>ctrl+f
>didn't see a beer general
>just a bunch of plebs complaining that it tastes bad
Beer General. What have you been drinking, lads? I've been enjoying pic related.
>the milk stout meme
Op is 10 years old and what is this
>>8627197
It does taste bad.
I still drink beer to get wasted but don't pretend it's delicious and zesty citrus notes and shit.
>>8627213
me too but you cant deny sierra nevada tastes better than keystone light
The usual, two farted.
I've drank ~10 brands of beer and my favorite so far is baltika.
>>8627213
I actually hate being drunk, and I like the taste.
>>8627213
True, I drink high ABV beers because why waste time with watered down swill. Craft beers taste like shit but get you drunk quickly.
>>8627197
finishing up a 15bbl brew day, made our brown ale today. my cellar has mostly local bba beers and sours.
recently I've been drinking MT's blackhouse nitro cans, and anything hazy alvarado street/moonraker comes out with.
>>8627225
Same. I get the spins really easy so I just work up to a nice buzz and call it quits.
>>8627197
bought one of these and it was pretty good.
brewed with serrano peppers, coffee, and chocolate I think.
>>8627222
Nice trips! I'm not a big fan of this stuff anymore. It's not bad but I don't drink many IPAs and when I do I want them to be extremely fruity. I'm drinking pic related right now. It's strong but tastes almost like fruit juice. Just had Evil Twin's brandy barrel Jesus stout. Not the best variation but good. Their Molotov Cocktail is another one of my favorite IPAs.
>>8627234
>pepper
>coffee
>chocolate
Congratulations you discovered the milkshake of the beer world now kill yourself
>>8627213
I like the taste, I even get non-alcoholic beer sometimes.
>>8627234
Sounds like picrelated, tasted good but quickly went to the bathroom after drinking a couple. Wouldn't classify as good beer but a good drink to try out.
>>8627245
>the milkshake of the beer world
I guess you could call stouts that, though it would be more appropriate to apply it to milk stouts...
This stuff is really good, but its kind of expensive.
Rhinegeist Sun King and Madtree Identity Crises. Both are pretty decent. I made some black and tans out of the last couple of cans. Worked out very well.
>>8627260
>Rhinegeist
>MadTree
>Cincyfag detected
Moved away after college myself. Haven't had either in a couple years now. I do miss them both but prefer Rhinegeist myself.
Patrician: enjoying all beers and being enlightened enough to know that they all have their place, even cheap normalfag light beers.
Plebmaximus: getting angry or feeling any emotion at all when somebody else enjoys a beer that you don't like, especially a beer that you don't like because of stupid memes like IPA or milk stout
>>8627318
Pisswater macro lagers don't "have their place"...
>>8627286
you aren't missing much in cincy besides over the rhine getting cleaned up quite a bit. I don't care much for Madtree but Rhinegeist is great. This sun king is pretty good. I actually live in Huntington, WV and theres this new place in town that has a beercade and makes their own in house beer I have yet to try.
>>8627259
Everyone's always riding Gulden's dick but I much prefer his brother Piraat.
>>8627328
t. never hosted a party for kids
You're going to let these shits drink your expensive beer? Just give them cheap shit beer they won't even know a difference.
>>8627334
i love beer a lot but holy fuck these pictures are the *tips fedora* of the beer world
1000 hours in paint
>>8627318
I've been drinking nice beers for about six years now and only in the last year or so did I understand the joys of stuff like High Life and Budweiser. Some beers are simply trash but a few macros are good and when you want to drink all day without spending $50 that's what you buy.
>>8627328
You'll get there one day, kiddo. *winks*
>>8627425
How fucking autistic are you? Google "Piraat beer" and it's nothing but these pictures; what else would it be?
You want a picture of Maginot line fortifications circa 1937 while I wax poetic about Delirium Tremens?
Drinking a Tropical Torpedo. It seems a little too subtle for it to be named that. Still good though since Torpedo is a good base beer. It's also dirt cheap at 8.99 a sixer in Southern California.
>>8627197
It's good but it's a bit expensive. Especially considering there are better cheaper milk stouts. They're not nitro but whatever.
>>8627222
>a beer from across a country is still fresher than any of Firestone Walkers IPAs even though they're less than two hours away
I hate that.
>>8627449
I like that pilsners and good lagers are becoming more popular. Sometimes I don't want my enamel stripped off by hops.
New to drinking beer, I picked some of this stuff up because I saw it in another thread and it was really good.
>>8627197
This is good. Wake Up Dead is better.
>>8628400
Congratulations, you started with the best beer in existence, it's all down hill from here.
>>8628418
This
>>8627197
anyone else an ayinger fan?
i prefer this and their hefe
>>8628377
It might be due to it being unpasteurized? Not sure, but yeah they always taste pretty fresh.
Nitrogen beers taste flat to me. Especially the ones that have the widget in the can. I can't even drink Guinness unless it's on tap.
>>8628935
i'd drink celebrator every day if it wasn't hard to find and $16 for 4 beers
The last great beer I tried was probably this one, it turned me on to Innis & Gunn in general even though they stopped selling this stuff after Christmas. Fucking tasty though.
>>8629167
same
>>8629172
>spiced rum
only shitty rum is spiced, but kudos on the porter selection
>>8629195
I agree, but the flavour is a great finish on the beer.
>>8627224
Baltika 6 is king
>>8627449
>one day you'll grow up and start drinking bud
Kek. I'm in my 30's, am "technically" in recovery, and still spend most days drinking without batting an eye about spending decent money on alcohol - just move on to liquor after you've had 2-3 nice beers, dum dum.
Life's too short to waste a drink on a shitty macro lager, let alone spend an entire day torturing yourself by forcing down a case of that dirty dish water. I'm an admitted alcoholic and I couldn't possibly drink that stuff fast enough to get a tinge of a buzz, and with the taste doing nothing but making me want to vomit, I don't see myself ever coming around.
>>8627197
Here is my beer trophy
>>8629246
Actually I'm usually drinking a can High Life after every one or two good beers and it still makes the difference between drinking $30 in a day and drinking $50. It's one of the few macro beers I can enjoy and it keeps my taste buds from getting burnt out from malts or hops.
Pic #2
Westy 12 from my trip to Belgium. Lives up to the hype
>>8629246
>beer before liquor
I can't do that, I piss the bed every time
>>8627205
The "Stop liking what I don't like" kid is mocking someone else's tastes...
Not OP, but I'm 40, and I love a good stout. If anything IPAs are the meme beer.
My recent favorite is Founder's Backwood Bastard Scotch Ale. 11.2 ABV. I'm going to be sad when the keg runs dry. It has a very rich scotch flavor to it that manages to not taste forced like most liquor barrel aged beers I've had. Prior to that I was loving Big Bad Baptist Stout.
>>8629246
I'm 40, and also a functioning alcoholic. Personally, I head to the few good taphouses in town early in the night and drink some good high-end stuff for a few hours. At 9, one of them starts doing 3 dollar Irish Carbombs. I'll do a few of those with my friends, and then switch to Coors Light for the rest of the night at the local live music venue to maintain for the rest of the evening. 32 ounce tall boys for 3 bucks saves my wallet. There is the occasional shot mixed in there as people in my usual group insist that it's shot time. It's what I get for hanging out with a bunch of people in their 20's. Basically my nieces, nephews, and their crew try to mesh with us old townie drunks, and I have to drink with both groups.
The burdens of being popular.
>>8629278
>>8629292
OH MY
>>8629218
Not him but 6 porter? GOAT fucking beer.
Am I a pleb if I like pretty much any beer so long as it's not weak and watery? Anything full flavoured, whether it's amber or pitch black generally tastes decent to me.
>>8629278
>>8629292
Holy shit anon, did you go to the brewery?
>>8630366
>>8630586
bought it illegally in brussels, it was by far the most incredible quad ale I've ever had. Definitely top 5 beer experience if not #1. Banana bread notes, rich beautiful plum, brown sugar, cherry liqueur, dark bread. St Bernardus 12 but imagine rarified and distilled into its purest essence so the flavor is more intense and balanced immaculately. Drank it with my dad and was just speechless. I don't know if I'm hyping it up in my head or it truly deserves the praise I'm giving it, but it goes down in my books as one of the very best things I've ever drank
>>8627245
Honestly this is how I feel as well about stouts. There is no character to them. It's just a race to who can make it taste the most like a chocolate milkshake. It's disgusting and unskilled.
>huge chewy chocolate with coffee notes
>big big dark fruits
>>8630622
to be fair, this is true of most beers. Doesn't matter if you're drinking a belgian lambic or an irish stout. People are always going to try new shit, because basic flavors have more or less already been perfected with slight flavor variances by company. I like to see what people come up with. Like Stone Xocaveza. It's basically a ridd on Mexican Hot Chocolate. It manages to not be overly sweet or cloying, just light hints of it. I really dig it. Am I going to order it with Shepherd's pie? Hell no. But it's certainly not something to throw out of my rotation. I'm for variety. If you don't love something, cool. don't drink it. But other people are going to have different tastes. I mean, telling someone to kill themselves because they have a different palate? How big of a fucking douchbag do you have to be to think like that. How insecure in your manhood are you that you have to deride someone's tastes because they don't want your "manly" notion of what a beer should be?
>>8630658
Nigga I was following you until the last half of your rant. Where exactly did I tell anyone to kill themselves or call manhood into any of this. All I said was I don't like stouts
With that said, you should kill yourself if you drink that trash. Beta liberal fuccbois
>>8630658
go home youre drunk
>>8630622
You stated that you you feel the same as >>8627245
>Congratulations you discovered the milkshake of the beer world now kill yourself
So are you saying you don't agree with him? you don't show it with the "trash" statement. All I'm getting is salt. All I'm saying is, beer is awesome because it is an open canvas to experiment with. Every once in awhile, a brewery makes fucking gold out of something I would never expect to work. Try everything. When you use this "fuccbois" shit I realize I'm discussing something I love with a 20 something twat trying to be manly. Grow the fuck up, kid. There's more to this world than your narrow view and what some fucking imageboard told you is manly.
>>8630677
I'm at home, and always drunk.
>tfw not really into beer but want to like it
I'm not really into hoppy beers/IPAs. I've had a couple stouts I thought were okay, though. Where should I go next with beer? What stouts/porters should I try?
>>8631419
IPAs are the Starbucks latte of beer. Lots of overpowering nonsense to mask the taste of what you're really drinking. No shame in thinking little of that.
I'd tell you to just do what I do and try something new every time you hit the store.
>>8631504
Fair enough not to like IPAs but don't make up bullshit like
>Lots of overpowering nonsense to mask the taste of what you're really drinking.
to justify it
>>8627197
Had this when I visited the US, enjoyed very much. I thought nitro was a meme but it poured a beautiful frothy perfect head straight out of the bottle. One of the nicest looks I've seen.
Had pic related yesterday, was very good but a bit old by the time it got to me. Lots of nice red wine/brandy notes.
Taking a break from beer because hoppy stuff always leaves me stuffy and I need to see if it's causing some gnarly eczema on my fingers. I might be allergic :( but hoping it's something else.
>>8627213
Some beers, like Guinness draughts, legitimately taste good, though.
>>8631504
>Lots of overpowering nonsense to mask the taste of what you're really drinking.
This is the stupidest thing I ever heard in regards to complaints about drink. Do you want to taste raw alcohol or something?
Virtually every drink sold and enjoyed for the taste has ingredients added to make them taste better.
>>8631646
Yeah because non-IPAs are pure alcohol, dipshit.
Just had pic related and a (very) local brew at my local tap house, along with some tacos.
Always a nice choice.
Now sitting down with a DfH Beer for Breakfast Stout, about to watch the president make a giant ass out of himself once again. Might need to hit the vodka after this.
>>8631670
>Yeah because non-IPAs are pure alcohol, dipshit.
Work on your shitposting.
>>8631639
The bud light of europe
>>8631699
It's not shitposting if I happen to point out that IPA is a teabag of hops and pot pourri masquerading as beer.
>>8627224
I tried Baltika on a whim a few days ago.
Far from perfect, but it was more than good enough for the price.
Lost forty double IPA currently. It's a brew local to Arkansas.
I know I'll get shit on for enjoying IPAs, but I don't really care. I enjoy lots of different styles of beer, and IPA is one of them.
It's not the best beer ever, it might even be a guilty pleasure, but I have fond memories of this beer.
>>8631750
What meme? It's bitter water, but looks pretty
>>8631767
Have you tried one? It tastes a bit like chocolate and cream.
Hey you faggots
Had this one on tap today, pleasantly surprised since prior New Belgium beers have failed to really stand out much to me.
Not crazy about dark lagers but this was brettygud
Strangest place. Number 6 had pu-er in it.
>>8631946
>I don't like this brewery or style of beer much, but thought this was good
I don't know if I should seek or avoid it after that recommendation
>>8631965
Oops, number 5 I mean.
>>8631965
>Ibu
what the fuck, did someone get traumatized by something dryhopped?
>>8631965
The dirt-flavored pu-er, or the actual good kind?
>>8627234
I can only imagine what the beer shits are going to be like in the morning.
Going to grab a 4-pack of my usual pic related in a bit.
>>8631419
>Where should I go next with beer? What stouts/porters should I try?
You can go Belgian with a nice Tripel or Quad, or give Saisons a shot as well.
Stouts to try:
>Left Hand Wake Up Dead Nitro
>Great Divide Yeti/Oatmeal Yeti
>Blvd. Dark Truth
>Founder's Breakfast Stout or KBS if they have it
>North Coast Old Rasputin (My personal favorite)
If you get them when they're fresh, then annual Stone's RIS and SN Narwhal are good as well.
>>8631695
From the DfH site:
>A stout tricked out with all sorts of breakfast ingredients including Guatemalan Antigua cold press coffee, Maple syrup harvested from Western Massachusetts and for the quintessential Delaware breakfast touch - Rapa Scrapple and their secret blend of spices
>2-row Applewood smoked barley, Kiln Coffee malt, Flaked oats, Roasted barley, Caramel malt along with additions of Molasses, Milk Sugars (lactose), Brown Sugar, Roasted Chicory lay the foundation for this malty, breakfast-themed concoction. Enjoy huge notes of coffee in the nose and savory layers in the flavor
Well... I can say I've tried it. I guess I can now say that I've tried scrapple too.
just celebrated my 21st birthday with family.
had a hacker pschorr with my steak dinner. it was pretty good.
was gifted a bottle of Chimay premiere ale which I shared with said family. that was pretty great.
how did /ck/ celebrate your 21st birthday?
>>8632197
>how did /ck/ celebrate your 21st birthday?
my father and I split a 21 year old Thomas Hardy's
>>8627197
Turning 21 next week at the end of my spring break, but my podunk hometown only has dive bars and a GrowlersUSA. Im pretty used to beer already, so any of yall have experiences there? Ive got one friend thats still 20, will they let him in?
>>8632216
that sounds cool and thoughtful.
say, why do some beers age well and others go to trash?
this might sound like a newfag question, which I am to beer, obviously.
Been going through a 4 pck of this stuff. Super yummy. Also literally tried a Kirkland double bock from Costco lmfao. It was a little better than I had expected tbf.
>>8632384
Ipa tasted like soap though, do not go near it.
>>8631785
Yes. It tasted like bitter water.
atleast ive got some real beer.
t. german.
>>8633092
What's a fake beer?
>>8633092
I'm surprised they still let you have beer since you're all Muslim now
>>8633080
not an argument faggot
>>8630277
Have you tried the "Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout"? Personally, I enjoy it quite a bit.
This is a local beer, it's pretty dang good.
Been on a huge boddingtons kick lately. One of my favorite imports.
>>8633575
I have a bottle of that from last years release aging till april. Shit's gonna nice.
>>8630277
The backwoods is extremely good, do you like any of Avery brewings bourbon barrel stuff?
>>8633805
I had bourbon barrel tweak on tap at a pizza place near me a few weeks ago. It's good but I'd really love to have it aged to ease up the boozey flavor. I've only had a few from that series from avery. I think tweak makes the third. Had Rumpkin which was fucking awful then had Mephistopheles and really liked it.
>>8633561
I'm not arguing. I'm letting you know that it's bitter water. Get extra stout instead
>>8633894
>everyone tastes things the same way i do
>>8633822
Yes I have a bottle of the tweak sitting in the basement. Never tried rumpkin, I will steer clear of that for sure. Pumpkin beers are always shit tbf. Horrible combo. I tried the vanilla bean stout on draft recently and I enjoyed it. Suffers from being a little too sweet.
>>8633911
Anyone who's had a real stout or any other dry stout will tell you that draught is shit. The only ones I know to defend the stuff are the Irish and the wannabe irish.
>>8634753
Not an argument.
>>8633798
tastes alright, fairly bland. Not very popular here, at least in the South.
>>8634765
Still not arguing.
>>8634774
>say someone is wrong
>not arguing tho lol
>>8634786
Where did I say you were wrong?
>>8635029
Not an argument.
>>8635071
Never was
>waiting for GSO to deliver my rare barrel shipment
wish these cunts would hurry it up
Having this now. Not too bad
>>8632384
>Weyerbacher Insanity
There's been some sitting untouched at my local place for awhile, haven't bothered trying it yet, but I'll give it a shot.
Drinking pic related.
Anybody try pic related?
I've tried a habanero IPA, which is good only in moderation, but I'm reluctant for a sriracha stout.
great lakes region > new england > colorado > north west > california > rest of the east coast > rest of america
prove me wrong
>>8636395
for beers? i think new england and the pnw are some of the best spots in america, i think it mostly has to do with population. more people = more hipsters = more microbrews. tho desu if yuengling were available everywhere that's all i would drnk.
Just had the Satin Solitude from Central Waters.
it was pretty good/decent, didn't blow my socks off.
>>8636427
gotta get thos anniversary beers son. The rest of the lineup wont dissapoint tho.
managed to grab hold of these at wholefoods, of all places
>>8636527
not an argument
>>8636446
anniversary beers?
I generally have high expectation for Central Waters stouts because their barrel aged stuff is delicious
>>8631532
There are many, many beers that use hops as a band-aid though.
>>8636169
Yeah it's fine. Not very hot but then neither is sriracha. Overpriced though (at least here).
>>8636395
Colorado and the great lakes are tied for best with NE barely behind, the northwest trailing a bit and California is in the trash can with the rest of the country and especially the south.
>>8627318
this, to be quite honest my guys
yeah, its fairly overhyped, but I've drunk it enough on porter flights that I've come to enjoy it
>>8637308
>overhyped
the person I've seen drink or even mention this beer was the drunk chef on YouTube
>>8637339
The only person*
>>8628400
Fuck me, I got ridiculously smashed a year ago with these.
>>8631625
>Taking a break from beer because hoppy stuff always leaves me stuffy and I need to see if it's causing some gnarly eczema on my fingers. I might be allergic
Allergies suck. One night I was eating/drinking a bunch of new things, and all of a sudden I looked down and my hands were red and swollen. I have no idea what caused it--the oatmeal stout I was drinking or something else. I should probably go through and try everything individually to see what it was.
Having some of the best beer in the U.S.A. Weldwerks juicy bits, and it was free because I work here cheers faggots!
Broke college kid reporting in
>feelsbadman.jpeg
I can't wait to go home for spring break and raid my dad's beer collection :-)
>>8639661
>Broke college kid reporting in
I know that feel, brother. Can't wait to have access to delicious cider once I get back home tomorrow.
>>8639467
Weldwerks legitimately makes some of the best beer I've ever had, but Greeley smells like actual cow shit. I don't know how you do it.
>>8627213
I used to be on your line, then I bought a pack of this. I down the shit like candy, peanut butter flavor comes through so strong. Local too, and 6% ABV.
>>8640233
This sounds like it would fire on all my taste buds but it can't ship to South Carolina! :(
I just came here to say that if you like Founder's I fucking hate you for contributing to the retardation of my hometown.
>>8640875
ur welcome
>>8640875
Sounds like you were a retard well before people started drinking Founders.
>>8640485
Are you close to Fort Mill? Frugal Macdoogal sells Terrapin's Liquid Bliss around this time of year, it's like drinking a reese's cup.
Had this recently, definitely in the my personal top 5
>>8640233
Why is this wonderfulness only available in the midwest?
>>8640875
Anytime
Mikkeller evening tonight as i got a package of different ones.
Started out with the ipa. It reminds me alot of the Focal Banger but softer and easier going. Best ipa so far from them!
"Tart pale ale", nah sour wheat ale is what it is, too much of the sour parts though!
>>8641326
Thanks for the recommendation. The Total Wine nearest me carries it so I will go pick up a batch today.
>>8641468
Because Midwest is best West.
The only stout in the package but boy what an stout. Very intense coffee of the espresso kind in conjunction with nice roasted malts and some sweet choco tones in the back.
How hard is KBS to get in the US? It was released earlier today in Sweden and there's still almost 3000 bottles available, I could buy 50 of them if I felt like it.
>>8639379
That's what I'm kind of doing now, but I should really get tested and see if I can narrow down what it is. I really hope it's not beer though... :(
>>8640233
To each their own, but I can't stand beers that directly smell overtly like chocolate/vanilla/coffee/peanut butter. I don't mind beers that play with herb/tea additions though.
>>8641648
>>8641926
>>8642208
Where are you located? I know Mikkeller distributes to a ton of places, but we don't get them where I am because of regulations. I was in Copenhagen a few years ago and I loved trying the breweries there. I was mostly trying the IPA/APA/session beers because I wasn't into many other styles back then but I clearly remember seeing one of the beer geek varieties and not going for it, regret.
Next one to the block was this berliner, not an style i care alot about in general and with Omnipollo killing it with the style i can not fel anything less than disappointment with this one!
>>8642268
Sweden but i get my distribution from denmark so the mikkeller stuff gets out there quite fast!
>>8627197
I do have a general question for all who lurk. Do any of you feel the craft beer IPA scene is bullshit?
I do not find IPA's to be pleasant at all and I know there exists a bunch of people who enjoy a high IBU for some odd reason. My argument is that it seems akin to the hot sauce business. How many hot sauces have been made that boasted the burn but aside from mouth rape had anything redeemable in the way of flavor? With IPA's it seems a goal is to make a beer as hopy and bitter as possible with maybe the taste of pine underlying it all in an effort to claim the "MANLY BEER" title.
Or am I just to far removed from neanderthals to get it?
Pictured is the skyline in my city of Charleston
>>8642330
Let me clue you into the only style of IPA worth giving a shit about: Northeast/Vermont style IPAs. Juicy, delicious and flavorful.
Post beers you can only enjoy 100% cold.
Pic relate its as long as it stays cold its nice but fuck does the flavor go downhill as it gets warmer
>>8642358
I can't get Northeast US beers even though I live in fairly close proximity, but my local brewery does a Vermont style IPA that is absolutely killer and may be my #1 of all time. No wonder the style is so renowned.
>>8642330
Some people are much more sensitive to bitterness than others, so you may find it overwhelming whereas someone else can taste the fruity, citrus, herbal, piney, or whatever other flavors of the hops. I legitimately enjoy a lot of different IPAs including high IBU ones.
>>8642639
>can taste the fruity, citrus, herbal, piney, or whatever other flavors of the hops
This. People who say all IPA's just taste like pine are full of shit. There are different kinds of hops and they all taste/smell different.
IPA's aren't at all like hot sauces where it's just about making things as bitter as possible and acting macho or some bullshit. The hops add a complexity to the beer, and when you get in to doubles, triples, and quads, you can get a really big beer that's really complex but still maintains a balance between the hops and malts.
Not to be a dick, but people tend to appreciate and not get overwhelmed by bitter flavors as they get older.
>>8642668
There's also the issue of freshness, those more delicate flavors and smells fall of really quickly in a lot of cases so an old IPA can be pretty bad.
>>8642226
You usually have a day or two to snag some bottles, but after that it's gone til next year
>>8642677
>falling for the brew dog meme
>>8642694
Meh, it's the only IPA in my local tesco express and it was £6 for four, fight me
>>8642676
Absolutely.
I often get the feeling that people who don't like IPA's have only had them past the fresh by date. The difference between fresh and flat is night and day.
>>8642668
>Not to be a dick, but people tend to appreciate and not get overwhelmed by bitter flavors as they get older.
I'm already pushing my mid 30s, dont see much progress in the way of taste kid
Got these bad boys in my fridge. Already had one of the Orvals, pure liquid sex juice.
>>8642694
Brewdog beers are perfectly fine lad
Sure they're a bit commercial and might not be exceptional but their wide distribution and low price compared to other craft beers make them an attractive option for the discerning alcoholic. They're basically the Sierra Nevada of Bongland.
First sour I've come across so I had to try it
>>8643642
Yeah, but the good thing is breweries are evolving. Sure, they keep the silly IPA'S for the kids, but many are doing Alts, Kolsch, Bocks, Trippels, Wits, Dunkels, Oktoberfests, and Stouts.
You're on a kindergarten beer board right now, where these children have tasted babby's first homebrew - the ubiquitous IPA, which they have no idea of the derivation. They believe it developed spontaneously in their hometown.
>>8642330
IPAs arent my favorite but there are a few i do enjoy drinking.
I used to work at a liquor store PT a few months back and the beer experts there (it was a large well stocked store and the guys in charge of the beer coolers knew dozens and dozens of beers intimately) said while people have been knocking on the IPA boom for years, that it is still the largest growth sector/genre er whatever of beer.
>>8643942
I want to steal your fridge. Trappists Rochefort are delish (ive had 6, 8 and 10). like 8$ a bottle tho dam
>>8644059
>it is still the largest growth sector/genre er whatever of beer
It doesn't take an expert to figure that out.
>>8627259
If you like licorice ( i do ) its great.
>>8642330
I think you already made up your mind, and even though you've probably tried one or two that you didn't find bad at all, or even enjoyed, you convinced yourself you hate the entire style anyway.
Or you tried one shitty one and made up your mind off that single beer.
>>8642330
The best IPAs aren't just hop bombs, they have complexity to them. For west coast IPAs this means citrus and pines needles, for east coast it means dank, tropical juiciness. Then you have other breweries including ones outside the US who experiment with other flavours entirely. It's all about the craft, bra.
Hey guys I was just wondering; do you grow accustomed to beer or is it something you should like from the get go? Just turned 21 and I've had a couple of beers like PBR, Heineken, blue moon and Bud lite and the only thing I can think of drinking a whole lot is Bud lite. How do you all get past the bitterness?
>>8645090
Drink blonde ales and belgians
>>8645090
Develop a refined palatte by trying many different styles and makes of beer. for God's sake don't just stick to lagers.
I only drink guiness, red stripe, japanese beers, this ale from my hometown
Hate euro pilsner shit
Whisky is my jam
>>8627247
That's a good point though. If all beers became non alcoholic, people would hate them. Why would I want to drink bitter water?
>>8645104
>develop a refined palate
You mean continue the mental gymnastics until you like beer.
>>8645174
I would buy non alcoholic beer if it was halfway decent. For now I just buy some 4% shit for when I want a beer but don't want to catch any sort of buzz
This shit is better than some of the meme stouts that I've tried and way cheaper at $5 a bomber. It's not overly fancy or anything but it has a wonderfully thicc mouthfeel and rich malt, chocolate, and coffee notes. Sure it's no Old Rasputin or Expedition but it still pulls its weight. Underrated imo.
>>8645349
I feel the same about pic related desu
Plentiful, well-rounded and just comfy to drink
>>8642330
It entirely depends on the IPA I think. I've had some that were entirely repugnant and some that were crisp and refreshing. The rule of thumb is just to stray away from the overly hop memePAs and find one that isn't too flashy. Same thing with these quadruple chocolate espresso cherry cinnamon chili stouts. Fuck that shit. Just give me something that's balanced and not a drinkable meme. Something that tastes like fucking beer.
>>8645355
Good taste my melanin enriched brother. Guinness is still one of the best stouts, especially in Europe and fresh from the tap. Like a coffee milkshake. The extra stout is a good substitute for the tap though.
>>8629278
>>8630366
>>8630586
Bought two bottles this summer, have one left sitting in my basement waiting for a special occasion. Agree with >>8630621 def a special exoperience, St. Bernadus 12 will get you nearly there but there's a little something extra.
>>8642677
me 2 buddy, bit of a meme but good
>>8627234
You like that? You have to try this
Drinking this right now. It tastes overwhelmingly of toffee. I feel like I'm drinking candy.
This is good albeit expensive.
>>8647822
It's $9 for a 6-pack where I live, one of the cheaper craft ipas actually
>>8647842
Not technically an IPA?
>>8647822
Is this any good? How does it compare to the two hearted standard?
>>8647862
Sumpin' is smoother, less flavor on the front end. Heart has more flavor, guess it depends on what you are looking for.
>tfw you developed an allergy to my dark beers
>>8647920
>*tfw developed
Gotta one gallon batch of "The Innkeeper" from NB going.
>>8647850
What makes it "not technically an IPA?"
>>8627197
I homebrew! Last batch I made was a Black Rock pale ale, next time I'll be trying out their miner's stout. I want to try brewing a darker, less hoppy beer at some point, too - not sure what brand I'll go for though.
>Cheap
>Fun to brew
>Feels good to come home to a tub of beer fermenting away
>Bottling can be a fun thing to do with friends
>Sampling it after it's had a chance to ferment in-bottle is a great excuse to get some buddies together for a party
>People love to try out your new homebrews if they know yours aren't shit
>Can offer homebrews in return for favours (ie if somebody lends you a tool, drop a pack of homeberws off on their doorstep
>Meet new people who also brew
10/10, great hobby. Would highly recommend.
asked a bartender to surprise me
she did just the with a james Page casper white stout
tasted like white chocolate. thinking this was just my mind playing tricks on me, hearing the word stout and white together I used a blind subject who concurred
was really tasty and will probably have again
>>8627239
>transmigration of souls
wat
>>8642330
IPAs are to beer as Espresso is to coffee: many people drink it simply because they enjoy it but there are a massive number of """people""" who engage in [autistic screeching] over it (for any number of reasons) and who should all be gassed for the good of the industry.
>American booze
I fucking hate this board!
>>8648712
cry harder faggot
>>8648714
>Can't detect sarcasm
Foodfags are right simpletons!
>>8648712
>People willingly drink this swill
>>8648723
>Keep sipping down your ipa 1/2 pint.
>>8648726
>assuming
>>8648730
>Knowing
I never had an Asian beer that I really liked before. They were either boring or just okay at best but I absolutely love this one.
>>8627425
what does tips fedora mean in this context
are the beer pictures edgy, or pretend intellectual?
>>8648749
nice. I picked up the white ale on a whim and I'm looking forward to trying it.
>>8648674
Agreed. I'm actually one of those people who hates coffee, and I'm actually autistic too. But I don't get upset about other people liking things I don't like because that's not autistic, that's just being an asshole. No one wants to hang out with a guy who criticizes your every move because it's not what he would do.
Oddly enough, even though I hate both coffee and dark chocolate, I've found that I really enjoy dark beers that have the tastes of both of those. Go figure.
>>8648749
>has an owl on it
I'm sold.
(I'm not the only one who will eat/drink things just because there's something cute on the front of it, right?)
>>8646367
This and old rasputin are the only stouts I'll crave from time to time
>>8649684
Fuck no. There was some beer posted here awhile ago that had a little moon and it was some witchcraft based name. It was pretty kawaii
>>8633798
a very cozy beer.
i'm drinking pic related right now..
i like red ale.
>>8627197
Rolling Rock Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Probably the best IPA I've ever had, but then again I'm a simple man. A little expensive though definitely worth it.
>>8628377
i got a 6pack of tropical torpedo at 711 today because of this post, i hadnt heard of it before and torpedo is probably my favorite beer
i was surprised by how sweet it was at first, then by the end of the first beer i couldnt taste anything anymore. i like it though
>>8651125
I haven't seen that around. Furious is what I see most often, and sometimes their Cynic Ale. I'll have to see if I can find it.
any opinions on asahi?
>>8651242
All of surlys stuff is good. I actually buy their hell over everything else. Cheaper and so damn good in the summer
>>8651267
Japanese macrobrews are nothing special. Except for Sapporo's wonderful tall can, that is.
If you've never tasted one of these, especially Puntigamer and Gösser, you should end your life immediately
>>8653134
But Gösser is Oettinger tier Plörre
Even for Austrian standarts
Rather nice curiosity I picked up today. Fruity, hoppy aroma but flavor was actually rather round and cozy.
>>8653168
Austrian beer isn't bad at all though.
The only better beers I could name are Czech beers
>>8653168
Puntigamer is good though, that's why it's the most popular beer in Schnitzelland
>>8627224
>~10 brands of beer
This week or what?
>>8653504
Kek. I just realized I could start untapped on my computer (no smart phone) last Tuesday, the 28th, and so far I have 17 uniques.
>>8627197
>nitro milk stout
Litterally Left Hand's worst beer. Not ever stout has to be like Guinness you fag.
>>8627213
>I still drink beer to get wasted
what are you, 14?
Having a La Guillotine later today.
>>8627259
They don't even sell that bottle here, only the small one. I love Gulden Draak too, the original over the 9000 ofc.
>>8627334
Idk i think the alcohol stands out on the Piraat too much compared to something like the Gulden Draak's for me, i like high ABV when you almost don't notice the high ABV.
Delirium does it right.
Do you guys keep the bottle caps or bottles for collection or something?
Had one of these earlier on.
Very nice indeed, they sell them at posh hotels and golf clubs and whatnot.
>>8653561
Nitro milk stout is pretty good m8. Did you just get into stouts or something and bash the weaker abv ones?
>>8653553
What's your username? I love new untappd friends.
Last beer I had at home was a 4pk of canned Guiness. The head tastes wonderful but the beer itself is disappointingly watery and weak in alcohol. The little dingus inside the can is neat.
I'll just stick to cheap lagers I guess.
Having this right now. Not Bad. I had a Winter IPA from Faction Brewing and and Orderville from Modern Times last night, and those were both pretty amazing.
Been trying to be able to distinguish all the most common hops.
>>8654419
Try some imperial stouts if you want something that isn't weak and watery
Not much variety in my local supermarket, this, a few shitty other imported beers, and the local brand which is good but boring.
This shit was really good
Bonus points for owl
>>8627197
Those are delicious. Pic related is one of my personal favorites although I haven't had it in a while.
>>8654510
Now having a scrapple infused stout.
Figured I'd give this a try. Nothing great a decent drinker.
Drinking some Mosaic Dry Hopped Sue its really great, really glad I happened to find some at the grocery store
Don't know shit about beer but since this seems to be the stout thread what do you guys think of Dragon's Milk? Picked some up on a recommendation and really enjoying it.
HEY YOU GUYS
>>8655260
Dude that shit is great, I got if off tap once and it was easily one of the best stouts I've ever had.
Can't get it where I am though, sucks dick living in a country that doesn't have much interest in good beer.
>>8651267
It's a good drinker, crisp, but nothing special, try Kirin megumi if you can find that for a good jap beer.
>>8646367
I got a free pack of about 16 of these but they were all spoiled or a year out of date...
How do anons feel about lost coast brewery. I live in the area, went on a tour their brewery the other day. Really like fog cutter and their Indica. They also have a great wheat beer they don't bottle
>>8655931
Dump them. It's not worth getting sick over
>>8649125
>>8652909
My local craft beer store doesn't have the white ale, unfortunately and as far as I know I'm the only one who regularly buys the red rice ale but maybe I can convince the owner to order some of the white ale.
>>8649684
I get what you mean. The owl made me try it despite the fact that I didn't have too positive experiences with Asian beer before.
>>8649684
>>8656112
Forgot the picture.
They also once stocked their ginger beer but I didn't like it as much.
>>8653643
Only the bottles that have especially nice designs and only if I really liked the beer.
Pic related is one of the bottles I kept.
I'm so alternative my shits are USDA organic.
>It tastes okay
>>8653134
Phew, I've tried Hofbrau Dunkel! I don't have to kill myself!
I don't care how plebeian it might be, but pic related may just be my favorite beer. It just tastes so good.
Got this home brew EKG first harvest ale.
You know how some folks like to claim that macros/pisswater is the perfect kind of beer for a hot summer day? This beer is like that to me, only not shit.
Much less fruity then the packaging would have you believe, and probably one of the few beers that is actually thirst-quenching.
>>8627197
>be murican
>fat and poor
>looking for something in storage room in basement
>find 10 year old case of bud light
>two beers and have massive buzz
Shitty aged beer is great.
>>8654419
Nigga, Guinness Draught is entry level. It doesn't mean you're supposed to end there.
>>8627213
Drink liquor you spaz.
>>8659438
Spirits taste even worse.
>>8651267
it sucked :^( worst 10$ ever
>>8627197
It takes so long to get drunk off beer it's ridiculous.
Maybe it's just my Irish liver, but it takes several beers to get me even buzzed.
I'll stick to liqueur, at least it does it's job in a much shorter amount of time.
>>8627197
Most beer just tastes like old man's fart to me.
>>8627230
I like the taste of high ABV beers.
>>8659418
i did marathon a can of kilkenny too and i didnt like that too so thats it for me
>>8659483
>Maybe it's just my Irish liver, but it takes several beers to get me even buzzed.
Do you think most people get a buzz after one or something?
>>8659483
It's probably just all the blubber that does it.
>>8659483
Why do you think drinking games that involve chugging multiple beers exist? Or bombs? No one but teenage girls actually get drunk off beer.
>>8627197
Sup cu/ck/s.
I'm an Amerifat and I'm gonna be in Berlin next week, are what are some good beers I'll only be able to try when I'm there?
>St. Bernardus Abt 12
>>8661145
Most of them. German beer is very regional. Some big names make it to the states, but most dont.
>>8661145
Tour your own country fatty. You live in the best beer land in the world. Germany a shit; this ain't 1932.
>>8661896
>indirectly insulting Franziskaner
>>8627197
Britbong here, love me a craft ale... looks like merifats only in this thread but if anyone's ever tried it, speckled hen is god tier for the price and the fact you can grab it in near any store
>>8661905
Weißbier is shit.
>>8659418
Guinness S U R G E R
Spotted Cow
One of the few redeeming elements to living in Wisconsin
>>8661896
i drink plenty of local beer, cunt
>>8655917
It's great. I'm pretty cheap though so $15 for 4 is a bit high, but definitely worth it.
I also tried another Imperial called Yeti, but didn't like it as much. Hops pls get out of my beer milkshake reee.
However one that I did enjoy was called Tip the Cow from Single Speed brewery. That one tasted just like coffee - not sweet, just not bitter.
Almost feels bad that stout season is just about over...
>>8627197
Kokanee is the best price/quality beer in existence.
I just got home with a 6 pack of this. Not very good. Tastes like nothing with a side of vomit. I was looking for something more like a wheat beer, I guess I should have read the label better. At least its 6.6%
>>8632008
Tastes like expired coffee.
>>8662433
It's fine, a bit too sweet for my tastes but for a mass produced beer it's up there.
>>8662433
Yeah man, Leffe is a joke, especially Blonde. The one that is tolerable is pic related, but there are better options for a price.