Official RC Snobby Beer Purchases Thread
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Climb Thar Hill
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EricT
Don't you ever get...
I've been drinking Sam Adams Cream Stout and Devastator all week... our state store has been low on stock of everything good as of late, and if they don't get a shipment of something good tomorrow, I'm gonna have to resort to drinking jameson all weekend
swizzlenuts
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Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
MajestikMøøse
Membrum virile
Last day of classes for the semester,
as part of celebrating I picked up a six pack of Leffe Blonde.
as part of celebrating I picked up a six pack of Leffe Blonde.
swizzlenuts
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Terrapin Pale Ale
Terrapin Golden Ale
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
Rogue Amber Ale
Rogue Dead Guy
some Belgian Stout
Augustiner Bräu Lagerbier Hell
Terrapin Golden Ale
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale
Rogue Amber Ale
Rogue Dead Guy
some Belgian Stout
Augustiner Bräu Lagerbier Hell
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Russell
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Liked those two
Nothing very snobby, but it's shaping up to be a good week or two:
I'm currently drinking the Rochefort 10
Dead_Lioness
Godless
Liked those two
I'm currently drinking the Rochefort 10
You sir, rule.
swizzlenuts
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After drinking a lot of American ales, I honestly have a hard time enjoying most English ales...
Russell
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Jesus Russell, did you rob a Fuller's distro?
Sadly not, just got a multipack as there wasn't all that much at the shop. But it's so rare that I don't get public transport back that I thought I should stock up.. That said, I did pass up the opportunity to go around their brewery the other day.
Why thank you
I think there's a lot of variation, especially in the smaller breweries - having traveled and drunk ale throughout the country on fieldwork I've found local ales tend to be either really very good, or absolute shit. I think the same applies to bigger breweries too, there's not all that much middle ground. Plus they're something of an acquired taste to begin with, I can't deny it
swizzlenuts
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I think there's a lot of variation, especially in the smaller breweries - having traveled and drunk ale throughout the country on fieldwork I've found local ales tend to be either really very good, or absolute shit. I think the same applies to bigger breweries too, there's not all that much middle ground. Plus they're something of an acquired taste to begin with, I can't deny it
I'm saying that the variation isn't very much, and there isn't an English Ale that just blows your balls off. It's just that they are all solid, with minute changes in their tastes. There is no real complexity in the beers; if you take Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale and put up against an English Pale ale, the English ones just get annihilated because of the lack of flavours.
One thing the English are very good at is making very drinkable session beers.
Russell
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I'd maintain there is variation - for example, just to choose two I've had in the last couple of days - put Fullers ESB up against Badger Golden Glory. Both ales, one fruity, and sweet to the other which is really hoppy and smoked. I'd agree some ales, especially pale ales do lack complexity, but I don't think that stands for all of them, as there are quite a few ones with a lot of character out there, IMO.
Next time I'm at Borough Market I'll pop in and buy a Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, if you guys have it, so I can make the comparison too
swizzlenuts
i'm sciencing as fast as i can
I'd maintain there is variation - for example, just to choose two I've had in the last couple of days - put Fullers ESB up against Badger Golden Glory. Both ales, one fruity, and sweet to the other which is really hoppy and smoked. I'd agree some ales, especially pale ales do lack complexity, but I don't think that stands for all of them, as there are quite a few ones with a lot of character out there, IMO.
Next time I'm at Borough Market I'll pop in and buy a Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, if you guys have it, so I can make the comparison too
Ahh, that's not the variation I mean. I'm talking strictly about and English ales of the same style. Pretty much all English bitters taste the same. Pretty much all English Pale Ales taste the same. Also, the English beers drinking are so worried about their alcohol content. If a beer is over 5.5% alcohol, they get uneasy; this does hurt the innovation of the breweries.
There is a few exception, like Fullers ESB and Harvey's Best bitter are quite good with a slight bit of complexity; however, this is few are far between.
Take for example: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Anchor's Liberty Ale, Flying Dog's Classic Doggy Classic Pale Ale, and Terrapins' Rye Pale Ale are all American Pale Ales and vary quite a bit.
Russell
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Oh, I'm with you, you're saying that within the different styles there isn't much experimentation or variation? Yeah, I can definitely see that, especially with stuff like IPAs. I think some styles are better than others for variety - especially with the local breweries I mentioned above - but all major brewers do tend to stick to very similar styles. Like I say, next time I'm around and buying beer I'll try those Ales. But maybe not all at the same time
swizzlenuts
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Dark Star, Sam Smith, and Fullers are the best in England. They know their styles and make them very very well. It's just that I know what my beer is going to taste like when I get an English beer, but a lot of the American beers I've tried, I barely know what it's going to taste like because of the variety in the style.
The ESB style is definitely the best style in England though.
The ESB style is definitely the best style in England though.
Demilich
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It isn't really surprising that England is a lot more traditional with respect to innovation and variation in beer.
Not having tried many of those American ales (except whatever Doomcifer so kindly offered at DOBD, which was some good shit) I gotta say that the English ones can be very good, but Swizzlenuts is right on the mark: you can very much predict what you're gonna get, and for me, this is a bit of a turn off. I don't often buy the same beer twice in a short period of time, gotta mix it up, try new things etc.
Tried Young's Double Chocolate Stout last week and it was good but I had a bad cold so I couldn't taste as well as normal. That sucked.
Not having tried many of those American ales (except whatever Doomcifer so kindly offered at DOBD, which was some good shit) I gotta say that the English ones can be very good, but Swizzlenuts is right on the mark: you can very much predict what you're gonna get, and for me, this is a bit of a turn off. I don't often buy the same beer twice in a short period of time, gotta mix it up, try new things etc.
Tried Young's Double Chocolate Stout last week and it was good but I had a bad cold so I couldn't taste as well as normal. That sucked.
swizzlenuts
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Demilich
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I think the only beer I've tried oak aged has been Inis & Guinn or whatever. not the limited runs either, just the bog-standard one that they have in all the liquor stores around here.
it was pretty decent. oak aged anything is kickass in my book.
it was pretty decent. oak aged anything is kickass in my book.
