Random Beer Thoughts

[tosh1]

Modern beer is a Dickensian nightmare. Oafish waifs say "please sir, can I get Dino S'mores?"

I Think I love you*






* I don't but I do love this post

 

[sacrelicio]

I Think I love you*






* I don't but I do love this post

Bittersweet.

 

[harrymel1]

Been a time since I last had Two Hearted. Had it a couple times this week.

Meh. The IPA game has left this beer behind I'm afraid.

 

[thunderbirdesq]

Been a time since I last had Two Hearted. Had it a couple times this week.

Meh. The IPA game has left this beer behind I'm afraid.

I love Two Hearted with all my heart, but I agree. Many surpass it now, however it is 90% of the time my fallback especially in those tallboys. I love dem tallboys. If I need a clean and solid IPA it is usually very fresh, so it usually satisfies my hop hunger pangs.

 

[harrymel1]

I love Two Hearted with all my heart, but I agree. Many surpass it now, however it is 90% of the time my fallback especially in those tallboys. I love dem tallboys. If I need a clean and solid IPA it is usually very fresh, so it usually satisfies my hop hunger pangs.

Yeah, it's not bad, just behind the times. I remembered it much more fondly.

 

[thunderbirdesq]

harrymel I agree completely. It went from golden standard to boring fallback. I do always enjoy it thoroughly though.

 

[archagon]

So what's the golden standard 12oz IPA these days, then?

 

[steimie]

So what's the golden standard 12oz IPA these days, then?

Two Hearted.

 

[boogercrack]

I get totally #triggered seeing FT posts of bottles clearly in/on a car in the parking lot of where you just bought them. Fuckers can't even get home or enjoy their day without blowing their load. You're living wrong.

 

[sacrelicio]

I get totally #triggered seeing FT posts of bottles clearly in/on a car in the parking lot of where you just bought them. Fuckers can't even get home or enjoy their day without blowing their load. You're living wrong.

Hit me up looking for rare loons and sours

 

[Juice1]

Hit me up looking for rare loons and sours

Make an offer, what is this your first trade?

 

[sacrelicio]

Make an offer, what is this your first trade?

Let's chat if you want to make a deal.

 

[falc0n26001]

A lot of breweries in Oregon have gotten into kettle souring rather than extended barrel aging in order to make their beer. The beer oftentimes comes off as one-dimensional and boring to me but most people disagree with me and see little difference. I think they're crazy. What do you guys think?

 

[drgarage1]

Let's chat if you want to make a deal.

I'm sure we can work something out.

 

[sacrelicio]

A lot of breweries in Oregon have gotten into kettle souring rather than extended barrel aging in order to make their beer. The beer oftentimes comes off as one-dimensional and boring to me but most people disagree with me and see little difference. I think they're crazy. What do you guys think?

So pitching bugs instead of letting the barrels "infect" the beer? Sorry, I'm a bit green on my knowledge of sour beer making.

 

[drgarage1]

So pitching bugs instead of letting the barrels "infect" the beer? Sorry, I'm a bit green on my knowledge of sour beer making.

More or less. You put the bacteria in the boil kettle before adding yeast to drop PH in advance. Some will reheat to pasteurize, keeping bacteria out of fermentation chambers.

 

[bsc]

I'm cool with kettle souring as long as the price matches the technique. Just don't put it in a 750mL with wax and expect me to pay $25 for it.

 

[furley]

So what's the golden standard 12oz IPA these days, then?

whatever the hot brewery of the moment released most recently

 

[archagon]

Yuzu Fierce appears to be kettle soured. So by that metric alone it can't be all that bad.

 

[BadJustin]

Had a DDH Melcher St last night. Appearance and taste completely different from the two other offerings I've had. No discernible date on the bottle. Did I get an old/ bad one?

 

[sacrelicio]

whatever the hot brewery of the moment released most recently

Or widely available standard or workhorse local that I hype/defend.

 

[sacrelicio]

I'm cool with kettle souring as long as the price matches the technique. Just don't put it in a 750mL with wax and expect me to pay $25 for it.

Local place, Fair State, has been doing some nice kettle soured stuff (I think) and their first run of bombers are like 6 bucks.

 

[arren]

I honestly can't remember offhand if I've had kettle-soured beer recently, but if it produces good beer, I'm all for it.

That said, I've definitely heard more negative about that new "trend," and I don't know if it's constructive negativity or just "I'M AN OLD BEER FART THAT HATES EVERYTHING NEW" negativity.

 

[drgarage1]

I honestly can't remember offhand if I've had kettle-soured beer recently, but if it produces good beer, I'm all for it.

That said, I've definitely heard more negative about that new "trend," and I don't know if it's constructive negativity or just "I'M AN OLD BEER FART THAT HATES EVERYTHING NEW" negativity.

You've had a lot of Beatitude and Toolbox, haven't you?

 

[arren]

You've had a lot of Beatitude and Toolbox, haven't you?

Beatitude isn't kettle-soured (they use no-boil IIRC), and Toolbox doesn't kettle sour either - at least they didn't when Peter was head brewer.

A cursory Google search does reveal, however, that Breakside does, specifically for their Passionfruit Sour. Have they always kettle-soured that or was that recent? Had a bottle two years ago and it was stellar, and had one a few months ago and it seemed kind of bland.

 

[drgarage1]

Beatitude isn't kettle-soured (they use no-boil IIRC), and Toolbox doesn't kettle sour either - at least they didn't when Peter was head brewer.

A cursory Google search does reveal, however, that Breakside does, specifically for their Passionfruit Sour. Have they always kettle-soured that or was that recent? Had a bottle two years ago and it was stellar, and had one a few months ago and it seemed kind of bland.

Breakside always has, yes.

No-boil is usually a form of kettle-souring, but it depends on specific process.

 

[arren]

Breakside always has, yes.

No-boil is usually a form of kettle-souring, but it depends on specific process.

Yeah I'm not nearly knowledgeable enough to comment on those subtleties but I did hear it straight from the horse's mouth, and there's also this: http://www.councilbrew.com/beatitude/

 

[tosh1]

Technical ****.

I deal with taste, **** the noise.

 

[Stubs]

harrymel I agree completely. It went from golden standard to boring fallback. I do always enjoy it thoroughly though.

This might be the dumbest thing ever posted.

 

[tosh1]

This might be the dumbest thing ever posted.

Have you even read my posts.

Why do I bother?