The unofficial all things BEER thread!

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

there are a whole lot of good beers out there and there are a whole lot of bad beers out there. but my opinion of good or bad is definitely not everybodys.

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When doing wine tasting, I have a very simple and to the point definition of a "good wine":

A good wine is one that you enjoy.

I believe the same can be said about beer.

Qualifying multiple beers and ranking from most to least favorite can be quite a bit trickier however.

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Originally Posted by RhacHead

So I noticed that we have a number of basement brewers here on the forum. I've always wanted to brew my own but never took the steps to do it. Perhaps on this thread (or another one) we could do a how to or swap recipies to encourage more home brewing.

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There's too much info. about homebrewing for just one thread. Check out this forum to get you started: www.homebrewtalk.com

As far as recipes, I would suggest using a kit first to get your technique down before starting in on homespun recipes. There are plenty of companies out there that put together excellent kits from simple extracts to the more advanced whole grains. One of my favorite companies for kits is Austin Homebrew. They have a LOT of kits to choose from including a lot of commercial clones.

There are also a lot of brewing methods you can use from a very simple setup with a couple of buckets and a large pot to a very expensive setup like this one:
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If you're into beer, though, I would definitely encourage you to try your hand at homebrewing. You will have a greater appreciation of what goes into a beer. :)

Being in college im an avid beer consumer, now not having much money reduces what i can drink to cheap stuff most of the time. Keystone is always great if your ok with drinking deer piss,(college kids will always take quantity over quality) but i myself really fancy dos equis lager and shiner bock when i have the money.

I'm a total beer geek, amateur home brewer, and boarder line alcoholic. Right now I'm on a sour kick, and always love porters and stouts.

If you're ever in Ft Lauderdale, hit up brother tuckers. Best beer bar ever.

At least you guys can find good imported beers from everywhere ... here in México is hard to get anything but those flavorless pilsners. Most brands here falls in this boaring lager style. I´m decided to get into homebrewing! :)

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Originally Posted by sho220

How about a snakes for job trade? :D I'm sure you guys could use another taster...I have lots of experience! :gj:

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sounds good to me!

Always been a big beer fan, But I gotta say if I have a "Favorite" It's Samurai From Great divide. Though the Hoss they make is pretty good to. I like most of the stuff from that brewery

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Originally Posted by dragonboy4578

I love the double chocolate stout, it is a very good beer.... You can find the russian imperial stout and most good liquor/beer stores. It comes in a 22 oz bottle....

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I'll have to go to the liquor store this weekend.

My favorites are Guinness, Killian's and a Texas beer called Shiner Bock. Just recently acquired most of my dads beer brewing equipment. So I have too see what else I will need and then try my hand at some brewing!

Surly Darkness

Sadly, it's only available 1 day a year, but it's IMO amazing. Complex flavor with a lot going on, it's almost a little bit thick/viscous, and it's sweet and almost 10% alcohol. Definitely a beer you sip rather than guzzle, but very drinkable all the same. I just discovered it this fall when my brother gave me a bottle (it comes in 750 ml bottles like wine or liquor), and I was impressed. I plan to go to "Darkness Day" with him next fall and pick up as many bottles as I can reasonably afford; they go for $20/bottle, but I guess he was reselling them for something like $35-40/bottle, making the ones he kept (and the one he gave me) work out to basically free.

New Castle Brown Ale... Enough said.

I'm going to try my hand at homebrewing this summer :)

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Originally Posted by gp_dragsandballs

New Castle Brown Ale... Enough said.

I'm going to try my hand at homebrewing this summer :)

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Home brewing is a ton of fun. Pick up either "the joy if home brewing" or "how to brew". They're both great beginner home brewing books, your library may have em.

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Originally Posted by Nic Bednarz

Home brewing is a ton of fun. Pick up either "the joy if home brewing" or "how to brew". They're both great beginner home brewing books, your library may have em.

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Is there a dummies guide? I'd probably need that! But I've always wanted to try it to.:)

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Originally Posted by Seru1

Is there a dummies guide? I'd probably need that! But I've always wanted to try it to.:)

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there actually is! it was the first brewing book i ever read. ive made some pretty good home brews and whole lot more really bad home brews. the key is to not get discouraged. have fun.

ive been brewing professionally for 10 years now and i still homebrew every now and again. some good, some bad. either way its always a good time to brew with a few friends while "sampling" a few! :gj:

LOOK at what I picked up yesterday! Picked up these six packs of Bell's Hopslam for $13.99 each! And nice IPA from Shorts call Hangin' Frank. Haven't tried it yet, but I will this weekend at our 4th annual euchre tournament!

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Originally Posted by saber2th

LOOK at what I picked up yesterday! Picked up these six packs of Bell's Hopslam for $13.99 each! And nice IPA from Shorts call Hangin' Frank. Haven't tried it yet, but I will this weekend at our 4th annual euchre tournament!

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I'm jealous...love the Hopslam...

Tomorrow is beer shopping day...right after the gun show! :D

this is for all you other beer geeks out there! we need a few more votes to make it to the next round. im the head brewer at southern tier brewing company in lakewood ny. im not looking for pity votes. vote honestly. i know our Iniquity is the best beer in the bracket! :gj:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv.../beer-madness/

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

this is for all you other beer geeks out there! we need a few more votes to make it to the next round. im the head brewer at southern tier brewing company in lakewood ny. im not looking for pity votes. vote honestly. i know our Iniquity is the best beer in the bracket! :gj:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv.../beer-madness/

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At least this year they seem to have found some real beer enthusiasts. In the past most of the panelists listed their favorite beers as stuff like Miller, Bud light, and for the really exotic...Corona! In the end it doesn't matter, as the panelists pick the winner, not the voting public. I'm already disappointed as Smuttynose (although really good) beat out Two Hearted in the first round...and anytime Flying Dog wins anything, something is not right...aside from Magic Hat, Flying Dog has to be one of the most over-rated breweries ever...

I'm going beer shopping later...I'll have to look for your Iniquity...:gj:

Check out the voting for the Troegenator and Sam Adams double bock matchup...panelists voted for Sam Adams 9-2...public voting went with Troegs, which is infinitely better...1047-169...:confused:

Also check out the Smuttynose/Two Hearted results...very similiar outcome...Cecil, don't worry if you guys get knocked out by the panel...they're a bunch of donkeys....:)

Same thing with Heavy Seas which makes a solid IPA...^^^

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Originally Posted by sho220

In the end it doesn't matter, as the panelists pick the winner, not the voting public.

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i didnt even realize that till you pointed it out. thats just rediculous! whats the point in even voting? i may be a beer geek but im not a beer snob. i know that there are a lot of beers out there that people will like better than mine. but i'd much rather win by a vote of the public and not by a panel of beer snobs. :colbert:

bell's shouldve won and so should have troegs.

so disappointed.

Thinking about some Innis & Gunn Rum Cask today. Anyone had the new Sam Adams Imperial Wee Heavy? It hasn't made it to Bama yet.

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

i didnt even realize that till you pointed it out. thats just rediculous! whats the point in even voting? i may be a beer geek but im not a beer snob. i know that there are a lot of beers out there that people will like better than mine. but i'd much rather win by a vote of the public and not by a panel of beer snobs. :colbert:

bell's shouldve won and so should have troegs.

so disappointed.

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Yupper...they've been doing that "contest" for several years now...I stopped following it once I figured out how the voting works...kind of takes the fun out of it. :rolleyes:

On a positive note...went beer shopping and picked up some tasty stuff...:D

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Originally Posted by sho220

Yupper...they've been doing that "contest" for several years now...I stopped following it once I figured out how the voting works...kind of takes the fun out of it. :rolleyes:

On a positive note...went beer shopping and picked up some tasty stuff...:D

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let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

My favorites right now are probably St Bernardus ABT 12, Dogfish head 90 min IPA, troegs Nugget Nectar, and Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen. Also like Dogfishhead's Midas touch for something different. The St Bernardus is probably at the top of the list for me right now. For having such a high ABV it's a really easy drinking beer.

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

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Are you able to find the Namaste easily in your area? I have been searching EVERYWHERE down here with no luck. Even sites that I have found that ship beer never seem to have the Namaste available.

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

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Will do! This will be my first time trying both...nice to see all the Southern Tier brews showing up around here...:gj:

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Originally Posted by J.Vandegrift

Are you able to find the Namaste easily in your area? I have been searching EVERYWHERE down here with no luck. Even sites that I have found that ship beer never seem to have the Namaste available.

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I picked up the DFH Namaste at Wegman's.

i love beer, but honestly i have only drinked Mexican beer, almost all from here: corona, sol, victoria, xx, victoria, barrilito, tecate, carta blanca, leon, bohemia, negra modelo, modelo especial, and some more of wich the best IMO is victoria and negra modelo, i have also tried foreign ones like the guatemalan gallo, heineken, a white cloudy bear from belgium wich i dont remember name, bitter spanish beer wich dont remember name, all of them but heineken were tasty, heineken for me is so ligth, dont feel the flavor, as you see im not gourmet, but i definitely love beer. wich american (usa) beer you suggest me?

Tried the Southern Tier Iniquity...very tasty stuff! Great balance and very drinkable for a black ale...the first bottle only left me wanting another...:D

Great job cecilbturtle! :gj:

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Originally Posted by sho220

Tried the Southern Tier Iniquity...very tasty stuff! Great balance and very drinkable for a black ale...the first bottle only left me wanting another...:D

Great job cecilbturtle! :gj:

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thanks! im glad you like it. i cant take all the credit. i have a great crew here. it does help that we make some tastey beer!

great pics by the way! would it be okay if i copied and saved them? might even make it on our website :D

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

i love hoppy hoppy beers. but i am kind of biased. i was a brewer at victory and am currently head brewer at southern tier brewing company.

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Dude....Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout is one of my all time favorite beers!!! And you get to drink it at work?!?!?!?! The jealousy is overwhelming!!!! :salute:

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Originally Posted by lmartelli77

Dude....Southern Tier Imperial Choklat Stout is one of my all time favorite beers!!! And you get to drink it at work?!?!?!?! The jealousy is overwhelming!!!! :salute:

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haha! thanks but i not only get to drink it its more like a requirement! :D i gotta sample beer every single day. rough job huh? :rolleyes:

My little Spider girl also approves of the Iniquity!

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that is awesome!

now if i could only find someone interested in trading me snakes or feeders for beer! hint hint...wink wink :D

I'm originally from the Hamburg/ Eden area so I'm glad to see some good beer coming out of that area. I heard you guys brew some beer for EBC, is that correct? I like their... "Pantius Droppus" I think it was.

How well does the choklat age? I'm sitting on some.

yes we do. we do some contract brewing for them.

it all really depends on how well its stored and handled. not only how youre storing it but how it has been treated from the brewery to wholesaler/distributor to you.

what year is it?

wow I have to say I’m impressed! the only Yank beer we ever see this side of the boarder is the large brewery piss. old mill yucky, bud, Coors. yuk. I have to admit I had just dismissed all American beer as water with a little colour and 3% booze. I now see that I must have been mistaken. next time I head south of the boarder I’ll have to give some of these tasty sounding brews a try. as for my favourite’s Alexander Keith’s (except their white eck.) Boddingtons, Mill st micro brews.. ect ect to many to list.:8:

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Nuff said :cool:

Will visiting my sister in Maryland. We went to the heavy Seas Brewery. Great Beers and nice little tour. Especially fond of their Black Cannon-Black IPA. those of you from Ohio.I'm just about 25 minutes from Athens,Oh. Where they have Ohio Brew week every year. Several Ohio Brewery's show up. Great way to sample several beers.

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

yes we do. we do some contract brewing for them.

it all really depends on how well its stored and handled. not only how youre storing it but how it has been treated from the brewery to wholesaler/distributor to you.

what year is it?

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It's less than a year old, but they're stashed away in a safe place.

I had a 2004 Gueze tonight :) I love sours!

Enjoyed a nice 6 pack of Great Divide Hoss tonight!

Very pleasing.

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I am ready to brew!!! In honor of the holiday, I'm making "Zombie Jew Porter". Can't wait.

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Originally Posted by Nic Bednarz

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I am ready to brew!!! In honor of the holiday, I'm making "Zombie Jew Porter". Can't wait.

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love the name! let us know how it turns out. have you made it before?

Just tried some "Trois Pistoles" from Unibroue and some "Iniquity" from Southern Tier last night. Both were EXCELLENT!!!

i love the iniquity but wait till our oatmeal stout comes out! we have mokah stout in the fermenters this very moment! :D

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

i love the iniquity but wait till our oatmeal stout comes out! we have mokah stout in the fermenters this very moment! :D

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I LOVE Oatmeal Stouts....can't wait.

I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!!!!:O:gj:

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Originally Posted by lmartelli77

I LOVE Oatmeal Stouts....can't wait.

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do you get a lot of our beers out your way? southern tier?

Had to bring this thread back from the grave...

Bell's The Oracle double IPA is one of the best beers I've ever had...top 3 easily...amazing AMAZING beer...sadly, there was only ONE bottle at Total Wine...:rage:

Southern Tier's IPA and 2X IPA was sold out...:rage: :rage:

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he really couldn't care less...:P

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