/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10485159
This shit shouldn't be good. But it do. Fuck the police.

>>10485159
Who's in charge? Ya tard, generals are a death knell of board slide.

Also, craft beer is so diverse based upon region that this is a stupid type of thread to make a general upon since even a state line can mean the difference between availability and desolation.

To the anon who suggested this, cheers.

>>10485229
I
LOVE
THAT
GLASS
We upgraded to those where I work. Stems are good.

>>10485235
So, are you saying that there should be "West Coast IPA Thread General" threads, or that every "general" thread is a slide thread?
Sounds like a contradiction.
But really, every thread is a slide thread on /ck/. There's nothing worthwhile here.

>>10485159
Do y'all think beers that were modeled after cocktails would taste good?

I will be taking bait for the next hour or so, so please keep it up -I'm lonely.

>>10485287
Not sure. I'd try one though. I like cocktails.

Hope your night is going well. Mine is good.
Here is the Peach Galaxy in a glass. It's pretty good.
I prefer their painted bottles (I think it's classy) but the glued label may have allowed them to drop the price a bit??? Not sure if that was their intention. I was pleasantly surprised with this. Was expecting more "spice" but I'm getting jammy peach. Apricot, even. And the bourbon is just there for effect (as in, I'm not drunk enough), but it is actually working with the peach. Happy accident.
Looking forward to being black-out and dipping into this potato burrito.
https://twitter.com/altonbrown/status/846982801727668225
The potatoes are baked, then cubed, battered, then fried. I don't know what this fuckwit is talking about with the "they're charred" shit.

Contributing. Sitting here in Finland drinking this import. Not the best that I've had from this particular brewery that is one of my favorite English breweries overall. Not bad but not breathtaking this time.

>>10485287
I've had a decent g&t gose with juniper berries and cucumber

>>10485287
This was pretty good, both individually and mixed
https://craftypint.com/beer/3420/moon-dog-coughlins-diet-old-fashioned

>just got a crate of soya-flavored IPAs from my local microbrewery for only 12 dollars a bottle

>>10486124

Just brew it yourself.

I plan on brewing an Australian version of pliny the elder.

What are your favorite stouts and porters, lads? I like Anchor's, Bell's, and Guinness.

>>10486417
lol

>>10486418
Old Engine Oil is based

>>10486417
>pliny the elder.
overrated west coast garbo, at least new a new england style

>>10486417
>pliny the elder
Wasn't this guy a Roman philosopher?

>>10485287
I've had one that was great. It was a G&T

I got some not your dads root beer the other day
pretty good but i wouldnt have it all the time

Started my night with this one, pretty good, a more hoppy hefeweissen.

>>10486772
what the fuck dude how is that beer staying in

>>10485287
This shit was fantastic.

>>10486558
From Port Brewing? I can't find that shit anywhere anymore. Not even Mongo or Santa's Little Helper

>>10485229
are you living in a cabin?

also see that jolly pumpkin. breddy sure i have the same one.

>>10485287
depends on the cocktail. i've had a BBA sour that tasted just like a whiskey sour.

If you ever come across this try it

>>10485284

>>10487304
No

>>10487277
>A cabin?

Huh? The 50's kegerator or the pine interior make you say that? No either way. It is in a resort community and it is by a lake but not a cabin by any stretch.

>>10485287
I know Ballast Point just dropped a Moscow Mule ale that clocks in at 11% abv, but I'm not willing to spend the $20 on a 6-pack for something that may taste like shit.

>>10485284
Old nation must have bought them in fucking bulk because the teku's are significantly cheaper than Amazon has them and they put the money into branding them for commemorative releases.

Found this at the liquor store tucked away behind some bottles. Forgot to take a pic of it in the glass.
It tasted... Odd. Lots of sediment.

>>10485159
>crooked stave citrus saison

WE WARNED YOU ANON

Would anyone be interested in joining an mostly beer discussion Discord? It's a former /int/ and interpals meme server that died out and the only ones left are us beer drinkers. I can see if the owner will give me a join link if anyone wants to join.

>>10488586
The guy who used to op beer general had a discord hard on. Don't think it had much traction.

>>10488627
We've got a handful of lads that post almost daily, sometimes we strike up conversations with eachother about beer and drinks (occasionally wine or spirits, but it's mainly for beer). Since it is a former /int/ joint the owner gives out roles named for beers from your home country. Right now Americans get an "Old Milwaukee Light" tag/role.

>>10488655
I'd join and maybe a friend

>>10488655
>old Milwaukee light tag

Sounds like a trash discord

>>10486677
historian actually

>>10488655
that is very incorrect but okay

>>10488586
>>10488627
>>10488655
>>10488810
>>10488857
>Since it is a former /int/ joint the owner gives out roles named for beers from your home country. Right now Americans get an "Old Milwaukee Light" tag/role
What are you on about?

Discord owner here, we do talk pretty regularly about beer, but it's only a core group of us that are active. Roles are based on your favourite brewery, not Old Milwaukee Light or whatever.

Here's the link: https://discord.gg/FHxk3Wc

>>10488586
>>10488655
Just realised that you're talking about a completely different discord server, my bad.

>>10486567

West Coast seems better in my opinion, then again I like the hop bombs.

>>10489036
>>10489026
>>10489018
Wrong server

>>10485159
What is all that shit? At my house we all just drink Coors.

>>10485287
dumb frogposter

>>10485287

I tried a witbier by Doctors orders that was meant to be modelled after gin and tonic. It was pretty good desu despite the poor ratings it got

>>10487252
no, it's a british beer

Holy fuck this was wonderful. Nothing like the overly sweet "normal" Lindemans fruit lambics. Tart and rich and intensely flavorful.

>>10486772
>weihenstephaner BRAAAAAAP

>>10487919
how far up north is it?

>>10489915
Still a troll but only by 20 minutes.

>>10489855
yes it's based, good taste anon. that and pic related are the best sours i've had.

>>10490277
This is the other sour that really blew me away recently.
I like the price of the Lindeman's ($12) a lot better than this one ($27) though.

>>10488100
Aventinus is amazing, but I'm reading a lot of people saying it doesn't age well, so yours being 2007 may be why you found it odd.

>>10490245
>Left the pic out.

Thanks my dudes here. I delved really far into the cocktails and am going to start brewing soon so I'll let y'all know how they go. Pretty excited

I got the following in my fridge ingredients in my fridge.

60g El dorado hops
30g citra hops
60g Riwaka hops
5g of S-04 yeast

What should I brew next to try and knock out a bunch of the ingredients?

I was thinking:

1. Citra/El dorado IIPA where I use all the hops in a 11 liter batch.
2. Riwaka pilsner

the one and only imperial stout from Belgium I know of

drinking this one I got from clearance
it's ok, but I was expecting something more tanic (it tastes more like beer and grape juice)

>>10491617
I dont trust Italians with most things. Beer included

>>10491634
they do have good things, like Birrifico, Brewfist, Toccalmatto or Elav
but Birra del borgo is now abinbev property, so it may explain

Different lad from the former /int/-discord (this one >>10488586) here.
To have things cleared up, we're not this >>10489026 one, but I guess everyone realised by now.

The original post on ours was accurate tho.
Since the server more or less got replaced by another one, and only occasional conversations about beer amongst a few regulars survived, we remodeled the server.
Now we discuss mostly beer in a comfy small community.

If anyone wants to join, here's a link: https://discord.gg/CBCvygF

>>10488810
See >>10491669

>>10485159
why's there no brewing general?
trying to brew my own wheat beer. need some adv.

>>10492160
What do you want to know? I brew a belgian wheat that everybody who tries it has raved about.

>>10492160
the brewing threads are on /diy/

>>10490245
quite a hike. my grandparents' old place was on the other side, same distance west of the bridge on pointe aux chenes.

>>10485159

Drinking some of this.

Had a delicious Belgian golden strong from a local brewery tonight. They made it last summer but it's better than I remember it.

>>10493487
Is this what people talk about when they say there are a couple different kinds of PseudoSue? My local stores have a different can design than this.

>>10490933
Belgian strong dark ales tend to be better, scratch the same itch as imperial stouts, and more prevalent in Belgium so I'm not surprised

>>10494673
>Is this what people talk about when they say there are a couple different kinds of PseudoSue? My local stores have a different can design than this.

I believe so. The can I got was a different design, but if it's Toppling Goliath, then it's the same beer. I am enjoying it.

>>10489855
Their collaboration with Mikeller is pretty good, the Spontanbasil one.

>>10494673
They contract brew things for stuff on the West Coast iirc. The can looks different here in California.

>>10485159
>General

>>10492479
Meh, lots of beer here. Great place to do the things.

holy shit, finally drank this one yesterday evening with a friend
that was a damn, damn fine sour, these 20 euros were quickly forgotten

>>10497841
luckily I'll be able to get it on tap next friday,wit
- La P'tite Sottiz' - La P'tite Maiz'
- Fläder - Gallia Paris
- Imperial Gose Cassis - Brasserie Iron
- Abbaye de St Bon Chien 2013 - BFM
- Gueuze 100% bio - Brasserie Cantillon
- Foufoune - Brasserie Cantillon
- Sang Royal 2015 - Cascade Brewing
- Rose City 2016 - Cascade Brewing
- Bourbonic Plague - Cascade Brewing
- Brother Soigné - Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Florence - Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Anna - Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Arthur - Hill Farmstead Brewery
+an unisclosed one

I don't know any except the Midnight bramble and the Foufoune, hope it's gonna be worth it

How can I expand my beer knowledge? What sites do you recommend for someone who wants to know more about all the different kinds etc.?

>>10485159
Unless you only drink pic related you're a nu male with atrophied gonads

>>10490680
godspeed!

>>10485159
>Who the fuck is in charge of keeping this thread up and running?
Drunkards you fucking retard, what do you expect?

The best

>>10490680
Just did my first all grain batch. Its pretty fun.

>>10498666
fuck it dude I'd try that

I had a Trillium beer the day after canning and honestly there was an onion taste to it

>>10498666
id try it just to see what it tastes like

These beer threads are nice but why are there no whiskey threads?

>>10502516
>innis and gunn
also there used to be whiskey threads but they died

any new yorkers here?
I tried Threes Brewery Logical Conclusion (IPA) and Kicking and Screaming (Pilsner) last night.

Pretty bitter I thought, but I liked both.

>>10500970
>>10502328
beet goes well with beer, why wouldn't onion ?

>>10502516
I don't think enough people are interested to keep a thread going on

>>10502516
the only people who drink whiskey are soyboys who think that just by drinking it will make them seem more rugged and masculine.

In case there are any other Germans here, there's a beer festival in Berlin from the 4th to 6th of May.
It's at Lemke (Hackescher Markt), they'll have 150 beers from Berlin breweries only.

More info at www.bierfeste-deutschland.de/berlin.html

Travelled to Rio for a show this last weekend and took a couple hours to go to Hocus Pocus DNA, the official taphouse of what's considered by many the best micro brewery in Brazil.
The beers are good but the service is so bad that I went to another tap House also owned by another brewery later and enjoyed it much more and easily spent more money even though the beers weren't so good.
Fuckers thinking they're big shit and acting like they're so awesome because they have good ratings on Untapped pisses me off, specially when they think they can act smug because of it.
pic is Hocus Pocus Overdrive

Travelled to Rio for a show this last weekend and took a couple hours to go to Hocus Pocus DNA, the official taphouse of what's considered by many the best micro brewery in Brazil.
The beers are good but the service is so bad that I went to another tap House later, also owned by another brewery, where I enjoyed my experience much more and easily spent more money, though the beers weren't as good.
Fuckers thinking they're big shit because they have good ratings on Untapped pisses me off, specially when they think it's acceptable to act smug because of it.
>pic is Hocus Pocus Overdrive

>>10494673
>Is this what people talk about when they say there are a couple different kinds of PseudoSue? My local stores have a different can design than this.
No, thats just an old picture

The different kinds are the Double Dry Hop (citra), Mosaic Dry Hop, and Galaxy Dry Hop

All three are excellent, and must buys if you run into them, especially if fresh. They are sold in bombers rather than the usual 4 pack cans

>>10503059
I unironically enjoy drinking all kinds of whiskey and I don't injest any soy. What whiskeys have you tried?

>>10487986
It tastes like shit.

>>10498365
Steal a copy of Michael Jackson's book.

>>10502516
there are the occasional whiskey threads

>>10504749
They even normally remain civil. I would expect the scotch fags and the bourbon pilled to squabble like retards but they tend to stay above the normal level of /ck/.

>>10503637
Yeah I know about the bombers (and I see the Mosaic one from time to time, gotta grab that) but people have said something about the normal PseudoSue being brewed in Florida instead of Iowa, that's what I'm curious about

yeah, 4chan works again ! let's celebrate

>>10506640
>Celebrating.

>>10506805
>my camera is less drunk

Fuuuuuuuck this is good.

>>10504666
how is moonwalking going to help me drink beer

The tap list from the dive I just came home from. What would you order? You can get a flight of 4 for $11.

>>10507714

I'm drunk. Pic related.

>>10507718
Death and taxes

>>10506298
Oh yeah. Thats also a thing
Originally when no one could get any Toppling Goliath it was all brewed at their original brewery in Decorah, at that point everything was in bombers I think (this phase was mostly only available limitedly in Iowa, Madison, and Milwaukee all self distributed by one guy as I understand)
Then they started contract brewing at a place in Florida, these are the 4 packs that have been available the last few years in the plastic holders, all of the bombers were still from their original brewery. This allowed expansion into the rest of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Chicago, and much more ready availability (but almost entirely 4 packs and some bombers from decorah, very rare to see it on tap)
Much more recently they have opened a new, much larger brewery in Decorah to replace their original, these are the 4 pack cans available in cardboard boxes, and I was skeptical that they would taste better, but they are awesome. PseudoSue was always great in any format but the most recent ones I have had are better than ever.
I think they have stopped using the contract brewer, all of the 4 packs I have seen here in Milwaukee recently have been from the new brewery, but I have heard they have started some distribution to some disparate states recently so perhaps those are using their old contract partner, and also it is becoming much more common on tap around here

>>10507718
Peach cruiser, Death and Taxes, Big Brown Beaver, South Side Blonde

Lots of sours there for a dive bar

I like this mexican cake style beers, too bad they're often hard to spot because it's not a widly recognized style like IPAs or others

>>10507718
roots and wings, biere blanch, or xata (have had this one before), nutty operator

Before the PBR Poster gets here. If you gotta go cheap don't go for swill.
Tecate! Gets you through till payday.

>>10510008
I go high life

>>10510008
I mistook a my Dr. Pepper for my dads Tecate once when I was a kid (8ish). I am a-ok with cheap beer, but to this day, I can't stomach it.

bump

>>10511718
This stuff was everywhere in mn for like 2 months and low it's no where

>>10511752
Their IPA is just fine, but pretty much all of their other stuff is great, especially their stronger darker stuff, and their APA Fresh Coast

where the west coast boys at?

why dont more places do wax dipped cans?

Drinking pic related tonight, great summer beer

>>10512293
Because wax is a meme even for bottles where it COULD matter

It's a pain to take off and an easy way to jack up the price a couple dollars

I'd never buy that

>>10485399
I know this is late as fuck but damn I could go for a burrito

>>10485159
When will hipsters learn that overwhelming amount of hops in their faggot "ipa" beer is only there to obscure the shit brewing practices?

>>10512293
Well this is the dumbest thing I've seen all day.

>>10512447
Do you live in 2007 California?

>>10512515
No I live in reality.

The vast majority of these faggots opening up small breweries in America have no idea what they're doing. They are praying on the ignorance of the American public just like Starbucks does with their burnt ass coffee.

>>10512577
This is an objectively wrong stance. Maybe was closer to the truth 15 years ago, but the market is super competitive now. Its really hard to generate a following if you don't make good beer, and most of the larger more mediocre craft brewers from the 90s that grew in a less competitive market are retracting now due to pressure from new smaller local breweries
If you are a new brewery of the last few years (which like a quarter of them are) you basically need to start with a really good IPA, a mediocre west coast IPA as a flagship doesn't cut it anymore

>>10512293
>Open the can
>piece of wax falls in to the beer

>>10512293
I want it

Blatz is a respectbal beer. 8$ for under 7$.50 is good, 15 cans can't be beat

>>10486418
What is Founder's Breakfast Stout for $400

>>10512971
a now outdated beer that you nonetheless have to give credit to

How expensive is craft beer in your countries? I'm glad that the brewing scene here in my country (Philippines) is slowly growing, but a bottle is still quite expensive at 3-4 dollarydoos.

>>10512293
G-guys, American craft brewing is a-about more than overhopping, gimmicky branding, and m-meme presentation, r-right?

>>10513737
way too expensive here in australia
even local craft beer is too expensive, but imported stuff can turn into silly money. although it seems to depend on the country, belgian stuff is thankfully much more reasonable whereas US beers are daft.

>>10486824
Their G&T one sucks though

The KBS 2018 was an disappointment!

>>10515204
Everything founders has done since they got big has been a disappointment

>>10515319
When did they grow big?

>>10486418
Guiness for dry stout, Fuller's for porter.

>>10515319
Like what?

>>10516051
2017 CBS sucked ass as did most of their barrel aged stuff, solid gold sucks as well

easy to down

>>10486824
worst label i have ever seen

>>10512962
but can you make a wall with it?

>>10516085
dude what? CBS was excellent

>>10516650
it was good but not great

on a scale of 1 to 10 how lame is it to share expired but unopened beer with others?

i have friends over right now and we only had enough for a few of us. some other people are here and it's not enough. i have some beer in my fridge from my old roommate but the "enjoy by" date is dec 2017. should i share it with them?

>>10486418
Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout is a consensus pick in lots of /ck/ beer threads.

>>10486745
all that stuff is too sickeningly sweet.
>plus, it's all owned by the InBev overlords now, if you care about that sort of thing

>>10516650
It was ok but $27.99 made it mediocre at best. I got 3. 1 bought on my own and 2 as gifts. I drank 2. They were good but at that price they have to be amazing. I have one aging hopefully time will meld the flavors together and turn it into a world class beer. Ill probably let the beer age for another 2 years.

>>10485159
I know a place where you can get a 3yo aged Orval for under 4€

>>10517701

Ask them whether they want to play spot the off-flavour.

>>10517701
depends on the beer, many would be fine a few months after exp date

Drinking in the afternoon is the best.
From left to right :
-Dangerously close to new england from To ol
-Cognac barrel Barleywine from La debauche
-Double cheese burger cavalry DIPA from Lesft handed giant brewing

>>10518494
Looks cozy af.
I got this 4 pack. Stoked on the port version of worthy adversary, but I really wish they threw in a patience variant since I really like their barleywine

>>10518542
That looks fucking delicious

Which should I get tonight? http://107liquor.com/growler-bar-menu/

>>10485159
the only beer i drink is belgian tripel. preferably chimay.

>>10518656
The Waldo one. Get shitty

>>10518591
Hoping so. Worthy adversary is probably my favorite local stout. George hunter from castle danger is a close second though. They have some red wine barrel aged version of the latter at their tap room sometimes that's phenomenal

Hey, non-German-speaker living in Germany here. I'm trying to find a monthly craft beer subscription service that doesn't try to rape me with prices that has decent beer since where I am craft is super hard to find. Any good subscription box services that ship to Germany?

So far I've found belgibeer and beertasting.shop, if anyone has anything to say about those please do.

pic semi-related, making some pizza in here tonight

>>10518542
Ohhh I didn't realize the two worthy adversaries in there were aged differently. Maybe I'll actually pick this up

Although it's getting a little too warm for a lot of these and I already know I don't like Libertine

>>10518972

Man that oven looks cool.

Dk about the beers tho.

this was damn great

>>10519082
Yeah I bought it on sale and just tucked it away for a rainy day or something

I want to give beers as a present, but I don't drink beer myself, so I have no idea of what to get. What do you suggest? I obviously want something a bit special.

I am going simple tonight. Dogfish 60 minute (haven't had this in years, like, at least 3 years) and Lagunitas Citrusinensis (not as good as I remember it the first time they released it.)

>>10520261
Hell yeah. This stuff is absolutely delicious. Try it on tap if you ever get the chance, it is different but also good. Also keep in mind each vintage is slightly different as far as the aging process is considered. Different wine barrels and such. Also look for the Grand Cru which is even better.

>>10486418
Brooklyn's Black Chocolate stout is magical.

>>10520407
it was on tap, the 2013 one
my favorite from >>10497850 along with bourbonic plague and arthur

Rate my haul, lads.

>>10520478
That's it, I'm never phoneposting again. What the fuck.

>>10520478
8/10
Nothing looks too rare, but all are good to great

>>10515204
Had KBS for the first time today. It was 2018. It was the best stout I've ever had, and I've had a lot of them. I can't judge it against past releases but it was fucking delicious.

>>10520478
well meme'd my soy based friend, well meme'd

>>10521215
Try this if you can find it. They had a coconut one that was shockingly good too. Really any version of bomb! is great.

keeping it real

>>10521243
>try this
>it's prairies best, rarest, and most sought after Anon please... it is amazing but not really one to recommend

>>10521415
Seriously? It was at my liquor store for a couple weeks and I was wondering when the hell it would show up again. Shit.

>>10521386
>meanwhile, back in Michigan this fucker rode a bike off of that semi full of beer after his 3 song set.

>>10517985
News flash: you paid to much. Prices were lower elsewhere. Sorry you got memed on a good beer but you didn't have to pay that.

I got some Nocturnal today, just for the hell of it.
I want to see what the odd bottle and "Belgian Style Ale" designation are all about. I plan to be sort of let down.
Also got some Clown Shoes Hammer of the Holy American Imperial Stout. I plan to be pleasantly surprised, but only because I've heard negative things about Clown Shoes.

>>10521386
>>10521428
Make Crazy Joe stop

>>10520478
all the ones i've had there are very good
well done

>>10521547
What negative things? I've never had a bad, or even mediocre, beer from Clown Shoes

>>10521465
Im in commiefornia so prices are higher. Also the place i get the rare beers from are higher because they have high demand. Also CBS is a $18.00 beer max.

>>10507718
you can literally never go wrong with de Garde.

>>10522121
Stop paying the inflated prices and crying like a bitch about it. Also stop living in California if you hate it.

>just put your therapist on the dole

Posting some recent buys.

First the Australian stuff. Looking forward to trying these new Modus releases.

>>10522606
Whoops, that was the American haul.

Here's the more local stuff.

>>10522606
nomad was good and the few others I had from eviltwin were too (I liked more their stronger stuff though)
what's the one on the left ?

>>10522606
Eviltwin is so fucking good. The molotov lite is one of the best DIPA i've had ever

>>10522121
shit, in michigan (where the fucking beer is produced) it goes for close to $30. even their new adjunct lager goes for $8 for a sixer.

>>10523126
>>10523349
i love evil twin, but their distro is seriously straight up ass. most of their beers are difficult to find, and usually overpriced. and the michigan maple beers (which were produced at a michigan brewery) were not even available in the state of michigan.

>>10486772
Just tried this last night. Interesting mash up of german and American. Not sure how much I like it but it's definitely drinkable

My tastebuds are fucked for some reason tonight. The porters I'm drinking are almost not tasting of anything.

>>10520376
Get some Belgians.

You could also get some random beers with fancy bottle caps. When you're gifted a fancy looking beer as present you always become happy even if it's only a german Helles or something (at least I did).

>>10523880
It's 18 a case for solid gold brah

>>10512971
This is the correct answer

What does /btg/ think of Old Rasputin? Just picked up a 4-pack today.

>>10525644
solid. classic imperial stout

>>10525644
Its decent and widely available. Its a good entry level into the world of stouts. It isnt a top tier stout. The flsvors are one note and the mouthfeel is very thin.

>>10485287
of course they are, why else would fourloko have made their bartender series™?

tried this for the first time tonight. I'm hooked.

>>10526353
Their taddy porter is better imo. Give it a shot next

>>10520478
I have been meaning to try Third Coast but Bell's doesn't distribute in my state and it's sold out on the sites where I could get it. How was it?

>>10525644
that's a good one. a bit too bitter for all the time, but excellent.

Try Dieu du Ciel! Grande Noirceur next if you have not already

>>10522094
i dont read rating sites.
a couple of people told me that their American imperial stout was too sweet.
i actually liked it a lot.

>>10512049
Driftwood seriously has the best labels.

It's beautiful isn't it? No other beer comes close to Pabst Blue Ribbon™.

>>10526683
This. As fantastic as that beer is, the Taddy Porter is even better.

Their imperial stout and brown ale are both extremely good too.

>>10528004
>No other beer comes close to Pabst Blue Ribbon™.
Natural Ice is way fucking better and it cost even less than Pabst which has a weird aftertaste.

I'm still depressed with Green Flash being done in most of the country. Even more depressed that they did it to themselves with their shitty IPA after IPA.

>>10528278
I dont think I had one memorable beer from them

>>10528320

Rayon Vert (Baroque Belgique more recently known) and Le Freak were two of my favorite beers in the world. Friendship Brew was also very good.

>>10528272
>not drinking Lionshead

>>10528344
Yeah I didnt try any of those. Everything available was an IPA at first and I just stopped even looking after a certain point

I mean, I know it's watered down from what I could find from the local craft joint that makes an oyster stout.... but it isn't terrible.

>>10521266
My nigger, $1 pints of Black and Tan at Food City got me through the winter.
Currently drinking Hazy Little Thing from SN. It's ok.
Got a week old batch fermenting in my bedroom - A hoppy Rye Wheat Saison with spices and honey. Should be good!

Anyone have good recommendations for summer beers? I tend to drink citrus a lot when it is warm.

Some of my current go to beers:
>New Belgium Tartastic Lemon
>21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon
>Sweetwater Goin' Coastal

>>10529223
Oedipus Swingers
Camden Hols
any Garage that's not stout

>>10528278
>>10528320
I really enjoyed their Saison they made for Trader Joe's but other than that, I never had anything memorable from them. Anything I ever saw on shelves was old enough to be in kindergarten

I know it's a meme, but this is a great beer. The drinkability with subtle complexity behind it is perfect. I used to think it was boring until I tried more farmhouse ales. I have a fridge of this and moon man right now

Pretty fucking lovely. Zero alcohol flavor/bite at 12% ABV, the mark of a well-crafted brew. Would drink again.

>>10529994
Looks awesome. Gonna keep an eye out for it. Any other reccomendations from Ballast Point?

Tried all of these. The Hawaiian Crunk and Peach ones aren't too bad. Anyone tried any other hazy IPAs? I'm on the lookout for more hazy ones for summer.

>>10529597

It's not a meme, it's just really good by flyover standards. It's considered slightly above average out on the coast, and only has it's cult status because NG refuses to distribute out of state, so mid-west fags think they have something special.

>>10530114
>t's just really good by flyover standards
The upper midwest has as high of standards for beer as anywhere else, if not higher

Also, the biggest reason for it's cult status is that its only in Wisconsin, not the midwest in general, so Chicago people are largely responsible for the myth behind it. Its easy enough to drive and pick up that many have had it, but just enough effort is required that its a thing

Its super solid for what it is though one of the best of the style, and actually outsells Bud Light in Wisconsin, which as far as I can tell it is the only craft beer to outsell Bud Light in any state, and its absolutely great at getting older people who used to only drink shitty beer to start drinking better beer. As far as beers New Glarus makes though, it is nothing special. On the other hand basically every sour fruit beer New Glarus does and pretty much every limited 4 pack release is pretty special

>>10530067
Any variation on Victory at Sea is good.
I really want to try this, though:
>Indra Kunindra
>CURRY EXPORT STOUT
>A burst of Madras Curry, Cumin, Cayenne, Coconut, and Kaffir Lime Leaf.
Thai food: the stout. I don't know if I expect this to be amazing or terrible but I have to try it.

>>10530090
>hottest beer style atm.

Yep.

>>10530851
arguably, M-43 was one of the best ipas i've had in my life, and i've more or less swore off them years ago. there's a difference between hop-forward and "hey we made some hop juice", and some brewers just don't get that.

>>10512608

Honestly it varies by market. I live in NJ, which seems to be a solid 5-7 years behind other states when it comes to beer. In recent years, they lifted some state restrictions, and the number of craft breweries has exploded. 80% is shit, and most of them are getting by on being "local". Even nationally, the number of players in the market is completely unsustainable, and the industry overall is starting to trend downwards even if you take the top 50 craft breweries out of the equation (which is like 85% of volume). The next 1-2 years are going to be very interesting, and we're going to see a lot more breweries get acquired/close their doors. The small super-local guys will be ok, and the big guys with national footprints (Sam, Sierra, New Belgium) can weather the storm, but a lot of the regional breweries that over extended their distribution are in trouble.

>>10530067
i fell in love with this one you should try it

>>10530190

Ballast Point has gone off the rails. VaS is pretty decent, and Sculpin is an okay example of a SD IPA, but they get way too much hype lately.

>>10531329
All I've ever wanted is to have the Peppermint victory at sea but I live in Australia

>>10530114
Not really. Their sours and special releases are special. Spotted cow is still a great beer for what it is. Also, both coasts are overrated and underwhelming. If I want the same ipa from 7 different breweries, I'll head towards the ocean

What should I drink first?

>>10530851
Just had some ME-MI last night and that shit is great. Pineapple in a can.

If only I knew how to actually say the name out loud though

>>10513737
Brazil here. Anywhere from 15 Reais to 60 reais per can.

>tfw

>>10521266
>the old 24oz can design
But they replaced that 2 years ago

>>10531429
>not drinking the superior natural disaster

do people actually like the taste of IPA or is it a meme, I can't understand how anyone would like it. it legit tastes like soap

>>10533187
dunno, I heard several people say this but to me a strongly hop focused ipa is more on a garlic side
otherwise, I wouldn't call myself a fan because the style gets tired pretty fast, but chugging one down on a hot afternoon is ok and refreshing

>>10533175
God these things are fucking awful but they sure as fuck do the job and then some
When you're broke as hell and drinking to get drunk, ya boi Earthquake is always there for you.

>>10533187

>tastes like soap

At least get your memes right, dumb frog poster.

>>10533187
I prefer IPAs or pale ales over yeasty lagers since yeast flavor makes me feel fucking ill, feels like drinking bacteria swill

A good pale ale is refreshing and floral without ending on yeast like sierra nevada does

Although I also unironically like gin straight so I might just be a shill for herbal drinks

>>10533564

Sierra Nevada is the OG APA.

out of curiosity, since I heard Cantillon beers were very expensive in the US, how much is pic related (aka the most common gueuze they do) in 75cl format ? I pay 16€ here

>>10533584
I know, my dad used to drink it before he switched to exclusively drinking a handle of Johnnie Walker Red every day

While it opened the door for the current hop trend, I don't like drinking the beer itself

>>10533600
Im not stupid enough to buy cantillon at some hipster beer bar for 2 hundo

you should not pay more than 30 dollars for cantillon. use etre gourmet if you really need to try it that much

>>10533681
30 dollars is about double of what it costs in here
I live near Belgium and get them here since it's a 30 minutes drive, and it's 16 euros because I'm not always in the mood to drive 2+ hours to brussels. at the cantillon brewery it's a bit cheaper

>>10533720
Classic price rises from shipping

As it turns out, going buying unshipped product from the origin of manufacture is the cheapest, who knew

>>10533747
Sure, people expect to pay more for shipping, but that doesn't explain the degree of the insane markup you see on it.

>>10533747
I agree with >>10533753, here you have little choice compared to what US breweries have to offer, but it's usually "only" a 3-5 euros rise compared to the US prices

>>10533753
Maybe once the urbanites have been day-of-the-roped the price will drop

Anyway, the best course of action seems to be to go for local drinks unless there's an import you really like

>>10533753
meme beer. pretension and trying to make a buck off of suckers. Douchebags like craftbeerkings come to mind

You guys like Doppelbock? I do.

>>10533828
yes, but I don't like spaten beers

just begnning >>10490933 up right now, who'd thought belgians were good at making imperial stouts ? I guess they're naturally good at making anything boozy
this one's base, which I tasted, was already good enough, but the barrel aging just adds its touch to the whole
the 13 % will be hard to get through tho, since I football-drinked a lot already before coming back home

>>10533860
why? At my local market the only doppelbock available is Spaten. I still enjoy it for what it is.

>>10533828
paulaner salvator was probably my entry into this trying new beers all the time and expanding my palate thing

>>10533935
out of the many german beers I can get (I live in french Ardennes, which means I'm close to Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany) it is one among the lots I didbn't like

>>10523126
The one on the left is Stillwater's Levadura Oaxacan-style sour ale brewed with salt, agave and lime.

>>10535258
>Stillwater's Levadura Oaxacan-style sour ale brewed with salt, agave and lime

one of the gayest statements I've ever read in my entire life

>>10535267
Why?

>>10526683
>>10528007

I just tried to get some, but the place in my town that I know carries Samuel Smith doesn't have the Porter right now ;_;

I bought the Chocolate Stout instead. Gonna have it tomorrow. What am I in for?

>>10535312
A pretty alright stout. Honestly, the only imports I bother with are unibroue and chimay. Everything else I get now is local. Oh there is a jacobite traquair ale that's worth the import cost as well.

>>10533600
I'll usually pay around $45 for the geuze on reselling sites

>>10536383
ugggghhhhhh

$45 for a fifth of beer is so absurdly gouged

I'm convinced you can find delicious beer at least state local at $1.50 max per 12oz as opposed to fucking $45 per 25oz

>>10536478
You absolutely can. The most I'll spend on any bottle of beer is 15$ anymore. Anything over that it just doesnt seem worth it at all

>>10536383
the thing is "why ?"
because you have very good wild beers available, like the ones from Hill farmstead, so why bother

HOUSTON REPORTING IN

Backwoods bastard is awesome, I love barley wine (this one is labeled as scotch ale but basically it's barley Wine variant) and this one was so smooth with great barell notes. Also price was pretty good I think around 8$ (bought at mikkeller webshop).

>>10537632
One of the the worst founders beer i have tried. Its too bready and sweet.

>>10522606

Is Bible Belt good?
Chilies recognizeable?

>>10533747
the fucked up thing in America is for a lot of places it's the opposite, the brewery/winery sells at a 20% markup, but also sells wholesale to local distributors at half the price, who then mark it up 20%

>>10537632
Occasionally I'll pick up a single or two of this, great beer for an occasional change from imperial stout.

>>10533600
I pay 6 € at the brewery and 7 € at my local store

>>10535312
>What am I in for?
You will love it if you like dark chocolate.

>>10490277
Absolutely loved their lambic experimental cassis, was parrticularly woody. Been considering getting a crate of the geuze, would you say it was woody too? Like shoving your head in a lovely barrel full of wood smell

>>10490933
There is also Struisse Black Albert, 13%. I had high hopes but found it far too boozy, like paint stripper

>>10502516
Sometimes there are alcohol general for both beer and whisky (and other alcohol I guess)

>>10512293
Shit idea, wax bottles are bad enough

>>10520478
>Australia/10
>Aventinus Eisbock
11/10 top tier bier
>Schlenkerla Eich
7/10 Wasn't as good as I expected, not really any better than the Marzen and certainly not better than the Fastenbier
>Kwak
8/10 decent dubbel

>>10526353
Underrated brewery, their fruit beers are unusually good too

>>10539405
>Samuel Smith
>underrated

>>10485159
>me on halloween: 6 ft, 140ish pounds
>drink 4-6 beers pretty much every day since then
>weigh myself this morning: 168 pounds
what the fuck I look pregnant.

>>10539434
I work in a pub in yorkshire, I've never heard them mentioned or seen them in any pub. They may be popular online but I've never heard of them other than trying a couple of their stouts and their fruit range

>>10539467
They're in almost every halfway decent liquor store I've been to in my flyover state

>>10539467
I belive they are the oldest brewery in Yorkshire.

>>10539482
That's interesting, are they contract brewed in the US or have some big distributor there? Only know one place that sells them here

>>10539494
Not sure desu. Their like 4 or 5$ for a 500? ML or whatever bottle if I remember right. Around the same as a weihenstephaner

>>10507718
Where is this! Are you a sacfag?

Also peach cruiser, biere blanche, good clean fun, and whatever the moonraker says

Just gripped 2 Sierra Nevada Pints at the gas station for 3.20.
Cracked one to have with the huevos rancheros i just whipped up.

>>10539552

Folsom.

Someone rec me some gud coffee ales.

Is this stuff yeast or hop resin? Drinking Space Dust btw. How does this even happen?

Almanac fuck off.

It seems like an interesting beer, I saw it in a bar and was going to try it once. Later I found out its £15. Please stop this pretentious shite

Is there anything else like this?

>>10541206
sorry bro, that's aids particles :(
F

>scroll through thumbnails
>ctrl+f coopers
>phrase not found

what the FUCK are you cunts DOING?

>>10541923
the sparkling ale is unique and pretty good but otherwise coopers is ok at best. They cater to the people who know slightly better than your average consumer but who also don't give a fuck about drinking anything decent.

>>10540923
Clown Shoes The Barista.

>>10486824
Holy fuck that's hilarious

>>10512293
Disgusting.
Get it out of the tap or in a real can you God damn hippie scum.

Got some fucking noice shit

>>10530190
Not to burst your bubble but i thought that Indra was shit. Over spiced would be an understatement

>>10541206
>Drinking Space Dust btw.

>>10540923
Central waters coffee stout. Bent paddle cold press black ale

>>10541206
Looks like a tiny amount of yeast cake. Never gotten that with Space Dust.

>>10543995
They've got downhill ever since AB-Inbev bought them. Or maybe it's just a placebo.

>>10544042
The only thing I'm sure about is that it's one of those beers that always seems to be much better on tap.

>>10541923
>photo is 64kb

Of course it would be a pic of an aussie beer

>>10503059
So whiskey is the fedora of liquor?

>>10544414
Whiskey is just beer for alcoholics

Just tried a sour beer for the first time

Kinda gross desu. Why is this a thing??

>>10545118
if you have some more it'll grow on you, like a cancer.
start at try-hopped sours and work your way up from there

>>10545176
>try-hopped sours
meant dry-hopped sours
fuck

>>10545176
I mean, I was never a huge fan of strong tarty tasting stuff to begin with so it could be just not for me. This was the beer I had btw.

I will take your suggestion though, thanks!

Heading to Wisconsin on Sunday, then to Chicago on Wednesday.

what are some regional brews I should look for in the general area?

(New Glarus is already on my list, specifically their Wisconsin Red.)