The Beer Thread

Yada wrote:
Unless you're a damn good home brewer ala sweetcell, why would you want to get stuck with over 600oz of mediocre beer?

not all of my beer is great.  i only serve to others the good stuff, so people have an inflated view of my brewing skills ;D

the fact that SideX wants to move up to 5 gallons tells me that he beer is more than mediocre.

5 gallons of beer is about 50 12-oz bottles.  give a few away to friends and family, throw a party and boom, you're out before you know it.

SideBiach wrote:
some people like making things with their hands and others just like to pay other people to do things

most great successes are preceded with a long list of failures, but when you get it right…it's worth the effort

+1 gazillion.  some people just like making their own things, including food and drink.  it's easier to buy bread than to make it, but plenty of folks bake their own bread.  plus, it's just boss to be able to say "i brew my own beer"; or to hand someone a beer, have them say "hey this is good, what is this", and be able to answer "mine."

Space wrote:
Homebrewing is so 30 years ago.  ;D When the only alternative was mass-market swill, homebrewing would have made perfect sense to me. Given the amount of amazing  beer out there available at perfectly reasonable prices in 2015, I can't imagine why I'd want to suffer through my own likely mediocre creations.

fine, but what if it wasn't mediocre?  homebrewing isn't that hard.  anyone can make good beer with just a little practice and the right equipment.  and there are all sorts of other reasons to brew: ability to make any beer you want (ever had a citra dry-hopped rye stout?  can't buy one…).  the process is a lot of fun, my brew days are mini vacations.  ability to control ingredients.  preparing for the zombie apocalypse.  etc.

Space wrote:
Plus, the idea of drinking 600 ounces of any one beer just seems preposterous to me. I prefer variety.

 
for those of us that drink more than 3 oz per sitting, the task is a little less daunting… ;D

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
Unless you're a damn good home brewer ala sweetcell, why would you want to get stuck with over 600oz of mediocre beer?

not all of my beer is great.  i only serve to others the good stuff, so people have an inflated view of my brewing skills ;D

the fact that SideX wants to move up to 5 gallons tells me that he beer is more than mediocre.

5 gallons of beer is about 50 12-oz bottles.  give a few away to friends and family, throw a party and boom, you're out before you know it.

SideBiach wrote:
some people like making things with their hands and others just like to pay other people to do things

most great successes are preceded with a long list of failures, but when you get it right…it's worth the effort

+1 gazillion.  some people just like making their own things, including food and drink.  it's easier to buy bread than to make it, but plenty of folks bake their own bread.  plus, it's just boss to be able to say "i brew my own beer"; or to hand someone a beer, have them say "hey this is good, what is this", and be able to answer "mine."

Space wrote:
Homebrewing is so 30 years ago.  ;D When the only alternative was mass-market swill, homebrewing would have made perfect sense to me. Given the amount of amazing  beer out there available at perfectly reasonable prices in 2015, I can't imagine why I'd want to suffer through my own likely mediocre creations.

fine, but what if it wasn't mediocre?  homebrewing isn't that hard.  anyone can make good beer with just a little practice and the right equipment.  and there are all sorts of other reasons to brew: ability to make any beer you want (ever had a citra dry-hopped rye stout?  can't buy one…).  the process is a lot of fun, my brew days are mini vacations.  ability to control ingredients.  preparing for the zombie apocalypse.  etc.

Space wrote:
Plus, the idea of drinking 600 ounces of any one beer just seems preposterous to me. I prefer variety.

 
for those of us that drink more than 3 oz per sitting, the task is a little less daunting… ;D

^^all excellent points^^

I'm just assuming sidehutch is making crappy beer. My apologies!

vansmack wrote:

fart wrote:
-and for the haters on homebrewing… you guys must be a blast at parties.

Have you ever stood around homebrewers talking about their craft at a party?

The only thing worse is people talking about their Burning Man experience. 

i hear you. but you live in the bay area, where the amount of smug assholes per square mile is high, so don't try and extrapolate this experience to the rest of the sane world.

fart wrote:
i hear you. but you live in the bay area, where the amount of smug assholes per square mile is high, so don't try and extrapolate this experience to the rest of the sane world.

You're talking to the Smuggest of the Assholes, so my tolerance is pretty high.

vansmack wrote:

fart wrote:
i hear you. but you live in the bay area, where the amount of smug assholes per square mile is high, so don't try and extrapolate this experience to the rest of the sane world.

You're talking to the Smuggest of the Assholes, so my tolerance is pretty high.

Um, hello, son!?

I wasn't knocking homebrewing per se. It's a great hobby, and I greatly admire those who do it well. I was just offering a couple of the many reasons why it isn't for me, at least at this juncture.  ;)

Yada wrote:
I'm just assuming sidehutch is making crappy beer. My apologies!

you know what they say when you exhume

I'm on my 11th batch in 2015
I'd say I'm batting about .700 of decent to really good batches
only one was horrible (course I still drank it)
at least 4 I thought (and a few others agreed) were fantastic
(although certainly offensive to the cultured pallets of spada and yadeely)
Taste hasn't been my biggest obstacle...body/bubbles has been my albatross

I've had and made weak batches…guess they call that an occupational hazard (or recreational hazard)
I've also ruined a turkey once, but have honed my skills and make a mean bird with crispy skin now

One thing that is great (and intimidating) is the immense variety of styles and techniques, but the 'open source' nature of recipes is just nuts.  To boot the ease of access to the exact ingredients is also unbelievable.  I have to only imagine in the past brewers were very secretive of their techniques and recipes, but not today

Very nice road trip design here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/31/the-ultimate-beer-drinking-road-trip-according-to-data-scientists/

It looks like they could and should easily add Firestone Walker and Ommegang on the direct path. The Virginia homer in me says they should also hit Hardywood, Lickinghole, and Ocelot. And sub Holy Mountain in place of Elysian while in Seattle. And as good as their beer is, there's no actual tasting room to visit for Pipeworks.

vansmack wrote:

fart wrote:
-and for the haters on homebrewing… you guys must be a blast at parties.

Have you ever stood around homebrewers talking about their craft at a party?

The only thing worse is people talking about their Burning Man experience. 

This made my day!  I've never experienced the homebrewers thing, but the Burning Man conversation is the worst ever.

Sorry, belly . . . But, I just found harvest ale and backwoods bastard.  And all the growlers of both I can carry in about 2 weeks.

had my first bad Clown Shoes beer this weekend, what a let-down from an otherwise amazing brewery.

also pulled out a Woot Stout which was bought back in july.  not sure if i like it better fresh of aged, but it's amazing either way.

Space wrote:
What kind of cheese would you guys pair with a Wild Ale/Flanders Red?

i'd want something equally funky.  either a stinky french soft cheese, or maybe a blue.

Thanks, I tend to agree. I had gorgonzola, cheddar, and double crème brie in the fridge.

Ended up pairing the first two with Crooked Stave Surette, and the last one with FW Velvet Merkin 2014. Just the tip of the iceberg of a great beer weekend.

had an LOL moment when I clicked over to the BA site and is said in a pop up

Hello, is it beer you're looking for?

SideBiach wrote:
had an LOL moment when I clicked over to the BA site and is said in a pop up

Hello, is it beer you're looking for?

I was looking for Lionel Ritchie, to be fair. . .

Carlos wrote:

SideBiach wrote:
had an LOL moment when I clicked over to the BA site and is said in a pop up

Hello, is it beer you're looking for?

I was looking for Lionel Ritchie, to be fair. . .

I have always wanted to commission a bust of him like in the music video but without any hair. Then, at parties, I would apply his afro out of bean dip and use it as a functional, decorative centerpiece. It'd be a conversation starter.

SideBiach wrote:
had an LOL moment when I clicked over to the BA site and is said in a pop up

Hello, is it beer you're looking for?

the notifications on that site are terrible. it's a little better with an account, but not by much.

anyone know where you can pick up these Bourbon County delights?

tasted Alework's Speedway Stout yesterday.  creamy, just a tad sweet, not too much coffee…. damn that's a fine beer. 

Leck wrote:
anyone know where you can pick up these Bourbon County delights?

they'll be around everywhere.  walmart, costco, sam's club…

sweetcell wrote:

they'll be around everywhere.  walmart, costco, sam's club…

did you forget to use your sarcasm font?