Beer snob discussion thread

• BORIStheCrusher

  

  Picked up a 12 pack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale cans, bomber of Sublimely Self-Righteous, and Southern Tier Unearthly IPA. Three cans down now, think I'm going to open one of the others.
• Curly J

  

  Grabbed some more White Rajah today, the last sixer they had on the shelf...and having my second one. Love this beer.
  
  Has anyone checked out the Randall Jr from DFH. It's a miniature model of the Randall the Enamel Eliminator for one drink/glass only. I recommend any one that has twitter to check out #randalljr. People/Bars are coming up with some great stuff.
• I Wear Pants

  That commercial they did for the Randal Jr is awesome. I might buy one.
• Curly J

  

  I Wear Pants;1149721 wrote:That commercial they did for the Randal Jr is awesome. I might buy one.

  You mean I will buy one. I'm about ready to buy four of them.
• I Wear Pants

  Curly J;1149770 wrote:You mean I will buy one. I'm about ready to buy four of them.

  Fine, I'll buy four of them.
  
  Also, if you'd like it you can PM me with the info and I'll ship you that homebrew DIPA that I told you about probably sometime next week.
• gerb131

  

  http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/04/22/top-10-spring-beers/
  
  Good article. That Alaskan Birch Bock looks good.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Picked up Oak Aged Arrogant Bastard this weekend. Its great for sure, but not worth the extra you would pay over regular arrogant bastard IMO. I didn't notice a significant difference between the two. Still great, just not worth the $20+ for a 6er.
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  Got a 4 pack of Sierra Nevada Torpedo tallboys and six pack of Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale for the draft. Having a Torpedo now; wish more craft beers came in cans.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Sam Adams latitude 48 IPA for the draft
• Mooney44Cards

  

  So I haven't posted on OC for like a month or two, but this is the only thread that I missed in that time. So I'm back for this thread only!
  
  Just cracked my bottle of Great Divide's 18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA. Good god is it delicious. Thought it might be too sweet as a lot of "special edition" IPAs are, but there's a very good hop/sweet balance and the oak chips add just the right amount of flavor to balance everything out. At $9.99 a bomber its expensive, but still cheaper than some. But worth trying at least once. Jungle Jim's has it, but I bought this at the Hyde Park Kroger.
• Curly J

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154428 wrote:So I haven't posted on OC for like a month or two, but this is the only thread that I missed in that time. So I'm back for this thread only!
  
  Just cracked my bottle of Great Divide's 18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA. Good god is it delicious. Thought it might be too sweet as a lot of "special edition" IPAs are, but there's a very good hop/sweet balance and the oak chips add just the right amount of flavor to balance everything out. At $9.99 a bomber its expensive, but still cheaper than some. But worth trying at least once. Jungle Jim's has it, but I bought this at the Hyde Park Kroger.

  
  I bought this last week, but haven't tried it yet. I wish I could try it now however it is at home and I'm in the hills of Kentucky. It will be the first one I will try once I get home.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  I think I read a few pages back that you guys think Arrogant Bastard is great beer. Tried it last night and it was terrible.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154625 wrote:I think I read a few pages back that you guys think Arrogant Bastard is great beer. Tried it last night and it was terrible.

  This just in: tastes and preferences are different for every person.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154630 wrote:This just in: tastes and preferences are different for every person.

  No shit but I was excited to try it but I couldn't get past the after taste.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154632 wrote:No shit but I was excited to try it but I couldn't get past the after taste.

  I'm only messing with you. But I really feel like any sort of "bad" aftertaste for beer is an acquired taste. I mean personally, I've gotten to the point where the aftertaste of Bud Light/Miller Lite/other crap beers is much worse to me than ANY aftertaste that a craft beer could offer up to me.
  
  Are you normally into craft beer or are you just now getting into them? I know a lot of people that have tried beers and hated them at first but after really getting more into craft beers, they re-tried some beers a liked them a lot.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154645 wrote:I'm only messing with you. But I really feel like any sort of "bad" aftertaste for beer is an acquired taste. I mean personally, I've gotten to the point where the aftertaste of Bud Light/Miller Lite/other crap beers is much worse to me than ANY aftertaste that a craft beer could offer up to me.
  
  Are you normally into craft beer or are you just now getting into them? I know a lot of people that have tried beers and hated them at first but after really getting more into craft beers, they re-tried some beers a liked them a lot.

  
  No I like craft beers a lot. That's what I drink in San Diego when I go out drinking. I definitely like different stuff and don't drink the cheap crap anymore. It could be my taste buds though since I haven't drank in 3 months. Also got a 6 pack of abita purple haze. I don't know if that's considered anything special.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154653 wrote:No I like craft beers a lot. That's what I drink in San Diego when I go out drinking. I definitely like different stuff and don't drink the cheap crap anymore. It could be my taste buds though since I haven't drank in 3 months. Also got a 6 pack of abita purple haze. I don't know if that's considered anything special.

  My mentality when it comes to beer: drink as many DIFFERENT beers as possible, whether you've heard good things or not. I don't feel like you can make a bad decision when it comes to beer, as long as you're trying something new. The more variety you try, the more you'll really find the sweet spot of what sort of flavors your taste buds are really looking for.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154657 wrote:My mentality when it comes to beer: drink as many DIFFERENT beers as possible, whether you've heard good things or not. I don't feel like you can make a bad decision when it comes to beer, as long as you're trying something new. The more variety you try, the more you'll really find the sweet spot of what sort of flavors your taste buds are really looking for.

  Yeah that's what I try to do. I did that on deployment. My favorite deployment beer by far was Strongbow.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154661 wrote:Yeah that's what I try to do. I did that on deployment. My favorite deployment beer by far was Strongbow.

  FWIW Strongbow is not beer, it is hard cider. But there are a lot of beers you can try that have a lot of similar characteristics as hard cider. Some lambic beers are sort of like cider/champagne depending on what is used to make them. Also some sweeter IPAs/DIPAs have characteristics similar to hard cider (sweetness, slight bit of tart, bitter). Whenever you're looking for beer if you ask someone that works there or whatever for a sweeter IPA or a lambic, I'm sure there are some good ones they can recommend. Where are you located now?
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154666 wrote:FWIW Strongbow is not beer, it is hard cider. But there are a lot of beers you can try that have a lot of similar characteristics as hard cider. Some lambic beers are sort of like cider/champagne depending on what is used to make them. Also some sweeter IPAs/DIPAs have characteristics similar to hard cider (sweetness, slight bit of tart, bitter). Whenever you're looking for beer if you ask someone that works there or whatever for a sweeter IPA or a lambic, I'm sure there are some good ones they can recommend. Where are you located now?

  Yeah I knew it wasn't beer but from everything I tried that I never tried before it was the best. Asian beer is terrible in Thailand, Singapore, Manila and South Korea.
• Curly J

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154625 wrote:I think I read a few pages back that you guys think Arrogant Bastard is great beer. Tried it last night and it was terrible.

  
  I will say it's an aggressive beer and not for everyone. That being said I love the stuff and just about every beer from Stone, that I could think of.
• Curly J

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154661 wrote:Yeah that's what I try to do. I did that on deployment. My favorite deployment beer by far was Strongbow.

  
  I love ciders every now and then. I find Strongbow has a little more 'Beerish' flavor than most of the other ciders out there which is different.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Curly J;1154699 wrote:I love ciders every now and then. I find Strongbow has a little more 'Beerish' flavor than most of the other ciders out there which is different.

  The draft version of Strongbow is better. I got super fucked up on it in Manila at a midget bar.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ytowngirlinfla;1154681 wrote:Yeah I knew it wasn't beer but from everything I tried that I never tried before it was the best. Asian beer is terrible in Thailand, Singapore, Manila and South Korea.

  It's actually kind of better if you just say foreign beer is terrible.
  
  Its really not, but for the most part, American beer is superior to any foreign beer nowadays. If you said that 15 years ago, people would call you crazy but they would be right. Nowadays though, with the amount of breweries opening in the US, and the favorable climate for growing hops, the US is far and away the leader in quality beer production. Australia/NZ and Europe are just starting to catch up (Asia has never really had good beer), but really its an awesome time to be a fan of really good beer in the United States of America.
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Mooney44Cards;1154704 wrote:It's actually kind of better if you just say foreign beer is terrible.
  
  Its really not, but for the most part, American beer is superior to any foreign beer nowadays. If you said that 15 years ago, people would call you crazy but they would be right. Nowadays though, with the amount of breweries opening in the US, and the favorable climate for growing hops, the US is far and away the leader in quality beer production. Australia/NZ and Europe are just starting to catch up (Asia has never really had good beer), but really its an awesome time to be a fan of really good beer in the United States of America.

  
  I just said those countries because those are the ones I visited. I did have a good beer in Japan but I can't remember what it was called. European beer is good. But you are right American beer is really good right now because of all the local breweries.