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It's definitely noticeable glass vs bottle. I also tell my friends that they need to let the beer warm a few minutes if it's pulled straight from the fridge. Refridgeration temperature is a few degrees colder than what beer is supposed to be consumed at, and it kills the taste.Always pour beer into a glass, I NEVER drink it from the bottle. You're missing out on a lot if you don't. It releases the carbonation from the beer, so you'll be able to drink more without it upsetting your stomach. Plus the biggest part is it releases the aroma of the beer, which enhances the flavor greatly.
Both are good introductory beers for the Americanbeerwater drinkers into the world of craft brewing. I stopped drinking Blue Moon, Stella and 312 after I found out that they were all owned by AB InBev and Miller Coors.The only wheat beer I've been able to stomach thus far is Blue Moon. For some reason, it doesn't have the spoiled taste most wheat beers have. I do like Stella for quaffability on a hot day.
Yeah, Sam Adams uses a lot of the Noble Hops from Germany so they're a good brewery to get that flavor from. Their Boston Lager and Noble Pils are prime examples of that.
Though I do enjoy American hops a bit more, lots of piney and citrus notes, love Cascade and Mosaic hops.
Yeah, but there are times when "aroma" takes second seat to "let's quaff!"
THIS is the latter:
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Oh, I agree. Like I told Tucker, the Guinness I had on tap in Harwich, UK was truly an experience worth remembering. :thumbs:Then that bar, or those bars are screwing the pooch.
I make my own black & tans and/or half & half's.
Never once had a flat can of Draught.
Was probably more your fault than the beer's though. :lol:
I generally like ales more than lagers. Scotch ales, Belgians, Weizens and both Altbier and Kölsches. I do enjoy Pilsners as well. Not that I won't drink stouts, porters or bocks ... they just aren't what I gravitate towards.
It's definitely noticeable glass vs bottle. I also tell my friends that they need to let the beer warm a few minutes if it's pulled straight from the fridge. Refridgeration temperature is a few degrees colder than what beer is supposed to be consumed at, and it kills the taste.
Both are good introductory beers for the Americanbeerwater drinkers into the world of craft brewing. I stopped drinking Blue Moon, Stella and 312 after I found out that they were all owned by AB InBev and Miller Coors.
Guinness [Extra] Stout - the carbonated stuff that comes in the bottles, not the flat, uncarbonated swill they call "draught." ("Guinness is good for you"). .
I agree on Sam Adams, but I prefer the German hops over the citrusy stuff here.
Don't get too excited. The girls over there drink this grapefruit flavored beer called Schofferhofer by the bucket. The bartenders also mix up something called 'Radler' in the summertime with either orange Fanta or lemonade mixed with beer. Radlers are actually pretty good drinking.I agree on Sam Adams, but I prefer the German hops over the citrusy stuff here.
Damned skippy. Warm AND out of the bottle? You know it tastes like **** when you're drunk and you take a sip, gag, and say "Holy ****, that ****'s terrible!" I actually decided to stop drinking. :shock:
I like Sam Adams. My brother love them.Yeah, Sam Adams uses a lot of the Noble Hops from Germany so they're a good brewery to get that flavor from. Their Boston Lager and Noble Pils are prime examples of that.
Though I do enjoy American hops a bit more, lots of piney and citrus notes, love Cascade and Mosaic hops.
Depends on the beer, a good lager I don't mind drinking at 35 degree's. But a stout or a porter should be at least 45 before consuming. Stouts preferably at 50-55.
Ikari has a good thread about how to brew beer - to which I've subscribed for future reference once I get my operation going again. But I thought it'd fun to talk about what kind of beer you like, or don't like, and why.
There are all kinds, including ales, lagers, wheat (blech), flavored (meh), dark, light, nitrogenated (blech), canned, bottled, tap, kegged... It's all (mostly) good. :thumbs:
Me?
Guinness [Extra] Stout - the carbonated stuff that comes in the bottles, not the flat, uncarbonated swill they call "draught." ("Guinness is good for you"). Best for cold weather drinking.
German Lagers - my favorite is Stiegl, out of Salzburg. Don't much like the imported versions.
... that's a start.
Don't get too excited. The girls over there drink this grapefruit flavored beer called Schofferhofer by the bucket. The bartenders also mix up something called 'Radler' in the summertime with either orange Fanta or lemonade mixed with beer. Radlers are actually pretty good drinking.
Pete's Wicked was discontinued?Exact opposite for me.
Guinness in a bar/pub rocks, bottled Guinness....not so much.
I like Gulden Draak a lot, but it's pricey and difficult to find.
While we're on this topic, my everyday beer used to be Pete's Wicked Ale.
It was discontinued a year, or so, ago.
I've been on a tireless quest to find a replacement....hellish work.
Sam Adams Oktoberfest is pretty good, Newcastle Brown Ale is so-so.
Any recommendations?
A good lager?! no such thing. :2razz:
granted some lagers do stand out above the rest, but in those cases it elevates them to "reasonably palatable" standing IMO.
That explains it. Directly out of the bottle, the extra stout is less flat, but when poured into a glass, I've always found it to taste flatter.
Both of them are basically ****e compared to what you get on tap in Ireland.
I love their Oatmeal Stout - you bet.Not a fan of most Sam Adam's stuff. Their Oktoberfest is the only Sam Adams beer I'd buy at this point in time. The rest I wouldn't pay money for.
Now Samuel Smith's beers.... all that I've had have been stellar. The Samuel Smith's Chocolate Stout is AWESOME.
There are some very wonderful beers coming out in the USofA these days.
First time I had a dark beer, was Yuenglings Black and Tan, I nearly spit it out. :lol: Good thing I bought a 12 pack so I kept trying and eventually got a taste for them.
Sam Adams Boston Lager ain't no joke! They also recently came out with an IPL,(India Pale Lager) tastes so good. Basically it's an IPA brewed with lager yeast.