summer beers

  On 7/17/2012 at 6:25 AM, uptown devil said:

  On 7/15/2012 at 12:14 AM, hautlle said:

I've yet to have a Magic Hat beer I was impressed with. They're not bad, but have all been pretty meh.

agreed.

that's how i felt until i had elder betty given to me by a friend... give it a try i'm sure you won't regret it

just found out about Midas Touch (Dogfish Head).

made my day!

I think Midas touch tastes like wet dog :/

A tart, subtly sweet Berliner weissbier which is actually the same type as Magic Hat's Elder Betty. Haven't tried that one, but Festina Peche has got to be one of the best beers to have on a hot day. If it wasn't so pricy, It'd be my go-to brew in these sweltering times.

^^ bought a four-pack of that last week, so tasty. it's a shame it's not available year round. it's especially delicious on draft.

Damn you bastards flaunting your DFH beers... They're in the process of expanding. I can only hope they'll be coming to KS soon. I've heard good things about their collab with Deltron, "Positive Contact".

I'm gonna go ahead and be the asshole who says that Dogfish Head beer is overrated. It doesn't suck, but I find it quite gimmicky and not as quality as all the great other competition out there. Although I'd never deny the greatness of 60 & 90 min IPA!

I have a Stone-Victory-DFH Saison du BUFF collaboration sitting at home to try tonight. I am excite.

DFH does have a lot of gimmicky beers, but I would like to try them =) I'm mainly interested in trying the 60/90/120 min IPAs though!

  On 7/18/2012 at 8:54 PM, encey said:

I'm gonna go ahead and be the asshole who says that Dogfish Head beer is overrated. It doesn't suck, but I find it quite gimmicky and not as quality as all the great other competition out there. Although I'd never deny the greatness of 60 & 90 min IPA!

they're kinda hit or miss, but their hits are really good! My favorite is Midas Touch, and 90 min is delicious. Palo Santo Marron I can't get into, too sweet and heavy.

edit - the 60/90/120 min. are a little overrated too IMO. Definitely good IPAs but nowhere near the best. The hops have kind of a sickly-sweet richness in them, which makes it harder for me to stomach than other crafty IPAs.

  On 7/18/2012 at 9:04 PM, baph said:

I have a Stone-Victory-DFH Saison du BUFF collaboration sitting at home to try tonight. I am excite.

Awesome! I had that, and it was quite good. Stone's beers in particular are sold at an amazing price for the quality. (Although I think some of theirs are misses, too. But their straight up Russian Imperial Stout is one of the best I've ever had, second only to Firestone Walker Parabola.)

  On 7/18/2012 at 8:54 PM, encey said:

I'm gonna go ahead and be the asshole who says that Dogfish Head beer is overrated. It doesn't suck, but I find it quite gimmicky and not as quality as all the great other competition out there. Although I'd never deny the greatness of 60 & 90 min IPA!

I feel 100% the same way.

By the way, this is a beauty:

My favorite Lagunitas offering by far.

Just started recovering from a shitty summer cold and finally got my sense of taste back, so I've been helping myself to a couple of these from the brewery down the road. Perfect summer beer for me, light, citrusy and tastes sharper when it's chilled. Unlike most of the local breweries around here, it seems as though this brewery can do no wrong.

had some sorta tart fruity ale on tap the other day, was like drinking alcoholic white grape juice...i liked it

PS 90min is best. Haters gonna hate.

I admire DFH's quirkiness. They miss frequently, but at least they're trying to do something different. Plus, in saying fuck you to the Reinheitsgebot, they're taking a stand against creepy German ideas about purity, and we all know[THREAD GODWINNED].

  On 7/25/2012 at 9:59 PM, baph said:

I admire DFH's quirkiness. They miss frequently, but at least they're trying to do something different. Plus, in saying fuck you to the Reinheitsgebot, they're taking a stand against creepy German ideas about purity, and we all know[THREAD GODWINNED].

Those laws came about to keep the price of bread/food low, not really out of any ideas about purity. There are tons of beers that don't follow reinheitsgebot, any fruit beers, spiced beers, etc. Nothing against DFH (only had one of their beers cause they don't distribute here) but they weren't the first.