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Post by drez on Apr 8, 2020 13:24:18 GMT -6
I had a grapefruit stiegl radler once. Once hahaha I had a radler at Andechs in Munich. I had no idea what I was ordering! I chocked it down and went back to Spezial Hell. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 8, 2020 13:36:33 GMT -6
I had a grapefruit stiegl radler once. Once hahaha I think my wife is hooked on them. When the weather is warm and I find my self at the local bottle shop (it's an essential business don't ya know) there are usually displays of Stiegl Radler along with some others from Germany and I think Warka from Poland makes a lemon version. I think Leinie ruined the style because their shandy tastes and smells fake... like Lemon Pledge furniture polish. They sure spend a lot of money on advertising that crap. I actually don't have an issue with many Leinie beers but that one is truly horrific. |
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Post by SchwanzBrewer on Apr 8, 2020 13:40:33 GMT -6
OK, I knew someone would say bud light. The intention was famous craft beers.
As far as styles go, I'm not big on sour beer. A lot of it tastes and smells like urinal cakes to me (insert joke here). I do enjoy some berlinners, but I can't drink more than about a half a pint of sour beer before my acid reflux goes ape shit on me.
Heady Topper isn't my favorite either. I'm not big on the "juicy" beers. I would actually prefer a bitter, hoppy, dry, crisp, clean, and clear to clear-ish regular old IPA to those NE IPA's. I get beer farts already, I don't need hop fiber to help in the endeavor. I don't enjoy the mouthfeel of those beers either.
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Post by Ken on Apr 8, 2020 14:25:39 GMT -6
OK, I knew someone would say bud light. The intention was famous craft beers. As far as styles go, I'm not big on sour beer. A lot of it tastes and smells like urinal cakes to me (insert joke here). I do enjoy some berlinners, but I can't drink more than about a half a pint of sour beer before my acid reflux goes ape shit on me. Heady Topper isn't my favorite either. I'm not big on the "juicy" beers. I would actually prefer a bitter, hoppy, dry, crisp, clean, and clear to clear-ish regular old IPA to those NE IPA's. I get beer farts already, I don't need hop fiber to help in the endeavor. I don't enjoy the mouthfeel of those beers either. The NEIPAs are very different. Drez sent me a few examples and I mentioned to him that they tasted like a smoothie or something. Super, super tangy and juicy, not overly bitter, etc. It was like an Orange Julius or something. I wouldn't brew one because I wouldn't want 5 gallons of it but I suppose I could see myself ordering one at a craft beer place. Also... Bud Light is a crime. I found myself drinking one (this goes back to 2015 or something) and I *knew* I shouldn't bother but I did. My God. The ads say that it's crisp and clean. No. It's not. It's turrible. It's not crisp. It's not clean. It's just foul and anytime I see someone pounding one I wonder about them.  |
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Post by bklmt2000 on Apr 8, 2020 17:02:13 GMT -6
The last time I drank a Bud Light (many years ago), not only was it not crisp and clean, it actually tasted overly thick, like milkshake-thick. And to my taste, it had a wierd, Jolly Rancher apple tinge to it, which I suppose was acetaldehyde.
Gross. If I want a crappy, mass-produced lager, I'll take a Yeungling, which is a step up, albeit a small, small, step up over that rice-pudding crap called Bud Light.
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 8, 2020 17:13:03 GMT -6
Fat Tire, Many of the beers from Rouge, Victory's Hop Devil and DFH's 60 minute.
Never saw what the big deal was about Fat Tire; it's well made; but in the same vein of Yuengling (been to orginal brewery, cool place), it's just there; simple is good, but just nothing pops about it.
I used to really dig Rouge's line up: Dead Guy, Shakespeare Stout, Brutal Bitter, etc. But either the quality went down, or my palate changed; I stopped liking them. Also, universally, became one of the most expensive beers to buy- $15 bucks for a six pack or $9 numbers. Then they got into the gimmick beer market (looking at you maple donut voodoo, and sriracha beer!)
Lastly, two East coast classics: Victory Hop Devil and DFH's 60 minute. I still enjoy beers from both those places, but the mentioned beers never tasted right to me. 60 minute is sheer bitterness (concluded I dont like Warrior much) and Hop Devil always tasted like..a ball point pen to me.
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Post by jkor on Apr 9, 2020 9:25:12 GMT -6
Yeungling. Bland and boring; sometimes that's a good thing, like when you're doing yardwork, playing golf, at a football/baseball game, etc., then it's bearable, especially in the summer. But at home, I'd be hard-pressed to pick that over my own stuff, or a decent craft offering. This is my #1 overrated beer. It's just bad IMHO. |
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Post by chils on Apr 9, 2020 9:48:01 GMT -6
Yeungling. Bland and boring; sometimes that's a good thing, like when you're doing yardwork, playing golf, at a football/baseball game, etc., then it's bearable, especially in the summer. But at home, I'd be hard-pressed to pick that over my own stuff, or a decent craft offering. This is my #1 overrated beer. It's just bad IMHO. For some reason their yeast does not play well with my GERD. Makes me belch banana for hours. After visiting their brewery and taproom a few years ago in Tampa at 11AM I was still belching banana at midnight.  |
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Post by Ken on Apr 9, 2020 9:56:05 GMT -6
This is my #1 overrated beer. It's just bad IMHO. For some reason their yeast does not play well with my GERD. Makes me belch banana for hours. After visiting their brewery and taproom a few years ago in Tampa at 11AM I was still belching banana at midnight. LOL, Chils found the vomit emoji. Believe it or not I tried to make a Yuengling clone and every recipe I found called for Wyeast 2035 American Lager as the yeast. If you get back to brewing, it sounds like a yeast for you to avoid. |
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Post by drez on Apr 9, 2020 10:00:09 GMT -6
For some reason their yeast does not play well with my GERD. Makes me belch banana for hours. After visiting their brewery and taproom a few years ago in Tampa at 11AM I was still belching banana at midnight. LOL, Chils found the vomit emoji. Believe it or not I tried to make a Yuengling clone and every recipe I found called for Wyeast 2035 American Lager as the yeast. If you get back to brewing, it sounds like a yeast for you to avoid. Wait. Chils is not brewing anymore? WHAT! ETA: I am not caught up on Chils brewing. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 9, 2020 10:06:31 GMT -6
LOL, Chils found the vomit emoji. Believe it or not I tried to make a Yuengling clone and every recipe I found called for Wyeast 2035 American Lager as the yeast. If you get back to brewing, it sounds like a yeast for you to avoid. Wait. Chils is not brewing anymore? WHAT! ETA: I am not caught up on Chils brewing. Shh. We're trying to discreetly nudge him back into it. Somewhere on here he mentioned that he is taking a break from brewing but he still has all his gear. A few more pictures of delicious, homebrewed beer and I think it will work. |
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Post by poptop on Apr 10, 2020 7:15:23 GMT -6
Wait. Chils is not brewing anymore? WHAT! ETA: I am not caught up on Chils brewing. Shh. We're trying to discreetly nudge him back into it. Somewhere on here he mentioned that he is taking a break from brewing but he still has all his gear. A few more pictures of delicious, homebrewed beer and I think it will work. Who wants crisp, ultra clear, gorgeous to look at, Czech style lagers anyway haha. One can almost taste the awesomeness by looking at the pictures he posts. |
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Post by deerslyr on Apr 15, 2020 8:45:47 GMT -6
For me it is anything from New Glarus. I think they are way overrated. I remember when everyone was trying to get Raspberry Tart. I got that and it was like bad cough medicine. I do not see the draw. As for new beer, I do not like Trillium products and while I do like some of the beers put out by Tree House a lot of the hoppy beers they put out these days I just cannot drink. I do not even bother to go there anymore. Oh and Fat Tire and most New Belgium beers just do not do it for me. Great brewery tour but I can pass on the beers. I have not had Huhahpu in years and I did enjoy it when I had it but for me it had to be fresh. It turned to a mess once it aged IMO. Those are fighting words Drez! This Wisconsin boy says "keep your hands off my supply of NG beer!" As for Fat Tire... it's not what it used to be. Had some friends that lived out there in Colorado where it's made. They were bartenders and they confirmed why... they don't source the ingredients from the same places every year and there is a lack of consistency and quality control because of it. The recipe is somewhat modified for what they have on hand. I attempted a clone with MO as the base grain and they thought it was better than Fat Tire back when Fat Tire was good. I don't know how popular it is, but I'm not a fan of Spaten Optimator. I can have just one, and without fail, 3 hours later I have a raging headache that makes my head feel like it's going to split in two. And that's without having anything else. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 15, 2020 8:50:19 GMT -6
For me it is anything from New Glarus. I think they are way overrated. I remember when everyone was trying to get Raspberry Tart. I got that and it was like bad cough medicine. I do not see the draw. As for new beer, I do not like Trillium products and while I do like some of the beers put out by Tree House a lot of the hoppy beers they put out these days I just cannot drink. I do not even bother to go there anymore. Oh and Fat Tire and most New Belgium beers just do not do it for me. Great brewery tour but I can pass on the beers. I have not had Huhahpu in years and I did enjoy it when I had it but for me it had to be fresh. It turned to a mess once it aged IMO. Those are fighting words Drez! This Wisconsin boy says "keep your hands off my supply of NG beer!" It's possible that NG has a sort of forbidden fruit image because you can only get it in Wisconsin. I admit to busting through the cheddar curtain and hitting Woodman's in Kenosha to buy a few cases. As mentioned earlier, I do believe that it's solid beer. But the truth is that I can make something very similar to Two Women and probably the Staghorn too. I was never much for Spotted Cow so I don't bother trying to clone that one. My wife likes Moon Man but I could make a decent pale ale with late Amarillo & Citra and have something that she will like just as much. I did like the brewery tour and hanging out in New Glarus the couple times we have been up there. |
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Post by drez on Apr 15, 2020 9:21:10 GMT -6
For me it is anything from New Glarus. I think they are way overrated. I remember when everyone was trying to get Raspberry Tart. I got that and it was like bad cough medicine. I do not see the draw. As for new beer, I do not like Trillium products and while I do like some of the beers put out by Tree House a lot of the hoppy beers they put out these days I just cannot drink. I do not even bother to go there anymore. Oh and Fat Tire and most New Belgium beers just do not do it for me. Great brewery tour but I can pass on the beers. I have not had Huhahpu in years and I did enjoy it when I had it but for me it had to be fresh. It turned to a mess once it aged IMO. Those are fighting words Drez! This Wisconsin boy says "keep your hands off my supply of NG beer!" As for Fat Tire... it's not what it used to be. Had some friends that lived out there in Colorado where it's made. They were bartenders and they confirmed why... they don't source the ingredients from the same places every year and there is a lack of consistency and quality control because of it. The recipe is somewhat modified for what they have on hand. I attempted a clone with MO as the base grain and they thought it was better than Fat Tire back when Fat Tire was good. I don't know how popular it is, but I'm not a fan of Spaten Optimator. I can have just one, and without fail, 3 hours later I have a raging headache that makes my head feel like it's going to split in two. And that's without having anything else. You can keep all your NG  . I had FT at the brewery in Fort Collins back in 2009. It was meh but the La Follie was amazing! |
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. I had FT at the brewery in Fort Collins back in 2009. It was meh but the La Follie was amazing!