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Old one on the way out so let me take charge once again. Drinking,buying, brewing, cellaring,waiting for?

Me? I go down the line of awesome beers from Bells! This one was on of the fullest lower abv stouts i had. What Guiness should be!
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I bought Sierra Nevada 12 pack. Not sure if this is my kind of beer. I liked Shock Top more. What other beers should I try?
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>>7605424
Blue moon
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Got a couple bottles of this for tonight
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>>7605451
Does ommegang put out affordable beer? Everything I've seen from them is in a bomber or a 10$+ 4 pack
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>>7605454
yeah, their prices generally suck. I think this was like $8
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>>7605406
Posted a few in the last one. Downing a sorachi ace now, will post next few as I have some nice brews.
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Picked up a few bottles of this, £1.35 a bottle, nice crisp flavour to it,
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>>7605454
Well you generally have to pay for quality and Ommegang is in my opinion the best brewery in the US
>>7605451
Did this just come out? I've had every other GoT beer
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>>7605491
>Did this just come out?
Yeah, I happened upon some at the grocery store last week
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>>7605488
great brewery, they make a nice dark beer too
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>>7605514
I tried the Old Engine Oil, really nice, but cant really drink more than 2 bottles in a sitting, prefer Bitter & Twisted for that
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>>7605491
I'm fine with paying for quality, but I feel like every brewery should have at least one or two affordable every day beers, not just a bunch of bombers and spendy 4 packs.
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>>7605785
Bombers are a tremendous rip off.
A six pack has twice the amount of beer for the same or half the price. Only extremely high quality limited releases are worth dropping the money for.
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Just going to drink one can for tonight.
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New drinker here

What do you gents think of reds wicked apple ale? I have been drinking that the past few times I've drank recently. I grab the 24oz can

I also generally enjoy the flavor of Heineken

Where do you get your more specialty brews? I'd like to expand my beer palate, but idk where to start lmao
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>>7607059
I never tried that drink before. I saw it today but I just pick up some blue moon. Maybe next time I will try it out.
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>>7607073
I like what I've had of it. Its quite tart and also sort of sweet. I prefer the black cherry, and I've had the mango, and apple flavors as well.

I have never had blue moon, next time I buy alcohol I'll try a can of that senpai
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>>7607077
Ya blue moon is the bomb. Usually I drink corona or modelo but once in a while I try out something new. I am not a big fan of Heineken but it's ok.
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>>7605800
Agreed. Also experimental stuff with peppers or different ingredients, a bomber is fine with me. Nice to share. I wish I could get non oaked 6 packs of arrogant bastard already. Not sure why that's so hard to find when the bombers are in every store I go to
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Bought it for the glassware, but the beer is definitely not bad either. Quite subtle smoke, blends well with the porter flavour.
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>>7605406
>General
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Pretty shit desu
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>>7607059
>What do you gents think of reds wicked apple ale?
I had it once, and it was one of the most disgusting things I've ever tried.

>Where do you get your more specialty brews?
Grocery store, liquor store, brewery.
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>>7607059
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>>7607097
I can't shake the feeling this is a same fag trying to troll /beer/.
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>>7608151
Gotta get that elliot ness brah
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What beer is closest to 805? I live in the Midwest but visited a cousin in SLO, and he introduced me to one of the nicest beers I ever tasted.
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>>7608774
Sucks that you can't get 805 anymore. It's a pretty good California macro.
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Just drank a pint of Backmasking by 3 floyds.

Pretty good. Not too special but still a good brew. got me buzzed so that's nice.
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>>7608151
I hear a lot about Great Lakes. We don't get them in Florida, so I was pumped to try their DIPA at a bottle share over the weekend. I was so let down. I'd like to know how fresh it was because it was a huge malt bomb more like a shitty barleywine imo.
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How the fuck do I drink beer without having to throw up, Jesus Christ I can't even handle a goddamn sixpack
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>>7608774
Kona big wave is usually the same price and I think it tastes better
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Ive always had a sweet tooth and this is excelently priced for what it is. I could never justify paying 2-3€ for brewdog or other somesuch shit.
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Had this tonight, not the first time though. Great DIPA, but at 9.2% you can really taste the alcohol.
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I'm loving this stuff. Any recommendations for other wheat beers?
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So I tried some of this just to see what it was like and I'm seriously wondering if the batch went bad or something. It smells and tastes strange.. more so than I was expecting.
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>>7605454
$10-12 for a 4-pack of high abv beers honestly isn't that bad man. Most imperials I find around here that are reasonably priced go for around that.
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It's not beer, but I've just bottled some mead today.

I also have some bottles of cider which are carbonating. I'll try it out later this week.
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>>7611840
Weihenstephaner is the obvious one and almost everywhere to get.
My favorites are Ayinger Bräuweiße, Unertl and Augustiner Weißbier.
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>>7605406
finishing off my stock
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>>7611840
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>>7608774
>>7609338
I hate that 805 is actually a decent beer, but everyone here drinks it because it's a meme and I just fucking hate people who have no taste but drink things because they're good

I brought some to a friends once and poured it into his cup and he thought it was Bud Platinum
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Growler of North High Jalalima, a Jalapeno Lime beer. Anyone in the 614 area code should check it out, because it's the best chile beer ever.
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>>7612308
Yeah I know that, I'm just saying it'd be nice if they put out a 6 pack of something for summer that wasn't over 10$, like pretty much every other brewery does. Like a decent low abv wit or something. I love ommegang but hate paying so much for their stuff
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>>7611840
If you're from the Midwest try and get your hands on some gumball head by 3 floyds or wiezengoot by bier brewery. Both are GOAT, but the gumball head is more a wheat than a wiezen
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Nice glass man
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After a shift at the brewery, it's nice to just drink something I know will always be good. Perfectly balanced imo.

>>7605424
You might like German beers. Try Weihenstephaner Originel or their Hefeweizen if you get a chance. Original is easy drinking and the Hefeweizen is a much better wheat based beer than Shock Top.

>>7607039
Ayy, chapin.

>>7611739
Never heard of it but that can art is pretty sweet senpai.

>>7611840
Kellerweis from Sierra Nevada is nice, and if you can get it in your area, Fortunate Islands from Modern Times is a GOAT hoppy wheat.
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>>7613222
Magic Rock is a pretty new UK brewery, so they may not much of distribution in The States yet (assuming that's where you're from). Their can art is all neat tho.

Good choice on the Dale's as well, such a nice beer. Have you had their Pinner Throwback IPA? So good.
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>>7611840
Weihenstepfaner and Schneiderweise for wheat beers. absolutely GOAT
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>>7613920

Magic Rock have been going for years, they've just recently had a massive cash injection so they're able to brew more and distribute further more easily. Good stuff though.

Today at work I am brewing something pale that's meant to be a single hop Azacca beer but I'm finding that hop bland on its own so it's being blended with Amarillo, Cascade and Sorachi.

At the weekend I will be home brewing a Citra and mango beer and, time permitting a stout/porter with lactose and a method of adding coffee that I've pinched off Ballast Point
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It amazes me how plebeian 4chan is with beer. We have the collective taste and knowledge of beer that is comparable to a music fan that reads rolling stone
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>>7614424
Some beer threads are better than others. This one is mostly shit.
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Pretty decent quad. Also like the gnome on the glass.
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>>7614424

It's all subjective, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's been ages since I had a beer that I would definitively class as "bad", but I've had plenty I thought were a bit dull and bland etc. People take beer far too seriously a lot of the time.
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Post your breakfast beer
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I tried Guinness Draught for the first time. I suppose i could see myself getting it again if i wanted a stout but not something heavy.

It was kind of dissapointing and watery.
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>>7614659
My experience too, I hate being dragged to mock Irish pubs where they almost inevitably only have Guinness, Kilkenny and a few other shite domestic macros on tap, and are usually dives to boot, and not the cosy kind.
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W-Wednesday night
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Take 2
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Why side flippy
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>>7614477

Guess I tempted fate with this comment. Had a small taste of a beer at my local and it was utterly rammed with diacetyl and manky esters which is impressive as elevated fermentation which produce esters should reduce diacetyl. The mind boggles
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Just got a bottle of this at the grocery store
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Bretty good, canned about five days ago.

>>7613920
Oh yeah, their entire year round line up is good. Pinner is easy drinking.

>>7614807
Why so sad, it is Wednesday. Also it's my weekend. Weekend work is messing up my entire schedule. :^(
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i don't know this is right thread for question,
is budwiser is meme?
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Made some grilled pork and some spinach for dinner. This paired well with it, super roasty coffee and chocolate forward. Their year round lineup is pretty tits.
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Drank this tonight, really tasty. Very easy to drink.
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finishing a Grimbergen. Surprisingly good late discovery, could compete with Trappists in "fullness". belgiumfag.
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Back with this years Curmudgeon. One of the beers i always look forward to each year!
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Bumping best thread. Post your state. Nc reporting
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It's so fucking good. Anyone else tried it? It seems like most people know about Hobgoblin but never King.
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>>7618912
I'll have to try these again. When I first got into beer I tried some stuff from them and it tasted pretty bland.
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>>7618938
King's basically Hobgoblin but much stronger, richer and smoother. Goes down great. Wychwood's getting better, but I'm not bothered about the majority of their stuff (Firecatcher is great for the first bottle but is too sweet to stick with all night)
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>>7607097
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>>7607073
>>7607059
Get out
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Anyone tried mead? Don't know where to get hold of any.
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>>7618988
You're not missing out, but if you really want to try some you could easily make it at home or just ask any decent liquor store. The section is usually small and easily missed. The one I go to has it near the sake and shit
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>>7619002
What's so bad about it? Is it more beer or wine?
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>>7619028
It's not bad, it's just not very good. At least the stuff currently on the market isn't. Homemade stuff is alright. It's a honey wine
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>>7618904
California, working at H24.
>tfw post work pints are free
Hopefully I'll be working at SN soon.
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Why are are craft breweries so obssesed with IPAs? Is it a meme? I dont get it. Like every one and their mother has a million IPAs and maybe one stout or porter.

It pisses me off.
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>>7614972
>manky esters
The fuck is that?

>elevated fermentation which produce esters should reduce diacetyl
Source?
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>>7619120
I wish more breweries made dark ale, real dark ale. So many in England are pale ales/amber ales with fairytale fantasy names and a woodland creature on the sticker. Wychwood are average taste-wise but they have a good collection of dark beer.
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>>7605451
>not anchor brewing
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>>7618912
King's great. Apparently it's only brewed on a full moon too.
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So, I've been on a real high abv beer kick for the past few months. Imperial stouts, IPA's, higher abv barley wines and Belgians, you name it.

It's to the point where I find it hard to enjoy anything sub 7%, and prefer 9-12%ers. Has anyone else gone through this?

It's killing me in terms of calories...
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>>7619120
fuck off retard
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>>7619591
that's called alcholism. abv has nothing to do with the quality of the beer
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>>7618588
what's it like? I've had Backwoods Bastard and a decent amount of other Founders beers but Old Curmudgeon sounds like it'd be very sweet.
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>>7619751
I only drink on weekends and max out on two beers a night.

How is that alcoholism?

I honestly tend to find heavier beers more enjoyable in terms of flavor.
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First time trying this one
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>>7619751
This is wrong. There is a reason some of the worlds most renowned beers, such as Westvleteren and KBS, are high ABV. There is a significant difference in how high abv beers taste and can be enjoyed as compared to 4-6% beers.

Now, if you're cracking back 5+ a day, then yes, you have a problem. But trying to say pleb pisswater is as good as a hearty high abv ale, and abv doesn't have anything to do with quality, is objectively wrong.

>>7619591
>>7619778
You're fine, and that's normal. I graduated from stouts to imperial stouts a while ago, and it's a natural progression. Same with other styles. It's nice to try out new lower abv beers too though.
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>>7619809
KBS is meme shit. Old Rasputin, Kentucky Bastard, Narwhal, basically every other RIS on the planet blows it out of the water.
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>>7619591
Look at any rating site, seems most people go through that stage when they discover craft beer, alongside being a bit of an evangelist.
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>>7619827
I like every beer you listed there, and still think KBS is probably the best. Old Rasputin is my favorite out of them though, and likely the most drinkable. KBS is great, but too heavy to enjoy too often.
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>>7619120
A lot of things conspire towards it. One, is they're relatively easy to make. They don't take up capacity for a long brewing cycle, and while you can legit make a great one, you can also mask flaws in the hops or brewing by just hopping the shit out of beer.

Also, they are just really popular. Lots of people like them for the actual flavor of hops, lots of people like them because they see IBUs as a challenge, lots of people like them because they think they're supposed to, since they're the big thing.

While I'm a malt-forward guy, the varied flavors of hops allow for more clearly distinct variation across the style than you can accomplish from, say, one porter to another. So there's a variety appeal.

Lots of brewers like to make them because, despite the I in the name, they see it as a distinctly-American product that they can overload the shit out of and do crazy things with.

It's basically just the perfect confluence of demand (defensible and unfortunate) and ease of production.
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>>7619827
Old Rasputin is one of the most overrated things this planet has to offer. I do like it, but people calling it the best RIS, or saying it's better than KBS (which is also overrated, but still) is just offensive to me.
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>>7620129
>lots of people like them because they think they're supposed to, since they're the big thing.
I've never seen any evidence given for the "tyhey're only pretending!" meme, it stinks of an autistic inability to relate with people with different tastes.
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>>7619827
KBS isn't a Russian imperial stout
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>>7620150
I have absolutely seen it. I'm not saying it's the majority, but it happens with lots of shit. Beer included.
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>>7619809
>westy 12 and kbs
>good
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>>7605406
I used to try out different craft beers, then I realized it's all just hipster queer shit. Just drink whatever gets you drunk, faggots. Pic related
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>>7620811

Schlitz is good shit familia
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>>7620811
I don't like being drunk though
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>>7620129
So pretty much

A. They're easy to make and easy to cover up mistakes

B. They're essentially a meme
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It pisses me off that some breweries just hop the shit out of beers for the sake off novelty
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>>7620893

Actually, the brewery hops the beers because people will buy them.

It's the people who like novelty hoppy beers that should be the target of your ire. The breweries are simply responding to market demands.
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>>7620896
>It's the people who like novelty hoppy beers that should be the target of your ire.
Why? Other than say tagging along with the /ck/ pseudohipster cult of obscurity, or the typical /ck/ autistic tantrum over people that don't hate things that you do.
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Not even noon
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Drinking a beer with New World hops after a long ass time. Getting papaya on the nose, bread, herbal bitterness and a hint of OJ in the taste.
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You guys should try this one if you can find it. Best coffee beer I've ever had.
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>>7621344
I just picked up a 4-pack of it and some GD Yeti today.
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>>7605406
Picked up these bad boys from the local shop this morning on recommendation from a massive beer elitist friend. Gonna try the blonde when I get home from work. Thoughts?
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Ayy forgot pic
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Are there any beers that don't taste bitter as all hell or am I just cursed to hate drinking beer forever?
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>>7621784
What have you tried?
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>>7621784
Drink PBR to get into beer. It works. Guarantee it.
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>>7621638

i like grimbergen double, i'm not into blonde beers
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>>7621811
Mostly local craft beers
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>>7621962
Lagers are easier to get into imo
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>>7621965
I'm not the guy originally asking the question but what lager do you recommend to someone who's new to it though? All of the big brands are just so tasteless imo
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>>7619769
It is indeed quite sweet, but the slight oak tones rounds it of in an way that i just love. One of the best straight up oak aged beers i know about.

Pic related, Did not like it at all. Not an fan of the style and Bells does nothing to make me think otherwise!
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>>7621982
Not a lager but try New Castle ale.
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>>7622031
I realise my question was badly worded, what I really mean to say is - is there such a thing as a good lager to try? I've found that they are always rather bland compared to a pint of ale/ipa/stout/porter/etc.
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>>7622031
>>7622102
Also I should say out of the handful of "craft" lagers i've had (Brewdog, Redwell) they've always been rather much the same just maybe a bit less like bitter fizzy water and more like cloudy bitter somewhat-fizzy water
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>>7622027

oberon is really overrated. I know people in Michigan and the surrounding area hype it up because of a sentimental attachment. It comes out in Spring so people associate it with the weather warming up, flowers blooming, chillin on ur porch, etc.
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A bit hoppy for a blonde to be honest
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>>7622149
Ey, Cincy pride.

Drinking some Moerlein Ale, myself.
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Picked this up today. Bottled 12/15, so it's apparently a little old, but it tastes great so whatever.
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Eddie Fitz and playoff hockey, Fridays do not get any better.
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Got a 12 pack of Negra Modelo for ten bucks
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If i dont like bitterness I probably won't like most IPAs or APAs will I?

I wanted to try Zombie Dust but I dont want to buy a pack if i'm gonna hate it. I think a local pub carries it so maybe i'll try it there.
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>>7622568
If you have a place near you that has 6 packs of Zombie Dust in stock, buy one. Midwestern IPA and APA is much better balanced and tastier that west coast style IPA
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>>7622600
Multiple places by me have 3 floyds stuff so maybe i will

The only IPA I've ever had is revolution brewings Anti-Hero IPA and i didnt like it much. I think it's 70 IBUs where as Zombie Dust is like 50 or 60

Also any beer recs for someone in the chicago area? I like belgian style ales and any kind of porter.
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>>7622621
If you want a kind of transition between IPA and belgian, look for Bedlam from Ale Asylum. Its from Wisconsin but they distribute in Chicago. Similar hop profile to zombie dust and fermented with belgian yeast
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Last night I tried the Dogfish 120 minute IPA, and while I don't usually like IPAs, this one was really tasty. I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed what I was drinking.

I went to look up some opinions on leddit and the general consensus is that people don't like it there. They say it's "cloyingly" sweet. Then I started looking up other things there and it turns out sweet = bad.

I don't understand this. Why is sweet bad? The faggots that act offended or repulsed at beers with sweet notes are the same faggots sucking down Mountain Dew from Taco Bell. Do people strictly pretend to dislike flavor as opposed to grainy bitterness when it comes to beer in the name of "good taste," or is it deeper than that. Please help me understand because the 120 minute tasted like a revaluation to me.
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>>7624342
Because beer geeks think that more bitter/hoppy = better
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>>7624342
When you're a mature grown-up like me you'll have an adult palate and you'll finally realize that enjoying things is for immature babies.

Keep on defending Bud Light though. You must live in the south because it's 2016, we finally have the craft beer now.
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Disappointed in the Sap but the rest are good.
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>>7624353

>you will never experience Yazoo

A damn shame for you and all others
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>>7624353
I don't even understand the basic message you're trying to send here. Are you saying by defending 120 minute IPA I'm defending a Bud Light-tier beer? Or are you being sarcastic? Or, could you just be shitposting? Because you really don't make a lot of sense.
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>>7624383
Maybe he meant enjoying sweet things, who knows. I dontlike overly sweet beers because sweet overwhelms other tastes and ruins the beer. People who don't eat sweet things all the time become pretty sensitive to sweet things and don't enjoy things that are too sweet.
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>>7622376
This is on my bucket list. I've been told repeatedly that if I'm a porter freak I have to track it down.
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>>7622133
I really actually like it. I had no awareness of it at all the first time I picked it up, and ended up being pretty shocked by how good it was.
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>>7622102
>>7622107
I agree with everything you said, but kind of enjoy Cigar City's Tampa-Style Lager. especially with spicy food.
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>>7624400
Do you guys not eat fruits and vegetables with sugar content? Because there are very few beers with added sweetness or more sugar content than fruit.
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>>7621784
Go to a good beer bar and build a flight with a bunch of different styles. Like an ESB, a pilsner, an IPA, and a stout will help you triangulate your beer tastes (if they exist). Even if you don't love one of those beers, one or two of them will probably lead you in the direction of what you do like.
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>>7621344
I've wanted this since it was announced. Not sure if I'll be able to find it, though.
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>>7620888
They're a meme, yes, but one that a lot of people would still like even if they weren't popular.

The fact that people like hop flavor and the fact that they don't take up brewing space for too long both outweigh "meme" as a reason.
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>>7624431
It is a top 5 porter in my opinion and very easy to find anywhere Great Lakes distributes, so if you find yourself in one of those states you definitely should give it a try.
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>>7605491

>Ommegang is in my opinion the best brewery in the US

Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.
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Thoughts on Fat Tire? I like to try out different beers because my grocery store offers a 6 pack of whatever singles they have available and a decent selection of them, but if I don't see anything that catches my eye I just grab a cold 6-pack of Fat Tire
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Kozel is delicious. People say that germany has some of the best beers, but they're full of it. The Czech Republic is the beer capitol of Europe. I had the most delicious and nourishing beers while there. Scandinavian countries could also learn a lot from their brewing. It's like every Scandinavian countries have a thin watery piss beer that everyone likes to buy.

Also, I like Baltica cause it's cheap and generally tastes really good. Even their more wheaty beers are really tasty.
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This one is great! Called Black Shark, small brewery from Germany, dark, bitter and strong beer.
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My first ever wild ale. So far it's one of the strangest tasting things I've ever drank.

It's not bad though. Just weird.
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>>7624342
It's just a very unique ipa. It's more of a barleywine desu, but people go into it expecting just another bitter, piney DIPA or whatever and it's nothing like that at all. Really only plebs hate on 120 minute. It's unique and great.
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>>7616465
>>7616877
Modern Times is THE shit.

La Cumbre is my favorite brewery of all time though.
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Second time i have this one, like it.
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>>7624454
I just wish there was more variety in what breweries put out. Like Stone brewing. They have so many IPAs. It's a little ridiculous.
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>>7625061
Tripel?
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>>7625061
>no actual label
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>>7625076
Quad

>>7625096
The cap has all the info.
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>>7624437

eh, it's not bad. just okay. bells has much better stuff.
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>>7625110
Lazy ass monks
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I bought a couple of beers from Almanac.

Elephant Heart de Brettville
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Hoppy Sour: Azacca

They were all great. Brett/Barrel Aged/Dry Hopped/Fruited sours and saisons are my favorite kinds of beer honestly.

Old fashioned stuff like lambics and guezues or new American style stuff from places like Almanac, Prairie, or Grimm. I just love it.

Expensive as fuck though.
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Had this as my first IPA. Heard good things about it but man, its bitter as fuck, the taste is this weird, sickly strong. Are most IPAs like this?
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>>7626092
Yep. Everyone who says they like them is merely pretending to appear "cultured" and tip their fedora.
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This. Not gonna bother trying to flip though, sorry.
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>>7626096
I like IPAs

I like all bitter stuff though
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>>7626096
>it's impossible for people to enjoy things that I don't
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>>7626111
I think that Anon was being sarcastic.

It's "the thing" right now for the kids to shit on IPAs. And jealous Europe faggots.
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>>7626092
no, west coast style IPA is the worst kind of IPA
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>>7626092
I know a guy who will remain nameless who hops the everloving shit out of his beers to the point anyone who isn't a hop-head hates it.
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>>7615989

just opening this now, pretty good stuff. Toppling Goliath is the best at IPA/APA
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>>7625069
Oh, I agree. I dislike IPAs and their dominance of the industry.

There are just multiple very good reasons they do.
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>>7624475
I am not in one of those states, which is the only reason I haven't had it.
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>>7621344
looks yum
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>>7626092
Come back to it in a year. It's one of the very very few west coast ipas I like.
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>>7626157

Is he called Dave?
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Slowly sipping this while finishing my homebrew kvass. Hertog is just always decent.
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>>7618969

NO NORMIE BEERS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>7605406
>drinking the Logan kool-aid
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>>7627819
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Are there any beers that have a particular peaty, smokey taste to them like an Islay Scotch?
It would be cool if a brewery bought some sherry barrels used for scotches to age a brew.
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>>7628255
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>>7628255
Lots of peated Scottish ales in the winter. There's also rauchbier which is just straight up smoke beer.
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>>7628255
Innis and Gunn do a variety
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>>7628255
http://www.islayales.co.uk/index.php/ales.html

They make beer on the island too. Not tried any of it yet though
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>>7605451
Had a few different Ommegangs. They were all overpriced shit.
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>>7612466
>buying red stripe expecting tropically jamaicaniness
>it's just a regular lager
>disappoint
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Drinking this bullshit again. It's delicious.
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>>7622027
Thanks. I like Oberon but I don't think it's anything special.

I'm drinking a 2016 Uncle Jacob's Stout and it's delicious but I think it'll be much better with some age. I had it previously 1 year old and it was better but I wanted to at least taste it fresh. Great flavor but the booze is overpowering the stout's flavors.
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>>7626118

>It's "the thing" right now for kids to shit on IPAs

It's "the thing" since the dawn of time to shit on things you don't enjoy when you find others enjoying it. The ego's responsible for convincing you that you have objectively good taste and that anybody else who's taste differs from yours is wrong in some way.

IPAs are nothing more than an ale with a presence of hops. That's why every brewery has one if not two IPAs in their year-round portfolio.
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>>7628653
Is any lager ever anything other than a regular lager?
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>>7605424
Hoegaarden
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I just finished off half a bottle of red wine and want some more. What kind of beer is best after some red wine?
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>>7624360
Tree house is really good. If you're in the area, Iron Duke and Berkshire Brewing are also good breweries.
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>>7621344
If you're around the new England region, Berkshire Brewing company makes a very delicious coffee house Porter. It's probably my all time favorite beer. They also started making it with nitro if that's your thing.
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>>7629376
who garten is sosooo good
>>7605491
3 Philosophers is the shit
Sitting on a bomber of Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout for a rainy day.
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>>7629643
That cappuccino stout wasn't very good the last time I had it. Really bitter.
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>>7618423
i love everything stone has released, but i did not enjoy this one at all
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>>7626092
if you think it was too bitter, try something from the east coast. two hearted ale by bells brewery is pretty dank
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>>7629843
>Michigan
>east coast
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>>7613222
Fortunate Islands is worth a try. You can really smell the hops but otherwise I thought it just tasted like a good but not great wheat
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Is it worth making your own beer?

I want to try it but it doesn't really seem worth it if I can't make a lot at once
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>>7630916
I make 5 gallons at a time, but with all the work and equipment, it's only a little cheaper than buying it from the store. It's fun if you have someone with you though and pretty satisfying getting drunk on your own product.
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Just skunk my shit up fa.m
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>>7605491
Ommegang is ok bit they dont have much variety and all of their brews are safe and aome just plain dull.
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Commencing dump of what ive had the pst few days with small description and rating.

Prairie phtasmagoria

Super fresh juicy, nice tropical fruit notes. Its absolutely mouth watering. 2/4


Heres my weird but goat rating system
1= mediocre
2= good
3 = great
4 = an instant classic. Liquid Perfection
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>>7632136
8 Bit Pale Ale right now.

It's crisp but also smooth. I like it.
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>>7632136
What a dumb grading scale
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>>7632367
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