ok my beer is "Estrella" from Barcelona, Spain.. pretty good…
The Beer Thread
Donald wrote:
ok my beer is "Estrella" from Barcelona, Spain.. pretty good…
Donnie, you sound like you're falling off the wagon harder than walkie.
Donald wrote:POTW right there. I literally LOLed.AmericanCarnage wrote:AmericanCarnage wrote:Donald wrote:
but I never understood his gripe with the drink
Dude, WTF.. alcoholism killed my older brother…
Did not know that
Also one does not die from alcoholism,…
Tell that to my brother…
Meet the Smithsonian's new Beer Historian
http://wtop.com/food/2017/02/meet-smithsonians-new-beer-historian/slide/1/
http://wtop.com/food/2017/02/meet-smithsonians-new-beer-historian/slide/1/
this was good to hear:
A special focus of McCulla?s collecting will be on homebrewing, which she traces back to the 1960s.
?Homebrewing was really where craft brewing began. We would not have what we call craft beer today without homebrewing,? she said.
A special focus of McCulla?s collecting will be on homebrewing, which she traces back to the 1960s.
?Homebrewing was really where craft brewing began. We would not have what we call craft beer today without homebrewing,? she said.
Re,release of Hopslam, bitches.
not impressed by Stone Enjoy By 2.14.17 Chocolate & Coffee IPA
had some more of that Stillwater Nu-Tropic on draft…now that is the bomb
had some more of that Stillwater Nu-Tropic on draft…now that is the bomb
AmericanCarnage wrote:
not impressed by By 2.14.17 Chocolate & Coffee IPA
Is this the new Henry Rollins beer line?
http://www.bonappetit.com/story/dry-january-stats
How much weight you can lose and how much money you can save by quitting beer for a month.
How much weight you can lose and how much money you can save by quitting beer for a month.
excontradiction wrote:
http://www.bonappetit.com/story/dry-january-stats
How much weight you can lose and how much money you can save by quitting beer for a month.
I don't want to know! ;D
Donald wrote:
I don't want to know! ;D
I know
I pretend not to know, that I know
AmericanCarnage wrote:
not impressed by Stone Enjoy By 2.14.17 Chocolate & Coffee IPA
Can't say I'm surprised… who woulda thunk that an IPA and coffee/chocolate would go well together?
Yada wrote:AmericanCarnage wrote:
not impressed by Stone Enjoy By 2.14.17 Chocolate & Coffee IPA
Can't say I'm surprised… who woulda thunk that an IPA and coffee/chocolate would go well together?
i've stopped pre-judging beers based on what i think they'll taste like, without tasting them. sure, hops + coffee + chocolate sounds weird, but who knows what the final product will taste like.
i once thought that IPA + hot peppers/chilies would be awful. the first spicy IPA i ever had wasn't good. had one this summer that was pretty tasty, last week i had a homebrewed habanero IPA that was kick-ass.
cucumber beer sounds weird, but i've had cucumber saisons and cuke berliners that have blown my mind.
etc…
The first coffee IPA I had was at the Tired Hands Café a couple of years ago, and it was actually fantastic. Maybe the chocolate addition carries things too far. Or maybe Tired Hands is better than Stone at this time.
We were in RVA recently, and though I've always been a Stone fanboy, I wouldn't even put them in the top three breweries in the city.
We were in RVA recently, and though I've always been a Stone fanboy, I wouldn't even put them in the top three breweries in the city.
sweetcell wrote:Yada wrote:AmericanCarnage wrote:
not impressed by Stone Enjoy By 2.14.17 Chocolate & Coffee IPA
Can't say I'm surprised… who woulda thunk that an IPA and coffee/chocolate would go well together?
i've stopped pre-judging beers based on what i think they'll taste like, without tasting them. sure, hops + coffee + chocolate sounds weird, but who knows what the final product will taste like.
i once thought that IPA + hot peppers/chilies would be awful. the first spicy IPA i ever had wasn't good. had one this summer that was pretty tasty, last week i had a homebrewed habanero IPA that was kick-ass.
cucumber beer sounds weird, but i've had cucumber saisons and cuke berliners that have blown my mind.
etc…
I agree in some scenarios and your latter example is perfect. I'd try a cucumber berliner/saison in a heartbeat. I have had this beer a few times and it failed to impress me.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30581/94325/
In regards to coffee/chocolate flavors, I can say with confidence I wouldn't like that style. One, I have a certain expectation of an IPA if/when I have one. I haven't been a fan of any spicy IPA i have had (I do like spicy stouts nor do I really like fruited IPAs unless they're fruity due to the hops vs. being blasted with a specific fruit). Two, anything with a coffee/chocolate flavor I have an expectation in terms of mouth feel. Even stouts/porters that are more on the light side I have a hard time enjoying, just a personal preference!
bystander
no no NO.. I meant I was a bystander in this thread.. I have no idea about cucumber beer..sorry
Space wrote:
I 've always been a Stone fanboy, I wouldn't even put them in the top three breweries in the city.
Kind of blows your mind, but I concur with that
http://www.popville.com/2017/02/meridian-pint-brookland-pint-smoke-barrel-closing-kitchens-thursday-in-solidarity-with-immigrant-staff/
Also, I can't remember the last Stone beer I enjoyed, maybe their IPAs in the maltbomb IPA days of yesteryear? What is fanboy worthy in modern beer drinking days?
Also, I can't remember the last Stone beer I enjoyed, maybe their IPAs in the maltbomb IPA days of yesteryear? What is fanboy worthy in modern beer drinking days?