Beer

[Der Morgenstern]

I don't have enough time for homebrewing. Even if I did, I doubt that I could make something as good as what I have available to me in my favorite stoews

Definitely. I get the appeal of making something, put there's a level of time and effort that I don't want to exert into brewing. I'll let someone else do it, perfect it and then pay them for the output. Works out better for everyone.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I'm too lazy to experiment with beer these days, I just drink Hoegaarden most of the time.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

i used to have a weird problem where Steel Reserve 211 used to get me way, way, more messed-up-drunk than any other kind of alcohol (yes i'm including HARD LIQUOR!!!) does anyone here know what the effing-hell was causing this?? i thought is might of been some kind of food allergy to one (or more) of the ingredients, but what ever the hell it was fixed itself, 211 now feels exactly like drinking anything else of the same alc by volume

 

[Omni]

All right. It's time for some hazy juice bomb beer porn...



This is Magic Magic by Torn Label Brewing out of Kansas City, Missouri. A collaboration with a local artist named Thomas Woodward (who also happens to be a bartender at the brewery's taproom), this is a hazy Mosaic IPA brewed with raspberries and lemon peel. While the tropical fruit notes of the Mosaic hops are the main draw, you can pick up hints of raspberry without moving into fruit beer territory. The lemon peel adds a distinctive bitterness to the finish. This is 7.6% ABV, but you won't know that while you're drinking it.



All versions of Toppling Goliath's PseudoSue are among the finest hoppy American pale ales, but Double Dry Hop PsuedoSue might be the very best. I actually have access to contract-brewed Toppling Goliath beers at the Brew Hub in Tampa, but they pale in comparison to the beers that you can pick up in territories where Toppling Goliath beers are distributed. This beer is all about Citra hops and it packs a massive juicy punch while still being extremely drinkable at just 5.8% ABV.



This is a collaboration between Untitled Art and Mikerphone Brewing. I've had a few Mikerphone beers before, and they have always impressed me. As its name suggests, this is one of those juicy, unfiltered IPAs that is low on bitterness because the hop varietals used have flavors that evoke citrus and tropical fruits. I saw this on draft at Octopi Brewing in Wisconsin, and I had to pick some up for myself because it was such a beautiful beer. This is an IPA that has a tremendous flavor profile of citrus and mango that should satisfy even those who aren't fans of the bitterness associated with common IPAs. At 7% ABV, you won't want to session too many of these despite the obvious temptation.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Weihenstephaner Braupakt, a collaboration of the world's oldest brewery with Sierra Nevada. It has all the hefeweizen flavors, but with a bit of American hoppiness to it.

 

[Omni]

Another collaboration between Untitled Art and Mikerphone, Raspberry Sherbet is a berliner weisse. Clocking in at just 4.5% ABV, this is an incredibly light but flavorful beer. It should be obvious by now that raspberry is my favorite fruit, so this is squarely in my wheelhouse. The naturally tart raspberries pair wonderfully with the sour mash style of brewing used here. This is just as suited to hot weather drinking as it is to dessert.



I've had the regular Golden Nugget before, so I was excited to try the version that features Mosaic along with the usual Nugget hops. The standard version is super bright and flavorful, but this one takes it to the next level with fantastic tropical fruit aromas and flavors. I could drink this all day, 6.8% ABV be damned. Toppling Goliath has hazy, unfiltered and hoppy beers down to a science.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Weihenstephaner Braupakt, a collaboration of the world's oldest brewery with Sierra Nevada. It has all the hefeweizen flavors, but with a bit of American hoppiness to it.

That looks excellent. I'll definitely have to pick that up when I'm back in the states over the summer. Weihenstephaner is my favorite normal Hefeweizen and I've grown quite partial to hoppy Weizens since trying Grolsch's Weizen-IPA a few months back. It may seem a little strange to some to complain about German beer because it is in fact consistently good, but it's also consistently not out of the ordinary, and (good) IPAs and Belgian beer are less than easy to get here--I normally go across the border to the Netherlands to indulge.

There is a new brewery, Störtebeker, that's developed a pretty good market across northern Germany, and they're putting out some pretty decent pale ales and Weizens. I've grown pretty partial to their Bernstein-Weizen, which is you're typical solid German Hefeweizen with a mildly hoppy flare. Pic stolen from Google:

 

[Omni]

This one is Crooked Stave's collaboration with Ballast Point, a nice sour farmhouse ale named Red Valve. I found it to be quite sessionable despite being 7% ABV. The beer has moderate carbonation and sourness, and has distinctly spicy esters from the yeast used to brew it. I easily drank a 32 oz crowler of this beer because it was so lovely. I'm not sure what Ballast Point brought to the table, because this beer isn't a departure from what Crooked Stave does best.

 

[Omni]

Decadent Ales is cool in my book, so I was excited when I saw their French Toast IPA for sale at Thief Wine Shop & Bar in Milwaukee's Public Market while I was up there to see Cirith Ungol. I was even kore excited to have it again when it arrived in my local store at home. As the name suggests, this is an IPA brewed with maple syrup and cinnamon, which is as outlandish as it seems. That said, this hazy NE IPA'a bready malts and moderate hops complimented the other flavors in an interesting way. While it's only the second most authentic French toast-inspired beer that I've had (with Funky Buddha French Toast being the most authentic), this worked on a surprising level.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I'm drinking an ice-cold PBR and let me tell you, it fucking rules.

 

[Onder]

I visited the famous city of Bamberg. Well, it's mostly famous for its smoked beers, and the amount of breweries for such small town. There's like 9 in the centre. Most famous being Schlenkerla, but also Brauerei Spezial with Brauerei Fassla right across the street, and several more.

In Bamberg we visited the castle and like two churches and then straight to Schlenkerla for some smoked beers right at the source. The restaurant was full of tourists, mostly German though. We had the Marzen and Weizen. Those are classics. We then moved to Spezial where I had the same by them, the classic rauch was a little sweeter than Schlenkerla's imo and the weizen ruled. Then we went across the street to Fassla where I only had a lager before leaving the town. Fassla was definitely the least fancy of the three, drunk people there are all, I enjoyed it very much. I have to say I could probably do with like three days of drinking in the town, but I'm not sure my gf would enjoy it as much.



We spent two or three days in Nurenberk and that's not exactly a beer town. There are some craft beer bars that brew their own beer - we were in Mr. Kennedy. I didn't enjoy their ales at all. We were in Bierwerk Charakterbierbar which seemed much better, their take on classic german styles were without a mistake. Still not very exciting.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

I'm drinking an ice-cold PBR and let me tell you, it fucking rules.

I'm downing a sixer of PBR and/or Natty Boh tall boys as soon as I get back home next month.

I visited the famous city of Bamberg. Well, it's mostly famous for its smoked beers, and the amount of breweries for such small town. There's like 9 in the centre. Most famous being Schlenkerla, but also Brauerei Spezial with Brauerei Fassla right across the street, and several more.

In Bamberg we visited the castle and like two churches and then straight to Schlenkerla for some smoked beers right at the source. The restaurant was full of tourists, mostly German though. We had the Marzen and Weizen. Those are classics. We then moved to Spezial where I had the same by them, the classic rauch was a little sweeter than Schlenkerla's imo and the weizen ruled. Then we went across the street to Fassla where I only had a lager before leaving the town. Fassla was definitely the least fancy of the three, drunk people there are all, I enjoyed it very much. I have to say I could probably do with like three days of drinking in the town, but I'm not sure my gf would enjoy it as much.

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We spent two or three days in Nurenberk and that's not exactly a beer town. There are some craft beer bars that brew their own beer - we were in Mr. Kennedy. I didn't enjoy their ales at all. We were in Bierwerk Charakterbierbar which seemed much better, their take on classic german styles were without a mistake. Still not very exciting.

How did you like the Rauchbier? I need something to convince my north German friends to make their way down to the hinterlands with me other than cool architecture and funny accents.

 

[Onder]

How did you like the Rauchbier? I need something to convince my north German friends to make their way down to the hinterlands with me other than cool architecture and funny accents.

The rauchs are a local classic for a reason man! Drink them by liters and get drunk as fuck.

 

[-CC-]

You guys are troopers. I've only had one Rauchbier, from Aecht Schlenkerla, and it was good for the first half, but then the smokiness becomes so overbearing it's like slurping burnt bacon grease from the pan. Even a pint was too much, I couldn't imagine drinking it by the liter.

 

[Dak]

Story of good CS:

Bought a 15 pack of Goose Island IPA. Basically every can kept just foaming out when opened, despite just sitting in my fridge. Not spewing, foaming. Was still drinkable after the initial mess but kind of flat. Contacted their CS department with all the info, they were quick on the reply, and got a 2x refund. Not my favorite brewery/IPA, but impressed with the response.

 

[Omni]

This is the 2017 vintage of Perennial Artisan Ales Abraxas, which I've been lucky enough to have multiple times. This one's pretty consistent with the other Abraxas that I've had in the past. The cinnamon flavor is huge, but there's still some solid presence from the coffee, cacao nibs and chile peppers. This is probably the second best of the molé stouts that I've had, with Hunahpu's being the winner.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Going to Bierfest later to drink some over-priced craft beer. Pics should ensue.

 

[Onder]

Haven't updated this thread for a while, so here's some highlights of my recent beer adventures. Got a Tool beermail about a month ago including the bodega glass which is now the fav.





And here's the haul from Weyermann in Bamberg. The quality varied but the rauchs were very nice.

 

[Onder]

And yesterday I had this nice grisette from Alvinne. Basically grisettes are allowed to be combined with antibiotics, I've read somewhere.

EDIT: Alvinne is one of my absolute favs out of the old continent.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

No beer pics, just a bunch of shloshed selfies taken at 3am, but I had some Liquid Sex Robot jizz and a basic bitch Stone IPA before pounding Tyskies and some disgusting korn. Liquid Sex Robot was the tits.