Beer

[Anonymous No.6885751]

Let's talk about beer

What's your favorite brewery? What beers are you anticipating to get in the near future? Best beer and food pairing you've ever had? Beer infused recipes?

Looking to pick up some Ten Fidy tomorrow myself

[Anonymous No.6885758]

the only thing I drink is Old Milwaukee tbh, it's the best beer I've tasted and the value is incredible

[Anonymous No.6885764]

>>6885758
you are far beyond redemption

[Anonymous No.6885766]

>>6885758
Old swill is the beer equivalent of ketchup on bananas

[Anonymous No.6885770]

>>6885758
thats cool but maybe you should branch out a little bit and try something that doesnt suck ass. then again youre a flyover cretin so i can't expect much from you.

whatever homo enjoy your shitty life.

[Anonymous No.6885774]

>>6885770
thanks, you too

[Anonymous No.6885781]

>>6885751
only thing i cook with beer is bratwursts. powdered mustard, garlic, onion, ketchup, celery seed, and 2-3 bottles of a stout. cant miss with this

[Anonymous No.6885804]

>>6885751
Lager in gravy over a good sirloin steak is the tits.

[Anonymous No.6885808]

>>6885751
does that cost ten fiddy?

[Anonymous No.6885811]

>>6885808
A four pack will probably run 15-16 bucks in most states

[Anonymous No.6885872]

Oskar Blues is good stuff, their Scotch Ale and Dale's Pale Ale are both very good, but I was not a fan of the Ten Fidy. Used to have stacks and stacks of six packs of that at the liquor store I worked at, finally tried it and just wasn't a fan, and I drink a lot of stouts and high percentage craft beers.

Personally, I'd go with Goose Island. Anything with a woman's name on it by them? Buy that shit fucking immediately because it's godly. Sofie, Matilda, Juliet....all god-tier. Sofie in particular. Expensive but so worth it if you appreciate a good beer

[Anonymous No.6885875]

>>6885751
>What's your favorite brewery?
wicked weed
>What beers are you anticipating to get in the near future?
im hoping to get some pliny the elder soon

[Anonymous No.6885926]

>>6885811
Jeez. That's canadian pricing.
Must be some premium shit. I've never seen it in canadia, but it would probably cost 40 bucks for a four pack

[Anonymous No.6885933]

My recent kick has been coopers extra stout. I don't know but I haven't fallen in love with beer this hard since I first tasted honey wheat beer. I got over that eventually but it was good while it lasted. Never thought I'd be a stout man but I'm really enjoying trying all different stouts for the first time.

[Anonymous No.6885970]

>>6885926
That's the thing. It's not head and shoulders above any other imperial stout in its abv range. Overpriced as fug.

[Anonymous No.6885983]

Solid to great offerings all around, and anything they put in a barrel is like an angel cumming in your mouth.

[Anonymous No.6886017]

>>6885875
Don't even bother. It's a good DIPA, but it's nothing above most of the newish (less than 2ish years old) DIPA's on the market in any relatively modern city. Check out this list and understand what hype really means when it comes to beer:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/08/blind-tasting-115-of-the-best-american-dipa-and-im.html

I can't say so in a "blind tasting" sense, but I would definitely rank Myrcenary, Sucks, Double Jack, and Racer 15 above Pliny. The Heady ranking is pretty stunning, as I've loved every can I've had, but I don't know if I could call it better than the 4 I listed.

Also, if you're in a place with Wicked Weed regularly don't take that shit for granted. It's pretty rare to find a region of the US that doesn't have at least 1-2 amazing breweries.

[Anonymous No.6886046]

Still haven't found a single stout in my shit country.

Only wine, fucking wine everywhere.

[Anonymous No.6886068]

European beers are one of the best, especially locally brewed. I like baltic-style porter called Komes. You can have it with some roast and plum sauce.

[Anonymous No.6886118]

>>6885811
I sure hope that's four kegs, not four cans.

[Anonymous No.6886123]

>>6885751
My recent favourite is
http://www.braumanufaktur.com/index_agreed.php

[Anonymous No.6886127]

>>6886123
>http://www.braumanufaktur.com/index_agreed.php
Forgot to mention which one: the PIlsner

[Anonymous No.6886642]

>>6885751
I'm with a lot of others on Ten fidy. It's an overpriced old rasputin, but boozier. It's just not worth the price.

[Anonymous No.6886716]

Ausfag here. Haven't had much exposure to imported craft beers other than the major brands like Sierra Nevada, Dogfish, Mikeller, Brewdog etc.

>What's your favorite brewery?
Feral Brewing, Western Australia.

>What beers are you anticipating to get in the near future?
Nothing specific. Want to chase down some locally brewed Dortmunder Export and doppelbock if I can find it.

>Best beer and food pairing you've ever had?
Holgate Temptress (Belgian chocolate stout) and grass fed Tasmanian porterhouse steak at the New Sydney Hotel in Hobart.

Beer infused recipes?
Big fan of pork ribs with smokey marinade containing stout, molasses and liquid smoke.

[Anonymous No.6886745]

>that head on OP's pic
Holy fuck that looks delicious. I bet that thing tastes like coffee

[Anonymous No.6886768]

>>6886745
>I bet that thing tastes like coffee
This is why people hate beer hipster douches

[Anonymous No.6886800]

>>6886768
what's the matter, does having the choice between beer with flavour and watery piss #trigger you?

[Anonymous No.6886804]

>>6886800
I calls em like I sees em

[Anonymous No.6886890]

Had this a couple of days ago! Nice and simple. Going to crack open a Ten Fidy i found in the back of the fridge soon!

[Anonymous No.6886920]

>>6885751
velvet merkin from firestone was just released at the brewery and I'm hoping to snag a bottle when it gets up to northern california. I love their barrel aged beers.... got a helldorodo in my fridge waiting for a good time to open it.

[Anonymous No.6886940]

It seems better than i remember it, probably rounded off the bitterness with age. It was bottled year and a half ago.
For a no frills imperial stout it is very good!

[Anonymous No.6886964]

>>6886768
kek. I'm sorry that people enjoying beer instead of whatever hopped piss you drink enrages you

[Anonymous No.6886970]

>>6886964
>implying hipster scum are people

[Anonymous No.6886994]

fuck you texas, and fuck your lonestar beer!

[Anonymous No.6887007]

>>6886994
Lonestar is almost grainbelt tier in the adjunct lager scene. I'll happily have 1 or 9

[Anonymous No.6887022]

>>6886940
Yeah ive heard Ten Fidy is even better with age

[Anonymous No.6887033]

Well I tried some fancier beers and while they were pretty tasty I don't really see the point in spending that kind of money on them. So I stick to my "normal" beers.
I mostly drink Holsten, Diebels and Astra but I'm not very picky; I can enjoy pretty much every beer. Except for Hefeweizen. That's just far too sweet.

[Anonymous No.6887045]

>>6887033
Paulaner's hefeweizen is pretty good. Not sweet and almost smoky in taste. Probably my favorite hefeweizen out there.

[Anonymous No.6887055]

>>6887022
Seems to be the case, since there is no adjuncts in the form of for example barrel ageing or coffee added that could diminish over time it makes sense that it just get´s more rounded and balanced with some moderate ageing.

[Anonymous No.6887067]

>>6887055
lol all this horse shit for fucking beer

[Anonymous No.6887077]

>>6887067
Sorry you're too immature to understand such simple things, it's best if you just don't post

[Anonymous No.6887082]

>>6887067
There is different types of beer you know!

[Anonymous No.6887088]

>>6887077
Don't be mad. Just wondering how it's even possible to out-douche wine snobs is all.

[Anonymous No.6887095]

>>6887067
I feel like you think you're taking pretentious snobs down a peg, but you're actually just a fucking cretin.

[Anonymous No.6887098]

>>6887088
>explaining an incredibly simplistic aging and chemical process is douchey

You're in for a treat when high school rolls around

[Anonymous No.6887104]

>>6887045

It's been some time since I've had Paulaner but it still tasted too sweet to me. Might be because I had been drinking Flens (which I forgot in my list) before.

[Anonymous No.6887701]

>>6887022
I've got a can in my basement. Im not sure i like it any better with age. I had one around 8 months after canning and i didnt like it as much as fresh.

Well see what happens with the one I've got left. Its at about 1 year now and I'll probably drink it around 14 months.

[Anonymous No.6887722]

>>6885751
>TenFidy

That shit is no joke. The ultimate camping beer. 10.50%

[hoveI No.6887731]

>>6885751
this beer is racist
appropriates nog culture
unless nog creates it.
then its not rasict

[Anonymous No.6887757]

>>6887731
10-50 is a grade of motor oil used for big rig trucks

On the bottom of the can right above the date it says "Oil Slick"

And the beer is as dark and almost as thick as motor oil.

Hence the name.

[hoveI No.6887769]

>>6887757
ten fifty would suffice for the name then

hehe im just fucking aboot, i dont care if its tree fiddy or huned fitty

sounds like nog speak dough

[Anonymous No.6887787]

>>6887769
Yeah, i hear ya. I always read it as trucker/southerner, but nig speak is pretty similar.

[Anonymous No.6887820]

>>6887731
whiteboy pls die.

[Anonymous No.6887835]

>>6887820
Hes Irish leave him be.

[Anonymous No.6888612]

>>6885983
Drinking one right now, actually live fairly close to the brewery
They have solid stuff, my personal favorites are the wookey jack and velvet Merlin though some of those 20$ ones are excellent

[Anonymous No.6888619]

I wish esb's were more popular. They seem like such a good platform to expand off of. Oh well.

[Anonymous No.6888636]

>>6887757
It's called that because it's 10.50% ABV you walnut.

[Anonymous No.6888663]

>>6885872
They're having their block party in 'cago this weekend. Bought a ticket to see Tune yards. Awwwww yis going to make up for getting way too wasted at riot fest by getting way too wasted again.

[Anonymous No.6888677]

Drinking one of these right now

[Anonymous No.6888811]

This is my new go to. Really drinkable and at 5.7 it's the perfect abv to either get a couple in and feel okay, or get 3 to 4 in and start feeling a lot better.

[Anonymous No.6888958]

>>6887820
>>6887835
niggers

[Anonymous No.6888994]

>>6888636
That's only a part of the reason why.

[Anonymous No.6888997]

1/2 Acre's Vallejo is what I'm sipping right now.

Real tasty in a fruity way and the aftertaste is leaving a solid fruity dump in my mouth and I can't wait for more.

Listening to blonde redhead while sipping is just making me miss the beaches and cliffs of mendocino right now. Such a pretty town with friendly people. They'd like my hometown brew.

Califags, if you're not living north you're not living nothing. The land out there is to die for and the hiking makes me cum my panties.

If only I could move there and take half acre with me. Our cook (crook) county taxes are practically the same as yours. Let's be friends. Especially now with Lagunitas right here in the city.

Their brewery is the bees knees by the by. Got 3 free "sample" pints last time I went. Gotta love the 'nitas and their strange brewery exclusives.

Helps to have friends working in breweries. Gotta buddy at 1/2 acre who makes sure all the beers we order are in pints until he gets off shift. Good times.

[Anonymous No.6889009]

so good

[Anonymous No.6889013]

>>6888997
I want an Arizona ice tea style sweatshirt with the can's design. So fuggin pretty.

[Anonymous No.6889031]

Ten fidy is the most painfully average imperial stout out there.
Very expensive too.

[Anonymous No.6889038]

>>6889009
Central waters is probably one of the best breweries in wisconsin.

[Anonymous No.6889044]

>>6889038
yeah, i think their 6 pack stuff is just ok, but their limited release stuff is excellent

[Anonymous No.6889046]

>>6889044
Couldn't agree more.

[Anonymous No.6889098]

>>6885751
Too thick. It's tasty but I can only take like a sip.

[Anonymous No.6889112]

>>6889098
>imperial stout
>too thick
Even if that could be an issue, that's the least of Tenfidy's problems.

[Anonymous No.6889171]

I just drink Molson and PBR because they're pretty average taste wise but cheap as fuck

[Anonymous No.6890091]

>>6889112
>>6889031
New meme? I've been seeing a lot of Ten Fidy hate on /ck/, but only on /ck/.

It has spectacular reviews everywhere on the internet, and I've had a four pack of it myself and it's very good.

[Anonymous No.6890103]

>>6890091
No. People here just give an unbiased opinion on it. If you say it's average on any of those other forums everyone will bash you and call you a pleb. It's an average imperial stout.

[Anonymous No.6890105]

>>6890103
But it's not. It's very good. Yeti is an average stout. Throw some names out of better stouts
>inb4 old rasputin circle jerk

[Anonymous No.6890108]

Can anyone reccommend a good beer to buy? Something that isn't too expensive, that I could buy at any store, and could get in a 20-30pack?

I'm going to my friends this weekend and wanted to get something new to try.

[Anonymous No.6890110]

>>6890105
Old rasputin is on par with ten fidy, so is Yeti. The other versions of Yeti they put out blow ten fidy out of the water. Founders imperial stout is better and cheaper, stone imperial stout is on par but technically more expensive because dumb bombers, idk man its 7:30 am for me. There are a few local imperial stouts for me that are cheaper and better. I'd get Brooklyn black chocolate over ten fidy tbh. It's just not worth the stupid price.

[Anonymous No.6890113]

>>6890110
Oh also that espresso stone imperial is better and the same price as their regular

[Anonymous No.6890127]

Boulevard is one of the best breweries in the country.
Their Dark Truth Stout is unique, cheaper, and blows Ten Fidy out of the water.

[Anonymous No.6890138]

>>6890110
>>6890103
>Ten Fidy = Average confirmed /ck/ meme

Troll harder

[Anonymous No.6890144]

>>6890138
Good rebuttal.

[Anonymous No.6890152]

>>6890144
Perhaps the only good comparison you made was Ten Fidy to FIS. The other three are what I'd call average stouts..Ten Fidy and FIS are good stouts.

And saying /ck/ gives an unbiased opinion is painfully retarded if you were being serious and not trolling. First, /ck/ is 3/4 memeposts about everything and anything that is discussed. Second, what "bashing" occurs on the review pages of Ratebeer and BeerAdvocate? None that I've ever seen. Sure, maybe in the forums. But that's not where the reviews are. I see poor reviews for great beers all of the time, and no one ever bothers to disagree with that persons opinion.

When a beer like Ten Fidy has 96-98/100 reviews on both of those sites with somehwere around 7,000 reviews, and then you say it's just average it makes it seem like an obvious troll.

[Anonymous No.6890180]

>>6890152
Hey man, I used to think hopslam was great too, but then I got off that shitty review site and made my own opinion.
4chan is more unbiased than BA and RB because there isn't this pressure from other users rating something so highly.
It's like when everyone says driving tests are easy as pie and you go in and fail, so you lie to everyone saying oh it was easy, I think the instructor just didn't like me. You're pressured to agree with everyone else. I don't feel any pressure from a bunch of dumb anon's to give my honest opinion, and that opinion is that ten fidy is average.

[Anonymous No.6890186]

>>6890180
Ok. I disagree about Ten Fidy in particular.

Other beers, I would have to agree. Like Sculpin. Its painfully average in my opinion, maybe even below average, but has great reviews.

Brewdogs IPA is really fuckin good in my opinion, though I haven't had it since I was in the UK. I think its a lot better than the review sites give it credit for.

[Anonymous No.6890196]

>>6890186
See, that's just your opinion. Sculpin is over priced, but it's an incredibly balanced beer that is a joy to sip. It can be dangerous with how drinkable it is with that 7%. Grapefruit sculpin was made for me and habanero sculpin pairs great with a lot of foods.

[Anonymous No.6890199]

>>6890196
I agree its very balanced, and I'd probably buy some to get drunk on when i go out if it werent so expensive cause it is very easy to drink, but i much prefer a beer like jai alai or some other IPAs that are more fruity.

Although, the fruitiness is present in both if theyre fresh and jai alai gets real nasty real quick if it isn't fresh.

Maybe its just cause I can rarely get any sculpin that's less than 6 weeks old.

[Anonymous No.6890211]

>Usually buy six-packs
>Bitters only comes in pints so I pick up a four-pack
>All fucking flat
>Bought a four-pack of RyePA pints
>ALL
>FUCKING
>FLAT
>Go back to buying 6-packs
>No problems

So did I just get unlucky or what?

[Anonymous No.6890219]

>>6890211
God hates hipsters

[Anonymous No.6890318]

>>6890186
I totally agree on sculpin. It's so overrated it hurts. It aint bad, but it ain't as good as people say. Grapefruit is great, but now that I can get psuedo sue on the regular for cheaper I don't feel the urge to buy the Gf sculpin anymore

[Anonymous No.6890323]

Carlsberg

[Anonymous No.6890325]

beer tastes like utter shit,
is there anything for someone who doensn't like the taste of shit in his mouth?

[Anonymous No.6890330]

>>6890325
Semen

[Anonymous No.6890354]

>>6890330
WOAAAHH DUUUUDE RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE

[Anonymous No.6890470]

>>6890323
Irelands budweiser

[Anonymous No.6892085]

Thoughts on these two? I bought the HUB one based solely off of the Doug flag, and the Traquair one because it looks dark and mysterious.

[Anonymous No.6892125]

>>6892085
idk im not from oregon but you tell us

[Anonymous No.6892129]

>>6890470
i went to visit my sister in ireland, then she tells me we can get cheap tickets to germany so i said ok.

wouldn't you know the first place we go to eat is an irish pubright down the street with carlsberg on tap.

i liked it tbh.

[Anonymous No.6892138]

>>6892129
Where in germany m8?

Get the weissbiers in germany ive never had a wheat beer as good as fresh ones at the bier gardens in Germany.

[Anonymous No.6892145]

>>6892138
i was in berlin for 2 days. before i went everyone said go to a biergarten. was the heart of winter and there was a storm that closed down the city for a while so unfortunately and that didn't happen.

[Anonymous No.6892209]

Got a can of Ten Fidy sitting in the fridge from last year, probably gonna crack it open tonight after seeing this thread.

My favorite brewery is probably Samuel Smith, I've yet to try anything they've made that I didn't like. They make my favorite porter, my favorite chocolate stout, and my favorite brown ale. Second after them would probably be Founders. Looking forward to finally trying Founders Breakfast Stout, since my local place should be stocking it here soon if they're not already.

Beer is absolutely a staple in any chili I make, and beef stew isn't right without a good stout to braise the meat in.

[Anonymous No.6892260]

>>6890152
Founder's imperial stout is much better than Tenmediocre.
It's got more flavour, a bit less bitter. A nicer molasses/chocolate note too.
Ten fisy is just very plain and that's okay, but for the price I can get many, better imperial stouts.

[Anonymous No.6892316]

>>6892125
I'm not from Oregon either, but I will let you know.

[Flatus Jomon No.6892332]

>crtl+f sour
>0 results
poor fucking shits

[Flatus Jomon No.6892339]

>>6888619
I think the huge problem with them, is, unless you're british, their name is extremely retarded. They aren't bitter at all if you've actually eaten more boiled and unspiced meats and potatoes.

I've had some good ESBs, but they aren't really that distinct. They could have been called various other things (session IPA, BIPA, etc.) and I wouldn't have batted an eye.

[Anonymous No.6892350]

>>6885933
Coopers is gr8 m8

[Anonymous No.6893034]

>>6886017
this list is crazy. 90 minute ipa and sucks are terrible

[Anonymous No.6893042]

nectar of the polacks

[Anonymous No.6893632]

>>6893034
No, you're just a faggot with absolutely shit taste

[Anonymous No.6893690]

>>6892332
>drinking cheese

[Anonymous No.6893735]

>>6890199
Exactly. Buy the cans. They represent the beer the way they should be. I only ever split a six pack with someone to avoid paying 13.50.

But yeah, there's a lot of great new brews that do the fruity business just as well and sometimes balanced isn't what you're looking for.

I made like a gallon of wild blueberry syrup that I'll drizzle into beers or lemonade or whatever. A little bit of that in a sculpin fresh from the can is heavenly. I love blueberries but most blueberry beers straight up suck. Nasty sugar bombs.

[Anonymous No.6893746]

>>6893034
You need to get them fresh. They're ipas, ya dummy. Everyone and their mother stock 90 minute so most packs you'll get are stale as shit.

Here's a secret that you'll hate me for. If you get a 90 minute that's a few months old, pour it over ice. Only snobs will bitch, because it makes it taste so much better. It's actually accepts being watered down into a regular ipa beautifully.

[Anonymous No.6893756]

>>6892085
That traquair is seriously good shit. Only one place near me sells it and I think I'm the only one buying it.

[Anonymous No.6893760]

>>6892332
I actually dislike sours a lot. The best one ive had was surly pentagram and that was only good because the sour of it was in your face like everyou other sour

[Anonymous No.6893763]

>>6893760
Wasnt*

[Anonymous No.6893982]

Started off the weekend with a local beer. Very refreshing lager!

[Anonymous No.6894039]

Just added a Berzerker to the collection. Can't wait for the Merkin to release

[Anonymous No.6894065]

>>6894039
Are you ever sad when you open any of the spendier rare beers? When I opened my 2013 abyss I felt regret after, even though it was tasty as hell. I just liked seeing it in my basement cupboard next to my other beers.

[Anonymous No.6894066]

Very middle of the road coffee stout, not standing out in any way.

[Anonymous No.6894199]

Those germans really got the lagers down right!

[Anonymous No.6894800]

We've got a bunch of Colorado beers here in Texas.
Pretty good.

[Anonymous No.6894806]

>>6885751
looks like I just did an oil change on my truck

I'll stick to hefewieizens

[Anonymous No.6894820]

>>6890180
>failing your driving test

Automatic DQ for driving in my opinion

[Anonymous No.6894875]

Bought a bottle of Terrible dark ale on Lees, suggests that it be served in a trappist glass(goblet?)
How important is it that I do this?

[Anonymous No.6894879]

>>6894820
I was nervous my first time tbh

[Anonymous No.6894950]

Here is #206 of 208!

Very tasty as any saison should be. Bonus appearance by my smoked gouda fritters!

[Anonymous No.6894975]

>>6894950
Nearly there bro!

[Anonymous No.6895375]

>>6885811
Dude A can here is $2.

[Anonymous No.6895379]

What is the Canadians' opinions of Molson Dry? It just tastes like home to me at this point and it's pretty average imo

[Anonymous No.6895586]

>>6894950
nice
have a couple Epic Brainless in the fridge and have been itching to try them. Brett is always fun.

[Anonymous No.6895608]

>>6894875
You'll be able to smell the beer better and create a nice head that will release more aromatics.

[Anonymous No.6895847]

>>6894039
no ccb... so sad

[Anonymous No.6895894]

>favorite brewery

Deschutes. Followed closely by Rogue and Off the Rail.

>beers you're looking forward to

Heading to Oktoberfest and I'll just see what fate brings me. Fall came all at once this year, and I'm actually in the mood for a pumpkin beer, as tacky as that sounds.

>best beer pairing

Sweetleaf amber with a SW fusion cheeseburger. Mirrorpond pale ale with chicken tikka masala and garlic nan. Lambic Framboise with traditional thanksgiving dinner.

[Anonymous No.6895960]

>>6885811
Not in my state (PA) its 6 a can here

[Anonymous No.6896109]

>>6885766
Where is your god, now?

[Anonymous No.6896216]

>>6895894
There are people who still like rogue? Weird

[Anonymous No.6896326]

Just finished reorganizing.

[Anonymous No.6896680]

For all the Dutch itt I highly recomend the Jopen brewery. Especially their Koyt beer. They brew their beers in Haarlem, but I've seen it in other places around the country.

[Anonymous No.6896698]

>>6896680
Had some of their stuff at the Groningen Beer Festival, pretty good yeah. Not too outstanding, but definitely solid.

[Anonymous No.6896748]

>>6894875
If you like Unibroue you should keep an eye out for their 17, probably my favorite beer they make.

[Anonymous No.6896866]

>>6896326
Why did you save baltika bottles?

[Anonymous No.6896878]

>>6895847
Ccb?

[Anonymous No.6896884]

>>6896866
I'm a fan

[Anonymous No.6897003]

>>6896884
I had their 63oz thing and it made me throw up from the taste. That's my experience with baltika

[Anonymous No.6897374]

New camera today as i managed to destory my phone screen last night!

Nice and subtle whiskey tones on this one!

[Anonymous No.6897383]

>>6897374
What do you do for a living?

[Anonymous No.6897395]

>>6897383
Train operator. Really odd working hours and time off now and again in the middle of the week!

[Anonymous No.6898026]

>>6897395
Are you a railfan?

http://www.1chan.net/rail/

[Anonymous No.6898047]

>>6898026
gordon pls go

[Anonymous No.6898073]

>>6898047
Literally who?

[Beer No.6898080]

Here's an awesome beer! And my review of it.

https://youtu.be/EMWl5rxDfFg

[Anonymous No.6898082]

If anyone lives in NJ, near Princeton, I'd suggest going to the bar Triumph. They always sell pretty delicious beers.

I had a Vanilla beer (forget its name) there the other night it was really good.

And now I'm at home having some of their Schwartzbier. Also very good.

[Anonymous No.6898100]

>>6898080
Get a better mic. I don't like your voice.

[Anonymous No.6898104]

>>6885751

i only drink grain belt
other beers dont taste good

[Anonymous No.6898117]

>>6898104
Why wouldn't you drink summit epa too?

[Anonymous No.6898158]

>>6897374
>stout aged in whiskey barrels
Do want.

[Anonymous No.6898236]

Been in an adjunct lager kind of mood lately, at least it's cheap.

[Anonymous No.6898355]

>>6898080
Don't get a better mic. I like your voice.

[Anonymous No.6898368]

>>6898080
Don't use a mic. Your voice is mediocre

[Anonymous No.6898443]

>>6898236
Feel the same honestly. After trying to get into micro-brews I've gone back to drinking piss water, I don't see myself ever going back either.

[Anonymous No.6898489]

>>6898443
this

I do enjoy stouts and porters...but idk man it all goes down the same. I don't really care anymore.

[Anonymous No.6898550]

>>6897374
>Boulevard
Of course it's going to be good, they're the best brewery in the country right now.
I picked up they're 2015 Aztec Chocolate Imperial Stout a week ago.
Will try it tomorrow and let you all know how it is.

[Anonymous No.6898557]

>>6898550
>they're
*their
I've had a bit to drink tonight which is unusual.

[Anonymous No.6898559]

>>6898443
>>6898489
>Being boring, jaded fucks who think that they grew out of some sort of fad/trend and that they are more mature for it.
I hate you both.

>Yeah man, I was into eating real, home cooked food for a while but I've gone back to ramen, microwavable chinese food and fruit rollups. It all goes down the same imo tbf fam
This is what you sound like to me.

I don't even care that you drink macros or shit but I have met people who had the same attitude and it just irks me.

[Anonymous No.6898575]

>>6898559

>that false equivalency

Jesus can you be anymore of a fedora snob? I enjoy the occasional microbrew. Sours, stouts, and porters are my favorite, and occasionally try new ones. But if I am out drinking with m8s or with the fam, I will have a pisswater beer. It literally goes down the same. There is a difference between shitty processed food and clean fresh food. I really don't feel any different, physically, from a micro or a macro.

It will get me kind of fucked up and I won't be a major autist like you deciding between which le epin microbrew to get. Hoping some dumb hipster chick will admire my taste for which estrogen packed IPA I chose.

You are an insufferable faggot.

[Anonymous No.6898614]

>>6885751
Had some Ten Fidy yesterday. It was good, a smooth drink, but the roasted character of the malt just overpowered everything. Maybe it was just that I got a too fresh (I don't like using that phrase) version of it, would probably be much better with age.

Drinking a Punkuccino by Elysian now. Nice cappuccino and pumpkin flavor, a little dry initially but an excellent finish.

[Anonymous No.6898677]

this is my current fridge situation. come at me beer bros

[Anonymous No.6898680]

>>6898677
>dat Pliny
What's the furthest north that they distribute?

[Anonymous No.6898682]

>>6898677
well I live in socal and they do distribute here. Its just a bit less easy to find unless you know where to look. I have a buddy who visits every month so I just give him cash and brings me back a case.

[Anonymous No.6898688]

>>6896216
people seem to like their Dead Guy, which I could take it or leave it. But their Hazelnut Brown is delicious.

[Anonymous No.6898698]

>>6896216
Aside from the shitty memes, what's wrong with Rogue?

[Anonymous No.6898717]

>>6898698
all of their beer is mediocre and absurdly priced for the quality

[Anonymous No.6898722]

>>6898717
You could say that about a lot of breweries. I do like Dead Guy Ale though.

[Anonymous No.6899026]

>>6890186

>brewdog ipa

my nigga

[Anonymous No.6899036]

>>6898722
I have a problem with a brewery using their name to sell a crappy product. Which is what rogue does.
They have 3 good beers. That's it.

[Anonymous No.6899294]

>>6898575
You're tipping to hard anon the thread can't handle it!

[Anonymous No.6899298]

>>6898682
Anything you can't get that you'd be willing to trade for a bottle of that pliny?

[Anonymous No.6899331]

So are you going to enjoy the impending liver failure?

[Anonymous No.6899349]

>>6899331
Not nearly as much as I enjoyed jamming my cock down your mom's throat

[Anonymous No.6899368]

>>6899331
>tfw healthy people that don't drink or smoke and work out have heart attacks, strokes, etc, but the people who abuse themselves seem to live forever

[Anonymous No.6899715]

Anyone ever have Weyerbacher? I tried the Merry monks and Imperial pumpkin last week, liked them, especially the high ABV, bought a couple different kinds yesterday.

[Anonymous No.6899789]

>>6899715
they're a solid brewery. i get their imperial pumpkin every autumn.

[Anonymous No.6899816]

>>6899789

Actually just opened the Tiny imperial stout. Very good.

[Anonymous No.6899825]

How important is packaging to you guys? Unless I've been explicitly recommended a beer, I'll almost always choose one with a nice label; nothing gaudy.

[Anonymous No.6899858]

Just opened this.

Its good considering the price. 3 for £5. Bought a Hobgoblin and an Aspall Premier Cru as well.

[Anonymous No.6899859]

>>6899825

Same.

[Anonymous No.6899894]

>>6888997
lagunitas sold half of the company to heineken RIP

[Anonymous No.6899899]

>>6899894
What exactly do you think will change?

[Anonymous No.6899909]

>>6899899
generally when a small brewery or something expands theres a drop in quality especially with lagunitas planning to start worldwide distribution - larger batches = less control etcetc kinda dont even care tho being in sf its nice having fresh lagunitas from across the bridge

[Anonymous No.6899914]

Just picked up these three today. Especially looking forward to the Siren - should be good at 10%.

[Anonymous No.6899920]

Drinking Busch on the beautiful football Sunday. Special Edition tall-boy cans. Their signature copper lager is also pretty good, but too heavy to drink all day

[Anonymous No.6899935]

>>6899909
I think the only people who might get fucked over are the yuropoors if they put the brewing in the hands of their people, or if they decide to ship the stuff over there since lagunitas is so hop heavy

[Anonymous No.6899970]

>>6899298
Heady topper or sip of sunshine. Don't mean to brag but Pliny is fucking common for me I'm actually kind of sick of it. Meanwhile I can't find a can of any of those anywhere.

[Anonymous No.6900499]

Why do all the women who are into craft beer have such large breasts?

[Anonymous No.6900512]

>>6900499
My gf only has C's.

[Anonymous No.6900639]

>>6900512
she sounds like a stupid fucking bitch

[Anonymous No.6900640]

>>6900639
Thanks

[Anonymous No.6900660]

Saranac is my favorite. Not because they have the best stuff, but because I like everything they make. Other breweries are always hit and miss...Saranac is always great. Prism is amazing.

[Anonymous No.6900720]

If you can get it it's sooooooooooooooo good.

[Anonymous No.6900808]

>>6897395
holy shit i was just looking into this as a career the other day.
how did you end up in the field? how do you like it? how does it compare to jobs you've had, if applicable?

[Anonymous No.6900848]

>>6900660
Saranac is pretty good, but they produce way to many IPAs. It seems every seasonal variety pack they put out is 4/6 pale ales.

[Anonymous No.6900986]

>>6900499
Beer genuinely makes boobs grow bigger.
Can't recall the science of it though.

[Anonymous No.6901494]

>>6898080
Don't use your voice, your mic is mediocre

[Anonymous No.6901511]

>>6894199
that's a lager ?
it looks dark as pitch

[Anonymous No.6901542]

>>6887033
Too sweet? what are you 80?

[Anonymous No.6901546]

>>6890105
The taste to price ratio is just wrong so it gets knocked down the list

[Anonymous No.6901741]

>>6900986
You're thinking of the phytoestrogen shit from the hops

[Anonymous No.6901846]

>>6901511
dark lagers were the norm until the mid-ninteenth century.

[Anonymous No.6901856]

my favorite beer

[Anonymous No.6902050]

>>6898677
want to trade some pliny?

[Anonymous No.6902080]

>>6886046
Are you French or Italian?

[Anonymous No.6902092]

>>6899368
Makes you wonder how healthy it is to constantly abuse yourself with unpleasant boring stuff.

[boceefus No.6902098]

>>6885872
Budweiser owns goose island...burp

[Anonymous No.6902099]

>>6902080
northern italy has some fantastic little breweries though

[Anonymous No.6902201]

>>6902098
Their specialty brews are just as good as ever. A little cheaper now too it seems.

[Anonymous No.6902206]

>>6902098
Also it's inbev that owns them. Not budweiser.

[Anonymous No.6902251]

>>6885751
Made by the same company as OP's. Had it at a bar a few days ago.

Delicious, not hoppy at all. Mostly a strong-ish alcohol and malt flavor.

[Anonymous No.6902280]

>>6902251
this shit is dank

the nitro can version is pretty sweet too but lower alcohol (6.9%)

[Anonymous No.6902379]

>>6902280
I'll have to try it next time I see it in a liquor store.

[Anonymous No.6902412]

>>6901542
Hefes do tend to be way too sweet. Wheat beers in general have that problem.

[Anonymous No.6902433]

Lagunitas little sumpin extra ranks pretty up there for me

I've been trying hard to find some of the Sierra Nevada fresh wet hop IPAs but I haven't had any luck. Honestly I love it when a hoppy IPA tastes like dank ass weed. Those flavors always seem much more apparent in drafts than bottles though, even when the bottle is poured into a glass

[Anonymous No.6902438]

>>6902251
>mfw I drink the shit out of this, not because I love it, but because I'm an alcoholic and its 8%

[Anonymous No.6903196]

I have to admit I don't understand the Pliny thing. I mean it is a good beer but not the best IPA I've ever had but for some reason it is so idolized. Can someone please explain why?

[Anonymous No.6903299]

>>6903196
Simplest answer is hype. Pliny, Westvleteren XII, and a handful of other beers are still regarded as beers worth seeking out due to limited distribution with high quality control. It's the "it's super highly rated by everyone that tries it and only available in a handful of locations in the entire world" factor. Every single Californian I talk to ends up saying "I'm in the minority when I say this, but I think Blind Pig is superior to Pliny" and I'm someone who holds that same opinion. Most people who try RR's Blind Pig IPA and Row 2 Hill 56 Pale Ale realize how you can make an incredible hoppy beer with tons of flavor without having any hint of alcohol taste. Pliny is a great DIPA, but I pass it up every time I see it. If anyone just getting into craft beer needs or wants some advice just listen up...Don't fly out ANYWHERE in the world just in an attempt to try one fucking beer from one fucking brewery. Don't trade for shit until you realize the price people are paying in that area. Pliny was a $4.50 500ml bottle for a longgg time at my LBS while the brewery sells it for $5... The brewery always has it and many stores get it weekly or biweekly. When some asshole nearby wanted to sell me one can of Heady Topper for $15 I immediately stopped talking to him. The beer community is too large to bother with bad traders or people trying that hard to capitalize. Last tips are..never believe the hype and try to find a local group that does some bottle shares. Chances are people in your area have a good tong time trading partner that is somewhere far away and chances are some people got into beer way before you did and had access to various beers that no longer are released.

[Anonymous No.6903318]

Bought this today. Couldn't remember if Ive tried it before or not. Either way, Belgian trappist beers are some of my favourites so Im looking forward to it. Good value too, cost around £1.70/$2.65

[Anonymous No.6903365]

>>6892332
Fou is awesome. Had West Ashley recently and I think I'm gonna give my personal rankings for some of the big name stone fruit sours.. Fou>Peche N Brett>West ASShley. West Ashley is no substitute for Fou, but it is pretty damn good.

[Anonymous No.6903380]

>>6894199
Celebrator is delicious. Expensive in my area, but delicious.

[Anonymous No.6903512]

>>6899914
Shattered Dream is awesome.

[Anonymous No.6903613]

>>6903299
I second every bit of this. I live very close to Three Floyds and see this exact thing happen with Zombie Dust when Alpha King is insanely easy to acquire and (IMO) all-around better.

[Anonymous No.6903618]

>>6903299
Also, I like how all but one of those beers is an American IPA/Stout of some sort.

[Anonymous No.6904001]

This is way fresher and way better than the last batch I had. Pretty slammin.
Fuck my phone for rotating this image. Drinking this out of the can like a scumbag.

[Anonymous No.6904087]

>>6885751
I like German dark lager (forgot brand). Shits tasty af, flavour makes me feel so refreshed.

[Anonymous No.6904089]

>>6904087
Oh yeah it's called the hofsbrau dunkel.

Btw why is Australian beer so shit tasting

[Anonymous No.6904130]

>>6904001
I think 4chan always uploads vertical photographs horizontally. To avoid this, take horizontal shots.

[Anonymous No.6904333]

>>6904001
I actually like this more than regular molotov. The regular one was like drinking candy and I didn't like that at all

[Anonymous No.6904338]

>>6898677
Maximum overjelly.

[Anonymous No.6904343]

>>6885751
used to hit beer runs last summer (summer before college) would straight up walk out with 2 cases of whatever beer I wanted.

I was eating filet mignon and packaged sides with half a case of miller high life for like a month straight at my buddies. never did get caught.

[Anonymous No.6904349]

>>6885751
Badgers Brewery in England is pretty boss. Their Golden Champion is flavoured with elderflower, and rocks my socks

[Anonymous No.6904362]

>>6903512
Yeah the Shattered Dream was quite expensive, but always hear good things about Siren.

Just bought some Meantime beers. My local Waitrose stocks some really good local drinks. Pic related was around £1.80. Also bought Meantime Raspberry Wheatbeer and London Porter which was about £4.50 for a 750ml.

[Anonymous No.6904776]

>>6898026
Not a railfan, to close to home i guess to find it interesting beyond what i have to know for work.

>>6900808
Back when i started there where large amounts of train operators retiring so they where offering a local 1,5 years course in the regiment of the company with pay during the whole time so it seemed like a good enough profession to try out.

I like it most of the time, but one really have to be able to live with the ever unorthodox work times!

[Anonymous No.6905039]

I will never be able to find it again, but the best beer I ever had was some grapefruit ipa at one of those joints with 500 beers on tap.

It wasn't hoppy at all and was like 8-9% and tasted perfect. Got me all kinds of fucked up, and enjoyably.

[Anonymous No.6905048]

>>6905039
Tbh sounds like a shit beer fam

[Anonymous No.6905064]

>>6905039
Grapefruit Sculpin? not that high in abv though.

[Anonymous No.6905066]

>>6903318

Had some of these last night? You pick it up at waitrose? They normally have some great beers.

[Anonymous No.6905092]

One beer night today so why not a old favorite?

[Anonymous No.6905116]

>>6902080
French
i find a lot of good belgian stuff,trappist and stuff just nothing on the stout/porter side.

But like NADA

[Anonymous No.6905119]

>>6905092
but it's 12:45PM in Colorado.

Regardless, that beer looks awesome. How is it?

[Anonymous No.6905128]

>>6905092
Bought two of them when it got here last year (yuroop, late december) had one bottle then and the other one now.

I found out lately that coffee infused stouts really are best fresh and i tend to agree. I remember this one to be sweeter and fuller of the espresso tones with the bottle i had fresh than this one. Back then it was the best stout i ever had, now it´s "just" a 9/10 one.

[Anonymous No.6905131]

>>6905128
Frick, meant for >>6905119

[Anonymous No.6905133]

>>6885751
Had this one recently when I went to the Netherlands. It was my first imperial stout so I cant compare it to anything but I liked it a lot

[Anonymous No.6905197]

>>6903318
Where on earth did you get it for £1.70? Assuming britbro since you listed the price in crowns first

[Anonymous No.6905341]

>>6905092
Ooooo they have that at my local store but I never grabbed it. Thanks for the tip.

[Anonymous No.6905351]

>>6905197
Waitrose. They have a really good selection and very fair prices.

My local Waitrose (I'm in east london) stocks quite a good selection of local beers. Im guessing their beer selection might be different in every store though

[Anonymous No.6905375]

>>6905341
Grab it, take a couple if you can and enjoy some of them this coming winter!

[Anonymous No.6905376]

>>6905341
Pick up any form of Yeti you see. They're all great

[Anonymous No.6906001]

Drinking a 12 oz. Of this stuff. One of my favorite local breweries and brews. Not terribly expensive and pretty damn tasty. It's pretty hoppy when fresh so I give a pack 6 months to a year. Perfect timing I think.

[Anonymous No.6906002]

>>6906001
Oops

[Anonymous No.6906007]

>>6896326

>Gulden Drak 9000

mein nigga

[Anonymous No.6906795]

My parents brought a bottle of this back for me from Germany

Any good?

[Anonymous No.6906859]

>>6906795
Give it a try and tell us.

[Anonymous No.6906883]

>>6890325
Hefe?

[Anonymous No.6908134]

>>6885751
What's your favorite brewery?
>Pizza Port
>Oskar Blues
>Modern Times
>Ballast Point
>Noble Ale Works
>Firestone
>Stone
>Barley Forge
>Wicks Brewing Co
>El Segundo
>Green Flash
>AleSmith
>Belching Beaver
>Bottle Logic
>Russian River

cant really think of any more right now

[Anonymous No.6908138]

>>6892332
Tart of Darkness is my go to sour.

[Anonymous No.6908145]

>>6885751
just had this. i've been on the lookout for creature comforts' tropicalia, but they're notoriously hard to find. i'd go to athens to get a six pack but it's a three hour drive.

[Anonymous No.6908146]

>>6898677
>mfw my dad bought 3 cases of pliny last week

[Anonymous No.6908607]

>>6908134
Boulevard.

[Anonymous No.6908648]

>>6902251
Friend turned me onto this a few weeks ago. Fuckin delicious
I live in CA and love 21st Amendment, their brewery has many more flavors

[Anonymous No.6908660]

Had this in Vegas and loved it. I can't find it in any store, even BevMo I am sad

[Anonymous No.6908672]

my absolute favorite for a lot of reasons.

[Anonymous No.6908678]

how do I de-pleb my beer tastes?

[Snapper Carr No.6908692]

>>6908660
The Safeway near me sells it. Tough luck bro.

[Anonymous No.6908718]

>>6908678
if you have any taste for sour tasting beverages, get a 'sour bikini' from evil twin brewing. it's very low in skunky taste with a lot of fruit. it's very easy to drink.

i'm also a fan of liefman's cuvee brut (sp?) it's a sour cherry red ale that's more on the sweet side.

for stouts i would need to know your region really.

for ipa/pale ale i would also need to know region.

[Anonymous No.6908723]

>>6908678
You don't.

It's 2015, craft beer is for plebs.

[Anonymous No.6908725]

>>6908718
Quebec

[Anonymous No.6908737]

>>6898550
It's fuckin delish. Chocolaty and just a little spicy, 10/10 would recommend tbqh fam

[Anonymous No.6908784]

>>6908725
if anything from maine brewing company crosses the border, snag that up. it's a pretty good brewery across the board.

aside from that i can only name a few northern us stout makers such as founders or great lakes.

[Anonymous No.6908918]

>>6908134
california detected

[Anonymous No.6909171]

Aus fag here, anything worth trying from down under? Getting bored of the usual lager etc.

[Anonymous No.6909365]

Fugg,

Still living at home rn but in our basement I use my minifridge from college as my beer fridge.

Yesterday my dad was making chili and needed a dark beer, so he goes and grabs one of mine. The beers I keep in my fridge are almost all imperial stouts with 1 year+ of age on them, and most of them you can't replace if theyre gone, and you cant even get more than one or two bottles whenever they do come out again.

Then ive got some shit I don't care about like a few bottles of left hand milk stout.

My dad, being a fucking idiot and knowijg that Ive been saving soke of tuese beers for multiple years, decides to go down there and take whatever the fuck he sees as soon as I open the fridge.

Luckily all he took was my last 2013 bottle of Founders Imperial Stout and not one of my 2013 BCB bottles, each of which I only have one of.

Least the chili is delicious.

[Anonymous No.6909494]

>>6909365
That founders is getting a bit too old anyway m8. I had one with 8 months on it and it was great. The next one was about a year and a few months and it wasnt nearly as tasty. Those bottles don't need too much time. The BC can sit for a long while though

[Anonymous No.6909647]

>>6908134
>Dogfish Head
>Jolly Pumpkin
>North Coast
>Russian River
>Pipeworks

[Anonymous No.6909725]

>>6908134
Hammerheart

[Anonymous No.6909945]

>>6898677
You gunna drink all deem fuckin Plinys in the next 6 weeks?

How fat are you? Alternatively, why do you like drinking stale Pliny?

[Anonymous No.6910003]

>>6909945
>You gunna drink all deem fuckin Plinys in the next 6 weeks?
>How fat are you? Alternatively, why do you like drinking stale Pliny?

He only has 11; that's less than two per week.

[Anonymous No.6910017]

>>6910003
Shut up nigger

[Anonymous No.6910023]

Love their Imperial Stout
http://www.nogne-o.com/

[Anonymous No.6910030]

WOOOOWOWOWOWO CCB is back

Just got some Jai Alai and Maduro. I haven't had Maduro in like six years.

[Anonymous No.6910034]

>>6898677

That Samichlaus was extremely disappointing. $25 and cloyingly sweet.

[Anonymous No.6910209]

I just had some good news and decide to celebrate with a beer. I opened one of the decent beers (a Kwak) I got for my birthday. I drank some and realized that I couldn't fucking taste it since I'm dealing with a cold.

Anyone know any method to get rid of the inability to taste anything when having a cold? I would hate for this beer to go to waste.

[Anonymous No.6910258]

>>6910209
Horseradish, afrin, wasabi, anything spicy

[Anonymous No.6910305]

>>6910209
You might have to wait it out.

Its a shame to waste a Kwak though. Its a really good beer.

[Anonymous No.6910321]

>>6885751
It's not ground breaking, but I love a good rack of spare ribs slow cooked in lager on a bed of sliced onions.

[Anonymous No.6910341]

>>6899914
Smog Rocket got me hooked on smoked beer tbh, good call

[Anonymous No.6910379]

>>6910341
I havent drank it yet. Ive been buying a lot more than Im drinking lately, but I keep seeing really good deals that I cant walk past.

[Anonymous No.6910436]

>>6910030
my nigga, cigar city is fucking amazing. If you can find it, you gotta try the White Oaked Jai Alai. they usually only sell it in 4 packs, but its so fucking good.

[Anonymous No.6911234]

A friend is coming back from the states with a bottle or two of Pliny the Elder. I live in Ireland where it's nigh-on impossible to get and I don't wanna get too hyped up for it but it's a pretty rare occasion so fuck it

>>6904362
There's a Meantime stout that comes in a chamber top, around 10 euro a bottle that's absolutely lovely. I need to pick up their Marks & Spencer bottling some time

>>6899914
Siren are the shit. Beavertown are cool, Bloody Ell is a fave

[Anonymous No.6911260]

>>6885751
I hate the taste of beer and only drink cider. What kind of beer would you recommend for someone who wants to get into beer but still thinks it tastes gross. Something sweet?

[Anonymous No.6911265]

>>6911234
Im really looking forward to cracking them open. Im finding lots of decent dark beers and porters/stouts recently. Although having to dodge a lot of IPA's in the process though.

[Anonymous No.6911285]

>>6911260
They arent very good, but macro beers are where most people start. I dont think many people go straight to drinking over hopped IPA's or extra dark stouts.

I guess their could an argument for and against starting with macros such as Budweiser or Corona. Some might argue that since they dont taste great, its not good to start with them, and you should just go straight to the nicer craft ales.

Personally, I disagree with that. Several reasons for starting with macros. Typically they dont have such a strong flavour so appeal to more people. They are much cheaper so if you really hate it you wont feel so bad about wasting it. You can also mix them without feeling guilty. Try drinking shandy and slowly reducing the amount of lemonade and increasing beer, or there are a lot of beers out there that have added lemon or lime flavouring.

[Anonymous No.6911298]

>>6911260
Well breweries often avoid the use of apples or the general flavor of apple as it is commonly associated with acetaldehyde (an off flavor in beer). If you want to get into beer it might make more sense to develop a better taste in ciders first. I don't know what you're drinking as far as ciders go, but there are high quality ciders out there that follow in breweries' footsteps. Barrel aged ciders that aren't overly sweet and they have some wild yeast thrown in there. Troy cider is one of the better ones that seems somewhat easy to find at higher end bottle shops. If you were to try and dive into beer it might make sense to start with some fruited or fruity beers. Belgian quads/dubbels. fruited lambic also could be good. hardcore beer fans will talk smack about the Lindemans lambics, but they're readily available, pretty affordable, and they are really inoffensive.

[Anonymous No.6911305]

>>6899715
Their Quad and barleywine are great.

[Anonymous No.6911307]

>>6911260
I would starts with sours. Berliner Weisses would be a good jumping off point.

[Anonymous No.6911311]

going to an Oktoberfest party this weekend and I need some good beer to bring as a gift

recs?

[Anonymous No.6911315]

>>6911307
>>6911298
>>6911285
Thanks

[Anonymous No.6911321]

>>6888619
That's hardly an esb to begin with.

Try some of the real english shit, that's where its at.

[Anonymous No.6911323]

>>6911311
Go local and get some good stuff. Figure out the breweries near you, and check beer advocate or untapped for higher rated beers from them.

[Anonymous No.6911326]

>>6890211
Were they draught cans?

If they were you just don't like nitro beers.

[Anonymous No.6911332]

>>6911321
The "real english shit" fits the same style parameters. They just focus a lot more on the malt bill than ESB's in the Western hemisphere. Different strokes.

[Anonymous No.6911337]

>>6911326
Never had a good Nitro from a can.

[Anonymous No.6911338]

>>6901511

Lager comes from the type of yeast used to ferment the beer.

So you could take all the malts and shit, and use lager yeast, and it'll be a super dark lager "stout".

Those dark lagers just use a lot of darker/toastier malts, still really smooth like a lager though.

Try a schwarzbier. Perfect campfire beer.

[Anonymous No.6911365]

>>6911338
This. More people need to git lernt on fermentation and yeast. Lager vs. ale really only means the type of yeast used during the fermentation. Lager = bottom fermenting yeast that prefers colder temperature. Ale = top fermenting yeast that prefers warmer temperature. An interesting hybrid of the two is "Steam" beer or "California Commons" which uses a lager yeast at ale temperatures. If you were to find a beer that was 100% brettanomyces fermentation like Russian River's Sanctification it also technically doesn't fall under the ale or lager category.

[Anonymous No.6911373]

>>6911365
Sanctification is an ale. I have never heard of any brett not using Saccharomyces somewhere in the process. Don't forget your Kolsch with the hybrid strains.

[Anonymous No.6911383]

>>6911373
From their website "100% Brett Fermented
Technically, this is neither an ale nor a lager. The base recipe is for a Golden Ale, but we do the primary fermentation with 100% brettanomyces. The brett gives it some sour notes but not as much as if it had been aged with lacto and pedio. It’s rather refreshing on a warm day!"

[Anonymous No.6911758]

>>6885751

I like to cook chicken with dunkleweizen, basil, thyme and bay leaf. It creates a nice earthy taste that goes well with rice in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.6911776]

>>6898698

The boss treats his employees pretty badly, so I heard.

[Anonymous No.6911794]

>>6898698
I have no idea why no one has given you the real reasons. Their beer isn't able to compete when it comes to quality/price with just about any other craft brewery going right now. Their "popular" beers are beers which beer plebs purchase because they don't know any better. They go for style over substance. Is their voodoo doughnut beer any good? No, but it has a fucking pink bottle and donuts in it so people buy it. Is their sriracha beer good? No, but it has a fucking red bottle + green cap and SRIRACHA IS SO COOL GUIZE JUST LIKE BACON. In addition to those terrible gimmicks they also did a beer with yeast found in one of their lame employee's beard. Rogue is entry level shit and they supposedly treat their employees like shit as well. Why support a gimmicky subpar company? There are over 2000 american breweries to choose from. I'll take a well made AB-InBev owned brewery's beer over a Rogue beer any day.

[Anonymous No.6911908]

>>6911326
>Were they draught cans?
Nope, just normal cans.

[Anonymous No.6912012]

>>6911383
I'm not entirely sure they are right with "Technically, this is neither an ale nor a lager."

[Anonymous No.6912854]

my new favourite