I searched for beer and nothing popped up. To the powers that be, if you don’t want an alchohol discussion let me know- I know some tobaccy folk don’t want to hear about alchohol. So here goes…
Who’s into good beers around here? Like stuff you can’t buy at just any mini-mart. Beers for people who actually care what a beer tastes like, and not just as an alchohol delivery system.
Personally I go for very hoppy India’s, barley wines, and quadrupels mostly.
Like stuff from Weyerbacher’s, Victory, Surly, Lagunita’s, Avery, Southern Tier…
IPA’s are great, great hop flavor. Currently fermenting 5 gallons of Munton’s amber ale, wheat beers are another favorite of mine. Mr. O, I need to try some of those brands if I can find them. I have seen Weyerbacher’s before.
Hi guys , Homebrewer here also, My last batch was Briess Sparkling Amber Ale, & was dam good . It’s time for me to start another batch of Ale & a Batch of Wine. Good brewing Gents !
I’m quaffing Warsteiner pils right now, watching the Giants-49’er game. SF just scored, moving the score 14-10 in their favor. I love beer. This past week, I bought a mixed-6 which included Red Hook IPA, SA Latitude 48 IPA, Harpoon IPA, Smithwick Irish Ale, Bass Ale, and Spaten Optimator and love them all. St. Bernardus ABT 12 and Chimay also have their place in my rotation, although morless frequently than others. I lived 7 years in Germany and probably tried every beer brewed South of Frankfurt, and all the more widely distributed North German beers. There’s nothing better than eating dinner in a gasthaus and drinking the beer freshly brewed right next door…Plockinger Export and Leimener Pils come to mind and, of course, Munchner Hofbrau in mass quantities at the Hofbrau Haus,
Someday I’d love to get started brewing! Just sampling and exploring so far, used to just have a Summit EPA(from MN, my home state), maybe a Newcastle Brown, or Sam Smith’s Brown. Until maybe 5-10 years ago got started on the good IPA’s after a Bell’s Two Hearted, and others. Gonna crack a Weyerbacher’s Blasphemy (a wood aged quad), which is fantastic, heavy enough, but not too sweet. Or a Surly (MN) Abrasive, one of the best double IPA’s I’ve ever had, but both are sadly seasonals:(… Still have a lot to try and learn, but it’s a fun process! Anybody familiar with the Flying Dog, or Dogfish Head breweries? Virtual cheers folks!
That’s got to be a nice and rewarding thing to do! This guy that I know has started to grow his own hops- pretty neat! I heard there is a brewer’s yeast that will ferment up to 20% alc (by vol or weight IDK).
Just went to the local liquor store, makes me happy. There’s some new collaboration between I think sierra nevada and a Belgian brewer, just picked up a large bottle of thier quadrupel- maybe there’l be a review coming. Got some John Barleycorn barley wine, some Full Sail Boardhead, a six pack of Southern Tier 2xIPA, a small bottle of some other domestic IPA, and this tiny 8.4 oz French made Belzebuth blond ale with 13% alc claiming to be “the most unique ale in the world” don’t know about all that yet. Happy sippin’ folks!
Here in st. louis we have a local micro brewery, Schlafly (don’t know if they make it available outside missouri). They make at least 30 different brews, but my favorites are their wheat beers.
FlippinBird, sounds nice, sounds like a nice full line! We’ve got a handfull of the microbrews scattered around the state, I’d say 3 or 4 within easy driving range. Also there seems to be progress in the state legislation, which could make things easier for brewpubs, buying beer directly from brewers or somestuff like that maybe MN can catch up with some of the other states. I hope for all of us to be able to buy and enjoy good beers with minimal hassle.
Whalen, you should drop a bottle in the mailbox for me!
“Just went to the local liquor store, makes me happy. There’s some new collaboration between I think sierra nevada and a Belgian brewer, just picked up a large bottle of thier quadrupelg” The Sierra Nevada brewing company is pretty good and many American beverages are now as drinkable as those in Europe. It hasn’t always been like that. In order to greatly increase shelf-life the larger breweries started sterilising the beer (killing off the yeast via pasteurisation) and adding CO2 and/or nitrogen to make it fizzy. Some breweries, like Budwesier, went further by using adjuncts - in this case cheap rice, mixed with a smaller amount of malted barley to increase profits. Budweiser, King of Beers? More like king of massive advertising deception that helped kill off real beer making in the USA until small breweries fought back. Until about 25 or 30 years ago it was impossible to find a drinkable beer in the south-west US states (a Steam beer in California was the only one I remember) but brewing has finally been rediscovered and is back with a vengeance.
Lion Stout, a wonderful beer from Sri Lanka. This is probably my favorite beer. Additionally, I enjoy Boulevard. I am especially fond of their smokestack series (Tank 7 in particular). Another beer I enjoy is Samuel Smiths. They brew very drinkable stouts and porters.
Yeah, the first good beer I ever had was a Summit(MN), back in the mid 80’s. Was a long time before I started to see what good stuff is actually out there. I do like Sam Smith’s Brown (or Nut Brown or whatever it is), but probably moreso their Organically Produced Ale. I have to learn more about the British ales, but I think I liked a couple from Peter’s(?), I believe an IPA and a more typical ale. Bellhaven’s (even though it’s Scottish)Twisted Thistle IPA is good for a change of pace. Also must try some of Young’s stuff too. What I really wish I could get more often is Dogfish Head’s 90 minute IPA, I think from Delaware(US). I’m kind of a hop-head.
