Random Beer Thoughts

[quirk6]

There's a reason Kolsch is considered hobo beer in the rest of Germany

I'm (probably) going to be be in Koln this summer. I'm not much for kolsch, but I kind of figured while I was there it would be the thing to drink.

 

[JCastle1]

I'm (probably) going to be be in Koln this summer. I'm not much for kolsch, but I kind of figured while I was there it would be the thing to drink.

It's an awesome city. Kolsch is pretty much the only thing you'll find though there are a few craft places that are really cool. TBH it's not my preferred style but it's fine, my suggestions would probably be Muhlen and Sion (both are dirt cheap). Avoid the Fruh am Dom, worst tourist trap in the city.

 

[FTowne1]

also these exist:

Available online?

 

[mvl339]

Available online?

Yes sir the producer is Julien Braud

 

[Kirkse]

So, the name of the wine is 40 ounce, but it only comes in 1 liter bottles? I want my extra 6.2oz damnit!!

 

[JulianB1]

*Some Kolsch is good, and most, especially nearly every American attempt at it, is awful.

I've met more than a few American brewers who for whatever reason really like using Kolsch yeasts for their tired riffs on American ambers, browns, and pales.

I also know a homebrewer who was making a huge deal out of how he used a Kolsh yeast in his sour before pitching a mixed brett/bacteria culture in secondary, as if that was important or something. I asked how long he let the beer sit on the mixed culture before packaging it.

"Two weeks."

 

[HenrikO]

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[jivex5k1]

I asked how long he let the beer sit on the mixed culture before packaging it.

"Two weeks."

 

[JulianB1]

His reasoning was that Westbrook manages to make Gose in a few weeks. I had to explain the difference to him between kettle souring and post-boil mixed culture fermentation.

This same guy is opening a brewery in the next few months...

 

[jivex5k1]

His reasoning was that Westbrook manages to make Gose in a few weeks. I had to explain the difference to him between kettle souring and post-boil mixed culture fermentation.

This same guy is opening a brewery in the next few months...

Hopefully he hires a knowledgeable brewer.

 

[JCastle1]

His reasoning was that Westbrook manages to make Gose in a few weeks. I had to explain the difference to him between kettle souring and post-boil mixed culture fermentation.

This same guy is opening a brewery in the next few months...

Is Westbrook doing kettle souring? I always get a vomit-like flavor from that beer.

 

[RyanG1]

"I'm in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I'm in love with your body
And last night you were in my room
And now my bedsheets smell like you"

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

 

[FTowne1]

"I'm in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I'm in love with your body
And last night you were in my room
And now my bedsheets smell like you"

WHY U DO DIS?

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I've met more than a few American brewers who for whatever reason really like using Kolsch yeasts for their tired riffs on American ambers, browns, and pales.

I also know a homebrewer who was making a huge deal out of how he used a Kolsh yeast in his sour before pitching a mixed brett/bacteria culture in secondary, as if that was important or something. I asked how long he let the beer sit on the mixed culture before packaging it.

"Two weeks."

Carton's Boat (IPA) uses Kolsch yeast.

 

[MooseLang]

Hopefully he hires a knowledgeable brewer.

Pretty much the cycle for most new breweries, it seems (at least in Maryland):

Step 1) Have more money than brains
Step 2) Homebrew for 1 year
Step 3) Open Brewery
Step 4) Make Awful Beer
Step 5) Realize you need to hire a brewer who knows what they're doing
Step 6) ????
Step 7) Profit

 

[trickytunadicky]

Pretty much the cycle for most new breweries, it seems (at least in Maryland):

Step 1) Have more money than brains
Step 2) Homebrew for 1 year
Step 3) Open Brewery
Step 4) Make Awful Beer
Step 5) Realize you need to hire a brewer who knows what they're doing
Step 6) ????
Step 7) Profit

My family is investing in a brewery that is curently looking for a property. My understanding is that they have slightly more quals than that. Slightly. I await your judgement in 2 years or so at this rate.

 

[Stubs]

Hopefully he hires a knowledgeable brewer.

Or just consults JulianB on everything.

 

[furley]

"I'm in love with the shape of you
We push and pull like a magnet do
Although my heart is falling too
I'm in love with your body
And last night you were in my room
And now my bedsheets smell like you"

 

[mvl339]

Pretty much the cycle for most new breweries, it seems (at least in Maryland):

Step 1) Have more money than brains
Step 2) Homebrew for 1 year
Step 3) Open Brewery
Step 4) Make Awful Beer
Step 5) Realize you need to hire a brewer who knows what they're doing
Step 6) Get on Shark Tank and talk about how hazy juicy ipas and sour beers are the latest hit trend
Step 7) Profit

ftfy

 

[Ziggy]

Pretty much the cycle for most new breweries, it seems (at least in Maryland):

Step 1) Have more money than brains
Step 2) Homebrew for 1 year
Step 3) Open Brewery
Step 4) Make Awful Beer
Step 5) Realize you need to hire a brewer who knows what they're doing
Step 6) ????
Step 7) Profit

Diamondback?

 

[quirk6]

It's an awesome city. Kolsch is pretty much the only thing you'll find though there are a few craft places that are really cool. TBH it's not my preferred style but it's fine, my suggestions would probably be Muhlen and Sion (both are dirt cheap). Avoid the Fruh am Dom, worst tourist trap in the city.

We're visiting people who live there so hopefully they'll know what's up. I'll bear your recommendations in mind in case they don't.

 

[MooseLang]

Diamondback?

I actually don't know anything about Diamondback. I was thinking Jailbreak for sure. And I'm pretty sure the RAR dudes figured out early on that they needed to poach a brewer.

 

[Ziggy]

I actually don't know anything about Diamondback. I was thinking Jailbreak for sure. And I'm pretty sure the RAR dudes figured out early on that they needed to poach a brewer.

Actually, i made a mistake, diamondback did contract brewing themselves and now have a brewery.

I was thinking of jailbreak too, not diamondback.

If RAR did in fact get an outside brewer, that was probably the best decision they've made since starting up.

 

[drgarage1]

criminally underrated. seems like not that many people know about it.

Well, just a few flipper babies.

 

[Previously]

Available online?

Yes sir the producer is Julien Braud

So, the name of the wine is 40 ounce, but it only comes in 1 liter bottles? I want my extra 6.2oz damnit!!

Julien Braud, please.

 

[furley]

Well, just a few flipper babies.

would you agree that Paris is the capitol of France?

 

[mvl339]

Julien Braud, please.

also available at these fine establishments for your next hipster edward 40 hands extravaganza

 

[lambandtunaphish]

Alcohol free? The stadiums I've been to in Spain and Germany were all alcohol free. The only exception was Heineken at San Siro.

JCastle taking this question here since that DDT is a few days old.

I honestly can't say for certain which beer it was or if it was alcohol free. I'm pretty sure it was a Kronenbourg, but the menu just said "draft beer". Trying to dig up which beer it is led me to Euro 2016 articles about how the beer the French were serving was the 0.5% abv stuff, but I couldn't confirm if that's always the case for Parc des Princes or not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[boogercrack]

FT: Crooked Spooge Spoon