/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Not necessarily my favorites, but it's what I've been drinking the past couple weeks for the bottles.

>>11611406
>favorite brewery and their best beer
Heyooooooooooooo

Picked up this meme queen for the first time, today. It's too hoppy for my taste. Malt background is really nice, though.

33 dollars well spent for 36 beers
Sorry for the shitty picture

>>11611426
Go on a brewery crawl in Nelson and Albemarle Counties. They're all great venues and easy to drive between.

This thread isn't even needed, it's already known that the best beer in the world is PBR!

>>11612192
Did you take this picture with your asshole or what

>>11612342
Shitty phone camera uwu

I've yet to find a decent cider in Canada.
I just love a nice bitter sweet cider.
Pic related, cider of choice.
>Just try this cool European meme cider
>Strongbow
>Mfw I gave it to people back home as an insult

>>11612364
Where do you live anon? Left Field Cider Co. makes some ok stuff.

The one and only Victoria Bitter, also known as the Very Best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns15eHLDv1I

The best.

>>11612213
Been there, done that, got the t shirts. Really cool places. I'm spoiled for choice around here.

>>11612459
Wasn't my favourite. I miss Fiddler's Elbow

>>11611589
fucking love Weyerbacher

Why do all craft beers have such faggoty names?

>>11612866
Patent trolling has reached new lows. You have to go for the shittiest name you can think of so it isn't taken.

>>11612873
I'm gonna name mine "Hipster Bullshit Fuck You."

>>11612879
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/42081/246626/
Only because you can't trademark profanity

>>11612889
I'll trademark a picture of that author's fucking faggot face, there's no greater profanity than that.

are the any commercially available stouts that can compare to the ones from Jersey shore microbreweries?
I've tried Guinness and it doesn't come close
>>11612873
names are trademarks not patents you ignoramus

>>11612879
I'm working on a Boipucci Sour.

>>11612901
It's still a form of patent trolling.

>want to try Founders KBS
>nearest store that has it in stock is 2 hours away
is it really worth it?

>>11612928
I don't actually care if you try it or not.

>>11611406
Jackie O's and their Bourbon Barrel Oro Negro

>>11612982
Brad Clark is leaving Jackie O's
Enjoy your talent drain

>>11612928
It was a big deal back when there were hardly any bourbon aged stouts. Now everyone and their grandmother makes them, and better ones aren't hard to find. Weyerbacher and Bells make particularly great ones.

>>11612928
Wait until spring when they do the release, or try and happen upon it on tap. Its a very good beer, but there are many similarly good beers now, not worth going 2 hours out of your way unless you live in an area with very little good beer

>>11611614
Isn't this shit cheaper by volume than their bottled water

best beer ever made probably

>>11613702
Not like you'd be able to tell after the first few sips either way.
I do like Avery, though. Fellow NCfag?

>>11613713
>Fellow NCfag?
I'm in NY. They cost like $16 a bottle.

>>11613760
I'm a retarded faggot and mixed it up with Aviator brewing co. Avery isn't in NC. Still tasty beers though.

>>11613702
Avery is dope and incredibly underrepresented in these threads

>>11612837
Their Blasphemy and Heresy were my introduction to barrel aged beers, and they're still some of the best I've had.

>mfw my favorite bottle shop had two BCBS bottles from 2015 just sitting around.
Snagged one after making sure it wasn't from one of the infected batches.

>>11614143
>giving AB Inbev money
Enjoy your meh-tier stout, I guess.

>>11614162
Dude who cares

what are some good dark largers?

>>11614162
pretty much all accounts suggest BCBS is at least pretty good. Its pretty overpriced but no one is seriously going to argue that it is only meh

>>11614171
Anyone who isn't a mindless drone who gets off on corporate headpats telling them that they're a good little consumerist for funding the death of the brewing industry.

>>11614173

>>11614177
I think the brewing industry is doing just fine m80. You're upset over wider distribution of good beer. Seek help.

alchie thread, alchie thread!
we all begged and we all plead
now until the alchie's dead
he will stay inside his thread!

general for posting beer
alchies only do that here
now /ck/ is not subject
to the alchie's disrespect

let us rise in a "hurrah!"
alchies eventually saw
they're not welcome in our threads
now they're all contained instead!!!

thank you alchies, thank you.

>>11614176
The beer is a lot like KBS in that the hype far exceeds the actual quality of the beer. It's good, but it's not really any better than your average bourbon stout.

>>11614173
Aventinus eisbock is great.

>>11614183
I would say BCBS's hype is more exceeding of its quality than KBS, but both are good beers

>>11614180
If by "wider distribution of good beer" you mean grocery store shelfspaces being flooded with the same stale Goose Island IPA or Elysian garbage while smaller, quality brewers are being forced off the shelves to sell out of their taprooms, then yeah, I'm not pleased about that shit. Inbev is cancer, and so are the drones who give them money.

>>11614162
Yeah my 12 bucks will surely hasten the end of good beer nationwide.

>>11614197
Blame the liquor store, idiot. No one is strong armed into carrying that stuff, it's just popular so they stock it. If the place is any decent it will have plenty of shelf space for all kinds of local stuff.

>>11611406
Why even drink beer if you don't live in the PNW or Germany?

>>11614191
They're both good beers, but neither are worth waiting all year for, ordering bottle release tickets, calling off work so you can stand in line for release morning, etc... It's all manufactured hype, and its ridiculous.

>>11614199
You alone might not, but the countless faggots who share your shortsighted consumerist mentality might.

>>11614207
>No one is strong armed into carrying that stuff
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a-b-i-craftbeers-probe-exclusive-idUSKCN0YG0EG

>>11614232
Because this isn't the stone age and refrigeration exists, faggot.

>>11614244
>, ordering bottle release tickets, calling off work so you can stand in line for release morning,
I have literally never done this and ended up with a four pack or two of KBS every year, hell I even found CBS without much effort. BCBS seems to be in significantly smaller amounts and therefore much tougher to happen upon, only ever had it on tap

>>11614244
There are incentives behind most breweries who distribute their stuff.
Buy x many cases get x free or more of some special release when it comes by.
I used to work at a liquor store and dealt with sales reps all the time. Every single one offers incentives.

>>11614244
You drink beer from a can don't you?

>>11614207
>No one is strong armed into carrying that stuff
This is definitely wrong. There is a lot of strong arming going on in retail beer. The problems are AB Inbev and the shady ass distributors that national and state laws require most breweries to use that are basically controlled by InBev. The government really ought to deregulate the system, they created the whole mess

>>11614244
to be fair, then money InBev makes from barrel aged Goose Island beers in a year is probably on par with what they make on lagers in an hour

>that guy who gets self righteous over other peoples choices in beer.

>>11614232
because beer travels really well, and the best beer is made in New England and the MIdwest. And the best beer in Europe is obviously from Belgium, not Germany

>>11614261
Oh I should add, another reason local stuff might not be well represented is the issue of a consistent supply. If you cant keep up with let's say, a grocery store demand, they dont want you. Empty shelf space looks bad on them and is potentially a missed sale. Even a major local brewery had supply issues for awhile here. The only reason it didnt cost them shelf space is because they're the second biggest brewery in the state.

>>11614258
And yet those shitty bottle release preorders sell out every year. To reiterate, your purchasing habits don't reflect those of the entire consumer base.

>>11614261
See >>11614272

>>11614266
All beer should be poured from the original packaging into the appropriate glassware. But if you want to drink like a total faggot or sorority girl from the bottle or can, nobody is going to stop you.

>>11614276
But that pissbrew cash cow is dying fast, so they have an incentive to latch on to the craft beer trend and strangle it to death if they can't profit from it.

>>11614278
Drink what you wan't, but don't be a total degenerate and pretend that you buying that BCBS is any better than buying a case of bud light.

>>11614272
Then your state sucks. There are multiple routes of distribution in my state. Independent and otherwise. Write to your local government official.

>>11614297
>And yet those shitty bottle release preorders sell out every year
I am unfamiliar with this. Is this something they do at the brewery? Or something retailers near you are doing?
> To reiterate, your purchasing habits don't reflect those of the entire consumer base
Both of our frames are influenced by our personal experience, have yet to see reason to think your experiences are more indicative of reality

>>11614306
Every state has this system. Many (mine included) have some limited exceptions for very small breweries but the overregulation on the alcohol industry is a problem we all deal with. Unfortunately alcohol distributors are old entrenched business with disproportionate political sway as old things tend to have. Hell even now some states like Maryland are moving in the wrong direction, we really need to get some libertarians in local government to end this corruption. There are no states where the craft brewers have the political clout to stand up to the lobbies for distribution or even retail.

In many parts the bar lobby is becoming the biggest opponent to craft brewers in the political backrooms (even though few will do anything in a publicly visible manner) because MIllenials like going to tap rooms so much more than shitty bars, and the dramatic increase in taprooms has put a lot of stress on the old politically empowered bar interests. This is the reason a lot of states ban taprooms from selling non-beer alcohol, and some even ban selling of beer brewed off site. Even worse many states require brewers to sell their beer to a distributor and then buy it back before selling at a taproom which is just fucking insane (see the recent Maryland stuff). Meanwhile these laws also have the effect of preventing people who own bars or restaurants from getting into the brewing business or collaborating with brewers, and sometimes are written so vaguely or confusingly that new brewers need to hire expensive lawyers before they even know if their business plan is technically illegal

>>11614173

>>11614507
Doppelbocks are the peak lager desu.

>>11614648
Ayinger, Schlenkerla, and Troegs make particularly good ones.

>>11611406
IPAs are disgusting

>>11614696
>he doesn't like beer
>still posts in the beer thread

Can you still buy this shit? I used to buy this big ass can for 1.99 sometimes when i was too poor to buy decent booze but wanted to get drunk with my friends. The beauty of it is its aprox twice as strong as a typical beer while being a 36 oz can. So its equivalent to a 6 pack. Tastes pretty bad but its definitely not like 4 loko bad

>>11614723
Just realized the pic is a 24 oz can, i swear i remember getting a monster 36 oz can but this was years ago so idk

>>11614696
I'm with you anon, I never understood the appeal and I feel alienated from the /beer/ community as a result. Oh well. Toasting you with a nice Imperial Stout.

>>11612901
You can get Young's Double Chocolate in a lot of places. Great stout. Guinness only tastes good in Ireland.

>>11614744
I'm more of a pale ale kind of guy. The malt backbone really helps calm the bitterness and it's not nearly as overwhelming to your tastebuds

Holy shit, dont buy this. I was curious and tried it, but it tastes like shit, so sickly sweet.

>>11613702
Fucking bullshit on how small of glass they serve it in on tap.
>>11613788
Avery is ok at best. Its basically baby's first microbrewery.
>>11614774
>Ballast Point
>Good beer
>>11614744
Its definitely changing from super hoppy IPAs back to more west coast style fruit forward ones. I'm just mad its fucking DECEMBER and my favorite brewery as no good new dark beers.

>>11614825
>I'm just mad its fucking DECEMBER and my favorite brewery as no good new dark beers.

You see, this is the real crime.

>>11614835
And there were like 4 stouts on in July. If all the breweries in walking distance weren't doing the same thing I would be less annoyed.

>>11612364
Strongbow is litteraly the import brand of bulmer.

>>11611986
this stuff is overrated

>>11614825
>avery is okay at best

It’s gud fellas

>buy some old ale
>drink it cold
>tastes fucking nasty
>leave it and forget about it
>take a sip later on, and it tastes fine
thought only stouts were meant to be drunk at room temp, but are all strong beers like this?

>>11614970
I kind of respect Stone for their honesty. You want hops, here's your hops you fucking animal.

>>11615036
Gaseous molecules are less soluble in liquid at increased temperatures,and that’s true for aroma compounds as well. This is the entire reason why a lot of Belgian ales have recommended serving temperatures. The “beer should be ice cold always” meme is pushed by tasteless pissbeer brewers so that you can’t detect how fucking pathetic their profiles are.

>>11615036
A lot are. When they're cold a lot of the subtle flavors are non existent and most of what you get is booziness

thats nice

>>11615008
You probably think deschtes isn't a meme to trap fly staters either.

Is it worth it to let this 2015 Old Rasputin sit longer?

>>11615202
You probably think you know more about beer than you actually do

>>11615206
Nah crack it

>>11615206
>nearly 4 years of aging
Probably won't get any improvements out of further aging, anon. Give it a taste.

>>11613524
They're going to be fine. He's still working with their barrel aging program and helping during the transition. They know what they're doing and it's not like he's leaving on bad terms. Now if InBev or something like that rolls in and wants to buy them out, then I'd be worried.

>>11615206
I doubt it

>>11615202
>implying coasties that arent from florida know a good stout

>>11614244

Tfw you live 4 blocks from Founders

>>11612928
Yes it is

>>11612928
No

>>11612928
Maybe

>>11615500
>forgot my image.jpg

>>11615857
Nah it's too popular for the hipsters these days, thank god

>>11615876
That is bullshit. Every fucking time I've been it is a sea of fucking gauges and ironically worn watch hats spiced with miles of plaid flannel.

>>11615761
>>11615620

Fuck these anons

>>11615904
>MUH FOUNDERS
kys, pleb.

>>11615904
Dude its kbs. It's not a bottle of cantillon or the meme trappist ale.

>>11615892
That describes everyone under 40 now.

>>11615962
>>>/fa/ would like a word with you

>>11615892
I go at least twice a month. You have no clue what you're talking about lol

>>11615892
Thats a sign of being a coastie

>>11615986
Considering grand Rapids is in the middle of the rust belt and isnt even THAT close to the lake you are a retard.
>>11615982
Whatever. Gvsu students suck.

>>11616006
t. Person who wishes he could afford to live in GR

>>11615962
The only peice of hipster garbage I own is a kromer and I've never witnessed anyone in skinny jeans and horn rimmed glasses sporting blaze orange.

>>11616017
In what world is that dumbass hat hipster? Do people still think hipsters where plaid and skinny jeans everywhere? That shit has been dead for years

>>11616006
you fucking go to breweries in GR and think everyone has disgusting gauges? What are you talking about? Thats pure coastie shit

>>11611426
I take it you’re from Virginia?

I really like the Full Nelson. Surprisingly light bodied.

>>11612928
It’s a good beer, but as others have said there are too many similar, easily available beers to make it worth that drive.

>>11614177
You’re a shitty troll. Apply yourself.

>>11614774
It doesn’t even taste piney.

I think most of their Sculpin variants are disappointing except the Grapefruit one, which is better than original sculpin IMO.

>>11615023
I used to like the regular Black Butte until my friend told me he thinks it tastes like pool water. Now I can’t un-taste that.

>>11615500
Im jelly of that. I visited Founders a few months ago for the first time and I was blown away. Really cool place, and the food was good, too.

>>11616361
Hey man I always appreciate visitors to my great city. As much as many of us locals don't like to admit it, it helps to keep our city going.

IPAs are disgusting imo. All the bitterness without the flavor and body.

>>11612364
This stuff hit the spot for me

>>11616406
Sounds like my honeymoon

>>11616442
gays shouldn't marry

>>11616492
I'll marry you if you dont shut up

Is 120 Minute still any good. It's probably been 4 years since I gave it a shot, but have since moved to California and it just seems crazy to spend $40 on a Dogfish head 4 pack when there are dozens of world class IPAs available literally at every bar and grocery store for cheaper. 120 minute honestly seems more like a gimmick these days with shit like Palate Wrecker easily available for half the price. I always liked DfH, but never thought they did anything really amazing.

>>11616574
Nah get the palo Santo one instead

>>11616595
That and 120 are probably the two I enjoyed the most, but they're both really overpriced and overrated. I'm not trying to shit on DfH. I had a fucking lobster chocolate beer (yes, it's exactly what it sounds like) that was pretty good, but even 120 at it's best was only ever just "pretty good". I hate calling anything on /ck/ a meme, but I feel like that's the best way to describe them. They do really weird shit and the brewer knows what he's doing, but nothing I've ever had from them has been stellar.

>>11616625
120 is definitely a meme. Palo Santo is easily worth the price imo. One of my favorite beers.

The one and only champagne of beer

>>11616625
120 minute has good and bad batches, the most recent one has been okay
the good batches are like a good desserty malt wine with a nice hoppy background
the bad batches are like a fucking boozy hop nightmare with a short, bitter finish

I can't tell if it's that the beer ages really poorly or if the batch control is just that bad, but I go in for a bottle or two once a month just because it's nice when it's good

Step aside, boys

>>11616853
Sad. I add vodka to that shit.

>>11616867
I had alcohol poisoning about 4 times because I'd drink a fuck ton. I would always pound 4 or 5 pints of Steelies in about 1 to 2 hours and drink a liter of vodka or whiskey right after then would drink a couple of twisted teas at the end of the night.

Decided to stop drinking after my fourth alcohol poisoning. Drink nothing but non-alcoholic beer now. A lot of them actually taste like beer. O'Douls tastes better than Keystone, Natty, Budweiser and Miller. It's not the best NA beer, but it's one of the more famous for a reason. Tastes like beer and I like to drink beer.

>>11616946
Cool, guy. I hope your sober journey is good.

So how much better is the master race European Heineken than the Australian one? Friend told me to get the imported one but I couldn't find it so I bought a Sydney brewed 6pack. On my 2nd last atm

>>11617533
It's probably been over a decade since I've seen anyone buying or drinking a Heineken.

>>11617549
It tastes good i dont like the big commie star

>>11616336
I like it more than Get Bent from Parkway. Apocalypse also has some nice things on tap, like their imperial stout. And it's within swerving distance of my house.

What I've really been enjoying lately is this.

>>11616574
I wouldn't even put 120 min in the same category as DIPAs, its more of a strong barleywine, its almost double the strength of most DIPAs

>>11617533
probably almost the same. Actually I would expect the one closer to you to be better because Heineken uses the shuitty green glass that causes super quick skunking

>>11617703
I love the name lol

Yeah I live in Roanoke so Parkway is everywhere here. Get Bent is okay. Try Big Lick brewing if you’re ever down this way, they’re the best brewery in town IMO.

>>11612391
>>11616420
Cheers guys, I'll keep on the lookout.

Currently in North Vancouver

Mead>(((Beer)))
(((Beer))) has hops in it which is worse for your testosterone than soy

Cascade's Cerise Noveaux is my favourite, but the price tag hurts my soul so I rarely end up buying it.

>>11618476
Plenty of meads have hops added to them

>>11618476
jesus fucking christ man

>>11618476
>and then he went on about how he thought mead was "manly"

Fellow Virginians, is Hardywood's Gingerbread Stout supposed to be a really hot commodity? I've heard stories about fist fights over the last bottle, but I found like a dozen at my Food Lion and they've been there all week excepting the one I bought.

>>11618653
They’re not as rare as they make them out to be. I’ve found them in multiple Food Lions.

>>11618653
It's good if you're into sweeter beers, but there won't be a shortage of them till january/february

>>11612243
jesus christ, that's literally one of the worst beers ever. i'd rather drink that water-tasting budweiser than that shit.
also, make room everyone, best beer ever coming in

>>11612364
Bulmers is nice but try the Westons vintage cider, it's GOAT. These days i drink like 4-5 ciders a year that aren't westons.

>>11618882
nah, PBR is better than Bud

Had this last night, I don't like Indeed's regular lineup but holy fuck their sours are good

>>11619140
Hell yeah. I've been picking up every release of these. I didnt even like sours until I was gifted one of these fuckers

>>11619155
How's the lime one? That's the other one my local place had. Cherry Dust is my favorite they've done

>>11619170
The lime ginger one was great. I made carnita tacos to eat with it. I think my favorite was the mango or cherry dust as well

>>11614746
>>11612901

Youngs is great. O'Hara's dry Irish stout and Samuel Smith's chocolate stout and oatmeal stout are all fantastic as well, and are available commercially.

>>11616825
>gitgud

>IPA

>>11619997
>putting the high life next to omegang beer
shameful, the high life deserves its own separate space in the cooler

>>11617032
i like the idea of these fruit/sour beers but goddamn they are heartburn in a can

>drinking cider regularly for the first time
I have missed out. This dry hopped is killer. If only it didn't taste like heartburn which is why I've avoided cider for so long.

>>11611406
Favorite overall is founders. But i have been going there since it opened. Right now drinking some Big Red Coq from Vivant, also a local shop.

>>11614258
Shit you can get CBS all around town at the moment. Meijer has stacks of it for $20 or so per liter bottle. I even stumbled into some dumpy bar that bad a keg on tap for $7 drinks.

>>11620518
Where? It didn't sell out as fast as last year where a lot of people lined up, but unless I drove out to a small town super market and got lucky I would not expect to find any today. All of the liquor stores in youngish white people neighborhoods still sold out on day one or two

>>11615500
Same not as close now but within a five minute drive. Been going there since the day they opened their original shop. Used to play darts at the old shop.

Holy fuck lads, this tastes awesome.

>>11616361
Really is a great place. Don't care what some of the other jealous cunts here have to say.

>>11611406
>favorite brewery
Oliphant in somerset
>best beer
Their lime and sea salt gose. Found it way better than dog fish head.
The best part about their brewery is you can watch the matrix on VHS on a projector. Oh and their artwork is great.

>>11620525
Meijer in standale may have some still. But i was just at bridge street market (meijer) and they still had a small stack. The bar was on the west side and the bartender said they had the one keg but the owner didn't want to milk it, and it was probably not going to make it past the weekend.

>>11620563
So small town super market?

question from an ignorant american, when british people go to pubs, what kind of beer are they usually drinking

>>11620625
If they have good taste: porters, stouts, English barleywines, wee heavies...

if they have bad taste: macro bullshit.

>>11620594
Not really. Standale is the business district of an inner ring suburb. Bridge street market is downtown on the west side of the river in the bar district.

>>11620636
Dont forget a quality bitter

>>11620639
I mean, its a small outer suburb of a small city, more specifically the small city that makes the beer in question.

>>11620625
Stella, or Cider

All I drink is shock top and rickards red, am I cool?

>>11620625
Carling for daaaaaaaaaays.

>>11620542
>my nigger
>>11620512
Stop the founders apologists and root for the little guys.

>>11612901
Guinness Draught is just a pretty-looking meme beer, but Guinness Extra Stout tastes like the real deal, albeit at a lower ABV than most roasted malts.

>>11614746
Guinness tastes just as watery in Ireland. I'm never giving them another chance, they suck.

>>11621032
I giggled a bit when I found this out. It's just cheap old-man swill here.

>>11621081
3 fonteinen is pretty great, probably near the top for oude gueuze

I keep seeing nice-looking American craft beers in this thread that we don't have in my country. What are some good Irish craft beers?

>>11621081
whats the 3 beer

>8.65 per bottle
Is this just a super hipster tax or does beer like that actually has high manufacturing cost?

>>11621244
Get the foreign extra. Its opposite of watery.

>>11622166
Nah Galway bay is decent but not worth that price

Had this last night, absolutely amazing, Prairie X Eviltwin Bible Belt BA

Reasonably priced, not bad.

>>11612412
farkin legend

>>11611406
Halp /ck/.
I fucking adore beer, but for the last two years I can't drink it without having terrible GI-tract pain and endless shits the day after.
Even though I'm not fazed by whiskey for example.

It started with wheat beers, especially unfiltered, but now all beer does that to me, even in small amounts.

>>11622316
Could be hops, could be gluten intolerance, could be something else. It's weird, IPA settles my stomach and gives me a nice bready shit while whisky burns and tears up my gut.

>>11622359
>gluten intolerance
Probably not, bread and other stuff with wheat in it doesn't cause me any issues.

>yeast
Wines and home made ginger beer (with lots of yeast) also don't do shit to me...

>>11622375
Hops. They're bitter poison and some people are allergic to the oils.

>>11622384
Damn, I like the taste and smell of hoppy beer.
Oh well...

>>11622389
Try a DH IPA and a non hoppy beer on two different days and see what they do to you

>>11622245
Honestly one of the worst Australian pale ales (not talking about the style) I've ever tried and I've tried a lot. I think they're practically screaming to be bought out too.

>>11622123
https://untappd.com/brewery/top_rated?country_id=52

>>11622142
3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston I think.

>>11622166
>beers with larger grain bills cost more (wee heavy)
>beers with lots of fresh fruit cost more (fruit IPA)
>beers with lots of hops cost more (double IPA)
Not sure how those prices compare with other beers of the same styles, but that's why they're comparatively more expensive at least.

does anyone else drink sam adams?

>>11622407
I'll give it a shot and see.

>>11622166
Very roughly, the higher the alcohol content the more you have to do to the drink to make it palatable, and doing stuff to beer costs money. More and better grain, more and better hops, etc. If you want to age it in barrels, that takes time, and time is money.
A 5% beer almost certainly has more plain water in it than a 9% beer. That doesn't determine which beer tastes better, but it definitely has an impact on cost.

>trub

So I met a rep from Verhaeghe Brewery while working yesterday. He gave my boss and I some tastings and this brewery is really a cut above. As gay and nerdy as it sounds, it’s been a while since I’ve had a beer so complex. This is on the top of my list right now

>>11622704
>same

>>11622359
>could be gluten intolerance
reminder that non-celiac gluten intolerance is not a thing

>>11622950
Was that reminder necessary?

>>11611986
Its perfect in a beermosa.

>>11623088
I think so

>>11623109
+1

This is dangerously sessionable. I'm worried the tasting notes are going to make sense sooner than later.

>some men just want to watch the world burn

I really want to try gruit (medieval stye, no-hops ale) but it's impossible to find.

>>11623545
Make it. Shit pays for itself after 3 batches.

>>11623546
I ain't got the time/space for that shit. I'm surprised there isn''t more of a market for people who'd like to try drinks from centuries past desu.

>>11623568
Breweries usually save that kind of stuff for the taproom. It doesnt move fast enough to warrant bottling or canning it

>>11612364
Strongbow was good 10 years ago when it was cheap and sour. They messed with the recipe at some point in the recent past

>>11623593
>>11612364
Fun fact: Irish bulmers is made by magners (hence the label being the same except the name). I can normaly find magners but it's in stupid large format bottles

>>11623545
I've had Jopen Koyt Gruitbier from the Netherlands. Really good. It felt like it gave me a different, more arousing kind of drunk too. How much of it was real I don't know. But that beer made me think alternatives to hops should be used more often.

>>11614181
Imagine being this mad online

>>11614660
>Schlenkerla
That's the one that tastes like smoked ham right?

>>11612192
$11 per 12 pack?
I'm calling bullshit.

>>11612928
just make the drive.

>>11611986
Who the fuck memes basic bitch stone? Is this fucking 2007?

best poorfag beer coming thru

>>11625419
I don't blame you

>>11614970
Literally everything ever is overrated. Please shut the fuck up or explain what you like or don't like about the beer.

Goddammit.

>>11616574
120 tasted like barleywine to me.

>>11626340
That's not high life.

>>11612901
I can only think of imperials and flavored stouts. My favorites are Oskar Blues Ten Fidy, Bell's Arabicadabra, North Coast Old Rasputin, Founders KBS, Terrapin Wake-n-Bake, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, Great Lakes Blackout, and a few small brewery stouts with no distribution.

>>11626779
Who jizzed in your jammies?

>>11626821
I'm tired of people calling beer overrated. I wish I could say that Three Floyds is overrated, but that would make me a hypocrite.

>>11626340
For me, it's an ice-cold Budweiser.

I miss Black Crown. :(

>>11612364
Somersby is delicious but I don't think you could get drunk off of it

When was the first time you drank alch /ck/

>>11626847
I was 13 and my dad bought be a 6 pack, I forgot what it was. To this day I drink, 23 currently.

>>11626904
damn, sounds like everyone who is an alcoholic was encouraged by their parents. Not that i'm judging you or anything.
How did your parents treat you

>>11626935
Pretty good actually, treated as the favorite, almost never got hit. I'm admittedly an alcoholic but not one to need alcohol per se. Responsible in terms of paying bills and work, never show up hungover or even buzzed, younger siblings never see me drink, etc.

>>11626943
So a binge drinker. Well i don't consider you and alcoholic. I have the same problem.
And thats sweet. I know parents have a favourite but i honestly couldn't figure out who my mums fav was.

Arguably the best Aussie pale ale I've had.

>>11623487
I bought a Decadent once out of morbid curiosity. Never again. Almost ruined the genre for me.

>>11611406
Beer pleb here, how do I get into beer knowledge

>>11627046
Go to a bottle shop or bars and just start trying stuff

>>11627046
Make it a point to try new beers, start reading about the different styles. Start with some of the staples and stuff that's fairly accessible then start branching out from there. As you work your way up, your palate will develop and you'll be able to tell the difference in quality between the different beers. It's a different journey for everyone, but for the most part nearly everyone started on shitty beer and worked their way up over the course of years.

>>11612364
>Bulmers
mate, I....
I really like orchard thieves. It's widely available in EU.

>>11627043
To be quite honest it was fucking good.
I like a lot of their weirdness.

>>11623487
God their beers are so fucking bad

Tried this yesterday, it was fucking delicious.

Why do I feel so full when trying to drink beer? I see other people chug it down but even a single sip makes me feel bloated.

>>11628177
You don't drink very much of it in general, do you?

>>11628178
Only recently started trying out different beers yeah. Are you saying that feeling is normal in the beginning and fades eventually?

>>11628191
Absolutely

>>11628191
Especially as you dip into heavier, darker, and maltier beers. Eventually you'll find yourself able to drink more without feeling bloated. You just have to become accustomed to the styles and to beer as a whole. It's perfectly normal when you start dabbling. Next thing you know, you'll be knocking down 14% barrel aged imperial stouts like it's nothing. Just give it time and have fun exploring what you like and don't like. And just because you don't like something right now, that doesn't mean you won't like it in a few months or years from now. Don't sweat it, just have fun. There's so many fucking beers out there to try.

>>11627456
Why is this so hard to find?

>>11628241
It's not. There are still cases of it at every grocery store around.

>>11626818
Forgot to add Prairy Birthday and Christmas Bomb.

>>11627422
That one is actually pretty good.

>>11628203
Belgians used to be particularly filling for me. Now I find them to be some of the lighter styles. It's the pils where I feel the bloat.

This was the sweetest beer i've ever had.

Currently drinking some Norwegian christmas ale unironically called Ass. It’s actually quite good, dark but without heavy roast and a hint of sweetness.

>>11628261
Not where I live. CBS has never appeared in my area and KBS alone comes one a year for only a week at a time.

>>11626818
>Great Lakes Blackout

This one's my favorite.

>>11611406
2nd best sierra nevada plae ale or the torpedo i guess thats the trifecta outside of the affligem tripel

>>11626847
i waited until 17 because my mom was an alchie and it turned me off of drinking. i split a bottle of ronrico with 2 friends and puked my guts out. no hangover though.

>>11626847
Third or fourth grade, based on where we were living and my dad's hours. The poor guy would get home mid-morning from an over-night shift, crack open a Ballantine ale (I know; I know.), get maybe two or three sips, then make the mistake of putting it down. At that point I'd swoop in and run off with it, glugging all the way.
It's 40+ years ago, 20 that he's been gone, and I can still hear him yelling, "Grab him, he swiped my beer again."

>>11627456
It's fucking 26 dollarydoos around here, is it really worth it?

>>11628203
I finally had a good barrel aged stout. I thought I just didn't like the style... the buttery bourbon note really works with a semi-sweet, high-ABV stout with some black malt to balance it out.

It's Rudy Van De Kelder's third week in the bottle, so I'm going to see how my monstrosity's doing. Last week it was still a little bit rough around the edges, but nowhere near as off-balance as I was expecting.

Homebrewing newbie here.
Can I recarbonate beer? I brewed a batch, it came out okay but the biggest problem seems to be it was undercarbonated despite bottle conditioning for over a month. Can I open it, add more priming sugar to each bottle, then try again?

>>11629871
You are opening the door for some bad stuff if you do. Better off trying to figure out what your issue is. You figure out your OG/FG?

>>11629871
I wouldn't, you'll probably end up with exploding bottles.
Try to figure out where you went wrong and try again.

Just showing up to saw IPA drinkers might as well be guzzling semen because IPAs are shit pussyboi sodas.

Anything lighter than a lager is for bitches

>>11630203
I drink Budweiser lime, I must be the manliest man on /ck/

>>11630203
Just to be clear- in what world is an ipa lighter than a lager?
Abv? >normaly not
SRM? >nope
Flavor? >judging by the amount of bitches crying "muhtastebuds it's too bitter" I'll say no
What in the actual fuck are you talking about?

>>11630260
Even the bitterness sounds like BS or they had 1-2 west coast IPAs and said fuck it based off that.

>go to bed without drinking beer first for the first time in about a week
>can't get to sleep

Southern tier is my favorite brewery, if you haven't tried their 2xIPA I highly recommend

>>11630913
ew

>>11630332
Pure citra is cancer. Throw in a bit of mosaic and let those alpha acids mingle and shine.

>>11614507
Absolutely fantastic beer anon, good choice. Pretty much everything Ayinger is top notch.

>>11626340
Hey that's not Hamm's

Dyschord: /rqsxQdW

>>11614507
That's a classic. Not my favorite beer or brewery by any means, but it's damn good.

>>11631250
It's got amarillo hops also.

>>11631532
No one cares

>>11631532
Might be good then. I had some single hop beers and while I got to know the individual flavors of each, they're all pretty shitty on their own.

>>11632094
Brewdog's Ace of Citra was very nice but not very strong.

>>11632157
I had the citra dipa with the hipster lumberjack on it. It was strong but the citra on its own missed out on the interaction between different bits. Not bad, would get again, just not the dragon I've been chasing.

>>11632186
>chasing the hop dragon
enjoy your burnout

>>11632224
I'm after balance with a good malt base. Going to do some brews and build up a full setup to make a nice farmhouse ale. Aiming for 6.5 with more flavor and aroma than bitterness, but enough to balance with a funky malt.

>>11632248
good luck

>>11632258
T-thanks

>>11629000
I can't vouch for CBS because I've never had, but KBS is around the same price and very much worth it. I just wish either were available in my area.

Are hard alcohols okay in this thread?

>>11632757
Nah

>>11629000
If you get it close to the bottle date and drink it straight away it's perhaps worth it, but the mapelsirup flavor dissapears fast (sooner then the best before date)

>>11632757
no

>>11632757
Only if the discussion is framed upon their use in the barrel aging of beer.

>>11621081
HAAAAAA
that tap handle has been in someones asshole before.
right up in their stinking nasty corn and peanut filled HIV shitter.

>>11623278
this thread is full of faggots.

>>11611406
IPL I made with Columbus, Mosaic, and saaz hops. Hazy because I only racked once because I was lazy, not wanting to lose yield, and didn't care because this batch was just to clean out the fridge for fresh stock. Tastes like nooner basically.

>>11634599
looks super sessionable.
does it match your ironical socks and dreadlocks?

>>11634599
i'll bet that is awfully sessionable.
>>>11634048

>>11634599
How expensive is it to make your own beer? As opposed to buying it, I mean.

>>11628772
My problem with Space Dust is how inconsistent it is. Sometimes it'll blow me away and other times it's boring. One case I bought, each bottle was all dregs.

>>11618894
That's because you're a dirty alcoholic anon. It's 8.2% and tastes like a gravedigger just washed the head of his shovel in it.

>>11634979
Once you get a decent set up that may run you about $300-400 (you can technically do this cheaper but quality really won't be there) a 5 gallon batch will cost you about $20+ depending on recipe. Compare that to a 24 pack of craft beer which is 2.5 gal. Its mostly for fun but you could feasibly make your investment back. A friend and I split the cost of equipment and brew together makes it more fun that way too.

>>11634594
Legit kill yourself beersnob

>>11634979
Realistically, like 250 for a decent setup, more if you want to mash your own grains. 150 to start out with a basic kit and extract recipe kit. Comes to about 50-80¢ a beer and starts paying for itself after 4 batches. Specialty beers require specialized equipment.

>>11635052
omg bro, that's like a totally non-sessionable thing to say bro. like totally.

>>11635049
You can do it alone, but it really takes 4 hands and a couple beers to be truly enjoyable. Otherwise it's just watching a pot boil for 3 hours and fucking with hoses drunk and alone.

>near archive already