Beer Recommendation Thread

[Solodini]

Edinburgh Independent Beer Festival this weekend.
Bar 1:
Redchurch Huxton: light, nutty, slightly sweet. Fruit pastille/wine gum flavour.

Shoreditch blonde: good, slightly oily mouth feel. Little-to-no nose. Sightly plummy, in a light, sweet way.

Bethnal Pale Ale: peach on the nose, but lightly. Soft but slightly prickly initial mouth feel. Tip of tongue to me; back of mouth to El.

Alchemy cockelroy black IPA: little hop but what there is, was orange, exotic fruity, papaya. Little other flavour than blackberry and blackberry oil on tip of the tongue. Slightly wastebin-smell flavour if mouth not rinsed beforehand. Very slight coffee. Too watery.

Red Willow Endless: stale bread on nose. Sharp, bitter, citra but little flavour.

Lovibonds 69: summer fruit salad nose, berry leaves. Very thick mouth feel. Froths easily in the mouth which creates the feel but quite flat, otherwise. Tingles around the tongue. Slight toffee but little other flavour. Pleasant feel over flavour.

[MaxOfMetal]

Originally Posted by DslDwg

Most Americans outside of 16 year olds wouldn't drink either one of those beers

Tell that to the millions of barrels we ship of each.

I love the craft/micro movement, and still home brew myself when I have the time. While American Lagers and thier Adjunct variety get a lot of flak by some, they are still quality beers. Say what you want about the taste, everyone has preferences, but no one tops our quality. Period.

[Solodini]

Bar 2:
Camden gentleman's wit: lemon thyme and lots of it. Herb and lemon of it. Meringue with the lemon, as well. 9.5/10. Amazing. Blast on the nose. Slight, pleasant soapiness. A light lychee nose. Little Rosemary. General herbal essence. Lavender.

Camden pale ale: no nose, easy froth, rich strawberry. Chuppachup strawberry lolly after. Slightly sour, pleasantly. Soft strawberry nose, when you work at it. Cuts through food.

Kernel black IPA: general hop nose. Savoury and sweet after. General hop flavour but nothing specific. Slight cherry.

[SenorDingDong]

This, believe it or not, is a great beer:



A little bitter with a good splash of chocolate and coffee. Creamy, but lighter than most beers of the same kind. Also, doesn't have a bad aftertaste like some chocolate beers do. No resounding bitterness or "accidental-food-mixing" left on the tongue.

[DslDwg]

Originally Posted by MaxOfMetal

Tell that to the millions of barrels we ship of each.

I love the craft/micro movement, and still home brew myself when I have the time. While American Lagers and thier Adjunct variety get a lot of flak by some, they are still quality beers. Say what you want about the taste, everyone has preferences, but no one tops our quality. Period.

Don't get me wrong I've drank a lot of Bud and Miller in my day. Drank a hell of a lot of Schmidt when I was a teen.

Can't even remember the last time I saw someone in a bar or a resteraunt drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon or a Coors. I'm thinking at home watching a game with buddies FTW.

[morrowcosom]

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout- 250 calories in 12 ounces, so you know it is dark and delicious. Maybe the best tasting beer I have drunk.

Ruination and Double Bastard- Stone Brewery- 100+ IBU beers with a lot of good floral flavor. They will make obliterate your taste buds and make it where you can hardly taste anything and make you sleepy (hops out the butt). Kind of extreme beers, especially the double bastard.

Sam Adams- Cream Stout- Tastes to me like if dark coffee w/creamer were made into a beer. It is described by the website as "the cappuccino of beers."

Samuel Adams- Double Bock- 9.5% alcohol. Contains 330 calories. Despite the calories, it is not a dark beer. Even though there is enough alcohol in this beer to make you warm while drinking it, this ironically makes the beer more delicious. I often find I have drunk one of these beers in a couple minutes by accident. You will be feeling good after a 4-pack.

My favorite everyday beer is just good, old Boston Lager.

[Ibanezsam4]

have to share this one



Sixpoint Resin, its an IPA with an immediate floral note on the nose. reminded me at first of Hoptical Illusion. i let it warm up for a minute, i then got a scent of freshly mowed grass on the nose in addition to the floral. taste wise it was very similar to Hoptical. not a bad thing... but the nose on it sure was interesting

[SirMyghin]

Originally Posted by morrowcosom

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout- 250 calories in 12 ounces, so you know it is dark and delicious. Maybe the best tasting beer I have drunk.

Ruination and Double Bastard- Stone Brewery- 100+ IBU beers with a lot of good floral flavor. They will make obliterate your taste buds and make it where you can hardly taste anything and make you sleepy (hops out the butt). Kind of extreme beers, especially the double bastard.

Sam Adams- Cream Stout- Tastes to me like if dark coffee w/creamer were made into a beer. It is described by the website as "the cappuccino of beers."

Samuel Adams- Double Bock- 9.5% alcohol. Contains 330 calories. Despite the calories, it is not a dark beer. Even though there is enough alcohol in this beer to make you warm while drinking it, this ironically makes the beer more delicious. I often find I have drunk one of these beers in a couple minutes by accident. You will be feeling good after a 4-pack.

My favorite everyday beer is just good, old Boston Lager.

The high cals on a few of those beers have me thinking they are fermented with added sugars, and a bit much added regardless. Larger breweries do this to expedite the process.

Also not sure where you can draw the dark = calories. 12 Oz of guiness only has about 130 Cal.

[MaxOfMetal]

Originally Posted by SirMyghin

The high cals on a few of those beers have me thinking they are fermented with added sugars, and a bit much added regardless. Larger breweries do this to expedite the process.

Also not sure where you can draw the dark = calories. 12 Oz of guiness only has about 130 Cal.

Yeah, even smaller breweries are starting to use adjunct along with grains. It's a much more predictable ingredient to work with, not to mention it's cheap and easy to store. Though, what adds the most, calorie wise, is going to be the alcohol. One percent ABV can add up to ~20 calories to a beer. Hence why bigger beers (which happen to usually be darker in color) have more calories. Filtered vs. unfiltered will play part as well.

Guinness actually has a good amount of calories for such a low ABV (4.1 to 4.3 depending on country). That's about as much as most light beers which come in under 100 calories. For instance, Miller Lite is 4.2 ABV at 96 calories. A High Life is 4.7 ABV at 142 calories.

Most Stouts get their color from the malt, and some of them are extremely light on calories.

[SirMyghin]

Originally Posted by MaxOfMetal

Yeah, even smaller breweries are starting to use adjunct along with grains. It's a much more predictable ingredient to work with, not to mention it's cheap and easy to store. Though, what adds the most, calorie wise, is going to be the alcohol. One percent ABV can add up to ~20 calories to a beer. Hence why bigger beers (which happen to usually be darker in color) have more calories. Filtered vs. unfiltered will play part as well.

Guinness actually has a good amount of calories for such a low ABV (4.1 to 4.3 depending on country). That's about as much as most light beers which come in under 100 calories. For instance, Miller Lite is 4.2 ABV at 96 calories. A High Life is 4.7 ABV at 142 calories.

Most Stouts get their color from the malt, and some of them are extremely light on calories.

Aye, good ole burnt barley. Guinness in Canada is 5.0% (and not actually brewed in Ireland ). Pretty much our 'standard'.

Thanks for the insight!

[MaxOfMetal]

Most Guinness is brewed outside of Ireland, just like most Fosters isn't brewed in Australia. In fact, Guinness is the most varied by region beer in the world. There are something like two dozen variants of the same recipe that they brew based on the tastes of the local drinkers.

Another thing that makes Guinness so dark is that they don't malt the barely, just burn the .... out of it.

Keep an eye out for the new George Killian's Irish Stout, if you dig Guinness you'll probably love it. I want to say it's going out for release really soon. It'll likely be a bit cheaper as well.

[SchecterWhore]

My sister bought me tickets for a magic show/beer tasting for my birthday. Of the beers I had, I liked the Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout from Flying Dog and the Hop Devil IPA from Victory. Stouts are always awesome, so as long as it's decent, it's hard to really disappoint me. Chocolatey, coffeey, kind of run of the mill. I've had better, but I've also had worse. The Hop Devil was nice and floral, notes of pineapple and grapefruit in the finish. I also had this recently:



Hermitage's Ale of the 2 Tun imperial stout. One of the darkest stouts I've poured, if not the darkest. Surprisingly light mouthfeel, though. I've hated everything else I've had from this brewery, but this was an excellent selection.

[MikeH]

I just started drinking very lightly about 2 months ago. Never went through my high school drunk phase like most kids do, so I'm new to the whole thing. I only drink on very rare occasion, but I still can't get over the bitterness of most beers. The only beers that I've found to be tolerable are Yeungling lager and, oddly enough, Budweiser.

[MaxOfMetal]

Originally Posted by MikeH

I just started drinking very lightly about 2 months ago. Never went through my high school drunk phase like most kids do, so I'm new to the whole thing. I only drink on very rare occasion, but I still can't get over the bitterness of most beers. The only beers that I've found to be tolerable are Yeungling lager and, oddly enough, Budweiser.

Go for Stouts and Porters, the flavors will be closer to foods you already eat. The dry, bitter taste of traditional lagers isn't really palatable for most at first.

[troyguitar]

Been drinking Beck's Dark for the past few weeks. Damn Pennsylvania making me buy a whole ....ing case at a time. I would buy a lot more beer a lot more often if I could just buy 6-packs.

[Ibanezsam4]

drinking this right now.......... holy....ingomgshit'nHCHRISTballs this is good

[ShadowFactoryX]

this is one of my favorite beer seasons, and i was wondering what great seasonal stuff everyone's had so far

best oktoberfest beer:
Southern Tier Harvest
as with most of ST's beers, this retains that fresh and well hopped flavor, while immersing in all the good fall flavors

pumpkin's:
Wolavers
O'Fallen
Shipyard

Weyerbacher made a great imperial pumpkin too

others:
Great Divide Rumble oak chip IPA
^seriously one of the best beers ive had in a while.

And is anyone familiar with Fatheads? Head Hunter might be my favorite beer of all time.

[Hybrid138]

Some recent ones I really liked!

[ShadowFactoryX]

spaten isnt bad
but i cant get into dundee's beer,
to me they're one of those "marketed" craft breweries, i.e. lienenkugel's, magic hat
they have the same base flavor and are just cool to drink

[cwhitey2]

Stone 16th Anniversary IPA. Im a ....ing beer snob and this beer blew me away. I still cant even figure out what it tastes like its just that good

[Ibanezsam4]

so sometimes the package store up the street from where i work has a beer that i've never had before.



this is a bad picture of the beer online, it is NOT that amber colored, its quite blonde actually. Anywho, packs a pretty good wallop (i prefer heavier ACL % beers just to limit my intake) and its got some good complexity to it, both spicy and fruity. cheers!

[Stealth7]

Just had a glass of this


It was pretty good but I should've chilled it a bit before drinking, oh well.

[mcd]

Im an avid beer lover! I staple with Coors when i need to get the job done. However, Im a huge fan of Fat Tire the New Belgium beer, and their 1554 any suggestions for similar beers? can't get either on the island here

[yellowv]

Now this is some good stuff

[gunshow86de]

If you're in the Austin area (and an IPA fan), check out Thirsty Planet's Buckethead IPA. It's my favorite IPA (9% ABV too, ).

Bucket Head IPA is an aggressively hopped India Pale Ale. We believe that you should go big or go home. Therefore, we add Cascade, Centennial and Mt. Hood hops buckets at a time to make the biggest of our beers. This copper colored beer will start with a hint of sweetness, immediately followed with a punch in the mouth of bitterness.
This IPA is not for everyone, but it doesn’t try to be.
Thirsty Planet Brewing Company is owned by friends and family. We strive to make great beer while doing our part for the planet by using renewable resources and doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint.
Thirsty Planet beers are perfect for all occasions, but especially tasty while grabbing a cold one with a buddy, volunteering for your community, planting a tree, or helping your neighbor. Thirst for something better!