The OFFICIAL Craft Beer Thread

[govmentchedda]

Anyone looking to change careers?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trappist-b ... 1615392562

Some heroes do wear capes.

[Ryan]

Do we know anyone looking for a side gig that involves drinking and not having sex?

[rass]

Do we know anyone looking for a side gig that involves drinking and not having sex?

A Providence Friar, perhaps?

[mister d]

Do we know anyone looking for a side gig that involves drinking and not having sex?

Jesus.

[The Sybian]

Do we know anyone looking for a side gig that involves drinking and not having sex?

Jesus.

Yeah, you nailed the crux of the problem.

[Giff]

J-Lo?

[The Sybian]

J-Lo?

Yeah, which is why the Jesus thing might be a hinderance to his application for Monkhood.

(I can't believe Monkhood is a word recognized by phpBB's spellcheck).

[DSafetyGuy]

Pressure Drop (Buffalo) Sticky Icky (hazy IPA) is quite good. Greater Good (Worcester MA) Pulp Daddy (New England IPA) is fine.

[wlu_lax6]

Do we know anyone looking for a side gig that involves drinking and not having sex?

The old Russell Ziskey and John Winger career conversation.

[The Sybian]

Big week at the Sybian brewry. Coffee Stout is ready to drink, and it came out good! Brewed up some barleywine this morning, and I already hear the airlock releasing the sweet CO2, meaning the yeast is already getting to work. Just 6 more months until I can bottle that one.

[sancarlos]

Big week at the Sybian brewry.

I’m imagining some pretty interesting art possibilities for the labels on bottles from The Sybian Brewry.

[The Sybian]

Big week at the Sybian brewry.

I’m imagining some pretty interesting art possibilities for the labels on bottles from The Sybian Brewry.

A cartoon image of Bababooey holding the Sybian controller. Hi innocuous enough that most people wouldn’t know, but those who know will get it.

[sancarlos]

Big week at the Sybian brewry.

I’m imagining some pretty interesting art possibilities for the labels on bottles from The Sybian Brewry.

A cartoon image of Bababooey holding the Sybian controller. Hi innocuous enough that most people wouldn’t know, but those who know will get it.

Way more innocuous than what I was imagining.

[A_B]

It’s stupid to put it here but the Kirkland citra hop ipa is solid.

[The Sybian]

It’s stupid to put it here but the Kirkland citra hop ipa is solid.

So a 3.0 on Untappt is a good score for you? According to the Googles, Gordon Biersh and Matt Brewing (Saranac and Utica Club) make Kirkland branded beers. Saranac was my intro into different styles of “craft beer,” while Utica Club is every bit as bad as it sounds.

[EnochRoot]

shots fired

[The Sybian]

shots fired

Not at all, AB gave it a 3.0. To me, that’s a really shitty score, so I was surprised he posted here that it’s solid.

[EnochRoot]

That’s what I meant by shot’s fired. I was a fan of Saranac. Haven’t had any in easily 10 years though.

[mister d]

15 years ago I was dropping saranacs in friends’ fridges to get them out of mine.

[A_B]

shots fired

Not at all, AB gave it a 3.0. To me, that’s a really shitty score, so I was surprised he posted here that it’s solid.

I’m messing up their net promoter score then. To me a five is really really good. 4 is above average. 3 is solidly average. 2 is below average. 1 is pretty bad and 0 is coors light.

[The Sybian]

That’s what I meant by shot’s fired. I was a fan of Saranac. Haven’t had any in easily 10 years though.

I doubt I’ve had a Saranac this century. In college, they were kind of cool, because they made a large variety of styles, and a Black and Tan! They were better than the usual Milwaukee’s Best, Labatt’s Blue or whatever. I think of camping music festivals when I think Saranac.

[EnochRoot]

That’s what I meant by shot’s fired. I was a fan of Saranac. Haven’t had any in easily 10 years though.

I doubt I’ve had a Saranac this century. In college, they were kind of cool, because they made a large variety of styles, and a Black and Tan! They were better than the usual Milwaukee’s Best, Labatt’s Blue or whatever. I think of camping music festivals when I think Saranac.

I've been up to the Adirondacks (Lake George, Saratoga Springs, etc) a few times over the past 20 years since I've lived in MD. It always seemed to be one of the tap options when I went to pubs along the lake(s).

[Rush2112]

Greater Good (Worcester MA) Pulp Daddy (New England IPA) is fine.

Visited GG last year when I was back east. They have better offerings. Funny though, GG is an "imperial brewery" so they have a different in house brand for non-imperial beers. As for breweries that I visited on that trip, if you ever see Vitamin Sea it's fucking fantastic, but I don't know if it's anything but brewery only and when I visited it was Saturday only and they sold out of a lot of shit.

[Rush2112]

I've been up to the Adirondacks (Lake George, Saratoga Springs, etc) a few times over the past 20 years since I've lived in MD. It always seemed to be one of the tap options when I went to pubs along the lake(s).

Lake Placid Pub & Brewery is also around, their UBU is a solid ale. They call it an English strong. There are other smaller places in ADK proper (Lake George is right outside the park, and Saratoga is the capital region...that's one of my home turfs so I get specific) that aren't too bad. They haven't had the uptick that Vermont has had, but if someone started a top-notch place they'd grow fast as there are still enough tourists with money that go to LP. Man, if only I had the chops and the money there's a hotel like a quarter mile from Whiteface that could easily be turned into a brewery with guestrooms.

And I typically hit a brewery or two on my trip from Boston to LP to visit my parents, I do hit up mom's Saranac after about 6-7 of my beers. It's not great, but it's still quaffable.

[The Sybian]

Greater Good (Worcester MA) Pulp Daddy (New England IPA) is fine.

Visited GG last year when I was back east. They have better offerings. Funny though, GG is an "imperial brewery" so they have a different in house brand for non-imperial beers. As for breweries that I visited on that trip, if you ever see Vitamin Sea it's fucking fantastic, but I don't know if it's anything but brewery only and when I visited it was Saturday only and they sold out of a lot of shit.

I picked up a NEIPA Vitamin Sea collab with Magnify, a NJ brewery. I'm not a fan of the Magnify's IPAs, I think it's the cryo hops they use, it has a chalkiness, I can't find a better description. The collab has the hallmarks of Magnify IPAs, so I'm not judging Vitamin Sea off of this one. It's good, I've just gotten sick of the chalky IPAs.

[DaveInSeattle]

Riffs on the apocryphal "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” quote from Benjamin Franklin.

BEER IS PROOF

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine is proof that God plays bass in a Cake cover band named Cupcake.

[brian]

Monzon Brewery here in PV names some beers in English and some in Spanish but the Spanish ones are better-named — Verano Sin Fin saison y Vaquero Electrico DIPA.

[Rush2112]

Monzon Brewery here in PV names some beers in English and some in Spanish but the Spanish ones are better-named — Verano Sin Fin saison y Vaquero Electrico DIPA.

I was in LA in 2019 for my niece's college graduation and hit up Mikiller Bar LA. They were having Mexican beer night filled with tacos and Mexican craft beers. I can't recall off the top of my head the beers, but there were a number of pretty damn good offerings.

[mister d]

Anyone else following the harassment and sexism in craft beer story that started last week when a brewer/manager and Notch solicited stories from other women and got absolutely flooded with them? Founder of Tired Hands just stepped down from day to day operations when the staff rejected a weak statement he put out yesterday.

[A_B]

That’s pretty unsurprising. Beer snobs are bad towards men then don’t seem worthy so it tracks.

[The Sybian]

Coors using melted rink ice from Lightening Cup Final to make Coors Light.

[Pruitt]

One of Toronto's finest breweries is all baseball themed.

Here's a current offering...

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[Rush2112]

I'm gonna brew a Kviek beer next week. Stuff is crazy can be pitched at like 95 degrees (normal is 70) and ferments out in 2 days (typically takes 2 weeks if not more.)

[The Sybian]

I'm gonna brew a Kviek beer next week. Stuff is crazy can be pitched at like 95 degrees (normal is 70) and ferments out in 2 days (typically takes 2 weeks if not more.)

I’ve never had a Kviek before, but I think I’m going to brew a cherry Kriek next. Never made a sour or used fruit in a beer. Should be interesting.

[Rush2112]

I’ve never had a Kviek before, but I think I’m going to brew a cherry Kriek next. Never made a sour or used fruit in a beer. Should be interesting.

I've never done a sour sour, but brew a saison with raspberries from the wife's family ranch quite often. I do recommend that you use a hop bag to hold the fruit in secondary. It's a pain in the ass to strain afterwords.

[The Sybian]

I’ve never had a Kviek before, but I think I’m going to brew a cherry Kriek next. Never made a sour or used fruit in a beer. Should be interesting.

I've never done a sour sour, but brew a saison with raspberries from the wife's family ranch quite often. I do recommend that you use a hop bag to hold the fruit in secondary. It's a pain in the ass to strain afterwords.

Do you puree the raspberries? Good call on the hop bag. I have a strainer that goes over the bottling bucket, but I imagine pureed fruit would have the strainer backed up really quickly.

[Rush2112]

I had them in the freezer and then in a double boiler at 150 for 15 minutes so they' broke apart into a puree of sorts. If you're using fresh you can get by softly mashing before boiling.

If you don't use a bag most of it falls into the trub, but there are random pieces that fall through and no reason to have a chewy bit in your beer.

[Rush2112]

Tasted the kveik NEIPA as I kegged it. Damn it's tasty. Crazy that I brewed it last Friday and will have a test pint a week later.

[Pruitt]

Local heroes get the ultimate honour - an Ale brewed by one of Toronto's better breweries.

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[mister d]

Does Canada not have overhead lighting?