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>be into craft beer since 2010
>never been a beer snob but always paid a lot of attention to craft beer and sampled it
>recently lose interest with it because it's even more IPA dominant than before
>just drink lots of Coors Banquet which is cheap and tastes better than most meme craft beers
I would like to get into craft beer again but the scene is becoming more and more meme beer driven, such as hazy IPAs that taste like bitter orange juice.

>> No.17809568

>>17809561
just look into local breweries and try their normal shit instead of the lumbersexual stuff.

>> No.17809577

>>17809568
I've looked at the menus of all my local breweries. They might have a couple of non-IPAs from their original lineup in the 00s, but for the most part it's 50 different types of IPA.
And even Sam Adams trimmed their non-IPA offering, they got rid of Boston Ale which was one of my favorite beers.

>> No.17809580

I'm sure /ck/ will hate me but I really enjoy sours and it seems like more brewerys are making them now. I always hated IPAs I always thought they tasted like soap.

>> No.17809605

>>17809580
sours are decent.

>> No.17809609

>>17809580
I used to think sours were for gays but now I like them...guess I'm gay!

>> No.17809633

>>17809568
Here in beautiful Minneapolis, and really all over the fucking state, every "local" brewery just had twenty "different" styles of IPAs, and they all cost a lot of money and all taste like garbage. You could say "muh cities" and "muh liberals", but it's like that in Billings, Montana, and Coeur D'alene, Idaho, as well; really, all over the country (I travel a lot for work). The craft scene has been, for at least a decade now, absolutely flooded with quintuple west coast east coast triple double IPAs, and if you deny that, you've been living under a fucking rock, and you're also probably a faggot.

>> No.17809642

>>17809633
yeah and contrary to what nerds say, it's getting worse.
Breweries have been trimming their non-IPA offerings.
Consumption of both craft beer and macro beer is going down, so I'm not surprised that they're only focusing on hot selling meme styles

>> No.17809647

>>17809633
they have at least 2 that aren't ipas.
if they don't then fuck that place.
check this menu out.
place has a great selection of things.
https://thehoppymonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SA-Food-and-Drink.pdf

>> No.17809663

>>17809642
The overabundance of IPAs, and of "craft" breweries, is what's causing the downfall of craft breweries. Used to be you justified paying extra for good, quality, flavorful beer of many types; now your choices are an IPA 4pack for $19, or a double IPA 4pack for $20. I used to be a fucking snob about beer, but even I would rather just spend $5.99 on a six pack of Hamm's or some other decent macro, than mess around with so called craft beers any more. It's not worth it.

>> No.17809669

>>17809647
>https://thehoppymonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SA-Food-and-Drink.pdf

Where is this place located? I feel like I've seen the same menu everywhere I go.

>> No.17809674

>>17809669
san antonio.

>> No.17809696

>>17809669
>Same menu everywhere I go
All the way down to the sanctimonious brow beating.

>> No.17809706

>>17809561
I like macros but after drinking craft beer it's hard to say I drink beer with zero hop aroma for the superior flavor. For me it's PBR since at least it tastes like saltine crackers instead of nothing.

>> No.17809796

>>17809706
PBR tastes like white wine

>> No.17809808

>>17809796
it's the champagne of beers

>> No.17810034

Banquets are so fucking satisfying

>> No.17810047

>>17809561
Based. I tried to do the craft beer thing for a while but it all just tastes like musky flowers to me. Instead, I've become a "shit beer enthusiast". I order cheap regional beers from all over the country and have it delivered. It's only slightly more expensive than buying at a store and still WAY cheaper than buying craft.

>> No.17810049

>>17810047
I too find regional shitty beers to be interesting.
I live in New York and love Hamm's beer but can't get it here

>> No.17810059

>>17809561
hazy orange beer
like if i ever even saw one it would exit my memory and consciousness to fast like it never existed
who cares
i would kill to never drink a coors again and just languish in fine ipas

>> No.17810061

>>17809561
IPAs are good. Hops add fascinating flavors, they are so varied and can taste anything from orange to mango, pineneedles or just simple bitterness to the drink. Meanwhile literally all lagers taste the same.

>> No.17810070

>>17810061
>all lagers taste the same
Extremely untrue. Coors Banquet and Budweiser are the same style of lager yet taste lot different.

>> No.17810081
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>>17810047
>"shit beer enthusiast"
For me its Jack's Abby

>> No.17810089

>>17810081
that brewery is highly regarded though

>> No.17810096

Banquet drinkers are so based

>> No.17810131

>>17809561

same here

now I'm firmly with Belgian tripels and crisp pilsner and no pastry sour or peanut butter stouts or other crap

>> No.17810406

>>17809577
What have you been smoking that makes you think Sam Adams got rid of their flagship beer?
Or are you just a retard making shit up on the internet

>> No.17810451 [DELETED] 

the notion that large companies cannot produce good beer is ridiculous. it's a very basic process and expensive machinery does not in any way impact in negatively.

>> No.17810525

>>17809663
this
the flavors are getting worse and the prices are going up
I can understand economically why you'd want to push your highest profit margin beers, but it's at the cost of alienating a large chunk of the market

>> No.17811151

>>17810406
The flagship is Boston Lager, not Ale you dumbass bigger retard

>> No.17812591

>>17809633
I hare cities and Minneapolis has to be one of the worse I've had the displeasure of visiting

>> No.17812638

>>17809633
>Billings, Montana, and Coeur D'alene, Idaho
I live in Montana for most of the year. I'm from Ohio and spends large chunks in California, so everything in between I can vouch for, and you're 100% correct. I kind of don't think much of ipas in Ohio or California, but in Montana/Idaho the most normalfag gas station as long as it's in a populated area or ones tourists would go through is half IPAs by volume and 2/3rd by selection

>> No.17812676

>>17810406
Like the other guy said, Boston Lager is their flagship beer.
Boston Ale was never a big seller but they kept it around until about 2 years ago

>> No.17812687

>>17809633
Billings is a fucking shithole.

>> No.17812694

>>17809633
Surly has some decent stuff, also I can drive myself over to Wiscons and get some based New Glarus unlike your Twin Shities cuckold ass

>> No.17812757

I was a craft beer faggot for years and now I just drink Yuengling and Miller Lite.

>> No.17812771

>>17812757
I wish I could get into Miller Lite due to the low calories.
It tastes like fritos to me

>> No.17812775

>>17812771
It's what I drink if I'm going out and pounding several beers. If I'm having a beer with a meal it's Yuengling or PBR. I think Miller Lite tastes kinda bready, like a cracker. I stick to pilsners when I go out to faggy craft breweries with friends, so glad I stopped wasting $20-30 on 4 packs of IPA shit.

>> No.17812782

>>17812775
What about Miller High Life?

>> No.17812786

>>17812782
I like that as well, but my go-to spots never have it.

>> No.17813622

>>17809561
Am I the only one that thinks Coors Banquet, Miller High Life, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, PBR and Budweiser taste pretty much the same? I mean it's negligible, right. Whichever one you hand me I couldn't less and won't really have a reaction one way or the other.

>> No.17813674

>>17809561
We had this exact thread like a month ago. I'm only drinking Coors Light and Modelo these days. Sours and IPAs have destroyed craft beer

>> No.17813687

>>17813622
They taste a lot different.
Your taste buds are shot if you think Coors Light and Coors Banquet taste the same

>> No.17813789

>>17813687
I mean... not literally. But who memory banks the subtleties of every macro beer? I mean, come on. All of them taste about the same unless you're sipping and analyzing them back to back

>> No.17813800

>>17813789
I'm not a taste note autist and they all taste way different to me, that's why I have preferences

>> No.17814046

>>17813674
I like sours, actually, but nobody seems to make them "like they used to" and are actually tart and/or sour. They're just foul tasting. IPAs have always been shit and have always tasted like pine cones.
>>17809561
I, too, only drink Colorado Kool-Aid.
https://youtu.be/Fof0FeJgjnY

>> No.17814409

>>17813622
I administered the Pepsi challenge to myself before. There was still a taste difference but it narrows a lot when you don't know what's what. I've watched a bunch of macro beer blind taste tests and seen almost everyone mix them up. Don't underestimate the power of branding.

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17814657

For me it’s Pabst Blue Ribbon

>> No.17814811

>>17809605
"I've really gotten into sours recently"

>> No.17814829

anybody here drink Stag? heard it tastes like pond water and that the only people that do drink it usually have the beetus.

also noticed recently a couple packs of Beck's pure malt on the shelf but heard that it tastes like dirt these days.

as far as macros go I usually just bum a XX or Michelob Ultra off the pops, but if I buy my own pack its gonna be a porter or stout. quick buzz buys are just Hamm's or Miller Lite tall boys.

>> No.17814864

>>17809561
based banqy enjoyer

>> No.17814901

>>17809633
i'm convinced the brewery boom is built on some company offering insane financing on the equipment, which also makes me wonder if there'll be a massive crash at some point too

>> No.17814907

>>17810525
i suspect that it's probably something like there's an VC class that throws money at a bunch of different microbrews hoping one will blow up and be sold to a conglomerate for big bucks. like imagine the fucking jackpot some people hit putting money into white claw early on

>> No.17814915

>>17813789
it's not hard to remember a list of cheap beers that you either liked or didn't when you tried them. plus they're so cheap there's no reason to to try all the cheap domestics