/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11048824]

post the brand that turned you into a "beer guy"

with tears in my eyes, I say this: "I was out a restaurant with friends. The restaurant is Four Peaks, Tempe brewery who produces this beer. Not being a beer guy, I said what do you recommend, they recommended this beer with my cheeseburger. I took ONE sip, and I was hooked. It was literally it for me.

Sadly they got acquired by AB and I don't know why... but I think the taste has changed even though they assure me it has not. Anyway I'm hooked on Irish ales, end of story.

What's your beer guy story /ck/?

[Anonymous No.11048832]

Christmas Ale everytime. I will definitely have one with christmas dinner.

[Anonymous No.11048843]

[Anonymous No.11048848]

>>11048832
ale's rule the roost, IMO, I think everyone will post an ale.. will be a great thread

[Anonymous No.11048974]

>>11048824
used to not like beer then i did
most beer that isnt produced by the big companies is good

[Anonymous No.11048992]

>>11048974
TOP POSTER OF THE DAY AWARD!

thanks for the no value added post :\

[Anonymous No.11049003]

>>11048992
do most people actually have single drinks that converted them? seems strange to me
i just had beer for the first time in years in germany when i was like 17, realised i liked it and that was it. no idea what brand it was

[Anonymous No.11049018]

>>11049003
I don't have a single one that converted me, but I have one that did more than any other single beer
this beer >>11048843
was made where I went to college, and it started being made not long before I turned 21 so it was the first really good beer I started drinking repeatedly

But my perception of the term "beer guy" is not someone who drinks beer, but specifically someone who is into good beer. Before that I drank plenty of shitty beer

[Anonymous No.11049040]

I had an IPA a year before this and thought that this beer was mostly an outlier in the world of lager and commercial pale ale. So this beer pretty much broke a barrier and made me understand there was a lot of possibility with beer. Since then i went to the local boutique beer shop and tried everything until i started brewing me own.

The majority of IIPA's are bad but this one is still one i enjoy on occasions.

[Anonymous No.11049050]

>try my dads Coors Lite
>is bad
>hm I guess I’m not a bear guy
> decide to give it another shot
>google “best cheap beers
>some probably affiliate marketing site recommends pic related
>is good
>hm I guess I’m a beer guy
wa la

[Anonymous No.11049077]

>>11048824
What

[Anonymous No.11049091]

>>11048824
Four Peaks sucks dick and is the worst brewery in Tempe you dumb fuck.

[Anonymous No.11049760]

>>11049091
Well, I know you're obv. trolling, but here's the attention you were looking for.

1). You are wrong, many people love the taste of kilt lifter. So it doesn't "suck dick".
2). they were just bought by AB, so not too shabby no?

[Anonymous No.11049790]

>>11049050
>hm I guess I’m not a bear guy
maybe you're more into otters

[Anonymous No.11049802]

>>11048824
Check out mcfates down the road in South scottsdale

[Anonymous No.11049814]

>>11049802
yeah cartel coffee in old town served that sometimes.
Its okay. I still need my 4peaks KL.

[Anonymous No.11049863]

>>11049814
>>11049802
>>11048824
I live by those condos right next to Fashion Square, love McFate and Cartel. Have any of you been to Goldwater Brewing?

[Anonymous No.11049904]

>>11048824

[Anonymous No.11049936]

>>11048824

Moved across the street from a Belgian beer bar. Never drInk much beer before then. Went in and just asked for whatever they recommended. One sip of this and I too was hooked. Spend the next year of my life drinking 10$ on tap imported Belgian beers. Good fucking times.

[Anonymous No.11049951]

>>11049863
cool, neighbor, I like off jackrabbit.. Goldwater okay too. Anything ale is great.

[Anonymous No.11049970]

>>11049951
Cool! You ever go to Brat haus? They have a lot of great German beers.

[Anonymous No.11049986]

Unironically Guinness. If a beer isn't dark it's shit.

[Anonymous No.11049989]

>>11049970
just moved to this spot, now that we're local to old town will check it out, thanks bro.

[Anonymous No.11049998]

>>11049989
Lived here since 2005, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[Anonymous No.11050020]

There was no epiphany moment, but pic related is probably more responsible than anything else. Still a solid every day beer.

[Anonymous No.11050024]

>>11048824
none yet. it still just gives me headaches despite tasting good

[Anonymous No.11050032]

>>11050024
very female thing to say, or young/skinny

[Anonymous No.11050035]

>>11049998
Thanks bro, here's one...

my wife can't do typical bar food, what's some good options to get healthy + also serves good craft beer?

[Anonymous No.11050036]

>>11048824
Kilt Lifter is one of my favorites. If you like that, you should also try Barrio Rojo by Barrio Brewing in Tucson. Good stuff.

[Anonymous No.11050042]

>>11050035
Farm and craft at 6th ave and scottsdale, they don't have the best beer selection but it is pretty decent and they have a couple rotating taps.

[Anonymous No.11050046]

I didn't like shit beer so I thought I didn't like beer. Eventually I developed a taste for Mexican beers since my dad drinks Corona, but I don't consider that beer, it's a vehicle for limes and joints in the summer. Then once I actually started drinking with my dad, it was lagunitas IPA which blew my mind. I still like it, although mostly for nostalgia. I think the beer that convinced me that expensive hipster beer was a worthwhile endeavor, something approaching an artform, was a nitro old Rasputin from the North coast taproom in fort Bragg, and the same week a farmhouse sour from almanac, both of which were pretty intense experiences.

I'm clearly from California lil

[Anonymous No.11050053]

>>11048824
I had this one and really liked it. Before and still now I used to just drink coors and old style to get drunk but I had this one at a bar and it was great.
They don't make it anymore but it really made me actively try out beers that weren't cheap ones

[Anonymous No.11050064]

>>11050046
North Coast is great

[Anonymous No.11050105]

>>11050042
cool, right around the corner from original shop shop, which we love, will check it out

[Anonymous No.11050109]

Seems like a relevant thread to ask this question.

Is it possible to do a beer diet? Like cute out solid foods and get all necessary vitamins from beer? Beer is loaded with calories so I assume there is some substance there.

If I took a daily multi vitamin and drank only beer for a month. What would happen?

[Anonymous No.11050112]

>>11050109
this is not an /alc/ thread which you're question seems to be, but I'll answer your question anyway: your liver would fail and you would die a horrible death, shaking not spot. Watch leaving las vegas and you'll get the picture.

[Anonymous No.11050119]

stella
not even the imported sort
very boring answer, I know

[Anonymous No.11050125]

coopers pale ale

[Anonymous No.11050139]

>>11050119
I was chillin' with a couple of old dyke's once, they were drinking stella and shared one with me, I enjoyed it with my patron.

[Anonymous No.11050260]

>>11050105
Fun fact, that location, where the original chop shop currently is, used to be the location of the Philadelphia sandwich company. PSC later moved to that place that is now an indian restaurant on craftsman, they later shut down. PSC was open 24 hours and was a well known place to get food after the bars closed.
I was sad to see them go, but I do have to admit that quality had started to slip a little bit here and there.

[Anonymous No.11050272]

>>11050260
very sad to hear, I'm from Philly. would have loved a 24 hr joint in Scottsdale, besides Denny's and the indian casino.

[Anonymous No.11050280]

>>11050272
There is also a 24 hour mcdonalds at hayden and indian school and a 24 hour whataburger and Los betos at hayden and Thomas. Also, the Dominos at hayden and Chapparal delivers until 3 am on fridays and saturdays. Joe's Pizza on Shoeman is open until 3:30 am every day.

[Anonymous No.11050298]

>>11050280
good to know.

eXtreme bean in Tempe used to be 24 hours.

the only pure coffee shop in the valley that I know about is Urban Bean off 7th in Phoenix, also a couple beers on tap.

would love more 24 hour coffee hangouts

[Anonymous No.11050318]

>not liking beer since the age of 11

[Anonymous No.11050347]

>>11048824
I never liked beer, growing up, everyone I knew who drank beer was drinking bud, or Miller high life, or Pabst.
I had occasion to move to Germany in 2006. My first day in my new Bavarian home, I figured I'd give beer another shot, since it's part of the culture and history. Not knowing what's what, I ordered a Bittburger. My first sip, it's was like seeing the light. It clicked in mymind, "Oh! This is what beer is supposed to taste like!"
Bit is far from my favorite now (although it does have a nostalgic charm for me) I got really into Hefeweizens while I was there, Erdinger is probably my favorite THATIS available in the US.

Of course I come back to California in 2011, and craft beers, and Hefes especially are all the rage, served with fucking oranges for some stupid reason. But very few locally brewed Hefe give me that feeling of a perfect spring day in Bavaria, in a shady beer garden, with a view of the castle.

[Anonymous No.11050360]

>>11050298
Have you heard of the grand? I haven't been there, but I've heard good things.
https://www.thegrandaz.com/

[Anonymous No.11050376]

>>11050360
>https://www.thegrandaz.com/
nice, thank you! will check it out.

[Anonymous No.11050387]

>>11050376
A good place near there is Welcome Diner, great food and great cocktails, they make their own Tonic and their own ginger beer, the food is great too. They are open until 2 am also.

[Anonymous No.11050392]

>>11049760
You know nothing about beer you buffoon

[Anonymous No.11050420]

>>11050272
It really sucked, they even shipped in Tastycakes to sell.

[Anonymous No.11050467]

>>11050420
well then, sounds like they deserved to fail, too bad.

[Anonymous No.11050497]

>>11050467
Wait, you're from philly and you don't like tastycakes?

[Anonymous No.11050509]

Still a favorite too.

[Anonymous No.11050514]

>go to a party in highschool
>someone hands me a ted

quite a story I know

[Anonymous No.11050585]

>>11050497
sure... and then I turned 14

[Anonymous No.11050603]

>>11050585
Wait, that makes it sound like you didn't like tastycakes and then when you turned 14 you started to like them.
Anyways, do you actually think that them occasionally selling tastycakes made them deserve to fail?

[Anonymous No.11050633]

>>11050603
stop being a sperg; tastycakes was a side note, the reply said the place started to suck, and that's what I was talking about re: deserving to fail.

[Anonymous No.11050847]

>>11050633
OH ok, that was me, I meant it sucked that they closed. Not like it was sucking really bad. It wasn't as good as it was originally, but I don't think it was so bad that it deserved to fail.
The main problem was that they moved to a HUGE new location, they could not keep up and eventually they were evicted.

[Anonymous No.11051240]

IDK, it was some stout I ordered in a restaurant. 10% alcohol and tasted like chocolate and coffee.

>>11048824
>I think the taste has changed even though they assure me it has not

You're not the only one

[Anonymous No.11051254]

>>11050347
American Hefes don't use the same kind of yeast that German hefes use. That is why they taste different

[Anonymous No.11051319]

>>11051254
>American Hefes don't use the same kind of yeast that German hefes use
Not true, many do. There are American wheat beers that do not, but they generally do not call themselves "hefe" (stuff like Gumballhead or Oberon) usually stylized as "American Wheat Ale", or "Pale Wheat Ale"

"Hefe" is usually reserved for those brewed in the traditional style with traditional yeast

[Anonymous No.11051331]

Can’t remember specifically which one, would listen to music and drink a few beers with a cooler older dude afterwork. Someone there introduced me to this one and the rest is history.

[Anonymous No.11051386]

>>11048824

[Anonymous No.11051568]

I had been trying lots of different beers and was slowly moving away from macro stuff, but I specifically remember my first sip of this. It was so piney and citrusy and for the first time I was able to pick up on it with no crazy bitter aftertaste.
Also the black IPA from clown shoes was memorable to me

[Anonymous No.11051606]