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

[bottlebomber]

Scottish 60/-

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

Imperial Maple Brown Ale

 

[H-ost]

smithwicks (sp?) clone

 

[Reno_eNVy]

smithwicks (sp?) clone

Spelling is correct.... but can you pronounce it correctly?


Old ale.

 

[H-ost]

Spelling is correct.... but can you pronounce it correctly?


Old ale.

Yes but the pronunciation changes the more I have of them...

 

[two_hearted]

no one has it yet.

Hint: this beer is listed as a commercial example of its style on the BJCP guidelines.

 

[NickWhitelonis]

Weizenbock

 

[weirdboy]

ESB

Saying it's a commercial example isn't really a hint. There are way more commercial examples than there are styles...

 

[H-ost]

Flander's Brown Ale

 

[bottlebomber]

ESB

Saying it's a commercial example isn't really a hint. There are way more commercial examples than there are styles...

+1, you didn't even specify if you were requiring us to guess the specific beer

 

[bottlebomber]

Strong Scotch Ale

 

[NineMilBill]

ESB

Saying it's a commercial example isn't really a hint. There are way more commercial examples than there are styles...

He said it's a listed as a commericial example in the BJCP Style book.

Not a commercial beer in general.

 

[bottlebomber]

He said it's a listed as a commericial example in the BJCP Style book.

Not a commercial beer in general.

That's only helpful if we know what style it is, and he wants to know the particular brew. Otherwise, there are thousands of commercial examples cited in the BJCP categories

 

[two_hearted]

Sorry if my hints are too hard for you guys...

Kidding, I admit that one was pretty terrible. I'm trying to give a good hint that doesn't give it all away.

This is an American cousin of what many of you have guessed.

 

[weirdboy]

He said it's a listed as a commericial example in the BJCP Style book.

Not a commercial beer in general.

The name of this thread is "name this style in pictures". For each style in the guidelines, there are several, usually 5-10, commercial examples. So rather than narrowing the field, it actually expands the potential candidates by an order of magnitude.

 

[kevokie]

I'll throw out an American brown ale, more specifically, tumbler brown ale?

 

[two_hearted]

I'll throw out an American brown ale, more specifically, tumbler brown ale?

You got the style! It's actually a Bells Best Brown. I just finished a Shorts Good Humans and am about the crack open a Hopslam. It's a Michigan beer night since I'm in S. Michigan.

 

[jfrank85]

You got the style! It's actually a Bells Best Brown. I just finished a Shorts Good Humans and am about the crack open a Hopslam. It's a Michigan beer night since I'm in S. Michigan.

Dude shorts good humans is the bomb!

 

[two_hearted]

Dude shorts good humans is the bomb!

Whoa, I'm in Edwardsburg right now. That's where you're from?

 

[weirdboy]

I am a big fan of the Best Brown. I drank a bunch of that when I was on the east coast a couple weeks ago. Nice and chocolately with beautiful complement of American hops.

 

[jfrank85]

Whoa, I'm in Edwardsburg right now. That's where you're from?

Where at! Have you been to Lunkers? I can see it from the front of my driveway!

 

[barrooze]

Spelling is correct.... but can you pronounce it correctly?


Old ale.

Mmmmmmm... "Smiddicks"....

 

[bottlebomber]

I just have to use this occasion to say, Smiddicks sucks. So lacking in flavor it's barely worth making beer bread with.

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

This thread derailed in a hurry! I'm with ya though bomber, had a Smiddicks and was left wondering what might have been.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Smithwick's is like Killian's or Guinness to me.... they were my alternative to BMC before I discovered the amazing vastness of craft beer. But then I turned 21 and I realized what I was missing

 

[two_hearted]

Where at! Have you been to Lunkers? I can see it from the front of my driveway!

I'm over on Eagle Lake. I grew up just over the border in Granger. I remember when Lunkers was a little bait shack.

 

[barrooze]

Have you guys actually had Smithwicks or Guinness in Ireland? I agree that they're lacking in the US, but when I had them in Ireland, they tasted MUCH better. Definitely was a fan.

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

Have you guys actually had Smithwicks or Guinness in Ireland? I agree that they're lacking in the US, but when I had them in Ireland, they tasted MUCH better. Definitely was a fan.

Never been to the east side of the Atlantic.

 

[Sloobie]

Have you guys actually had Smithwicks or Guinness in Ireland? I agree that they're lacking in the US, but when I had them in Ireland, they tasted MUCH better. Definitely was a fan.

Guinness straight from the tap at St. James' Gate is godly. As you get further from Ireland (in any direction) it gets notably worse. I can't even drink it in the U.S. now. It always seems to have metallic-ey or soapey off flavors.

Smithwicks was still sub-par for the style, though, but much better in Ireland, indeed.

 

[H-ost]

It's up to Kevokie now right?