/beer/

[Anonymous No.16493640]

Thread to discuss lagers, ales, and everything in between.

Had my first taste of Trappist ale last night with Chimay, enjoyed it greatly. Headed to the drink emporium today to stock up, got another big bottle of Chimay for another occasion, and some other ales to try based on some suggestions I've got. About to crack into Rochefort 10, we'll see how it rates.


Cheers!

[Anonymous No.16493681]

cringe

[Anonymous No.16493694]

>>16493640
Last night I drank 2/3 a bottle of Titos and 3 St. Michael's Amber Ales from Eastern Shore brewing. I think they were good but I don't remember.

Anyway, enjoy your gay beer

[Anonymous No.16493715]

>>16493694
>Pays a premium for Tito's, which is no better than $10 vodka but has a massive advertising budget
>has the audacity to call anything else gay

Sad!!

[Anonymous No.16493719]

>>16493640
I had a dipa tonight for the first time in a while and remembered why I don't buy them anymore. They all taste the same and are overpriced

[Anonymous No.16493752]

Last night i was reading your thread. Try some Kwak. People say it's great in taste but for me it always tastes like sparkling cough medicin. The reason for that could be that i cram it up my ass instead of drinking it like an insane person would.

[Anonymous No.16493757]

>>16493640
The verdict: Rochefort was very good, but Chimay ultimately beats it out.

Onto the next monastery!

[Anonymous No.16493760]

>>16493640
I like pretty much every kind of beer except regular lagers and sours. It took me way too long to try something that wasn't a big name lager and discover that I actually like beers that aren't shit like Molson, Budweiser, Labatt, etc.
My favorite kind is dry stouts. A local microbrew makes pic related which I buy way too often.

[Anonymous No.16493763]

[Anonymous No.16493768]

>>16493715
MD costcos don't carry alcohol so I can't drink their stuff. Besides, it was on sale.

[Anonymous No.16493894]

>>16493752
Cool meme, but kwak is pretty good and I guess a slang term for cum

[Anonymous No.16493915]

>>16493752
Ass cram meme aside, why are you recommending a beer you think tastes bad?

[Anonymous No.16493937]

>>16493915
OP seems to be into it

[Anonymous No.16493949]

These were on sale so I got 2 4packs.
Pretty interesting flavor, you can definitely tell it came from a wine barrel but it's not too sweet. Kind of toffee-tasting too, which again was interesting because it's more sour than sweet, same kind of funk you get from brettanomyces sours.

[Anonymous No.16493963]

About to crack this

[Anonymous No.16493969]

>>16493963
>16.2%

[Anonymous No.16493973]

>>16493969
Lol

[Anonymous No.16493976]

Poasted these in the other thread but fuck me they're good. Cucumber works way better in a sour than I would have expected. Tastes almost like pickle juice, in the best way.

[Anonymous No.16493989]

Bow to the King

[Anonymous No.16494047]

>>16493969
High ABV beers are weird. I have no problem drinking vodka straight but beers over like 8% have a disgusting boozy taste.

[Anonymous No.16494117]

>>16493989
Michigander here. Not a big IPA fan, but I luv me some bell's. It's satisfying to know that when I travel, I can get something both famiar and good.

[Anonymous No.16494169]

>>16493640
I had a few drinks with the owner of the local bar, and the topic came up of installing 2 or 3 craft taps at the unused end of the bar. I brought him a few bottles of my last two batches - both are good, but neither one's beta-test tap beer material (a fruity porter and a messed up tripel). What do you think I should make? They don't have any reds on tap - I'm leaning toward something ruby red, semi-sweet, with some fruit to the yeast and hops.

[Anonymous No.16494197]

>>16494169
Can't go wrong with something raspberry-flavored, imo. One of the nicest flavor infusions you can have, pairs well with a bunch of other tastes.

[Anonymous No.16494224]

>>16494169
Do a wheat beer, and maybe use orange or grapefruit. Stick to one type of hop too so you dont mask the flavor, maybe saaz.

[Anonymous No.16494226]

>>16494197
I'm trying to grab a larger audience with it. They've got a few Kronenbourg-blanc based drinks and bottles of Unibroue's Ephemere for the more ovarian drinkers. They've got a really good major-micro IPA on tap, so there's no point in going that route. They've got a row of "Beer flavoured beer" so that's kind of out too. They tried a second stout, Guinness crushed its sales...

I could get away with something like peach or plum in a drier ale, I think, if I knocked it out of the park. Raspberry would be a bit of a hard sell for the first round, I think.

[Anonymous No.16494249]

>>16494226
>for the more ovarian drinkers
Explain what you mean by this.

[Anonymous No.16494259]

>>16494224
I'm still leaning red, but if I can kristallweizen it - get a touch of the wheat tang but still keep it clear, middle-of-the-road and inviting to the unwashed masses, I can probably pull it off. Maybe optional grapefruit to serve with - I'm not going cascade/citra with the hops, but I think Saaz is too far the other direction. Maybe a later-add of Galaxy.

[Anonymous No.16494268]

>>16494249
I'm trying not to make a chick drink right off the hop. I look like the kind of person who would make beer to lure women, so, maybe on round 3.

[Anonymous No.16494274]

Had some la fin du monde last night for my birthday, having this Tonight, very nice for hot weather

[Anonymous No.16494276]

ting ting ting ahem

FUCK grapefruit

Whatever else you do, this is the worst flavor you can infuse into anything. Don't do it. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.16494278]

>>16494274
Oh Jesus that went wrong, here's the actual

[Anonymous No.16494283]

>>16494278
First one was better. I liked not being able to see the dirt underneath your fingernails.

[Anonymous No.16494308]

>>16494276
There's enough variations of grapefruit/citrusy hops to keep me from ever feeling the need to add citrus directly to beer. A light lager with a small addition of Citra and Mosaic in the last day of primary is pretty good - should that ever come up as a thing.

[Anonymous No.16494313]

>>16494278
Did they add enough pink peppercorn to do anything?

[Anonymous No.16494322]

>>16493969
Based and /tbg/pilled

>>16475732

[Anonymous No.16494331]

>>16493640
I tried Guinness once and I thought it was disgusting, tasted extremely bitter and I couldn’t even finish the whole thing. What’s a good beer with very low bitterness?

[Anonymous No.16494333]

>>16493757
La Trappe here is easily the most "drinkable" of the trappist ales I've had. so comparable in flavorable to a hefeweizen, seems to be some banana undertaste there. Very enjoyable, I would say that Chimay is "better" but that they serve two separate niches.

[Anonymous No.16494348]

>>16494331
>Very low bitterness

Well, avoid anything that calls itself "hoppy". You'll want some lager, I imagine. Check out your local brews.

[Anonymous No.16494357]

>>16494331
I get a bit of char out of Guinness, but find it generally sweet, and very light for a stout. If you're going for something similar without that char, Kilkenny is basically just red Guinness.

[Anonymous No.16494446]

>>16494313
The lemon peel definitely was stronger, there was a "spice" flavor but it was pretty vague

[Anonymous No.16494457]

>>16494446
I'm trying to think on how to get it to come through in a beer, and what my brain's trying to feed my tongue is either too much, or underwhelming. I guess if it were light on hops, and more noble/old-world with them.

[Anonymous No.16494651]

>>16494457
Simplicity is the core of perfection when it comes to beer. There's a reason the German purity law is water, barley, yeast and hops. Don't overcomplicate. That's where many American brews fail.

[Anonymous No.16495476]

>>16494278
Are you Alaskan yourself, or just managed to find that? What's the Alaskan brewing scene like?

[Anonymous No.16495508]

>>16494651
It's also why many German beers taste German. Wheat beers taste good because of, not despite, the hypocrisy... But Bavaria and the rest of the Fatherland aren't suffering a wheat shortage or rationing for war anymore; wheat, coriander, citrus peel, and hard, spicy little berries are back on the menu.

It's easier to not figure out how to balance piperine against all the terpenes, ketones, phenols and esters that might come up in a beer, but it's fun to experiment. You might have something with simplicity as the core to making something like this work - pepper's a subtle flavour that's easy to overdo; using something like Tettnang/Tettnanger that kind of leans into the spice cupboard anyway, a more subdued yeast like one of the cleaner Kveiks, and a bit of wheat and light crystal malt to round off the top... might just do the trick. It definitely leaves less obstacles for a peppery flavour.

[Anonymous No.16495540]

>>16493640
I like Chimay, but I generally like the patersbier, and dubbel over the really heavy stuff. Chimay improves over time if you cellar it properly, you don't need to worry about the cork drying out because you won't store it for that long, so upright is fine. There's a year stamped on the cork, I believe either it's conditioned for a year before being shipped, or I'm so far out of the way that it takes a year to get here, because they're always post dated by at least one year. Store it for even a year though and you'll be surprised how the flavors change. Non American uber-craft beer is very affordable, I think it's a fun thing that I'd get into that I can recommend to anyone. Chimay is at least close to the best beer in the world, and it's 12 dollars a bottle. Can you say that about anything else?

Having said that, rarely am I interested in sitting down and drinking a tripel or similar, I generally prefer the lighter, more bready beers, but they're harder to find.

[Anonymous No.16495545]

>>16494169
I'd kill for a decent, cheap, normal stout. No dumb hipster cucked bullshit, just a decent beer I can go and drink a pint of. Guiness is the best I have on draught and it hurts.

[Anonymous No.16495561]

>>16495545
I was really sad when this bar couldn't sell O'Hara's or Murphy's... they're both way better at being Guinness than Guinness is (Foreign Extra being the exception that proves the rule), but nobody wanted it, despite the bar having an Irish name.

I'll probably ease into it with these guys with my fruity ass porter (I was aiming for cherry with the yeast and hops but I got sour plum instead), and then break out a 6-8% med-dry nitro stout in February or something. There's a whole slough of ifs in the way.

[Anonymous No.16495929]

>>16493640
Test

[Anonymous No.16496140]

>>16493752
Really stupid glass but great beer.

[Anonymous No.16496241]

>>16494047
I often feel the same. Those with even higher abv's around 10% just taste like if you put some cheap ass vodka or korn in them.

[Anonymous No.16496638]

>>16494333
That's why I like La Trappe, it is an unpretentious enjoyable trappist. The La Trappe blond is also very good.

[Anonymous No.16496651]

Got pic related. Very tasty.

[Anonymous No.16496684]

>>16496651
Post tits

[Anonymous No.16497003]

>>16496651
perfect intersection of ezpz drinkability for nonbeer-drinkers, in a cheap-mass-supply format. awesome. they really designed it to be A Great Saturday Out in a case.

[Anonymous No.16497016]

what's the least sweet beer i can get?

[Anonymous No.16497026]

Murphys extra stout when.

[Anonymous No.16497044]

Absolutely disgusting.

[Anonymous No.16497045]

>>16497026
When people order enough of the regular.

[Anonymous No.16497048]

>>16497026
i want to to taste ginger pussy just ONCE in my life

[Anonymous No.16497055]

>>16497026
>>16497048
Finna COOOOOM.

[Anonymous No.16497107]

>>16497045
I already do, but I don't like getting jewed with the widget shit can taking an ounce plus from every can while still being $6 a 4 pack and only 4 percent. It and Köstritzer Schwarzbier are the only things I would regularly buy that isn't 6 packs of pint can narragansett or pabst. If guiness extra stout was in the cans I might opt for that for the abv and not getting gyped the .8 ounces on each bottle.
Wish I could find foreign extra stout since 5.5 to 7.5 is the sweet spot for me.
I really should go back to drinking liquor to cut calories, just have some whiskey then two cans of murphys or the Schwarzbier for the taste.

[Anonymous No.16497138]

>>16497048
The ass was fat.

[Anonymous No.16497155]

>>16493640
How do I get served at a bar if I’m 19? I can grow a beard easily and I could probably pass off as 25

[Anonymous No.16497170]

>>16497155
go to a gay bar

[Anonymous No.16497333]

>>16497044
I honestly don't understand how PBR gets a pass. Even among the other macro pisslagers, it's a on a lower level.

[Anonymous No.16497341]

>>16493640
How does one go about storing fine ales like this trappist stuff for the short/medium term? If I wanted to keep a bottle for a few months to a year, how should I store it? I assume I don't want to just put it in the fridge right away.

[Anonymous No.16497365]

>>16497048

WHO?

[Anonymous No.16497369]

>>16497155
Don't live in a third world country.

[Anonymous No.16497656]

>>16497170
I don’t want cum and roofies in my drink

[Anonymous No.16497676]

>>16497369
>The namesake of "First world country"
>Third world

[Anonymous No.16497768]

>>16493640
Just won a 12 pack of arcobrau mooser liesl. Dropped 3 of them though whilst smashed

[Anonymous No.16497817]

>>16497365
WHAT?!?!

[Anonymous No.16497915]

alcohol is for depressed losers

[Anonymous No.16497991]

>>16497915

[Anonymous No.16498019]

>>16497915
so... people. Yes. Alcohol is for people.

[Anonymous No.16498180]

>>16497016
Coffee stout or an unflavored sour

[Anonymous No.16498189]

>>16495476
I am Alaskan, but brewing here is suprisingly large, there aren't a lot of big name breweries that make it to other places in the PNW (Alaskan is the only one I can think of) but I can think of at least 10 breweries/brewpubs in the Anchorage/matsu area alone

[Anonymous No.16498270]

>>16493640
What would the flavor profile of Miller Lite be described as? It’s the only beer I’ve ever had and I’d like to get a baseline for other beers to try. I can’t really say that I did or didn’t like it, just that it wasn’t offensive

[Anonymous No.16498294]

I think I just need to give up on trying beer and admit it's not for me. I've enjoyed one beer, Zywiec, when I visited Krakow a few years ago. Since then, every so often I'll buy beer at the local grocery or liquor store and try out various types, but they all range from bad to good for me. Anyone ever had Zywiec and have recommendations for similar beers I can find easily in the states? I know some places have Zywiec here, but I haven't found any near me.

[Anonymous No.16498445]

>>16498270
It's a light lager, rather water and grainy imo, without much depth or subtlety in any way. Not much of a "profile" to the flavor - if you want a midly alcoholic beverage that gives you the impression of taking a bite out of a kansas field, that's a drink for you.

[Anonymous No.16498460]

>>16498445
I could distinctly taste that grainy flavor opposed to the hops bitterness now that you mention it, are there any beers that have lots of grain flavor with low bitterness?

[Anonymous No.16498500]

>>16493640
I had Chimay a month ago. Best beer ive ever drank.

[Anonymous No.16498532]

>>16493640
For the rochefort, 6, 8, or 10? Is the abv the only difference or are the bigger numbers heavier and different tasting as well?

[Anonymous No.16498555]

>>16498460
Helles lagers. They're like a pilsner but more malt (sweet) than hops (bitter).

[Anonymous No.16498560]

>>16493757
It's not technically Trappist, but St. Bernardus ABT 12 is excellent and widely available.

[Anonymous No.16498565]

>>16498555
Checked and thanks, I’ll check them out

[Anonymous No.16498765]

>>16497365
Lola Naymark in Ariane's Thread

[Anonymous No.16499705]

>>16498294
Most places that have Zywiec also have Tyskie. I find a lot of German and Polish blonde lagers taste very similar - a tiny bit of roast on the base malt, noble hops, usually pretty saaz or hallertau(er) foward, just enough bitterness to balance it out. You'd probably like Hacker-Pschorr's Munich Gold - it's a little more grainy (in flavour, not texture)... really, you'd probably like most European lagers. Pilsner Urqell's an odd duck (very, very saaz flavoured) but it might be up your alley too.

[Anonymous No.16499720]

>>16498532
They're very different beers. Basically a dubbel (brown, malty), a tripel (blonde, usually very balanced - slightly sweet, and estery/fruity if anything), and a quadrupel (red-brown, sweet, sometimes with a molasses tint to it)

[Anonymous No.16499762]

>>16498460
The bitterness in beer comes primarily from the hop content, so you'll be wanting to avoid anything that markets itself as "hoppy." If you look on the label for many beers, you'll see an "IBU" number, this is Bitterness Units, so like for lower values there.

I would suggest looking into lagers and not ales if you want low-bitterness beer. As another anon mentioned, German helleslagers are a great starting place. You can pretty easily find at least a few varieties even in grocery stores chains, and of course speciality liquor stores will have more.

Domestically, bitter IPAs are the dominant variety among craft breweries right now, but many breweries will also put out a lager variety, which could be worth checking out as well.

[Anonymous No.16499776]

>>16498532
Among the rocheforts, I've only had 10. The flavor profile was definitelly deep and nuanced, but the ABV is so heavy by that point that I feel it becomes a little distracting. Generally speaking, I've found Dubbels to be much more "drinkable", and Tripels to be better for savoring a bit, so IMO I'd go with 6 or 8 depending on your preference there.

[Anonymous No.16500772]

>>16493640
Beer

[Anonymous No.16500779]

>>16500772
t. epic alchie drunk bumper

[Anonymous No.16500780]

>>16500772
Woo!

[Anonymous No.16500797]

>>16500780

[Anonymous No.16500809]

>>16500797
This is just to say that
I have demolished
the plum brandy
that was in
the deep freeze

and which
you were probably
saving
for cocktails

Forgive me
it was kind of gross
so sweet
but so cold

[Anonymous No.16500832]

>>16500809
Brandy aint beer, bub.

[Anonymous No.16500962]

>>16493640
Anyone that isn’t a solitary beer drinker is just drinking it for attention

[Anonymous No.16500999]

>>16497365

[Anonymous No.16501015]

>>16493640
snag a saison dupont for me while you're there

[Anonymous No.16501021]

>>16494169
you should brew something light (pale lager, blonde, kolsch) and something hoppy (hazy IPA/DIPA).

thats what the people want

[Anonymous No.16501222]

>>16500962
Different beers call for different contexts, anon. If I'm hanging out on a boat or at a barbeque or something, I want something light and simple. I'm not gonna be drinking Belgian tripel ale while throwing bags with the boys, I'm gonna be sipping on an easy lager. Likewise, if I'm at home trying to enjoy an evening in, that's when I break out something deeper and more contemplative.

[Anonymous No.16501231]

why do you guys drink beer? what health benefits does it offer that you couldn't get with other affordable foods and drinks

[Anonymous No.16501247]

>>16500832
I'm aware, but I've tried making plum beer, and it was, as the Spanish say: "Mierda". I was plum surprised.

[Anonymous No.16501259]

>>16493763
based

[Anonymous No.16501264]

>>16501021
They've already got a shit-tonne of light lagers, and - like I said - a really good IPA on tap. I have to hit close to home while still being different enough that nobody's going to say something like "Well, if I wanted Miller, I'd order a Miller!". Chances are one of the taps is going to permanently be a local IPA, so if I'm going to get a permanent space myself, and make an IPA, it's gotta be downright weird (or something like Collective Arts' Ransack the Universe, which is just subtly weird). Chances are a lot of what I get in there - once people know my beers - is going to be pretty Belgian. I started off ripping off Unibroue, and I'll probably die ripping off Unibroue.

A lighter bodied, copper kolsch might do the trick, but I'm on a bit of a timeline... I can probably fake it with a faster, cleaner yeast (kveik, don't fail me now!)... I think you've got something there.

[Anonymous No.16501381]

>>16493989
>Bow to the King

Indeed, if Two Hearted is available (and more bars are carrying it all the time) then that's what I'm getting.

Tried to find some Bell's Double Two Hearted a few months back but it disappeared off the shelves before I could get my hands on any.

[Anonymous No.16501395]

>>16493976
> Hotel Water

Who the fuck thought that was a good name for a beer?

[Anonymous No.16501415]

>>16497155
>How do I get served at a bar if I’m 19?

Go to Canada.

[Anonymous No.16501429]

>>16501415
but not in Windsor, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, or downtown Vancouver.

[Anonymous No.16501445]

How to not be a fat piece of shit and also enjoy delicious beers

[Anonymous No.16501455]

>>16501429
>but not in Windsor

Is the drinking age it not 19 anymore? It was back in my day (1986).

[Anonymous No.16501456]

>>16501445
Enjoy/binge in moderation. Exercise occasionally. Expend more energy than you're putting in your face.

[Anonymous No.16501469]

>>16501381
Disappointed they didn't name it Four Hearted.

[Anonymous No.16501512]

>>16501445
purge the food you eat

[Anonymous No.16501520]

>>16501264
Why not rip off good beer instead?

[Anonymous No.16501665]

>>16501520
As in you don't like kolsches or you don't like Unibroue? Either way, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how incorrect it is.

[Anonymous No.16502133]

>>16501445
only eat meat otherwise

[Anonymous No.16502237]

>>16493640
Best hard cider and hard lemonade?

[Anonymous No.16502295]

>>16502237
The ones you make for yourself.

[Anonymous No.16502450]

>>16493640
Best commercial mead?

[Anonymous No.16502708]

>>16501381
>>16493989
is Bells the Ballast Point (before they went to shit) of the midwest?

[Anonymous No.16502718]

Ahh…finally a sophisticated thread.

[Anonymous No.16502947]

>>16502718
I really enjoyed the pseudo-graf that I made when I blended some hard cider that was a tad too dry with some wheat beer that was a bit too sweet. That said, I wouldn't touch the contents of that can with a rented mouth.

[Anonymous No.16503221]

>>16502947
they aren't terrible. if you can get your hands on some you could probably sell it for $5 a can a few weeks after it's done being made and sold. it;s just a cider honestly, just a slight hoppy syrup undernote

[Anonymous No.16503435]

>>16499705
Hey man, I tried Hacker-Pschorr and it was pretty good. Not quite as crisp (?) as Zywiec, but definitely easy to drink and much tastier than shit beers like Heineken. The recommendation is much appreciated. Thanks, pal.

[Anonymous No.16503833]

>american pisswater

ayy

[Anonymous No.16504292]

Aight, I pulled the trigger on it. My test kettle's booked and the (missing) ingredients are being shipped for 50gal of quick-aging red kölsch. Sincoe for some new-world flavour, Tettnang for some old-world. a super-clean kveik that I'm going to try to resist the urge to overheat (apparently it gets pretty tropical >30C), some Viennese vienna malt (apparently there's a shortage here) for malty goodness, crystal60 for colour and sweetness, a wee touch of chocolate malt to impart a ruby-red shine to it. If my numbers are right, it should be about 6% ABV, well balanced - veering slightly toward malty, about 14SRM (coppery), with the faintest whiff of West Coast 'grapefruits-fucking-a-pine-forest' tang... and enough myrcene to give the stoners a nice, glowing buzz. Two kegs for the bar, One for the brewery.

[Anonymous No.16504366]

>>16503435
>Not quite as crisp (?) as Zywiec, but definitely easy to drink
That's the whole point of Helles. Not as bitter or carbonated and also refreshing as a pilsener but more pleasant for most people. Some would say boring.
It's good for those, who don't really like the taste of beer.

[Anonymous No.16504466]

>>16494117
Their Belgian white is really good too

[Anonymous No.16504470]

I hate that breweries are still so IPA focused
I thought they would have grown out of this meme by now

[Anonymous No.16504489]

>>16504366
>It's good for those, who don't really like the taste of beer.

>Drinking beer even if you don't like it
Hipsters were a mistake

[Anonymous No.16504492]

>>16504489
The one Helles I had definitely tastes like beer

[Anonymous No.16504497]

>>16504489
So hipsters invented lite beer i guess.

[Anonymous No.16504573]

>>16504497
They certainly adopted it... well, Pabst, Old-Style Pilsner, the same cheap shit the rest of us kids got fucked up on at shows with lax ID policies.

[Anonymous No.16504605]

>>16504492
When they're done well, they're great. The first sip's just clean pale lager, then you can pick out what the yeast, malt and hops are bringing to the table on the second mouthful. They're difficult to balance - I worked with the guys at my local brewery who were working with a crew from another, larger brewery, and it still took a full year and four tries to get something that was clean enough for everyone - not bland or too complicated, not hoppy or sweet or overly malty... We almost dumped the batch that sold because it held onto its sulfur dioxide for way too long - it needed an extra month in the tank and (at the advice of the big brewery's zymurgist) an extra two months to lager in vitro.

[Anonymous No.16504796]

>>16504292
Fantastic, anon. Do you have any photos of your operation? You're probably the only poster in this godforsaken place with a technical understanding and physical setup like that.

[Anonymous No.16504814]

>>16493760
>BMC
>bad

I don’t understand this meme, BMC doesn’t taste like anything, it’s meant to be as inoffensive as possible, how can it be bad?

[Anonymous No.16504822]

>>16504814
>BMC doesn’t taste like anything, it’s meant to be as inoffensive as possible, how can it be bad?
Tasting like nothing while charging something is offensive.

[Anonymous No.16504849]

>>16504822
>he can’t afford a dollar or less a can
Jej.

[Anonymous No.16504931]

>>16494322
Tobacco isn't food you eternal retard.

[Anonymous No.16504943]

>>16504822
>I'll spend money to get something flavorful.
>>16504849
Ha ha, you're poor.

[Anonymous No.16504976]

Any beverage that doesn't adhere to the German beer purity law isn't beer. Syrups, artificial flavors, herbs make dilutes the soul of beer.

[Anonymous No.16505086]

>>16504976
Based

[Anonymous No.16505255]

>>16504976
What about using ingredients like oats though? They're traditionally used in certain types of stouts for example but afaik they're verboten under the purity law.

[Anonymous No.16505281]

>>16504931
It's flavour

[Anonymous No.16505288]

>>16504976
wheat?

[Anonymous No.16505291]

>>16505255
Notbier
Barley. Hops. Pure water.
Simple as

[Anonymous No.16505304]

>>16505291
No yeast is going to make for really shitty beer.

[Anonymous No.16505308]

>>16497915
correct

[Anonymous No.16505328]

>>16505255
It's "malt" not just barley malt so you can use almost every grain you want as long as you can make malt from it. Beers made from rye or other grains are sold as regular beer in Germany. For historical beer styles like Gose (nobody drinks or even knows about though) you can even use herbs or spices and label it simply as beer.
Exported stuff containing other stuff can also be sold as "beer" here while you could not make a Belgian style one using sugar in Germany and sell it as a straight beer. You'd have to call it beer mix or something like that if brewed in Germany.

[Anonymous No.16505343]

anything better on the "toasted"/dunkel wheat beer department? Best thing I've tried.

[Anonymous No.16505359]

>>16505343
Probably impossible to get outside of Germany. Even outside of Southern Germany it's a pain in the ass to get some.

[Anonymous No.16505367]

>>16505343
this one is my personal fav

[Anonymous No.16505374]

>>16505367
I'll keep an eye out for it

[Anonymous No.16505379]

>>16505328
he's right. There is a historic Reinheitsgebot and an adjusted beer purity law. (see: https://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?start=%2F%2F*%5B%40attr_id%3D%27bgbl193s1399.pdf%27%5D#__bgbl__%2F%2F*%5B%40attr_id%3D%27bgbl193s1399.pdf%27%5D__1628024782659))

I just don't like beer that had been tampered with too much. Recently, I drank a German Schwarzbier with syrup and I really disliked the sticky, sweet taste.

[Anonymous No.16505388]

>>16504976
Coors Banquet has corn syrup and it's delicious

[Anonymous No.16505399]

Do you guys prefer Mexican lagers or AALs? I don't care for a Corona but an ice cold Modelo or Tecate is worth the extra money IMO. Tecate is actually about the same price as Bud anyway.

[Anonymous No.16505414]

This is by far my favorite Weißbier atm. Lots of citrus and banana flavors, with the rich creamy white beer mouthfeel. Funny thing is that you can get it at Lidl for €0.8/0.5l. Lidl is kinda like the european version of dollar tree.

[Anonymous No.16505456]

>>16504796
I don't post anything from the brewery on here... The last thing I need is some bored twat getting me fired, or trying to get the brewery shut down for the lulz.
This is a pre-test batch of a Baltic Porter in early primary, snowing protein gunk. My home setup's laughable, but I've got regular access to a pair of old 60gal kettles and 50gal tanks at the brewery in exchange for the brewery's use of any good recipes I come up with, and part-time cleaning duties, especially of my own messes.

[Anonymous No.16505465]

>>16504976
Any beverage that doesn't adhere to the Reinheitsgebot or its addendums and alterations isn't German beer... except for when it is. Berliner Weiss is great with a little kriek, woodruff or cassis in there.

[Anonymous No.16505596]

>>16502708
> Ballast Point

Bell’s is older and bigger and still a family operations.

In October 2015 Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Inc. filed an initial public offering of stock. This offering would make it the first of San Diego County's breweries to go public.[8] However, on November 15, 2015, Constellation Brands announced it would acquire Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for $1 billion.[9]

In December 2019, it was announced that Chicago-based brewery Kings and Convicts was buying Ballast Point from Constellation for undisclosed terms,[14] which industry observers estimate to be between $75 million and $200 million.[15] Constellation was reportedly having trouble integrating the brand with their larger operations.[14] At its peak under Constellation, Ballast Point's sales were at 431,000 barrels. At the time of the announcement, early estimates for 2019 were north of 200,000. Meanwhile, Balllast Point's trademark value had dropped over 90 percent from $223 million in January 2018 to $17 million in October 2019.[15]