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Bonkers
>Drinking
>Buying
>Brewing
Had this earlier today, was a nice American style red ale. Thought the labelling was pretty neat as well.
>>7321190
Followed it up with this, which I'm currently drinking. Great IPA, wouldn't be able to taste that it's 8%. Very easy to drink.
Picked up some Green Flash pacific gem pale to try, seemed alright.
Recently gave this brewery a try again and was blown away at how good they've gotten. Not my pic, but one of my favorites from them
dont u people have friends?
>>7321222
Yes and we're going to a brewery together tonight. Gonna be a good time.
>>7321228
Does the fedora get in the way of the blowjobs?
>>7321244
Ask your mum :^)
>>7321190
>Drinking
Had a Guinness, made in Ireland now instead of Canada, breddy good. Tried a newer local pale ale and some Green Man Forester Stout.
>Buying
Waiting 4 income tax so i can take a trip to the beer store in Virginia
>Brewing
Started an Irish Blonde kit from Northern Brewer a couple days ago, haven't been able to check it today but yesterday It already had krausen so that's good.
Just got back from the grocery store
Just got off work 40 mins ago. Having this, never had but it's a really good IPA. Got a bunch of good stuff tonight, will post. For now I'm going to go cook a ribeye.
>>7321222
Actually my friends wanted to hang tonight, but my gf is working an overnight and it's been too long since I've been able to drink beer and listen to music by myself all night. So I'm choosing to spend this one alone with my dog.
>>7321569
I'm still new to homebrewing so I'm doing kits until I can figure how to part out a decent recipe. Would be cheaper too to buy the ingredients in bulk.
Almanac brewing has some nice sours out
>one last jai alai in the fridge
>gf has claims to it
women don't understand what $12 a six pack means
>>7322170
I'm going to try the peach version of this tomorrow. How much did that bottle cost you?
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newest big boy batch came in straight from danksterdam lads
>>7321190
Can you believe Florida made the sell of malt liquor in containers over 32oz illegal?
>>7322517
I think it was like 8ish I forgot because I picked it up with some other shit. The peach was good too. Maybe even better. I also had the stout and the gose.
I've discovered Belgian wheat ales are my favorite, what else should I try beyond Blue Moon and Shock Top
>>7322569
Cool. I haven't seen the barrel aged stout but I'd buy that for sure if I found it.
My experience with "sours" is really limited. I've had Weyerbacher Tarte Nouveau and some goses but I don't think that those are sour compared to the other stuff out there. I'm just dipping my toe into the sour pool.
![Allagash-White-425x640[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/45ubCup.jpg "Allagash-White-425x640[1].jpg")
>>7322575
Allagash White, for sure. This beer is delicious and it is the same style.
It isn't as fruity/orange-y as these are but it's a very high quality beer in the same style.
>>7322170
>Almanac brewing has some nice sours out
oo, thanks. I love a sour.
>>7322611
If you come across any mikkeller. Spontan series they are all real good and in all sorts of flavors. I've got some good places around me in Philadelphia area that sours are always on and I love em
>>7321190
im drinking a delicious mongolian tripple-reverse-seared choclate mountain green dragon belgian IPA special barrel-aged edition.
>>7322711
why did you decide to post this?
>>7322575
>>7322718
I myself am sipping on some yeastie boys digital IPA.
Fell for the Nugget Nectar meme. Everyone always told me it was amazing, considered "world class" on beeradvocate, but shit's not that good.
>>7322650
I live in the Philadelphia suburbs so I can probably get whatever you're talking about. Can you make more specific recommendations? Are the Free Will sours good? I've never tried one.
>>7321506
You give his mom blowjobs?
It's pretty good. Not great though. I prefer their porter and stouts more.
got a schwarzbier lagering, a foreign extra stout in secondary and a weird apa (maris otter 75% munich 20% 5% cara 40, tastes ultra bready so far what was i thinking) that i'm dry hopping with columbus and bottling in 3 days
>>7322831 some of the free will stuff is OK. Mikkeller does some great stuff I'm never dissatisfied how close to phila is a great beer shop in Southampton snd malvern and he just opened one in Philadelphia who has great selections.
My favorite is Karhu huurre.
>>7323326
it's shit
typical American pine piss
>>7323326
Founders new Azacca IPA is better
>>7324109
Why are Europeans so hop-phobic?
>>7322617
wheat beers shouldnt be citrusy anyways. Banana and cloves.
>>7322828
Meme beers never have ever lived up to the hype for me. I stick with my german beers anymore - hefes, dunkelweizens, doppelbocks, weizenbocks, pilsners, etc.
>>7324206
a lot of Belgian yeast wheat beers are brewed with citrus peel (the whole concept Blue Moon was trying to appropriate). Also, some wheat beers with citrusy hops work pretty well like Gumballhead
>>7324212
>I stick with my german beers anymore
Where are you from? That is some strange phrasing
>>7321190
I'm one of those disgusting people who only drink to get drunk, OP.
>>7324238
New Glarus makes the best German style Hefe I have ever tried, they didn't make it this past year though. Hopefully it returns this summer
I've just never sen someone use 'anymore' in that context
>>7324201
pine forward hops should be thrown back to the earth
>>7321223
>Bold city
>not flavor town
>>7324212
How is it a meme beer? I understand people calling not your fathers a meme but nugget nectar? Are you saying that because it is very popular and has a following that it is a meme? This meme shit has gotten way out of hand. Beer general used to be pure.
>>7324366
>pure hipster meme bullshit
>>7324373
That really didn't answer my question. It's a hopped up Amber.
Brilliant Rye Porter with very oily texture.
8,5/10
>>7324413
You say meme
I say hipster
Let's call the whole thing off.
>>7324366
You're a goober. I've been posting in beer generals since 2007, and we've always called the hyped up beers that beeradvocate, and later beer rate and untappd rated 10/10 far too often "meme" beers
>ignore any post with the word 'meme' in it
>quality of threads shoots up
Can't imagine why that might be.
This one was a bit of a gusher obviously, stupid me for not opening it over the sink. Beer is pretty good though.
>>7324420
Hipsters don't drink beer, especially not craft beer, that shit is way too normie 20 something dude for hipsters to care about
>>7324417
> oily texture
>>7324499
This couldn't be further from the truth
Decided to spend by day off by comparing a stout and porter from the same brewer. Went with Bell's, since I've heard so much about Kalamazoo Stout.
The comparison was actually really interesting. I started with the porter, and it definitely had some malty roast flavors, but was just lacking a lot. A little too thin, a little too flat, not a lot of depth of flavor, just a touch too far on the bitter side.
The stout, I swear to god, is the same beer, just with everything done right. The balance is perfect; it's just a little sweeter, but not too sweet. The bitterness is perfect. The malt notes feel the same, just amplified. The mouth feel is much sturdier, and any sense of wateriness is gone. I mean, just look at the difference in heads. These beers were poured exactly the same way.
If I blind tested these, I would think they're the same beer, just something had gone wrong with one of the batches.
Side note, the licorice aroma is overpowering when first pouring the stout, but goes away pretty quickly, and there is no licorice flavor up front at all.
>>7324482
Something about Unibroue bottling just doesn't look appealing to me. Which is obviously unimportant, and I like their beers just fine. Just something about the way they're packaged and labeled makes my mind think I don't want to drink it.
I wish I could put my finger on it.
>>7324941
Looks like edgy halloween themed shit eh?
>>7322617
This is starting to be pretty high on my wish list. I've steadily knocked off one beer after another that surrounded it, and it somehow remains undrunk.
>>7324943
Not all of it. Like, when I bought La Fin Du Monde, in the back of my mind, something just felt like I didn't want that beer.
>>7324949
Please tell me you arent letting it sit at home
That beer is best fresh, like most beers
I fucking hate this aging shit, and especially barrel aged beers
>>7324968
No, it's sitting on my wish list. If I'd ever bought it, there's no way it would last 24 hours.
>>7322746
I fucking hate that foil on the neck, half the time when I open these I end up with little chunks of it in my beer.
I like Karhu.
>>7325002
Remove the foil before opening
>>7324943
Yeah the halloween edginess is offputting to me. That doesn't stop me from enjoying their beer though.
>>7324933
Comparing these is a good idea. The difference between a porter and a stout seems so subjective and the line between them is blurred at best in my own mind.
Bell's is one of my favorite breweries for porters/stouts. Try Expedition if you haven't had it yet. It's a Russian imperial stout and is much stronger tasting that Kalamazoo and is the best RIS I've tasted.
>>7324968
You hate barrel aged beers in general or you hate people buying barrel aged beers and aging them even more in the bottle?
I've only been into beer for about two years so I don't have experience with any seriously aged beers but I do keep my stouts, barleywines, and some Belgians in my cellar instead of in the fridge.
>>7321947
You live in Wisconsin per chance?
>>7322575
Hoegaarden.
>>7324206
Belgian whites do not equal hefeweizen.
>>7324252
Dancing man is delish but crazy it comes in at 7%abv. I do love their basic beers lime Two Woman lager, Edel-pils, and Totally Naked.
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>>7325337
Some of their beers are not edgy at all but Maudite and Trois Pistoles kind of are. Maudite kind of looks like the precursor to Stone's gargoyle mascot.
what's your saison recipe peeps
thinking of trying something like this http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2009/11/hoppy-french-saison.html when the summer comes
>>7325389
eh. the story of the chasse-gallerie is really well known in quebec and i'm not sure it really counts as 'edgy'
old-fashioned and a bit campy perhaps
This was my first beer and is still one of my favorites flavor wise.
>>7325456
campy a shit, shimano 4 lyfe
>>7325325
Yeah, it is pretty objective. And people will get all huffy and tell you there are clear definitions, when there aren't really.
It seems most breweries' stouts are stronger and darker than than porters, but one brewery's porter may well be another brewery's stout.
>>7325581
*Subjective
Yum.
Karhu is pretty good.
the legendary beer in the flesh
>>7326039
Ayy, Harrisburg here. Thanks for reminding me of Troeginator, I don't deviate too much from pic related.
>>7325581
>people will get all huffy and tell you there are clear definitions
Just autists who take the BJCP seriously. It's a document to guide classes in competitions, and one which has demonstrably bad research in places, nothing more.
>>7326063
I hate to be "that guy" but seriously nugget nectar is so damn good....its only available for like two months too
drinking a deschutes fresh squeezed clone,
on deck: sierra nevada beer camp tropical IPA, homebrewed cherry lemon gose, and a homebrewed westbrook mexican cake clone.
fermenting a foreign extra stout and a rye pale ale.
conditioning an apfelwein
>>7325456
>eh. the story of the chasse-gallerie is really well known in quebec and i'm not sure it really counts as 'edgy'
>old-fashioned and a bit campy perhaps
ok then, I'm just a foreigner that doesn't know about the story behind it
>>7326055
nice little ceasar's shilling
>>7325367
yep, Milwaukee
I bought this because the label art is weird and it wasn't expensive. Turns out to be a bretty gud IPA.
>>7324109
But those are what bad IPAs taste like. It's bad to generalize. I've had some shitty Belgians that doesn't mean all of them taste like "typical dirty gym sock piss".
>>7324198
I've heard good things about it. I'll get some of that if it's still around next time I go beer shopping.
>>7325325
I agree about porters and stouts being semi-subjective. Victory at Sea tastes exactly like any other coffee stout even though it's a porter.
>>7321190
I'm drinking Peregrine Pilsner. It's actually not bad.
>>7325471
faggot
Drinking home made makgeolli its sorta korean rice beer lol.
It's not terrible, kinda growing on me, and it's fairly strong.
>>7326307
>Victory at Sea tastes exactly like any other coffee stout even though it's a porter.
Yeah it's the clearest example. They label it an "imperial porter" which might be the stupidest beer classification I've ever heard of. A stout is an imperial porter, there is no reason to try to describe it this way.
![anderson_valley_briney_melon_gose-1684_0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/LzQPLAd.jpg "anderson_valley_briney_melon_gose-1684_0[1].jpg")
I had a bottle of Briney Melon Gose tonight and it was very good. This is my second gose after Sierra Nevada Otra Vez and it's definitely saltier with a stronger fruit flavor. I liked it a lot and will probably buy more of them once it is released in 6-packs of cans.
Overall though I might prefer Otra Vez because the salt was so strong in Briney Melon. A little bit of salt makes drinks more refreshing but this crossed the line into a salty drying sensation. Maybe it's placebo but I feel more thirsty now after drinking it.
>Went out drinking last month
>Fell and hit my head
>Got a concussion
>Haven't had much beer since
fug
>>7326453
>IMHO no porter should have roasted malts
What? Isn't that the defining characteristic of all porters and stouts?
>>7326476
Porters to me just use dark malts, not really using literally roasted blasted malts
My battle station. If you're not drinking these beers you're fucking retarded
>>7326497
PBR is far better than those other ones. I can't believe how cheap it still is.
>>7326497
>battle station
Kek
Gtfo rite now.
>>7326503
I prefer highlife. Just had 2 tonight and they were good as hell
>>7326497
>smoking cigarettes in 2016
Also, is that a CRT monitor, or just some fucking huge bezels?
>>7326307
I really didn't care for victory at sea. It's just how you described it, any other coffee stout while being a porter. Don't get the hype or price point tbhfam
>>7326531
Miller Genuine Draft is better than hi life
>>7326548
MGD is miller's worst offering brah
>>7326558
I really disagree, MGD is better than hi life
they're both worse than PBR
>>7326534
LCD. Old as fuck though. I think i've had it since 2003
>>7326548
No its not. High Life in certainly the best regular tier macro beer
>>7326580
I've not bought a miller product since 2007, but still buy PBR once every few months. Never go Miller.
>>7326584
I haven't bought a cheap beer in years, but occasionally drink them for free. I think PBR and High Life are the two best choices. Definitely don't drink any Bud or Corona stuff
>>7321190
Jopen Ongelovige Thomas
Apparently got the award for best domestic beer so decided to try it out. It's pretty good for a quadruple beer.
(American quad is a copyright thing, it's a dutch beer)
>>7326588
Fuck bud for sure.
>>7326497
good shit mate mfw im real close to the alchemist but am too lazy to cross the frontier to get the nectar of the gods
also i've got no qualms with drinking light lagers either so i jelly
I'm liking this, but I'm a sucker for fruity hops. Not a huge smack of hops either, ends with just a light dry grapefruit taste.
>>7326715
so many great newer hops imo, azaccas one of the super tasty ones
>>7326451
Both of these are pretty non traditional goses. Try to pick up the Evil Twin Geyser gose if you can find it. That will give you a better idea of what they're supposed to taste like.
>>7326776
are the traditional ones more intense or less intense? I don't think I would enjoy a stronger sour/salty flavor desu
>>7326681
I am in Vermont once every other month for work so I stock up. I am not a huge fan of heady topper. Lawsons is the shit though with the fruity tones if you're going to make a whole journey there
>>7326803
yeah. one day i'll do a beer trip and go through winooski, the alchemist, lawson's finest and hill farmstead
all rather close but unavailable in Qc because of stupid laws (somehow it's easier to get beer that's 18 hours away from montreal but in the same province than beer that's 3 hours away but across the border)
>>7325224
It's glued on and all flaky, it doesn't come off in one piece. I hate it. It's either take a minute to peel off the foil or roll the dice and just pop it open and hope the flakes don't end up in your beer. Unibroue is the only decent beer I can get around here so I have to deal with this shit all the time. I can't get it in the 750ml bottles either. It took me a solid 5 minutes to type this, I am quite drunk.
Karhu is good beer.
http://www.ratebeer.com/ratebeerbest/
any mad
>>7327966
I don't see anything that bizarre. It's lame for them to have so many beers from the same breweries on that list though. There are about 8 Hill Farmstead and 8 Russian River entries on there.
>>7327966
They're almost all American beers because Ameriburger beer drinkers are easy to please.
Europeans have had good beer for centuries whereas Americans are like "oh wow, this pine piss is delicious. so much better than Coors Lite! 5/5"
>>7324206
Some are slightly citrusy. Even the German ones. I had Kaiserdom Hefe-Weisse that has some subtle orientation towards it and I liked it.
>>7326487
That's wrong, frankly. Have a quick read of one of the British bloggers that actually do primary research, try a search for stout porter differences or similar search terms on Shut Up About Barclay Perkins.
>>7328043
Or its because we have a more breweries than any other country so there's more of a chance for the US to take over most of the list. Just a thought.
>>7328126
Or because Ratebeer is dominated by a largely US userbase, and as an aside, a largely entry level one at that it seems.
The guy you are replying to is still a spaz though.
>>7328043
Americans still haven't really come to grips with the idea that beer comes in different styles. Hence why every conversation about beer is really an unspoken conversation about no more bud light. It's like how you cannot have a meaningful conversation about politics with an Israeli, to them everything is about their persecution complex and anyone who disagrees with them is either a nazi or an islamist. Even when there's no nazi or islamist in sight, still, everything is evaluated in terms of nazis and islamists, and the only way Americans can think about beer is in terms of how it compares to bud light.
I don't think America will be capable of having a reasonable relationship with beer for another couple of centuries.
>>7328170
There are an insane variety of beers in the USA.
>>7328207
There are no nazis living in Israel
Doesn't really change anything though, does it
>>7328212
The fuck are you even talking about?
>>7328219
Don't you worry your pretty little head about it.
>>7328134
I find ratebeer to be more critical than BA. They are primarily US dominated, but even on a global scale the US would probably take up a lot of spots on a best of list
>>7328170
Might be time for your bartender to cut you off.
>>7328299
early 2000s, americans finally discover how the rest of the world makes beer
10 years later
>american beer is teh best in the world now guys, no really i swear
>>7328349
1980 but yeah
still tho, it's pretty funny to see how defensive yuros get about the quality of american beer
>>7328360
>muricans constantly shitpost about their high alcohol carbonated drain cleaner
>europeans try to correct them but americans just scream and fling their shit like monkeys
>hahaha yuropoors are obsessed with us lmao!
Not american or european, but can you guys try to keep it all in one thread, at least?
>>7328382
But a higher alcohol content means a better beer, anon. Lower abv is the mark of a low-quality beer. It says so right here in this thread.
>>7328349
Sorry it only took us 40 years to surpass europe. It's not like we haven't done it before
>>7328413
True, Iraq War 2 finally pushed you past Europe for number of wars started by an out-of-touch aristocracy for personal reasons and to the detriment of the nation as a whole.
As for beer, you're only ahead if you're exclusively measuring the quality of your beer in terms of IBUs or kilograms of hops per litre of wort. Then again, given your crippling autism I imagine you're only comfortable measuring things in numerical terms like that rather than anything so intangible as taste.
>>7328438
Show me a peer reviewed study that proves I like cheap low ABV euro swill
You can't because America put mankind on the moon
>>7328477
>America put mankind on the moon
No, it put some blokes on the moon who posed for a few photos and then fucked off again
america's even better at making session beers now. there's absolutely no reason to drink any of the old continent swill the natives convince themselves to drink because 'muh traditions'
>>7328499
>session beer
>craft beer
>specialty cheese
>real bacon
>genuine butter
>artisan bread
ClappingIntensifies.exe
>>7328507
>session beer
http://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/a30663/session-beer-is-dumb/
Pretty tasteless beer, still i did expect it from such a low abv beer that stood in the shelf for a year.
Eurocucks itt are insecure as fuck. Both continents make top tier beer.
>>7328538
>esquire
Lame magazine/site
"session" just means low alcohol and that's fine. Not every beer needs to be extremely high abv and you don't need to get drunk every time you drink. Low abv stuff is good for lunch and taste different. Different styles can both be good.
>>7328638
>Not every beer needs to be extremely high abv and you don't need to get drunk every time you drink. Low abv stuff is good for lunch and taste different.
Honestly, if you can't put back three or four pints of imperial stout with lunch, you're a fucking pussy lightweight and almost certainly underage
After dinner dessert. Had this one before but thhis batch is brewed by a new contract brewer and fresher than the last ones i have had.
Love this stout, i can sit and just smell it forever.
>>7328643
Or you're just not an alcoholic
>>7328643
>If you're not an alcoholic that has 0.01% in his blood at all times, you are a PUSSY
lol
>>7328628
Western and Eastern Europe are both part of the same continent.
>>7321190
all the tanks are full at the brewery. currently have the following going:
firkin of stout with vanilla
brown
irish red
ipa (2)
DIPA
XPA
blonde
pilot system (20gal) arrived last week so I'll be testing it out on thursday. planning on kettle souring then fruiting a berliner weisse style ale
>>7322517
had a peach de brettaville last week. $8.99 at trader joes but I usually see them around $10/11. was more tart than I usually enjoy, but the brett funk was really nice
>>7328913
Cool. A store near me is so crazy they want 15$ per bottle. Not buying until I find it cheaper.
>>7328905
How'd you add the vanilla to your stout?
Karhu täyttä olutta!
>>7326431
I've never had a Ballas Point beer. Has anyone had Victory at Sea, Black Marlin, The Commodore, and Sea Monster to compare them?
This is actually something I want to do now. I never see Sea Monster or Black Marlin on shelves, though.
Been meaning to grab the other two for a while, just generally too interested in other things.
>>7328170
>Americans still haven't really come to grips with the idea that beer comes in different styles.
Lolwut? When is the last time you checked a beer aisle in the US?
>the only way Americans can think about beer is in terms of how it compares to bud light.
You have described exactly zero of my beer conversations.
I don't even know where you're getting this, you come off as incredibly out of touch.
>>7329132
The link between reddit and any finnish macro lager alludes me friend!
>>7328360
Yuros with absolutely no experience with beer outside of their own region, but assuming that's enough, is literally my favorite part of these threads.
Was anyone around for the Belgian kid who was all butt hurt when he was bragging about Chimay, and then found out it's available outside his country?
>>7328404
Where?
>>7328905
>XPA
Why do Ameriburgers have to keep inventing new imaginary styles of beer?
>>7329201
While I have no interest in an XPA, I also can't imagine what's wrong with creating new beer styles.
>>7329347
>Xtreme Pale Ale
Beer for an audience that grew up suckling Mountain Dew from their mother's teat
>>7329148
I like it when passportless flyovers accuse europeans of thinking that Stella is considered "fancy" outside of 1970s USA
>>7328905
Wtf is an xpa?
>>7329143
>alludes
>>>/s/chool
How do you pronounce the name of this beer?
>>7329474
Burn are dis
>>7329474
bee air may may dooz
Had this last night. If you like coffee, this is absolutely the beer for you. I like it even more than Founder`s breakfast stout (original not KBS). So rich in flavor. I love the direction Texas craft beer is going.
>>7329481
not that part, I mean the "Abt" part.
>>7329577
abbot
or aboot (in canada)
>>7329577
https://youtu.be/-c9mlOrDhc4
>>7329413
Literally just a regular American Pale Ale
>>7328404
>It says so right here in this thread.
:^)
>>7329493
Live Oak is the best brewery in texas
>>7329847
They are selling their Hefe in cans now.
>>7329859
Too bad they'll likely not make it outside of Texas.
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>>7329659
>>7329647
thanks guys
>>7329413
I think it might be an "experimental ipa". Lots of breweries have been releasing those every once and a while. It means that they are using some new breed of hops that doesn't have a name yet. They're unpredictable tasting since they can't just tell you "this has cascade hops, it is dry" or "this has citra hops, it is citrus-y". The recent Victory Experimental IPA was good stuff. I think it used Pilsner malts so it's very light-colored and has an aftertaste that I'd associate with a lager instead of an IPA. I've had some other "experimental" IPA's that were much less successful though. They're a gamble but can be interesting.
Drinking pic related. Only my second gose beer so I'm not sure what I'm looking for. It has some grain flavor to it while being nice and tart. Salt comes through on the finish. Would buy again in the summer.
>>7329481
It's actually Ber-nar-dus (e as in bet)
Got 3 of these after going through 2 of them way too quickly. Not gonna be drinking them til I'm no longer sick and can actually taste things. Really good, they use Chimay yeast - at least that's what I've been told.
>>7329951
GOAT EPA coming through. I miss this classic label
>>7329959
I don't, very generic vector lotsalines beer label.
The new one could have had a bit more effort put in to the typography, but oh well.
gonna turn 21 in a few months, what beer should I have to celebrate?
>>7330114
where do you live?
>>7330155
Central California
>>7330114
I dunno man, what do you like?
>>7330165
near firestone walker possibly? I'd go to the brewery and pick up one of their barrel aged beers. the XIX anniversary blend is awesome... sucaba and parabola are great too.
>>7330168
Anime.
>>7330168
That's the thing, I haven't truly had any type of alcohol except for maybe some gulps that my parents offered me, one time i tried Blue Moon, bretty gud.
My dad fucking loves angry orchard, I tried it and like that too
This thread is so incredibly cringe.
>>7330045
I always thought the old one looked like a cozy family gathering beer.
>>7330180
How so?
>>7330198
My autism means I reject anything that is remotely """trendy""", I don't want to be mistaken for one of those hipster faggots.
>>7330165
>>7330172
I'll second this. I live on the east coast but Firestone Walker makes amazing beer so I expect it would be a nice place to drink.
If you go out on your 21st then drink whatever people offer you. If you're buying something for yourself I'd say you're probably best off buying some kind of mixed pack and getting to try a few different things. Blue Moon is a wheat beer, sometimes called a "wit", and if you enjoyed that you could go to a beer store near you and pick up some others in the same category.
I'll shill Allagash White again too >>7322617
. It's not adventurous or extreme but it is high quality.
>>7330207
Good beer is here to stay, it's not a trendy hipster thing to do anymore. Hell, I'm married to my wife because we bonded over good beer in college almost 7 years ago.
>>7330207
Most people buying these types of beer are 40+. Go to a brewery sometime. Drunk milfs everywhere
>>7330207
As long as you aren't drinking extremely sour beers you don't need to worry about being too much of a hipster faggot. The real neckbeards are finally moving on past extreme stouts and IPA's to the super-puckering sours.
>>7330220
That's not true, I've seen studies that basically show people who are driving this are largely millennials. We're the largest generation in the US ever, even larger than the boomers.
>>7324941
Seriously? To me, Unibroue's packaging is one of its appeals. Reminds me of vintage Magic the Gathering artwork. Cozy and nostalgic.
>>7330218
>it's not a trendy hipster thing to do anymore
True, most craft beer aficionados look like pic related
>>7330228
Post source. Every time I go to a brewery it's full of old people. It's not even a contest. I'm 25 and easily the youngest there 95% of the time
>>7330229
>Reminds me of vintage Magic the Gathering artwork.
I love that. Anything specific from Unibroue you recommend? I've only had La Fin Du Monde and am looking for what to try next. I like how relatively low their prices are too. La Fin Du Monde clearly competes with Belgian tripels but here in the states it is half the price of the ones imported from Belgium.
>>7330248
it depends on the brewery and the location obviously. not the guy you are arguing with, but I work at a brewery and we get a mix of ages, but I would say the majority are in the 40+ range.
when I go up to san francisco, the age drops significantly... I'd estimate average age is late 20s
>>7330283
I don't believe in San Francisco
>>7330290
that's cool. you do you, I guess
>>7330248
http://www.ibtimes.com/craft-beer-breaks-double-digit-market-share-first-time-us-1849648
I've got some classic Expedition Stout tonight. I got a bigger head than usual when pouring it this time.
I just tried pic related and liked the smooth creaminess, however the taste was a bit too bland and watery. Is there anything similarly creamy, but with better flavor?
>>7330704
John Smiths?
>>7329959
>Extra Pale Ale
>not extra pale
>>7330774
bro that beer is HELLA pale
>>7330801
no, this beer is hella pale
>>7321190
too many stupid fucking indie beers with wacky names and logos and generic tastes that people tout as the best because they think its obscure
>>7330861
>>7330704
What kind of flavor do you like? Because you're probably looking for the mouthfeel of nitro beer, which I'm a big fan of.
Left Hand is the best purveyor. They've got a milk stout, a russian imperial, and a (very well balanced) amber on nitro. They're all really good, though I haven't had the amber on nitro. They also just started bottling a coffee stout I want to try.
I know Oskar Blues also bottles nitro,but I've never seen or had it.
>>7331014
I don't think many of the beers that are considered the best are particularly obscure.
There are certainly great obscure beers, but the stuff that gets the most praise in craft circles is also well known, and often relatively easy to find.
>>7330278
Trois Pistoles would be a good next step, it's similar to a Belgian quad. Any of the big boozy seasonal ones are worth getting too (grand reserve, la resolution).
>La Fin Du Monde clearly competes with Belgian tripels but here in the states it is half the price of the ones imported from Belgium.
This is one nice thing about living in Ontario: reasonably priced Belgian beers. Rocheforts 8 & 10, Chimay, La Chouffe, Duvel, St. Bernardus, Gulden Draak are all around 3-4 CAD a bottle.
>>7321190
Beer from my city! Are you a Stavangerfag too, OP?
>Troegs' website says there's a Nugget Nectar event in Virginia today
>can't find any info about it
It must have been canceled. The beer is supposed to come out tomorrow anyway.
I think I'm gonna go get a half-price growler fill later at my local pizza joint. What should I get?
1. Stone Xocoveza Stout
2. Stone "Sorry not Sorry"
3. Founders ReDANKulous
>>7332006
>Rocheforts 8 & 10
>2.75 usd
nah
>>7332289
Cool if you're getting them cheaper, but I've seen Americans on /ck/ claim to pay $8 for those beers.
>>7332304
That's what I was saying. Rochefort 10 is 8 bucks here in Virginia.
>>7332307
Ouch.
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/rochefort-10/374363#.Vq-hp1LqHdA
And that's after the price hike. They were under four bucks during the summer.
>>7332352
>Maybe the Americans are seeing 750ml bottles or something.
Nope, 355ml/12 ounces
>Xocoveza is probably great but might not go well with pizza if you're eating that. Sorry Not Sorry is a hop-bomb IPA.
Nah, no pizza. I don't like ultra bitter IPAs, if that's what you mean. My favorite IPA is Jai Alai which is extremely fruity. I'm also not the biggest fan of stouts, but I love pepper in chocolate, so Xocoveza sounds good.
>>7332207
I'm not! I'm actually from L O N D O N, but I've had some of their beers before, good stuff.
>>7321223
I miss living in Jax purely for this beer.
I'm in Texas now and the beer just isn't the same.
>>7332364
That's too bad about Rochefort. Unibroue and Allagash are the way to go for Americans.
I just bought some relatively fresh (2 weeks old) Jai Alai today that I'm looking forward to trying tonight.
very good ipa
>>7332581
It should still be very good but people say that Jai Alai loses flavor very quickly.
>>7321206
>I don't live in the US and I'm jealous so here's a picture of a hat
>>7325638
FUCK YOU
Mmmmmmmm Troegenator
>>7332665
It's very good but honestly it reminds me of Victory Hop Devil. Hop Devil is my favorite go-to IPA but I thought this was supposed to be super fruity and it's just a bit juicier than Hop Devil. I like the Jai Alai a lot but it wasn't what I expected (super hoppy and juicy)
![beer_10569[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pCIDzSp.jpg "beer_10569[1].jpg")
I started drinking a little bit after work to relax. Trying new beers here and there not really enjoying the taste, until I drank this and holy fuck it's actually good.
Am I just getting used to the taste?
Anything similar to Dogfish 90?
