The Beer Review Thread

[Guest uptowndevil]

 

This beer has about a million good ratings on Beer Advocate so I tried it. Delicious!

 

yeah, it's good but definitely not worth the 13 dollars for a six pack my grocery store sells it for. their nut brown is pretty good too.

 

 

fuck yeah, i used to drink that all time when i lived out west. so smooth.

 

 

i'm drinking this at the moment:

 

which is one of my favorite local brews. i'd say i like it better as a goto brown ale than a newcastle at this point.

 

has anyone had the colorado kind on nitro at the Mountain Sun in Boulder?

[SR4]

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the shit side of hip beer. did someone eat a couple pounds of asparagus and then piss in a bottle? far too bitter. this is the kind of shit you find at gay housewarming parties. please everyone continue to drink this shit beer.

 

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I agree with the first 2 but to diss the Sierra Nevada PA... cmon! It is a beautiful beer just as Gron described and I can get a huge ass bottle of it at 7/11 for pocket change when I need a beer and am not near my place of choice. Plus beer advocate has an A- rating for it. Lastly, overly bitter? You sir have no idea!

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on the defence of watmm, i'll try it again at some point but the one time i did it was just awful. tell me again what am i taking watmm's advice on anything for? fuck that rat poison.

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Well do you typically like pale ales? Pale Ale's are hoppy, some more than others, and this one lies on the hoppier pale ale side... the more hoppy the more bitter.

 

fucking THANK you.

 

its easy to roll off sierra nevada as a "hipster" beer....if anything Pabst is the only one that i could definitively say is a hipster beer.

 

sierra tastes good for a midrange IPA...though I prefer a strong Dogfish 90min IPA moreso....but its not bad, their wheat beer isnt horrible either...its not good...but its not bad for a midrange brewer's effort.

[soma333]

why do so many people like sierra nevada? bitter+gross.

 

just recently hopped on the wagon (off the wagon?)

but was habitually killing these:

 

pretty good balance of warmth and slight hoppy aftertaste.

twas the main course for a sec

[goffer]

...though I prefer a strong Dogfish 90min IPA moreso....but its not bad, their wheat beer isnt horrible either...its not good...but its not bad for a midrange brewer's effort.

lol Sierra Nevada... a midrange brewer???

 

Had Dogfish Heads 120 minute IPA yet? It's a seasonal of their they release a few times a year... well worth it if you can get your hands on one. I have brewed an Pliny the Elder clone before and the amount of hops I had to used was over whelming... I can even imagine what it would be like to manage a continuous hop dumb during a 120 minutes boil

 

To the Sierra Nevada haters...

Read any worthy beer resource and it will tell you the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a fine beer; it is brewed with quality ingredients and it's affordable. As long as you are drinking it fresh (as you should with any hoppy beer) it will be delicious and refreshing. It's supposed to be bitter for fucks sake... if you don't like bitter don't drink pale ale, IPA, or IIPA's because to your under developed, pre-pubescent taste buds it won't be easy, or enjoyable to drink. Bitter beer is a lifestyle of sorts.

 

And do check out their seasonals... the Sierra Nevada Big Foot is one of the best available Barley Wines out there, their Torpedo IPA is a mighty fine IPA as well, and their collab they did with Dogfish Head, Life & Limb, was fresh and inspiring.

 

My recent adventure was with a Lost Abbey Red Poppy:

About $20 for a little 12oz bottle but well worth it. A Flanders Red style beer brewed with sour cherries and plumb, aged in oak barrels.

[Guest theSun]

 

also got to try one of these for a special occasion holy phuk

 

[encey]

For my Xmas present, I got a trip to the Three Floyds brewery & brewpub in Munster, IN -- they have the craziest, awesomest beer I've ever tasted. I highly recommend anything by them.

 

http://www.threefloydspub.com/beermenu.html

[Guest theSun]

going to have one of these from a world class local brewery, southern tier.

 

 

edit - now i just want to go home and drink it.

[SR4]

going to have one of these from a world class local brewery, southern tier.

 

 

edit - now i just want to go home and drink it.

 

 

they are impeccably good

[Guest theSun]

k i'm gonna go home and drink it

[Guest Drahken]

Been drinking lots of Flying Dog lately, I think my favorite is the Kerberos Tripel.

[baph]

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<a href="http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/ras.htm" target="_blank">Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout</a> ... 9% alcohol, tastes quality! <img src="http://forum.watmm.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/OK.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="OK.gif" />

edit: broken quoted post is on Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout.

 

My local supermarket now sells this regularly, (along side the more ubiquitous, and far less wonderful, stuff like Fat Tire and Sam Adams) so it's become a standard in my apartment. Not the best Imperial Stout ever, but for something so readily available, it's incredible. Thanks again, North Coast!

 

For tonight:

Mmm, Barley wine.

[goffer]

Old Guardian is an amazing Barley Wine... I have about 4 of them from 06 that have been aging in my closet. A buddy of mine and myself pop one every year or so to compare to the recent years.

[baph]

Oh man, you're neighbors with Stone Brewing Co., too. I need to make another pilgrimage to the Bistro & Gardens soon.

[goffer]

I'm neighbor to a lot of fine breweries: Lightning (Poway), Lost Abbey (San Marcos), Port Brewing (San Marcos), Coronado (San DIego), Alesmith (San Diego), Ballast Point (San Diego), Alpine Beer Company (Alpine), Greenflash (Vista)... there are a few others I'm probably forgetting.

 

You don't have many brewers up in LA but you have some awesome pubs like Blue Palms :)

[Guest Ominous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhuJEZWoSKc

 

 

Currently enjoying a bottle of Dogfish Head's Midas Touch; its 2,700 year old recipe is hitting the spot!

 

it's strong like a man beer, but flavorful like a girl beer. i should be cooking.,

[jeremymacgregor87]

[Guest mohamed]

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[sneaksta303]

Typically, when I drink beer, I typically pick up some bottles of Newcastle Brown. It's near impossible to find a bar that has it on tap. This past Friday, I has the pleasure of drinking it freshhhhhhhhhh and my word, it was smooth as silk. It was my Newcastle, but with such a clarity, that I was literally stunned after my 1st shwill. Having tried that now, I am almost scared as to what the bottles will taste like afterward. Perhaps I can use my imagination and bring it back a little. I think I can.

[baph]

 

OMFG YOM.

 

More good beer needs to be in cans.

[Guest uptowndevil]

 

More good beer needs to be in cans.

 

nothing beats the subtle taste of aluminum.

 

 

 

Edit: that looks delicious

[baph]

 

More good beer needs to be in cans.

 

nothing beats the subtle taste of aluminum.

 

Ah, well, there's a tradeoff and neither bottles nor cans are perfect delivery vessels. I don't think there's really much metal-taste contamination with cans now (not if poured) because of the polymer lining in new cans, which keeps the liquid from actually contacting the metal. That's balanced with the hope that that shit is biologically inert. Bottles don't have those issues, but there's more risk of light/heat damage (especially with the atrocities that are green bottles). Then there's environmental impact issues: ease of recycling vs. weight during transportation.

 

I dunno, but a good beer poured from a good can can taste ridiculously fresh.

 

Edit: that looks delicious

 

'tis

[Guest Ominous]

 

More good beer needs to be in cans.

 

nothing beats the subtle taste of aluminum.

 

Ah, well, there's a tradeoff and neither bottles nor cans are perfect delivery vessels. I don't think there's really much metal-taste contamination with cans now (not if poured) because of the polymer lining in new cans, which keeps the liquid from actually contacting the metal. That's balanced with the hope that that shit is biologically inert. Bottles don't have those issues, but there's more risk of light/heat damage (especially with the atrocities that are green bottles). Then there's environmental impact issues: ease of recycling vs. weight during transportation.

 

I dunno, but a good beer poured from a good can can taste ridiculously fresh.

 

The lining of cans supposedly contains BPA.

 

I did have a very good canned beer recently though. Coconut Porter from Maui Brewing Co. Tasted like toasted coconut, smelled like suntanning lotion...

[Guest uptowndevil]

 

More good beer needs to be in cans.

 

nothing beats the subtle taste of aluminum.

 

Ah, well, there's a tradeoff and neither bottles nor cans are perfect delivery vessels. I don't think there's really much metal-taste contamination with cans now (not if poured) because of the polymer lining in new cans, which keeps the liquid from actually contacting the metal. That's balanced with the hope that that shit is biologically inert. Bottles don't have those issues, but there's more risk of light/heat damage (especially with the atrocities that are green bottles). Then there's environmental impact issues: ease of recycling vs. weight during transportation.

 

I dunno, but a good beer poured from a good can can taste ridiculously fresh.

 

Edit: that looks delicious

 

'tis

 

 

good points. i definitely don't doubt that it can still delicious in a can. seems unlikely that it would be a fresher option overall though just judging by the sheer volume of quality beer that is bottled as opposed to canned.

 

this is pretty tasty canned:

 

on another note, my roommate's batch of english style pale/amber ale will be ready and on tap in less than a week. it looks and smells unbelievable. i'm looking forward to not having to spend money on good beer for a month.

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Gets your drunk ass fuck on teh economic buck

 

^was kinda lazy but my shitty typo's are case in point^

[Guest Spittal]

PBR is smooth and awesome.

 

Mhmm PBR.