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

[PagodaBrewingCo]

Plus I guessed twice in one day!

 

[bottlebomber]

It is a tricky one, because patersbier isn't really a style. Instead it is a name applied to a large variety of session beers that are brewed specifically for Trappist monks, so it can be pretty much any color. Technically, his beer isn't really a 'patersbier', unless he is a Trappist monk or he serves it to Trappist monks, but the name patersbier can be given to just about any low-abv Belgian-style beer.

A couple weeks ago, I posted a Belgian Single (low-abv tripel), and I would've accepted Single, Enkel, or Patersbier as a correct answer.

Well given that information MJs clues make a lot more sense now. Since evidently ANY belgian style could have the grain bill reduced to qualify as a Patersbier

 

[bottlebomber]

Plus I guessed twice in one day!

I could see enforcing the one guess a day rule if there were dozens of people participating, but as it is it seems like after each clue everyone who wants to takes a guess.

 

[emjay]

Irish Red

 

[bottlebomber]

Irish Red

I knew you were going to show up at some strange hour of the night and snag it...

 

[emjay]

I knew you were going to show up at some strange hour of the night and snag it...

Hahaha awesome. Unfortunately I won't have a picture for 18 hours or so. So somebody can take this one if they want.

 

[bottlebomber]

Cmon man...

 

[heferly]

amber

 

[emjay]

Dunkel

 

[bottlebomber]

amber

Bam! First guess. I knew it would go fast.

 

[heferly]

.

 

[heferly]

looks excellent...don't have any pictures, you'll all have to wait til after work...boy do i need a beer...

 

[emjay]

I got one I can post in a few hours that will probably be crazy difficult. And unlike most of the trickiest ones I've done, this picture won't be pulled off the Internet (hey... I've won close to 30 times now, you can't really blame me!)

It's a commercial beer I picked up a couple days ago while traveling that actually taught me something new! Though I was vaguely aware of the style, I didn't know the actual details.

So somebody better post before I throw up a real headscratcher!

 

[emjay]

Oh wait, I didn't read all of heferly's post. Though I COULD get back at him for maybe 1-2 months ago (yes I remember!) posting a picture a mere hour after I won... 'D

 

[mcbethenstein]

settle down boys I need a beer too! Dang dieting. Beer hiatus for a few more weeks, then I'll look nice in my dress at my brother's wedding AND i'll be trashed.

 

[heferly]

Though I COULD get back at him for maybe 1-2 months ago (yes I remember!)

damn emjay...you sound like my mother in law!

i'll let you go so you can forgive and forget

 

[emjay]

damn emjay...you sound like my mother in law!

i'll let you go so you can forgive and forget

Hahaha

I'm just giving you a hard time

It has pretty much always been forgiven, but clearly not forgotten

 

[bottlebomber]

I always felt like waiting till 5:00 or some special time was the sign of a true alcoholic... sometimes Im having a beer while brewing at 10am, other times I don't even think about it till 8pm. Last night I didn't drink at all...

Emjay let's see what you've got... I know its going to be a real whore but let's get it going. (In 100 minutes)

 

[heferly]

Hahaha

I'm just giving you a hard time

It has pretty much always been forgiven, but clearly not forgotten

So yeah... I'll put up a pic if you think you're not going to (5:00 in exactly 100 minutes here), but if you know you WILL be puttingbup

all yours! i'm still 3 hrs from cracking one open

 

[emjay]

Geez... you're responding too quickly for me to finish posts I accidentally submitted!

"So yeah... I'll put up a pic if you think you're not going to (5:00 in exactly 100 minutes here), but if you know that you WILL be putting one up, I don't mind waiting. AFAIC, being impatient is useless in this game, because there's really only a limited number of styles and (perhaps more importantly) a limited number of quality hints that can be posted for any given style."

I agree on the waiting until 5:00pm thing though. In fact, MOST days I don't have *any* alcohol whatsoever, and even then it's usually only one (typically with dinner), and rarely exceeding two. The flip side of that coin though is that I also don't adhere to the 5:00 rule if I don't want to. If I want a beer at 2pm, I'll have one - I don't need to wait until some arbitrary time just so I can reassure myself that I don't have a problem. My VERY moderate consumption does a far better job than that.

And unlike an alcoholic (or other people with substance abuse problems), I'm not constantly thinking about drinking 24/7. Though by those standards, I have a SERIOUS substance *design/creation* problem! I can't stop thinking about it 24/7, no matter how hard I try! It is a truly severe addiction!

 

[emjay]

That being said, I'll probably not actually have the beer until dinner... I tend to do it that way ESPECIALLY for new or strong beers, as I often need to pair such beers with complementary food in order to really enjoy the whole thing and not feel like I'm just choking the beer down.

So I'll just post a pic if you don't have one by then... more realistically in about *200* minutes (probably 7:30-8:00EDT).

 

[LVBen]

Beer makes me sleepy, so it is usually better if I wait til later in the day. I'll still have mid-day beers on occasion, but there is a good chance that I'll be in bed early on those days.

 

[FromZwolle]

GI don't need to wait until some arbitrary time just so I can reassure myself that I don't have a problem.

i do. it's called my work schedule. :cross:

for some reason, they discourage drinking at work.

 

[emjay]

i do. it's called my work schedule. :cross:

for some reason, they discourage drinking at work.

That's not what I meant. I was referring to times when there are no other commitments that would prevent you from doing so. Note the use of the word arbitrary

 

[FromZwolle]

That's not what I meant. I was referring to times when there are no other commitments that would prevent you from doing so. Note the use of the word arbitrary

yeah, yeah, yeah. post a pic of your super secret beer already. :cross:

 

[bottlebomber]

I think its so special he can't even drink it

 

[emjay]

A little late, but like I said, I don't exactly just start drinking when the clock tells me it's "okay".

Just to make sure it's a valid guess, I want the country RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING this particular style to prefix the name, e.g. German Pils. This is somewhat of a hint unto itself though.

Hint #2: This 500ml bottle got me fairly buzzed with a double digit ABV!

 

[bottlebomber]

Belgian Quadruple

 

[heferly]

English barleywine

 

[mcbethenstein]

Belgian dark strong ale