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Stumbled on this thread. My go to beers are Blue Moon Belgian Ale and Dos XX Ambar. Unless I want some IPAs
I'm trying to try more IPAs. First one I ever had was Victory Golden Monkey. Served in the proper glass
. I'm a fan of the their line.
Also this was recommended to me and fams. It is good. Nice combination of flavors. You guys need to try it
I'm trying to try more IPAs. First one I ever had was Victory Golden Monkey. Served in the proper glass
Also this was recommended to me and fams. It is good. Nice combination of flavors. You guys need to try it
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Stumbled on this thread. My go to beers are Blue Moon Belgian Ale and Dos XX Ambar. Unless I want some IPAs
I'm trying to try more IPAs. First one I ever had was Victory Golden Monkey. Served in the proper glass
Also this was recommended to me and fams. It is good. Nice combination of flavors. You guys need to try it
I hate to be a jerk, but Golden Monkey is far from an IPA. It's a Tripel. If you like Victory's stuff, try Hop Devil, DirtWolf, Vital IPA or Agave IPA with Grapefruit...
I'll leave the rest alone.
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Biggest surprise of 2016:
Picked this up on a whim after a friend told me he thought I'd be pleasantly surprised by it. I have to listen to my friends more often.
This far exceeded my expectations. Tastes like really good black coffee with a couple spoonfuls of Sugar In The Raw scooped in. Don't sleep on this one.
Picked this up on a whim after a friend told me he thought I'd be pleasantly surprised by it. I have to listen to my friends more often.
I really liked this and City Slickers. They weren't the best Other Half beers, but they were still very good (and probably the most unique beers they've done). I was working the day of the release, but I'm kicking myself now knowing that I could've driven out to Brooklyn after and scored a ton of both.Wish our interns hooked it up like that.
Sipping on some Lime Green Galaxies tonight. Really like this! Getting melon like qualities with some mild bitterness. Very easy drinking.
I'll tell you anything you wanna know. Finding out what state you live in would probably be the best starting point.
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That imperial brown looks delicious. Have you had Surly Coffee Bender before? It's a little lighter at 5% but I swear it's just like a cold-pressed coffee which I think is delicious. I wish we saw more coffee brown ales out there.
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You are 100% right. I really coulda swore it was an IPA. Thanks for that. Now I won't look stupid when I ask for it in public again.
I've tried the hop devil and vital. Vital I liked a lot but the hop devil not so much.
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Imperial brown ale sounds amazing (long as it isn't too hoppy). What's the maltiest type of craft beer anyway?
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Sipping on some BBA Double Negative tonight. Super fudgey and chewy. Fantastic stuff!
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Solid, solid Sour.
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This one was a winner, for sure. Actually preferred this one to the Maple Bourbon Double Negative.
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Definitely lives up to the hype. Our intern said her family has a summer house in VT and lives next door to the guy that started Lawson's, so they also get a ton of Sip of Sunshine whenever they want. But she was saying her brothers stock up on Heady Topper all the time so it was like nothing for her to bring us cans. I gave her an A. She earned it anyway but I'd be lying if I said the beers didn't seal the deal.
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Best choices around your parts are Lone Pint Yellow Rose, Austin Beer Works Heavy Machinery, and Ghost in the Machine.
Maybe some other Texas NT'ers can chime in though.
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The last couple of days.
This was solid. Liked it a lot more than No.1
I was let down a bit by this. Expected more vanilla.
A coworker went to El Salvador and brought these back for me.
She should've left them down there. 2 terrible beers.
I have two other bottles of other styles left. Not looking forward to them.
This was solid. Liked it a lot more than No.1
I was let down a bit by this. Expected more vanilla.
A coworker went to El Salvador and brought these back for me.
She should've left them down there. 2 terrible beers.
I have two other bottles of other styles left. Not looking forward to them.
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Is it me or is there a element of wateriness with SN PA? I think the hop bite melds with the sweetness nicely. That said I didn't enjoy it this time like I did last. Both were from two separate bars.
I think you might be onto something Wally as far as Americans preferring the taste of older beers. I went to two different supermarkets in my area and could not believe how old a lot of the beer was.
I think you might be onto something Wally as far as Americans preferring the taste of older beers. I went to two different supermarkets in my area and could not believe how old a lot of the beer was.
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Anyone ever try this? I was able to get 2 bottles yesterday but haven't tried it yet. First time they've bottled it.
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Dang. Yall are bringing some heat out. It's getting too hot for stouts. I've been pounding some Goses, and light lagers lately.
Mangudai954, as far as maltiest beers. I'm not sure what you mean. Some of your imperial stouts can exceed 14% abv. ABV is the #1 indication that the beer has a big malt base. But flavors can go in any direction. Think of the american oktoberfest style. A marzen. It's chalked full of that bready malt flavor. Think Boston Lager but with quite a bit more malt flavor. Think Fat Tire but with more abv and malt flavor.
Most Stouts have specialty malts that make them taste a bit like chocolate, even smoky malt flavors. So you have to sorta pinpoint what sort of malt flavors you prefer.
The World Beer Cup was this past weekend. Awards galore. Noble Ale Works I love it! won the biggest award of the event, WBC American Style IPA. Santilli of Night Shift won a bronze.
http://www.worldbeercup.org/winners/award-winners/
Speaking of the WBC and people who like "old" beer, there is a local pilsner that won another WBC award. It marks their 4th. It truly feels more like a hoppy pils though. But if it sits for awhile, and it becomes what import lagers become as they sit during transit from overseas, you get muted flavors. But there is no mistaking 4 medals for that pilsner, that it in fact is what that style of beer is supposed to taste like. Fresh imported Pilsners almost never happen, so when you get it fresh locally, and its different, you have to ask yourself, which one do I really like..
Same applies with SNPA. Try it fresh. Explosive hoppy flavors. Try it at the 3 month mark, like the majority of bottles I have ever seen, and the beer is a different beer. It makes you wonder, just what type of beer do people really like
Back to some beer tries.
Ready set Gose by Uinta. I found the coriander a bit too odd to mix with salty notes. It was not refreshing for me.
Uinta pale ale, a 4% pale ale. Felt like a baby SNPA or fat tire type of beer. I think Id rather have those others instead.
Enjoy by 5/30 Tangerine IPA by Stone. I bought a sixer. Bad idea. I like what its trying to do. But there is something about the malt flavor/abv. It smells of alcohol beat/burn. I cant really get past that.. Yet to compare, a Waldos special ale is actually quite special. Dynamic aroma, and as long as you don't drink them too fast, I have to take a reliking to Waldos
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Beer Camp just touched down at my local beer store. I feel inclined to give it a retry. I wasn't blown away by any in the last set a couple years back.
Anyone else seeing this locally? What used to be 1 brand selling a simple six pack, now has this same company taking up shelf space, ala BUD and Miller, selling cans, and now 12 pack of cans. I love the format variety, But it takes the shelf space away like nothing I have ever seen before. Lots of space being taken up by the same beer. I'm seeing this with Odell like nothing else.
Mangudai954, as far as maltiest beers. I'm not sure what you mean. Some of your imperial stouts can exceed 14% abv. ABV is the #1 indication that the beer has a big malt base. But flavors can go in any direction. Think of the american oktoberfest style. A marzen. It's chalked full of that bready malt flavor. Think Boston Lager but with quite a bit more malt flavor. Think Fat Tire but with more abv and malt flavor.
Most Stouts have specialty malts that make them taste a bit like chocolate, even smoky malt flavors. So you have to sorta pinpoint what sort of malt flavors you prefer.
The World Beer Cup was this past weekend. Awards galore. Noble Ale Works I love it! won the biggest award of the event, WBC American Style IPA. Santilli of Night Shift won a bronze.
http://www.worldbeercup.org/winners/award-winners/
Speaking of the WBC and people who like "old" beer, there is a local pilsner that won another WBC award. It marks their 4th. It truly feels more like a hoppy pils though. But if it sits for awhile, and it becomes what import lagers become as they sit during transit from overseas, you get muted flavors. But there is no mistaking 4 medals for that pilsner, that it in fact is what that style of beer is supposed to taste like. Fresh imported Pilsners almost never happen, so when you get it fresh locally, and its different, you have to ask yourself, which one do I really like..
Same applies with SNPA. Try it fresh. Explosive hoppy flavors. Try it at the 3 month mark, like the majority of bottles I have ever seen, and the beer is a different beer. It makes you wonder, just what type of beer do people really like
Back to some beer tries.
Ready set Gose by Uinta. I found the coriander a bit too odd to mix with salty notes. It was not refreshing for me.
Uinta pale ale, a 4% pale ale. Felt like a baby SNPA or fat tire type of beer. I think Id rather have those others instead.
Enjoy by 5/30 Tangerine IPA by Stone. I bought a sixer. Bad idea. I like what its trying to do. But there is something about the malt flavor/abv. It smells of alcohol beat/burn. I cant really get past that.. Yet to compare, a Waldos special ale is actually quite special. Dynamic aroma, and as long as you don't drink them too fast, I have to take a reliking to Waldos
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Beer Camp just touched down at my local beer store. I feel inclined to give it a retry. I wasn't blown away by any in the last set a couple years back.
Anyone else seeing this locally? What used to be 1 brand selling a simple six pack, now has this same company taking up shelf space, ala BUD and Miller, selling cans, and now 12 pack of cans. I love the format variety, But it takes the shelf space away like nothing I have ever seen before. Lots of space being taken up by the same beer. I'm seeing this with Odell like nothing else.
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Had one of those Evil Twin Molotov Cocktails just waiting for me in the fridge. Got home, opened up the fridge, gone. Wife drank it. I asked her how it was she said it was amazing. I packed her a bag and changed the locks.
