Beer snob thread!

[bob2the2nd]

@DJTJ how are you with other carbonated beverages?

My wife has a weird condition that her body responds to CO2 with pain/discomfort/nausea/bad flavors. Apparently her brain thinks CO2 is a poison, which means that any drink that has CO2 is pretty much out. Sure she CAN drink it, but its not goign to be enjoyable no matter the style. Nitros on the other hand she can drink all day, every day and she really enjoys.

Obviously if you are okay with other carbonated beverages its unlikely your dislike of beer is tied to something like that. However I figured i would at least throw it out there.

 

[Selby]

Okay, IBU question as I do research.

Obviously, the lower the less bitter. Is that perceived bitter, like based on ingredients, or is it just it will be X more bitter than y?

Like 50 vs 60 is the same as 40 vs 50 in terms of a jump?

Like @bob2the2nd said, IBUs can be useful but don't always paint the whole picture. Some beers use certain grains/malts and that will mask bitterness. Here is an explanation from the website of Mother's Brewing: "trying to quantify sensory experience can be a fool's errand. IBUs may be a useful metric for brewers, but they actually tell you little about the perceived bitterness of a beer. Factors like robust malt character and high residual sugar can temper the bitterness of beers with fairly high IBUs. What's more, IBUs do nothing to address the use of hops for flavor or aromatics. Late kettle hop additions, whirlpool hops, and dry hopping do not drastically alter a beer's IBU, but they are essential for delivering the astounding variety of sensory experience derived from hops."

Not sure if this helps or not.

 

[DJTJ]

@DJTJ how are you with other carbonated beverages?

My wife has a weird condition that her body responds to CO2 with pain/discomfort/nausea/bad flavors. Apparently her brain thinks CO2 is a poison, which means that any drink that has CO2 is pretty much out. Sure she CAN drink it, but its not goign to be enjoyable no matter the style. Nitros on the other hand she can drink all day, every day and she really enjoys.

Obviously if you are okay with other carbonated beverages its unlikely your dislike of beer is tied to something like that. However I figured i would at least throw it out there.

So, I will say, my taste buds react the same way to carbonated water as they do the beers I’ve had. While I have no problem with a soda, carbonated water (La Croix for example) is horrendous, no mater what the flavor is.

In the same realm, kombucha thats carbonated is not a problem, and I can actually tell the preference in flavor.

 

[DJTJ]

Alright, killed two birds.

First was a Boatswain Chocolate Stout. Whoever rec’d stouts, does it always taste like coffee? I felt like the bitterness was great, but it just tasted light straight up black coffee. If I can avoid that, it might be a solid yes.

Then I drank that Moon Juice IPA- dry heaved for like four minutes straight. Fucking awful.

 

[FiveThous]

Alright, killed two birds.

First was a Boatswain Chocolate Stout. Whoever rec’d stouts, does it always taste like coffee? I felt like the bitterness was great, but it just tasted light straight up black coffee. If I can avoid that, it might be a solid yes.

Then I drank that Moon Juice IPA- dry heaved for like four minutes straight. Fucking awful.

I don't drink a lot of stouts, unfortunately.

I just knew what you meant when you said thin.

 

[DJTJ]

I don't drink a lot of stouts, unfortunately.

I just knew what you meant when you said thin.

It was considerably more enjoyable from almost every level.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Alright, killed two birds.

First was a Boatswain Chocolate Stout. Whoever rec’d stouts, does it always taste like coffee? I felt like the bitterness was great, but it just tasted light straight up black coffee. If I can avoid that, it might be a solid yes.

Then I drank that Moon Juice IPA- dry heaved for like four minutes straight. Fucking awful.

A fair number of stouts and porters have some coffee flavoring, but the strength on those can vary from "barely there" to very strong. You can obviously find ones that have less, or even none. If you think the stouts/porters are in your zone, then its just a matter of finding the ones you really like.

 

[Lee]

Alright, killed two birds.

First was a Boatswain Chocolate Stout. Whoever rec’d stouts, does it always taste like coffee? I felt like the bitterness was great, but it just tasted light straight up black coffee. If I can avoid that, it might be a solid yes.

Then I drank that Moon Juice IPA- dry heaved for like four minutes straight. Fucking awful.

Hess Brewery at Central and Camelback has an amazing Coffee Grolsch. A grolsch is a German Pilsner. Its got a strong coffee flavor but very light too with it being a grolsch.

If you had coffee stouts, its a nice light change from that.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I'm headed to Fort Bragg CA this weekend, home of North Coast Brewery. Beautiful secluded part of Cali, and the slow pace is relaxing.

https://northcoastbrewing.com/

They have a pair of outstanding Belgian style Abbey Ales - PranQster and Brother Thelonius. Also the most underrated west coast beer around Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. The Alaskan Smoked Porter is delicious, but if you drink more than one beer in a sitting, Old Rasputin is what's up.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

I'm headed to Fort Bragg CA this weekend, home of North Coast Brewery. Beautiful secluded part of Cali, and the slow pace is relaxing.

https://northcoastbrewing.com/

They have a pair of outstanding Belgian style Abbey Ales - PranQster and Brother Thelonius. Also the most underrated west coast beer around Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. The Alaskan Smoked Porter is delicious, but if you drink more than one beer in a sitting, Old Rasputin is what's up.

It's weird... I know almost every single beer of theirs, but I never put them all together as being from North Coast.

For a massive brewery that distributes nationwide, they do a pretty solid job.

I do enjoy a nice Scrimshaw in a tall pilsner glass on a hot day.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I do enjoy a nice Scrimshaw in a tall pilsner glass on a hot day.

I live in the fog and don't get that many hot days, but I do agree it's a great pilsner. Fort Bragg is a foggy beach town, explains why they have so many heavier beers.

 

[Selby]

Finally got around to trying my first home brew. I got COVID the same weekend it was ready and lost my taste and smell for a few weeks. It still isn’t 100% what it used to be, but it is about 80% back so I figured I would try my beer out. It doesn’t have as much flavor as I was hoping for, but that could be part of my senses not being 100% back still. Very drinkable though, the ABV is around 4.6. Seems like a good beer if you want to have a drinking session rather than just one or two.

My Dead Ringer was bottled almost three weeks ago, so I may give that a try this weekend or next weekend.

 

[browniebob]

Finally got around to trying my first home brew. I got COVID the same weekend it was ready and lost my taste and smell for a few weeks. It still isn’t 100% what it used to be, but it is about 80% back so I figured I would try my beer out. It doesn’t have as much flavor as I was hoping for, but that could be part of my senses not being 100% back still. Very drinkable though, the ABV is around 4.6. Seems like a good beer if you want to have a drinking session rather than just one or two.

My Dead Ringer was bottled almost three weeks ago, so I may give that a try this weekend or next weekend.

Looks good! Most homebrews get better with age, so hold back a few for a couple more weeks and try again. Curious to see what you think of your Dead Ringer. I really enjoyed mine- it really carbonated nicely unlike a few of my previous homebrew attempts.

 

[Selby]

Looks good! Most homebrews get better with age, so hold back a few for a couple more weeks and try again. Curious to see what you think of your Dead Ringer. I really enjoyed mine- it really carbonated nicely unlike a few of my previous homebrew attempts.

Thanks! I want to get around to another one soon, I think I'll do another 1-gallon kit of something less hoppy like a brown ale. I've been building some recipes on Brewer's Friend lately too, so might look to try my hand at one of those after another kit or two.

How did your NEIPA go?

 

[browniebob]

Thanks! I want to get around to another one soon, I think I'll do another 1-gallon kit of something less hoppy like a brown ale. I've been building some recipes on Brewer's Friend lately too, so might look to try my hand at one of those after another kit or two.

How did your NEIPA go?

Oh nice I haven't heard of that site before. That would be really fun to make something from scratch. I'll have to check that out.

NEIPA is bottle conditioning at the moment. With all the sludge from the dry hopping I only filled up 5 bottles, but it smelled incredible when I was bottling it. Very citrusy and peachy, so I'm very excited to try it in a few weeks.

I have a Fat Tire knockoff in bottles at the moment too. Way fewer hops, so not nearly as much waste with that one.