beer.

[Beermo]

[ralfonso]

Oh, how I love Grinders.

[beccanator]

WHOA! They have Monty Python's Holy Grail!!!???

I'm in Grinders withdrawl.....

[kard]

Just to make you feel bad, they've had it for a few months.  :p

[beccanator]

Some friend you are....

I've never been able to loiter in front of the tap before, nor had any interest in doing so...but turning 21 has opened all kinds of doors for me. 

[bahua]

No, just one kind: bar doors.

[Tosspot]

I like Wheat beer. 

[bahua]

I still think you're cool.

[Beermo]

you know, it's all shit.

if you're drinking any american lager crap it really doesn't matter what you drink, cause it all taste's like shit. the difference is how it affects your bowel system.

good beer is much better than a fine wine.

what sucks is having to pay 8 or 9 bucks for a good glass of beer. i understand the theory of supply and demand, so spare me, but while dollar pbr's will get me drunk, they taste like shit.

what is the solution to this problem?

i wish i was back in germany.

[bahua]

I contend that American beer is just as good, or better, than beer from any other country. Big three "beers" don't count in this reckoning, of course, as they aren't actually beer.

[Moniker]

Wheat, being the worst of the craft beer styles, is not the flavor by which to judge a brewery. Breweries make wheat beer to pull in crossover people, that "don't like beer."

Give me my beer with no citrus fruit floating in it. I want it to taste like beer, not a shandy.

In my opinion, if a brewery cannot even get the simplest of beers right, the rest likely are shite. Thus, wheat is my litmus test for the quality of any brewery.

[chrizow]

In my opinion, if a brewery cannot even get the simplest of beers right, the rest likely are shite. Thus, wheat is my litmus test for the quality of any brewery.

my litmus test of a brewery is twofold:

1.  how good is the beer the brewery calls its "flagship" beer?  (blvd pale ale, sierra nevada pale ale, etc.)
2.  how good are the brewery's season-based seasonals?  (maibier, summer, autumn, oktober, winter, etc.)

[mean]

I can go with that, but even Anheuser Busch makes a beer or two that is actually decent.

[kard]

Speaking of A-B, they bought the Rolling Rock brand, recipe, etc from Latrobe (old'ish news) and already have batches brewing in Newark.

But!  The label will still say "From the glass-lined tanks of old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment, as a tribute to your good taste. It comes from the mountain springs to you."  They'll precede that with "To honor the tradition of this great brand, we quote from the original quality pledge:"

Please.

[KCrules]

Wheat, being the worst of the craft beer styles, is not the flavor by which to judge a brewery. Breweries make wheat beer to pull in crossover people, that "don't like beer."

Give me my beer with no citrus fruit floating in it. I want it to taste like beer, not a shandy.

Well said. Wheat beer is poop, and should not be the focal point of a brewery. I have never known somebody to say my favorite beer is so and so wheat. I will suck one down when in Larry Town, but that's about it. Pale Ale's for all my brothers.

[chrizow]

the bar in the lobby of the hotel i stayed at to take the MO bar exam had four beers on tap:

boulevard wheat, schlafly seasonal, 1554, and flat branch katy trail pale ale. 

it was probably the best tap selection i have ever seen in a place with 4 taps.  they had all the bases covered.  pints were $3 too.  essentially, the Capitol Plaza Hotel did everything in its power to prevent me from passing the bar. 

[shinatoo]

the bar in the lobby of the hotel i stayed at to take the MO bar exam had four beers on tap:

boulevard wheat, schlafly seasonal, 1554, and flat branch katy trail pale ale. 

it was probably the best tap selection i have ever seen in a place with 4 taps.  they had all the bases covered.  pints were $3 too.  essentially, the Capitol Plaza Hotel did everything in its power to prevent me from passing the bar. 

Double meaning? 

[chrizow]

exactly.

[warwickland]

so i popped my year old 20 dollar 750 ml bottle of new belgiums la folie last night to celebrate the end of college again, and it tasted like ass (it says right there in my tasting notes). has anyone drank this before? perhaps it aged too long in the bottle or heat ruined it in colorado, but it is a flemish sour ale, and damn was it sour...strong astringency and alcohol was detected as well, and none of the sweetness i expected. i wish i had brought it in the lab here with me to taste again. j/k.

bahua, did i ruin the beer? have you any experience with flemish sour ales?


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[bahua]

No, I've never had a flemish sour ale, that I know of, but it sounds to me like an unflavored lambic, which is a very dry, attentuated, sour beer. Most lambics, because they are so sour on their own, are flavored with some kind of fruit, like apple, raspberry, currant, or some other very sweet flavor.

Some people love lambics. I do not, but it's simply a matter of personal tastes. I am guessing that the beer you had was akin to an unflavored lambic.