time to play the "can you name this style by the pictures" game.

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*sigh*

Early clues should be clues to get our beer-knowledge-gears turning.

Later clues, after it's apparent people have no idea, can be puns.


Example of what not to do:
[Insert photo of a delicious looking pilsner]

Clue: Asprin, ibuprofen, viagra..... pills (pils.) *snicker* GET IT?!

Friends don't let friends post crappy clues.
 
Milk stout

Yep. Black and white = cows = milk stout.

Reno_eNVy_446 said:
*sigh*

Early clues should be clues to get our beer-knowledge-gears turning.

Later clues, after it's apparent people have no idea, can be puns.


Example of what not to do:

Quote:
[Insert photo of a delicious looking pilsner]

Clue: Asprin, ibuprofen, viagra..... pills (pils.) *snicker* GET IT?!

Friends don't let friends post crappy clues.

Juuuu talkin to me? Come on, it's a milk stout. Hint - It's got lactose and roasted barley. Eventually these are going to get kind of repetitive if you don't change up the clues.
 
Well it's really not hard to give them a little twist:

"One of the ingredients creates a brown head."

"This style is an off-shoot of a style developed in the UK"

"One of the ingredients is unfermentable"


You should be using your brewing knowledge to test ours.

:)
 
The fact its a dark beer means that regardless of the clues everyone will take turns guessing dark styles and there's really only what, 10-12 of them? Unless its a coconut-lychee-guava stout, which is what ill post next ;)
 
HokieBrewer said:
The fact its a dark beer means that regardless of the clues everyone will take turns guessing dark styles and there's really only what, 10-12 of them? Unless its a coconut-lychee-guava stout, which is what ill post next ;)
You better not :)

I had a coconut rum-barrel tropical stout for one of my things, but I neither hinted at nor required any of that except "tropical stout".

Reno_eNVy_446 said:
But I'm not! I swear... damn it's hard to convey inflection online :D
I'm serious, I'm letting you go so GO!
 
Fiiiiine.

Okay, so since I've exhausted all of my pint photos and I'm not cracking one of my last barleywines to take a photo (but I will the next time I crack one open) here's a little fun to switch it up.

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After gelatin
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The hint involves the photos. You'd expect this brew to be hazy at first and should give it time to clear up... but I was having none of that business and used gelatin :D
 
Nope nope.

New hint: The special ingredient that makes it hazy is in the style name.
 
Man is that beautiful! My Brett Saison that is ready for bottling couldn't form a pellicle but it tried. I pitched 3724 as well a a vial of WL Brett B into a 2 liter starter. The 3724 was blowing off so hard the Brett couldn't get one set up. The telltale signs were there but it just couldn't fight it out. Brett B and 3724 are a lovely combo though. Took 6 weeks to go from 1.066 to 1.003.
 
Oh I love that thread.

New hint: The special ingredient that makes this hazy isn't a grain. There's also another special ingredient added at the end of the boil that does not add gravity points.

Another hint: This beer has far more of the first ingredient added than the second.
 
Great... the hint takes it from infinite possibilities down to only half that :D. Puns and stuff aren't the greatest, but ultimately, a clue that enables people to know exactly what beer it is (or at worst, several choices), is better than a beer that merely eliminates some of the field but still keeps it a guessing game! :drunk:

I can think of such an absurd amount of possibilities that fit the clue, I'm not going to even bother guessing until the next clue. haha

This is what I get for giving my turn to Reno, I guess ;p
 
Very well. Sorry, I just like to make the clues subsequently more revealing. But honestly, between those three clues I think I'd be able to narrow it down to 3 or 4 styles.

Okay, admittedly I was about to get spiteful and post a ridiculously revealing clue :D:D:D but here ya go:

That "adds no gravity points" business is a mixture of spices.
 
Doh... that's the one part I had actually figured out HAHA. Serves me right I guess.
 
Right now, Reno is racking his brain to figure out something else it COULD be, rather than call me the winner hehe :D
 
emjay said:
This is what I get for giving my turn to Reno, I guess ;p

You thought he wouldn't do this? Everyone knows garam masala kumquat blondes take forever to clear...
 
emjay said:
Screw it... pumpkin ale.

Man you really are some kind of frikkin beer prodigy aren't you... did you have to tend the fire under the boil kettles in a trappist monestary as a lad or something?
 
Reno_eNVy_446 said:
That "adds no gravity points" business is a mixture of spices.

I take back what I originally said... this further clue actually helped me a lot. Based on your original clue I was thinking a single spice. When you specified that it was a mixture (and seeing that the mixture can still be referred to as a single ingredient) is basically what made everything much clearer.

bottlebomber said:
Man you really are some kind of frikkin beer prodigy aren't you... did you have to tend the fire under the boil kettles in a trappist monestary as a lad or something?
Hah! I wish, but no I'm not, and no I didn't. :) You can post something now if you'd like, or else I'll post something tomorrow. I've had too much to drink tonight already, and I'm turning in very soon.
 
Ill take the offer, since ill never come by it honestly. This fine brew has a birch product in it

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