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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Thank you, totally agree on this. Give me a nice kosch or something else interesting

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel it's almost time to brew Altbier again. It will be good at the start of winter.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Sour beers are where it's at

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Breweries are everywhere now but when I go and there isn’t even one sour on the list I get really disappointed.

I had the best sour a few weekends ago in NH. I really wish there was a wider variety around. They’re always my favorite. Love a good stout too.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So many breweries half ass a sour, Victory-style.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Belgian ales are where it's at.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ugh same here, every selection is half IPAs. Not a fan myself but the history behind the style is my favorite beer "origin story". It would help if more breweries listed the hops used. To me that's the key to knowing if I'll like it

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

God, I thought I was the only one. relief

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I agree. Shitty IPAs are shitty, but I guess that is by definition.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Never had a beer I liked, and EVERY SINGLE TIME a friend will tell me what they like is actually good "you can't even taste the beer flavor, just the blank" and every single time, it tastes like beer with no hint of the blank.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Same. I gave up on beers years ago. I accept it's not worth my money anymore just in hopes of figuring out what people like about it. I still enjoy some wines (though relatively few and I wouldn't consider it an amazing taste). Mixed drinks are really where it's at. Can't go wrong with spiced rum and diet coke! There's also so many very delicious sugary mixed drinks, but I try to minimize those because it'd take like 500+ calories to get a buzz.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have you tried krieks, sours or lambics?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I did a Sweet 16 bracket elimination contest for regional IPAs a few years back just to force myself to identify the 'good' ones and eliminate bad ones. Even after doing that, I do a little dance any time there's something else available.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I feel you.

I brew my own beer just have a decent Munich style lager.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (10 children)

You from the states? Over here in Germany I can get (in a 5 km radius):

  • Pilsener
  • Hefeweizen
  • Schwarzbier
  • Porter
  • Kölsch
  • Lager
  • Export
  • Bock
  • Helles
  • Alt
  • Kellerbier
  • Landbier
  • IPA
  • Stout
  • Red Ale
  • Brown Ale
  • dubbel/trippel/quadruppel
  • ...
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

We can get almost all of those here, too, though the traditional German ones seem to be less common. What bothers me is that IPA, fine brews, have been a freaking obsession here for about 10 years, and it's driving me nuts. It's at the point where one says "I want a craft beer" and they list 10 IPA, one lager, one amber ale, and Guinness.

C'mon people, take your heads out of your asses and look around!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Looking at you New Belgium. How many damn IPA's do you need? "Cigarette butts in a can" all taste the same.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I've switched back to regular old boring Heineken. Gimme something crispy and watery that won't weigh me down at 10am.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Thought I was on r/bartenders for a minute there :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Me, who drinks an imperial IPA: Umm, yeah, totally annoying that there aren’t more… pilsners?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I like IPA and there's like 3-4 very distinct sort of IPAs. There's a imperial IPA from a local craft around me that's almost caramel dark and people might not even call an IPA on a blind taste test.

But, I must agree it's kinda silly theres 2-3 IPAs in the craft section for every other type most places. I tend to buy the IPAs when I buy craft beer (outside of making a trip to the really big selection places) because the only other craft options are like "bland blonde #82 from probably owned by Budweiser brewery" or "ale that tastes like spoiled Newcastle". Sometimes they have dales pale ale in a few different labels for more money.

Craft beer has just become a shit show at retailers for me. No one carries any of the cans I like anymore. I have to go far out of my way to buy anything I actually want. Fortunately I live 15ish minutes from a downtown with a half dozen good breweries that have 10+ beers on tap year round. I'm not a bar/brewery person and I wish I could get cans to drink at home still though.

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