Beer! Glorious Beer Thread!

[Arvin]

Thanks for the tips. I've heard a lot of good things about Left Hand Nitro. I've had Allagash White before and enjoyed it, but never the Tripel. I'm stopping by the Beverage place on my way home from work, so I'll see if they have any of your recs.



Like I said above, try Allagash White. It's rated pretty highly by Beer Advocate.

Allagash white is my go-to beer, absolutely love it.

[pohibaba]

Sorry if this is a novice question, but can anyone recommend me some new beers to try? Whenever I go to the beverage center nearby my place, I end up just buying random craft beers. I'm looking to expand my beer palate.

Boulevard Tank 7 is my favorite beer right now. Basically, anything from their Smokestack Series will be great.

[Plow]

so not a beer expert here, just wondering:

can anyone recommend something similar to Fat Tire but without that weird like... wheaty sweetish overtone?

[Pirian]

so not a beer expert here, just wondering:

can anyone recommend something similar to Fat Tire but without that weird like... wheaty sweetish overtone?

One that is somewhat similar and is relatively easy to find is Bell's Amber Ale. Everything by Bell's is going to be very solid, and their Amber is very light and easy-drinking

Duckrabbit also makes an Amber Ale that is quite good if you can find it.

[Kalmado]

I decided f the gluten it's my birfday wkn and I'ma do what I want! I'm almost done with my 1st Dark Horse Plead The 5th Imperial Stout. WOW is all I can say. Almost $14 for the 4 pack and worth every penny! For tonight I have 2 Sam Adams Imperial White on deck. At 10.3%, and it's been three weeks since I've had more than 2 beers, I have a feeling I'm going to be drizzunk tonight...

[Day]

I got Well's Banana Bread Beer and St Peters Cream Stout in the fridge for tonight, anyone had either?

[Ganondorf]

Can anyone recommend a good Trippel or something similar? Been drinking nothing but Stouts and Porters for 7 months of cold weather, and I'm ready for an upgrade. I usually prefer the higher ABV/Imperial stuff. Not too big into IPAs.

[Day]

Can anyone recommend a good Trippel or something similar? Been drinking nothing but Stouts and Porters for 7 months of cold weather, and I'm ready for an upgrade. I usually prefer the higher ABV/Imperial stuff. Not too big into IPAs.

I've repped it pretty hard in this thread, but Allagash Tripel is pretty amazing and strong, I'm not an IPA fan either.

[Kalmado]

Can anyone recommend a good Trippel or something similar? Been drinking nothing but Stouts and Porters for 7 months of cold weather, and I'm ready for an upgrade. I usually prefer the higher ABV/Imperial stuff. Not too big into IPAs.

One of my favorites is Short's Mystery Stout if you can find it as it's seasonal. Most Short's beer is excellent though.

[Kalmado]

After one Sam Adam's Imperial Wheat I'm going to put myself out there and say this is something special. I don't know how to describe all of the flavors and what not. I just know my palette loves it and at 10.3% this is something grand!

[Ganondorf]

I've repped it pretty hard in this thread, but Allagash Tripel is pretty amazing and strong, I'm not an IPA fan either.

Damn, wish I read that sooner. I passed it by at the bottle shop tonight. Picked up a random 4 I haven't tried before.

[Plow]

just noticed the stuff about gluten--

my sister has big gluten issues, but apparently it's pretty much entirely restricted to wheat gluten, and she's fine with barley gluten

so if you really want moar beer you might just try avoiding wheat beers and stick to barley stuff

[Dook]

Dat Oberon. I love that beer in the warmer weather. Between that and a good Gose I couldn't love it more.
Unfortunately it was cold and rainy today so I decided on something more oriented, Cracked open my 2013 Oak Smoke Old Guardian Barleywine and its delicious. Mellowed out perfectly and balanced that smokey out perfect.

[Pirian]

I got Well's Banana Bread Beer and St Peters Cream Stout in the fridge for tonight, anyone had either?

Well's Banana Bread Beer and Young's Double Chocolate stout mixed together gives a very good chocolate banana bread concoction.

[Pirian]

Damn, wish I read that sooner. I passed it by at the bottle shop tonight. Picked up a random 4 I haven't tried before.
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Don't be sad, really. Those are 4 VERY solid beers. Allagash is wonderful and if you haven't then it is worth trying, but I think you'll be happy with your selections. The only one I've not had is that Icelandic Toasted Porter, which looks just wonderful

[Ganondorf]

Oberon was really good. Karmeliet was practically perfect, one of the best I've had in a while.

[Day]

I fucking laughed so hard at this hopslam review on beer advocate:

This shit is like a goddamn IBM commercial as it is fucking baffling to me. What just happened? It’s like when you watch someone struggle to back into parking spot for no reason…I get that you desire that quick getaway if you’re robbing a goddamn bank, but you’re most likely just headed into Target to procure some fucking Easy Mac and a side of stretch pants…I mean leggings. For someone apparently so concerned about time management why do your actions reflect the complete opposite?

Let’s backtrack to some time in 2007. I knew nothing about hops from a standpoint that the shit fades in both aroma and flavor with time and other factors. I knew nothing about beer releases or seasonal beer schedules. Like a goddamn idiot (when this situation is viewed from the perspective of someone that is “in the know”) I call up a store that carries Bell’s and ask foolishly about if they have Hopslam. Luckily for my ego (when also viewed from a more “knowledgeable” perspective) the motherfucker working there knew even less than I did. Shockingly they did not have it.

Fast-Forward a couple years and finally I was able to get a six-pack of this shit and I was a little hard to say the least. I brought the shit to a fellow cockman’s abode and opened that bitch. Immediately I was brought back to a time when I first discovered free pornography on the Internet…I wanted to tell everyone about it, but selfishly I wanted it all for myself. The smell was fucking amazing. Tropical fruit up the ass. Taste was nearly as perfect. This is really the beer that got me into DIPAs in the first place. Over the years I would try to seek the shit out and most of the time I was able to track down at least a bottle. I would be lying if the experience ever lived up to my first, but beer can be like crack in that way.

Now bring thineself to early 2014. I’m all ready and lubed up for this shit as I’ve got my fucking Hopslam glass and I’m wearing my fucking Hopslam t-shirt and the room has been rented in full for the next hour. I open the goddamn bottle (that still has one of the best labels of all time) and I’m ready to take every crooked inch of hops that this beer has to offer…

Wait a fucking second…where in the fuck are the hops? I’m only smelling sweet malt and alcohol. Something must be wrong here so another bottle is then opened and it too greets me with the same bullshit. It does appear a bit dark in the glass compared to memory, but hopefully the taste will be redeeming. I take a sip. Quickly I think of all of the assholes that back into parking spots in an effort to increase efficiency. Bell’s decided to name this beer “Hopslam” and as such I am rather confused...but we must dig further. We see that also contained within this beer is “[a] generous malt bill and a solid dollop of honey provide just enough body to keep the balance in check, resulting in a remarkably drinkable rendition of the Double India Pale Ale style.” First of all I will never disrespect a good dollop, but I will question its usage. Wait…so you brew a beer to showcase the beauty of what hops can do, but you then add in a whole bunch of shit that takes away from exactly that…seems rather illogical. In the mind of what type of person does adding a fucking “generous malt bill and a solid dollop of honey” equate to keeping the “balance in check” in a fucking DIPA that claims to be "[a] biting, bitter, tongue bruiser of an ale"?

Like those foolish people that will adamantly defend their flawed parking technique, there will be those that equally defend the concept of balance in DIPAs. Everyone is certainly entitled to his or her opinion…as long as they know that they’re wrong.

"With a name like Hopslam, what did you expect?"...I don't know...one should reasonably expect to be slammed by some fucking hops. After all...that is why I rented this goddamn motel room for the next hour.

[Day]

Went by Bottle Revolution today Pirian, good heads up man, that place is awesome. Here's my haul:



On a stout kick if not obvious. Stoked about that Hoppin Frog and that Bell's Expedition, haven't had either.

[Pirian]

I've been on a stout kick myself for the past 7 months or so, with porters being an acceptable alternative. As I've mentioned a few times, everything by Bell's is just wonderful, and their Expedition Stout is no exception. I know I've had the Hoppin Frog before, but I can't remember it that well. Usually that means it was an acceptable/good beer (not great enough to remember in detail, but also not bad enough to remember in detail).

[Dook]

BORIS is pretty good, I find it a bit thin compared to how I usually like my stouts but the flavor was about spot on. Expedition is so good and I am jealous of you folk who got it in sixers this year (stupid New York) but I'd recommend aging one. I had a '07 Expedition stout recently at a tasting and it was so good. Speaking of stouts, Anybody else try the Tres Blueberry stout from Dark Horse? Solid solid beer. The blueberry completely breaks up the chocolate and slight coffee of the stout. It's like a summer stout!


Sorta.