The Beer Thread
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I went the other way, I like Zombie Dust (and if it's on tap I'll try to get a glass), but something about Gumballhead just tasted off to me. I'm thinking the wheat/hop mix isn't something I care for, but a ton of other people love the beer. I've met the brewer at FFF a few times when he was at Surly, and so I want to try to support them. I see a wider distribution of WarPigs, so I end up ordering that when I can.
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ToeMissile
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This is one of my favorite coffee beers
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Black House: Vanilla Latte Edition | Modern Times Beer
We lavished this boss-level iteration of our beloved coffee oatmeal stout with a generous helping of vanilla, and upped the ante even further by loading it with even more of our world-class house-roasted coffee.
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Alex
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This is one of my favorite coffee beers
Black House: Vanilla Latte Edition | Modern Times Beer
We lavished this boss-level iteration of our beloved coffee oatmeal stout with a generous helping of vanilla, and upped the ante even further by loading it with even more of our world-class house-roasted coffee.
It's hard to go wrong with any Modern Times.
I've been on a Belgian kick lately. This has been a staple.
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Anyone like Gnarley Barley's Jucifer IPA? It's my go to, I have no idea how long it's been around, but it's just finally available in my area and everywhere has it. Delicious.
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For a little while my go to summer drink was an english style snake bite: 1/2 lager (Spaten), 1/2 cider (samuel smith organic apple). It's also great with a bowl of lobster bisque in the fall.
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I just can't get into chocolate stouts. I don't enjoy many stouts at all, but add the chocolate and I'm not going to like it. I've even made stouts, varied the amount of chocolate, changed the formula, blah blah blah. Nah, give me an ipa or a brown ale instead.
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Yeah, especially as you get to those "pastry stouts". The Sam Smith one isn't as bad, but some of them are just sugar bombs.
I love this beer: Coffee Shop Assault Vehicle - Lupulin Brewing Company - Untappd
but MAJOR sugar overload.
Honestly, the GI Bourbon Counties aren't normally sugar bombs and are super balanced despite being ~15%. They're great examples of the heavy stouts without the extra sugar.
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I've found myself in a beer rut lately. I like what I like and I find it hard to try new beers when there are literally hundreds of them in the beer shop. So I've been bringing my wife with me on my weekly runs to the local beer shop for the last several weeks. She doesn't drink beer and knows nothing about it, so I have her pick out something new for me to try based on the label.
I'm enjoying trying new things, but there are A LOT of mediocre beers out there. These are the last couple she picked:
Monument Campfire Series Vanilla Porter. Not very much vanilla flavor. I've had much better, such as Breckenridge Vanilla Porter.
Two Pitchers Brewering (never heard of them till now) Nordic Jam. This is interesting because it has the fruit flavor of a sour (especially elderberry), but it isn't sour at all. It would be a decent summer beer to drink by the pool.
Ithaca Beer Fuggly Sweater. Just a really generic Christmas seasonal. I had a six pack of Troeg's Mad Elf in the fridge at the same time, and I had to force myself to drink this. Not bad, but not something I'd take over Mad Elf.
I'm enjoying trying new things, but there are A LOT of mediocre beers out there. These are the last couple she picked:
Monument Campfire Series Vanilla Porter. Not very much vanilla flavor. I've had much better, such as Breckenridge Vanilla Porter.
Two Pitchers Brewering (never heard of them till now) Nordic Jam. This is interesting because it has the fruit flavor of a sour (especially elderberry), but it isn't sour at all. It would be a decent summer beer to drink by the pool.
Ithaca Beer Fuggly Sweater. Just a really generic Christmas seasonal. I had a six pack of Troeg's Mad Elf in the fridge at the same time, and I had to force myself to drink this. Not bad, but not something I'd take over Mad Elf.
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Any beer place with a decent variety of craft brews has a guy who orders it that likely knows what they buy and why. I suggest striking up a conversation with staff at your favorite place and seeing what they recommend. The best places around here (NJ outside Philly) run instagram pages where they post things as they get them. There are certain breweries' beers that are literally gone in less than an hour from the post going up, usually even after the store imposes a limit (4, 2, or sometimes even just 1 beer each)