Rhoobarb
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homebrewer_99 said:... whenever I sample a B A R L E Y W I N E -- I just think it's a waste of enough malt to make a couple good batches of beer...
Same here! Pumpkin and vanilla also make my list.
homebrewer_99 said:... whenever I sample a B A R L E Y W I N E -- I just think it's a waste of enough malt to make a couple good batches of beer...
david_42 said:Belgians, ....
the_bird said:That's no fun.
I propose, and this ought to be in the FFB thread, that if someone is unable to bottle their own (or if they have nothing but chocolate and vanilla beer to offer - I'M TALKING TO YOU, P-FUNK! - then a selection of *local* microbrews is acceptable. Something I can't get around here.
flubdubman said:I'm a fan of the German purity law - water hops malt and yeast. So like a lot of you, not a big fan of the fruit beers, pumpkin-choco-chili-coffee-jellybean beers. That being said, I especially do NOT like wheat beers, of just about any kind - not really sure why, just don't. About the most wheat that would ever go into a beer of mine is <1 lb. for head retention purposes only. - Oh, and as posted on a different thread, Old Style is my favorite pisswater beer (with salt) - Call it a flaw in my character - I do - I can't help that I was a teenager in the Chicago area many many moons ago....
todd_k said:I tried Old Style for the first time in July when I was at a Cubs game.
Some would say that... still a little third worldish, but I don't think so... I'm gonna cry when I have to leave soon.On a side note, my dad served in Guam during the Vietnam war. I'm sure it hasn't changed a whole lot!
Sigh...When you watching a ****ty team, you may as well drink ****ty beer
I never could understand the mentality about singing a song "take me out to the ballgame" -- WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY THERE!!!flubdubman said:...Last time I was at a game, Harry Carey sang (or slurred and sloshed, actually) take me out to the ball game...
Cheesefood said:Wow, my tastes are quite contrary to mosts. While I'm not a fruit-beer guy, I love wheats and belgians.
Torchiest said:I have a major sweet tooth, so I like massive, malty beers. The only beers I really don't like (and please don't kill me for saying this) are ones that are hugely hopped without any balance, e.g. certain IPAs. It can be hoppy if it has enough malt to equalize, like a lot of Imperial IPAs. Also, any imported beers that come in green bottles are a no go. I suppose they might be okay closer to the source, however.
Me Three! I love my hops, but it has to be balanced... Actually, I think I would take an under-hopped very matly beer before I'd take an overhopped not so malty beer. Shoot, for that matter I like that Goya drink, malted milk balls, malt powder for making shakes... do those count too? In fact, I'll just go all out and say anything that starts with an M... MoonPies, Muskmelon, Mead, its all good.I mean if you're going to go over the top with the hops, then go to the wall with the malt!
Ize said:I couldn't agree more on super-hopped beers so fear not. If you get next to no malt flavor, but have the overabundance of hops then you're missing half the beer. I mean if you're going to go over the top with the hops, then go to the wall with the malt! (pardon me, I've been into the BMC this afternoon during outside leaf maintenance and I've apparently lost my mind and started rhyming. ) I mean to ME anyway DFH's 60 and 90 IPA's are pretty nasty. I used to like IPA's but I don't enjoy them nearly as much as I used to. Dunno why. I'll take a nice firm Porter or Stout please. Thank You.
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the_bird said:I thought the DFH 60 did have a decent balance. The IPAs I've had recently that I thought could use more malt backbone were Hop Devil and Hop Rod Rye.
ablrbrau said:Dislike:
Porter, Stout, IPA, Witbier
I realize that my dislikes put me into the minority of homebrewers' tastes, but oh, well
the_bird said:I thought the DFH 60 did have a decent balance. The IPAs I've had recently that I thought could use more malt backbone were Hop Devil and Hop Rod Rye.
Cheesefood said:Which Porter do you dislike the most? Joey, Jerry, Willy...???
desiderata said:My wife went home to Maine for a couple of weeks and tried the Seadog Blueberry Wheat and loved it. Now, she wants me to make something like that--and some cider. But after reading posts on this thread, I'm having second thoughts on making the fruity beers. She might have to settle for the commercial ones.
the_bird said:I would strongly, STRONGLY recommend that you make her a batch of blueberry wheat, or something else she would enjoy even if you don't drink it. Lot easier to get "permission" for the new propane burner or kegs or new fridge or whatever if you're bribing her with stuff that she enjoys....
I have a mocha stout that I cannot stand, but SWMBO loves it, so I'm sure it's on the to-do list when supplies start running low...
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