/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14024992]

post 9% beers that go down extremely smooth

[Anonymous No.14025003]

do you have a problem with the alcohol content of 9% beers

[Anonymous No.14025028]

>>14024992
God that's an awful label. The only one that I've seen that's worse is a local one that's like an MS paint devil pulling it's pants down. I don't care if the beer is great, take some time and make a halfway decent design

[Anonymous No.14025047]

this stuff is treacherous

[Anonymous No.14025384]

>>14024992
I forget the name but the one with the merry monks on the front are pretty good. I forget the exact name because I always called them 10%'s

[Anonymous No.14025440]

More than 9% but still an obvious choice.

>>14025384
St Bernardus?

[Anonymous No.14025454]

>>14025440
found it actually. it's brewed in PA.

[Anonymous No.14025460]

Gives me some powerful shits the day after.

[Anonymous No.14025467]

Based PA. They make this too, surprisingly good.

[Anonymous No.14025475]

>>14025028
>style over substance
Fuck you nigger
Good beer is good beer

[Anonymous No.14025476]

This shit is dangerous.

[Anonymous No.14025625]

Britfag here, hope you don't mind the contribution

[Anonymous No.14025632]

>>14025028
Not only are you retarded for caring, but there's actually nothing wrong with this label. It's a simple but appealing design to my eyes, get taste faggot.

[Anonymous No.14025634]

>>14025047
This is probably my #1 favorite beer. Their dubbel, not the trippel.

All you need is 2. 2 of these is the equivalent of like 4 tall boys for me. But you could never tell since they taste so good.

[Anonymous No.14025648]

Literally the worlds best beer.

[Anonymous No.14025668]

>>14025047
That’s a cool glass, too.

[Anonymous No.14025690]

This is all my wife drinks.

[Anonymous No.14025754]

>>14024992

[Anonymous No.14025790]

>>14025475
this one is very good but god the diabetes
pic related is another pedro ximenes I like

[Anonymous No.14025793]

>>14025690
Does your wife post on /r9k/?

[Anonymous No.14025799]

>>14024992
my fav

[Anonymous No.14025816]

>>14025793
Yeah. I'm trans btw, if it matters.

[Anonymous No.14025819]

>>14024992
>hey bro can you spot me $2?

[Anonymous No.14025833]

>>14025819
are there no stronger hobo beers in the US ? here pic related is at 2,50 euros (2,7 dollars)

[Anonymous No.14025837]

>>14025816
I always knew you were.

[Anonymous No.14025845]

>>14025833
For the price? Not that I know of. Costs me $1.10 here after tax.
Think that's about 1 euro even for a pint,8.

[Anonymous No.14025879]

>>14025028
this is true - the label is appalling

[Anonymous No.14025884]

>>14025648
and still 1/3 less alcohol than typical bottle of wine

[Anonymous No.14025899]

>>14025845
cheapest booze/price ratio here is at 1,06 euro/50cl/10%. but you have lots of 50cts/50cl/7%

[Anonymous No.14025911]

>>14025833
>16% ABV
>Under $3

[Anonymous No.14025958]

>>14025884
>typical bottle of wine
>27%

Shut up you sloppy moron.

[Anonymous No.14025968]

>>14025475
I didn't say I wouldn't drink it if it's good, but if you take 0 effort with the label I assume the same for the beer as a customer.
>>14025632
It's pretty bad. Like someone who taught themselves graphic design for a month tricked the brewery into hiring them

[Anonymous No.14026078]

is there a documentary that will explain all the different types of beer to me?

[Anonymous No.14026084]

>all these mass brewed "micro" brews

If your beer doesn't come in those 16 Oz aluminum cans made in small batches its probably crap and your taste is therefore questionable

[Anonymous No.14026195]

>>14025793
Lol no is this popular on /r9k/?

[Anonymous No.14026200]

>>14025625
Evil twin is great

[Anonymous No.14026217]

>>14026078
Yes, it's called Google

[Anonymous No.14026223]

>>14026084
>drinking out of aluminum cans
>talks shit about other peoples taste

[Anonymous No.14026228]

>>14025476
This one is ridiculous. Tastes like soda.

[Anonymous No.14026231]

>>14024992
I really wish I could get this in Canada so I could see if it's as good as I remember it being.

[Anonymous No.14026250]

>>14024992
picrelated, goes down like any other shitty eurolager, as long as it's ~4 C degrees warm. Costs around 0.60 $ for 500 ml can.

[Anonymous No.14026262]

>>14025911
I've seen extremely few hobos drinking it, so that's saying a lot on the quality. they'd rather have a couple 7-10% beers than this filth

[Anonymous No.14026407]

>>14025968
Look at these backwards-ass bottles, idiot monks didn't even bother with designing a label! There's no way I'm buying this.

[Anonymous No.14026409]

>>14025047
is this seasonal

[Anonymous No.14026418]

>>14026409
no, and it's also widely distributed. you can get it in supermarket where I live

[Anonymous No.14026453]

>>14026407
>tfw they literally just ripped the labels off some westmalle bottles and put their swill in
fucking bootleg breweries riding the coattails of their betters

[Anonymous No.14026541]

Not 9% (only 7%) but this beer is dangerous.

Also it’s good to make chicks drunk

[Anonymous No.14026646]

>>14024992
The best NEIPA my country has produced, from my favourite brewery in Falmouth. At 8% I have never tasted anything so inherently drinkable. It's beautiful, juicy, silky, tropical, floral and sexy.
They basically keep making the same beer with a different name but I'll be fucked if they don't do it well.

[Anonymous No.14026689]

This shit here is fucking amazing.

[Anonymous No.14026723]

>>14026646
A lot of the NEIPA focused breweries do that, I've noticed. Same base recipes for everything but they change up the hop varietals, I think.

>>14026689
Oh fuck yeah. Incredibly cheap for such a good BA stout, too.

[Anonymous No.14026742]

>>14025690
vile

[Anonymous No.14026753]

>>14024992
Pic related is 11% I believe. Goes down real smooth.

[Anonymous No.14026768]

>>14024992
Only 7.5% but Guinness Foreign Extra Stout is very pleasant to drink
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Foreign_Extra_Stout

[Anonymous No.14026789]

This is 8%, drinking a bunch of these on an icy winter evening is kino. Malty enough to warm your spirits, some hoppiness to warm your gut, but also reminds you of the bite of cold air.

[Anonymous No.14026881]

>>14026789
>black IPA
These never seem to be full bodied enough to make the roastiness enjoyable. Maybe I've just had too much stout.

[Anonymous No.14027271]

>>14025958
Bro,,,

[Anonymous No.14028296]

>>14026231
90 minute is amazing. 120 minute ipa is great too. 60 minute sucks dick

[Anonymous No.14028307]

>>14026541
I hate the taste of this. Tastes like bubblegum.

[Anonymous No.14029958]

>>14026407
Bit of a difference between a brand new brewery with no clout vs one of the oldest and most renowned Trappist ales in the world m8

[Anonymous No.14030070]

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[Anonymous No.14030502]

>>14025047
>$25 for a 4 pack
“No.”

[Anonymous No.14030526]

>>14029958
He was being facetious, anon.

[Anonymous No.14030545]

>>14030526
No shit, but he was still trying to make a dumb point

[Anonymous No.14030587]

>>14029958
A flashy label design does not a good beer make, anon. Inform yourself a better way. Try reading reviews and ratings, visit discussion forums, ask the IRL bloke behind the counter. If he's worth half a shit he'll give you his honest opinion on a beer he's selling.

[Anonymous No.14030631]

>>14030587
Didn't say it did, but I'm not going to look up every beer with a bad label on the off chance it's good. If you're proud of a product, you should make an effort in how it's presented. Graphic design artists are a dime a dozen

[Anonymous No.14031328]

>>14025833
this has to be absolutely disgusting but i'd like to try it.

anyway we have Four Loko Gold which is redbull flavored malt liquor and it comes in at 14% abv for around $3.00

[Anonymous No.14031603]

>>14025467
>Dallas fag
Where can I buy this?

[Anonymous No.14031637]

Chimay Blue and Sint Bernardus 12. La Trappe quadrupel is good too.

[Anonymous No.14031652]

>>14025003
Nobody said they had a problem with 9% abv

[Anonymous No.14031656]

>>14025476
Golden monkey is pretty good iirc. It's been a minute since I've had one though

[Anonymous No.14032119]

>>14031656
It's pretty bland for a tripel.

[Anonymous No.14032129]

Delis.

[Anonymous No.14033590]

>>14031603
https://weyerbacher.com/beers/
probably only in eastern PA

[Anonymous No.14033794]

>>14025754
my nigga

[Anonymous No.14033837]

>>14025028
There was a beer that I really liked once but never bought because the label was a drawing of a toilet back up with shit boiling out of it.

[Anonymous No.14034007]

>>14025476
I love these things. Drink 2 or 3, you're pretty tossed, and it goes down like water.

[Anonymous No.14035717]

>>14025476
yup, that and dirtwolf turn me into a different person.

[Anonymous No.14035723]

>>14025690
Shouldnt let your wife drink, no reason for females to do it either

[Anonymous No.14035726]

>>14026418
apparently not where i live

[Anonymous No.14035764]

[Anonymous No.14035797]

>>14035723
Do American nurses really do this?
Wear the uniform outside the workplace with a fucking wristwatch? That's disgusting.
I might not get fired for wearing a wristwatch t work one day at my hospital, but I'd get a very stern talking to. That shit's on par with forgetting to wear trousers.

[Anonymous No.14035822]

It's a bit over 9, but damn does it go down smooth.

[Anonymous No.14035823]

>>14035797
>nurse
That's a CNA at best. She just wipes the assholes.

[Anonymous No.14036019]

>>14035823
isn't that textbook definition of what nurses do?

[Anonymous No.14036031]

>>14036019
There’s several tiers of nurses the ones with actual 4 year degrees mostly do actual medical stuff not housekeeping.

[Anonymous No.14036060]

>>14036031
>actual medical stuff
like shooting selfies of yourself doing tequila shots and blow next to that 80 year old comatose patient?

[Anonymous No.14036069]

>>14035764
Based

[Anonymous No.14036190]

>>14033837
Yeah I've seen one that had a dirty ass crack on the can and I cannot bring myself to buy it. Pic related is supposed to be good too but I just don't support this kind of faggotry so I don't buy it. If I find it at a bar id try it but I just don't want this shit in my fridge, staring at me every time I open the door

[Anonymous No.14036205]

>>14025799
Best post in this thread.

[Anonymous No.14036219]

>>14032129
I want to try this but the name pisses me off. Ive been through that shit and its not something that ought to be used as the name for a beer.

[Anonymous No.14036285]

>>14026407
I really want to try this but I dont want to go to Belgium to get it.

[Anonymous No.14036288]

>>14036069
So fucking good. A surprising amount of people sleep on Spencer abbey, but they're great.

[Anonymous No.14036293]

>>14036285
St. Bernardus 12 is brewed with the exact same recipe and well water. People have done back to back taste tests and they're almost identical beers.

[Anonymous No.14036315]

>>14035764
Does this pair well with a mushroom Swiss burger?

[Anonymous No.14036332]

>>14036315
Probably would be good, yeah. Stouts tend to be great with roasted meats and strong cheeses. So maybe switch out the swiss for some gorgonzola.

[Anonymous No.14036334]

>>14025690
this is all i drink
>>14025793
you may be thinking of me

[Anonymous No.14036368]

>>14030070
I can't tell if I like old chub or dirty Bastard better, but I do know pic related is the best scotch ale I've ever had

[Anonymous No.14036382]

>>14024992
With all due respect to your taste and preferences, that's an Imperial Stout.
They all go down like wood stain. And get me shit faced! But I only touch them when I literally want a beer that tastes and feels like a full course meal in terms of sheer weight.

[Anonymous No.14036843]

>>14036382
>They all go down like wood stain
Anon, please expand your sample size. There's some deliciously smooth stouts in this thread, like the Spencer ale.

>>14036368
I haven't tried what's in your picture, but backwoods bastard is excellent. Best scotch ale I've tried is pic related.

[Anonymous No.14037936]

>>14036843
If you like scotch ales I highly recommend it. The only place that consistently carries the stuff near me is total wine and one random specialty beer shop. Backwoods is so hit or miss. One year it's phenomenal the next it's just a bourbon bomb. Never tried that Sierra Nevada but I really haven't had a bad beer from them

[Anonymous No.14038228]

>>14037936
>Backwoods is so hit or miss. One year it's phenomenal the next it's just a bourbon bomb
I have noticed that the quality has completely plummeted since they've switched it to year round production. The only bat SN trip in the woods is this god awful tequila barrel aged version of their Otra Vez gose. Everything else is great.

[Anonymous No.14038476]

>>14038228
Really? That sounds like a good combo. I had a tequila aged kettle sour from a local place that was great

[Anonymous No.14038514]

>>14038476
It's impressive in the sense that they created a boozy mess of a beer that burns your nose while keeping the alcohol at 6%.
Maybe it's just not to my taste. I'm not a fan of tequila at best and I prefer my sours a little more exotic in terms of the yeasts used. Pic related is my favorite sour, but a little tough to find.

[Anonymous No.14038650]

>>14036288
The only Trappist in the US, I think it’s the only one outside of Europe too

[Anonymous No.14038652]

A little more than 9%, but still fucking nice.

[Anonymous No.14038668]

>>14038650
The trappists in Europe didn't even want to let them brew beer at first because they thought their reputation would be ruined because all American beer is Bud light.

[Anonymous No.14038673]

>>14035764
When did the Spencer monks start brewing multiple ales? I thought they only brewed a blond ale. I remember it was pretty good. Hows the stout? Ive never heard of any other Trappist Monasteries brewing a stout.

[Anonymous No.14038701]

>>14038673
iirc, for the first year they were restricted to just brewing their blonde. But even among trappist ales, theirs are pretty unusual. Their quadrupel doesn't use any of the usual spices and instead achieves the effect with just malts. On top of the stout, which is fantastic, their IPA (the only trappist IPA produced as far as I know) is really balanced and their christmas ale is decadent.

[Anonymous No.14038703]

>>14038650
Theyre one of the newest, too. The Trappist beer is from, of all places, a British monastery and its a dubbel called Tynt Meadow. Its supposed to be pretty good.

[Anonymous No.14038715]

>>14038701
>Trappist IPA
Wow. Never thought there would be such a thing. Thats based. Hope they are succesful and become firmly established.

[Anonymous No.14038730]

>>14038715
>Never thought there would be such a thing.
They had the balls to put it in a can, too. God bless them.

[Anonymous No.14038803]

>>14038514
Oof. That sounds rough. The only brewery I trust 100% with barrel aging is a local one called Hammerheart, and Central waters. Both have incredible barrel aging programs, the former is just way smaller format

[Anonymous No.14038837]

>>14038803
I've only ever been able to get ahold of a central waters BA weizenbock, but it was absolutely profound and changed my perception of what you could do with a bourbon barrel. I'd love the chance to try some more of their catalogue.

[Anonymous No.14038857]

>>14038730
Based

[Anonymous No.14038914]

>>14038703
>British trappist
I'm intrigued. What style?

[Anonymous No.14038926]

>>14038837
I recently had Cassian sunset for the first time and it was incredible. I genuinely think they're the best in the country right now. Prairie is also great but I haven't tried enough from them to really compare

[Anonymous No.14038937]

>>14038926
I've had a lot of Prairie lately, and they tend to rely very heavily on adjuncts. Their ales are really good, but I can't imagine drinking a whole bomber of any one of their barrel aged beers like I could with a Central Waters.

[Anonymous No.14038960]

>>14026768
Goddamn that looks good. I've only had their regular Extra Stout but that's only 5.6%

Never seen the FES in California though...

[Anonymous No.14039025]

>>14035822
This stuff is awesome I keep them around as dessert beers

[Anonymous No.14039041]

>>14038837
I finally made the drive up to CW this winter and had a brandy barrel aged version of their anniversary beer with cherry, and it was one of the best beers I've ever tried

[Anonymous No.14039042]

>>14035822
11% I believe.

So fucking smooth.

[Anonymous No.14039053]

>>14038914
Pretty sure its a dubbel. Its kind of mind boggling that theres a Catholic monastery brewing beer in Britain of all places.

[Anonymous No.14039309]

>>14024992
Has that not too long ago. Oddly smooth and sweet considering.

[Anonymous No.14039360]

>>14024992
>>14039309
This was also pretty good, but the alcohol was more noticeable.

[Anonymous No.14039448]

>>14025754
Based

[Anonymous No.14040271]

>>14038937
>Saint bon chien.
I've ordered of few of those bad boys, should arrive soon.

[Anonymous No.14040296]

Which Quadrupel has the most flavor?

[Anonymous No.14040825]

Bump

[Anonymous No.14040835]

>>14024992
Not 9%, but a really nice beer and my favourite

[Anonymous No.14040859]

>>14024992
I could suck on this tit all day, if you know what I mean.

[Anonymous No.14041176]

>>14036285
St Bernardus is the exact same recipe since they used to brew Westy 12. The only difference is the yeast strain (same as westmalle, I think) and temperature schedule. I brewed a clone using Chimay yeast and it's pretty damn good.

[Anonymous No.14041195]

>>14036382
it goes down like water
it is very dangerous

[Anonymous No.14042810]

>>14025833
Holy shit I'm so glad I grew up in the middle of no where Kansas and the closest place to buy beer was a gas station with 3.2% beer.

If this was available for me when I was 15 I wouldnt be alive.

[Anonymous No.14043301]

Tastes like liquid Autumn.

[Anonymous No.14043574]

>>14042810
Cope

[Anonymous No.14043613]

>>14035797
What is wrong with a wristwatch?

[Anonymous No.14043724]

>>14043301
Severely underrated style.

[Anonymous No.14043753]

>>14025833
The effort to make that beer with that abv. Goofy brewer for that price point.

[Anonymous No.14043775]

>>14026078
Download the bjcp. Small pdf. Has the profile for every style. Used as a guide for taste testing

[Anonymous No.14043779]

Just cracked open this on the 21st (the 2018 edition, pic related actually) could not believe it was 12 percent, not boozy at all. Not even super bitter for a triple IPA. Ecliptic is a very solid brewery.

[Anonymous No.14043837]

>>14043779
Ecliptic makes this black currant tripel which is fucking perfect. Wish I could get their beers more regularly down here.

[Anonymous No.14043984]

>>14038937
this is literally the best beer i've ever had

[Anonymous No.14044042]

Surprised I haven’t seen this lad posted yet.
Literally the best coffee-based alcohol I have ever had. Went down dangerously easy and keeps my tired ass awake after working a 48

[Anonymous No.14044050]

>>14044042
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

[Anonymous No.14044118]

>>14036219
>noo you can't make fun of me for being drunk for 2 weeks straight

[Anonymous No.14044354]

>>14040296
Best Ive had is this. Ive heard that Westvleteren 12 is the be all end all, but Im not going to spend $100 on a bottle of beer.

[Anonymous No.14044367]

>>14044354
Forgot the pic. This is the best quad Ive had. The Rochefort 10 is very, very close.

[Anonymous No.14044376]

>>14025625
Saw this at the store. Ridiculous £3.5 price lol. Is it worth it?

Only beer that I paid for around that price was Kentucky Breakfast Stout. And that's imported from the US!

[Anonymous No.14044381]

>>14025799
Based choice.

[Anonymous No.14044408]

>>14044376
How the hell did you get KBS for £3.50 all the way over in the UK? That stuff is $5 a bottle even here in the US.

[Anonymous No.14044412]

>>14025754
>Quebec Beer
Fantastic, is it going to kidnap my apple juice and maple syrup if I leave it in the fridge too long?

[Anonymous No.14044417]

>>14044408
I think I bought it for £4 on beerhawk.


I ordered 10 different beers for my dad's birthday as a gift. I actually got the recommendations on here. Every beer was spectacular

[Anonymous No.14044429]

Wht can't I get into beer. I absolutely hate the taste of that poison. Ot makes me want to gag.

[Anonymous No.14044811]

>>14025454
Weyerbacher makes a lot of good beers, though many of them tend to be a bit higher than 9%

[Anonymous No.14045399]

>>14044429
Try different types. What got me into beer at very first was wheat beer

[Anonymous No.14045455]

>>14024992
11%. Goes down real smooth.

[Anonymous No.14045468]

Did somebody say ugly label?

[Anonymous No.14045490]

>>14026407
Yeah, it's shit. Send any leftovers you have my way.

(seriously it is pretty damn good)

[Anonymous No.14045497]

>>14035822
They did a triple mash version of this a few years ago...came in over 15%. it was heavenly.

[Anonymous No.14045509]

>>14038837
The Central Waters barrel aging program is fuckin' top shelf. Not a bad one in the group, but their BA wee heavy is truly a spectacle.

[Anonymous No.14045904]

>>14044367
How would you say the flavors compare to the other quads/strong dark ales like Chimay and Gulden Draak?
Carbonation? Aftertaste? Which hides alcohol the best?

[Anonymous No.14046685]

Germanfag here, I am curious about all that IPA stuff. (What does that even mean?) Are there any rules that these breweries have to follow or are literally all the ingredients allowed to make beer? I'm not gonna bitch about muh Reinheitsgebot, but using flashy labels and funny names for beer gives me a feeling of pretentiousness, both in regards to the brewer as well as to the customer, who buys that stuff. Why not just use water, hop and barley (and some yeast for that matter) and call it a day?

[Anonymous No.14047040]

>>14044050
>>14045455
>Supporting a racist brewery

[Anonymous No.14047063]

>>14046685
IPA = India Pale Ale
In its simplest definition it's just a pale ale with a strong aromatic flavour from the large amount of hops used in the brewing process. American IPAs typically use hops like Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Citra, but many others too, which all have different aromatics ranging from piney and herbal to tropical and floral. Obviously there is a huge variety of flavours that can arise from hops alone, so it's a far broader category than it used to be.

I'm guessing as a boilerplate Germanfag all you really have heard of is pilsner-style lagers like Veltins and Oettinger. These use traditional European malts and hops and are also cold fermented, so they all taste fairly similar with varying degrees of quality. Wheat beers are closer to the brewing process of IPAs in that they are top-fermented, but again, they use very specific hops, malts and yeast. The best way to understand what an IPA tastes like is just to try one really. Look in Getränkemärkte for imported American stuff like Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas for entry-level IPAs. Punk IPA is increasingly popular in Germany as I understand, and, although very bland by comparison, will give you a general idea of what an IPA tastes like.

[Anonymous No.14047420]

>>14046685
Since the answer above didn't actually explain much about the name:
It's called an India Pale Ale because it was a Pale Ale meant for India.
When India was a British colony, the British brewed beer in Britain and shipped it to India.
Since hops are a good preservative, they added extra hops to the Pale Ales to make sure the beer didn't expire on their long journeys at sea to India.
Of course, more hops means more bitterness.
People came to enjoy the taste of these bitterer beers, so they started drinking these in Britain as well as in India.

The original IPA is fundamentally just a pale ale: malt, hops, yeast and water. But with more hops.
English IPAs tend to keep some maltiness for balance. Traditionally, they don't go overly crazy with hops.
American IPAs, which is what most people mean when they say IPA these days, and the ones that started the trend with the stupid names and flashy labels, add a fuckton more hops and don't really give a shit about balance. Adding more hops also means having a shitty Würze doesn't matter as much. The hops cover up off flavors with the bitterness and fruity/piney/etc hop aromas. This made it very attractive for many start-up craft brewers in America.
They got popular because this was the first time many Americans actually tasted a beer with flavor: their mainstream beers for most of the 20th century were flavorless lagers, nothing at all like a good Pils or Helles.

Anyway, the style has since been experimented with:
What if we use roasted malts instead of pale malts?
What if we put the hops in later in the process?
What if we add lactose?
There are no actual laws, only guidelines that brewers follow. Generally people still stick to just pale malt, yeast, water, fuckton of hops.

They are very popular now, so they're less hipster than they used to be. But I agree that the whole culture often feels pretty tacky, kitschy, tasteless. Alas, it's what the Americans chose and everyone else copied.

[Anonymous No.14047511]

>>14046685
>Why aren't you more like Germany
Because we beat you

[Anonymous No.14047621]

>>14024992

[Anonymous No.14047825]

>>14047511
Lol get fucked kid German macros still absolutely BTFO your soap water

[Anonymous No.14048083]

>>14047420
You sound like you enjoy cum.

[Anonymous No.14048101]

>>14048083
Yeah, your mom's.

[Anonymous No.14048152]

>>14047825
Sure thing, Hans

[Anonymous No.14048378]

>>14046685
>I'm not gonna bitch about muh Reinheitsgebot
>Proceeds to do exactly that
Your beer is great but you've legislated all the creativity out of it. Yeah, there's some vile American beer shat out by mediocre brewers, but the very best we have to offer is miles beyond what you can get in Germany.

[Anonymous No.14048593]

>>14048378
I'm the guy who asked and not the other guy sperging out. I'm just curious as to what brings people to make these strange brews. I mean, your pic, what even is that can supposed to be? Looks like a 12 year old designed a video game-branded energy drink. For me, as I said, beer is a commodity, like mineral water, bread other basic natural stuff. To me it seems tho, that the IPA scene or whatever is - and these may be stereotypes - to be just about "who has the more cool, niché product to drink publicly, or better, talk about publicly". "hey look, I'm so different, my beer can has a skull on its label and it is written in celtic language". Just make a beer that tastes good, dont oversell some obscure hipster storyline. I hope that this doesnt count as "bitching" friendo, I'm genuinely curios.

[Anonymous No.14048668]

>>14038703
Tried this one recently, really nice stuff. It's a bit different from some of the other trappist ales. A bit like an English old ale fused with a dubbel

[Anonymous No.14048727]

>>14025690
Gross. The normal voodoo ranger is OK if you want a west coast style IPA and there's no Laugunitas, Anchor Steam, Sierra, Ninkasi, or Racer 5.

[Anonymous No.14048740]

>>14030502
That's unfortunate. They're like €1,50 a bottle where I live.

[Anonymous No.14048857]

>>14025047
Doesn't actually taste that good though.

Not quite as strong but most Belgians will agree Orval is the creme of the crop

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>>14048593
>I'm just curious as to what brings people to make these strange brews.
American beer shelves are very crowded and there's a lot of extremely young breweries who need to make very eye catching labels in order to stand out so you even notice their beer. It's not pretension, it's marketing. This is probably a lot less prevalent in Germany where most of your breweries are centuries old and are, for the most part, very well established brands.

[Anonymous No.14048880]

>>14024992
My personal favorite, used to drink this on draft at Place du Luxembourg Ixelles last summer. Perhaps the easiest to drink for 8%

[Anonymous No.14049045]

>>14024992
>$10 or less for a 4-pack
>9.5%
>Always tasty
This is my benchmark for a good stout.

[Anonymous No.14049276]

>>14025819
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Remember when these used to be 12%. I'm probably the reason they're 10 % now..