy and not too bitter. Very drinkable but not too watery like a session IPA. I think I'm too used to the overly hopped stuff.

>>6636379
Kronenbourg by far

>>6636371
Underrated as fuck

>>6639181
I've never seen or heard of it in england

>>6639770
>Belgian stout
There should be more of these

>>6645633
Sounds.... Interesting. I'd give it a try!

>>6645720
>mango or apricot
Literally the worst things to put in beer

>>6640578
like a window into the mind of an autist
>nobody can genuinely like this thing I don't, must all be pretending!
>strawman character still pretty reasonable
>self-insert character is a weirdo that misjudges social interactions and jumps to conclusions
>no challenging facial drawings, even on stick figures, all conversation is conveyed through text

What is a good beer that goes well with pizza?

>>6646032
>Literally the worst things to put in beer
That's kinda what I'm afraid of.

I'm interested in testing it out first and diluting the mango with something else as much as possible.

>>6646045
You misread which character is the strawman.
Can everybody who uses "autist" as an insult on 4chan just stop spouting self-hatred and agree that a painful difference isn't necessarily a bad thing?

>>6646032

>>6645633
>Sounds.... Interesting. I'd give it a try!

Cool, but make sure not to use Vita Coco. They jack up the acid with Vitamin C for some reason. It tastes awful.

Also, apparently ice cream stout and root beer stout are already things. I guess I kind of discovered my own sweet creamy stout mix.

Just spent a good amount of money to get wasted by myself this weekend.

Anyone here ever done a beer trade? I live in Ireland and our craft beer scene is fucking exploding but most of it doesn't get exported. I always see some cool looking American stuff in these threads which we get very little of

I'm still on the road trip but it's winding down. We are gonna stay the night in Buffalo, New York (anyone wanna go out?) and drive back to Chicago tomorrow. I have a massive beer haul in tow that I'll post once I'm home. Pic related is all the best local stuff from what I found in Boston.
>inb4 australian posts I'm on my phone

Drinking a 6er of this with comrade kitty (Chairman Meow). Glad this brew finally made it's way to Southern California.

Tomorrow should be fun for all the Ameribros, just don't drink and drive friends! :^)

>>6647840
Nice haul. Old Raspy is a favorite of mine. Very nice.

>>6649325
That Red God(?) sounds like it'd be cool.

>>6649809
The Red God was really good and I normally HATE red ales and lagers but it was very nice.

Anyone can find me on untappd I'm gnardog on there. Had a lot of beers on this trip, properly wrote reviews for a few but a lot I just checked in while I was shithoused.

>>6649809
It was my first time trying Old Rasputin and it didn't disappoint. Definitely a great imperial Stout, but in that haul, nothing beats the Hop Juju. If you ever get a chance to get it, please do.

>>6636379
My personal favourite is Tsingtao.

>>6647840
Grapefruit sculpin is fantastic. How is Enjoy By though?

>>6651920
I'm about to have some right now, so I'll tell you when I'm done. What I do know is that it depends on the batch. The best I've had was the 3.14.15, and it was among the top two or three imperial IPA's I've ever had the pleasure to drink. The grapefruit sculpin has been great. I only have one left (i've shared two with a friend and one with my brother). I'm really looking forward to the Chimay and the Ruinten, though.

>>6626703
Having a glass of pic related- wild yeast saison aged in botrytized wine barrels. One of my favorite beers I've ever tried.

I'm drinking bud heavy mixed with lemonade for a ghetto shandy

(its simply lemonade, i feel like i'm wasting the lemonade)

I'm not a big beer connoisseur but I really like fuller's 1854.

Any know what else is similar?

Finished a growler of this today. Crothed helmet from forest and main. A tiny place just outside philadelphia. They do a lot of good brews. They always have a few saison in the list all local sourced ingredients. Yeasts included. But This is a nice ipa from them with raspberry and honey.

With a festina pechhe hiding behind it. Last year's was better but still a nice beer

Having a blackberry sour from Black Market Brewing. Don't usually like fruit, but this one is very smooth and the sour flavor isn't too strong.

>>6649325
Nice scores did you find any lawsons? Also bbc has some solid drinkers the coffee porter and Drayman's porter was always a go to

this

The only beers I've ever tried were Frio and Blue moon.

I'd like to try a dark beer, like a stout. Any reccomendations and what do they taste like? Would it overwhelm a noobie?

>>6653495
I'm not a fan of dark beers, especially during the summer. The really heavy emphasis on malts is the exact OPPOSITE of refreshing.

Insane head on this beer, poured it as gently as i could! Nice enough beer though, lots of liquorice.

Relavent poll.

http://strawpoll.me/4832212
http://strawpoll.me/4832212

>>6653495
Stouts are generally more malty. Where you from? That's the best way to get into beers start local if there are good breweries near by.. I'd start with a milk or sweet stouts. Unless you like coffee then look for a coffee or expresso.. the later will definatly be a heavy drink might be overwhelming but I don't know your tastes so...for your first go I'd stay away from barrel aged or imperial. Might also want to try a brown ale or porter I'm not sure what your actually looking for just a darker beer or a full on deep dark beer

Had this one before. The slight and very subtle taste of mint is very curious to me. Still nice pils.

How about gruit. not too many small microplaces doing them but there is a brewery/pizza joint near by that does them. The nice herbal notes are great with wood fired crusty pizza and they are a great change of pace from your normal beers. Might be a good way to easy some people into beers

>>6653539
slant the glass you tech illiterate consumer

>>6653794
I did it! I suspect it was still a bit to warm as i had just put it in the fridge 3 hours earlier, most beers need some time in the cold to calm down (co2 to return into the beer instead of filling up the deadspace in the can).

>>6645633
>stout + coconut water
Sounds interesting. Never tried it. The notion of watering down a stout with something non-alcoholic is generally not very appealing to me but this sounds like it could work.

Discovered an amazing off-license up the road from me, absolute beer nirvana. Picked up two barrel-aged O'Hara Leann Folláins for a tasting, Eight Degrees Belgian Dubbel, and the O'Hara's / Red Star Red IPA collab released just in the last week

So I was able to grab one bottle of pic related.

It was bottled on February 14th, 2015.

Should I drink this soon or let it age? Never had it before, but most of the reviews I've read give me the impression that all of the different flavors are each very powerful, so maybe I'll let it age for another 3 or 4 months.

But fuck I'm craving something barrel aged, and the only other things I've got are 2 bottles of Founders Backwoods Bastard, 1 bottle of BCBS, and one bottle of BCBBarleywine.

>>6654678
Fuck me.

>>6626703
How's the Gose?
I shared some Golden Monkey with my dad and he really liked it so I thought I'd get something else from Victory
He really likes sour beers, especially Flemish style stuff

>>6654717
Try to find sour monkey

>Enjoy high ABV beers
>Don't enjoy drinking coffee grounds
>Don't enjoy raping my wallet to pay for sours, barleywines and ice beers

Am I just going to have to stick to depth charges or what?

>>6654717
The Kirsch Gose is delicious. Sweet, sour, salty - super drinkable. As another anon said though, get him some Sour Monkey. It doesn't taste like Golden Monkey at all, but it is a pretty good sour at a reasonably cheap price (as far as sours go)

When only the best will do.

>>6655094
Squatters Hop Rising, Founders Dirty Bastard, Founders centinneal ipa, old rasputin (not too coffee like imo), Oskar blues Old Chub, idk what else

>>6655094
Lagunitas makes plenty of 7%+ 6-packs that they sell for around $10.

Also, bombers of their shit cost about $4-6 and a lot of them are 8%+.

I bought my first 6 pack of left hand milk stout nitro, and holy fuck i think I found a new favorite beer.

Guiness, although it tastes like water, was the first non-macro lager beer that i ever tasted. This shit is loke guiness, but much, much tastier.

>>6656414
>7%
>High ABV

I'm talking double digits here m8. I'll look into the bombers though.

>>6655094
4Loko

Steel Reserve

>>6656419
Guinness non macro?

>>6656419
>Guiness, although it tastes like water, was the first non-macro lager beer that i ever tasted.

Guinness is a macro and an ale, not a lager.

>>6657772
That's why a said non-macro large. As in not a macro lager.

>>6653188
I just got six tallboys of that, $2 is a pretty good price since it tastes better and is cheaper than PBR.

>>6657905
Is English your first language?

The meaning of that phrase in your post is "Guinness was the first lager I ever tasted that wasn't a macrobrew".

>>6652395
The Enjoy by was really tasty. Not as good as the Hop Juju I have (which is about perfect, if a little old and more malty at the front than I'd like) but very much worth drinking.

>>6656419
Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro is everyone's favorite. Just pure delicious.

>>6626782
>is a weed smoking lazy faggot
>takes the time to go to a beer general thread to rage about people not being weed smoking faggots
kek, ok buddy. You sure got me. You're winning at life <:^)

>>6626782
Fucking drug addict.
Thought you junkies didn't have much of an appetite?

this exists

>>6658318
No he said it was the first non-macro lager he's ever had. Which means he's only had macro lagers. Reading comprehension

>>6659739
What is it? I'd eat it.

>>6659745
>No he said it was the first non-macro lager he's ever had.

Did you fail English class or something?

>>6659796
Are stouts lagers?

>>6659805
>Guiness, [...] was the first non-macro lager beer that i ever tasted.

>Guinness was the first lager beer I ever tasted that was not a macrobrew.

Whether he was stupid or simply made an error is irrelevant; he was wrong and that's all that matters.

>>6659821
He wasn't wrong. His sentence structure is fine. His sentence made sense. You're an idiot.

yo, can any homebrewing guys tell me if it's normal for the airlock to bubble like crazy for two or three days and then stop bubbling thereafter?

>>6659893

Yes, that's normal. It fermented over the first few days. Then it slowed down and stopped.

>>6659896
phew, thanks

>>6658318
Me again.

Youre a fucking idiot.

>>6659844
>His sentence structure is fine. His sentence made sense.
Grammatically, yes - but as such, it does not convey his intended meaning, but rather the one I've pointed out.

>>6659904
>Youre a fucking idiot.
And you're an illiterate.

>>6660067
No, it conveys his point very clearly to anyone knowledgeable about beer.

>>6660142
'No'

>>6660152
Yes

>>6626934
I poured for Mikkeller at a beer expo a couple months ago. Beer Geek Breakfast and It's Alive are fantastic. Check out To Ol too, they were students of Mikkeller and their barrel-aged saison is fucking ridiculous

>>6659900
Just to be clear, do not bottle it yet, it hasn't actually stopped, just slowed. Wait awhile.

>>6660067
>And you're an illiterate.
Illiterate doesn't mean what you think it means, buddy.

Grammatically inept? Nope. Illiterate? Not even close.

Bought this last week, one of my favorites, love the smoky flavor.

>>6660401
My man. Good stuff.

I've been thinking of exploring more European beers aside from German and UK beers. I think I'll try Finland first.

>>6626782

Hops and weed are in the same plant family.

>Not enjoying a craft beer and a bowl together

>>6661178
Eh. I'd go for Czech beer

>>6661210

Oh yeah, that's a good idea. That's where pilsners came from, after all.

Any of you have the balls to lie to my face and tell me this isnt the best beer on the planet?

>>6661313

Haven't tried it.

>>6661322
I live near the brewery, get cans and kegs the day they are packaged, a local liquor store chain puts them on tap when that happens and sells out quite quickly.

2poor to afford anything that's actually good so whats the tastiest beer you would find at a gas station like Wawa? Wawa has a pretty good selection of beer afaik.

>>6661563
Leinenkugel has a nice refreshing summer shandy which I've gotten in gas stations, it's great if it's hot where you're at

>>6660142
No, it doesn't. Grammatically his sentence conveyed a meaning that wasn't anything close to what people have been defending; of course you could extrapolate the _intended_ meaning by rubbing two brain cells together but my entire point has revolved around pointing out that as it stands the sentence says something entirely different from what he was obviously trying to say.

>>6661313
It's great, but Finch's Hardcore Chimera is better.

>>6661867
>Grammatically his sentence conveyed a meaning that wasn't anything close to what people have been defending;
No, it didnt. If it did, source? No, cause you're a faggot. Stop replying now.

>>6660067
>>6660366
>>6661867
Not sure what the problem is but I'm quite happy to come around and kick all of your heads in.

>>6661867
Well like you said, anyone with two brain cells can easily figure out what that poster was trying to say because the meaning was conveyed just fine you retarded faggot.

>drink 2 beers with friends
>get drunk

>drink 4 beers alone
>not drunk at all

How the fuck?

>>6663076
Do you know how alcohol works? The beers might be different strengths and it depends on how much you ate beforehand/while drinking.

So I've never really tried that many beers.

I've tried really cheap swill and blue moon which I guess is basically semi-cheap swill. I really wanted to try a stout and lots of people reccomend going for a milk stout because it's not quite as bitter as most stouts.

So I got this left hand brand Nitro milk stout and haven't tried it yet but will later today.

Anyone have any other stout/dark/heavy beer recs? Doesn't have to be sweet but I'd prefer if the flavor wasn't just BITTER and nothing else

Pretty good but I'm not sure I like it enough to get it again.

I guess this is a decent place to ask. I'm looking to start a garden in my backyard with the purposes of harvesting for home brewing. Does anyone have any experience in this kind of thing or any advice on how to get started?

Thanks!