Random Beer Thoughts

[Stubs]

Seriously used to be the only bar food. Da best!

 

[lazerviking]

My favorite is whenever a new Avery 18% gold top comes out and inevitably half the ******* comments are "this is good but real hot! Need to lay it down for a bit." Oh really? An 18% beer is "hot"? You don't say? And you think sticking it in your closet for 6 months will somehow make it drink like a session beer? Good luck!

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

 

[boogercrack]

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

 

[blue_bleeder]

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

You were right, Friday was a bad idea.

 

[tintin777]

Searched around very quickly and didn't see anything so I thought I'd just throw this here. Can some one help me out with the style of "Imperial Porter"? My understanding was that historically the term was "Stout porter" was created for a higher ABV or bigger version of a porter and it was eventually shortened to Stout. Then Imperial is for 9%+ versions of things. Originally the term "Imperial" also had to do with quality of ingredients but over time it has become an indication of ABV as no brewer would say "Yeah the imperial version is the one we use good ingredients on, we really skimp on the non-imperial one." I know things change and evolve so that's where I'm trying to understand what separates a beer that is 12.5% and a barrel aged porter and a 12.5% BA stout? What makes it an Imperial Porter and not an Imperial Stout? does it come down to marketing? is it about the F.G. or the malts?

 

[lb304854]

Searched around very quickly and didn't see anything so I thought I'd just throw this here. Can some one help me out with the style of "Imperial Porter"? My understanding was that historically the term was "Stout porter" was created for a higher ABV or bigger version of a porter and it was eventually shortened to Stout. Then Imperial is for 9%+ versions of things. Originally the term "Imperial" also had to do with quality of ingredients but over time it has become an indication of ABV as no brewer would say "Yeah the imperial version is the one we use good ingredients on, we really skimp on the non-imperial one." I know things change and evolve so that's where I'm trying to understand what separates a beer that is 12.5% and a barrel aged porter and a 12.5% BA stout? What makes it an Imperial Porter and not an Imperial Stout? does it come down to marketing? is it about the F.G. or the malts?

Anything 5-6% is a Session Porter. 6-7.5% is a Porter. 7.5-9% is Imperial Session Porter. 9%+ Imperial Porter.

2-4.5% is a Brown Berliner.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Searched around very quickly and didn't see anything so I thought I'd just throw this here. Can some one help me out with the style of "Imperial Porter"? My understanding was that historically the term was "Stout porter" was created for a higher ABV or bigger version of a porter and it was eventually shortened to Stout. Then Imperial is for 9%+ versions of things. Originally the term "Imperial" also had to do with quality of ingredients but over time it has become an indication of ABV as no brewer would say "Yeah the imperial version is the one we use good ingredients on, we really skimp on the non-imperial one." I know things change and evolve so that's where I'm trying to understand what separates a beer that is 12.5% and a barrel aged porter and a 12.5% BA stout? What makes it an Imperial Porter and not an Imperial Stout? does it come down to marketing? is it about the F.G. or the malts?

Stouts contain black patent malt. Imperial porters can be higher ABV but absolutely should not.

 

[boogercrack]

Anything 5-6% is a Session Porter. 6-7.5% is a Porter. 7.5-9% is Imperial Session Porter. 9%+ Imperial Porter.

2-4.5% is a Brown Berliner.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

 

[FTowne1]

My favorite is whenever a new Avery 18% gold top comes out and inevitably half the ******* comments are "this is good but real hot! Need to lay it down for a bit." Oh really? An 18% beer is "hot"? You don't say? And you think sticking it in your closet for 6 months will somehow make it drink like a session beer? Good luck!

People are *******. I drink all my big Avery beers as fresh as possible.

 

[nathanmiller]

What do you say to someone who steals your chilies?

Those ancho chilies.

What do you say to someone who steals your queso?

This is nacho cheese.

 

[trickytunadicky]

What do you say to someone who steals your queso?

This is nacho cheese.

 

[ggfunk]

What do you say to someone who steals your queso?

This is nacho cheese.

What do you say to someone who steals your nachos?


Nothing. You don't talk to this person.

They are dead to you.

 

[BuckTuckian]

People are *******. I drink all my big Avery beers as fresh as possible.

 

[RyanG1]

Old FTowne strong!

 

[stakem1]

There was a time...When someone went apeshit crazy with their FT offer in order to get a trade done quickly and everyone watched in awe as it happened silently understanding that this sort of behavior was the exception, not the rule.

Nowadays, a couple morons bid fight on secondary auctions over a flavor of the month release and all of a sudden a single $ transaction becomes the written law/valuation of a beer.

What a crock of ****. Hats off to the folks who can shrug this **** off and give zero ***** but I remain irate at this idiocy.

 

[stakem1]

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

Im guilty as charged...but it does make me feel like im not that much of an alcoholic when drinking just 1 12oz bottle makes me feel intoxicated.

Also, I cant say no to them cuz my daughter's name is also Avery and she gets a kick out of seeing her name on a bottle of daddy's beer. So, I blame her.

 

[daniel1]

KBS is a great example of a beer which I think is still quite good, and yet I'm also totally over. I'll happily drink it on tap if I see it, or buy some if I chance across them at a store and they are reasonably priced (i.e. not some $10+ per bottle ****), but I have absolutely zero interest in seeking out or chasing.

You've just described my thoughts on every beer.

 

[arren]

There was a time...When someone went apeshit crazy with their FT offer in order to get a trade done quickly and everyone watched in awe as it happened silently understanding that this sort of behavior was the exception, not the rule.

Nowadays, a couple morons bid fight on secondary auctions over a flavor of the month release and all of a sudden a single $ transaction becomes the written law/valuation of a beer.

What a crock of ****. Hats off to the folks who can shrug this **** off and give zero ***** but I remain irate at this idiocy.

This is what happens when you get a bunch of law school rejects into a hobby and they think precedent is gospel.

 

[jivex5k1]

Oh boy, KBS just showed up at our local store.


















$23.99 a 4-pack.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Oh boy, KBS just showed up at our local store.


















$23.99 a 4-pack.

$6 per bottle for KBS sounds pretty good to me actually, and I would happily buy x2 4packs at that price if I could find it in Chicagoland.

 

[boogercrack]

Oh boy, KBS just showed up at our local store.


















$23.99 a 4-pack.

and how many bombers that cost more than $11 do you buy?

because that's what it breaks down to $/oz.

 

[jivex5k1]

$6 per bottle for KBS sounds pretty good to me actually, and I would happily buy x2 4packs at that price if I could find it in Chicagoland.

I used to before I found Sunday Morning Stout for 10 bucks cheaper.

and how many bombers that cost more than $11 do you buy?

because that's what it breaks down to $/oz.

I don't buy bombers. Jai Alai and 10 dollar wine bottles are all I need.

 

[furley]

Oh boy, KBS just showed up at our local store.


$23.99 a 4-pack.

first time i remember ever seeing it locally.. 10 years ago? it was $20 a 4-pack so that's not so bad as far as beer inflation goes.

 

[sacrelicio]

I always wonder who the heck the market for Avery's huge beers is. And then I remember blue_bleeder

I love Tweak and Uncle Jacob's. Also partial to Rumpkin and the KY variant (twss)

 

[sacrelicio]

I used to before I found Sunday Morning Stout for 10 bucks cheaper.



I don't buy bombers. Jai Alai and 10 dollar wine bottles are all I need.

Why don't they put more wines in 4 packs? Only that Barefoot *****

 

[trickytunadicky]

Why don't they put more wines in 4 packs? Only that Barefoot *****

Wild Blossom does a mead 4 pack sampler. A+

 

[ficklenicholas]

There was a time...When someone went apeshit crazy with their FT offer in order to get a trade done quickly and everyone watched in awe as it happened silently understanding that this sort of behavior was the exception, not the rule.

Nowadays, a couple morons bid fight on secondary auctions over a flavor of the month release and all of a sudden a single $ transaction becomes the written law/valuation of a beer.

What a crock of ****. Hats off to the folks who can shrug this **** off and give zero ***** but I remain irate at this idiocy.

Yeah, i thought about selling some beer for a split second, because who couldn't use the money, you know. Then I would be no worse than the twats that I hate that are in the facebook/beerblackbook world now. I have been sending the bottles off in the Make a Wish BIF instead. I much prefer it that way.

 

[sb67]

Why don't they put more wines in 4 packs? Only that Barefoot *****

Plenty of wine in 4-packs here, but not a lot of it worth drinking. Though I do love the tiny cans of sparkling wine.

 

[arren]

Why do breweries insist on using numbers as names? I've never bought a bottle of Paradox because they literally just number their releases and Beachwood Blendery is just saying **** you to customers with their numbering system: