Beer! Glorious Beer Thread!

[Spicyryan]

even if they haven't outright bought out smaller independents, the multinationals own most of the distribution network in the US. they also control a significant portion of the global supply chain, so between those, they can happily decide the fate of most brewers they don't own, if it suits their needs.

Let wine be made though the brewers may fall.

[Moridam]

let uhhhhhhh you make your own thread for that shit and fuck right off out of this one

[Zzsark]

I don't really care what you want to call it. Microbreweries, craft brews, "high end beer". The point was they are investing in the smaller competition as it gains traction. Even outside of the distribution networks I think they'll be just fine.

They have pumped a lot of money into them, and for the most part have allowed them to remain autonomous to grow and experiment much more freely than they would have otherwise (at least here in the southwest).

[Boyiee]

Had a lot of Cape May's stuff, and I wasn't amazed. That being mostly because I hate IPAs which these breweries do to raise cash from the quicker turn around. Their Belgium was, okay. Haven't had Icarus yet, but I hear a lot about them.

As far as beer goes, established names like Coors, Bud, and so on are losing a large amount of market share while craft breweries exploded, but even those are slowing down now and high end beer is exploding. These bombers that cost more than a good bottle of wine are becoming more and more common.

Ah see I'm drinking mostly IPAs so that'll do it. Not a huge fan of Belgiums.

[Xerlic]

Local breweries are popping up everywhere, they are spreading like fire to pretty much every town around here.

Crazy thing is, they're all pretty freaking good.

Icarus and Cape May out of NJ are my two favorites right now. I've had about 6 and I enjoy them all. Drinking some Follow the Gull and Don't Haze Me Brux tonight. Brux Pale Ale is great. Gull is a lighter easier to drink 5.5% IPA.

I was recently turned onto Icarus and I've been impressed with all of their stuff. Yacht Juice and Power Juicer in particular stood out to me. Cape May doesn't make it to north Jersey from what I've seen, so never had a chance to try them.

[Boyiee]

I was recently turned onto Icarus and I've been impressed with all of their stuff. Yacht Juice and Power Juicer in particular stood out to me. Cape May doesn't make it to north Jersey from what I've seen, so never had a chance to try them.

Ha, Yacht juice is my favorite I wanted to bring it to a BBQ today but can't find it anywhere because of how they distribute.

[Spicyryan]

let uhhhhhhh you make your own thread for that shit and fuck right off out of this one

No need for a separate thread.

I do post beers too.

[Xerlic]

We went up to Hudson Valley Brewery for the second time yesterday. Our first time there was a year ago and we had a terrible experience. This time was much better. The staff was much friendlier this time and the beers were great.

I've had many sour IPAs and never got the whole craze behind them. Fauna was the first sour IPA that I've actually enjoyed.

[Tokitoki]

Their Hyperlight DDH IPA is also very good if they have that one around. They usually do a couple releases a year I believe. Their Incandenza Sour IPA is also really good.

We scrapped our Suarez trip this weekend and opted to do a hang at our place with our friends instead. I'll need to head up there another time. I know we're going to do something with them at the beginning of August for one's birthday. We almost ended up going to HVB on Saturday to get some beer, but I had half a fridge full of beer from a few weeks ago when we had a party.

[Spicyryan]

Had this with enchiladas I made tonight. The bottle says best by 2021, but I already held on to this last one for close to two years. It did improve with aging (IMO) which is a shame that I like it more now, but have no more left.

[Salodin]

I haven't branched out in awhile unfortunately, but I love almost everything from that brewery. They never disappoint me.

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[Spicyryan]

I haven't branched out in awhile unfortunately, but I love almost everything from that brewery. They never disappoint me.

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New England is best England. The breweries in the north east are top notch.

[Xerlic]

Kill shot from Friday night.

LIC Beer Project Cosmic Kiss
Grimm Lambo Door
Grimm Zero Anniversary
Magnify Delightful
Other Half All Green Everything
Other Half City Slickers 2
Tree House Bbbright with Citra

[Tokitoki]

I got a growler of the Cosmic Kiss from beer place near me. It's pretty good, but I may have liked their Backjump more.

[Day]

On a diet so can't down the stouts and such like I used too, still get a Left Hand's Nitro Milkstout and Founder's breakfast stout from time to time though.

I've also gotten on to Wicked Weed's El Paraiso, Imperial stout, which is really fucking good, chocolate coffee beer crack I swear, def grab one if you like stouts at all.

[Tokitoki]

So I think I'm slightly allergic to something Finback uses in their brew process. I tried another Finback beer, a Mosaic IPA, this weekend and it made my throat scratchy. This happened to me when I had one of their beers back in April as well. I never had this reaction to any food/drink before, so that first night I stopped drinking because I thought I might be getting sick or something.

Anyone else tried Finback and had this happen to them? Or any beers?

[Xerlic]

If it's specifically Finback beers that cause the reaction, it might be due to the yeast strains that they use.

[Kalmado]

Victory beers and I do not get along. If I only have one it's ok but more than one of anything I've tried of them it's a guaranteed headache. I chalk it up to there must be something in what they use that my body doesn't agree with.

[Yuri-G]

oh dear god Perkins now carries Surly Furious

[djzombie]

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/34889/206419/

The Dude's Rug.

Good shit man.