The Beer Thread
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Most sours aren't going to be huge ABV, as the alcohol will overwhelm the sour taste. You might get the occasional 10% or 11% bottle, but most will be in the 4% (berlinerweiss) to 7% range (Flander's Red/Flemish Brown). Sometime a sour(ed) Imperial Stout or Imperial Brown.
Seriously though, Oarsman is a great beer with a low ABV. I'm not a college freshman drinking to get shithoused anymore, I'm drinking for flavor (and if I'm drinking to get shithoused I'm drinking bourbon anyways).
Tangentally related but has anyone ever made their own mead? Looking online it looks pretty damn simple.
Joeboo
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Bells Oarsman ale may be the absolute worst beer I've ever had in my life. Tasted like someone bottled vomit.
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Did you try it again? I know it's sour, but it should be tart not vomitastic. There are some wtf beers (Gouden Carolus Christmas, I'm looking at you), but a berlinerweisse isn't supposed to be a super strong flavor. Could be you got a bad bottle/batch.
speaking of sours/farmhouse, i'm unsure if any of you outside Mass would have even heard of this brewery - The Tap, formerly Haverhill Brewery.
They have "Field Guide" and "Intergalactic Acid" if you can find them both A to A+.
They have "Field Guide" and "Intergalactic Acid" if you can find them both A to A+.
I really love oarsmen, but there are some serious quality control issues. I've never gotten as many bad sixers of a single beer as oarsman. I know that taste. It's not what it's supposed to taste like.
Joeboo
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Maybe I just got a 6er from a bad batch or something. May have to try it again if I ever see it on tap, or have a chance to purchase an individual bottle or something.
There are plenty of beers I don't really like, but none that are so heinous that I can't even drink 1 bottle of it, Oarsman was the 1 beer that I could only drink half a bottle of. Surely that had to just be a bad batch, or had been sitting around too long or something.
There are plenty of beers I don't really like, but none that are so heinous that I can't even drink 1 bottle of it, Oarsman was the 1 beer that I could only drink half a bottle of. Surely that had to just be a bad batch, or had been sitting around too long or something.
Alex
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Rogue is a cool brewery for experimenting with unique flavors, but many of them don't turn out so well. The Chipotle Ale was very disappointing.
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Yeah, I'm willing to bet it's a bad batch. You have to be careful with sours they can go to bad places if they aren't cared for (or wonderful places, really). I'd be wary of single bottles. Get a 6er again, if it's the same off flavor in it (or bad), contact Bell's to see if you can get a refund or a coupon for a different 6er.
Voodoo Donut Maple Bacon Ale, and it was not good.
I don't mind some of their beers, some of them helped get me into drink good beer... but they are assholes. Google up the job ad they posted and the critique of it. They just seem douchey.
