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Snytbaggen
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It's 20 for a 50cl bottle, so it's not exactly cheap... I love Belgian beers though, so I'm gonna have to think about it.
Never thought I'd ever pay 10 Euros for a beer in my life, so the Tokyo better be good :-D
Crew Ale Werkstatt is a young German brewery started by a few students, one of the few who do IPAs over here. I'm trying it right now, it's not as fruity as others I've had recently, and slightly sour.
distantmantra
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Day two in Bend. Helped get bottles labeled and packaged yesterday at Crux for this morning's release party.
My pickups so far:
Ale Apothecary wild ales, Crux Impasse saison, Off Leash session, and Tough Love boubron barrel stout.
My pickups so far:
Ale Apothecary wild ales, Crux Impasse saison, Off Leash session, and Tough Love boubron barrel stout.
Snytbaggen
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Has anyone else noticed that the untappd app lets you input your rating in half-steps, but that the website only has full steps? It's slightly annoying.
Sweet haul, I want that Love Child, Oak Aged Bretta and White Chocolate (well all of em really)
I also enjoy Magic Hat, they come out with some interesting beers. Elder Betty might be my favorite summer fruit beer. Their label art is nice too.
I don't really go in for the high end stuff all that often, I sometimes will get some Founders or Southern Tier or Dogfish head...I usually stick with the regional breweries in my area of the country like Saranac, Magic Hat, and Brooklyn.
Speaking of Saranac, their Wild Hop Pils in their summer variety is excellent- it might actually be the first Pilsener I've actually liked the taste of (rather than choke down to get drunk as quickly as possible).
Haha, thanks. All of them are new to me except for the Love Child. Had to give some more Boulevard stuff a try.
ramoisdead
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Bought this to enjoy the UFC PPV and the Arrested Development marathon I'll be watching afterwards.
The prospect of having to spend the rest of my Sunday on a programming homework made me crack open my BrewDog Tokyo.
It smells pretty aggressive, not totally pleasant, actually.
Up front, it's the sweetest beer I've ever had. The berries come through. After that it gets bitter. Slightly alcoholic, but less than you'd expect from 18% ABV.
It's quite the experience, one of the more unconventional beers I've had (although my experience with stouts is very limited). I don't regret the money spent.
It smells pretty aggressive, not totally pleasant, actually.
Up front, it's the sweetest beer I've ever had. The berries come through. After that it gets bitter. Slightly alcoholic, but less than you'd expect from 18% ABV.
It's quite the experience, one of the more unconventional beers I've had (although my experience with stouts is very limited). I don't regret the money spent.
Snytbaggen
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So a childhood friend of mine holds a graduation party in a few weeks, and as a graduation gift me and a friend were thinking about giving him a gift basket with beers, since he's recently started to show some interest in beer. I'm thinking something along the lines of having one beer from each of the most prominent beer styles, so he can test around and see what he likes. The thing is, I'm still pretty inexperienced when it comes to beer and the friend I'm buying with is even worse off than me, so I was wondering if you have any suggestions about what I could get him. It's worth noting that I live in Europe (Sweden to be precise), so there's more European than American beers available over here.
distantmantra
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Styles?
Bitter
Pale Ale
IPA
Stout
Porter
Saison
Lambic/Wild Ale
Barleywine
Bitter
Pale Ale
IPA
Stout
Porter
Saison
Lambic/Wild Ale
Barleywine
Snytbaggen
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Unfortunately I had to go to the store before I saw your reply, but I got him a bit of everything I could find. In total I bought ten beers, an ale, two IPAs, a cream stout, an imperial porter, a lambic, a wheat beer, a smoked beer, a trappist beer and a dark lager. I also bought a smoked beer for myself, which I'm drinking now. It's my first time having one of these and the smoke flavor is a lot stronger than I expected, and I like it.
i remember first having this in 2004 / 5 with a friend and being amazed how it tasted like beef jerkey; the beer.
damn i need this
Snytbaggen
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Dunno, I haven't heard about smoked beers until today. I just thought it looked interesting and decided to try it, and I like it.
Beef jerky isn't popular over here at all so I've only had it once but yeah, the taste's pretty similar.
plenty of excellent smoked beers..
Allahash pretty much put me on to good beer so they are the safe bet out of that list. Curieux was pretty much life changing and their White is what I use to introduce new people.
Ommegang is good also, and Stone if you're a fan of IPAs.
I'm a big Ommegang fan, although not everyone likes them. If they have Three Philosophers, give it a try.
Rubbish King
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Hi guys
Opinions on IPA?
Opinions on IPA?
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The Autumn Wind
Not my bag, but I don't mind the milder ones like Bell's Two Hearted or Lagunitas.
I really like them, I still prefer lambics and sours more than IPA's but they are a great style of beer, not for everyone though.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
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Had this on guest in one of the pubs I work in, went down pretty well
Anyways I'm a beer noob and need to get more passionate about this shit..so I thought I might post here if dats kewl
Dark Star also seems to be pretty hot too atm, I don't know what part of the world this community is...based but
Anyone tried this? barrel seemed to go pretty quickly and many people had alot of kind things to say about it
Interesting, what are these artefacts?
Just six months ago I thought they were intolerable. The guy at my local bottle shop convinced me to try a specific one and I have been continually finding new ones to love since. I also have friends that love IPAs but hate some of the ones I like due to the pine taste, so if you don't like a few don't let it scare you off from the style completely.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Im fairly new to the beer game
but IPAs havent failed me yet..loved every one we've had on tap, but i feel guilt with every pint as beer is not great when you're trying to lose weight
distantmantra
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Had an epic weekend in Bend. Topped it off with dinner with a good family friend who is a brewer in Bend. Lots of awesome bottles were shared including Russian River, Cantillon and Crooked Stave. We also passed a can of Heady Topper around the fire late last night.
Gigantic (Portland, OR) is great. Elysian from Seattle does some ok stuff.
Edit: Elysian makes some awesome beers, but also some stuff that's just ok. Totally depends on what they're bringing with them.
Gigantic (Portland, OR) is great. Elysian from Seattle does some ok stuff.
Edit: Elysian makes some awesome beers, but also some stuff that's just ok. Totally depends on what they're bringing with them.
This.
I've always liked beer, (well, not always, I was actually kinda late), but finally discovering IPAs last year made me really appreciate it and start to actively check out new stuff. By far my favorite style at the moment.
Where are you located? They are largely a Belgian style, but many american breweries are brewing them now.
Labmics are a very fruity and somewhat sour beer. Usually using Raspberries (Framboise), Cherries (Kriek) or Peaches (Peche). But other fruits are also used. Not too much in the way of maltiness or hops, the fruit and wild yeasts usually dominate the flavor.
For Lambics, Lindemans and Timmermans are usually the easiest to find. But they are not the most highly rated. I think Lindemans uses fruit syrup instead of real fruit, so it is sweeter and not as good.
Sours is sort of a broad term for many beers, similar to Lambics but not necessarily fruity. Styles like Gueuze, Flanders Oud Bruin, some Saisons, Bière Brut etc.. are some of the sour styles. These beers use wild yeast strains that would usually mean a beer is infected with bad yeast and give it a sour taste. In these cases it is intentional.
Boon, Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Liefmans, Petrus are breweries to look for in these styles. Cantillon would be the highest rated, but also most difficult to find.
Some American breweries making sour beers are Cascade, Upland, Jolly Pumpkin, Jester King, Desthil. Many other breweries do a few like Goose Island and New Belgium (among others it is a growing style).
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
The clue is in the avatar squire ^_^
Very informative, cheers! I'll have to ask around to see if there are any sources in my local area ^_^
lol, holy shit i need this beer, zzoooooooooooo
You should try to track down a bottle of Ghost Scorpion, apparently it is very hot.
Stone 11.11.11 is a very good chili beer.
distantmantra
Member
Total haul while in Bend, OR. Lots if locals, Shelton stuff we don't get in WA and a few surprises I found.
This is what they have:
Savant IPA 6.2%
Mortis 6.0%
Doom 7.4%
Avatar Jasmine IPA 6.3%
Let me warn you, your average sour is going to cost 3-4x your average ipa. For the most part were talking $20 per 750ml and $8-12 for 355ml. Obviously there are exceptions, but be wary of forming a new expensive habit :/
.la1n
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Stone makes a chili beer? I'm all over that. Will look into acquiring some Ghost Scorpion as well.
distantmantra
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Good example: the picture I posted of my haul from Bend. The Ale Apothecary sours were $25 each. The Cascade Cerise Nouveau was $30. I can't even fathom how much that Beatification batch 003 would cost, it was a gift.
Total haul while in Bend, OR. Lots if locals, Shelton stuff we don't get in WA and a few surprises I found.
Let me know how that Nebraska Apricot one is. I see it at the store and am always very tempted.
distantmantra
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Will do.
I bought it because:
1. My wife is from Omaha and I've been out to NBC in Papillion a few times.
2. We don't get NBC in WA due to their distribution with Shelton Brothers.
distantmantra
Member
I've only had Hop God and Cardinal Pale on tap at the brewery, the good reserve stuff wasn't on when I was there.
Also, this bottle was cheaper in Bend, OR than at the brewery in Nebraska.
Also, this bottle was cheaper in Bend, OR than at the brewery in Nebraska.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
fuck thaaaaat
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