Beer general

[Anonymous No.6934875]

As subject say! Buying, trading, saving or even drinking?

First one out this Friday night for me, been in the cellar for one year and it does seem to have taken the right amount of hop edge away from it.
Very nice basic Imperial Stout!

[Anonymous No.6934960]

>>6934875
Finally got a hold of something "stout/porter" like.

Fucking belgians ruining our country beer variety, too much good light trapist beer, as a result finding something dark other than guiness is hell because no one fucking drink any of it.

[Anonymous No.6934980]

>>6934960
You the one complaining about not finding stouts locally some threads back then i guess?

Seen this one on the shelves a number of times and never picked it up as i had some misgivings about the style altogether, but after trying some darker lagers out i find it to be an interesting style of beers.
No matter ones opinion on Brewdogs image and advertising they do make some good beers and this is one of them indeed. Nice balance between bitterness and malt!

[Anonymous No.6935131]

Opened up another one from the cellar, and no i will not be cellaring any more flavored stouts ever. It just seems to kill of most of the added flavors. Still one hell of a chunky and sweet stout!

[Anonymous No.6935167]

>>6934980
dude this is all your fault, all the porters/stout you open,all those various stuff, i HAD to get one, would have loved to get an imperial stout or something that actually is top notch but this is the best i could find even in the capital.

next i should try and find all the specialist beer stores and roam them until i can get something good.

[Anonymous No.6935188]

>>6935167
There are beer stores online that has decent shipping rates even for me in Sweden, so you should be able to get some from those places!

[Anonymous No.6935196]

>>6934960
Do they really not have much for stouts or porters in Belgium? I figured they would

[Anonymous No.6935228]

>>6934875
op, are you swedish? i kinda recognize your kitchen

[Anonymous No.6935270]

>>6935228
Yup, Swede here.

Had to have something lighter tonight as well, and the czech pilsners always fit that theme!

[Anonymous No.6935548]

Had this tonight. Wasn't bad, but didn't taste of that much.

[Anonymous No.6935668]

Hey guys. Remember me from a couple weeks ago? Just brought the fermenter back from the basement. I'll let it settle again again overnight so I can prime and bottle tomorrow.
The beer should be ready in 2 or 3 weeks.

On Sunday I'll brew a second batch.

[Anonymous No.6936046]

>>6935668
lookin' good

[Anonymous No.6936253]

>>6934875
love it!
(I'm the guy you talked SB dropping orders the other day)

still have one from 2014 in the cellar and 2 from 2015. very nice one!

[Anonymous No.6936257]

>>6935131
how do you tell one flavoured stout from anything else?
I remember having a Yeti Chocolate, a Yeti Espresso and a Boulevard Imperial Stout and to be honest they all were very close. Did I wait to long? (maybe 6 months)

[Anonymous No.6936261]

>>6935188
which ones do you use?
last ones I checked I had to bring a box of 20 of the same thing to have bulk discount and optimize the shipping cost. In the end it was only 5 cents cheaper than SB... :/

[Anonymous No.6936291]

I'm moving to another country later this month so I have to clear out my cellar.

[Anonymous No.6936294]

>>6936291
from where to where?
post cellar list. :P

[Anonymous No.6936305]

>>6936294
From Murrica to South Korea.

My "cellar" is just a box with 2 2013 Bigfoots, 2 2012 Bell's Black Note Stout, 1 2012 Bourbon Country Stout, 2 2013 Bourbon County Stouts, and 1 2013 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

[Anonymous No.6936314]

>>6936305
fan of stouts are we? ;)

[Anonymous No.6936328]

>>6936314
Are there other styles worth aging other than Barleywines and Stouts?

[Anonymous No.6936342]

>>6936328
I'd say sours and belgian strong ales are 2 others.

[Anonymous No.6936388]

I'm new to beerdrinking and so far didn't like any of the darker beers I tried, but earlier this week I had pic related, and really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous No.6936391]

>>6936388
It's a good beer. My favorite dark beer is pic related.

[Anonymous No.6936400]

>>6936388
yup! very good one! miss it!
>>6936391
think I made a mental note once... bumped now, thanks!

[Anonymous No.6936405]

>>6936391
>>6936388
>>6936388
>dark beer

Kill yourselves

[Anonymous No.6936407]

>>6936391
Thanks for the tip! So far I stuck with local beers from the supermarket (yay Belgium), but I almost had em all. I'll check if the local booze-shop has yours when I run out of locals.
>one of my favorites so far

[Anonymous No.6936411]

>>6936405
what's your beer mate?

[Anonymous No.6936414]

>>6936407
yup! another good one. Try their Houblon variant.

[Anonymous No.6936415]

>>6936411
Its a stout. Or a Belgian Dark Ale.

[Anonymous No.6936420]

>>6936415
you make no sense then.

[Anonymous No.6936432]

>>6934875
Fireside Chat.
It's got a wonderful smell, smooth and deep, but I honestly wish you could taste more spice and it had a creamy finish or something. It feels like it's missing something on the end.
Definitely going to buy more of it though.

[Anonymous No.6936475]

yum yum yum
Rodenbach Vintage

[Anonymous No.6937267]

>>6935131
I love every yeti variation

[Anonymous No.6937370]

>>6934875
>hop edge
>imperial stout
Kek
It's strong because it's heavily malted and concentrated.
All you're doing is skunking it.

[Anonymous No.6937624]

>>6934875
Drinking miller high life because im not a pretentious faggot.

[Anonymous No.6937662]

Recent purchases/trades

[Anonymous No.6937790]

Anyone else enjoy pic related?

Local grocery store has them for around the same price as Sam so I've started drinking these instead. Pretty delectable IMO.

[Anonymous No.6937887]

>>6937370
Skunking it? What do you mean?

[Anonymous No.6937901]

>>6936407
La chouffe was one of my favorites when I was in belgium. Very few liquor stores carry it in the states

[Anonymous No.6937903]

>>6936432
If youre near minnesota, check out Indeed's Stir Crazy. It has everything you described. Perfect winter beer.

[Anonymous No.6938438]

>>6936420
He was most likely referring to the fact that categorizing beer as 'dark' is idiotic because let's say a dark lager has nothing in common with a stout/porter and that has nothing in common with a dark Belgian ale.
Talking about 'dark beer' is a dead giveaway that you know nothing about beer.

[Anonymous No.6938448]

>>6936261
saveur-biere, bier deluxe and boxbeers once. Only ever buy stuff i cannot get from elsewhere of course.

[Anonymous No.6938459]

>>6937370

You're dumb m8

That beer is relatively bitter for a stout when it first comes out. The fresh, bitter hoppiness fades and becomes more subtle and fruity which compliments the malt better. Beers like that are made with aging in mind.

[Anonymous No.6938467]

biere de pochtron.

fifth one this afternoon.

[Anonymous No.6938469]

>>6938438

What if you like most kinds of dark beer? Are you allowed to say you like dark beer without people like you and >>6936405 foaming at the mouth?

Pic related as it's a super good dark beer with cool malty notes and a rockin' barrel character

[Anonymous No.6938508]

>>6935668
>>6936046
Postan some pics from bottling

[Anonymous No.6938516]

>>6938508

[Anonymous No.6938522]

>>6938516

[Anonymous No.6938526]

>>6938522

[Anonymous No.6938534]

>>6938526
>>6938522
>>6938526
>>6938522
I bet it taste like piss

[Anonymous No.6938553]

>>6938534
Right now it still has a distinctive acetaldehyde taste and smell, but that should go away during bottle conditioning. Apart from that it's rather dry and has some nice hops bitterness. ABV should be around 4.8% if my calculations/measurements are correct.
It's rather cloudy. I hope this also improves during conditioning.

[Anonymous No.6938749]

>>6938522
>>6938553
It will surely clear alot with time, but it will take quite awhile.
I kegged my latest brew last night myself.

Had this one just now. Bought a case of them this spring and got a few left, the age is starting to be noticeable on it, not as juicy any more.

[Anonymous No.6938763]

>>6937887

I think he means using too many hops in combination with the malt makes the typically nice bitter taste of the hops turn into a more skunky taste. It also happens when hopped beers are exposed to the sunlight for too long.

[Anonymous No.6938827]

>>6938763
I've never had that happen to any imperial stout that I've aged.

[Anonymous No.6939047]

Liquorice and Chili infused stout, did not like it, the liquorice made the mouthfeel very strange and sticky!

[Anonymous No.6939060]

>>6939047
>Liquorice and Chili infused

<double_facepalm.png>

[Anonymous No.6939081]

>>6939060
Have had some great stouts with Chili though. In this case it just seems to muddle the tastes in a bad way for me atleast.

[Anonymous No.6939109]

Found a bottle of homebrew pilsner in the back of the fridge that i had forgotten all about, soon 7 months ago that this was bottled. Nice and clear, very lively carbonation, cant remember what hops i used in it but it is very citrus forward and quite bitter.

[Anonymous No.6939116]

>>6939109

My first thought is that it could be Columbus hops.

[Anonymous No.6939119]

>>6938553
time for aging

[Anonymous No.6939127]

>>6939116
Yeah i always drop some CTZ in when i´m aiming for citrus/pine, but i also think i might have put some Mosaic in this as i do get some onion notes now as it is warming up.

[Anonymous No.6939321]

>>6938438
let's not be stiff on the semantics here...
but I see your point

>>6938469
ditto
I see your point too

[Anonymous No.6939325]

>>6938448
do you have a monthly budget for beer? I try not to go over 1000 kr, and SB small batches pretty much cover that.

[Anonymous No.6939338]

>>6939325
No budget, but i don´t think i go over 1000kr a month all that often, some months it just seems like the release alot of good and expensive beers where i might go over that number.

To be honest at this point i really dont look all that much at the prices at all, if i see a beer i want i get it if i can and that is it.

[Anonymous No.6939360]

>>6939338
problem is the good months... kinda makes me wanna buy everything. :P
I think I buy 10 bottles a month and only drink 1-2. Do you have any trick to even that out?
(I'm guessing tasting nights and publishing here is your way) ;)

[Anonymous No.6939436]

>>6939360
I had a huge cellar prior to this fall, but the latest stuff put out by SB just seemed shitty so i have had to take stuff out of the cellar, bit by bit it makes a dent in the inventory i guess.

That and being quite a heavy drinker when i do drink, weekends like this i easily go through 10 high abv beers!

[Anonymous No.6939446]

>>6939436
alone or with company?

[Anonymous No.6939453]

>>6939446
Alone, 5 bottles of nice beers a night and it´s a weekend for me. I am only off from work two weekends out of four so.

[Anonymous No.6939465]

>>6939453
33*5 ~ 1.5L... that'd be hard for me I think... but with company I actually can go there more easily than I care to admit. :P
guess you have a pretty good night of sleep then. ;)

[Anonymous No.6939479]

>>6939465
Granted i am pretty wasted those nights. Still i did enjoy all those great beers!

[Anonymous No.6939486]

>>6939465
>>6939479
Oh and also these kinds of evenings with 5 or more nice high abv beers are rare really, mostly it is one or maybe two nice beers a night these weekends, but then again sometimes it builds up making way for those nights with shitloads of nice beers.

[Anonymous No.6939488]

>>6939479
so, top memorable ones this year?
(the ones that make you say "should have bought more")

[Anonymous No.6939505]

>>6939488
Omnipollo Agamemnon Barrel aged
Founders Curmudgeon
Founders KBS (limited to 2 bottles a person)
Stone Imperial Stout
Oscar Blues Ten Fidy

[Anonymous No.6939520]

>>6939505
> skiped
> got 1
> got 2
> got 2014, 2015 and 2015 chai
> missed

For me:
Mikkeller 40 Smaragd
Rodenbach Vintage 2012
Gouden Carolus Easter Ale (2010+)
Ghost Black Magic Vanilla Sky
Struise St. Amatus - Oostvleteren 12

[Anonymous No.6939541]

>>6934875
Does aging beer actually do anything? I was always under the assumption that beer is best consumed within a few months of being bottled.

[Anonymous No.6939551]

>>6939520
I guess you have another source than just SB as i really don´t recognize some of those beers!

Got any downers of the year? Beers you expected alot and got shit?

[Anonymous No.6939559]

>>6939541
If it is an hop forward imperial stout or an heavy as shit belgian quad then it might make it worth cellaring. but for most beers, no!

[Anonymous No.6939561]

>>6939541

Some beers are aged in whiskey barrels or other barrels to add an additional taste to it, but yeah, most beers are best within a few months.

[Anonymous No.6939607]

>>6939551
That Mikkeller only sells in Kulminator in Belgium.
The Ghost was in a beer and whiskey festival, and then in a bar.
Rod, Goud and Stru was from SB.

Downers? Yeah, every time I go to a bar here... I just can't find a way to cope with the prices.
For instance had a Brekeriet Saison Sauvage which was absolutely disgusting! Soap water with saison with something gone bad. Gave me liquid #2 next day.

Downers from SB...
Founders Backwoods Bastard was NOT what I expected.
Also Sierra Nevada Bigfoot... too hoppy for my liking.
Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar IIPA too bitter and long aftertaste
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter, cough cough cough ash roast ash bitter blargh! (one in the cellar left, hoping to mellow out)

[Anonymous No.6939615]

>>6939559
whaaaaat? what about malty barley wines and sours?

[Anonymous No.6939624]

>>6939561
not sure if it's that linear....
ok, maybe 70% of the beers are still for mass market.
but there are many left in the 30% worth doing vertical ageing. Just go to any beer cellar pub in Belgium and try a 20, a 10 and a 1 year old version of the same beer.

[Anonymous No.6939635]

>>6939624
and btw, most of those I'm referring to don't go into whiskey barrels. ;)

[Anonymous No.6939654]

>>6939551
>>6939607
Another downer, that SB removed from stores and into BS with kolikrav:
Orval and Westmalle
(think there was yet another but don't remember)

[Anonymous No.6940035]

The cellar clearing saga continues.

[Anonymous No.6940063]

>>6940035
Well, how was it?

[Anonymous No.6940072]

>>6940063
Much better than fresher bottles. I have a 2012 bottle in the basement as well.

[Anonymous No.6940216]

>>6940072
In fact, this might be the best beer I've ever had.

Goose Island really should age these a few years before putting them on the market. The difference is amazing. I cannot wait to see how good the 2012 bottle is.

[Anonymous No.6940230]

>>6940216
Some liquor stores will age them themselves actually. If it's a beer oriented place

[Anonymous No.6940233]

This stuff is so good

[Anonymous No.6940236]

Is the Bells anniversary beer worth buying?

[Anonymous No.6940238]

>>6940230
I'm far from having a refined palate but if I were to describe it the fresh bottles are too aggressive and sweet while the aged bottles are much more cohesive, mellowed, and refined. I feel pretentious as fuck writing that but I'm not sure how else to describe it.

[Anonymous No.6940242]

>>6940238
It happens. When I had my barrel aged old rasputin I started describing it in my head and got goosebumps from how good it was. Probably the gayest moment of my life tbh

[Anonymous No.6940243]

>>6940216
you seem to like darker beers. I've never been able to get into that. i spent some time in ireland and guinness was the thing everywhere, and while i don't hate it, i would never choose to drink it. i prefer a west coast hoppy IPA to that stuff any day.

not sure what I'm trying to accomplish with this post except to convey my opinion but why do you like the darker, burnt kinds of beers?

[Anonymous No.6940257]

I've never had alcohol and decided recently I would try it and got a bunch of different types of beers. I've had one or two a day and the only one I've come close to liking was a pumpkin beer. Most of it is way too bitter, the local pumpkin and a Blue Moon being the only non bitter drinks and the Blue Moon was bland. Am I just not a beer person?

[Anonymous No.6940261]

>>6940243
>not sure what I'm trying to accomplish with this post except to convey my opinion

yeah, no worries man.

I used to be a huge hop head when I first turned 21 but after a few years I'm just hopped out. I don't mind a hopped out of the ass DIPA here and there but I can only have one before I have to move on to something else. The only exception is Hopslam and English IPAs. Hopslam isn't the hoppiest beer but I still feel it's the most balanced DIPA out there. I wish the hop craze would end and breweries would start finding some balance to their IPAs. To this day the best IPA I had was an English style IPA I had at a local brewery here in northern Indiana.

Just like I can't really describe why I got tired of most IPAs, I can't really describe why I started to enjoy porters and stouts more. I love the lingering aftertaste.

Guiness is by far one of the lightest stouts out there. If you don't care for Guiness much the only thing I would recommend trying is a good milk stout or a light porter. I have a bit of a buzz so I'm just mindless ranting at this point.

[Anonymous No.6940267]

>>6940257
try some wheat beers

[Anonymous No.6940269]

>>6940257
What have you tried other than the pumpkin beer? Which pumpkin beer was it? Most people get into craft beer with lighter lagers and pale ales.

[Anonymous No.6940270]

>>6940257

Beer takes some time to enjoy. For me, it took a few beers before my brain started to realize it was better than I first thought.

At risk of sounding like an alcoholic, the more times you drink, the more used your tastebuds get to the subtle flavors and the better the beer gets.

[Anonymous No.6940288]

>>6940257
If you have friends you should go to a local brewery together and get a flight of samplers.

If I were you I would try to single out a style you enjoy rather than trying a bunch of random beers. If you're not enjoying a beer then find out what style it is and stop drinking it temporarily. If you find something you don't hate then do a bit more research into it.

[Anonymous No.6940304]

>>6940269
Uinta Punk'n. I live in Utah so maybe the beer selection here is just shit. Nothing sold in stores has more than 4% alcohol. I've had two IPAs, one American pale ale, one amber ale, one black lager, the pumpkin ale, and an apple ale.

>>6940288
I have very few friends and pretty much all of of them are Mormon. They don't drink which is why I've never had alcohol. I purchased most of it in one go, I still have three beers left to try too.

[Anonymous No.6940314]

tonight's choice

[Anonymous No.6940316]

>>6940304

Exmormon here. I'm so sorry you're in Utah. Try to find some non-Mormon friends to drink with. I'm sure you'll have a good time. Hell, I'm sure you can find plenty of Exmormons who ould love to drink with you.

[Anonymous No.6940317]

>>6940304
>Nothing sold in stores has more than 4% alcohol

Yeah, you're fucked. Sorry m8.

[Anonymous No.6940964]

>>6940035
Nice table. Good change from the stainless counter.

[Anonymous No.6940972]

>>6940261
Seconded! I do get the feeling SB is all about IPAs and Imperial Stouts only sometimes...
The hop craze is crazy. No balance.

[Anonymous No.6940979]

>>6940317
Sounds like sweden when liquor store closed. :P

[Anonymous No.6940991]

>>6940317
yeah, you know i don't want to be a dick but i was in utah and i was not aware of the 3.2 law and that shit was terrible and to be completely straight, dishonest.

whatever dude.

[Anonymous No.6941802]

>>6936475
good one my friend

[Anonymous No.6941938]

Drinking pic related when I get done with work today. It's nothing special, but a solid saison for a good price so I buy it quite a bit

[Anonymous No.6941949]

>>6939541
Not really, for bourbon barrel aged beers, it takes some of the bourbon edge off.
Imperial Stouts aren't hoppy, I don't understand why the fucking retarded OP is using that to describe their bittness. Do you fucking call coffee hoppy too?

Some beers are fine to age if you don't like a certain prominent quality about them, but the breweries typically put them out to be enjoyed as is.

[Anonymous No.6941954]

>>6939505
>Ten Fidy
>Memorable
I only remember that it was expensive and mediocre.
If it was cheaper, the mediocrity wouldn't have been so noticeable.

[Anonymous No.6941961]

>>6941949
Fresh imperial stouts will almost always have a hop bite to them.

[Anonymous No.6942132]

>>6941949
>Imperial Stouts aren't hoppy

STOP

[Anonymous No.6942808]

Had this earlier tonight. East Coast IPA by Greene King (UK). Was horrible, not recommended.

[Anonymous No.6942829]

>>6942808
Had this next, was much nicer. Had a nice biscuit taste, so was more malty than usual for an IPA.

[Anonymous No.6942833]

>>6942808

I can't say I've had an East Coast (of any nation) IPA yet. All the IPAs I've had have been West Coast US ones. Too bad about that particular one.

[Anonymous No.6942856]

>>6942833
I had some that were decent. Most of what Greene King makes is shit, so should have known before I ordered it.

[Anonymous No.6943318]

2013 bottle

[Anonymous No.6943324]

>>6943318
Very drinkable for 18% alcohol. It tastes absolutely amazing.

[Anonymous No.6943342]

>>6942132
>>6941961
>Le hoppy coffee faec
Thanks for the laugh gents

[Anonymous No.6943390]

>>6943342
Why do you keep talking about coffee?

[Anonymous No.6943461]

>>6941802
so sad I only got one... should've bought 4!

[Anonymous No.6943477]

>>6941949
are you the whiskey barrel guy from >>6939561 ?

Explain to me then why Orval, just to name one, is meant to be consumed between 6-12 months.
And Stone, for instance, releases beers that are meant to be drank _after_ a few years.

And please, do not call people names. We should all be sharing our common love for beer, not pulling our fedoras out of our bungholes.

[Anonymous No.6943485]

>>6943342

[Anonymous No.6943498]

>buying your beer anywhere but a gas station

[Anonymous No.6943528]

>>6934875

is anyone getting a little tired of craft beers?

>used to be obsessed with crafts, always wanting to try a new thing
>Finally realized that its a huge siph for my money, doesnt last long, and ninety percent of the time its something I enjoy for the most part but is too complex for my non-sommelier taste in alcohol to appreciate

Here is the beer i will buy in mass amounts and drop back in my pewter mug if Im trying to drink good for cheap

[Anonymous No.6943542]

>>6942808

Mate, every fucking beer I buy from England these days is way too intense for binge-drinking. Something about English ales is just savage and I find myself struggling to session them

Meanwhile, back home in the states I can slug back 8 or 9 local brewskies without flinching, and theyre usually at least 2-3% higher alcohol

Are british breweries just terrible at their job, or is their a general push for a different kind of hop recipe in the UK?

[Anonymous No.6943563]

>>6939047
>>6939047
>>6939047
>>6939047

[Anonymous No.6943655]

>>6943528
Unlike your stupid self, I have good taste and appreciate well crafted, complex, delicious things.

It is a curse, really. I have such a sophisticated palate but I was more into this middle class life. I should have been rich, I would make the most of it. Certainly I would use my money better than a lot of other stupid people who happen to be rich. Because I am not though, there are limits to what I can buy and expand my amazing palate with. Sad.

[Anonymous No.6943658]

>>6943542
In general, the british are terrible at everything all the time.

[Anonymous No.6943663]

>>6943655
*tip*

[Anonymous No.6943673]

>>6943528
I just buy midcard beers. Usually about 12$ a 12 pack which is perfect. If I'm at a bar and they have something rare or unique on tap I'll give it a go.

[Anonymous No.6943776]

>>6940316
>I'm so sorry you're in Utah
I would love to live there. so many incredible national parks. I would just ignore the mormons

[Anonymous No.6943779]

>>6943498
how does it feel to be the a member of the lowest caste?

[Anonymous No.6943799]

>>6943776

If it's natural beauty you want, just move to Oregon.

[Anonymous No.6943801]

>>6943799
*anywhere on the west coast

[Anonymous No.6943810]

>>6943776
i feel like a broken record her but utah is fucking weird with their alcohol laws.

i went to zion about a month or so ago and that shit was really cool.

[Anonymous No.6943811]

>>6943801

True that, tbh. I'm just biased towards Oregon, but yeah, the West Coast is beautiful. Damn great beer too.

[Anonymous No.6944255]

>>6943779
how does it feel to pretend you like muh craft beer

[Anonymous No.6944922]

>>6943542
Not really sure about why that would be, although I'd agree that some British breweries are terrible at their jobs. A lot of British beers are very malt forward, which can sometimes make them difficult to session - maybe that?

>>6943658
*tips*

[Anonymous No.6944929]

The beer generals are always such robust threads, makes me envious.

I wish other alcoholic beverages could be included because other dedicated threads usually don't get attention or get shitposted to death.

[Anonymous No.6944938]

>>6944929
>The beer generals are always such fedora circle-jerks

ftfy

[Anonymous No.6945552]

>>6944938
I don't understand why we get made fun of for drinking good, strong beers. Why is drinking watery, weak beer something to be proud of?

[Anonymous No.6945581]

>>6945552

Craft beer guys are usually stereotyped as pretentious hipster guys in their 20s blogging about their latest drink via Macbook in Portland or something. So, the idea that beer generals, which are usually full of people who enjoy craft beer, tends to be an easy target for trolls.

[Anonymous No.6945583]

>>6936291

>Playing Dazzle

good taste tbh.

[Anonymous No.6945643]

>>6945581
I think the best part of that stereotype is that 90% of the people I see at breweries are 40+ years old while most of my 20 something year old friends drink macros.

[Anonymous No.6947084]

bretty good

[Anonymous No.6948324]

>>6934875
ámen tjeina mein broder, najs bier you har där

[Anonymous No.6948339]

Anyone have Supplication from Russian River?

[Anonymous No.6948654]

Do you guys think 6 pack containers will ever become collectable/valuable?

[Anonymous No.6948685]

>>6948654
No

[Anonymous No.6948720]

Bought a case of Short's Noble Chaos Oktoberfest. Looking forward to having one tonight.

[Anonymous No.6948732]

>>6948654
>>6948685
So my collection is wasted?

[Anonymous No.6948734]

>>6948720
Nice blog, where can i like rate and subscribe?

[Anonymous No.6948761]

>>6948732
Yes

[Anonymous No.6948768]

>>6948734
Get fucked.

>>6948732
Is it a collection or are you just hoarding them?

[Anonymous No.6948784]

>>6948768
Too lazy to throw them out i guess. Not even any special ones in the bunch!

[Anonymous No.6948796]

>>6948784
It's almost winter, burn them for warmth!
But seriously, the only ones that may be remotely valuable are the limited edition ones.

[Anonymous No.6948810]

>>6948796
Just took a picture of them for memorabilia and tossed them in the dumpster!

[Anonymous No.6948994]

>>6948810
Congratulations on making your life just a little bit better.

[Anonymous No.6949123]

>>6948994
the amount of crap people gather these days...

How many of you collect beer caps?
How many of you use them as magnets?
How many of you are making a mosaic panel with them?

[Anonymous No.6949131]

>>6949123
I'm, uh, doing exactly that with my caps.

It was my ex-gf's idea to get enough unique caps to cover a fridge, then a coffee table. Once we had enough for a coffee table we were gonna use it as a man cave table when we got married and got a house and shit.

Then she dumped me like two months ago and now I realize that everything I had hoped for was a pipe dream.

Still collecting the caps, though.

[Anonymous No.6949797]

>>6947084
Drinking the same. Cheers, Canadabro.

[Anonymous No.6949873]

>>6935548
Hello from Baltimore

[Anonymous No.6949879]

>>6947084
actually in socal, but all the same cheers.

[Anonymous No.6949884]

>>6949797
actually in socal, but all the same cheers.

[Anonymous No.6949886]

>>6947084
in a stout mood this week

[Anonymous No.6949929]

>>6949886

[Anonymous No.6949968]

>>6949929
Texas rules.

[Anonymous No.6949985]

>>6949929
gross nigga

[Anonymous No.6950009]

Amazing.

[Anonymous No.6950105]

In NorCal we just started getting some Founders. Had an excellent beer trip up to Russian River. Got 2 FFAC and 2 Blind Pig. Row 2 Hill 56 is the best hoppy pale ale ever made and I wish they'd replace PtE bottlings with Row 2 Hill 56 or at least bring back distro to Blind Pig. Dude in Santa Rosa was nice enough to pick up a 4 pk of KBS for me too which has sold out at many places almost instantly. Also traded a West Ashley recently for a Vigneronne. People go crazy for WA and I just don't understand why.

[Anonymous No.6950284]

Currently drinking, have 6 more saved. Best beer I've had. Can't wait to see how it matures.

[Anonymous No.6950311]

>>6950009
I loved this one

[Anonymous No.6950318]

>>6948654
definitely not great lakes

[Anonymous No.6951162]

>>6936407
Just went for a little shopping, they didn't have that Samuel, but I did get pic related to try out.
Average price $1.5 per bottle.

[Anonymous No.6951327]

Salvador (smoked coffee stout) from Wąsosz.

Yummy.

[Anonymous No.6951345]

>>6951162
See if they have Piraat.

[Anonymous No.6951368]

>>6951345
Didn't see that one

[Anonymous No.6951384]

>>6949123
I have a grocery bags full of bottle caps and I don't know why. I just like hanging onto them. Don't even want to make anything out of them tbh.

[Anonymous No.6952471]

I was too much of a hipster to try this for so many years, but now that I have it's one of the most delicious beers I've tasted.

God bless Sam Adams.

[Anonymous No.6952485]

>>6952471
It really is a great beer. Simple, but not adjunct lager simple. Almost always in my fridge. Everything else they do is whatever though, except those bombers of stuff they put out. Those are pretty damn good.

[Anonymous No.6952494]

>>6952471
Also, if you ever get the chance try Schell's Firebrick. It's only available in MN though I think

[Anonymous No.6952495]

>>6952485
Can't complain that it's too sweet (many stouts and most hefeweizens), can't complain that it's too bitter (IPA, a few pales). It's just a balanced beer, with a nice grassy undertone. I wish I hadn't deprived myself for so long.

[Anonymous No.6952648]

>>6952471
I've never really liked it. Something weird about the aftertaste.

[Anonymous No.6952675]

>>6952471
Boston Lager and the Barrel series are the only sam adams worth drinking.
the Stony Brook Red in particular.

[Anonymous No.6953026]

>>6951162
Why do beer labels always have such tryhard art? Turns me off tbh

[Anonymous No.6953032]

>>6953026
Only one that looks tryhard is the Cornet

Even then that looks nice

To be honest, you should shut your mouth and learn some respect, in my honest opinion, family

[Anonymous No.6954400]

[Anonymous No.6954547]

>>6953026
Maybe because there's hundreds of different bottles on the shelf at any respectable beer spot?

[Anonymous No.6954567]

Picked this up in Barcelona. Not the most exciting pale ale, but decent.

[Anonymous No.6954571]

how do I into rotating images

[Anonymous No.6954597]

>>6954571
resize bruh

[Anonymous No.6954605]

>>6954567
Nice color though

[Anonymous No.6956834]

>>6949929

Such a waste of a great beer.

[Anonymous No.6956915]

>>6956834
Not really. Nitro milk stout is available year round at most liquor stores. I'll pour pumking over vanilla ice cream. Beer floats are good as hell.

[Anonymous No.6958152]

>>6956834
Left hands milk stout isn't that good.
It's a little watery tbh fam.

[Anonymous No.6959605]

Had some Ten Fidy that was canned in late August

Sweet boozy smell with a hint of dark fruit, like chocolate covered berries, dark chocolate, big roasted notes

Get that sweet booziness and fruit in the beginning, a little overbearing, in the middle, superb big dark chocolate, pleasant big roasted finish

Poured in the rest of the can and it became an overly carbonated, overly acidic, burnt malt mess

Not sure why that happened, was enjoying the beer so much before that

8.5/10, would probably be higher if it weren't for that 2nd half of the can

2nd can was just putrid, I don't know what happened there, might've been something with my glass

Would probably be tremendous with some aging to it

[Anonymous No.6960208]

>>6953026
that's just a bunch of boring belgian labels
>>6954547
benis :DDDDDDDD tfw i threw away my bottle before i knew it said that on it

[Anonymous No.6960262]

>>6937790
Great english IPA, shame they're so expensive here in Norway.

[Anonymous No.6960268]

>>6938526
My nigga! Been brewing myself for about a year. Just bottled a black IPA, already have my chritmas beer cellared and waiting.

I think /ck/ should bring back homebrew general. Used to be quite a lot of activity here.
What's your setup?

[Anonymous No.6960277]

>>6954400
had this the other day. Extremely drinkable, I imagine you would crush a six pack like nothing on a hot day.

[Anonymous No.6960297]

I turned 21 today and as a gift, my older brother bought me a 12 oz. of Bud. It was...tolerable? I guess? But what got me was the rotten-fruit/metallic aftertaste. What common beers should I get to avoid this?

[Anonymous No.6960466]

>>6949131
>>6951384
I propose you gents make your face out of beer caps. :P

[Anonymous No.6960529]

>>6960268
How did you go about making a black IPA?

[Anonymous No.6960964]

>>6935270
American craft beer really that popular in Europe?

[Anonymous No.6960974]

>>6960964
more than you think, especially in Sweden. Them swedes be crazy about everything american, namely IPAs and Imperial Stouts.

[Anonymous No.6960982]

Hi /ck/ I just turned 21 a couple days ago and I'm going out to a nice nearby German restaurant. What kind of beer should I get if I plan on eating jaegerschnitzel?

[Anonymous No.6960983]

>>6960974
Damn, that's pretty fucking cool. I need to get a swedebro over here and let him try everything.

[Anonymous No.6960987]

>>6960982
What kind of beer do you like?

If you don't know, just start with Hefeweizenbier and go from there. It's nice and easy.

[Anonymous No.6960993]

>>6960983
name 3 beers you'd start with

[Anonymous No.6960996]

>>6960982
this >>6960987

[Anonymous No.6961738]

Holy shit, this is so good. I have never seen Stone Enjoy By where I am in NY before this batch.

It has 13 hops at different stages in the brewing process, and it being Stone, it is pretty bitter, however it has a lot of other flavors too. Mainly manga, pineapple, pine, and oddly enough garlic/onion.

I have heard some IPAs described as having Onion/Garlic notes but I never experienced it until now. Somehow it works.

[Anonymous No.6961747]

Holy shit, this is so good. I have never seen Stone Enjoy By where I am in NY before this batch.

It has 13 hops at different stages in the brewing process, and it being Stone, it is pretty bitter, however it has a lot of other flavors too. Mainly manga, pineapple, pine, and oddly enough garlic/onion.

I have heard some IPAs described as having Onion/Garlic notes but I never experienced it until now. Somehow it works.

[Anonymous No.6961758]

Just bought some. Not amazing but it has a good body

[Anonymous No.6961775]

>>6961758
forgot pic

[Anonymous No.6961985]

>On antibiotics for two weeks
>Not allowed to drink beer
End me fam

[Anonymous No.6962325]

>>6961747
Got that in the other day. I remember not really caring for it the last time I had one, but I'm giving it a try again.

My haul for the night.

I just got a job as a beer guy. I have to admit that I need more knowledge in the area of um beer. Is there a periodical or a book that I just HAVE to own and read? I have a good mentor, but I need to edumicate myself too.

[Anonymous No.6963594]

>>6960529
Pale malt base, some crystal and use black wheat for color without adding too much dark flavour. Bunch of american hops, and WLP001.

[Anonymous No.6963654]

Rate my storage. Actually have another 8 bocks (snab, celebrator, emelisse (from this year, the one I have here is one year old), duits & lauret and some others) in my cellar.

Which beer shall I open tonight?

[Anonymous No.6963658]

[Anonymous No.6963664]

[Anonymous No.6963745]

Drank a bunch of this yesterday at their oktoberfest celebration. Probably the best oktoberfest beer I've had. Schells never disappoints

[Anonymous No.6966073]

>>6940236
absolutely

[Anonymous No.6966090]

>>6962325
The root beer was surprising.
Tastes just like root beer. 5.8% alcohol. Couldn't tell.

[Anonymous No.6966100]

>>6940314
jelly

[Anonymous No.6966488]

>>6934875
No beer on hand atm unfortunately. Titrating a beta-blocker atm, and drinking while I'm on them risks a rash. But I do enjoy me some beers.

For darks beers, it depends on what I can afford. If I have the money to spare, I'll spring for a Speakeasy Bourbon-aged Scarface. For middle of the road, I go Speakeasy Payback Porter or Stone Smoked Porter. For cheap, I go Baltika 6.

For lighter beers, I'll almost always go for Franziskaner or Baltika 8. On rare occasions I'll drink Einstok's white ale when the SO buys it, but for the money I'd rather get Blue Moon, since they taste roughly the same.

[Anonymous No.6966548]

Breakfast Stout when

[Anonymous No.6966554]

I love Russian Imperial Stouts, Old Rasputin has to be one of my top beers. Shame I can't drink any in the summer because the humidity totally kills the enjoyment of such heavy flavors.

[Anonymous No.6966740]

>>6951162

Just drank a 750ml of Bernadus--you're in for a treat.

[Anonymous No.6966830]

>>6966740
I'm saving it for last, looking forward to it!
I tried the Tempelier first, liked it, but not as much as Gulden Draak. Chimay I'd rate a bit below Tempelier.
Next up is some Brugse Zot my sister gave me, or the Carolus.

[Anonymous No.6966839]

Finally got my hands on a couple of bottles of this one. Quite an insane beer really, snickers in liquid form with bitterness added.
One of the best flavored stouts i ever had, got the bourbon barreled one in the fridge as well!

[Anonymous No.6966950]

>>6966740
>>6966830
St. Benardus is amazing. Probably the only time I was legitimately surprised and impressed from beer.

I mean, I love beer, I drink it every day, but rarely do I drink anything and think "Holy shit, this is absolutely amazing!"

[Anonymous No.6966968]

>>6966950
Ever had any of the Rocheforts?

[Anonymous No.6966975]

Elysian night owl is so damn good. Enjoying a growler of this mighty good ale.

Irish death is god tier, as is old rasputen

Looking forward to trying monks indiscretion soon and pike place kilt lifter

I love living in a state that loves beer. I stopped at a microbrewery called Dru Bru while traveling through the passes, and the beer there was...illegally delicious.

[Anonymous No.6966979]

>>6934875
Fantastic choice!

[Anonymous No.6966984]

>>6966839
hey! (sb guy again)
so you managed to get one of those after all!
heard quite some threads complaining about the artificial flavours. Notice anything?

Had Omni's Noa. Quite a beast. Glad I had only a small glass. There was this amaretto kind of flavor on it. Interesting at first but I wouldn't manage to drink 20cl of it.

[Anonymous No.6966991]

>>6962325
heard some people praising the books by Michael Jackson (the beer hunter). Never read them but should be pretty interesting reading anyway.
http://beerhunter.com/publications.html

[Anonymous No.6966996]

>>6966979
Yeah i really enjoyed it, the later one more so than the first. Hopefully it will be available here again soon.

>>6966984
Had to trade off some stuff from the cellar with a guy who picked up quite a few of these so it did not come cheap for me.
It does smell and taste just to good for me to believe it could be done without adding some sort of artificial flavor, still for this type of heavy and thick stout it just works really well so i was not bothered at all by it, just impressed, looking forward to the barrel aged one, some night soon!

Noa Pecan mud i guess? Thought about having my bottle later this week!

Had this one just now, nice pilsner with lots of hop bite.

[Anonymous No.6966997]

>>6963654
>>6963658
>>6963664
Vuur & Vlam is an interesting IPA.
Bommen & Granaten is insanely good. I'd resist and age dat thang!

[Anonymous No.6967009]

>>6966740
actually it didn't blow my socks off when I had it... maybe I need to try it again. Was also served cold as fuck.

Gulden Draak is solid. Chimay liked it more before, now just meh. Carolus is a good brand, the Easter beer is amazing, and the Hopsinjoor quite refreshing.
Brugse Zot was actually bitter and a bit disappointing.

[Anonymous No.6967013]

>>6966968
6, 8 and 10. I find 8 the most balanced. Aging a 10 together with a Chimay and a Westvleteren XII.

[Anonymous No.6967018]

>>6967013
How do you think it stacks up to the Bernardus? I found those two to be very similar with the Westvleteren being just a tad different.

[Anonymous No.6967021]

>>6966996
Yup, that Noa. I suggest sharing. Think it might get too nauseating from the amaretto thing.

Out of curiosity, how many did the fucker buy? :P

[Anonymous No.6967030]

>>6967018
never really had a side by side compare.
I like the Rochefort 8. Find the 10 a bit too boozy.
Bernardus 12 I think I found it too nutty or raisin, which I usually like, but just seemed "closed" in flavour, like a moldy wine waiting to breath.

All of those are more or less in the same league.
While at it, try to find a Struise St. Amatus. That was a really good surprise for me. Same league.

[Anonymous No.6967038]

>>6967021
Asshole had ordered 8 from the website as soon as it opened! I cursed SB for their 2 max on the KBS at first but now i realize that without that type of limit beers like this gets bought up by hoarders quite quick!

Will be sharing it then!

>>6967030
I actually preferred the 10 to the 8, seemed a bit fuller with more dark sugar notes, like that in the big quads.

[Anonymous No.6967075]

>>6967038
Fuck! 8?
For the hefty price tag that came with it I don't understand why someone would buy that many unless it would be to trade for something even bigger or more rare...
Yeah, definitely sb needs to inforce aome kvotering the 1st day at the web deppo....if you want more, come back saturday at 10 or something.

Well, I liked both Wetmalles when I had them first time but last time just found them way too spicy. Palates change I guess....

[Anonymous No.6967093]

>>6967075
He knew they would sell out quick and that he could turn them over again to suckers like me that missed the window on them!

Just had to try this one out tonight as well, in my opinion better than the Punk IPA from them!

[Anonymous No.6967100]

>>6967093
How can one know such things? I was surprised when they were all gone so fast. Even more surprised with the Agam-whatevs.

Yeah, I liked Punk IPA, and I'm not that much into IPAs. Quite refreshing and clean and not insanely bitter. Is Hop Fiction on SB?

[Anonymous No.6967107]

>>6967100
Not yet, it will probably pop up sooner or later.

[Anonymous No.6967118]

Well, what shall I drink?

http://strawpoll.me/5718176

http://strawpoll.me/5718176

[Anonymous No.6967120]

>>6967107
What about Sierra Nevada Hoptimum or Port Brewing Hop 15? Caught those? Liked them quite a bit actually.

[Anonymous No.6967139]

>>6967093
I had this on keg a while ago, not bad if I recall.

Drunk this tonight, was really good. Surprisingly malty for an American Pale Ale. Had a pretty strong brown bread taste, which I really liked.

[Anonymous No.6967150]

>>6967120
Had both 2014 and 2015 Hoptimum and while the recent one seemed better to me that one just seems to be to heavy for an double ipa and too hoppy for a barley wine.

Hop 15 was very good as best i can remember had that one and the Arctic Panzer wolf around the same time and know that i liked both of them, dry and fruity ipas, as it should be!

>>6967139
Looks like it has some color to it for a Pale ale so i´m not surprised it had some brown bread tones.
Also i had to look well to understand how the can was floating in the air, grainy picture!

[Anonymous No.6967157]

>>6967150
Interesting... didn't try this year's Hoptimum.
It seemed more like a dry gin to me, but better. :P

Arctic Panzer, neved had it.
I had the Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. Now that's a hoppy barleywine. Did not like. :/

[Anonymous No.6967187]

>>6967157
Best barley wine i ever had is Avery Hog heaven, it is hoppy but most of it seems to be dry hopped as it smells divine and still lets the malts shine big time. Lagunitas Brown Shugga was alright as well.

[Anonymous No.6967222]

>>6967118
Went for the dry hopped pale

It's perfectly fine, but not mind blowing. Then again, I do have a bit of the cold so the aroma/taste must be stiffled.

Only remembered that once I'd opened it. Oh well.

[Anonymous No.6967233]

>>6967118
>>6967222
Why not have one of each?

[Anonymous No.6967241]

>>6967233
diet (calorie) reasons mostly, had a heavy weekend too.

[Anonymous No.6967301]

Ok i can understand then!

I just had to have another stout tonight and went for a local offering!

[Anonymous No.6967441]

>>6966830
I'm drinking the carolus now. I quite like it, it's dark opaque, but not overly bitter like similarly colored bears I tasted, almost sweet.

[Anonymous No.6967450]

>>6967187
Aren't most lagunitas on the Shugga and Extra family mostly the same? I had 2 of them when they came out on sb last year and side by side they were almost the same. Had to search really hard to noticethe difference.

Hog Heaven... saw "hoppy barleywine" and jumped over it. Also expensive. Now wondering if I should have...

What about Green Flash Barleywine? Had it?

[Anonymous No.6967461]

>>6967301
Heard big things in the local forums about it. How is it?

Speaking of local have you tried Ghost Black Magic Vanilla Sky? Now that's a surprising masterpiece!

[Anonymous No.6967466]

>>6967441
Carolus know their beer making. You could pick them blindly and still get a good beer.

[Anonymous No.6967475]

>>6967450
Lagunitas is one of the breweries i feel does have a "base" profile taste wise that they build all their beers around, the barley wines being thicker and more malty than the ipas and so on. But yeah the differences are sometimes very subtle, had old Maximus from them that i could have sworn was barley wine and not double ipa!

It was worth the money, i don´t always like the style but had extra finance that month and got it, glad i did.

Not had that one!

>>6967461
It is very unique in the category straight up imperial stouts with nothing added, very special taste in a good way! Somewhat thin body though. Their Ethiopia gedeo though, holy shit what a coffee stout!

[Anonymous No.6967500]

>>6967475
Noted. Will snatch it if I see it. Thanks for the tip.

[Anonymous No.6967507]

>>6934875
what are some non-meme drinks that liberals are afraid to drink??

[Anonymous No.6967516]

>>6967500
Probably all gone now though, i doubt they imported all that many bottles and i think people liked it generally!

Only one i found on the shelves weeks after release so far that i actually liked was Founders Curmudgeon, guess people either did not know about it or liked it!

>>6967507
>liberals
Real beer!

[Anonymous No.6967667]

>>6967516
Got me one Curmudgeon. If it's like the other old ales I've tried I'm gonna like it.

Meant if I get an Idjit. Ignored it in the past 2 launches. Planning on going to cbc?

[Anonymous No.6967951]

>>6966991
Oh yeah. Forgot about him. Died a few years ago.

[Anonymous No.6968705]

>>6936305
Oh, there's a really nice bar in the college district of seoul. it's on one of the back streets and pretty dark, but there's about three of them side by side. One of them (the yellow one) has local brews which are hit or miss, but there's a darker (black/brown color scheme) bar that's sort of like a lounge (has a really huge candle near the front) that had some really nice brews. It's near the 7-11 on the main street through that part of town.

But you're probably going to songtan and in which case sorry bro there's not shit for bars that are decent. Korean beer is swill.

Be sure to enjoy the all you can eat grill restaurants though, shit was cash money.

[Anonymous No.6969816]

>>6951162
Found a bigger beer store nearby, picked up this one. I think you guys would've like the shop, I'll be returning there for sure.

[Anonymous No.6969819]

>>6969816
Each of those tickets on the ceiling is 2 kinds of beers, one on each side.

[Anonymous No.6969820]

>>6969819
These 2 pictures are about 1/4 of the total store.

[Anonymous No.6969822]

>>6969820
Looks like a German beer store except 99.9% of the beers would be pilsner/helles.

[Anonymous No.6970068]

>>6969816
>>6969819
>>6969820
Likely Belgium or Holand.
Looking very good.
Where is that shop?

[Anonymous No.6970104]

>>6970068
Belgium, Mol: http://www.schillebeeckx-nv.be/

[Anonymous No.6970242]

>>6969820
top...men

[Anonymous No.6970249]

Never ordered a pint from a pub before - do you just say "Pint of bitter/lager love"? Would you look like an autist if you asked what they had?

[Anonymous No.6970251]

[Anonymous No.6970254]

>>6970249
If it's not a dive bar, they'll have a list. I ask for a beer list every time I go to a bar and usually just say "I'll have a ____" they usually assume you want a pint.

[Anonymous No.6970255]

>>6970249
Ask for the specific brand of beer.

The only time I ask for a "bitter" is at Samuel Smith's pubs which only serve one on tap.

[Anonymous No.6970264]

[Anonymous No.6970282]

>>6970264
>2%

How am I supposed to buzz with the lads at that ABV?

[Anonymous No.6970289]

>>6970282
down 20 cans mate thats like 20 times 2 mate

[Anonymous No.6970307]

>>6970289
The buzz you'll get is from the dehydration as you piss out every drop of water in your body ten minutes from the last can.

[Anonymous No.6970309]

>>6970289
ahahaha well ard ya bloody madman!!

[Anonymous No.6970315]

>>6970264
Is that the equivalent of Sam's Choice beer?
lol

[Anonymous No.6970368]

>>6970104
Thanks mate!
Seems a bit away from everything.
Living nearby? American?

[Anonymous No.6970400]

>>6970368
Naw, I'm Belgian, living close to that city.
I only recently started trying beers, after a few tastes when I was 16~18 I thought I didn't like beer, so I didn't drink any until recently (30 now), when I found out other stuff I didn't like when I was younger I now do find tasty.

[Anonymous No.6970410]

Made a second batch of Mead. The one on the left will be bootled next week. The other will sit for a month, moved to another container for a month, then bottled.

[Anonymous No.6970516]

>>6970400
same here with the recent finding of beer.
taste buds change I guess...

Grimberg. Ok, a bit too bitter, but ok.

[Anonymous No.6970605]

Thoughts on Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller merging?

[Anonymous No.6970653]

>>6970410
Do you know how much the ABV will be in your mead? Whenever I make mead it turns out pretty weak.

[Anonymous No.6970775]

>>6970605
Don't care tbh fam.

[Anonymous No.6970783]

>>6970605
>>6970775
Agreed, I'm disappointed that Heineken acquired Lagunitas.

[Anonymous No.6970847]

This is fucking amazing.

[Anonymous No.6970872]

>>6970847
yeah, just #8 in the ranking, should be.
Expensive?

[Anonymous No.6970890]

>>6970783
Why? It was a 50/50 thing and I think is pretty much just a distribution deal. More lagunitas in more places. I'm happy for them

[Anonymous No.6970903]

>>6970872
Nope, got a 4 pack of it when I went to Bell's during the Hopslam release in January 2013.

[Anonymous No.6970913]

>>6970903
ahhh, buying directly from them, that has to be the cheapest of them all.
say.... $7 for a 355 bottle?

[Anonymous No.6970932]

>>6970913
I really don't remember how much it was. I do remember the case of Hopslam costing around $60, though.

[Anonymous No.6970949]

>>6970932
how many beers in a case?

[Anonymous No.6970951]

>>6970949
24

[Anonymous No.6970956]

Tributary's stout just isn't the same, help me fill this void.

[Anonymous No.6970976]

>>6970956
better than this post only if you tell me you're from Havant. :P

[Anonymous No.6970978]

I recommend any of the beers by Einstök, they're all so good.

A good porter I had once was Carribean chocolate cake by Siren brewery.

I tend to forget most craft beers I try once as most of them are too hoppy and unmemorable.

[Anonymous No.6971009]

Any opinions on pic related?

[Anonymous No.6971021]

>>6971009
#1 of the style apparently...
expensive?

[Anonymous No.6971034]

>>6971021
~$12 a bottle last time I got it, I think it's worth a try if you can get your hands on it and you like sours.

[Anonymous No.6971051]

>>6971034
costly but not the worst then, in par with Avery and Crooked Stave.

[Anonymous No.6971812]

>>6971009
Way better than the last bottle of Consecration I had. Really good. Not like most sours where you lose 100% of the base beer's flavor. It also doesn't have an overwhelming cherry tartness to it which is nice. I love that I can still taste that it's a brown ale. I love that the cherry isn't being used to simply add more sweetness or more acidity. RR makes some incredible sours and I'm very happy to only live an hour and a half away from them. Beatification and Framboise For a Cure are fantastic as well.

[Anonymous No.6973146]

>>6971812
Sounds yummy!

[Anonymous No.6973996]

is this thread dead?

[Anonymous No.6974021]

>>6973996
Nah.
>drinking this one now
>pretty meh

[Anonymous No.6974086]

>>6971021
Worth trying but not #1.

Almanac puts out some amazing sours.
The Bruery has Tart of Darkness and Sour in the Rye which are both amazing.