posh beers and ales and stuff thread

I have problems with beers that are over 5-6%. Anything over that start to taste like ass.

What?

  On 12/7/2012 at 9:29 PM, azatoth said:

I have problems with beers that are over 5-6%. Anything over that start to taste like ass.

You're missing out on TONS of great beers then, most of the beers in this thread are over 5-6%, a lot of "finer" beers are at least a 7... the key is to go with a craft brew and not just say, steel reserve that's going for alcohol and not flavor. Or perhaps there's certain types you don't like. For example I don't particularly like the extremely hoppy beers, and therefore don't care for most IPA's

  On 12/7/2012 at 9:29 PM, azatoth said:

I have problems with beers that are over 5-6%. Anything over that start to taste like ass.

Then I love the taste of ass.

Currently drinking this beauty. 10.5% abv ale brewed and then blended with its own test batches that were aged in various barrels with Brettanomyces and/or Lactobacillus. Starts fruity and spicy, ends tart, very nice overall.

I've tried to like them, but in all of them the taste of alcohol comes through and ruins it all. Alcohol tastes bad.

  On 12/8/2012 at 6:46 AM, azatoth said:

I've tried to like them, but in all of them the taste of alcohol comes through and ruins it all. Alcohol tastes bad.

i'm often surprised how smooth drinking a lot of these high alcohol beers are. which is dangerous cos you think you're just scooping a few beers and then BLAM suddenly you're hammered.

have you tried any fruit beers? might be a possible step towards beer appreciation. lighter, citrussy IPAs or white beers tend to have more flavours going on to distract your palate. or cider might be more up your street. or alcopops. or milk.

  On 12/8/2012 at 12:29 AM, keltoi said:

 

  On 12/7/2012 at 9:29 PM, azatoth said:

I have problems with beers that are over 5-6%. Anything over that start to taste like ass.

 

Then I love the taste of ass.

 

srsly all the best beers are above 6-7%

do you like hops azatoth?

  On 12/10/2012 at 9:57 PM, theSun said:

srsly all the best beers are above 6-7%

this is true

The only time a <5% beer is acceptable is if you're preggers

Northern English milds are quite tasty and only like 3% tho...

sours/flemish reds/geuze beers are generally under 5% as well

that preggers thing was a joke geuze guys

This is fucking amazing. Like drinking a Hershey's kiss. Dayummmmmmm

  On 12/10/2012 at 10:00 PM, baph said:

The only time a <5% beer is acceptable is if you're preggers

lol in scotland this is fairly accurate.

i call them (<5% beers) "everyday beers". you can have 4 of them every day then at the weekend you get something fancy for a treat.

  On 12/18/2012 at 4:14 AM, hautlle said:

This is fucking amazing. Like drinking a Hershey's kiss. Dayummmmmmm uploadfromtaptalk1355800470531.jpg

there's a distinct lack of decent chocolate malts available here. sucks.

Recently had two of my favourites.

Makes me happy every time.

Delicious! Have you had the Bed & Breakfast beer by that first brewery? It's very different.

That trappist rochefort is incrediballs, wish i could get it around here. I had some schneider weisse weissbock the other day, and while nothing fancy (probably regarded as 'domestic' in Germany), it's very tasty stuff. Cloves along with the typical weiss banana esters. And at 8% it's fairly hefty.

Westvrleteren XII went on sale in the US for the first time ever in extremely limited box sets ($85 USD for a six pack with tasting glasses) because the monks needed to raise funds for abbey renovations or something, and it seems to have sold out in a couple hours. At $85 for a six pack, when I apparently am no longer going to get paid at work, I should not feel so bad about not getting on it, right?

Do it, that's supposedly some next level stuff. I've been wanting to taste their beer for ages, but I've never been able to get hold of any. Even if it isn't all that, you'll get to know what it tastes like.

Wait, what? You're not getting paid at work? If so, stay the fuck away.

I'll give the bed & breakfast a shot!

Sadly no Westy 12 here in KS... I'm sure it's tasty, but it's hard to justify that price with my current money situation.

The monastery needs a new roof from what I've heard.

  On 9/24/2012 at 12:12 PM, Iain C said:

Had a pint of Young's 'Waggledance' honey beer with WATMM's own SPD2 last night, as well as a half of the locally-brewed strawberry beer from Meantime. Tasty, fruity beers - and great company too.

Great company indeed, even thought I don't quite remember what we drank other than the strawberry. Next time we'll hit up Goddard's Pie & Mash. It was amazing alone. Imagine it'd be even better w/ friends.

Went to Tesco today and stocked up for Christmas, decided to get as much stout as was available...

I had that Green Flash Hop Head Red on Hautlle's recommend, and boy was it hoppy!