/beer/

[Anonymous No.10161692]

watcha drinking ?
watcha keeping safe for a good evening ?
watcha brewing ?

also, beer general

got an unexpected sample tasting yesterday when going to the beershop afterwork, a brewery named Piggy brewing was here and showing their stuff, including an excellent strawberry stout they just bottled (the guy said it was going to be in store in march) and a weird beet/blueberry beer that was definitely drinkable, but still pretty way off. he said they were still working on it and planning to insert cocoa in the recipe. will probably buy one for the sake of it when it comes out if not too expensive, but only for the wtf fest it's going to be and not reiterate the experience
bought them an oatmeal imperial stout called Fat Monstruous Pig, didn't drink it yet
I'm drinking this as I post

[Anonymous No.10161713]

Keeping a case of Samuel Adams on standby for after I finish my diet. Should be good until May, so that's when I'll drink them. It's one of the American Craft Lager variety cases.

[Anonymous No.10161727]

Please guys dont get obsessed with beer. Youll waste time and money and you look like fools.

[Anonymous No.10161767]

Had a Chimay Blue and a Rochefort 10, so now I'm drinking an Anchor Steam to come down a bit before my wife comes home for dinner. Got one of these for dessert plus a bunch more cool stuff that I'll post as I drink it.

[Anonymous No.10161797]

>>10161713
>Boston Lager, Fresh As Helles, Noble Pils, Coffee Black Lager, Kellerbier, Smoked lager

I've only drank the Boston lager before, which was a pretty average lager, imo
I don't know the others, so have fun

>>10161727
it's not like I don't enjoy the average 12packs drinking while watching football with friends, but I started doing this at home alone after work and now instead of always buying packs I always end up finishing the evening I bought it after work, I just buy single beers I can enjoy coming home without being tempted to drink others because there are none

>>10161767
living near Belgium, in high school I downed so much of these along with Carapils when the money was running down I have hard times enjoying them now

[Anonymous No.10161966]

>>10161767
now onto one of these, not bad but not great, middle of the road toronto brewery.

[Anonymous No.10162338]

It's exactly what it says it is. Cheaper too.

[chop No.10162346]

Having one of these. A nice flowery ale. Quite hoppy too but not too much.

We took my brother to a small brewery for his bachelor party and they let him brew 30 liters of this himself (we paid them obviously).
10 days later when it came time to can the beer he brought these labels which he made himself. He says it's from Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'm a few seasons behind on that show so I haven't watched the episode it's from.

I think it's in the 7-7.5% vol. range but I'm going by taste on this. They told us of course but I've forgot.

[Anonymous No.10162719]

Drinking an old Cranberry Lambic from New Glarus, its very good

[Anonymous No.10162992]

>>10162346
>that pour
Kek

[Anonymous No.10163364]

>>10162719
I need some New Glarus . . . need it . . . must drive to WI

[Anonymous No.10163394]

>>10163364
fuck off

we're full

[Anonymous No.10163411]

>>10163394
I'm not staying in your shitty state.

[Anonymous No.10163436]

tried a few new ones last night, they were all good:
stone & wood the gatherer 2018 (american wheat beer - aus)
lindemans pecheresse (peach lambic - belgian)
weisser hirsch allgauer weizen (pale hefeweizen - german)
brussels beer project juice junkie (neipa - belgian)
got some more i'm looking forward to trying tonight

[Anonymous No.10164147]

>>10161692
keeping safe? about 40ish individual bombers and 750s stored, a couple 750s of Virtue cider in the fridge, and random 12s and cans strewn about. still holding on to my 2016 backwoods bastard, as it has a higher ABV by mistake.

[Anonymous No.10164601]

>>10163411
That's what I said. Now I'm looking at stupid houses out there

[Anonymous No.10164981]

Molten cheese, carbonated.

[Anonymous No.10164995]

it's pretty terrible

[Anonymous No.10165000]

I opened a 5 Liter mini keg of Paulaner but I couldn't finish it. So I pushed the tap back into the keg and just stored it. Is this ok or am I ruining the carbonation? How long is this gonna last me?
>tfw no friends to share it with ;_;

[Anonymous No.10165004]

>>10165000
It's not going to go flat overnight. You probably have a few days.

Sauce: my ass.

[Anonymous No.10165028]

>>10165000
I WANT YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND MAN UP TO THAT KEG BOY!

[Anonymous No.10165057]

>>10165004
I'm not sure about that since I lifted the air seal and I don't know if closing it really reseals it tightly enough to keep the gas from escaping.

>>10165028
I'm considering this too. It's just that I'll feel so pathetic afterwards because it's a testament to my loneliness.

[Anonymous No.10165067]

>>10165057
no really though do not do that. i dont recommend it. im lonely to as well

[Anonymous No.10165101]

>>10165057
>I'm not sure about that since I lifted the air seal and I don't know if closing it really reseals it tightly enough to keep the gas from escaping.
Surely you can finish it off tomorrow right?

[Anonymous No.10165514]

Just tried a Bellhaven Scottish ale. Def. drink cold and poured into a glass. Very good.

[Anonymous No.10165520]

Usually don't do IPAs but this was good

[Anonymous No.10165593]

>>10161727
If you're American you won't waste much money. I'd rather look a bit like a fool and live a good life than being a Chad who tortures himself everyday and dies in agony.

[Anonymous No.10165645]

>>10165000
drink up. Don't be a soyyie.

[Anonymous No.10165969]

>>10164995
Japanese beer is amazing with Japanese food, but by itself is pretty meh. That said idk why you would hate on Kirin instead of Asahi which is worst girl

[Anonymous No.10166007]

>>10161727
But it's fun trying out new beers with friends. Besides my town has something like 8 breweries so it's hard to avoid unless you're a complete NEET.

[Anonymous No.10166281]

Can someone suggest some really NON-hoppy beers, beers that are more "normal" tasting but still have ABV?

[Anonymous No.10166296]

>>10166281
like stouts? or like malty scotch ales? or just simple lagers?

[Anonymous No.10166382]

Pic related, drank this with my buddies last night. Mostly local stouts and ambers but we threw in a few lighter ones and an IPA for variety.

Was quite good, all in all. Hoping to go again soon.

[Anonymous No.10166718]

Minnesota people
Is Fair State Brewing good?
Should I care about them launching in Milwaukee in a couple weeks?

[Anonymous No.10166793]

>>10165969
>Japanese beer is amazing with Japanese food,
cringe. It's just a fucking adjunct lager m8.

[Anonymous No.10167403]

>>10165645
>Beer has more phytoestrogens than soy
/pol/ BTFO

[Anonymous No.10167412]

>>10166281
Basically malt liquor or ice beer. Adjunct lager taste with higher abv

[Anonymous No.10167434]

>>10161692
I'm drinking absolute PISS.
Cheap nasty piss lager.

[Anonymous No.10167723]

Is retarded beer okay to drink?

[Anonymous No.10167840]

>>10166718
Their roselle and giants bane are both awesome. Their ipa is alright. Haven't tried the pils or Vienna lager

[Anonymous No.10168022]

Should I drink them all tonight?

[Anonymous No.10168173]

>>10168022
4 beers?
Sure

[Anonymous No.10168935]

Alright /beer/ time to laugh at me.
This is a special release from New Belgium, even moreso than their usual Lips of Faith series. It takes their La Folie American Wild ale and add Geisha coffee beans to the brew.

It's now easily the most expensive beer I've purchased at $50 a bottle

[Anonymous No.10168978]

>>10168935
Well how does it taste?

[Anonymous No.10168980]

>>10168935
Is Geisha coffee like particularly interesting coffee, or just some arbitrary coffee type?

[Anonymous No.10169022]

>>10168935
why do you pay so much for beer, are you rich
if not that's an absurd waste of money

[Anonymous No.10169055]

>>10169022
people spend more on worse wines all the time

[Anonymous No.10169067]

>>10169055
yeah and that's the price range for wine m8, i could get a good bottle of beer for less than 20 for sure

if you drink beer like you drink wine thats fine though, just seems a bit absurd

[Anonymous No.10169068]

>>10168978
currently chilling. Will report back soon witha pic of it poured in a glass.

>>10168980
It seems to be this Central American coffee bean that(according to an article) if brew right it's a very pleasent coffee that feels like an earl grey tea. Also it's very expensive(no prices were given) and the article even goes as far as to say it still isn't appreciated by the typical coffee drinker. A real hipster take.

[Anonymous No.10169101]

>>10169067
I mean I've never spent that much on a beer, but if I were particularly excited for one I might. Most I have spent was $25 for CBS which was totally worth it

[Anonymous No.10169147]

>>10169022
I'm not the guy who bought the beer, but splurging occasionally on a hobby isn't unusual. Spending $50 on a beer, $150 on an action figure, $100 on a rare book... it's all the same.

[Anonymous No.10169375]

Just had one of these bad boys, one of my favorite brown ales. I tried it in Chicago a year ago and now they're distributing in MN so I can get it whenever

>>10169101
This is generally my rule, I have a couple once-yearly releases that are $20-$25 that I'll grab, otherwise I don't splurge that much.

>>10168022
Looks like you're already two in, if you aren't stopping there you're gonna finish them

>>10166718
Yeah, they're quite good. Their line of sour releases are a bit pricey but good, Vienna Lager and IPA are solid, and Roselle is absolutely great. Pils is pretty boring but I use it in cooking sometimes--think it might be getting phased out for Vienna Lager though, it's not on the "canned" section of their website anymore.

>>10165969
Sapporo is worst girl, Asahi is at least decent

>>10162338
Been meaning to try this, Fulton really can't do any wrong. Except maybe sweet child

[Anonymous No.10170006]

Moa dry hopped pilsner
breddy gud

[Anonymous No.10170470]

Drinking a homebrew imperial IPA.
Anyone else get into a bit of home-brewing?

[Anonymous No.10170844]

>>10170006
I liked their imperial stout when I visited NZ

[Anonymous No.10171368]

>>10161692
My local supermarket just got my favorite in stock, so I've been drinking that periodically along with Great Divide's Yeti if I make a quick pitstop at Total Wine on the way home from work. I'm pretty fond of Imperial stouts if you haven't guessed already.

[Anonymous No.10171651]

>>10162346
PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS BAIT

[Anonymous No.10171656]

>>10168935
Fuck I want that

[Anonymous No.10171661]

The only doppelbock beer thats good so far

[Anonymous No.10171811]

>>10171661
Salvator is good, try Andechser if you can find it, even better. I know what I'm talking about, I'm from Munich.

[Anonymous No.10171830]

[Anonymous No.10172665]

>>10171661
Celebrator still holds that honor for me, so good

[Anonymous No.10172762]

>>10161692
Was recently in Flanders (northern France) and Ghent and drunk a lot of Trappist beers like pic related. They're high alcohol content but they're meant to be a replacement for wine with a meal. Definitely not session beers. The cuisine is based around quite mature cheeses and fries so these floral beers cut right through all that heaviness.

[Anonymous No.10174029]

are they, dare i say it, /ourbrewery/?

[Anonymous No.10174043]

>>10165000
drink it like a man trips

[Anonymous No.10174050]

>>10174029

[Anonymous No.10175517]

>>10165004
>>10165028
>>10165067
>>10165101
>>10165645
Alright I invited some friends over this weekend. I hope it lasts a week. But moreso I hope they show up.

[Anonymous No.10175701]

>>10174050
Kind of gay desu

[Anonymous No.10175778]

The goat of beers

[Anonymous No.10177377]

>here's something super experimental, that you'll have no idea if you'll like it or not that we just announced and released 5 seconds ago
>lol you have to buy a 4 pack for 20$
i like CA but fucking hell

[Anonymous No.10177634]

>>10161713
Samuel Adams variety packs are my go to. Drink in good health fren.

[Anonymous No.10177658]

>>10175778
wouldn't bock be the goat of all beers hahah get it? because bock has goats on it, like goat the aminal not goat like greatest in all time XD

[Anonymous No.10178280]

>>10161692

This shit is comfy on a cold day.

[Anonymous No.10178307]

>>10175778
That stuff is delicious. I just kegged a homebrew clone of it this morning.

[Anonymous No.10178771]

>tfw love really hoppy IPAs
>they give me fruity screaming diarrhea
Suffering

[Anonymous No.10178809]

>>10171830
yum

[Anonymous No.10178882]

>>10177377
collective arts is actually gargbage. when the entire schtick of your brewery is selling the beer based on rotating can art instead of the product itself then you can tell it's shit.

[Anonymous No.10178892]

Got 2 vanilla porters in my fridge ive been meaning to take and drink with my friends when we grab our weekly haul but i keep forgetting. Might just drink em tommorow

[Anonymous No.10178968]

How do I learn to like beer

[Anonymous No.10179067]

In Anchorage, AK on business, picked up an Arkose Brewery - Amber Earth ESB (just finishing) and a 49th State Brewing Co - 907 Frontier Style Lager

[Anonymous No.10179095]

>>10178968
Keep trying different styles till you find something you like
Who cares if it's something like ciders or lambics (fruity stuff) or lagers (light, easy drinking stuff) it helps to build a bass then branch out as your senses develop and I say senses cuz drinking beer is an experience when you take everything in also I suggest picking up The Beer Bible ~$15 on Amazon and read that

[Anonymous No.10179361]

>>10164995
Orion>Kirin>Sapporo>Asahi>>>>>>Yepissu

[Anonymous No.10181115]

>>10174029
>>10174050
based

[Anonymous No.10181142]

>>10179361

Pretty much.

[Anonymous No.10181154]

Not sure, need to make a decision

I have a full collection of Belgian beer glasses too it’s become a bit of an obsession for me really

[Anonymous No.10181171]

Currently sitting on these til next week when my buddy and I can get together and have some beers over board games

1/3

[Anonymous No.10181255]

Currently sitting on these til next week

1/3

[Anonymous No.10181261]

>>10181255
2/3

[Anonymous No.10181268]

>>10181255
>>10181261
3/3

[Anonymous No.10182754]

Trying my second Sour. This one from New Belgium. It's better than Victory's, but I'm still not a fan. I've also got a mediocre Porter and one bottle of Sam Adams BL left. I also bought an Extra IPA from Sierra Nevada, but I already know I'll enjoy that.
>>10164995
Kirin Ichiban is poison. Only beer I've ever dumped down a drain. Made me fucking gag.

[Anonymous No.10182783]

Because its cheap my dudes

[Anonymous No.10182799]

[Anonymous No.10183335]

Finally got my hands on Westvleteren 12 because of Belgiumfriend.

Included a Westmalle glass for me too, oh lawdy

[Anonymous No.10183354]

>>10167723
F

[Anonymous No.10183376]

>>10174029
ah yes, alcohol and firearms, what could go wrong

[Anonymous No.10183400]

Brought 2 4 packs of these back from lost forty in little rock, they got great reviews but taste too syrupy and leave a thick malty aftertaste that I don't like. Anyone tried these or any of their stuff?

[Anonymous No.10183746]

This shit is actually pretty good

[Anonymous No.10183842]

>>10183376
with tobacco it would be even better

[Anonymous No.10183998]

Bar had a couple bottles of this on special. Gave it a shot having never tried a quad before.

Holy shit. I am in love.

[Anonymous No.10184000]

>>10178968
Try diffetent ones until you find one you like

[Anonymous No.10184025]

>>10183998
Should add that I had it with a cut of beef roast, and this is the first time I've ever felt that a beer held up and paired well with one. People always say porters and stouts compliment beef, but I've never found that to be true, imo the roastiness clashes too much. This, though, the caramel and warm booziness + hearty beef was just divine.

[Anonymous No.10184094]

>>10164995
kirin specifically has this like metallic overtone that i really didn't like. i enjoy sapporo a lot for what it is but i've only ever had it out of the tall cans

[Anonymous No.10184159]

>>10178968
>really like pale ales/IPA
>don't like anything else
I really want to get into darker ale since it looks so damn tasty but I just can't handle the flavor compared to pale ales which are just perfect for me. Guinness extra stout was probably the most drinkable for me so far.

[Anonymous No.10184177]

this man had 1 ipa but already you can see the effects of estrogen please pray for him

[Anonymous No.10184362]

GOAT craft

[Anonymous No.10185471]

>>10184159
if you like coffee try founders breakfast stout

[Anonymous No.10187137]

>>10185471
their sumatra brown is a much better example of a coffee beer. also, it's got a higher abv.

[Anonymous No.10187141]

>>10170470
You have a fucking keggerator?
jelly
Still only got 2 kegs and 120931273 bottles

FML

[Anonymous No.10187158]

>>10181268
>>10181261
>>10181255
You are 100% Swedish

I should know, since like 70% of those are Swedish Breweries lol.

To Judge:
Nebuchadnezzar, the third from the top is my fave Imperial IPA. O/O is a fantastic brewery, but man do you pay the price. Mango Fever is good but a bit over hyped. Fucking LEON is 10/10 my fave barnhouse ale oh lawd. Passionfruit < Mango DIPA desu

2/3
Quadra hop is just pricey. Sierra nevada is dank but can be pretty basic. Beerbibliotek is good but overpriced. Really good just not priceworthy. LEON is a beer i've wanted to try but the 50.60 kr pricetag is just LOL

3/3
Mikkeller is sooo overpriced idk
The one next to it idk the name but its good
Brekeriet is good and I've made many of their beers myself
Lagunitas Maximus DIPA is one of my faves

[Anonymous No.10187225]

>>10184362
Which part of the goat is it made of? Like the blood?

[Anonymous No.10187231]

>>10161692

Firestone walker made a nitro milk stout thats actually pretty solid.

[Anonymous No.10187242]

>>10187137
that's fair but breakfast stout is more widely + consistently available i think and it's a fine introduction

[Anonymous No.10188058]

>>10170470
soon, still trying to grab some good material on homebrewing

[Anonymous No.10188277]

>>10172762
>Flanders (northern France)
u wot

[Anonymous No.10188616]

Yuengling Pennsylvania Pisswater

[Anonymous No.10188639]

>>10187141
Kegerator makes home-brewing so much easier.
I used to bottle, I did it for years and would dread bottling day.
I brew 2 batches at a time and I can keg them both in around half an hour. Bottling the same amount would take around 4 hours.

[Anonymous No.10188696]

Just found a 4 pack of this

[Anonymous No.10188716]

>>10183746
Sierra Nevada is just a good brewery. I like nearly everything I've tried from them, and they're pretty inexpensive to boot. Try their Celebration IPA.

[Anonymous No.10188724]

>>10188696
>untapped glass

[Anonymous No.10188744]

>>10188724
i generally find my beer images I post here on untapped, generally a better selection of images of newly released beers than google images

[Anonymous No.10188857]

>>10188696
Some really good rum barrel flavor in this, coconut is pretty subtle, base beer is excellent

[Anonymous No.10189255]

>>10187242
true, considering sumatra was a seasonal release. i believe they changed it to being a year-long release, along with backwoods bastard - a beer that i believe deserves more hype than KBS.

[Anonymous No.10189571]

I tried Deschutes Black Butte Porter the other day and had the liquid shits a few hours later so I reckon there's lactose in it. Apart from that it was ok but there's better black beer that's cheaper.

[Anonymous No.10190188]

>"the perfect beer doesn't exi-"

[Anonymous No.10190471]

>>10168935
>sour
>coffee

wtf

[Anonymous No.10190473]

>>10183746
it's 1000x better on draft at the brewery.

[Anonymous No.10190937]

>>10190473
>fresh ipa is better
no shit dickhead

[Anonymous No.10191030]

>>10189255
>backwoods bastard - a beer that i believe deserves more hype than KBS.

Well if it didn't get it before, it sure as hell isn't getting it now. One of my Michigan craft beer groups on facebook won't stop claiming that Backwoods sucks ever since Founders announced it was going to be year round.

[Anonymous No.10191628]

Recommend a beer to someone who only drinks liquor.

[Anonymous No.10191990]

>>10191628
end of history by brewdog

[Anonymous No.10193468]

>>10191628
barleywine may be up your alley. Or anything barrel aged.

[Anonymous No.10193848]

>>10191628
belgian quads
barrel aged stouts and that

[Anonymous No.10194012]

Best IPA in the midwest coming through

(god bless my parents for having two of these in the fridge the weekend I'm visiting home)
>>10191628
Founder's Backwoods Bastard

>>10189255
Sumatra is year-round now? I thought they just made Backwoods and Breakfast year-round

[Anonymous No.10194766]

>>10194012
i might be mistaken, it probably was just the backwoods and breakfast stout (which is dumb, because it used to be year-round a few years ago)

[Anonymous No.10195669]

>The beer that got me into beer.

What's her name /beer/?

[Anonymous No.10195858]

Ordered some beer:
>Lowenbrau
>La Trappe Quadrupel
>Magic Rock Common Grounds
>North Brewing Co. Volta
>Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout
>Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
Thoughts? Did I choose well, /beer/?

[Anonymous No.10197203]

Finally I can drink in peace and quiet. Woman with her parents for the weekend.

Bought a selection just because.