because I don't wanna talk about Syria, Russia, and all that.

So. Beer!

House beer of late:

Weihestephaner Vitus: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/252/35625/


also recently grabbed a case of Don De Dieu from unibroue: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/694/

in part because they're similar in style... Vitus is called a wheat doppelbock but is basically a double strength hefeweizen, while Don de Dieu calls itself a wheat tripel. Both delicious, classic sweet and spicey character, great with food but strong enough for after dinner sippin'.

Homebrew:
Finally Bottled up my 2015 maple beer, strong as hell but also crazy sweet. Never carbed up so it's basically a liqueur at this point. Gonna sit on the bottles until autumn and if there's still no action, will probably dump most of 'em into a keg and force carb it for Christmas season.

Also brewed up a saison, started with a Kolsch kit but I added honey and oats and used a saison yeast. Pretty tasty, done fermenting, jut need to get it bottled up.

next up is a dubbel in which I'll use the mulberries that have been sitting in my freezer since last summer Or maybe I'll wait two more months at which point I'll be able to pick more to use. *shrug*

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wound up with quite a bit of that in growlers recently... party organizers bought way too much beer, and the keg of Blue moon didn't go so I ran home and got a bunch of growlers. I think I drank a gallon of it over the next two days.

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>wound up with quite a bit of that in growlers recently...
>party organizers bought way too much beer, and the keg of Blue
>moon didn't go so I ran home and got a bunch of growlers. I
>think I drank a gallon of it over the next two days.

I'm hardly a beer snob.

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I like:

Amstel
Newcastle
Fat Tire
Blue Moon

and *gasp*

Leinie's ( That Berry flavored one)


Not really a big IPA guy.

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>I like:
>
>Amstel
>Newcastle
>Fat Tire
>Blue Moon
>
>and *gasp*
>
>Leinie's ( That Berry flavored one)
>
>
>Not really a big IPA guy.


All solid picks. I hate IPS's. They ALL taste like shit. And everyone knows it too lol.

>>Not really a big IPA guy.
>
>
>All solid picks. I hate IPS's. They ALL taste like shit. And
>everyone knows it too lol.


One of my guys is one of those '15 dollars for a 4 pk of cans' dudes. Shit tastes like dishwater.

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I live in San Diego and everyone gives me the gasface, when I say I don't like IPAs. Everything is too damn hoppy out here, even things like lagers and pale ales have 60+ IBUs

>I live in San Diego and everyone gives me the gasface, when I
>say I don't like IPAs. Everything is too damn hoppy out here,
>even things like lagers and pale ales have 60+ IBUs

Shit, no wonder, SD is the capital of microbrews and IPA's.

every style of beer has its merits (well, within reason)

>Amstel
not my thing, but you know, my mom likes Amstel Light... with ice in it

>Newcastle

been a while but certainly one of my gateway beers.
Tried the Newcastle Summer in 2016 or so and thought it was very ordinary.

>Fat Tire

That's a weird one to me. It's perfectly fine, but just tastes like an American amber ale to me while it's usually referenced as a Belgian style of some sort. I don't get any of the usual Belgian characteristic in it.
Maybe it's just that people assume everything brewed by a company called New Belgium will be... Belgian.

>Blue Moon

Beer snobs love to shit on it, but it's a perfectly fine wit.

If you like Blue Moon, though, I'd recommend trying some of the other ones that most fans of the style find superior
-Allagash White for a great domestic
-hoegaarden for one of the originals


>and *gasp*
>
>Leinie's ( That Berry flavored one)

oof... no thanks.

>Not really a big IPA guy.

Depends for me. I don't mind them in generally but prefer a relatively sweet double IPA to a hop bomb any day... Bell's Two Hearted, DFH 90", etc.

I'm not on the new sour bandwagon either.

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www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

I wouldn't drink PBR if it was the only beer available. Same with Miller High Life.


High Life is only good for beermosas.

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I could do pbr though, if I had to

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Like I thought it was just "BEER". In sitcoms, dude walks into the bar, asks for a beer and the bartender knows exactly what to give him.

Now there's Lagers, Ales, IPAs, Stouts, etc. It's overwhelming lol
Just give me a Bud Light. It's what I know

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If you're familiar with Bud Light, but wish there were a little more flavor, I'd recommend:

- Kolsch ("warmer" than an American Light Lager)
- Pilsner (similar in taste, usually will be cleaner, with a more pleasant snap at the end owing to Saaz hops in place of the Bud blend)
- Helles Lager (more sweetness than bud light. Really, really great for a summer day)
- Saison (just about the best beer for everything)

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So anything with lager or pilser in the name is a safe bet for me. I'll look out for some of those next time I'm out

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they use more citrusy hops, and it's a much milder bitterness than most other American IPAs.

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start with a mild, bitter, ESB or not-hoppy English pale ale like Bass.

Then build it up... go from Bass to Sam Smith's India Ale (which is probably less hoppy than most American craft pales at this point) and then to some of the American pale ales before testing the IPA waters. It can make the progression appear pretty clear - otherwise diving straight into an IPA can just turn people off.

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there is a little bitterness, but it's not like most IPAs where that's the only flavor.

if you haven't tried it before I'd say give it a shot



www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

https://www.facebook.com/3starsbrewing/photos/a.361803187193168.86937.154986941208128/1714471175259689/?type=1&theater

2 DIPAs and 2 Sours. I work at the home-brew shop, so when I go back to the walk-in to restock the hops, best believe I'm checking the low-fill stack for some of those. Last shift, I was able to grab a growler of their first Abbey ale, which also had canberries and raspberries. That was frikkin delicious.

Also, the crew just expanded from a 10-barrel system to a 20. Proud of my 3 Stars homies.

Speaking of homebrew, I have a jasmine tea saison sitting in the fermenter, and the recipes for a Negroni beer, and a sarsaparilla stout sitting in my kitchen. Waiting to get going in the new house.

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that sounds iffy



>https://www.facebook.com/3starsbrewing/photos/a.361803187193168.86937.154986941208128/1714471175259689/?type=1&theater
>
>
>2 DIPAs and 2 Sours. I work at the home-brew shop, so when I
>go back to the walk-in to restock the hops, best believe I'm
>checking the low-fill stack for some of those.
>
>Also, the crew just expanded from a 10-barrel system to a 20.
>Proud of my 3 Stars homies.
>
>Speaking of homebrew, I have a jasmine tea saison sitting in
>the fermenter, and the recipes for a Negroni beer, and a
>sarsaparilla stout sitting in my kitchen. Waiting to get going
>in the new house.

It's gonna be faaaaantastic.

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>2 DIPAs and 2 Sours.

As mentioned above - not on the sour bandwagon yet. I think part of the problem is the first one I tried was insanely sour, it's that Russian River one that has cassis in it, and it was expensive as hell and I just didn't like it.
I've had one or two since where the Brett sour effect wasn't the dominant characteristic but was one of several elements, and that was more palatable.

An early homebrew got infected. I still have a few bottles, I think 8 years on, and crack one every once in a while to see how it's mellowed. Been interesting, but not worth trying to repeat.


>I work at the home-brew shop, so when I
>go back to the walk-in to restock the hops, best believe I'm
>checking the low-fill stack for some of those. Last shift, I
>was able to grab a growler of their first Abbey ale, which
>also had canberries and raspberries. That was frikkin
>delicious.

All sounds awesome... I think that the Abbeys/Belgian ambers/dubbels make a great fruit beer. Just had a Weyerbacher Althea (dubbel with plum) last night, really love it.


>Speaking of homebrew, I have a jasmine tea saison sitting in
>the fermenter,

excellent! Sounds intriguing - I hope the jasmine doesn't get overpowered.

>and the recipes for a Negroni beer,

don' tknow this but if it's the spruce you mentioned... sounds interesting. I've only ever had spruce in lagers. I have a giant spruce in my yard and every year think about collecting the tips, but haven't done it.

(I have brewed with spicebush, mulberries, raspberries, and yellow wood-sorrel fromm the garden though...)

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>>Speaking of homebrew, I have a jasmine tea saison sitting in
>>the fermenter,
>
>excellent! Sounds intriguing - I hope the jasmine doesn't get
>overpowered.

I do a quart of brewed jasmine tea that I add in the last 5 of the boil. Enough to sanitize it and keep the aromatics strong.

Last time I made it, and brought it to a DC home brewers meeting, it was at Bluejacket over by the Nets stadium. Charlie was there by chance, our club res invited him up, and he pronounced it "very clean!" which I will gladly take.

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Wonder where my copy of the Joy of Homebrewing is now?

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I'm gonna crack open tonight and watch Russy get the triple-double record.

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looks like pennzoil in a snifter.

darkest shit i ever tried was jamaica stout.

I am HERE for all the Stouts/Porters.

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my man from JA gave me a six. I was TWISTED.

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that's my favorite shit of LIFE!! Them joints are 11%...they'll put your head out after a couple.

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my main thing.

stouts and porters. chocolate and coffee notes. i fux w/ bocks, too.

trying to decide if i like black ipas or not.


peace & blessings,

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but when worst come to worse, my porters come first.

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peroni, trumer... those are my go-to's.

that said, i'm actually on day 14 of a 30-day dry/abstinence run. any good n/a beer reco's? i've had a clausthaler and a beck's n/a since then..

congrats on brewing your own btw.

speaking from memory from the last time my wife was pregnant... still tastes a bit off compared to real beer.

But still, if I'm drinking NA beer, I'd rather just drink a good root beer...

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>peroni, trumer... those are my go-to's.
>
>that said, i'm actually on day 14 of a 30-day dry/abstinence
>run. any good n/a beer reco's? i've had a clausthaler and a
>beck's n/a since then..
>
>congrats on brewing your own btw.

Went to a party and that was all they had.


not too shabby.

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>Went to a party and that was all they had.
>
>
>not too shabby.
>
>
>

where your beer choices are either Peroni or Moretti. Coincidentally, Peroni with Italian food is delicious.

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had it in rome.

unfortunately i've only ever found it on draft in two bars in the bay area.

resurrection and ozzy are two of the best beers i've tasted, and their local.
denizens brewing in silver spring maryland is also good local brewery.

>resurrection and ozzy are two of the best beers i've tasted,
>and their local.

I think they had to change the name on Ozzy, no?
But Resurrection is a reasonably good and reasonably priced Belgian style amber. They were using Sly Fox or some other local (Phila. suburbs) brewery up this way for production on it too (at least last time I had it)

>denizens brewing in silver spring maryland is also good local
>brewery.

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Stout's that I've tried and liked recently are:
Founder's Breakfast Stout
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Bought a bottle of Barrel Aged Old Rasputin, but haven't opened it yet. I may do it this weekend as I'm going to do my taxes so I need something to take the edge off how much I'm going to have to pay.

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>Stout's that I've tried and liked recently are:
>Founder's Breakfast Stout
>Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
>Bought a bottle of Barrel Aged Old Rasputin, but haven't
>opened it yet. I may do it this weekend as I'm going to do my
>taxes so I need something to take the edge off how much I'm
>going to have to pay.
>

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It may be about a big as I can get for a stout as it is an imperial stout. I can only handle 1 for the night

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

I had a Three Orange Wit that I really enjoyed, and Modus Mandarina which was just ok.


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

cuz I'm forever like...I had uhhhhh...shit.


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

"what'd you have at that brewery tour?"
*pulls out phone*

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*harps and violins playing*

www.theraleighbeergarden.com

my daughter had a booth at the maker's market there (selling refinished furniture, artwork and handcrafted home goods)...

my daughter and oldest son had told me about this place - three levels, w/ three (actually four bars on each floor).

i. was. not. prepared.

it was like a million taps on the wall in the first floor beer part. i stared at the big screen in awe, like it was the arrivals and departures at an airport.

i settled on #223 the Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout. tasty.

their tap menu is some other shit - over 350 different beers on tap.




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Bells 2 Hearted
Noda Hop Drop n Roll
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Uinta Hop Nosh - cheap but strong as shit.
Goose IPA
Foothills Hoppyium
Red Hook

Other beers I like

Guinness Extra Stout
Becks
Anchor Steam Porter
Yuenglin

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still love bells 2 hearted.

and all various stone ipas will forever be in rotation

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touched like midas these bitch ass niggas they study and bite us.

but get your hands on a Detour. I'm a double IPA guy I guess.

I can't do the overly sweet sh!ts.



Surprised at the lack of Lagunitas love in here...

I like the Mother Earth Cali creamin ale, especially if i can find it on nitro. I also like the Anderson valley cream ale.

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I'm not a huge IPA guy but I'll drink them. That said, Founders All Day IPA is one of my favorites. Those go down easy.

I really love basically all of Ommegang's Belgian style beers. Rare Vos, Three Philosophers Quadruple Ale, Hennepin, Abbey Ale....I love them all. Expensive though.

It's gonna be a long couple months, I need to stay out of this thread lol.

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I think bottled from 2012-13-14 in a row

did the side by side

I'll be darned if I can remember which year won though

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they're not exceptional beers* by Omeggang standards but they're still great. We did a box for last year's season too and of course I broke the glass after a week or two.

*the 'Take the Black Stout' and the 'Iron Throne Blonde'

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Dark & thick. Something that goes well chasing a shot of rum or whiskey.

1) oatmeal stouts - these are in a similar vein. Will be slightly thicker, not quite as sweet. Sam Smith makes the standard bearer here

2) Milk stout - Take Guinness, and add some creamy sweetness. Left Hand makes a great one

3) Porters - These will be roaster and a little more chocolatey. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald is a great one

4) Brown ale - Turn down the roast, turn up the chocolate. Also a little less body. Smuttynose, Avery or Brooklyn Brewery will all do you right here.

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Daniel Tosh this weekend. Gonna hit up one of my favorite spots. Got some nice brews
http://www.broadwaybrewery.com/the-brewery/

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What's up lonesome, back at it again with the imperial ipas

Great lakes chillwave - unique sweet / malty tone for a double. One of my favorites from Ohio and a good sign that spring is here and the weather will be improving

Stone enjoy by 4/20 - first few tastes were incredible. Big dank hits right off the bat. The flavor seemed to change as I got thru it. Not quite as enjoyable towards the end but still really good.

Ballast point manta ray - big smooth flavor. Very easy to drink - a 4 pack could be dangerous.

Rhinegeist knowledge - like a souped up truth, great.