The Beer Thread

I am partial to the porters, big stouts, and belgians.  Not so much with the hoppy beers.  I was when I was 22 though, so that probably was a gateway for me  :D

I realized I posted this right after mentioning having three beers at dinner.

To clarify, the three beers were shared with my wife, and were 12 oz, 12 oz, and 9 oz. So 16.5 oz each.

James wrote:
I don't see the need to drink two or three beers with dinner all by myself. 12-16 ounces of beer plus a glass or two of water seems like a more than adequate amount of liquid.

Then again, I only weigh 169 pounds and aint built like a linebacker.

atomicfront wrote:

walkonby wrote:
you know . . . i hate that too.  but then, i have to look at the fact that i only drink one or two of them a day; instead of the normal, local tradition of being on your 10th budweiser by 5:30pm.

I might want to have 2 or 3 beers with dinner.  If I have 3 eight percent beers I shouldn't be driving. 

if you've ever wanted an opportunity to taste a bunch of excellent and very different homebrewed beers, consider coming to the meridian pint on saturday afternoon (May 11).

i, along with the other 14 finalists of the DC Homebrewers / DC101/ Sam Adams 3rd Annual Homebrew Competition will be pouring our beers from 1 pm to 4 pm. entry is a $15 donation to Brainfood, mo' info:  http://www.dcbeer.com/event/dc-homebrewers-sam-adams-3rd-annual-homebrew-competition-meridian-pint

for what you'd pay for 2 pints, you'll have an opportunity to taste 15 great homebrews and support a good cause.  all beers being served won the first round of competition so quality will range from really good to OMG excellent.  all styles were covered so it won't be all hop bombs ;D  in case anyone wants to say hi - i'll be pouring my kolsch which won the lawnmower category.

sweetcell wrote:
if you've ever wanted an opportunity to taste a bunch of excellent and very different homebrewed beers, consider coming to the meridian pint on saturday afternoon (May 11).

i, along with the other 14 finalists of the DC Homebrewers / DC101/ Sam Adams 3rd Annual Homebrew Competition will be pouring our beers from 1 pm to 4 pm. entry is a $15 donation to Brainfood, mo' info:  http://www.dcbeer.com/event/dc-homebrewers-sam-adams-3rd-annual-homebrew-competition-meridian-pint

for what you'd pay for 2 pints, you'll have an opportunity to taste 15 great homebrews and support a good cause.  all beers being served won the first round of competition so quality will range from really good to OMG excellent.  all styles were covered so it won't be all hop bombs ;D  in case anyone wants to say hi - i'll be pouring my kolsch which won the lawnmower category.

I love me some Kolsch.  Sounds like a great time.  If I were in DC area i would definitley go.

lawnmower category?

walkonby wrote:
lawnmover category?

Beer to drink while mowing the lawn?

damn . . . you froze my mistake.  but i like lawnmover too.

The only beer drank by people who mow lawns are Corona and Tecate.

lawnmover… i like it!

a lawnmower beer is one that you want to drink after mowing the lawn on a hot summer day.  emphasis is on crispness and how refreshing it is.  typically alcohol is low, my kolsch clocks in at 5.2% abv which is on the high side for a lawnmower.  i think it's a category atomicfront would enjoy - hops can't be very prominent since there they need to be in balance with the rest of the beer which is rather light. http://beer.about.com/od/beerstyles/a/Lawnmower-Beer-Styles.htm

edit: just saw afront's reply… called it ;D

and that . . . is how a ______ is named.

James wrote:
The only beer drank by people who mow lawns are Corona and Tecate.

beer thread just got racist, classy

Oh, it's always fun and righteous to toss out the "r" word on a message boards, isn't it? Makes you feel so moral and superior, right?

In my neighborhood, I mostly see Latin Americans getting paid to mow the lawns of lazy shit suburbanites. And when I go to Total Wine in Springfield, which is located in a highly concentrated area of low and lower middle class Latino population, I see that population buying Corona and Tecate by the truckload.

I'm just calling it like I see it, fatty.

fatskippy wrote:

James wrote:
The only beer drank by people who mow lawns are Corona and Tecate.

beer thread just got racist, classy

My partner just reported that she picked me up two more bottles of Parabola.  ;D ;D ;D

James wrote:
Oh, it's always fun and righteous to toss out the "r" word on a message boards, isn't it? Makes you feel so moral and superior, right?

In my neighborhood, I mostly see Latin Americans getting paid to mow the lawns of lazy shit suburbanites. And when I go to Total Wine in Springfield, which is located in a highly concentrated area of low and lower middle class Latino population, I see that population buying Corona and Tecate by the truckload.

I'm just calling it like I see it, fatty.

fatskippy wrote:

James wrote:
The only beer drank by people who mow lawns are Corona and Tecate.

beer thread just got racist, classy

I like Highlife when I cut the grass.

James wrote:
Oh, it's always fun and righteous to toss out the "r" word on a message boards, isn't it? Makes you feel so moral and superior, right?

In my neighborhood, I mostly see Latin Americans getting paid to mow the lawns of lazy shit suburbanites. And when I go to Total Wine in Springfield, which is located in a highly concentrated area of low and lower middle class Latino population, I see that population buying Corona and Tecate by the truckload.

I'm just calling it like I see it, fatty.

fatskippy wrote:

James wrote:
The only beer drank by people who mow lawns are Corona and Tecate.

beer thread just got racist, classy

I went to a place in San Antonio recently that had like 200 beers on tap.  And some friends show up and one orders a bottle of Tecate.  He said he wanted to get something he knew would taste good.

atomicfront wrote:
I went to a place in San Antonio recently that had like 200 beers on tap.   And some [former] friends show up and one orders a bottle of Tecate.  He said he wanted to get something he knew would taste good.

FTFY

sweetcell wrote:
lawnmover… i like it!

a lawnmower beer is one that you want to drink after mowing the lawn on a hot summer day.  emphasis is on crispness and how refreshing it is.  typically alcohol is low, my kolsch clocks in at 5.2% abv which is on the high side for a lawnmower.  i think it's a category atomicfront would enjoy - hops can't be very prominent since there they need to be in balance with the rest of the beer which is rather light. http://beer.about.com/od/beerstyles/a/Lawnmower-Beer-Styles.htm

edit: just saw afront's reply… called it ;D

I like the beer types in that list.  But I also like beers with some hopiness.  I enjoy beers with 60 IBUS.  It is just when beers get over 70 IBUS that I start not liking them.  I enjoy Dogfish Heads 60 minute IPA and Indian Brown Ale.  Hops are good up until the point when they become overpowering. 

Just because a beer has a high IBU number doesn't necessarily mean it's hoppy. Founders Imperial Stout has an IBU of 90, and "hoppy" isn't really a word that comes to mind when i try to describe the taste of that beer.

atomicfront wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
lawnmover… i like it!

a lawnmower beer is one that you want to drink after mowing the lawn on a hot summer day.  emphasis is on crispness and how refreshing it is.  typically alcohol is low, my kolsch clocks in at 5.2% abv which is on the high side for a lawnmower.  i think it's a category atomicfront would enjoy - hops can't be very prominent since there they need to be in balance with the rest of the beer which is rather light. http://beer.about.com/od/beerstyles/a/Lawnmower-Beer-Styles.htm

edit: just saw afront's reply… called it ;D

I like the beer types in that list.  But I also like beers with some hopiness.  I enjoy beers with 60 IBUS.  It is just when beers get over 70 IBUS that I start not liking them.  I enjoy Dogfish Heads 60 minute IPA and Indian Brown Ale.  Hops are good up until the point when they become overpowering. 

It's interesting that Kock from BBC and Oliver from BB would have two opposite arguments to bash DIPA's.

Kock seems to be arguing that DIPA's are for simpletons, you need to advance beyond DIPA's before you can achieve true palate sophistication.

Whereas Oliver seems to be saying that DIPA's are too out there (sophisticated?) for the typical beer simpleton to latch onto, and that's what's preventing the growth of the craft industry.

James wrote:
It's interesting that Kock from BBC and Oliver from BB would have two opposite arguments to bash DIPA's.

Kock seems to be arguing that DIPA's are for simpletons, you need to advance beyond DIPA's before you can achieve true palate sophistication.

Whereas Oliver seems to be saying that DIPA's are too out there (sophisticated?) for the typical beer simpleton to latch onto, and that's what's preventing the growth of the craft industry.

Oliver isn't saying that at all.  That is coming from you.  He is saying extreme beers turn most people off to craft beer as it isn't very palatable. 

But who cares what people think about the beer you like.  Drink what you like.  If Oliver and Kock argue against what difference does it make to you?  If you want to drink Corona every day and you love it..good for you.  I just hate people following trends and liking what others tell them to like.  If you truely like incredibly hoppie beer more power to you.  I mean there are people who love incredibly salty food.  They think it is the best. 

I am getting tired of the argument.  But to consider one type of beer superior to another is silly.  Any type of beer can incredible.  If you are only drinking super hoppie IPA's I think you are really missing out to all the great beers out there but in the end its your choice.  Lets move on from this.