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[Anonymous No.10751665]

Cannabis beer edition.

Welcome to Beer General! Feel free to shitpost and discuss beer here.

Discord: https://discord.gg/FHxk3Wc

Thread discussion: Which stranger adjuncts do you enjoy in your beer?

Pictured is Garage Project x Modern Times' 'We Are Family' New Zealand pale ale with hemp seed extract.

[Anonymous No.10751689]

>>10751665
Just bought these. Already had the Cloudwater, but by jaysus is it amazing.

[Anonymous No.10751704]

>>10751665
The weirdest I've had was an Evil Twin Gose brewed with seaweed and seasalt.

[Anonymous No.10751708]

>>10751689
>>10751704
Awesome man, I had some Cloudwater beers last time I was in Europe. I've heard Verdant and Wylam are amazing too, can't wait to go back and try them.

[Anonymous No.10751712]

w2c aesthetic cans

[Anonymous No.10751783]

>>10751689
This is a very good selection. Best I've seen in these threads.

[Anonymous No.10751791]

>>10751708
Last week I was at a tap take over of Cloudwater in a bar. 21 fucking beers on tap. Felt like a kid in a toy store

[Anonymous No.10751809]

>>10751783
I live between two great beer stores, costs an arm and a leg but great stuff. Pic related is some of the beers I've had in the last 2-3 months

[Anonymous No.10751828]

>>10751665
I had Dogfishhead's Chocolate Lobster beer on tap a year or two ago. They actually use the water leftover from boiling lobsters in their restaurant. I've had half a dozen oyster stouts that I really enjoyed, the the lobster was pretty fucking out there, especially combined with chocolate.

[Anonymous No.10751870]

>>10751809
How great was that Cloudwater x Lervig collab? I thought it was pretty great.

Tiny Rebel's CLWB Tropicana is pretty good too.

[Anonymous No.10751880]

>>10751809
You live in Brighton? Wild guess.

[Anonymous No.10751958]

>>10751880
Nope, Paris, France

[Anonymous No.10751967]

>>10751870
The black forest cherry stout ? It was fucking amazing

[Anonymous No.10751970]

>>10751809
>Collecting beer bottles
Does everyone do this in their early 20s? I did, friends did. Then after I got married, it was wine bottles for a while. Then we got rid of those because it's really dumb.

[Anonymous No.10751977]

>>10751970
Spot on, I know its useless, I just like it

[Anonymous No.10751985]

>>10751970
Mid 20s reporting in and can confirm that we do it. I realize it's retarded though. But I hate looking at an empty shelf so they'll do for now.

[Anonymous No.10751994]

>>10751977
> I know its useless
It does serve a couple of purposes tho -- one, it's cheap personalized decoration for an otherwise generic apartment. Two, it can be a nice conversation starter. Fancy beer is a bit of a shibboleth for the recently legal. And three, it can provide a little fun memory, I guess.

When we moved on to wine bottles, tho, it was just dumb.

[Anonymous No.10752027]

>>10751958
Have you been to Liquiderie in the 11th arrondissement? I thought it was a cute little venue and I had some Cloudwater there.

>>10751967
Nah, it's called "There's a cold beer in my fridge and I need a drink' and it's a NEIPA. It's the can in the top left.

[Anonymous No.10752030]

>>10751970
I did too. I actually still horde my bottle caps for no reason whatsoever. Have a grocery bag filled with them

[Anonymous No.10752046]

>>10751970
Of course, but only if they still have beer in them.

[Anonymous No.10752062]

>>10751828
Yeah, I had no interest in even looking for that beer. Sounds gross as fuck, and I fucking love seafood enough to live off it forever. And beer? Same, but together? Nu uh. It's the same deal with pineapple and pizza. Love em' both. Together? Nu uuuuuh. NO!

[Anonymous No.10752075]

>>10752062
The Chocolate Lobster was a limited edition experimental brew that was only released in kegs. I have 4 places near me that actively seek out rare and limited brews so I'm always trying kind of weird things. Have you ever had any oyster stouts, though? Those can be surprisingly good.

[Anonymous No.10752104]

>IPA

[Anonymous No.10752156]

>>10752027
Oh yeah shit I had it a while ago forgot it was Lervig
>>10752027
Litterally went there 2 hours ago, try La binouze in the 18th Arrondissement next time, great references

[Anonymous No.10752163]

>>10751665
>pale ale
>canned
Unsubscribed.

[Anonymous No.10752167]

>>10752163
All the best breweries are moving towards superior cans, dum dum.

[Anonymous No.10752196]

>>10752062
Oyster stouts are actually really good

[Anonymous No.10752208]

>>10752163
>I have no understanding of beer containers.
Cans are more air-tight
No light to 'strike' the beer
Cheaper to make
Cheaper to ship (lighter)
Easier to take with you in the outdoors (rinse can, smash can, tote small, lightweight can home)
Dropped cans don't leave shards all over the place for people to step on.

But you go ahead and criticize things of which you have zero understanding.

[Anonymous No.10752218]

>>10751970
I’ve been collecting a bottle cap of every beer I tried since I turned 21 for shits and giggles

[Anonymous No.10752278]

>>10752167
Enjoy paying twice the price when the tariffs hit home. They'll be moving back to bottles damn quick.

[Anonymous No.10752291]

>>10752278
And this is what we get when we elect a president who doesn't drink. In any case, I think cans will likely still be more cost effective than bottles; even just the lower shipping cost is huge, both in being lighter and being able to be more efficiently packed.

[Anonymous No.10752333]

>>10752278
i'll enjoy not paying to have glass shards removed from my anus when i slip on a backpacking trip thanks

[Anonymous No.10752401]

>>10752278
>burger again assumes everyone on this website is also a burger
Well done!

[Anonymous No.10752414]

>>10752333
>he doesn't fill up his backpacking growler on the ride out to the trailhead

[Anonymous No.10752801]

>he doesn't fill up his camelbak with beer before hitting the road
pathetic, the lot of you

[Anonymous No.10752809]

>>10751665
More like /nmg/ for the nu-male general

[Anonymous No.10753089]

>>10752809
nice

[Anonymous No.10753194]

lager brewed w/ rice and cold aged in sake barrels
really nice a refreshing

[Anonymous No.10753255]

>tfw Celiac and you have to drive an hour to get anything that tastes good

I would have switched to wine at this point but it just isn't refreshing at all.

[Anonymous No.10753257]

>>10751665
Wish I could contribute, but I stopped drinking craft when I quit my liquor store job and lost my discount.

[Anonymous No.10753739]

As overpriced as a lot of barrel aged stouts are, I can't help but love them.

[Anonymous No.10753795]

>>10752104
not all IPAs are terrible

[Anonymous No.10753885]

>>10753795
I like DIPAs, they usually have quite a bit more sweetness to balance out the bitterness.

[Anonymous No.10753959]

Drinking a few of these. Just a refreshing beer, and reasonably priced.

[Anonymous No.10754761]

>>10753959
I thought this said Surly Jew at first

[Anonymous No.10754765]

you guys like jester king?

[Anonymous No.10755869]

>>10754765
y-yes?

[Anonymous No.10755879]

>>10754761
0/10 poor distribution of pepperoni

[Anonymous No.10755911]

>>10754765
I used to want to be a jester when i was a kid because I played Gauntlet Dark Legacy on PS2, and it's one of the greatest games in history. Then my mom told me that if they aren't funny they get killed. I told her about 10 years later that I wanted to be a chef and she told me chef's are usually fat. She's a stupid cunt but works very hard to make me hate who she is as a person every single day.

[Anonymous No.10755913]

You people disgust me.

[Anonymous No.10756493]

Califag reporting in. Heading to Minnesota for a few days and I've heard there's really good beer to be had, but I haven't been keeping track of any specific breweries. What are good beers that I can only get in Minnesota? I've had some Surly brews before and enjoyed them.

[Anonymous No.10757344]

>>10756493
Minnesotan here.

In no particular order, look into Eastlake, Enki, Surly, Summit (of course,) and Bauhaus. Check their websites for details an hours, as they can vary wildly for festivals and whatnot.

Don't forget a couple can of the local swill: GB Premium or Nordeast. Damned fine for what they are.

[Anonymous No.10757667]

for me, it's La Chouffe

[Anonymous No.10758748]

>yeah founders is definitely one of my favourite breweries

[Anonymous No.10759144]

Harsh in the end was bad but overalls good beer, a bit overpriced though

[Anonymous No.10759245]

>>10753739
just cracked open a reserve bottle i've had since 2015, with toasted chilies. they call it "smaug's breath". definitely has a mild chili scent and spiciness to it.

[Anonymous No.10759262]

>>10758748

[Anonymous No.10759395]

Just had one of these, possible the best APA

[Anonymous No.10759401]

>>10759262
>>10758748
you people are weird

[Anonymous No.10759420]

>>10756493
keep an eye open for anything from these guys
>>10759395

Also drive over to Wisconsin and get some of those New Glarus sour beers if that is what you are into and you are in the Twin Cities

[Anonymous No.10759425]

>>10759262
People around here are kinda hype bells is coming to our region, is it truly soy beer? The two hearted ale aint terribad.

[Anonymous No.10759437]

>>10759425
Two Heated is probably the best wide release classic IPA

[Anonymous No.10759447]

Where my NC bros at?

Some of my favorites from NC right now are:
>Birdsong - Jalapeno Pale
>AMB - Boone Creek Blonde
>Gibbs Hundred - Monkeysphere
>Foothills - Dead and Berried

[Anonymous No.10759452]

This entire thread is soy

[Anonymous No.10759459]

Imagine being so insecure that you don't drink certain types of beer because you're afraid of not being manly enough

[Anonymous No.10759473]

>>10759452
Soy wouldn't be caught dead with a normie male drink like beer, soy is a straight up wine market

[Anonymous No.10759509]

What sort of media do you read to keep up and educated yourself on beer? Im new to this shit and I'm curious

[Anonymous No.10759537]

>>10759509
just a couple local beer accounts on twitter, a small handful of local newspaper beer people, and most of the local breweries that I like

[Anonymous No.10759552]

>>10759509
Read stuff and use untappd

[Anonymous No.10759595]

>>10759425
>>10759437
two hearted is a definitive standard IPA, but i feel that the brewery is mostly coasting on its own status, not putting out anything new or anything that is the slightest sort of risk. ever since the children of the founders took over, they've gone downhill.

[Anonymous No.10759646]

guys, I'm an alcoholic.
been having 6 beers for the past 4 days each

[Anonymous No.10760230]

>>10758748
Am I the only one who doesn't like the specific hop flavor in many of founder's beers (including KBS that I had recently) that tastes like nettles?

[Anonymous No.10760258]

>>10759509
I don't. I drink random new stuff and if it's decent I may try more from them if I can find anything.

[Anonymous No.10760540]

>>10759425
bell's expedition stout is fantastic

[Anonymous No.10760545]

>>10758748
they do a good job though.

cbs is great. so is frootwood

[Anonymous No.10760549]

>>10751665
Is this beer made by the same company as the beer in OP's image in the current fridge thread? Feels like shilling.

[Anonymous No.10760576]

>>10760549
Nah, the beer in the fridge thread is made by Evil Twin.

[Anonymous No.10760824]

>>10751665
>Thread discussion: Which stranger adjuncts do you enjoy in your beer?
I drank some weissbier with pulverized reindeer antlers in it, it was supposed to act like some kind of aphrodisiac. Didn't notice any big difference in either taste or my dick but it's a fun story.

[Anonymous No.10760834]

>>10759509
I drink beer and then read on the bottle/can.

[Anonymous No.10760947]

>>10751665
What's the best Belgian beer that you have ever had?

[Anonymous No.10760960]

>>10760947
Westvleteren XII or Duchesse de Bourgogne as far as I know.

Belgium really appeals to me because as much as I like adjunct-laden American and Danish beer, Belgium really nails beers without anything else added.

[Anonymous No.10760963]

>>10760947
Chimay Grande Réserve, basically Chimay Blue aged in rum barrels.

[Anonymous No.10760973]

>>10751970

I know this club. My friends know this club.

[Anonymous No.10760986]

>>10760947
Rochefort Trappistes 10

[Anonymous No.10761007]

>>10756493
Indeed, bent paddle, dangerous man, fulton, lakes and legends, insight, castle danger, schells, hammerheart, the list can go on. Just type in brewery into your phone wherever you're staying and go crazy

[Anonymous No.10761016]

>>10760947
La fin du monde from Canada

[Anonymous No.10761064]

>>10760947
Chimay Doree, Houblon Chouffe, Boon Geuze, Drie Founteinen Geuze, Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Imperial Dark

[Anonymous No.10761080]

>>10759509
follow breweries and good beer shops/pubs on facebook to learn of new beers and good deals

[Anonymous No.10761086]

>>10760947
Tripel Karmeliet
Hanssens Artisanaal Oude Gueze

[Anonymous No.10761101]

>>10751970
My roommate does it and it's rapidly filling one corner of the garage.
>Tfw I noticed he started taking mine out of the recycling.
Spooky stuff.

[Anonymous No.10762413]

>>10759473
Funny how I see more numales at beer bars than wine bars.

[Anonymous No.10762418]

>>10760947
Rodenbach Alexander, Westvleteren 12, St. Bernardus Abt 12, some special cask aged version of Chimay Grande Reserve, The Bruery Oude Tart

[Anonymous No.10762443]

>>10762418
it was the 2015 one that's just barrel character, not cognac or rum

[Anonymous No.10762460]

>>10762413
I mostly see boomers at the breweries around my area

[Anonymous No.10762462]

>>10762460
actual boomers or 30 year old boomers?

[Anonymous No.10762489]

>>10762462
Actual boomers. I'm 25 and usually the youngest person there besides the employees.

[Anonymous No.10762535]

>>10762489
Where are you from? I mainly go to bars but boomers are a minority. Thought they sort of missed the boat on craft beer.

[Anonymous No.10762546]

>>10762535
Minnesota. I usually avoid the city so that's probably the reason. Lots of boomers hop on the scene. After years of garbage beer I think it's pretty refreshing for a big portion of them

[Anonymous No.10762870]

>>10762535
Wtf? Charlie Papazian and Michael Jackson, both boomers, started the craft brew movement in the US, you ignorant millennial.

[Anonymous No.10762911]

>>10762870
Yeah but how many of them are into craft beer compared to millennials? Not nearly as much.

[Anonymous No.10762946]

>>10753257
You can start homebrewing. Costs me on average ~$50 for a 5 gallon batch (~50 12oz bottles or 40 pints if you keg).
Does anyone here homebrew? /diy/ has /hbg/ but it's 80% people brewing mead for some reason

Has anyone tried Sip of Sunshine? I bought a clone kit and hear it's kinda like a mix between West Coast and New England IPA. Looking to make it in the next few weeks.

[Anonymous No.10762984]

>dugges plum spices imperial stout
An imp stout with a faint taste of fruit, alcohol and spiciness, close to a perfect stout in my eyes.

[Anonymous No.10763313]

>>10753959
New day, different beer. Pretty standard blonde. Just easy drinkin. Have a bottle of la fin du monde chilling for later though.

[Anonymous No.10763412]

>>10762911
>boomer beer drinkers willing to give their right nut for fresh original beer instead of adjunct garbage and skunked imports
>aren't into craft brew
Time to open your eyes puppy, you've been sucking on mamas tit long enough.

[Anonymous No.10764007]

>Had a tallboy of this before
>Worst beer EVER
>Found it at Valero in a 40
>Bought one like a week later
So I'm drinking it tonight and got some corn nuts. Will report once I crack it open. I like to start drinking later in the evening since it's only one 40

[Anonymous No.10764378]

>>10751665
Oysters are pretty good but a traditional ingredient. Right brain in tc makes a mangolista pig porter which I've had on draft a few times. Pretty gud.

>citra citra citra jfc

[Anonymous No.10764392]

>>10762946
One of my favorite east coasters. I like it more than most of the trillium and treehouse I've had.

[Anonymous No.10764470]

>>10759595
Daughter resigned, Larry is managing day to day and the new releases this year are bonerific. 30th cherry is waaaaaaaaay better than usual, they distributed fucking bba expedition last year and sparkle berry is out along with double 2 heart. I agree they had jumped the shark with the new labeled shit but thats old news and you are a dumb shit.

[Anonymous No.10764483]

>>10759262
Hopslam is decidedly not nuschool.

[Anonymous No.10764492]

>>10760545
>I'll take out of production and not planned anytime soon beers for $1000 Alex.

[Anonymous No.10764559]

>>10762546
>I usually avoid the city so that's probably the reason
Well yeah, if you are in the burbs, 35-60 year olds are going to make the bulk of any bar, restaurant, or breweries customers, since Millenials make up such a tiny portion of the population

[Anonymous No.10764584]

>>10760230
Its the other ingredients more than it is the hop bill. Centennial and mosaic promise still taste like founders.

[Anonymous No.10764836]

>>10753739
>>10759245
It's odd to me that dragons milk shows up as much as it does. 15 years ago it was everywhere in Michigan but it hasn't seen the popularity in years. It feels like no one drinks new Holland any more when they genuinely made pretty good beer for the era. This day and age the sour series is pretty great and gets no love from the masses.

[Anonymous No.10765279]

>>10764378
>
how are those other old nation beers? so far i've only had their flagship and boss tweed, both of which were quite enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.10765295]

>>10764470
to be fair, i stopped following them after the management change, so any recent changes i've heard nothing of. also, i live on the opposite side of the state.

[Anonymous No.10765305]

>>10759262
I fucking hate evil twin's overpriced bullshit.
I could get a better quality aged stout from central waters for 1/8th the price.
Too many breweries these days are focused on adding meme flavors like chile and lemongrass or whatever.
If a brewery has a bad lager, steer clear.

[Anonymous No.10765477]

Dunno what the fuck happened to al/ck/ but I guess I'l ask in here.

How do I stop the cycle of:

>get fucking wasted
>wake up 5 hours later
>decide that wasn't wasted enough
>drink even more
>wake up 15 hours later

?

t. person who has no off switch when it comes to drinking

It's starting to cost me a shit tonne of money and making me late for work some days.

[Anonymous No.10765486]

>>10765477
I see they've renamed themselves to Drun/ck/, what a bizarre change.

[Anonymous No.10765575]

>>10751665
What beer pairs well with karaage chicken?

[Anonymous No.10765581]

>>10765575
please help, i'm about to go to the store

i don't really like asahi super dry, is sapporo going to work?

[Anonymous No.10766452]

>>10765581
>i don't really like asahi super dry, is sapporo going to work?
they are almost exactly the same, as are all pale international macro lagers, best to avoid them

[Anonymous No.10766532]

>>10761101
>he started taking mine out of the recycling
Wtf man, do something about that shit before he murders you

[Anonymous No.10766539]

>>10752801
I almlst did this at an "anything but cups" party but ended up not doing it because I was afraid it would ruin the thing.
Took an empty milk jug instead, that shit was gross.

[Anonymous No.10766541]

>>10762489

PA here. We have one of those mediocre local microbreweries near my work so I swing by sometimes, it's the same crowd. I think they only get by on local pride and being the only brewery nearby. Beer is just "okay" but always a ton of boomers talking brewing and stuff.

[Anonymous No.10766552]

>>10766541
Even the most mediocre of craft breweries are leagues better than anything those people had access to when they were growing up

[Anonymous No.10766557]

I'm 23 and have never really drunk alcohol, and I'm fed up of being at family gatherings, hanging with friends, or at work functions and being seen as the weird one for never getting even tipsy. I have no idea where to begin.

What are some good beers to test my palette on and to figure out what I'm into?

[Anonymous No.10766568]

>>10766557
What state? Just try a variety of styles from your local brewers. Most grocery stores do mixed 6 packs, its a pretty good way to try a wide variety of beer with minimal commitment for less than $10

[Anonymous No.10766573]

>>10765477
go away you drunkard

[Anonymous No.10766577]

>>10766557
Peer pressure is for fags, try beer because you want to and are curious about it. Develop a palate that way senpai.

[Anonymous No.10766621]

>>10765279
Always worth giving a try. Meijer also apparently had them on sale in alot of locations. Just aim for fresh.

>>10765295
Still have a warped fucking view of the company. They took a risk on trying to make shit for the mainstream and not making more bigger faster stuff like everyone else. Turns out that what everyone already knew about making clear light lagers that appeal to the masses is really fucking expensive and hard to do is right. Weird oat and wheat shit wont fill that niche. Living in the metro area doesnt make you less of a cunt.

[Anonymous No.10766639]

Just bought this, hungover and I felt like sours. Also I'm working in a beer cellar tonight, AMA

[Anonymous No.10766643]

>>10766639
How do you fuck up posting a picture ama anon?

[Anonymous No.10766644]

>>10766639
Fuck, forgot the picture god dammnit

[Anonymous No.10766650]

>>10766643
Drank waaay too much last night

[Anonymous No.10766654]

So what happened to al/ck/?

[Anonymous No.10766664]

how good is the selection at your local store?

[Anonymous No.10766670]

>>10766664
>morrisons
bad

>lidl
great

>aldi
okay/great

[Anonymous No.10766739]

>>10766654
I’m not sure, but everyone’s complaint was “/general/“ and I’m not sure why this is allowed.

[Anonymous No.10766779]

>>10766654
>>10766739
>>10765477
Go to rehab you pathetic fucks

[Anonymous No.10766808]

>>10766557
If your only goal is to become tipsy just learn to drink some cheap shit like Corona or Bud.

[Anonymous No.10766810]

>>10766808
Bad advice, even if your goal is to get a little tipsy you should drink things that taste good. Even really good beer is hardly expensive, so drink good things

[Anonymous No.10766811]

>>10766664
>tfw state monopoly
It's great for anyone interested in cheap wine or huge quantities of cheap lager.

[Anonymous No.10767042]

>>10766664
>Pretty gud


Also have 40 tap handles. The local grocery store kind of rocks.

[Anonymous No.10767073]

Looks gay. Currently mostly drinking Flensburger, because it just goes down.

[Anonymous No.10767168]

>>10766621
dude, chill. we live in a state that has over 200 separate breweries. bell's just hasn't released anything that has piqued my interest since the planetary series. and most of what they have released, it's usually insanely overpriced (ie hopslam) or there's a better and cheaper version from another brewer. either way, bell's and founders (our two flagship breweries) have reached a point where they're competing not on a state level, but nationwide. there are people in texas that are clamoring for oberon, and people in california that can't wait for the next KBS release.

and you haven't shown me evidence to the contrary to what i said about bell's not taking risks. all of those beers were mostly double or BBA versions of beers they've already produced. except for the last one, which is probably unavailable outside of their taproom.

[Anonymous No.10767180]

>>10766621
aside from the cherry stout (wasn't too interested in it, not a fan of cherry in beer) i haven't seen anything from bells that wasn't one of their flagship beers in a long time. probably doesn't help that i prefer belgian/flemish/french styles over english and german.

[Anonymous No.10767218]

>>10767168
>litteraly a warehouse inventory sheet.

>Taproom only. Fuck you are dumb.

As I said before. The risk is in making the simple shit that no one bought. The NBA shit and double everything sells and Larry is hoping back on the profit train. Pointing out that it's national distro just makes your point about driving 3 hours seem dumber. At least be informed enough to throw good shade or keep it to yourself.

[Anonymous No.10767279]

>>10767180
The cherry 30th is way better than normal (I don't like cherry beer either.) Larry was on the famous Belgium trip with everyone who was making beer at the time and alot of his pet projects fall into that style. Those do have shit distro. They also don't sell for shit.

[Anonymous No.10767323]

>>10767218
i have never seen anything on that distro list at any party store or bottle shop in metro detroit, and these places are pretty damned well stocked. as far as bells goes, everywhere that sells beer only sells their normal annual rotation (although their special releases could just be held behind the counter). can bells be hurting that much when nearly every store and venue with a tap sells two hearted? i can imagine the sales for kegs of that alone could allow them to produce whatever else they wished to.

also, you are very defensive of bells. do you work there or something?

[Anonymous No.10767525]

>>10767323
Don't even sell beer. And if your local store is showing you a distro list they are violating all kinds of contracts. My company sells beer but I have no fucks to give about the f and b clowns and just order my kegs at the vast discount.

[Anonymous No.10767636]

is it true that beer is full of oestrogen? would explain why germans are cucks if so

[Anonymous No.10767696]

>>10767636
No, but learn organic chemistry and you may not be a dumb fuck the rest of your life.

[Anonymous No.10767746]

>>10767696
found the german

[Anonymous No.10768740]

>>10767746
The clown who spells estrogen wrong?

[Anonymous No.10769456]

This stuff is really really good

[Anonymous No.10769613]

>>10751665
tits

[Anonymous No.10769633]

>>10769456
Also picked one of these up when at the brewery the other day, another good and interesting beer

[Anonymous No.10769678]

I'm pounding a few of these, reading some ntr stories and waiting for my friends to finish their show so we can chill
What are yall on tonight?

[Anonymous No.10769697]

>>10751665
>General

[Anonymous No.10769715]

>>10769697
Thanks for this highly useful reddit post

[Anonymous No.10770830]

>>10769613
noice

[Anonymous No.10770872]

Speaking of Cannabis beer, a year ago I bought this cannabis cocktail lime mojito thing, brought it home and thought it was gonna taste like soda, it seriously tastes like cough syrup, what the fuck? how am I supposed to drink this thing??

[Anonymous No.10771205]

>>10770872
Maybe you're not.

[Anonymous No.10772037]

Is there any good south american beer?

[Anonymous No.10772067]

>>10769715
I'm 99% certain that the guy bitching about the word "general" is the same mod who was nuking every single thread related to alcohol for about a week

[Anonymous No.10772536]

>>10759447
>no Burial
>no D9
>no Ass Clown

You disappoint me.

[Anonymous No.10773378]

First homebrew beer in atleast an year that got me excited. First pour was 4 weeks ago and it just keeps getting better since then!

[Anonymous No.10773770]

>>10769613
Crack it yet? Local joint wants 45 dollary-doos and while I'm sure I'll love it but....

[Anonymous No.10774393]

>>10767636
Phytoestrogen =/= Estrogen

[Nicholas Parry No.10774402]

>>10752809
I love IPA but I'm not a numale

[Anonymous No.10775283]

[Anonymous No.10775857]

>>10773770
yep. had slow braised ribs with prunes, cranberries an orange and a bottle of cider. it was excellent but I'd say you would be pretty happy with a "regular" grande reserve for the money.

[Anonymous No.10776973]

I never thought the day would come when I'd find an IPA I'd enjoy but I've actually found myself enjoying several New England IPAs.

[Anonymous No.10777085]

>>10772037
No

[Anonymous No.10777091]

>>10769633
>Cheesehead beer LARPing as Viking beer.
So it's Leinie's with some fish oil?

[Anonymous No.10777260]

>>10777091
Based

[Anonymous No.10777267]

>>10775857
Yeah, what I'm getting at is how does it compare as everyone has had Chimay blue.

[Anonymous No.10777398]

>>10773378
whats your recipe?

[Anonymous No.10778156]

>>10772037
Dogma, Hocus Pocus, Trilha, Wals, Quatro Graus, Lohn, Oceânica and many others

[Anonymous No.10778168]

>>10772037
>>10778156
Basically just check the top rated stuff on untappd for Brazil, it's somewhat accurate.

[Anonymous No.10778214]

>I....what?

[Anonymous No.10778224]

>>10751665
DUDE

[Anonymous No.10779098]

>>10777091
He literally made it in collaboration with a Scandinavian brewer. Apparently it is illegal to make commercially in Sweden so the guy decided to come to America and collaborate with a brewer here. But solid lol at the concept that an American reviving or revisiting an old style of mostly forgotten beer is somehow improper or a bad thing. What a fucking shit attitude

[Anonymous No.10779165]

>>10778214
I'm sick of barrel aged shit

[Anonymous No.10779174]

>>10765477
>>10766654
They're on /adv/ now btw

[Anonymous No.10779190]

Yall like Space Station Middle Finger?

[Anonymous No.10779209]

>>10779190
Its pretty solid. As with all 3 Floyds a little over priced though

[Anonymous No.10779312]

>>10779098
it's not at all surprising, as most of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is filled with scandis.

>>10764378
i was just at kroger, hoping to get m43, yet they were sold out. they did however have a mix-and-match sixer and i grabbed a shorts melt my brain. is it any good? you seem to have beers from them quite often.

[Anonymous No.10779346]

>>10779312
It used to be really good, gin and tonic flavor was big and lots of lime. They bumped the abv way down and the newer recipe isnt as good. Meant to be a summer sipper now and I'm not sure it's everyone's cup of tea. They are hit and miss but the hits are out of the park.

[Anonymous No.10779723]

>>10779346
i'll try it tomorrow. i cracked open one of my 2016 bottles of backwoods bastard (the one with the higher ABV from unwashed barrels) and a 2015 KBS. the KBS has definitely improved with age, and now i'm down to 2 of the '16 backwoods.

[Anonymous No.10780156]

>>10779165
It's the best current beer trend desu. Does wonders for stouts and typical belgian beers.

[Anonymous No.10782331]

Anyone had pic related before? Had some over the weekend, it tasted...well like Passion Fruit. It was practically a snifter of juice. Not bad, mind you, but weird.

[Anonymous No.10782566]

What's the best way to increase the amount of alcohol in a home brewed kvass?

I've fallen in love with the drink after brewing a couple of very small batches (under 10 pint) at home in my kitchen. But i'm looking to increase the alcohol content to fit UK tastes and share it with friends as a beer rather than as a borderline soft drink.

[Anonymous No.10782614]

>>10782566
You can shred the bread finely to make more of the sugars available for fermentation (maybe) or add more sugar to it. Rye is a fairly low-sugar grain and more sugar begets higher alcohol concentration. Or, if you're relying on yeast from the bread, add a yeast that survives to higher alcohol concentrations

[Anonymous No.10782877]

>>10782614
I'll try shredding it up.
So far i'm using a standard beer brewer's yeast and honey rather than sugar, But i guess adding some actual sugar could help too

[Anonymous No.10783041]

>>10782877
Honey's fine and probably preferable (for taste) except for the cost. Maybe try boiling the bread before adding in yeast? Pretty sure that's what's done with beer wort to release more sugars from the grain. Also look into "specific gravity" (approximation of sugar content of wort based on its density) and see how you can manipulate that (start googling, I really don't know much about this) along with your yeast to get a higher abv. I'd treat the rye bread as more of a flavoring for your beer than the main sugar for fermentation as well

[Anonymous No.10783108]

>>10782877
>>10783041
"flavoring" meaning to make it the main flavor and not necessarily the main sugar so it doesn't become a mead with some bread added. Though rye is fairly low-sugar by volume, the rye bread is probably at least half-wheat since rye has such a powerful flavor, which is fine since wheat is a better grain for beer brewing. The last rye bread I had (grocery store bakery in america) was weakly rye-flavored even though it was very dark because it was just dyed with caramel color and mostly made of wheat. I'll leave the judgements on flavor/sugar composition to you. Also measure the specific gravity of the wort after boiling the bread since it should change

[Anonymous No.10783230]

>>10783041
>>10783108
I've got nothing at the moment to measure the specific gravity, but it's something i'll keep in mind for the next brew.

Regarding the bread, it seems to be following my cooking process closely already:

- Boil water, Take off the boil and add burned to a crisp rye bread (and a few raisins for good measure)
-Let cool for a few hours, sieve into a jar and add a sugar, couple fresher raisins and yeast.
-Let sit for a few days
-Strain off the yeast a few times and chill

I'd imagine the bread i'm using is much more rye based as it's from a polish supermarket, maybe this is just bready weak mead.

[Anonymous No.10783462]

>>10783230
All you need is a container with a known volume and a scale, then divide weight by volume for the density, then divide the density by the density of water to get the specific gravity. The only real equipment you need is an accurate enough scale or a larger container so you can detect changes in the specific gravity

[Anonymous No.10783492]

>>10783230
>>10783462
That seems to be more of boiling water to sanitize it than heating wort to release sugars, but I have no idea what sort of heat/time to do for the bread

consult >>>/diy/1404821 for people much more knowledgeable than myself

[Anonymous No.10784110]

>>10752104
>>10753795
What's wrong with an ipa? Too much bitter for you?

[Anonymous No.10784292]

>>10780156
it only really works well with really roasty, smoky or coffee-ish stouts. Most of the time you just get a gross bourbon bomb that's sickeningly sweet. I don't know what people see in some of that shit from lost abbey, firestone walker, avery, etc. It all tastes the goddamn same, no complexity to the palate

Actually good barrel aged beer: Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout, Fremont Barrel Aged Dark Star, Epic Big Bad Baptist, Deschutes The Abyss

[Anonymous No.10784442]

>>10780156
Very few breweries do it right. Most just create bourbon bombs that are overwhelming and disgusting

[Anonymous No.10785396]

>i love estrogen
>the thread

[Anonymous No.10785443]

>>10785396
4chan have melted your brain mate.

[Anonymous No.10785457]

>>10785443
>this much denial
i don't mind your man boobs

[Anonymous No.10786671]

>>10751704
Geyser Gose is one my favorites.

[Anonymous No.10786721]

The bottle is more interesting than the beer...

[Anonymous No.10787485]

I'm conflicted. On one hand, everything I've had from the Bruery has been god tier. On the other, I just played $22 for a beer I won't drink till Christmas.

[Anonymous No.10788416]

>>10751809
pure fucking soy please kill yourself

[Anonymous No.10788515]

>>10762946
best beer

[Anonymous No.10789503]

>>10787485
this shit does not even see the light of day in my state, and the only time i tried it was when my local bottle shop tapped a keg of this. i managed to get a meowler (what they were calling the single pint bottles, and i like the name) and it was still like $12. it was an exceptional beer, but not worth that much.

waiting until christmas? i still have a bottle of tart of darkness from before it was transferred over to breuery terreaux. 2013 edition.

[Anonymous No.10789542]

>>10789503
You should drink that soon

[Anonymous No.10789564]

>>10756493
>>10757344
>>10759420
>>10761007

>no one mentioning Fair State

Fair warning, I am making this recommendation from NYC having never visited MN (on my list). Had some of Fair State's stuff at GABF and it is legit.

[Anonymous No.10789570]

>>10780156
Is it really "current" though? I feel like imp stouts were all over the place back in 2010/2011 and it fucking ruled. Now everyone's too pussy to take it up a notch so they put out 7 NE IPAs simultaneously.

[Anonymous No.10789582]

>>10762946
>>10788515
goddamnit guys, come on. this is my first time seeing /bg/ and i had higher hopes.

[Anonymous No.10789613]

>>10789564
Oh shit yeah fairstate is legit. Giantsbane is hands down my favorite minnesota stout

[Anonymous No.10789712]

>>10769613
Nice.

I'm having some Guinness. Not a big fan.

Had the Cinq Cents yesterday. Chimay is the shit.

[Anonymous No.10789830]

>>10756493
Fair State is quite good, they have a delicious hibiscus sour.

[Anonymous No.10789833]

how should I ask my doctor about liver damage?

I've been jobless most of my thirty years and have spent my days off work drinking for the past 15years

is there a test I could ask my doctor for to determine the state of my liver?

on the question are I always lied and say I don't drink more than a drink a day nor do I do drugs

[Anonymous No.10789881]

>>10789833
also is there a test to see if my brain is deteriorating and i am becoming slower and dumber?

[Anonymous No.10790184]

>>10789570
I'd say that while it's certainly overshadowed by the IPA trend it's still alive.

[Anonymous No.10792089]

>>10751665
Me and my WIFE just enjoying a fine sip of bou lou. What are you guys sipping tonight?

[Anonymous No.10792157]

>>10792089
Fuck, you're a fat one.

[Anonymous No.10792198]

>>10792157
What did you expect ck to look like?

[Anonymous No.10792272]

>>10792089
What a raw shitpost. Many elements.

Tastefully showcasing own opened mouth with bizarrely censored eyes while completely censoring the accompanying woman's face, while drinking TROPICAL FLAVORED WHEAT BEER with rap branding

[Anonymous No.10792274]

>>10792198
People here actually eat?

[Anonymous No.10792762]

>>10792274

I think people everywhere eat... since they would die if they didn't eat.

[Anonymous No.10793433]

>>10751665
>tfw Trillium just put PM Dawn back out
>tfw I live 10 minutes away from them

[Anonymous No.10794109]

>>10759447
Come at me bro

[Anonymous No.10794433]

We're doing a tasting of St. Bernardus beers over VOIP this Saturday night EST.

Join the Discord if you're interested in joining! Link is in the OP.

[Anonymous No.10794607]

I'm pretty drunk since i won 5k on the wc games yeasterday. I called over a friend and we went down the cellar to pick up some beer that has been down there for a few years. Here is the list we did.
>Samuel Adams Utopias 2011
>Gulden Draak BBF 2020
>Gulden Draak Quad BBF 2019
>Kwak (75cl) BBF 2019
>Rochefort 10 BBF 2027
>Fresh Trippel Karamiliet.

Now my buddy has gone home, we cracked open pick related, but he was pretty drunk so i'm gonna finish it and then go to sleep.

[Anonymous No.10794679]

Every time I see 'beer' I think 15 year old highschool dipshit, or Egyptian slave. That's the only reason to drink that thick swill. Drink like a man. Booze and something to wash it down. I've had it all. It's not wine, it's just boring swill, hell wine is boring swill.

[Anonymous No.10794812]

>>10794679
Reddit, the post

[Anonymous No.10794829]

>>10794812
9gag detected

[Anonymous No.10794868]

>>10794679

[Anonymous No.10795972]

what kind of liver screening should I ask my doctor for?

[Anonymous No.10796044]

>>10768740
dumb ass

[Anonymous No.10797049]

>>10752104
Get a load of this pleb.

[Anonymous No.10797060]

>>10753739
I had KBS for the first time a few weeks back, paired it with some french toast and oh my god, it blew me the fuck away. Fags need to stop pretending KBS is overrated.

[Anonymous No.10797075]

>>10797060
People just hate on it because it's so hyped

[Anonymous No.10797136]

>>10758748
You should probably kill yourself, desu senpai.

[Anonymous No.10797400]

>10797060
It is ok. In its current form in isnt what it used to be. It is not even in the same ball park as many other michigan bba stouts let alone some of founders other offerings. Try mikkeller traeblod if you want to see all that a maple stout can be.

>>10794109
>>10759447
>pic related

[Anonymous No.10797408]

>>10797060
Fucked up your you in >>10797400

[Anonymous No.10797432]

>>10784110
I wouldn't mind them -- even might like them -- if they were 20% of the (interesting) market, but they crowded out everything else so I just resent them. I got excited to find two new brown ales at my store just this past week, only to find they were both overhopped due to AIPA influence.

[Anonymous No.10797497]

Can you guys recommend beer that isn't really bitter or has a strong after taste? I don't like the bittery strong after taste of a lot of beer. I'm not a big drinker though, like I MIGHT drink 1-2 beers every TWO weeks if that. Honestly I prefer wine, but I feel like wine is for women and it makes me feel like a faggot, also I'm afraid of being made fun of for drinking it. I know the fedoralords think it makes them look sophisticated and above the plebs that drink beer.

[Anonymous No.10798026]

>>10797497
Rice Lager's are alright. Not bitter at least. There's also >>10782331 if you want your beer to taste like fruit juice instead of beer.

[Anonymous No.10798361]

This is the one good thing I've had from Ohio. Good job guys. Old label, not my pic

[Anonymous No.10798649]

>>10797497
if you don't like beer and want to avoid wine because it makes you look like a fag (you're right btw), maybe get into spirits?

[Anonymous No.10798866]

>>10797060
the point isn't that it's not an excellent beer. because it is a very good example of a BBA imperial stout. the thing is that it's only brewed once a year, which makes it a limited quantity. although i've noticed this year that the availability on it has gone on even into the summer. what the point is, KBS is hyped to be like nectar of the gods, and CBS was hyped to be the greatest beer in all creation. the bar is set unnecessarily high, and thus disappointment is the usual reaction.

[Anonymous No.10798877]

>>10797497
I'm not a big beer drinker either but the main thing that gets me is yeast flavor, so Hefe was impossible for me to drink a second bottle of. IPAs are nice despite the meme as long as you don't get retarded megahop hipster beer. I enjoy gin and IPAs are the same kind of floral as gin in a beer and usually don't have yeast flavor except Sierra Nevada. The two Belgian beers I've tried, Fat Tire and Hoegaarden, are also nice.

[Anonymous No.10798888]

>>10794679
This is the most reddit post I have ever seen

[Anonymous No.10798889]

>>10797497
try sours, or belgian/flemish/german beers that are more yeast and malt-forward. tripels and quadrupels drink almost like a sweet wine, and occasionally similar abv. saisons are a good lighter beer, as they're usually lower alcohol and not as heavy. gose is also another good one.

[Anonymous No.10799197]

>>10752163
Retard

[Anonymous No.10800004]

Just bought this stuff
Cloudwater X Track-New things and new tidings DIPA
Hoppy road-Rock & road Imperial Stout blueberries, vanilla and cocoa
Omnipollo-Hilma Burger and fries DIPA
Alvinne-Wild west Blackthorn Sour aged in bordeaux barrels
To ol-Shock series PCM Centennial and mosaic Triple IPA

[Anonymous No.10800700]

Grabbed the last single my local store had of this, really enjoying it.

Also--starting a new job next week, gotta find something good to celebrate with.

>>10797497
Try some lower ABV malt-forward stuff. Schwarzbiers, dunkels, brown ales, porters, Belgian dubbels. Sours and pale ales (of any kind) tend to have stronger flavors and aftertastes.

>>10793433
Send me some anon

>>10756493
If you're into the IPA craze Lupulin has some killers. I'd also second Castle Danger, they have my favorite year-round lineup in-state.

>>10751970
I save bombers of special stuff. Source: am 22

[Anonymous No.10800758]

>>10798361
I hated that beer, but I'm not a fan of lager or pilsner. Founders Solid Gold lager is breddy gud tho.

[Anonymous No.10801018]

>>10800758
*screech*

Pretty sure this is a wheat soda

[Anonymous No.10801228]

any beers that don't have hops?

[Anonymous No.10801266]

Had a beer night the other day and this is what I took, got about half of these left now. Was my first time trying treehouse and was very impressed, I feel like European breweries are just starting to approach this level of DIPAs.

I've ordered from mybeercollectibles twice now, both times treehouse (and a couple of trillium cans) from the same guy in MA... other than Other Half in NY, are there some other breweries in the states I just absolutely have to get a handful of beers sent my way that you recommend?

[Anonymous No.10801295]

>>10789833
this isn't /alck/ you degenerate nigger

[Anonymous No.10801348]

>>10801266
I'm so glad I left NE for California. The beer is infinitely better.

[Anonymous No.10801628]

>>10801348
Should have gone to the midwest, the best combination of good beer locally and from other regions, and the best trends, way more good barrel aged stuff/sours and the best IPAs

[Anonymous No.10801645]

>>10801628
I spent 2 years in the Chicago area before making it out West, and did numerous trips to breweries in adjacent states. I honestly liked the beer more than what was available in New England, but the best flyover IPA is pretty much equivalent to the lowest tier pleb stuff out on the West Coast. No other region in the US is as delusional as the midwest about how good their shit is, and I've lived all over.

[Anonymous No.10801663]

>>10801645
Toppling Goliath alone is better than any IPA maker on the west coast. Midwest Style pale ales are just the perfect marriage of east and west coast styles. More flavor and aromatics than the one note west coast style but more bitterness than the flatter NEIPA

[Anonymous No.10801687]

>>10801645
I was actually really disappointed when I went to San Diego, I had really high expectations because its obviously the best place in California for beer, and there are so many breweries in the area, but bars and retailers overwhelmingly had worse selections than I was used to in the midwest. A lot of cool breweries to visit at least, but if you weren't specifically going to a brewery the beer scene was considerably worse

[Anonymous No.10801926]

>>10801645
Chicago here, been to LA, SD, SF, Portland, and Seattle. LA and SD have great breweries but only if you like hops or sours. No one on the west coast can make a BA stout worth a damn.

[Anonymous No.10801956]

>>10801926
Upper midwesterners are really spoiled when it comes to awesome BA beers

[Anonymous No.10802071]

>>10751970
you know, I always figured this was a US-only thing because of our drinking age and college students feeling "adult" all of a sudden, but it's interesting to know it's more widespread

[Anonymous No.10802091]

>>10760947
>>10760960
>Duchesse de Bourgogne
seconding

[Anonymous No.10802101]

>>10762946
I thought it was just OK. Lawson's is generally pretty middling

[Anonymous No.10802109]

>>10765477
Really? Go to rehab or at least AA if you can't afford rehab. No easy answers and you won't have fun, but that's life

[Anonymous No.10802117]

>>10765581
Out of all the crappy jap macros, I like Kirin the best. Still shit, but in a fun way, like Busch

[Anonymous No.10802126]

>>10766664
Horrendous. Even the "Craft Beer Cellar" store near me has a fucking garbage selection, and the grocery stores just carry macros

[Anonymous No.10802135]

>>10794679
>Booze and something to wash it down
bitch boy

[Anonymous No.10802670]

>>10801228
Try some gruit ales if you can find them.

[Anonymous No.10802718]

Anyone try this? So good I have to pause after every sip. Complex, tastey, and has a nice chocolate finish.

[Anonymous No.10802750]

>>10766664
>lowes
Based, they've got a full beer bar and everything on tap is 50% off Thursday night.
>aldi
Its alright, they sometimes sell local brews for 25% cheaper.
>craft beer cellar
Love them, great selection, though it's easy to burn through money there.

[Anonymous No.10803119]

>>10762946
hell yeah buddy
this is great beer thanks for the suggestion!

[Anonymous No.10803120]

>>10801645
Visited cali multiple times now. Their ipas are shit, bro.

[Anonymous No.10803131]

>>10751665
>Piss General

[Anonymous No.10803165]

>>10769456
Still working through the awesome New Glarus R&D beers I stocked up on at their 25th anniversary release

[Anonymous No.10803565]

>>10801348
Does your wife's bull tell you to post these lies?

[Anonymous No.10803809]

>>10751665
I had one of these the other night - really liked it. What did you think?

Incidentally going to Wellington in a few weeks.

[Anonymous No.10803852]

>>10801926
the bruery does make an extremely good BBA stout, unfortunately it's insanely hard to come by. then again, basically everything they make is great. this coming from a michigander.