New Beer Drinkers Thread

[0sm0se]

I just recently (a month ago) turned 21 and though I have been indulging in different kinds of beer almost every chance I get, I am always looking for recommendations. Extremely local microbrews do me no help unless you are from North Jersey/NYC, the Syracuse/Buffalo area, or the Richmond area. If you can fit those qualifiers, please suggest anything that is good.

 

[FuSoYa]

I think I might qualify for this thread. I used to hate drinking any kind of alcohol, it tasted like shit to me until less than a year ago when for some reason i suddenly started REALLY liking beer, trying all sorts of different kinds, etc. I mean good beer, like the kind that Avi and Eric talk about.

 

[FuSoYa]

btw, the one I've been liking the most lately is Stone IPA.

 

[Burzumite]

Im a beer drinker

Im underage though I take what I can get, and I dont bitch

 

[0sm0se]

Toby: Personally, I prefer the Stone Porter though the IPA is good as well. Have you tried it?

 

[xfer]

once toby got so drunk off one beer he threw up three times the next morning and made me four hours late for THE BIG E

 

[Burzumite]

Thats pretty mean to say, man

And you were my favorite brother!

*DIES*

 

[avi]

The Stone stuff is all pretty good, though not totally my cup of tea. A little too heavy on the cascade hops for my tastes.

One great thing about Olympia that I noticed straight-away is that Alaskan beer is available EVERYWHERE and even on draft. Everything they make is great, but I doubt it's readily available out east.

You might be able to find New Belgium beers out there: Fat Tire and so on. Sunshine is probably my favorite of theirs, but they're all good.

The Ommegang beers are local to the NE as well: Hennepin, Rare Vos, etc. All good stuff except for the lambics which I don't care for. Same goes for the Unibroue beers out of Montreal. I love Maudite the best, but the rest of their stuff is good too.

Other stuff local to me: Dick's beer in Centralia is amazing. "Dick's Danger" is their flagship ale that's available all over, but I really liked the "Silky lady" saison as well. Unfortunately they have some of the worst graphic design ever:

Another amazing local brewery out of Seattle is Elysian. Great stuff all around.

Belgian saisons remain my favorite kind of beer overall. Fantome is probably the best easy-to-find brewery I've discovered. That should be available out your way I think.

 

[chupe666]

Yeah, i'll definitely second the stuff mentioned so far- Ommegang and Unibroue are great North American makers of Belgian ales, and you can probably find them fairly cheap. For Belgians, I usually like the brown ales, and Nostradamus is probably a favorite.
I wish we got Stone's stuff here- Arrogant Bastard is the only one i've had, but it's really good. pretty heavy, but lots of hops.
Victory Brewing is located in Pennsylvania I think, and they make really good beers. i think you could find them in your area. the Hop Devil is really good, and if you like porter, try their Storm King Imperial Stout- kind of expensive, but not as much as some Imperial beers like Rogue's.

 

[FalseTodd]

i second Fat Tire although i'm not sure i've seen it east of denver

(although i'm hardly a big drinker and don't really keep an eye out for such things)

 

[chupe666]

we get New Belgium stuff here in StL, but i don't think it goes any farther east.

 

[avi]

New Belgium is on the up-and-up though - I bet it's slowly spreading eastward as we speak

 

[xfer]

i think i had fat tire a few times in SF?

 

[AndICried]

Hmm, tried my first Lambic beer at my english teacher's party last night. Very surprising.

 

[xfer]

lambic are gr8! but pricey.

 

[mariovanpeebles]

btw, the one I've been liking the most lately is Stone IPA.

All right! Beer buddies for life. (or until I get burned out on this one)

 

[mindspell]

Unibroue is great, most of their beers are worth the money. We actually a beer and cheese tasting a couple of weeks back and it was awesome. Unfortunatly most of those beers were very local beers so not much help there. But there are a bunch of good websites for you to check out to get good info:

http://www.realbeer.com
http://www.beerhunter.com

are a good start

 

[azal]

My only criteria for beer is that it's semi-cold and there's a lot of it.

btw I was one beer away from taking a fat waitress home last night. Thank god for friends.

 

[0sm0se]

This is exactly what I have been looking for gentlemen, thank you.

 

[FrostGiant]

We don't really drink in Wisconsin so I can't really help you out.