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Give me your opinions on good beer. Here is one of my favorites. 7/10

>> No.5711856

>>5711847
oh shit where are you from? Spotted Cow is my favorite beer

>> No.5711861

>>5711856
Wisconsin my friend! Yourself?

>> No.5711900

>>5711861
originally from milwaukee, went to college at UW, but now i live in socal. what area are you from?

>> No.5711910

>>5711900
Currently living in milwaukee, around the UWM campus. I go to school there.

>> No.5711927

>>5711910
Awesome man, hope you're enjoying the area. Whenever I come home, I always go out down around Brady, Water, or North.

>> No.5711932

>>5711927
Ever heard of Farwell?

>> No.5711959
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5711959

New Glarus has a pretty good brewery.

>>5711856
>>5711861
I assumed all of these threads were just people from Wisconsin and a few people from other countries.

>> No.5711973

>>5711959
I've heard good things about central waters. What are some more of your favorites?

>> No.5713180

NG Belgian Cherry and Strawberry Rubarb Tart are absolutely God Tier.

>St.Louis here, can't get them
>have to trade for them
>or drive to WI

>> No.5713193

>>5711847
>>5711856
/tv/ here

That's the beer the guys at Red Letter Media always drink.

Never got a clear enough look to see what it was. Cool. I wish I could find some down South.

>> No.5713209

>>5713193
What's Red Letter Media? And I'm pretty sure you can only find Spotted Cow in Wisconsin. My friend's dad used to love that shit, but he lived in Illinois, so when my friend would go back home, his dad would make him bring it home.

>> No.5713219

>>5713209

They're a bunch of working class slobs who managed to put together some of the most cohesive, incisive and thoughtful film criticism of the last decade.

>> No.5713227
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5713227

>>5711847
If you're fortunate enough to be near the Midwest

>> No.5713228

Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail.

>> No.5713268

>>5711959

Have you ever been there? Their facility is immaculate, and the owner lives a stone's throw from the brewery. I envy him and his wife.

I wish they would come back to Illinois.

>> No.5713365

God tier: 30+ year old (75 cl) Liefmans Goudenband.

Top tier: West-Vleteren, Erdinger, Saison Dupont, Orval, Oerbier or 3 Fonteinen in 33cl or 75 cl bottles, aged for at least a year.

Really good beers: Babar, Oud Beersel, Delirium Tremens.

Good beers: Rodenbach, Duvel, Boon, Karmeliet, La Trappe.

Utter shit beers which are just chemicals thrown on a pile (but which will get mentioned in this thread and receive much love because of the H2O in them): Leffe, Kasteelbier, Heineken and Stella Artois. Avoid like the plague.

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5713412

>>5711847
i was in Wisconsin not to long ago and had this.

it wasn't half bad

>> No.5713418

The cheap £1.50 southwold ales in m & s are surprisingly decent

>> No.5713419

>>5713227

Grainstorm is really fantastic. I'm in Springfield, MO, and if you're close enough Mother's has been doing a great job. Three Blind Mice Brown Ale.

>> No.5713431

Is there a reason to pour it out of the bottle into a glass?

I'm a pleb

>> No.5713440

>>5713431
Nah. Maybe if you want a head. But if you want a head just go to a pub

>> No.5713442

>>5713365
Shouldn't you be jerking yourself off in a whiskey thread?

>> No.5713455

>>5713227
Tank 7 is a great representative of the Farmhouse Ale which is becoming my favorite style.

>> No.5713483

>>5713431
A beer connoisseur will tell you that the aroma of the beer lends a lot of taste (hence why some bottles have foil, to encourage you to pour it elsewhere).

Personally, I hardly notice a difference, but I usually find my pint glasses and mugs more "fun" to drink out of than the bottle/can.

>> No.5713514

HALF IN THE BAAAG!!!

>> No.5713515

>>5713431
Snifters and Tulip glasses look nicer, and are more fun to drink out of, and you also get the head, in addition to seeing the color and the carbonation.

>> No.5713549

>>5713515

I'm a sucker for nice glassware, tulips especially.

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>> No.5713632

Last night I took a Paulaner Weiss and it was good.

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5713642

>>5711847
Also my favorite beer.

Jack of all trades, and never disappoints.

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5713714

This is by far my favourite

>> No.5713730

>>5713365
my fucking man. hell to the yeah.

>> No.5713845

>>5713227
My nigga! Tank 7 has got to be THE best Farmhouse Ale I have ever had. Currently drinking a Robinson's Trooper bitter because why not.

Do any of you co/ck/s have an Untappd?

>> No.5713850

>>5713365
so you're belgian, I take it?

>> No.5714204

>>5711847
New glarus spotted cow, mein calf. Just finished a package of their Dubbel. I live in chicago so I stock up whenever I head up to Wisconsin. Come down to chicago and try some Revolution from their taproom on kedzie.

>> No.5714219

>>5714204
Or head to the brewpub on Milwaukee. They have some interesting takes on pubfood food there.

>> No.5714245

>>5714204

I can't take the beer scene here any more. It used to be friendly middle-aged alcoholics with good taste, now it's nothing but kids who want to prove how much better their taste is than everyone else's or what the rarest beer they've ever had is.

The distribution here is fucked too. I can't get any Cantillon or Drie Fonteinen in the suburbs because it all goes to stores in the city that sell it at marked up prices.

>> No.5714249

>>5714204
check out some zombie dust mane

>> No.5714274

>>5714245
The beer scene where? Wisconsin, chicago, or revolution? Sorry, just a bit confused on specifics here. I'm guessing you mean chicago in general, and I do agree. I live in des Plaines, and I gotta go to the city to find some really good unusual stuff more and more lately

>> No.5714277

>>5714249
I've been to the three Floyd's brewpub a few times. Zombie dust is awesome. I can never get tickets to their dark lord days though.

>> No.5714290

My all time favorite is always Newcastle. But I only love ales.

>> No.5714297
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5714297

Right now I'm drinking New Belgium's Tour de Fall seasonal pale ale. It's quite different from what I expected. It has a nice amber/red color, with an almost sour aroma. The mouthfeel is very light and crisp. I detect slight hints of caramel on the front end, but the back end has the light hoppy bitterness and subtle sour notes that you'd expect from a British style pale ale. Overall it is very well balanced and refreshing. I would rate it 8/10.

And yes, I know how pretentious this post sounds, and yes, I'm being completely serious.

>> No.5714299

>>5714290
my nigger

>> No.5714317

>>5714274

Chicago

>>5714277

Don't bother with Dark Lord Day, it's just Nick Floyd bragging about how awesome his beer is and how metal his brewery is. He's the biggest cunt in the craft beer industry and he needs to be lynched. I've been there a few times and it's gotten progressively worse each time. Dark Lord isn't even that good. Three Floyds has some of the most wildly inconsistent recipes in the country and people still worship their beer for some reason. Last time I had Alpha King it was a watery mess.

>> No.5714345

>>5714317
It's funny you say that about three Floyd's. I haven't tried any of their stuff in over a year. And when I do it's usually their seasonal or specialty stuff like barley wines. Whatever I've tried has been good. Maybe I'm doing the right thing steering clear in favor if some new stuff. Me and a friend of mine are actually starting a list where we can only add to it if one of us has never tried it before.

>> No.5714354

>>5714204
>I stock up whenever I head up to Wisconsin.

They sell it at Sam's Club in Illinoise, you dumb FIB.

>> No.5714361

>>5714354
>FIB.
wat

>> No.5714383

>>5713483
>A beer connoisseur will tell you that the aroma of the beer lends a lot of taste
thats true of all foods, not just beer

>> No.5714389

>>5714354
Stopped reading at Sams club. What's next, you expect me to go to wal mart? Besides, I got a couple friends that live in Kenosha, so it's a nice once in a while great when I go visit them

>> No.5714397

>>5714354
pretty sure New Glarus only sells in Wisconsin

>> No.5714402

>>5714383
Not the guy you responded too, and while I agree with the basic principle of your statement, I think that beer is unique in that the aroma is often times different from the actual flavor, and a big whiff from a glass will let you experience "flavors" (aromas) that you wouldn't get from a simple sip.

>> No.5714408

New Glarus's IIPA they have out in limited amounts right now is amazing. Also if you are getting Wisconsin beer pick up some Ale Asylum Bedlam

>> No.5714410

>>5714354

New Glarus pulled out of Illinois years ago.

>> No.5714415

>>5714397
I forgot who it was (maybe sierra nevada) who got special licensing to get a bunch of local brews from around the country to distribute nationally, and spotted cow was one of them.

Unless wal-mart paid some price, new glarus doesn't sell over state lines for tax reasons.

>> No.5714429

>>5714415
Are you talking about Sierra Nevada's beer camp?

They had a New Glarus beer in there, but it wasn't spotted cow, and I doubt you could find one at Sams club.

On the plus side, Walmart does carry New Glarus throughout Wisconsin

>> No.5714448

>>5714361
fucking illinois bastard

I lived in Wisconsin for some time (now in CO) and I never really got the love people have for Spotted Cow there. It's a decent beer and very drinkable, but as far as taste goes I don't think it's that much better than, say, High Life or other comparable macrobrews. I think it's the second-best selling beer in the state, though, so it's nice to see the locals supporting a Wisconsin brand. The best thing they produce is the Raspberry Tart, which is godly if you enjoy fruit beers.

>> No.5714454

>>5714429
pretty much every gas station, grocery store, convenience store and box store with a liquor department sells it in WI

>> No.5714458

>>5714429
fucking everywhere sells new glarus in WI. that's one of the best things about spotted cow - it's a very decent beer that you can buy at basically any gas station in the state

>> No.5714462

>>5714454
most gas stations in Wisconsin have better craft beer selections than walmart though

>> No.5714476

>>5714448
Spotted Cow is an excellent entry level craft beer. It great bridge from underaged kids drinking cheap beer into the real thing, and even gets old people involved which very few craft beers have managed to do so far. You are right its the 2nd best selling beer in Wisconsin, only Miller Light beat it, pretty sure Wisconsin is the only state where a craft beer outsells Bud Light

>> No.5714482

>>5714448
>fucking illinois bastard
haha, I guess that's a regional thing then.

>> No.5714485

>>5714448

You ever try Stranahan's Whiskey? A buddy of mine lives in Colorado and brought me a bottle and it was pretty damn tasty.

>> No.5714494

>>5714482
its a pretty common term in Wisconsin, most often used to describe Illinois drivers or Bears fans

>> No.5714531

>>5714494

I live in Illinois and I understand. The people here are fucking monsters, especially in Chicago. The young urbanites are unbearable; I don't get along with anyone else my age. All of my friends are middle-aged alcoholics that hate the world just as much as I do.

>> No.5714541

>>5714485
Nah, not yet. I've only been here for a few months, but I'll have to give it a shot. I was really pleased to see the liquor prices in Colorado are pretty close to what they were in Wisconsin (cheap) so that's nice.

>> No.5714543

>>5713412
This is such a good beer when it's fresh on tap. I used to live in Madison, and I would put these away by the half dozen if we ever ended up at a bar that was serving it.