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[Anonymous No.10018455]

New beer thread because it pissed that one faggot off. Are you a cool enough dude to complete the 5l hopslam challenge? 40$ and you can drink your liver into permanent damage like a fucking wino.

[Anonymous No.10018480]

Latest haul: Lagunitas Willetized Coffee Stout, Spaten Optimator, Founders Backwoods Bastard, Modern Times Nitro City of the Dead
Dis gon be gud.

[Anonymous No.10018489]

>>10018480
Willetized at least tastes like it's got whiskey in it. Good man.

[Anonymous No.10018500]

>>10018489
Yeah, it has a pleasant booziness to it. I got the last one on the shelf.

[Anonymous No.10019301]

>>10018480
>Modern Times Nitro City of the Dead
Well, shit. This was fucking delicious. Rich, creamy and decadent. Plenty of roasted malt goodness, prevalent but not overdone cocoa, pleasantly subtle almond and sea salt. A lovely dessert beer.

[Anonymous No.10019766]

I didn't enjoy hopslam, it was very bland for a beer hyped to be bursting with hop flavor.

[Anonymous No.10019975]

had this last night & really liked it
i'm really enjoying sours atm

[Anonymous No.10021529]

any beer that can be bought at a liquor store is shit, any beer that you have to go to the brewery to buy is good

[Anonymous No.10021530]

Had an Oskar Blues Old Chub scotch ale on nitro last night, that shit was tasty. Bartender was fucking up and gave me a pint of that and the imperial stout I'd had before it instead of half pours so I was a little too drunk to appreciate it fully

[Anonymous No.10021561]

>>10021529
Why

[Anonymous No.10021565]

>>10021561
anything bought at a liquor store is mass produced garbage, anything bought at a brewery is made with more care and consideration, meaning it's better

[Anonymous No.10021584]

>>10021529
What's your take on breweries w/ taproom exclusives but also distribution to liquor stores

I assume it's going to be a bad take

[Anonymous No.10021593]

>>10018455
what happened in the last thread? I'm too lazy to look it up

[Anonymous No.10021606]

>>10021584
if the beer is only available to the taproom or in cans/bottles/growlers that are only available in the brewery it will be good, if it's made for the taproom but will also be distributed to liquor stores then that means it was made for mass distribution and will be shit

[Anonymous No.10021708]

>>10021606
Even small batch/limited release stuff? Indeed Brewing in MN is a pretty good example of what you're describing EXCEPT for their small batch sour series. They still get distributed around the state but are leagues ahead of their other releases.

[Anonymous No.10021763]

>>10021708
>Even small batch/limited release stuff?
if small batch/limited release stuff is distributed to liquor stores then that means it is meant to be mass produced and distributed and is shit. if it's only available at the brewery then it's not and is good.

[Anonymous No.10021774]

>>10021763
what brewery hurt you so badly

[Anonymous No.10021778]

some more recent ones I picked up. I think i'll open a willettized in a bit, still haven't tried it.

and clean my fridge I guess. looking pretty gross in this pic.

[Anonymous No.10021787]

should i cellar this?

[Anonymous No.10021793]

>>10021606
>>10021763
What makes you feel this way? I think from the tap is the best way to get a beer, but I don't think the quality jump to cans or bottles is so great that I would label it trash

[Anonymous No.10021794]

>>10021787
do it. I didn't like it from the bottle as much as draft. Ended up trading one of mine for this bean spirit double maple in the pic and some other stuff.

[Anonymous No.10021795]

>>10021763
>Obvious troll is obvious.

A brewery is a company designed to mass produce and distribute beer.

[Anonymous No.10021797]

>>10021787
I wouldn't. I think the maple flavor would get over powered by the other flavors in the beer over time.

[Anonymous No.10021806]

>>10021774
>>10021793
>responding to this dumb shit seriously
Just ignore retards.

[Anonymous No.10021811]

deschutes pacific wonderland with my lunch. need to get some more of this because i feel like i could session it all night

[Anonymous No.10021888]

>>10021806
They might have a valid point with certain breweries though

[Anonymous No.10021952]

daily reminder that porters > stouts

[Anonymous No.10022047]

>>10021952
I think a well-executed no-frills stout is better than any porter, but most porters are better than meme-y stouts.

[Anonymous No.10022080]

Just want to say whoever drinks coffee beers is fucked in the head.

[Anonymous No.10022087]

This is nice

[Anonymous No.10022109]

>>10022080
do you say this because you don't like coffee? Typically coffee notes go really well in dark beers but if you don't like it in the first place then it's an issue

also coffee blonde ales are the tits

>>10022087
not enough places make rye beer these days

[Anonymous No.10022129]

>>10019766
hopslam was basically one of the first double IPAs, we have a much higher standard of hoppiness now than when it was originally formulated

[Anonymous No.10022134]

>>10021787
>should i cellar this?
I bought 3, drank one right away, cellaring one for at least a year and haven't decided what I will do with the 3rd yet

[Anonymous No.10022141]

>>10021952
>>10022047
reminder that most beers that are labeled stout or porter could be labeled as the opposite and no one would complain

[Anonymous No.10022147]

>>10022109
The real question is why does anyone drink coffee without beer, coffee stouts are way better than any regular coffees

[Anonymous No.10022182]

>>10022147
Surly has gotten boring but pic related is the best coffee beer I've ever had

[Anonymous No.10022187]

>>10022109
Ive tried darks and blondes and both taste like shit. I like coffee, i just think when you add it to beer it fucks it all up like hey lets put some ketchup in my ice cream
>INB4 he doesnt put ketchup on his ice cream

[Anonymous No.10022253]

>>10022182
They aren't boring, there are just a lot of other options in this state now

[Anonymous No.10022347]

>>10022187
The roasted malts/barley put across a lot of flavors coffee does already.
I did have a coffee cream ale that was actually very good though.

[Anonymous No.10022603]

>>10022347
Sixpoint C.R.E.A.M. is fucking amazing

[Anonymous No.10022907]

>IPA

[Anonymous No.10022919]

>sours
>stouts
>barleywines
>poo-rters
>IPAs
>imperial anything

[Anonymous No.10022932]

>>10022919
>>10022907
real great contribution to the thread

[Anonymous No.10022940]

>>10022919

Just say you don't like beer next time; or maybe just avoid the beer thread altogether.

[Anonymous No.10023256]

I’ve never had a beer from Sam Adams I would intentionaly pay more for, unless the alternatives were warm miller lite, or I had been drinking the same beer for a month.

[Anonymous No.10023351]

>>10022147
I honestly never liked coffee until I got into beer. Now I find that I enjoy coffee more, having learned to appreciate its notes in stouts and such.

[Anonymous No.10023362]

>>10022919
>I have the palate of a 12 year old, the post

[Anonymous No.10023363]

>>10023256
Winter lager's bretty gud though

[Anonymous No.10023365]

>>10022919
KILL YOURSELF YOU FUCKING FAGGOT

[Anonymous No.10023376]

So do any of you make their own beer? What are some of your favourite combination of barlay? at what times and quanteties do you prefere to add the hops and why?

[Anonymous No.10023415]

MN friends, what are you drinking for the game?

I had bought some Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA, but for some reason the whole sixer was flat. So I went and bought some Furious, which to me is still good more than a month after canning.

[Anonymous No.10023426]

>>10023415
SHIT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S ALL GONE WRONG

[Anonymous No.10023514]

>>10023415
too hungover to drink again. I have some fulton 300 in the fridge but I probably won't crack one unless my stomach settles down a bit

[Anonymous No.10023801]

So these are all 2017 releases, but I'm laying off drinking for a while. But I have no experience aging beer, I usually just drink it.

What's the general best by date if these are all in a relatively cool place? Other than the Backwoods Bastard, they're all high ABV stouts.

[Anonymous No.10023819]

The Best.

[Anonymous No.10023821]

>>10021794
>Eclipse
My local place has been trying to sell a variety of these (aged in different barrels) for an incredibly high price (like $25+) - they've been on the shelves for at least a year or two. Are they worth it?

[Anonymous No.10023848]

>>10023801
I've never tasted a dark strong beer that seemed too aged, some sources will say don't go over 3 years, and I have rarely had the patience to do so, but I have yet to experience one going too long

[Anonymous No.10023866]

>>10023801
that picture is making me extremely jealous

as for cellaring, the most important thing is to keep it away from light. 1-2 years seems to be standard for stouts (i would go with 1 year).

[Anonymous No.10024118]

Drinking this right now. First time trying a barley wine. So far it tastes like beer with some vodka in it, is this normal?

[Anonymous No.10024138]

>>10024118
>beer with some vodka in it, is this normal?
um, no
Usually taste somewhat boozy, but are very flavorful

[Anonymous No.10024145]

>>10023415
I do not have enough beers for this. The one time, ONE TIME, I decide to root for the Vikings.

On a more related note, I will defend Surly Furious to the last. It's a fantastic beer, as long as you're eating something salty and/or greasy.

[Anonymous No.10024164]

>>10024145
Don't forget Aaron Rodgers is back next year

[Anonymous No.10024172]

>>10024138
Its certainly flavourful, but on the finish its as if all the flavour goes away and im left with just vodka and it's burn. Although as i drink more its certainly getting better

[Anonymous No.10024173]

>>10023821
I've only had the vanilla so far and it was weak. I want to say I paid $30 for each of these. Wouldn't buy again.

[Anonymous No.10024187]

>>10024172
Yeah, I would definitely recommend drinking barely wines a bit warmer than fridge temps, I bet it was just too cold when you started

[Anonymous No.10024199]

>>10024172
im pretty sure where the buffalo roam has been aged in bourbon barrels for a year so thats probably the alcohol taste you're getting

[Anonymous No.10024214]

>>10024187
Noted
I did drink this straight out of the fridge. As it's been warming up I've noticed it tasting better, so that was probably it

[Anonymous No.10024221]

>>10024164
I have no doubt that his absence is the only reason they've gotten so far this season.

[Anonymous No.10024284]

>>10023848
>>10023866
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. And yeah, I splurged a big, specifically for the Founders bombers. I got the Bourbon County at a steal though.

>>10024173
Yeah, the place has like 7 versions or something, each at that much or so. They've been there forever and haven't sold- seems like for good reason.

[Anonymous No.10024387]

>>10018480
This shit is heavenly. Caramel, booze and dark fruits throw a flavor party in your mouth. Utterly unique and utterly delicious. One of the best beers I've had. Slightly buzzed after one at 11.6%. Not sure I'll buy again at $20 for a four pack, but I can't say I regret the purchase.

[Anonymous No.10024413]

>>10024387
>Not sure I'll buy again at $20 for a four pack
thats pretty high, you should be able to find it at $12-15

[Anonymous No.10024423]

>>10018455
>being a beer snob

what a faggot thing to be

[Anonymous No.10024440]

>>10018455
got this one for the second time, heavenly
some gingerbread liquor notes, pretty unique
all the Lervig beers I tasted were great, but this one is outstanding

[Anonymous No.10025091]

To the anon who had the B-Bomb in the previous thread. Have you had this variant?

It's B-Bomb but with coffee and cinnamon added. stll has the warm mouthfeel of regular B-Bomb but the coffee and cinnamon gives it an extra Mexican Chocolate taste.

I really like it

[Anonymous No.10025125]

>>10024118
Too young.

[Anonymous No.10025217]

>>10019766
Honestly the best part of it is the honey flavors which have been very back seat in recent years. It is a throwback to older times when American double ipa's were hard to find (hard to imagine I know). Think of it this way: two hearted is rated the best American ipa (I strongly disagree but wtf ever), this is big two hearted.

[Anonymous No.10025234]

>>10023801
>>10023866
The general rule of thumb is the bigger the longer. Don't listen to the fuck heads who say 5 years max, they don't know shit.

[Anonymous No.10025430]

>>10019975
this was shit. hops do not belong in sour beers

[Anonymous No.10025848]

>>10023801
the longer the more gambling you're taking, especially for lower abv stuff. and anything with adjuncts (the coffee in KBS) is sure to either fade or change into some different flavor.

things like bourbon county though are pretty much tried and true when it comes to aging and most people find they improve or at least favorably mature in the types of flavor you'll taste.

my gut tells me you should do the following with your pic beers: BCS 2-6 years, KBS fresh or 1 year, world wide stout 1-5 years, CBS fresh or 1 year, backwoods 1-2 years, the other base stouts I'm guessing fresh or no more than a year

[Anonymous No.10026218]

>>10025430
i'm sorry you disliked it!

>>10021952
>>10022047
the only difference between modern porter and stouts is how the brewery wants to market it. don't trick yourselves.

[Anonymous No.10026566]

>>10026218
In my experience, porters seem much thinner and on the brown side, while stouts are, well, stouter, and darker.

[Anonymous No.10026580]

>>10026566
Going by recepie there is no difference between stout and porter

[Anonymous No.10027120]

Trois Pistoles by Unibroue is such a good dark ale

I would post a pic but 4chan is rejecting my uploads for some reason

Comfy as fuck right now regardless

[Anonymous No.10027131]

>>10021530
oskar blues really is criminally underrated, one of my favorite craft breweries even though I usually drink lagers nowadays.

[Anonymous No.10027658]

What are some imperial stout fermented in a Speyside whiskey barrel?
Loved the Imperann from Goutte d'Or.

[Anonymous No.10027716]

>>10018455
why is this shit so popular?
it's alright but I really don't see why people cum themselves over another IPA.

I mean the brewery itself is close to atleast 7 other pubs with better options and in the same town as Latitude 42,which is an all around better brewery.

[Anonymous No.10027727]

>>10021606
>>10021606
unless is celebration or small batch it's going to be mas produced.

do you honestly think ALL non-small batch beers are trash?

[Anonymous No.10027735]

>>10021565
All sracecars siis sracecars llA

[Anonymous No.10027765]

>>10027716
It got popular when there weren't many well made doubles and was built up as something great. It's a good double, but outdated now

[Anonymous No.10028051]

>>10023376
I do, but i just follow recipes still. Going to make a NE IPA this weekend. Hope it turns out alright because it's a shit ton of hops to waste.

[Anonymous No.10028457]

>>10025848
See
>>10025234

Your source probably hasn't had a 22 year old barley wine either.

[Anonymous No.10028470]

>>10027716
>Devils cuvee was joe short tier tainted garbage.

[Anonymous No.10028503]

>>10028457
wow dude cool you've been to a bottle share and drank a few aged beers and have reposted pics of it several times over on here. I'm really happy for you. what makes anything that I've said untrue?

I don't remember anyone bringing up barleywines (which do tend to age well) but by the way, Tom Hardy's Ale is not a barleywine.

[Anonymous No.10028878]

>>10026566
stout is short for "stout porter" so that makes sense

[Anonymous No.10028879]

>>10027120
yes it's very nice

[Anonymous No.10028888]

>>10027131
YES
E
S

had this one with a friend yesterday, it really is something different

[Anonymous No.10029617]

Good morning fellas I had the best beer of my life last night

[Anonymous No.10029646]

Why is ratemybeer so snobby?

[Anonymous No.10029676]

>>10025430
Sours are shit anyway.

[Anonymous No.10029681]

>>10021606
wow, that is the most wrong I think I have ever seen a person be. In the civilized world we have breweries that are a hundreds or even thousand years old

[Anonymous No.10029695]

>>10029646
because you seem to enjoy shit beer but think it deserves praise

[Anonymous No.10029707]

>>10022087
Stupid logo brand

[Anonymous No.10029718]

>>10029617
I've only heard great things about this release

[Anonymous No.10029744]

>>10029718
It's pricey as fuck, I actually think it's cheaper per ounce if you get pours at the brewery. But yeah, would definitely recommend.

[Anonymous No.10029745]

>>10024164
>Goatsey ber

[Anonymous No.10029811]

>>10029695
Eh? What's so shit about High Life?

[Anonymous No.10030402]

had founders CBS for the first time. didn't taste any maple and it basically tasted like KBS.

[Anonymous No.10030481]

>>10029811
Nothing. Most beer fags forget how to judge something based on the style (adjunct lager) instead of shit they drink from microbreweries across the us. High life is one of the best macros imo.

[Anonymous No.10030930]

Is there any reason to drink beer that wasn't brewed in Michigan?

[Anonymous No.10030936]

>>10030481
I don't dislike High Life but it just kind of tastes like bread water to me.

[Anonymous No.10030945]

>>10030930
yeah, because its not shit

[Anonymous No.10031030]

>>10028503
By several times you mean this thread and the last one? Since every beer we drank had an aged representation I thought the pictures were topical, and oh would you look at that, they actualy show some experience on the topic un like your unfounded parroting of stupid oft espoused ideas.

[Anonymous No.10031032]

>>10030402
Better than this years uber chocolate kbs. Which sucks,

[Anonymous No.10031051]

>>10029676
Mad Hatter makes some very interesting ones imo


Just drank this one, heard it was their signature beer and as I really enjoyed their blond and lager ones, I tried this one. Didn't disappoint at all, anyone that can get their hands ont this one is recommended to do so if he likes foamy imperials

[Anonymous No.10031094]

>"If i drink obscure super hoppy beers strangers will think im a cool person"

[Anonymous No.10031105]

>>10022932
>>10022940
>>10023362
>>10023365

See>>>10031094

[Anonymous No.10031145]

>>10018455
>IPA meme

[Anonymous No.10031151]

>>10021952
stouts are porters

[Anonymous No.10031196]

>>10027716
IPA is a trash beer for folks with trash tastes. Had only a couple that were tolerable but there's just nothing good about them. And what makes it worse is the whole IPA culture surrounded around those who drink IPA. They think it's the end-all beer when any respectable Stout, Brown, Porter, or Red are just better by miles.

But beer in general is a shitty drink.

[Anonymous No.10031532]

>>10031030
you've posted photos related to that little share at least 3 times now... don't make me look up old threads to prove it, c'mon guy.

so you've tried a handful of aged beers. congrats! really proud of your progress as an amateur cicerone. now please explain what and how any of this >>10025848 is untrue. if you don't then I won't be asking a third time and I'm just going to assume you're a retard or a troll.

[Anonymous No.10031691]

>>10031532
I'm countering your assertion that a base malt stout will be bad after 5 years. The expeditions we opened didnt suffer at all. You can make your big bad assertions but until you show an open bottle in just going to sit by the fact that you don't have the collection to enjoy anything old enough to make a statement about age. I didn't give my photo dates and the vomit Comet still rides with the smell of good beer and cured venison (fuck I hope it comes out). Sorry you are insecure about your beer knowledge but experience trumps your circle jerk brewers guild nonsense.

[Anonymous No.10031723]

>>10031532
Also: look em up fucko. I've opened aged hardys and some of the other beers, but never at that house.those photos were posted within 24 hours of being taken in the old thread. The tiles are since grouted (and we are very hungover in the process) If you've seen those beers its because we have them (and I've never opened a first year kbs or any of the k series eother) Get your stalker game up

[Anonymous No.10031884]

What's the blackest, richest stout you've ever had?

For me it's Oskar Blues Ten Fidy. Looks like motor oil. Gorgeous brown head. Delicious.

[Anonymous No.10031889]

>>10030945
hi Ohio

[Anonymous No.10031932]

>>10029681

[Anonymous No.10032082]

>>10031884
Speedway Stout.

[Anonymous No.10032268]

>>10031196

The problem is that 99% of IPAs all derive from the same boring Beardy Boys Brewery 7.1abv a pine tree fucked a pile of grapefruit peels variety

There's so much more you can do with hops but they all are the same

[Anonymous No.10032410]

>>10032268
Do you live in 2007 California?

[Anonymous No.10032414]

>>10031884
Founders Imperial Stout is up there, but they aren't making it this year

[Anonymous No.10032458]

>>10018480
Really good. I think I prefer Paulaner Salvator, but really fucking good.

[Anonymous No.10032617]

>>10031691
good job, you actually made a specific argument for once!

going back to my original claims, my premise was that if age things long enough you start gambling on them being good. this is entirely true! and with base stouts it's very precarious how they will turn out. half of the generic base stouts I let age past 3 years end up tasting thin, alkaline, and generally not as good as their previous years. beers made to be aged, especially those more complex and higher abv do fare better, but things like base stouts, porters, low abv ales, etc all suffer after 5 years. barleywines do seem to fare the best (because my assumption is that most beers end up developing barleywine-like qualities from prolonged oxidation so it doesn't change their original profile that much).

thought exercise: search your favorite base stout on untappd and specify 2013 vintage or earlier. you will note that the most recent reviews will most likely say "thin", "past its prime", etc if they've tasted them in a vertical or know what their fresher counterparts taste like. it's true whether you want to stubbornly admit it or not, but only the best beers survive past a certain age. in general most beers will suffer by age 5, and my cellar reflects that fact because I've let far too many beers get to that age only to taste them and realize I've fucked up by not drinking them sooner. and I'm not even talking about adjunct stouts which will certainly show age much faster depending on what ingredients were used.

you should also be aging bad (fresh) beer. lots of beers peak at a certain point, and usually within the first year or so. sometimes breweries nail it and they're best day 1 fresh, thoughI find that the majority of beers are good within the first year, whether day 1 or 180 or 360. lots of high gravity beers can "hold up" well, especially fuller body beers, but is that the same as "improving"? my experience says no, only a fraction of beers actually improve past the first year or two.

[Anonymous No.10032872]

>>10031884
Bba expedition

[Anonymous No.10033191]

how do i get into the stouts and the dark beers?
i'm an ipa fuccboi and want to evolve.

[Anonymous No.10033442]

[Anonymous No.10033574]

>>10031884
Kbs was pretty thick the one time I had it, but a 6 month old founders imp stout was like drinking a dark chocolate brownie. The best stout I've ever had though was either surly darkness or ba old Rasputin

[Anonymous No.10033847]

>>10033442
Al/ck/ us the other way friend

started playing this yesterday and i was wondering what that stuff would taste like, probably bad

[Anonymous No.10034479]

>>10031151
Arthur Guinness II (Arthur Guinness's son) invented the word stout when he made his porter slightly stronger than the ordinary version. And there you have it! That's the difference between Stout and Porter.

[Anonymous No.10034487]

>>10033191
They've got dark IPAs, which are pretty good. Dogfish Head's Brown IPA, Guinness Nitro IPA.

Back when I was drinking lagers, I got into Shiner Bock, Bud Black Crown (not even sure if they make that any more), Dos Equis Ambar, Michelob Amberbock. Amber Ales are your next step from there: Fat Tire, Dunkels, etc.

Then there are black lagers, which I've not had in a while, so I can't tell the difference between those and stouts. Best black lagers I've had are Shiner Black and New Belgium's 1554.

Going for stouts, start with Guinness. Having had better, Guinness tastes like water to me now. A lot of people say it tastes like soy sauce. Either way, it's a good place to start. For porter, start with Bell's.

Best advice I can give you.

[Anonymous No.10034506]

>>10034487
Guinness Extra (or if you're able to find it: Foreign Extra) are less watery and honest to god decent.

[Anonymous No.10034618]

>>10034506
I'll take you on the foreign extra, but the extra taste like soda to me, but I'm used to Russian Imperials.

[Anonymous No.10034741]

Help me choose! What one should i have first guys?
boon oude geuze mariage parfait (2013)
To Ol - campale
Lindemans - gueuze cuvée rené (2017)
Wild Beer - Yokai
Magic Rock - High Wire Grapefruit
Oskar Blues - Death By Coconut
Northern Monk - Alefarm Patrons Project 7.03 (Blueberry Wild Ale)
To Ol - #YOLOmælk
Brewdog- Punk IPA
Põhjala Must Kuld - Colombia (coffee porter)
De Ranke - Saison De Dottignies

ive had the punk and both gueuzes before. the rest is new for me. anyone had any of these beers? what am i in for over these next few days?

[Anonymous No.10034778]

>>10034741
Whit that selection, and keeping in mind you've tried things before, just go for what you're in the mood for.

Just attempt to go from lighter to darker, weaker to stronger or less intense to more intense, and save a few for later.

[Anonymous No.10034828]

>>10029681
No brewery is 1000 years old... lying faggot

[Anonymous No.10034977]

>>10034828
Wrong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weihenstephan_Abbey

[Anonymous No.10035487]

>>10034741
death by coconut is really good

[Anonymous No.10036795]

is bourbon county good?

[Anonymous No.10037023]

>>10036795
good, but many other similar tier beers cost less and aren't owned by Budweiser

[Anonymous No.10037449]

>be 22
>thinking about going back to college
>find this
>meet all of the requirements
>could apply right now

Do I do it?
Will the degree get me anywhere in the industry?

[Anonymous No.10037461]

>>10037449
Depending on your location, the beer industry is pretty over saturated right now.

[Anonymous No.10037532]

>all this stout and ipafaggotry
Who /UKbitter/ in here?
Why does Theakston constantly outperform the eternal black sheep?

[Anonymous No.10037591]

>>10036795

It's well known for a reason, but 2017 wasn't their best year. I'd recommend KBS, Pugachev's Cobra, BA Big Bad Baptist, and AleSmith's Speedway line.

[Anonymous No.10038861]

>>10028457
>>10028503
Thomas hardys is an olde ale, which is a barleywine. Research the styles, same fucking thing. Also, 30/31 year old master race.

[Anonymous No.10038897]

I don't even bother trying those weird label beers you post, I just drink this

[Anonymous No.10039157]

Best pale ale in MN coming through

Very glad these guys made their stout year-round too, I honestly think they have the best year-round lineup in the state

[Anonymous No.10039177]

This is what i usually drink. Don't really know alot about beer but is this a >good beer?.

https://www.yak-ales.com.au/product/wild-yak

Also, what are some australian beers i should try to expand my tastebuds?

[Anonymous No.10039221]

>>10018455
hilarious what the US is doing to beer, i guess that happens if you got no culture of drinking it. Also funny how the same people that praise their cinnamon-fig-coffee-latte-sherrybarrelaged-"beer" usually go full retard about purity when it comes to other alcoholic drinks like whiskey and wine (rightfully so, you cant judge quality if you fuck with the product in a million ways). Being a "beer-connaisseur" is probably the most faggy thing amongst all foodhobbies, i got less respect for you than for furries or pedophiles

[Anonymous No.10039243]

>>10039221
Okay

[Anonymous No.10039247]

>>10039221
t. furry pedo

[Anonymous No.10039253]

>>10039221
Local retard yells at clouds

[Anonymous No.10039271]

do people legitimately like the taste of IPA? it tastes like soap

[Anonymous No.10039276]

>>10039221
No one cares what you think, or is going to read your essay. Dropped at the first word because no capitalization = low quality posting.

[Anonymous No.10039280]

>>10039271
I honestly find that old IPA tastes like soap, but a fresher IPA with a stronger hop presence can have a pleasant bitterness or fruitiness. What have you tried?

[Anonymous No.10039436]

>>10038861
>Thomas hardys is an olde ale, which is a barleywine.
patently false, either you're so buttblasted you got called out for your blunder or you're that uneducated about beer that I'm wasting my time trying to hold a discussion with you

[Anonymous No.10039443]

>>10039271
t. cilantro mutant

[Anonymous No.10039793]

>>10037591
>Pugachev's Cobra
that stuff tastes like shit though

[Anonymous No.10039880]

>>10039793

Sounds like you must have gotten a bad bottle.

[Anonymous No.10040229]

>>10034828
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltenburg_Abbey

[Anonymous No.10040282]

Anyone here tried Mellow Monks?

It was certainly mellow. Mellow to the point that it tasted like NOTHING.

[Anonymous No.10041508]

>>10039880
>Sounds like you must have gotten a bad bottle.
nah, it's probably just a bad brewery. every single thing i've had from there has been bad. especially the blonde ale, which tasted like coyote piss. i'll stick to founders for now.

[Anonymous No.10041581]

I had this one a couple of weeks ago

First beer I actually enjoyed

[Anonymous No.10041591]

>>10039436
They're about as interchangeable as stouts and porters.

[Anonymous No.10041893]

Wha are your favourite breweries?

[Anonymous No.10042232]

>>10041508

I'll admit I haven't had anything else from them that I'd order/buy again, but PC is pretty great.

[Anonymous No.10042386]

this is what I'm having tonight. Creamy with hint of peaches and some hops.

[Anonymous No.10042801]

>>10041893
The Midwest ones

[Anonymous No.10044394]

>>10041893

[Anonymous No.10044609]

>>10041508
>i'll stick to founders for now

[Anonymous No.10044654]

For me, its Hitler - Fuhrer pilsner

[Anonymous No.10045440]

>>10022182
Correct. The Osaka blues coffee beer is good too.

[Anonymous No.10046038]

>>10044654
fun fact:

The nazi party and Hitler's political career started in the Hofbrau brewery. They still sell Hofbrau beers today

[Anonymous No.10046135]

Finishing off some of my brother’s home brew and then moving on to pic related.

Tomorrow night I eat and drink free thanks to my wife’s company. They always take us to a nice place.

[Anonymous No.10046234]

>>10046135
>Finishing off some of my brother’s home brew
what kind?

[Anonymous No.10046272]

>>10046234
Apricot wheat ale. It’s tasty.

[Anonymous No.10046465]

question for you beer connoisseurs: what is considered fresh? like when it says "canned on" or "bottled on", what is a good length of date to keep in mind for freshness?

[Anonymous No.10046512]

>>10046465
Really fresh: One week to one month
"Fresh": less than three months

[Anonymous No.10046539]

>>10046512
and if it says "fresh by" should it just be disregarded

[Anonymous No.10046540]

One 12 oz. Old Rasputin + one shot of kahlua = fuckwin.

[Anonymous No.10046549]

Beer has xenoestrogens in it, and will turn you into a faggot who wants to chop his dick off. Real men drink vodka.

[Anonymous No.10046605]

>>10046549
real men drink malt liquor

[Anonymous No.10046624]

what stores sell tulip glasses?

[Anonymous No.10046702]

whgats a good beer to drink if you just want to get drunk as fuck? that is, high ABV but still kind of light tasting?

[Anonymous No.10046707]

>>10046702
You need to enter the world of malt liquor

[Anonymous No.10046753]

>>10046702
most high abv are either heavy or hoppy

[Anonymous No.10047567]

>>10046512

Correct, which is sad because there are a lot of good IPA's just within my state that don't get to me within anywhere a week of being bottled. The flavor can change so much in the first week or two, it's crazy.

[Anonymous No.10047571]

>>10046624

Just steal them from brewpubs - that's where most of my glassware comes from.

[Anonymous No.10047576]

>>10046549
>real men
>drinking clear spirits
Pick one

[Anonymous No.10047583]

>>10046702

Really good triple IPA's tend to be very well balanced and somehow hide the alcohol. "Light" beer literally means less malts, which is where the alcohol (and calories) comes from.

[Anonymous No.10048121]

>>10046702
A Belgian beer style called Tripel, but you may not be able to find it for dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.10048160]

[Anonymous No.10048178]

>>10034479
this is nonsense, dark beers were called stout porters way before guinness

[Anonymous No.10048185]

>>10034741
hey britbong that's quite the variety there, what shop did you get the Northern Monk in ? I'm not keen on the highwire but the hw grpaefruit improves it alot. Also what is
>To Ol - #YOLOmælk

[Anonymous No.10048531]

>>10018455
I have a question, why is there so much hate surrounding IPAS/flavored beers. Some of them sound like they would taste pretty good, but you’re considered a “soyboy” if you drink anything besides rubbing alcohol or dirty hepatitis piss. Most people enjoy juices/soda by themselves so makes alcoholic beverages that not only taste pretty good but also get you drunk seems like a 2 birds with one stone sort of thing. Just my thoughts

[Anonymous No.10048573]

>>10021787
No you fuck, just drink it. Enjoy your goddamn life

[Anonymous No.10048636]

>>10048531
People here hate people liking what they don't like, like most things there are well made IPAs and bad ones. I drink a hell of a lot of hoppy beers and could rek most of the people shouting soiboi on this site. Also ask for double blind peer reviewed evidence of IPA's actually interferring with bodily hormone systems and they suddenly turn silent. You do you brother and don't worry what someone calls you

[Anonymous No.10048687]

>>10048531

It isn't hate. It's contempt.

[Anonymous No.10048693]

>>10021794
you nasty

[Anonymous No.10048763]

>>10048687
>hate craft beer because some who drink it are pretentious
>i pretentiously have contempt for them
Now you understand why you're a womanish faggot.

[Anonymous No.10048946]

>>10047583

I've had 3 different Triple IPA's and they've all had the same "So much hops it's like you're drinking pure hops" taste

[Anonymous No.10049212]

What's the most you guys have ever spent on a single bottle of beer?

[Anonymous No.10049242]

>>10048160
>Mexican Spice Cake Bourbon Barrel

I'm all for barreling some cool beers, but man that description made me gag

[Anonymous No.10049252]

>>10048531
I can't stand the fact that a lot of IPAs I've tried become sweet 2 months after their production date. Though I like IPAs as a style of their own.

stop caring about what people think. most well-off people I know drink mostly generic craft beer like Goose Island and never branch off or drink fucking Smirnoff Ice or other coolers

[Anonymous No.10049260]

>>10049212
$24 for a bomber, but for a typical 12oz I think $7

>>10048946
It's easy to go overboard with hops, and a lot of the time you can't really tell when somebody makes a triple IPA whether they're advertising it as a "super balanced high alcohol ipa" or "super hoppy palate wrecker high alcohol ipa"

The only time I prefer the latter is when I need something to clear out my sinuses

>>10048160
>2018
>still drinking Dragon's Milk when Founder's Breakfast Stout is year-round

>>10048121
New Belgium Tripel is pretty cheap

>>10047576
>real men
>thinking gin and aquavit are bad
pick one

>>10045440
I'm guessing you meant Oskar Blues? I'll keep an eye out for it! Don't see them much near me

>>10041893
>best year-round beers
Castle Danger
>best special releases
Indeed
>best for the price
Summit
>best taproom
Blacklist

[Anonymous No.10049264]

>>10021787
That's the problem I have with cellaring flavoured beer.

I'm all for cellaring Trappist brews, but stuff like this I'm very hesitant, because I feel like the cherry or chocolate flavors they deliberately add will fade over time. I don't know what the general etiquette is with cellaring beer so it beats me.

[Anonymous No.10049273]

>>10049212
$25 for 22 oz a few times

I have spent more per oz on smaller pours at bars before though, maybe $12 for a 10oz pour a couple times

[Anonymous No.10049286]

>>10047567
buying non-local IPAs for me is always playing with fire. and IPAs that aren't fresh too

>see steep discount on a really good IPA at my local store in the beginning of a month
>check under the can for production date
>says it has been bottled 6 months ago
>has been standing on a shelf as opposed to a fridge

[Anonymous No.10049447]

>>10046702

[Anonymous No.10049773]

>>10049260
>>still drinking Dragon's Milk when Founder's Breakfast Stout is year-round
Not when you live in britbongistan are kid , we get what we're given

[Anonymous No.10049797]

This was decent.
Also I'm of the impression room temperature consumption of stouts/porters is not a meme.

[Anonymous No.10050721]

>>10049286
yeah I always check bottle dates on anything hoppy, pic related

[Anonymous No.10051033]

>>10049773
Kek at the feminist whale going "look at this douche taking an instagraham-tier photo of his beer"

[Anonymous No.10051051]

>>10049797

of course it isn't a meme. cheap lagers are ice cold because it masks the awful corn flavor. warming the beer up unlocks flavor basically.

[Anonymous No.10051059]

>>10049212

$26 for a bomber of Tart of Darkness
though i did receive a free bottle of a 2008 vintage of Hurricane Kitty by Keegan Ales which was $40. thank god it was free because it tasted like shit.

[Anonymous No.10051081]

Having a couple of these tonight, it's good beer. It's my go to beer

[Anonymous No.10051232]

fucking love pic related - hoponius union by jack's abby. amazing IPL i can't find anywhere outside of new england, it's been ~3 years now. they've since changed to a much more generic label design, which is unfortunate, because the bottle was a thing of beauty in itself

[Anonymous No.10051365]

Picked up some Franziskaner Weissbier from the 7-11 the other day. I've been looking for something ~5% for sipping on ever since they replaced my old trusty Veltins with shitty Peroni.

It grew on me the more I drank it, but I'm not eager to pick it up again. The search continues.