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shovelbum posted:I miss the drat Hop Wars I survived the IBU wars of the early 10's. I've...tasted things 
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I'm having a flashback of paying like 20 dollars for a bottle of the Mikkeller 1000 IBU IPA and thinking "hell yeah this is gonna be great"
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internet celebrity posted:I'm having a flashback of paying like 20 dollars for a bottle of the Mikkeller 1000 IBU IPA and thinking "hell yeah this is gonna be great" Holy poo poo! I think I paid like $5 for a decent pour. Was that beer really that expensive? It was definitely awful... I think that whole thing peaked with the Ruination 10th Anniversary, which I quite liked at the time.
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May 16, 2020 17:41
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I unironically miss Devil Dancer. 
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May 16, 2020 18:07
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The best bitter beer I have had is XX Bitter, and that's just 60-65 IBUs. I feel you get diminishing results after that.
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Mr. Clark2 posted:I survived the IBU wars of the early 10's. I've...tasted things Hop Wars were a lot better than the Sugar Snacks Offensive we've been living in for a while Every loving beer is candy/dessert flavored
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Sirotan posted:I unironically miss Devil Dancer. Years and years ago I went to Founders Fest and had a batch of Devil Dancer that was aged in brandy barrels. The name was better than the beer though, it was called Looking Glass. Get it?
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May 16, 2020 20:25
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Agreed. I would much rather live through the IBU Wars again.
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May 16, 2020 20:25
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When all the beer is sold in pint cans for huge money with big hype and a good review is "wow i could drink 2oz of this"....
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May 16, 2020 20:30
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danbanana posted:
I'm 100% a haze fiend at this point but I still find Ruination a pretty good old-school DIPA, especially when compared to Hopslam and its ilk. Also from the last page buy all the Commonwealth beer you can find, their success rate at everything is off the charts and they're much less likely to get caught up in a VA hype war or copyright infringement issue.
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MunchE posted:Hop Wars were a lot better than the Sugar Snacks Offensive we've been living in for a while
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May 16, 2020 23:00
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danbanana posted:Holy poo poo! I think I paid like $5 for a decent pour. Was that beer really that expensive? Yeah that was bar price for the original paper wrapped corked and caged bottle.
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May 16, 2020 23:58
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Beer thread 3: Every loving beer is candy/dessert flavored
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danbanana posted:Holy poo poo! I think I paid like $5 for a decent pour. Was that beer really that expensive? RuinTen was so good the first time, then they rebrewed it in a larger quantity and it was awful. I remember grabbing a few bombers during the re-release expecting that original citrus hop bomb and being hugely disappointed in what the second batch was. Currently working my way through a Highland Park local delivery, and I'm so glad I was able to land two WC IPAs. With everything being hazy, it's always nice to enjoy some clear beer.
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May 17, 2020 01:22
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We got this far in bitter hop bomb chat without mentioning Palate Wrecker?
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May 17, 2020 01:29
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IMO beer peaked at two hearted ale. Anything created after that is unimportant.
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HamAdams posted:IMO beer peaked at two hearted ale. Anything created after that is unimportant. Hm.
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Mahoning posted:We got this far in bitter hop bomb chat without mentioning Palate Wrecker? That beer was always trash. Though most of the overhopped brews were...
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May 17, 2020 01:54
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Ruination was good as hell
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shovelbum posted:Ruination was good as hell They still make it! I had to google that! Also, they've apparently made this since 2015: https://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/year-round-releases/stone-ruination-double-ipa-20-sans-filtre#ageGatePassed
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Mahoning posted:We got this far in bitter hop bomb chat without mentioning Palate Wrecker? god I miss this poo poo and WCIPA green flash why did you try to open that virginia brewery and gently caress it up so hard that you had to basically completely pull back distribution. I'd be going hogwild if I could get original WCIPA in the new 6 pack can format in this hazy hellscape
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deadwing posted:god I miss this poo poo and WCIPA We distribute the West Coast cans here in Ohio. And we have Palate Wrecker as draft only. I haven’t had Palate Wrecker yet but the WC tastes exactly how I remember it.
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May 17, 2020 04:43
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Finally got some Precarious up my way.
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HamAdams posted:Beer thread 3: Every loving beer is candy/dessert flavored True, but Vocation's Breakfast Club 2.0 is loving great.
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Dell_Zincht posted:True, but Vocation's Breakfast Club 2.0 is loving great. It helps that it's not tooo sweet despite the adjunct list
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May 17, 2020 08:39
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Enjoy those 400 calorie fudge cake stouts now boys, summer is coming and that’s crispy time 
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The local scene has kicked out a few really lovely lagers recently and I'm 100% for it. I didn't think I'd get into it, as a craft beer baby, but like there's nothing quite like a crisp lager during the summer. Hefeweizen and Gose are still the champions of summertime beers though, come fight me if you disagree.
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May 17, 2020 22:17
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Couple of these tonight lads 
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May 17, 2020 22:50
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I quite like Buoy Cream Ale
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:I quite like Buoy Cream Ale Buoy makes good lagers too.
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Kalsco posted:
Such controversial statements will surely get you booted from this group.
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Hoppy low abv lagers is where it's at. I will fight people who disagree.
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danbanana posted:Such controversial statements will surely get you booted from this group. Ok fine I think stouts are pretty much always better as a dessert drink with adjuncts/aggressive barreling than just like, as a stout thats been aged in some relatively neutral tasting wood/has a strong malt/roast/smoke flavour or whatever. Maybe I'm just too moderate about beer opinions, okay!!! e: heavy fruited stouts are cool and very good, especially during the summer. Klaus Kinski posted:Hoppy low abv lagers is where it's at. I will fight people who disagree. Yeah!!! There's a brewery here that pretty much exclusively does aggressive hopping/hazy/milkshake IPA stuff and they have a low ABV hopped ale and it kicks. It is a 7.5 Hazy Hop Beast? No, but it's definitely within shades of and that's cool and good. Kalsco fucked around with this message at 01:03 on May 18, 2020 |
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Klaus Kinski posted:Hoppy low abv lagers is where it's at. I will fight people who disagree. I wish these were more common. It's not a thing but I really want IPLs to be a thing. I also like Black IPAs a lot so i have some wack opinion.s
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It's barely summer but I had a mikkeller turbo-gently caress-you pastry stout a week ago and I wouldn't disagree.
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Spanish Manlove posted:I wish these were more common. It's not a thing but I really want IPLs to be a thing. I also like Black IPAs a lot so i have some wack opinion.s Personally, I find it is a pretty delicate balance. Go too crazy with it and it takes away from the appeal of a lager imo. To Øl Raid Beer for instance is a bit too hop forward for me, and I would rather have most of the focus on noble hops, maybe with a hint of something more modern in the aroma. The sweet spot for me is pretty close to Pivo Pils. If they made a 4.5% version of that beer, just to bring out the crispness a little more, it would be perfect. That said, I've had some IPLs that were basically just 6% West Coast IPAs fermented with a lager yeast, and it can still be a nice beer. thotsky fucked around with this message at 02:09 on May 18, 2020 |
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thotsky posted:Personally, I find it is a pretty delicate balance. Go too crazy with it and it takes away from the appeal of a lager imo. To Øl Raid Beer for instance is a bit too hop forward for me, and I would rather have most of the focus on noble hops, maybe with a hint of something more modern in the aroma. The sweet spot for me is pretty close to Pivo Pils. If they made a 4.5% version of that beer, just to bring out the crispness a little more, it would be perfect. That said, I've had some IPLs that were basically just 6% West Coast IPAs fermented with a lager yeast, and it can still be a nice beer. I mean like a regular lager with regular noble hops etc but with a dry hop of something fun or like basically a modern medium IBU clean pale ale thats already made with mostly pilsner malt but now with lager yeast.
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I crushed some Rolling Rocks today and they were ice cold and I enjoyed them 
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Spanish Manlove posted:I mean like a regular lager with regular noble hops etc but with a dry hop of something fun or like basically a modern medium IBU clean pale ale thats already made with mostly pilsner malt but now with lager yeast. Yeah, that does kick rear end. As far as dark beers go I still believe that the the best expression of them remain the 6,0 - 6,5% ABV American versions whose clones were a staple in any brewpub up until not so long ago. Stuff like Kalamazoo Stout, Obsidian Stout, Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Smuttynose Robust Porter and especially Founders Porter. The only dark beer that could even remotely be described as dessert-like that I fancy is Aphrodisiaque. thotsky fucked around with this message at 02:15 on May 18, 2020 |
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