Beer general!

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I just got back from the grocery store and saw they had a "make your own 6 pack deal" so this is what I got. Haven't ever tried any of these before they might all be bad.

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>>8982057
Having one of these right now, pretty tasty.

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>>8982146
Having this sort of deal is dreamy to alot of people. If the beers are all good at that it is where we wish to be at!

>>8982178
First Westy 12 i had was mindblowing, second one i had was infected! The one that made the mark in my mind was sadly the second one, one of the worst beers i have ever tasted,

Had this one a couple of nights ago but still wanted to post it here as it was pretty special. Not a whole lot of chili heat to talk about, but the rest of the beer was fantastic. One of the top 10 stouts for me!

>>8982200
That sucks man. This is the second one I've had (last one was a few years ago) and this one is definitely better. The first one was in one of those exported 6 packs with the glasses and I don't think it was stored well during shipping (drank it in Japan). I'm in Belgium right now and there are numerous shops that sell them around here. Going to by 24 or so to take home with me.

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>>8982209
Even the monks screw their shit up at times i guess. Got two bottles when i picked the bad one up. It is marked best before 03.12.18 so this december! Probably will try it the coming fall and hope the other one was a faulty cap or something!

Had this one tonight as well, Very nicely done lower abv bourbon barrel stout!

how do you guys rank innis & gunn?

>>8982146

>ipa
>ipa
>fruit beer
>Pale Ale
>American Amber
>ipa

You wasted half of your deal with shitty ipas which probably taste exactly like any other ipa "muh hop explosion".

And one with a fruit beer which will likely taste bad.

My god, americans have such a bad taste for beer.

>>8982482
Purple Haze isn't amazing but it's not a bad beer.

So you don't like IPAs. Cool. Other people do.

I'm not even that anon btw. He probably lives in the PNW where 75% of the beer on the shelf is a damn IPA.

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>>8982482
>>8982560
I actually just turned 21 a month ago and know nothing about beer and wanted to try some stuff. The first anon was right, he IPAs were mostly the same except the Hi-wire stuff was actually really terrible. My favorite was red bridge then the sugar creek then purple haze. All of those were actually pretty nice, now i know IPAs aren't for me. Back to my modelo

>>8982612
I know there are there are way too many IPAs and a lot aren't great, but the bubble will burst and the extra fluff will go away. Sadly it's the same thing with breweries themselves. Back in the early 2000s there were only so many microbreweries, now they are everywhere. Unfortunately, I think supply exceeds demand, as anyone with a homebrew kit, that has friends that like their beer, starts a brewery.

Well knowing nothing about beer (as you said) and being 21 for a month, I put little stock in your tastes for beer(no offense). I'm 35 (this month) and have been drinking craft beer since around 2000.

Maybe you're right with those beers though, I can't say as I've only had the Purple Haze, Red Bridge (wasn't impressed at all), and the Apocalypse.

Happy Birthday anon!

>>8982643
Oh its fine, I probably wouldn't put much stock in my taste if I had your experience.

It was my first time trying craft beer and over half of the beers were IPA so I figured that they had to be somewhat diverse. The IPAs were actually the worst out of all the things I got.
What are some craft beer you would recommend? But thanks!

>>8982670
Can you get beers from Bell's, Founders, Great Divide, Stone, Great Lakes breweries? Most of those are pretty solid.

Lots of good imports as well, Belgian ales, German wheat beers, etc.

I love IPAs but "love" would only apply to a handful. I can drink all kinds of them but my favorite would probably be Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

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I love Shiner but had never had this before, was in a family reunion 6 pack; was pretty good, little on the sweet side though.

Bought a 6 pack 2-3 weeks ago or so of New Belgium 1554 that I wasn't immediately impressed with but holy shitfuck is it good when heating spicy foods (which I've come to find happens with quite a few beers)

Are milk stouts a meme brew? I've been trying any I come across only to meet disappointment or a feeling of them just being ok.

>>8982687

Midwest fag detected

>>8982951
You need to recalibrate your fag detector. Lived on east and west coasts, as well as outside of the country.

>>8982146
10 barrel is bitchin, dont know any of the other ones

I made a thread on /v/ and everyone is mocking me.

>>>/v/378270372

Is dogfish head a meme?

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Had this last night and didn't really like it much. The alcohol wasn't well hidden and it wasn't complex like I expected. No where near Rochefort 8 for me.

Tonight I'm having difficulty choosing between an IPA, Session IPA, Belgian wheat, and a Gose. Freshness says I should go with the IPA/Session so I don't sit on them but it was a hot day and the wheat/gose seem appealing.

>>8982991
>IPA

You deserve all the mocking you get.

>>8982875
Never heard of a milk stout before, but after reading a short article describing them, what about them do you not like? Cause it might just be a personal preference/taste buds thing.

Definitely gonna try and find some next time I go to the grocery store or liquor store

>>8982991
Dogfish make some good stuff. 90 is one of their solid go-tos. All the RMS craft brew fags hate on any brewery that's been growing for a long time.

>>8983007
RMS?

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Picked this up last night after a tasting. Shit is gud.

Currently watching twin peaks.

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Just cracked this open and I was highly impressed.

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>>8983011
>RMS?
Literally the poster boy for autism.

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drinking this now that its in 12 packs. Decently priced and pretty good. Also tried Dankbot from Insight recently and it ruled. Any Minnesotafags out there?

>>8983056
DIdn't realize I was on /g/

>>8983091
Minnesotafag here. I work at a bottle shop. Really digging everything from Founders right now.

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>>8983093
>implying fa/g/s don't /ck/ even if it's just totinos in a toaster oven

>>8982847
Shiners holiday cheer sucked. I will never buy from them again

>>8983131
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of the holiday cheer either. Not a fan of their warm winter or IPA either. Doesn't mean they don't make good beer.

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>>8983091
Hello fellow Minnesotafag!

I recently tried this one from Surly, and it was fantastic.

>>8983042
Cincybro? You tried the Sabertooth?

I've been enjoying Pinner from Oskar Blues.

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Tried a few different beers this 'kend, all good desu. This one was my favourite. Can't wait to try some more from this brewery.

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Anyone else loving this?
About as cheap as piss water beer but actually good

Currently have on draft an American pale ale, 6%
A german style wheat IPA, bittered with euro hops, dry hopped with american hops pitched on a german wheat yeast cake that came out pretty good at 6.6%

Currently fermenting a belgian golden strong started at 65* F and ramping up to 82 over a week.

Also drinking on a case of 21st amendment hell or high watermelon, and a case of Lagunitas IPA

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>>8983796
My dad really liked Henry Weinhard's.

You know what happened to him? HE DIED!

>>8983788
I got one of those in my rucksack. Can recommend the others but I also got the märzen because it's been a while

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I really like this one.

What do you guys think about it?

>>8982200
I fucking love Evil Twin Brewing, I'm jealous you even got to try that one. Their stouts are so good, I love their Even More Jesus.

>>8984200
Solid Hefe, Franziskaner is the tits though. Hoegaarden is also delicious.

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>>8984200

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>>8982293
picture to incite replies

>>8982612

I'm the first anon. I never said I didn't like IPAs, like >>8982560 implied. Just like you tasted them, they are basically the same.

IPAs are just a bait for newfags who want to look cool. They have some hip logo and art on bootle, "hop explosion", but they are just the same taste all over the place and sometimes overly bitter because "lmao bitter beers for le beer lovers".

If you ever come back to this thread, I recommend you to try different styles. They actually taste different from each brewer and are actually complex.

>now i know IPAs aren't for me

No need to stop to drink IPAs. Just stop wasting all your money with them.

>>8982643

The thing is that IPAs are literally the easiest beer to brew. I know it because my cousin actually has a business with brewing and is actually earning some easy money by just brewing generic IPAs and some nice beers.

Needless to say, everyone drink the lame IPA, while the nicer styles are left untouched. Also, they take much more time to brew, almost as twice as IPAs, which take around 1 to 2 months.

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>>8984329

Holy crap, I never thought I'd find someone here who drank it before.

I had this one at my first time in the UK and honestly it tasted more like Cola than beer.

It was a nice experience and the beer came in a nice box. I wish I could buy more of it because it looks like a nice gift for people who don't really know about beer.

>>8984729
>innis & gunn is obscure
How old are you?

>>8984743

Hey, I'm just not from the UK. I heard from it for the first time when I went to London last year.

>>8984746
Neither am I, the closest I've been to the UK was about 35,000 feet flying to mainland Europe

But it's everywhere in the US and I'd have to assume mainland Europe as well, it's not like this is some obscure tiny producer

>>8984759

I'm from Portugal and living in the Netherlands. Never heard about it.

>>8984729
This is, without a doubt, the worst beer I have ever had. It is completely vile and undrinkable, like drinking vomit. Steel Reserve is 10x more tolerable.

>>8984785

It was the first time I drank a rum cask aged beer. Like I said, it tasted like Cola and not like beer at all, so I'm not really judging it as a beer.

>completely vile and undrinkable, like drinking vomit

Those are some rash words. It's not really that bad.

>>8983112
did you try that barrel aged double ipa? I almost bought a bottle but decided against it

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I'm drinking this ugly son of a bitch because I have a cold and can't taste anything complex anyway because it would be a waste of money and basically you're fucking stupid. How?
Watch this free video.

>>8982612
If I were you I'd make another attempt first... this time with 6 non-IPAs, non-APAs or non-Pale ales.

>>8982293
They range from odd to good. I like their Toasted oak IPA. There are worse crimes out there than drinking I&G IMO.

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rate my taste, bros

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>>8984986

Should be Heineken instead if you're a player, m8.

>>8982057
>general

>>8984886
ah cool

this isnt the first time i been drawn in by a nice looking label, so im glad its not money wasted

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>>8984986

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>>8983091
>>8983112
>>8983299

sup MN bubbas. Gonna drink this tomorrow night during hockey after fuckin around DT Mpls tomorrow afternoon

Does malt liquor count? What is the best cheap 40 oz? I've only tried King Cobra and it was bland but not bad.

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>>8985205
That shit rules. I've been killing this stuff since it came back. Hands down my favorite summer offering from any minnesota brewery. Schell's hefeweizen is my second choice.

Colorado > Great lakes = New England > Midwest > Mid-Atlantic >>>> West Coast

Seriously, fuck west coast beers.

>>8985418
The west coast can make anything really well, except ipas. I think Stone ipa is okay though.

>>8985502
It's everything else that's the problem, not their IPAs. They seemingly have no concept whatsoever of balance and use high-alpha hops in everything.

>>8985509
I feel the opposite. Everything I've had from Alesmith, Bootlegger, Stone, etc. that hasn't been an ipa has ranged from good to great. Every ipa I've had from any of them has had 0 balance like you said.
To be fair though, I haven't tried anything from the west coast in years now. I'll still buy Deschutes once in awhile though. The only thing I haven't cared for from them was sage fighter.

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>>8984795
Not the same poster as before, but yeah innis & gunn is pure shit, like that american water "beer" but with some weird atempt to get some flavour into it

>>8985212
it's always olde english

Picked up a 6 pack of this in cans. It's nothing mind blowing, but this is extremely refreshing on a hot day and it'll get you drunk. If I lived in colorado I'd buy it regularly.

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>>8986810
Oops.

>>8986680
I think it's probably a violation of open container laws, but the Olde English plastic bottles should fit on my bike's water bottle rack. It would be funny to post that in the "post your bike thread" >>>/n/pybt

Also, is Natty Ice the cheapest way to get drunk? I like chugging a 40 but with friends it would be a good option.

>>8986972
I think not some states have no law against open containers. I'm in IL and I think I can totally walk around drinking a 40 as long as I'm not visibly intoxicated

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Hey guys, I live in China but I'm from northern Indiana.

Has there been any buzz about Three Floyds lately? Not sure if I should make the trip to the brewery when I go back home in July.

Had this last year and it was pretty awful haha. Beijing has some decent breweries, though.

>>8983033
St petes is a go to

>>8987208
heady topper may be a meme, but it's the best meme I've ever had the pleasure to drink

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anyone tried this out yet?

I guess it's the new version of the SN summer pack

I tried the rye ipa yesterday and thought it was surprisingly good

>>8984710

That's just not true.

You have your English IPAs, which aren't extremely hoppy.

Then you have your west coast IPAs, which are generally the "hop explosion"

and then you have your east coast IPAs, which are a delightful combination of the malty English style and the hoppy West Coast style.

East Coast IPAs are my fav.

>>8987326
How's it measure to their ruthless rye? The other 3 are great beers. Not the biggest fan of their rye stuff though

>>8985033
That subtle taste of plastic, corn syrup and stamp glue is classy as fuck.

>>8987326
I haven't bought from them ever since i found out it was a Jewish owned company.

>>8987337
Don't reply to anti-IPA hipsters.

>>8987827
Why does it matter

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Just some good solid German beer.

>>8988617
Did you freeze it?

>>8984839
See
>>8987219
It is better than this years kbs by a long shot

>>8983112
They have centenial in your shop northwoodsfriend?

>>8988758
No shit? It sounded like another money grab using barrels to me, but I was still curious if it'd work well or if it'd be another lizard of koz. If there are still some bottles left on Tuesday I'll snag one

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pretty gud

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It's ok

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Just bought a six pack. Good shit.

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P good

>>8988617
That looks like watery piss...

>>8990225
I dump a shot of vodka in mine to take it further

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>>8982057
Having pic related right now, really enjoying it.

>>8987234

Agreed. Just speaking frankly, I hate people who go to Vermont and buy their weight in the same meme beers everyone goes there to get, just to take pictures of it and flaunt their wealth. That being said, I did the exact same thing and heady topper is worth the hype.

>>8988613

>being this goy

Are NEIPAs starting to spread across the US? I really want to try some good beers when I get back to the US next month.

>>8991150

They're a huge fad in NorCal right now.

Kind of a shame, since SD style IPAs are far superior.

>>8991183
SD style IPA?

It's just that I've been in China for about a year so I haven't been able to try any NEIPAs at all :(

I'm glad to hear it's starting to spread.

>>8990054
Good shit. This and Blue Moon are my favorites.

>>8991053
Good explanation

>>8991191

>SD style IPA?

San Diego; your basic hop forward West Coast style.

NEIPAs are pretty good, but they are so different than the West Coast style that it's hard to even consider them the same style.

>>8991198
Hey, guy! It sounds like you enjoy branching out and trying beer other than your typical Bud Light/Coors Light/etc.

Next time you're at the grocery store or liquor store try Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or Bell's Two Hearted Ale if they have it.

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>>8982057
This is going to be a bit of a long post, but here goes.

The two most recent beers I've tried are Anchor Steam Beer and Spaten lager. Both were very enjoyable drinks, and have won back my respect for lagers. I've also tried Pauwel Kwak, though I found it almost intolerably sweet, like malt soda.

The next beer on my list is Duchesse de Bourgogne, which is apparently a Flanders red ale; is anyone else familiar with this style?

>>8991212
This anon's got solid advice. Also, check your area for local brewers, if there are any, and try their ales.

>>8988617
Good choice. Very few brewers do lagers better than Hofbrauhaus.

>>8991212
Sounds good my dude.

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>>8982875
This is actually the best brew ever, it's unironically my favorite beer ever and I just discovered it a few weeks ago, I'm disappointed that no one told me about it until now

>>8982847
I've only ever had plain shiner bock and I'm not a big fan, I understand why most normies like it though it literally tastes like heavily watered down beer which makes it easily chuggable. Are the other extra flavors any different? I plan on trying the strawberry before summers out.

>>8991954
Left Hand Brewing has some fantastic stuff.

>>8982875
Not even remotely a meme, milk stouts tend to be a bit sweeter, or even heavily sweet and more a dessert beer. Hands down one of my favorite milk stouts ever is 8 Maids-A-Milking from The Bruery, I cleared my beer store out of them last year.

>>8991998
>Left Hand Brewing has some fantastic stuff.
I've had nothing from them but their milk stout and nitro milk stout which I've just picked up over the last few weeks but the nitro milk stout is literally perfection it's the perfect blend of beer and black coffee taste, I plan on seeing what else the liquor stores near me have from them soon

>>8991954
>>8991998
>Left Hand Brewing
>not Sinister Brewing

Thank Christ they're more creative with their brewing.

>>8991960
Blame the company, not the style; bock is basically lager's older brother, and is usually around 6-7% ABV, and even higher if you're looking at doppelbocks, maibocks and eisbocks. A good one should far and away be much stronger tasting than the average macro.

>>8991276
Yeah it tastes like balsamic beer. I enjoy it.

>>8982146
Purple Haze isn't amazing but it's not terrible. Also if the "Make Your Own Six Pack" section makes you pick from a section of single bottles, chances are they're stale. I've found out most stores do that to get rid of stale beer.

>>8982265
>2018
Thats next december person from the future

>>8992175
On that note, how long does bottled/canned beer take to go stale in ideal storage conditions (i.e. cool temperatures and away from sunlight)? And how does one identify a beer that's beginning to go stale?

>>8992170
So it's a sour ale? That's interesting. I wonder what kinds of food would go well with it?

Most disgusting thread ive ever seen on any board, fucking muricans and their shit beers.

>>8992200
Yeah but it's a unique kind of sour. I'd assume something like blue cheese, but fuck if I know anything about pairing beer. I usually just eat chicken breast, broccoli, and sweet potato with everything

>>8992334
keep drinking your pissy lagers

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I really want to try a Westvleteren 12 one day since i really love this.
Or is it al hype?

>>8983091
eh i thought xtra was kinda watery. Took a few beers to get me lubed up before I could taste anything special about it. Kinda like a tolerable anti-normie summer shandy

>>8984986
based cutetorture

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name a better american hefe
this is really fucking good

>>8987337

You can't be serious. They all taste almost the same, with one or other different note in the flavor.

My other point remains true. They are the easiest, simplest to brew and makes people think they know something about beer, while having a generic taste.

They are literally a meme beer.

>>8993509
It's just a tasty session beer. I dig it.
>>8993639
They don't, you just have shit taste m8. I don't care for certain styles but I don't make broad generalizations about them like an idiot.

>>8991954
There's a brewery near me that makes milk stouts, and they are pretty good. Lancaster Brewing Company is the name.

>>8992195
It kinda varies depending on the style. If it's not an IPA and has an ABV of more than 10%, shelf life isn't as big of a deal. In fact, a lot of people age them.

But as a whole most beers have a shelf life of 6-ish months. IPA's are really only good for 2 1/2-3 months. But most breweries these days have some sort of bottling date on the beer.

>>8993639
IPA's are kind of easy to make, but definitely hard to make well.

>>8993861

There's a barrel of Lancaster beer at my work which has blown its keystone and no one seems to give a shit because Lancaster beers are rubbish anyway.

Is jolly pumpkin really that highly regarded? I see those fucks on beer forums try to culture the critters out of it. It is hot garbage and i havent had a good one yet.

>>8983152
I'll drink Shiner Bock on occasion but every other brew of theirs I've tried I did not really care for.

>>8991954
I've tried that stout. Was pretty much just a standard Guinness. Nothing wrong with a smooth taste, but disappointing that it wasn't something more. Maybe it was just that brew?

The mix I'm probably be looking for is the smoothness of that Left Hand Nitro with a thicker tasting body.

>>8993589
Their Fat Squirrel brew is pretty good, though I found their signature brew Spotted Cow to be just ok.

>>8994536
The more beer I drink, the more I really like spotted cow.

ITT; Piss Water General

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>>8994674
>>8994536
Anyone going to New Glarus's R&D release June 9/10?
A '1870s Sour Porter' and a Belgian ABT with lactose in collaboration with Proefbrouwerij

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picked up a 12pack of these, pretty good. nothing too special about it

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anyone tried any of these lads' beers? i tried the smoke n barrels autumn one and it was really nice and different. looking forward to checking out some more.

>>8991276

Flanders Red ale is a unique and great style but if you got the chance, you should try Rodenbach Grand Cru before Duchesse de Bourgogne. It's more beginner friendly. I drank Duchesse before, but I wish I had found them in the opposite order, it would have helped me appreciate some more let's say 'odd' characteristics of Duchesse more and not believe there was something wrong with the bottle.

>>8982057
how to get over the fact that beer is basically liquid estrogen?

it almost turned me into a wine drinker already

>>8996478
I hear you. I've just tried it, and it's nice in its own way, but NOT something I'd drink regularly. It really felt like I was drinking high-quality balsamic vinegar from a chalice; very sweet and berrylike with a hint of malt, but incredibly sour, to the point my stomach felt like melting wax by the time I finished the bottle. Next time I try this style, I think I'll get some saltine crackers and cheese to take the edge off.

>>8997560
Wine is much worse on that front

>>8998059
Yup. I want to add that I actually found Rodenbach Grand Cru very delicious. Many of the tastes were much more subdued, not least the odd taste (that actually is one of the core characteristics of the style) that is easiest to describe as paint thinner or glue.

>>8997560
>>8999811
You have nothing to back this up

What beer goes best with a good bowl of the dankest mothfuckin koosh around, yo?

>>9000069

Double IPA

What beers should I be looking for in liquor stores/bottle shops in LA? I'm from Canada and not particularly interested in local LA beers, but the cream of the crop I can get of US/Belgian picks that I can't get in Canada.

Just what is the fuss over mikkeller? Used some promotion to get my hands on 10 different 330ml Mikkeller beers for £14 total. Had about four so far, and they've been nice but nothing special (along with the 3-4 others I've tried before).

Is it just that they have kooky artwork, were a first-mover and have high prices?

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What's a good beer that won't make me feel like my stomach is about to Allah ackbar when I'm halfway through the second bottle?

Pic unrelated

>>9000773
Maybe you should try session beers? Or if you feel discomfort due to gassiness, try low-carbonated beers like stouts/porters?

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Going to buy myself a 6 pack of this beauty tonight for dinner. Any other Quebec lads here?

>>8996286
Its 50/50 for me mate some of them are truly fucking wank some of them are decent its a real mix pot

>>8982643
There are maybe 5000 breweries in the USA and maybe 10,000 wineries. The market can support breweries, but people should drink more local stuff instead of only chasing beers from states away.

Fresh local will always beat out the competition except for very specific cases.

>>8987175
Three floyds used false scarcity to jack up the prices of their beers. They've recently upped production, but the prices have remained high. It's ridiculous. There are better options, at least in the Chicago area.

Still, it's worth it to visit their brewery. They do have good beers, they just charge way too much for them.

>>8987326
Their Beer Camp this year is fucking spectacular. I'm having the Surly collaboration right now (Lager brewed with ginger and cayenne, fermented on oak)and I couldn't be happier. It's so tasty. I'm really sad there's only one of each beer in the 12 pack. Ginger plus cayenne is a absolutely fantastic combination, and the oak really adds some complexity. I can't wait to try the others.

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>>9000069
Drinking this right now. DANK AS FUCK M8

Probably I like Surly Furious better, though.

>>9002100
Blake is that you?

>>9001872
Floyd's prices are absolutely nuts. At least I can find it on sale for 9.99 a coiple times a month, otherwise I don't buy it. Bars in Indy tend to pricw it around $5 for a pint when they have it on tap, which seems to be about average price.
Anyone else digging Bier's Kolsch?

What should I get for a full weekend of drinking outside?
Getting multiple won't be a problem

>>9002124
Hamm's.

>>9001884
That sounds amazing but I haven't seen it for sale yet. I hope I can find some.

>>9001872
Zombie Dust is awesome but overpriced, other Three Floyds stuff is good but super overpriced.
When Zombie Dust first came out it was worth some fuss, now a lot of Chicago and Wisconsin breweries are doing it better, plus Toppling Goliath is was better and super easy to find in Wisconsin and getting easy in Chicago

>>9001872
Trust me, I'm fully aware of their ridiculous prices haha. I live about an hour from the brewery in northern Indiana.

I just haven't heard much buzz about them lately. If they haven't come out with anything interesting then I won't bother visiting the brewery.

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So Im casualy drinking pic related and some other big names like paulaner and pilsner urquel
Whats the deal with IPAs and why should I drink one?

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>>8982146
>this retard fell for the millenial hipster IPA and pale ale meme

>>9003164


Fuck off. /ck/ is a grownup board.

>>9003196
>drinks hipster meme trash
>I-I'm a grown up!
More like manchild.

>>8984200
Excellent beer.

>>9001222
Have only tried Trois Pistoles by them but I liked it

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>>9001884
Sounds heck of dope.

Finally got my grubby mits on some of this stuff. Can't wait to try it. Had the 6 and 8 but the 10 is always sold out around here.

>>8990467
What's the advantage of using this specific kind of bottle? Or is it just for show? Just bought an Oude Geuze Boon bottled that way but I didn't try it yet. I just bought it out of curiosity.

>>9000626
Strong taste intensity, akin to what BrewDog do, or at least used to do in the past. I generally like beer like that. Also it's said that they're good at darker beer styles so maybe you should focus on those. I only ever had their Porter. It was slightly more than 'good' but yet not 'very good' or 'great'.

>>9000773
I don't know, but German Pilsner or something that's simple but not disgusting. You're not really supposed to drink imperial stouts or sours all night long, they're not really designed for that.

>>9000626
Mikkeller American Dream is a top tier pilsner

>>9001062
>>9003547
It happens with regular beers, like Corona. My stomach gets swollen up and feels like I just ate a ton of food or something. I guess I'm beer intolerant.

Drinking 4 pines: in season IPA.

Basically using freshly harvested hops and the beer being sold is recently canned within a month or so of purchase.

Pretty good if you like piney body IPAs... they advertise it as citrusy but that is only on the nose.

>>9003104
ayyyy
25 mins east in Illinois reporting in
I was pissed they removed the floydburger from the menu

>>8986972
I had Milwaukee's Best Ice in the plastic bottle and it was the worst I'd tried. It's 7% alcohol but tastes so much worse. Made me puke and I can handle hard liquor fine.

>>9003740
That's just a lack of experience. Start competitively drinking beer and that feeling will go away.

>>9001872
It's a fairly smart market tactic if you want your product to remain "niche" if it's great stuff but pretty dumb if other people start making similarly good beer, which any intelligent craft brewery will and should do.

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Drank a few of these last night. I'm so happy this is a regular beer in liquor stores near me now. I wish I could find the 12 packs of it again though.

>>8987175

Webm anon?

>>9001848
America just passed the 4,000 brewery mark in 2015, which was the amount of breweries we had before Prohibition

>>9004299

I've been to the brewery, btw, but someone else treated so I can't speak on the pricing.

They had decent food, and I tried the Drunk Monk Hefe and the Oh My Takei Japanese style rice lager, and remember both being pretty good.

>>9004315

>just passed
>2015

My city opened something like 80 new breweries just in the past year.

Can anyone recommend a good summer beer with high "drinkability"? I'm hungover as fuck from margaritas and wine and I just checked my beer fridge to find nothing but stouts and porters from my winter stockpile.

>>9004340
2 years ago is a very short time, dude. Good for your city.

>>9004341
Get one of the budweiser micheladas. Those are pretty good hangover drinks

>>9004422
I'm reading up on them right now. They sound amazing.

>>9004422

>pretty good hangover drinks

Most people don't actually want to vomit when hungover.

>>8983299
WI here but we are pretty much the same people. Love me some surly. Their abrasive is good too it think.

>>9004341
>>9004422
I ended up getting a sixer of Uinta Golden Ale. It was on sale and sounded good. "light bodied and crisp" with more malt than hops.

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Had pic related for the first time. The only non-common/cheap European beers I'd had were like Chimay, Rochefort, and St. Bernardus. Trying to branch out, but they're expensive here in the US. It's really quite good, probably my favorite non-Amerifat craft beer yet.

Gonna drink some Irish craft beer that popped up in my local place somehow. Lough Gill Brewery.

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Do you agree with the Russian River philosophy that beer quality starts diminishing as soon as it's bottled? To them you shouldn't age beer at all.

>>8982057
The great debate:

Shock top or Blue moon

>>9006176
Depends on the beer innit

>>9006180
Blue Moon, fuck Shock Top

if I start drinking beer, will my life improve?
I feel like jumping off a cliff every day.

>>9006197
It will improve at first, but then it will get much worse

>>9006198
This is completely accurate.

>>9006187
I think IPAs are fresh up to three months. A one week lifespan is just silly.

>>9006180
Blue Moon 100%.

Shock top is okay but it's not really in the same league in my opinion.

>>9006216

>a one week lifespan is just silly

You'd be surprised how much the flavor profile of a big hoppy beer can change over the course of one week.

>>9006197
Yeah man beers a depressant.

Me and my girl seperated last night so I figured today would be a good idea to have some beers. Spoiler alert: was not a good idea. I hated myself even more tonight than I usually do.

>>9006216
It really depends on the nature of the IPA and what way it was hopped. Fresh hop IPAs should be consumed quickly. Others are good cellared for long periods of time.

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Tried pic related for the first time today. Idk why I keep trying to get into IPA's but I just can't. I don't think really hoppy beers are for me.

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Drinking pic related, hard to get sours where I'm from so it's a pretty good treat.
>>8983788
Try their weizen next, it's pretty good.
>>8984200
Delicious, my favorite german wheat beer.

Hi guys call me a prude or whatever but I recently turned 21 and I don't have any idea about beer.

Here's the fun part, I'm in Germany to visit my family (my dad recently became an expat) and I thought this was the time to try to find the right beer.

So how do I go about doing that? Do I just say give me a beer at bars/restraunt and just drink whatever they give me? When they give me a list of drafts I get so lost I don't know what I'm looking for or what I should try. So any help would be appreciated /ck/ thanks

>>9006581
Just walk into the nearest supermarket and buy one bottle of every beer they have on offer, then compare ...? Make sure you try Augustiner Edelstoff and Erdinger or Weihenstephaner Weißbier.
Source: I'm from Erding.

>>9006581
>Do I just say give me a beer at bars/restraunt and just drink whatever they give me?
lol

I mean if you tell them you are new to beer and ask for a suggestion, then unless they're real cunts they will probably accommodate you. Or ask whoever you're with what to try. If you just say "I'll have a beer please" you'll most likely get a blank look.

For a total noob probably look for a lager/pilsner with a strength of around 4.5-5.5%.

>>9004299
no

I was there with a married chick that I ended up fugging that night :D

>>9006577
This shit is absolutely delicious, but it reminds me more of wine than beer. Still p dank and a damn good sour.

>>9006581
I'd try hefeweizen (or any weissbier) first, then move on to pilsens or lagers. Try some dunkels and bocks too. Kolsch is good too. You're a lucky man.

>>9007108
>Kolsch is good too
Kolsch would be a very good beginner drink to try.

>>9006216
Its not straight forward like that. There is no date at which IPAs "go bad", they just start getting less good over time immediately when bottled

>>9006581
Germany's standard tier poor person beer is some of the best in the world in its tier, but its a bad place for trying new things and getting into actual good beer

>>9006345
>Yeah man beers a depressant.

People tend to forget that alcohol is a drug, and one that's really not good for you. It's best to avoid it if you're depressed, because it'll probably just make you feel worse.

>>9007224
Hoppy beers like IPA and Amber ales etc. should always be canned instead of bottled IMO. Every time I'm holding a bottled IPA in my hand I feel fear. Every time I hold a canned IPA I feel hopeful.

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Been on a craft beer binge for the last few months. I've been trying out the microbreweries where I live, [Vancouver, BC] and I've gotta say that R&B Brewing is my favorite so far. They've got a solid Pale Ale, IPA, Stout and a Cream Ale that's very smooth to drink.

They've got about 6 drinks they sell year round and usually have one or two beers they try out seasonally.

Their 64 growlers are about $11.50 to fill up. That's priced better than a lot of other local places. Right around the corner is 33 Acres and their growlers are $13 or $14, I can't remember.

>>9006581

Move to 'murrica

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Had a bomber of pic related last night. Damn fine beer. Hardly drinks like a triple.

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Does Tree House Brewing Company pay BeerAdvocate?

Beijing guy here.

I'm going to a bar that has bottles of KBS at ~$15 a bottle. Might go there today after watching UFC. I'll take pics for you guys~

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Who's all about that stout?

>>9004315
Back then pretty much every town had a city hall, church, blacksmith and brewery

>>9007363
Very true. Sometimes I feel like people romanticize alcoholism. Shit's life-ruining.

>>8990054
Lines are good, but I'm a GB Nordeast man myself.

Better than bud, miller, or coors.

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Pretty good afterwork ipa!

>>8982146
charlotte bro? those are all bad btw
>>8984986
2/10
>>8987208
tfw those are old school beers now. good though
>>9008441
the guys who run beeradvocate are total retards but nah tree house is actually that good as far as beers a lot of people have had go

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Is there a better cost-effective witbier/white ale out there?

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Fantastic Porter (Imperial Stout)! Very nice coffee infusion!

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There isn't a single decent beer in this entire thread. You guys are pathetic. I am not even trying to be pretentious or act 'holier than thou' on what is otherwise a fairly subjective experience, but fuck you guys really need to learn how to find better beers. First post in this thread is some dumbass buying a "make your own 6 pack". Cancer, from top to bottom. Pic related is what I am drinking

>>9008441
Nah they are a decent brewery but their good reviews stem mostly from their exclusivity. same reason alchemist and trillium have such high reviews....can't be bought anywhere but from the brewery directly and unless you live in New England, that ain't happening. fuck all of them

>>9012593
>goose island
>owned by AB
>good beer

>>9012593
While there are certainly some shit beers in here, your head is up your ass m8.

>>9012593
This is an objectively shit opinion. While there's some bad stuff, there's plenty of decent beers posted in here.

>>9012593
don't tell me you actually paid full price for rare

Why do you faggots have to get into pissing contests over what beer you drink? Like who gives a shit if you drink a limited release bourbon barrel aged beer? Acting like your somehow a superior human being based on the beer you drink is the gayest shit ever.

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>>9012593
I had Goose Islands Bourbon County Grand Prestige yesterday (a belgian quad aged in barrels)

Pretty good, but this is still my favorite BA quad

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Anyone tried this one yet? Just picked up a bottle from the grocery store

>>9012593
If you truly dislike all of the beer posted you just don't like beer mate, sorry. Try a wine thread or something.

>>9013972
everyday i go to the store hoping for a random bottle of their winter stuff.

>>9013933
Most of us don't care. There are elitists in every hobby/interest

>>9013933
I am a beer enthusiast and aspiring brewer. I’ve been drinking craft beer for well over 10 years. I have grown to love all types of beer. My favorite type is bourbon barrel aged stout, the delicious yumminess from an abundance of malt never fails to amaze me. I’m always willing to try something new.

>>8990054
This is pure sugar, look up the nutrition content. I used to like it until I realized it's literally mostly lemonade

I'm liking some of the new fruit sours from the Midwest though

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>>9008441
>complains about Tree House
>says nothing about the most meme of all meme breweries, Toppling Goliath

>>9015918
lol
some poor sap must have got their ass chewed out for this

>>9012134
north myrtle beach, but yea most of them were bad. I mostly just drink hard liqour

>>9013933
I'm pretty sure most of us aren't making a contest of it - just sharing what we think is good and talking about it.

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>>9015918
Toppling Goliath;'s barrel aged special release stuff is absurdly priced, but they do make the best pale ales and IPAs in the country at pretty normal prices.
This is probably the best PA/IPA I have tried and I paid like $7 for a bomber

>>9015918
Their regular offerings are reasonably priced and phenomenal. This includes all the bombers I've ever seen from them. They've all been under 10$

>>8982057
I've got a simple saison happening in the basement - pils malt, a touch of chocolate malt for shits and giggles, australian yeast and a bit of EKG.

Drinking chilled gnat's piss... I mean Canadian Macro Lager.

>>9017492
I've literally never been disappointed by a Toppling Goliath bomber. They are one of a small handful of breweries that I will buy a new beer I see from them at the store without question

>>9017520
>Canadian Macro Lager

Eww, as a homebrewer you could find nothing better?

>>9017585
Roomies took the empties back (along with half of my pop tops, the bastards), came home with a 28 pack of Keith's.

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>fat loser losers and their obscure overpriced beer brands
>"hurrr look at me i'm better than you"
>"piss water" memes
Pathetic, to be honest.

>>9017710
i know right, going to buy cheap generic beer now.
these retards are just sad little virgins.

>>9017710
good beer is normie as shit, only teenagers and elderly people and southerners still drink shitty macros

>>8991954
I'll admit, I'm a pleb, so the first time I had a Milk Stout Nitro I thought it was flat. Fuck if they're not my goddamn favorite now though.

>>9017710
Daily reminder: In the mid 19th century there were more than 4000 microbreweries across the US. Just because you accepted the feminized macro adjuncts developed during WWII when only the weak males and women who couldn't fight and accepted a weak imitation of beer, don't expect everyone else to. We drink craft beer, the beer that built this fucking country.

>>8994896
You don't like daddy's busch light, do you?

>>8982057
What are some good /ck/ approved wheatbeer brands that are reasonably priced?

>>9006355
i got some of the og torpedo today. its my go to beer

>>9017583
Normally I don't like a brewery that only puts out one style, but they make too good of ipas and apas for me to care.

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I really enjoyed Lindeman's Framboise. It was almost like drinking carbonated raspberry juice.

How's Ommegang's Rosetta in comparison? A little more bitter?

>>9017710

What do you expect of IPA fags? They keep buying a beer that tastes literally the same, no matter which brand.

But at least they have some hip branding and cool names, am I rite?

>>9018407
probably too late, but Weihenstephaner is great, and probably /ck/ approved.

Most wheats/weizen have that Belgian yeast flavour, sometimes amplified with the addition of orange peel, coriander, and/or clove. Some breweries go right off the rails with things like Schwarzweizen which is more like a slightly tangy, creamy stout/porter most often.

>>9018846
I've spent time on this... sad but true.

It's possible to use different hops to make a bitter beer in an IPA fashion that doesn't taste like Cascade cascade failure. It's completely possible to avoid Cascade, Citra, Columbus, and Simcoe. There are flavours out there that aren't as citrusy or piney, and some will deliver quite a bitter zing with almost a pineapple/passionfruit note, or even a clove/cinnamon thing.

What would you recommend to buy for a big bag o fuckin cans with the lads?

>>9019609
Lots of lube

>>9019609
Some hot cheetos and takis

Fuck you guys I drink Hamms and Old Style

Why does almost every specialty Sam Adams brew taste like it's been diluted with generic lager? Whenever I pick up one of their variety packs, the hefeweizen or shandy or whatever often tastes more watery and bitter than I would expect from the style.

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drinking my local go-to double lads

>>8983091
>4.5%

What's the point?

>>9019955
I'VE GOT THE THRILLS FOR THE PILS!

Sorry.

>>9020162
"Sessionable" beers, especially IPAs, and especially especially dry-hopped IPAs are in right now... I've always been of the opinion that if I want to drink more beers, I just drink more beers, but apparently that's detrimental to functionality.

>>9020162
I can have a beer mid day and not get sleepy.

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I quite like this Weizenbier, drinking it at the moment. Has anyone tried this one?

>>9021101
One of my favorites. Has a smokey taste to it that I haven't found in any other hefe

>>9017804
>tfw dad actually drinks busch light every night

>>8982847

I love Shiner but I can't find much aside from seasonals and regular Bock up in the North East. Really wish I could get Black Lager and Premium up here, those are pretty damn good.

>>9021101
Nope nobody here has had it before.
>>8984200
>>8984222
>>9003248
>>9006577

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One of the cheapest and best Finnish beers there is. When you're tired of modern stouts trying too much to be a milkshake, or they're simply just being bad value, you can rely on this shit to drive it's point home strongly.

>>9012593
nice $70 bud light senpai

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>IPA
hefeweizen is for real niggas

>>8990054
I got a case of it last week and I'm almost out
I need help

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Just turned 21 this December and am still exploring beers. So far I like the cheap shit best but I think I fell for the IPA meme. Suggestions that aren't IPAs?

If it helps I'm on the west coast and you can make your own six pack at Trader Joe's

>>9024939
La fin du monde

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Minnesota beer reporting in. Just about as fine a pilsner as you'll find anywhere else in the world.

>>8983091
Is Minnesota one of the best states for beer?

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>>9024944
I'll do you one better from Unibroue: "Don de Dieu" (gift of god). It's also a high point wheat but way tastier

>>9024968
I could drink Don de Dieu, Maudite and Fin du Monde all day, but then I'd be completely faced.

Definitely my favourite sur-lees brewery.

>>8990054
I like their red lager a lot and the honey weiss

>>9024960
Easily

Any thoughts on the Sierra Nevada variety pack?
I had the Black IPA, Peach IPA and German IPA tonight. The Black IPA was really good. Intense hops with a roasted burnt barley flavor. It was easily a 10/10 beer. Also had the classic Lagunitas. Good way to make up for not getting a job I interviewed for last week. cunt.

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>decide to have my first drink
>go to 711
>buy this
>it doesn't really taste good but it seems to go down smoothly
>had 8% alch, highest i saw on any beers
is there a better alternative? im talking in terms of price / alch % / quantity

>>9025821
well whatd you think anon? feel a buzz/

Burp i just drinked a godamn fine cup of beer

I don't care what brand it is i will drink it i love pouring it in cereal

>>9025956
ye
its my first drink so it got me pretty drunk

>>9025974
thats adorable anon. have fun

>>9025821
Depends where you're at?

On Fleek stout is 13%, and delicious.

Simtra from Knee Deep Brewing is like 12.75%, triple IPA.

Belgian strong ales are great, any double IPA is likely 8%+, any not-shit stout is over 8%, I've had a few killer red ales north of 7%, Trappist ales are high % and some of the best beers in the world.


Dogfish Head has a raisin ale that's 18%, their 120 minute IPA is 17%, and there's some meme beers brewed solely to be 20-60% alcohol if you can afford and find them.


If you're just wanting to get fucked up, just get some 75 or 95% everclear and mix it with whatever.

>>9026022

Aside from the current session vogue, it's weird to me that anyone thinks 8% is something abnormally high. Pretty much everything I drink is in the 7-11 range. Also, if you just want to get drunk on the cheap there are definitely low-mid range vodkas out there that are Far more palatable than trying to mix everclear.

>>9026022
He was after price/strength, quality of beer doesn't come into it.

I'm going to Beer City USA this weekend