It is BIG government that is trying to ruin the microbrewery industry, and your thread.

Someday you may see the forest through the trees.



By the way, had a couple of these over the weekend, always a treat:

Kronenbourg 1664

QuakerOats;1607841 wrote:It is BIG government that is trying to ruin the microbrewery industry, and your thread.

Someday you may see the forest through the trees.



By the way, had a couple of these over the weekend, always a treat:

Kronenbourg 1664

Never was a big Eurolager fan, but as they go, these aren't half bad.

Had a Bell's Java Stout tonight, holy shit. What I would give ti get solid 7% stouts in 6pks here. Great beer.

Java Stout is very nice!

Anyone here been to the North Country Brewing Co in Slippery Rock, PA? They have quite a number of interesting brews.

What are some must haves on this menu? Will be heading there in the near future.

http://jkodonnells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Revision-Drink-Menu-David-A.pdf

ernest_t_bass;1608270 wrote:What are some must haves on this menu? Will be heading there in the near future.

http://jkodonnells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Revision-Drink-Menu-David-A.pdf

If it were me, I'd go for the 2 hearted, burning rosids, and try the G st blend.

Commander of Awesome;1608201 wrote:Had a Bell's Java Stout tonight, holy shit. What I would give ti get solid 7% stouts in 6pks here. Great beer.

Over all, I am impressed with anything from bells. almost Stone quality to me.

ernest_t_bass;1608270 wrote:What are some must haves on this menu? Will be heading there in the near future.

http://jkodonnells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Revision-Drink-Menu-David-A.pdf

I'd order #5 thru #10 on the draft list.

Sonofanump;1608280 wrote:I'd order #5 thru #10 on the draft list.

I'd be drunj! I may do a flight.

ernest_t_bass;1608323 wrote:I'd be drunj! I may do a flight.

I usually split tastings with wife. Flight is excellent idea to avoid drunj.

I've never been much of a drinker at all growing up...I probably had less than a 20 drinks in my life at age 25. This was pretty much beers here and there at gatherings, or wine.

Lately I'm having some more drinks here and there at work outings, or just around the house. Things that I go to most at home are basics like rum/coke or a whiskey sour, something like that.

The beers that I had tried in the past were basic grocery store/major brands (Corona, Bud Light, etc.), and I never liked the taste of beer, to the point that if it weren't for the alcohol I would rather just have a pop or something.. Reading on some other sites and doing some research lately I decided to try some different craft beers instead. I ran to the Anderson's over the weekend and made a 6 back of some beers that I researched online and had good ratings (mostly Bell's/Founders stuff this time).

I had a Bells Two Hearted Ale last night, which was highly regarded online...It was OK, but overall I was still like "meh, I'd rather have something other than beer". It was better than I remember other cheap beers being, but not enough where I'd have another or every buy another. I still have some others to try at home, but after grabbing these 6 different bottles over the weekend I was pretty pumped that I would like beer now and I was excited about all of the different options to try...But after last night I was disappointed.

I know it was only 1 beer and there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of different individual bottles to try at my local Anderson's.

So--- Did you all enjoy the taste of beer? Since this thread is not all about mainstream/cheap beers, I assume yes. Did you like it from the beginning or was it more of an acquired taste? I haven't given up yet, but maybe I'm just weird and don't like the taste of beer.

Any other advice for a beer noob? Any "beginner" beers that I should be trying to get my feet wet?

McFly1955;1608372 wrote:I've never been much of a drinker at all growing up...I probably had less than a 20 drinks in my life at age 25. This was pretty much beers here and there at gatherings, or wine.

Lately I'm having some more drinks here and there at work outings, or just around the house. Things that I go to most at home are basics like rum/coke or a whiskey sour, something like that.

The beers that I had tried in the past were basic grocery store/major brands (Corona, Bud Light, etc.), and I never liked the taste of beer, to the point that if it weren't for the alcohol I would rather just have a pop or something.. Reading on some other sites and doing some research lately I decided to try some different craft beers instead. I ran to the Anderson's over the weekend and made a 6 back of some beers that I researched online and had good ratings (mostly Bell's/Founders stuff this time).

I had a Bells Two Hearted Ale last night, which was highly regarded online...It was OK, but overall I was still like "meh, I'd rather have something other than beer". It was better than I remember other cheap beers being, but not enough where I'd have another or every buy another. I still have some others to try at home, but after grabbing these 6 different bottles over the weekend I was pretty pumped that I would like beer now and I was excited about all of the different options to try...But after last night I was disappointed.

I know it was only 1 beer and there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of different individual bottles to try at my local Anderson's.

So--- Did you all enjoy the taste of beer? Since this thread is not all about mainstream/cheap beers, I assume yes. Did you like it from the beginning or was it more of an acquired taste? I haven't given up yet, but maybe I'm just weird and don't like the taste of beer.

Any other advice for a beer noob? Any "beginner" beers that I should be trying to get my feet wet?

Are you a virgin?

Also, advice: Try different types of beers.

Bells two hearted as just blah?? Go fuck yourself bro

ernest_t_bass;1608382 wrote:Are you a virgin?

Also, advice: Try different types of beers.

no on question 1.

DeyDurkie5;1608384 wrote:Bells two hearted as just blah?? Go fuck yourself bro

k, bro.

edit: added "bro"

McFly1955;1608372 wrote:So--- Did you all enjoy the taste of beer? Since this thread is not all about mainstream/cheap beers, I assume yes. Did you like it from the beginning or was it more of an acquired taste?

Yes. Yes, from the age of 12. I know some guys from college that beer was an acquired taste.

McFly1955;1608372 wrote:I had a Bells Two Hearted Ale last night, which was highly regarded online...It was OK, but overall I was still like "meh, I'd rather have something other than beer". It was better than I remember other cheap beers being, but not enough where I'd have another or every buy another. I still have some others to try at home, but after grabbing these 6 different bottles over the weekend I was pretty pumped that I would like beer now and I was excited about all of the different options to try...But after last night I was disappointed.

I think Two Hearted a good but not great for an IPA (3.5/5). An IPA does take some time to get used to, they are hoppy.

McFly1955;1608372 wrote: Any other advice for a beer noob? Any "beginner" beers that I should be trying to get my feet wet?

Start with wheats, pilsners and lagers. Progress from there. Once you progress, you won't want to drink those for the most part (some excellent wheats out there) anymore.

Sonofanump;1608390 wrote:Yes. Yes, from the age of 12. I know some guys from college that beer was an acquired taste.



I think Two Hearted a good but not great for an IPA (3.5/5). An IPA does take some time to get used to, they are hoppy.



Start with wheats, pilsners and lagers. Progress from there. Once you progress, you won't want to drink those for the most part (some excellent wheats out there) anymore.

Thanks.

I'll have to re-check the labels on what I picked up but I think I bought a bunch of IPAs....I'll have to grab a bunch of other stuff this weekend.

Or Belgians!

Commander of Awesome;1608427 wrote:Or Belgians!

We will get him there eventually

Start with anything from Inbev. Top notch.

Sonofanump;1608429 wrote:We will get him there eventually

I don't know... Maybe start with Chimay.

Devils Advocate;1608578 wrote:I don't know... Maybe start with Chimay.

Yeah, or Ommegang 3Philo.

Definite Beer Porn last weekend. Sampled all of the following, some for the first time
Heady Topper - amazingly smooth for 8%. Worth the hype, drank from the can this time.
Founder's KBS
Bell's Black Note - might have liked it more than KBS. Both excellent imperial stouts.
Cigar City Hopped on the High Seas Hop #529
Cigar City Cubano Espresso Brown Ale
Terrapin Hopzilla - one of my new favorite DIPA's. Very Balanced
Founder's Curmudgeon's Better Half (2012)

A few others but those were the highlights

Had a pair of Raging Bitches last night. Another this afternoon.

Still have three of the sixer left.

To finish today ... or not to finish today ... this is the real question.

McFly, if you stick with it, you might come to love Bell's Two-Hearted Ale. However, for a beer novice, IPAs can be off-putting because of their hoppiness (for example, do NOT try the Raging Bitch I just mentioned).

I'd start with hefeweizens and white ales. Maybe Euro pilsners, though I don't get enough difference between them and typical InBev-quality lagers.

A few I'd recommend, some of which are even local:

Great Lakes Holy Moses ... one of the better witbiers (white ale, same dif) out there.

Thirsty Dog Whippet Wheat ... a solid hefeweizen.

Oskar Blues' Dale's Pale Ale (comes in six-pack cans) ... very drinkable pale ale without all the hops ... good for hot summer days.

If you really want to look into high-quality pilsners, try Avery's Joe's Premium American Pilsner. Also comes in cans, though I think it might be a four-pack for this one. This is one of the only pilsners I'll drink.

If you really want to try a strong Belgian, whoever mentioned Ommegang's Three Philosophers picked a good one. It's a quad, and you'll get the full experience and richness that a Belgian can offer.

I won't go into the dark and strong stuff yet, and others can probably add a lot to this list, but it would be enough to get you going with at least a cursory experience with some of the more tame beers.

Had a Lagunitas "under investigation shut down ale" yesterday. Pretty good. SC seems to have a ton more options of beers to try then I found in NEO. Charleston also has at least 6 local breweries if not more that are all pretty solid. SC is also looking to change their state laws to try and get the east coast Stone expansion to come here. That'd be awesome.