Cheesefood
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Just wondering which you use when you're making a flavored beer.
What's the best style to flavor?
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It depends on what flavor of you want to add for me. It's like any food, some things go better together than others. Chocolate porter for instance and not chocolate pilsener. Totally depends on matching the flavors up.
I had to go with Perot, so much better than Nader.
MarkUsBrew
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What about a Trappist or a Dubbel? Belgians are a good base to experiment with different flavors.
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You're drinking Wies? 
Did you mean Weiss or Weizen?
Wies is German for meadow, Weiss is white and Weizen is wheat.
Did you mean Weiss or Weizen?Wies is German for meadow, Weiss is white and Weizen is wheat.
What you talking about?:cross:
magno
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I voted stout, because I dont generally like wheat beers. Wheats seem to be the most common. I made a chocolate cherry stout that I am planning a second batch of soon.
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Evan!
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I find that with most fruit, Belgian Wits are a good base brew...I like it better than hefe, because they're already spiced with coriander and Curacao. Belgian Dubbels are also good---I've got a cranberry dubbel in secondary now. As Cheyco says, stouts/porters are good for chocolate, and dark fruit like raspberry, and spruce/juniper.
Pilsners and basic lagers I don't think will stand up to flavoring as well---too much risk of the additives taking over the beer and just turning into one of those girly-assed "flavored malt beverages".
Pilsners and basic lagers I don't think will stand up to flavoring as well---too much risk of the additives taking over the beer and just turning into one of those girly-assed "flavored malt beverages".
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Didn't answer the poll because I haven't tried any flavorings besides malt, yeast, hops, and water yet. However, when I do try something with other flavorings, I'm thinking it'll probably be a stout or a porter to start. The idea of coffee, caramel, and chocolate all appeal to me, and I think they'd go best in a stout or porter. Things like fruit, vanilla, pumpkin, etc., hold less appeal for me.
