What are your contrarian/"unpopular" beer opinions?

[Cavpilot2000]

Actually, it's "yore".

(I'm all about the deliberate grammatical disinformation.)

No Yore not...

 

[Mainer]

No Yore not...

Actually, it's
"Know."
and "yoar."
and "knot."

 

[Cavpilot2000]

Actually, it's
"Know."
and "yoar."
and "knot."

Actually, if you said "Know yore knot", it is a legitimate statement/request/command.

 

[Mainer]

Actually, if you said "Know yore knot", it is a legitimate statement/request/command.

True. It would, however, be a bizarre non-sequitur in this context.

 

[ShareBrewing]

Session beers are great but it should be illegal to charge more than $7 a pint or $13 a 6'er for them. Too many times I've wanted a mild or session IPA and they wanna charge $8 for it. Sorry, at that price I might as well get drunk on something stronger.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

True. It would, however, be a bizarre non-sequitur in this context.

Know it, wood knot.

 

[TANSTAAFB]

Y'all are making my grammar OCD very twitchy...

 

[JonM]

People are definately suppose to proofread there posts; that way your going to make less mistakes, then without, proofreading. Rules of grammar is something schools should insure their alumnis know about.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Shouldn't we be focusing upon contrarian brewing opinions, rather than grammatical issues?

 

[Mainer]

Shouldn't we be focusing upon contrarian brewing opinions, rather than grammatical issues?

That's an unpopular opinion.

 

[Mainer]

 

[beermanpete]

 

[Stillraining]

Like I said your all wrong.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Auto Siphons are fickle, inefficient, and can be a headache to use. This is a much better idea:

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[CGVT]

I didn't know Bill Clinton was a homebrewer.

 

[Sillybilly]

I didn't know Bill Clinton was a homebrewer.

Yeah dude, his Lewinsky Wit will literally blow you away.

 

[FranklinNewhart]

Molsen's Canadian is Pre-Processed Piss

 

[Vandulus]

Yeah dude, his Lewinsky Wit will literally blow you away.

You got to watch for the stains though...

 

[CGVT]

Building a keezer with a space for air flow around the freezer is a waste of time. 1/4 plywood has and R factor of less than .33.

Over engineering is over rated.

 

[Vandulus]

I think my hombrew's name, Crackpot Brewing, says it all:
- You can brew good beers with extract as long as it's fresh and balance it out with a nice grain bill.
- Brewing is a journey, enjoy the trip.
- Brew what you like, the way you like. Do what works for you.
- Bottled beer tastes (slightly) different.
- Balance matters the most, not necessarily how much wacky ingredients, ABV or IBUs are in it.
- Hot pepper beers are good for drinking about one bottle.
- Why clone a beer when I can just go buy it?
- Style, schmyle. Sometimes it's fun to brew something totally off-kilter.
- Charging $6 or more for a 12 oz bottle is ridiculous!

 

[DromJohn]

- Why clone a beer when I can just go buy it?

My first clone attempt, Dogfish Head 60-minute was to see if I could (not great). Side by side tasting is a good learning tool.

My most common clone, Redhook Double Black Stout, is because I can't just go buy SWMBO's favorite. It hasn't been available in Middle Georgia since 2006. Nor can I refind St. Landelin La Divine. Then there are one-offs (Terrapin Reunion '10, Redhook 8-4-1 Expedition Ale), and Stone has discontinued Sublimely Self-Righteous.

BTW, you do know Oliver Wendell Jones cloned Bill.

 

[ba-brewer]

I think my hombrew's name, Crackpot Brewing, says it all:
- You can brew good beers with extract as long as it's fresh and balance it out with a nice grain bill.
- Brewing is a journey, enjoy the trip.
- Brew what you like, the way you like. Do what works for you.
- Bottled beer tastes (slightly) different.
- Balance matters the most, not necessarily how much wacky ingredients, ABV or IBUs are in it.
- Hot pepper beers are good for drinking about one bottle.
- Why clone a beer when I can just go buy it?
- Style, schmyle. Sometimes it's fun to brew something totally off-kilter.
- Charging $6 or more for a 12 oz bottle is ridiculous!

I agree with everything except the clone item. I can brew a clone for much less than it costs at a store. If I drank more highly hopped IPAs then maybe that would not be the case. It is also a challenge.

 

[Vandulus]

My first clone attempt, Dogfish Head 60-minute was to see if I could (not great). Side by side tasting is a good learning tool.

My most common clone, Redhook Double Black Stout, is because I can't just go buy SWMBO's favorite. It hasn't been available in Middle Georgia since 2006. Nor can I refind St. Landelin La Divine. Then there are one-offs (Terrapin Reunion '10, Redhook 8-4-1 Expedition Ale), and Stone has discontinued Sublimely Self-Righteous.

BTW, you do know Oliver Wendell Jones cloned Bill.

Yep, after a few unsuccessful tries with a gerbil I still remember the tagline about while Oliver was asleep, bringing back someone who filled many lives with joy .. and spittle/kitty litter.

 

[Vandulus]

I agree with everything except the clone item. I can brew a clone for much less than it costs at a store. If I drank more highly hopped IPAs then maybe that would not be the case. It is also a challenge.

For me time is at a premium, so I'm more than happy to spend the money instead. Also I like many different styles so more than a six pack, quickly gets old. But hey, that's why I'm contrarian!

I do greatly respect those that invest the time and effort to come up with a great clone recipe. Salut!

 

[rhys333]

- Stir plates are unnecessary for most standard gravity ales. I'll even go as far as to claim they offer zero benefit over a no-shake starter in this situation. They are great at producing oxidized beer that either gets tipped down the sink or directly into a main batch though.

- Many yeast strains produce excellent beer fermenting in upper end of their temperature range (often better than at lower temps). Why buy a wonderful, estery strain only to ferment it like a lager?

 

[TANSTAAFB]

Dry yeast makes great beer for any clean style. I use S-05 for almost every beer I make. I only buy liquid for styles in which the flavor profile is yeast dependent. For me that is primarily Belgian, Brett, saison, and maybe a kolsch

 

[Bosh]

My first clone attempt, Dogfish Head 60-minute was to see if I could (not great). Side by side tasting is a good learning tool.

My most common clone, Redhook Double Black Stout, is because I can't just go buy SWMBO's favorite. It hasn't been available in Middle Georgia since 2006. Nor can I refind St. Landelin La Divine. Then there are one-offs (Terrapin Reunion '10, Redhook 8-4-1 Expedition Ale), and Stone has discontinued Sublimely Self-Righteous.

BTW, you do know Oliver Wendell Jones cloned Bill.

I can see clones as being very educational but for me education always trails behind me not having enough beer I want to drink and wanting more beer.

Also I couldn't really do a fair comparison since the bottled beer in Korea is usually old and treated very badly so it wouldn't be a fair comparison.

Also lots of the stuff I end up doing are inspired by historical recipes but I don't bother to do straight up clones as I can't compare due to my tragic lack of a functional time machine.

For example I'm gearing up for a Victorian porter but not cloning any specific porter, just making sure I have the basics of lots of IBUs, straight forward grainbill without stuff like biscuit or crystal and long brett aging and that'll be close enough.

 

[Beesnbeer]

After reading through this whole thread, I have to say"wow"! What a bunch of opinionated jerks. I thought beekeepers were bad. Anyway, I love brewing. I do it cheaply and with joy. It's fun! I like what I make and so do most of my beer drinking friends.Rarely do I buy commercial beer or worry about trends in what's hot on the beer scene. Beer is food, and I have learned to cook it up just the way I like it.

 

[Singletrack]

After reading through this whole thread, I have to say"wow"! What a bunch of opinionated jerks. I thought beekeepers were bad. Anyway, I love brewing. Blah blah with joy. It's fun! Blah, blah, blah.

Yeah yeah, bee keeper. Unless you have something contrarian to add that will stir the hive, keep it to yourself.

 

[Dmlsys23]

Session IPAs are sh!t and so are breweries that sell them for the same price as their double IPA.

Session Pale Ales are great but agreed about Session IPAs. No balance at all.