NT, What Beer Do You Drink?

Comparison Ford said:
While I'm admittedly not too experienced with galaxy hops, I wouldn't say this is medicinal at all.  It's hard for me to pinpoint the flavor on this, really.  It has a lot of citrus notes and a slight grassy/floral quality, but the biggest thing that stands out to me is the "bite" it has on the finish.  Just a really, really nice beer.

I was gonna drink a Westbrook Gose before I went to bed, but I'd honestly rather sit on this and savor it longer.
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I've only had a few honestly but same experience. Maybe it's my palette, I dunno. I'll keep drinking them though haha.

WallyHopp said:
I don't get single hopped beers. Now that I think about it, I think I had one (around here they call them SMASH beers.. Single Malt and Single Hop beers. Another local place did it. I believe it was more of a Pale Ale using Citra, where the hops are more of a slight afterthought. La Cumbre uses a blend of at least 5 hop varieties on Elevated, and maybe more with their other IPAs. I think each variety adds something. One adds a tropical note. One a unending bitterness...
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I've only had one single hopped beer with Calypso and it was pretty bad. Nothing but bitterness. Never again.
 
picked up the He Said, She Said collab between Elysian and 21st Amendment
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WallyHopp said:
I don't get single hopped beers. Now that I think about it, I think I had one (around here they call them SMASH beers.. Single Malt and Single Hop beers. Another local place did it. I believe it was more of a Pale Ale using Citra, where the hops are more of a slight afterthought. La Cumbre uses a blend of at least 5 hop varieties on Elevated, and maybe more with their other IPAs. I think each variety adds something. One adds a tropical note. One a unending bitterness...

Are breweries doing this to be unique for the sake of being different? I can definitely see myself hating a particular hop if thats all they use. That;s why Alpha levels exist. Some hops are better at bittering. Some with aromas, and some with dry hopping. Unless La Cumbre does a SMASH style beer, I just dont believe you can get the best out of the hops you are using.by singling them out.

I can definitely pinpoint amarillo and centential hops. They have some deep bitterness and pine like flavors. If you hate pine, you may not like those beers that use it a lot. Likewise with Nelson Sauvin hops. They are fruity, but I get a sense of them having some dill like pickle qualities. It may sound disgusting. But it does work for me.. Others just cant stand for it.

Single profile hop beers dont thrill me though. I havent come across many. I brewed one once with 95% cascade with 90% two row.. It came out very basic. One could definitely pinpoint why they hated the hop taste and they would know without a doubt that they hated a particular variety... I still believe you can like a blended hop beer, like the majority of them, with a hop you "hate" by it self.

A local IPA, Marble IPA uses Columbus, Amarillo and Centennial hops.. They are the more basic American type of standard hops. They give a real citrus and pine characteristic.. Elevated IPA dry hops with Simcoe, Mosaic, Centennial, Chinook, J-17, and Nelson Sauvin.

Hops can be used in very unique ways to get the best out of each ONE.. Why places choose to single out hops is puzzling.. I can see it as a challenge. But that may be better off left in a experimental garage tasting.
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Yea I get what you're saying with combining the varieties of hops to get a more favorable outcome. I'm sure breweries do the single hop stuff to highlight what that particular hop tastes like.

What I don't get is why Societe's The Bachelor Mosaic is 4.42 on BA.
 
So I picked up a bottle of 2014 Sucre from The Bruery for $35 on impulse 
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Looks like I overpaid $5 or so based off the internet, but nonetheless, it was the only bottle they had left. 

Haven't tried it yet but anyone have any experience with it? 16.9% alcohol. 

Also, my local joint had 1 box of the sierra Nevada's beer camp left. Is that really worth buying for someone who doesn't care for IPA's or hoppy beer? 
 
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Went out to San Diego today to pick up barrel aged Monsters Park. Picked up 2 6 packs of grapefruit sculpin. Open up for trades. Had really amazing beer.
 
Cracked open the Merk for my bday. Got some really nice bourbon, vanilla and toasted coconut notes. Mouthfeel is thinner than I thought it would be but still pretty damn good.

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i wish i could find **** like that out here. then again, i probably could if i was FB or twitter. ^^ that sounds good as hell.
 
Just went on a cruise and bought the unlimited drink package. There was a craft beer bar on the ship :x

Nothing out of theordinary though. But I did try the black and blue/black and white and now I'm hooked. I've had them before but something about it this time. Planning on making a black and tan with Pumpking tonight.
 
KickHead23 said:
Just went on a cruise and bought the unlimited drink package. There was a craft beer bar on the ship
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Nothing out of theordinary though. But I did try the black and blue/black and white and now I'm hooked. I've had them before but something about it this time. Planning on making a black and tan with Pumpking tonight.
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Holy *****......how have I never thought about that?!
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Meyer23 said:
KickHead23 said:
Just went on a cruise and bought the unlimited drink package. There was a craft beer bar on the ship :x


Nothing out of theordinary though. But I did try the black and blue/black and white and now I'm hooked. I've had them before but something about it this time. Planning on making a black and tan with Pumpking tonight.
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Holy *****......how have I never thought about that?! 8)  
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Lol my wife actually came up with it. I told her I was feenin for the black and tan since we been off the ship and we need some guiness. She said, "Do you have the tan? Oh yea, the pumpking" and I'm like :wow: MARRY ME (again).
 
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 Awesome! My wife doesn't drink but maybe twice a year so we have absolutely nothing on common when it comes to anything alcoholic. 
 
Meyer23 said:
:lol:  Awesome! My wife doesn't drink but maybe twice a year so we have absolutely nothing on common when it comes to anything alcoholic. 
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My girl doesn't drink beer :frown: I drank a Smirnoff Ice last night because I finished the second half of a growler and didn't feel like opening a new one, but, wanted to have one more drink and that's all that was in the fridge. I felt so ashamed after.
 
Hennessy said:
My girl doesn't drink beer :frown: I drank a Smirnoff Ice last night because I finished the second half of a growler and didn't feel like opening a new one, but, wanted to have one more drink and that's all that was in the fridge. I felt so ashamed after.
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I would suggest drinking growlers the same day you get them

Next day at the latest

My untappd user name is Crumps_Brother

Kickhead, what cruise line offers a drinking package?
 
Crumps Brother said:
I would suggest drinking growlers the same day you get them

Next day at the latest

My untappd user name is Crumps_Brother

Kickhead, what cruise line offers a drinking package?
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Royal Caribbean. Specifically, I was on the Allure of the Seas.

$45/day all wine beer and premium liquors. But you have to do it for every day. You can't just wake up that day and say I'm doing the package today. So I had to buy the package up front on day 1 for all 7 days. Came out to around $400 or so. But I easily drank about a G or more of beer/liquor :smokin :smh:

Plus there's something about paying for something up front instead of actually seeing the money tally up when you buy each drink and sign the receipt. I'll be doing it every cruise from now on.
 
Picked up bottles of Rochefort 8 and 10 on the recommendation of a friend who works at a restaurant with mostly Belgian beers.

Haven't opened any of them yet, but from what he has told me, the 10 can go head to head and even beat out Westy 12.

Anyone try them here?
 
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