What do you drink when yer OUT of HB?

[GeorgiaTiger]

I dont have any homebrew ready, of course, but I want a beer. I have a case of Coors light Ive had since my wedding a few years ago. May chill it and drink a few of those. What do you drink if you are OUT of HB and just want a beer?

 

[huntingohio]

I brew wine and mead too. SO when the line runs low i can dup unto those and stretch it out.

I have been diggin left hand stout lately. I get into angry orchard hard cider Even bud when im mowing the lawn or wrenching on a car during the summer

 

[krackin]

I'd take those Coors Lights over a few threads and let them use 'em as targets then look for a local IPA.

 

[LLBeanJ]

Out of homebrew??? Why, that's just crazy talk.

I make it a rule never to run out. Came close once, but managed to bring another batch online in just the nick of time. Since then, I picked up a couple more kegs and now make it a point to brew again as soon as one goes dry. With three kegs on tap and 3 to 5 more on reserve and ready to go at a moment's notice, running out of homebrew isn't something I worry about.

About the only time I drink anything other than homebrew is if I'm out, and on those occasions I always go with something from one of the local breweries, with about the only exception being a Negra Modelo when we hit our favorite Mexican restaurant.

 

[Yesfan]

GT, you're in Georgia so I would look at offerings from Red Brick and/or Sweetwater. If it's also available, Yazoo's Dos Perros is pretty amazing.

That's what I like, but I'll also buy offerings from BBC, New Belgium, etc.

 

[bobot]

Ranger IPA is a standby of mine. Also Sierra Neveda: Pale Ale, Torpedo, and when it was available, Hoptimum. But Good Lord, that Hoptimum was deceptive. (10% alcohol was hidden quite well...)
Regular standby, Ranger for sure.

 

[GeorgiaTiger]

Maybe I should have clarified...I'm broke! Lol. If I spend money on beer, it is gonna be the unbrewed kind so I can brew it myself. I just figured since the coors was there...

 

[hopsfan76]

I like Sierra Nevada torpedo. For two reasons. I can justify buying it cuz it tastes great and once those bottles are empty they clean up nice so I add them to my bottle inventory when i have a batch ready to be bottled

 

[kf4ocj]

when I have to drink commercialy I like samuel adams,either the double bock or the wee heavy

 

[superfknmario]

Coors light

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I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

 

[mufflerbearing]

Kennasaw here. I like Red brick's brown or a growler of Red Hare's chocolate porter. They are in Marietta just off Franklin rd. only kegs and some cans tho. In the winter it is 75% Left Handed brewing's Milk Stout(nitro if I can find it). I go 10% Terrapin's Moo Hoo. The rest is a crap shoot of trying new brews.

 

[wyoast]

I kinda like the Sam Adams winter lager, When I'm back east I will drink Yuengling porter if I dont bring some HB on the road when I'm working.. ***** Modelo is pretty good also.

 

[pellis007]

I've got 3 batches of HB which are just coming to time to drink. Now that I have my pipeline, I don't think I'll be without some HB on hand. While I've been waiting I've been drinking Doggy Style Pale Ale and because of the time of year, a lot of porters and stouts. Mostly Breckenridge Vanilla Porter and Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout.

 

[mikeh80]

Ranger IPA is a standby of mine. Also Sierra Neveda: Pale Ale, Torpedo, and when it was available, Hoptimum. But Good Lord, that Hoptimum was deceptive. (10% alcohol was hidden quite well...)
Regular standby, Ranger for sure.

I just tried Ranger for the first time last month, and I must say I'm quite impressed. It, SN, and Sam Adams are about the only really good beers that you can regularly get around here.

 

[Stix]

Little sumpin ale and Centenial IPA. I am not one to turn down a regular Mich or bud or any of the sort. I pretty much enjoy them all. I got snobbish but came back around.

 

[kylemryan]

SN Torpedo, Flying Dog Imperial Porter, or Ten Fidy. I gotta watch those Ten Fidy's. SWMBO gets p*ssed when I spend that much on a four pack.

 

[BonzoAPD]

Any type of Sam Adams, Brooklyn brewery brown ale, captain Lawrence (local brewery).

 

[JonM]

Bell's, Founders, and some regional stuff like the Ale Asylum, Sprecher, and Lakefront.

 

[TheBrewinator]

This time of year I buy Celebration or Snow Day.

 

[Epimetheus]

The local store has a weekly special, a few cases they got a good deal on. You find our why. Some are great, some odd, some are OK for 1 bottle then you wonder what to do with the other five. (Cooking)

But it is never dull.

 

[kaconga]

I usually get a bomber of elysian or a sixer of Deschutes when the lines run low. Occasionally I will get Sam Adams if I am sharing with company.

 

[Cider123]

Well, I'll usually go for a 64oz bottle of Natty Light, Red White and Blue or Pabst Blue Ribbon if they got it. You know, if I should be so lucky.

Then I make sure I get one of those little brown paper bags, so I can wrap the bag around it but still not cover the mouth of the bottle. Then I walk up and down the sidewalk in the bad areas of town, yelling at cars as they drive by and smoking any cigarette butts I can find.

 

[Gixxer]

I drink SN, SN torpedo, and... Blue moon. Franziskaner gets honorable mention too. But I have been collecting high ABV beers and stashing them when I have the extra cash for times like when I am broke

 

[Old_mil_guy]

Usually Bass or Harpoon. I like gold coors but not coors light.

 

[stevedore]

I get something local like New Glarus.

 

[huntingohio]

Usually Bass or Harpoon. I like gold coors but not coors light.

Harpoon, have six and youll go home with a whale

 

[BrewKid]

Harpoon, have six and youll go home with a whale

In that case, I'd rather not drink six. No offense. Five is plenty. No whale for me

 

[andycr]

Guinness is fantastic any day of the week, but I also enjoy the local brews, Devil's (Pale) Ale from San Tan and 8th Street Pale Ale from Four Peaks.

 

[eyemind79]

I am very new to brewing. I have my first brew ready to bottle in a few days and my second brew in the primary. I try to drink local because the big three and commercialized beers take away from that.

One thing I suggest of all home brewers is buy local. As I wait for my beers to finish, I have been drinking Troegs Hopback, Victory Headwaters, Penn Brewing, Yards, Sly Fox and various Yuengling products (Porter and Lord Chesterfield). Of course, Yuengling is a granddaddy her in PA. I did research and found at one time PA had a large amount of breweries that were lost after prohibition and WWII. Researching this made me want to homebrew.

I hate to be a preachy nutcase, but I try to support those local breweries. It keeps money in the state economy and fights the big guys. For eight plus months I only bought local (PA) beers and was turned on to a ton of neat brews. I have cheated a few times when I've gotten Magic Hat and Uinta products on sale. Anyhow, drink whatcha like. If you're making your own it's going to taste like gold soon.

 

[GeorgiaTiger]

LOVE me a Yuengling! I also like most of what Sweetwater makes (local brewery here in Atlanta).