posh beers and ales and stuff thread

  On 10/15/2012 at 8:24 PM, baph said:

lol Dan the Automator beer?

DFH so craycray

I was skeptical as hell myself. the beer proved a very, very wise purchase.

  On 10/15/2012 at 9:10 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 10/15/2012 at 8:59 PM, kaini said:

absolutely delicious

 

also one of these, which i'm saving for later. i suspect it will leave me the worse for wear.

 

In the name of God I want to taste this!!!

if you can get this stuff, get this stuff.

Had a few of these yesterday while brewing up an IPA, very delicious. It actually just won a bronze medal at GABF over the weekend. It's from Free State Brewery, based in my home town, Lawrence, KS and was the first legal post-prohibition brewery in the state.

gonna get more of that russian imperial stout tonight, i think. it was so delicious that i've had cravings for it since i've had it.

I would drink RIS every week if I could do so without gaining 20 pounds.

gah, they only had one bottle of the imperial left, so i grabbed a couple of guinness foreign extras (the 7.something% stuff) to complement it.

Currently having a Buffalo Sweat stout infused with strawberry and cocoa from a firkin that I had the honor of tapping!

Cameo

There was a new beer in my local Fullers pub last night. I took a coloured still image of it and had myself plenty.

It was really fruity and very tasty.

someone here posted the Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout a while back...

that shit has to be the best beer ive had in years...its automatically up there in my top 3 all-timers. good god that is delicious.

sounds awesome, southern tier does dark beer right. I'll keep an eye for that one when I visit NY for thanksgiving.

Me too, love Southern Tier ... & can't wait to drink some Pumking!!

Edit: Pooping as I type :sup:

Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin >>>>> Pumking ... seriously though

brooklyn post road > pumking > shipyard

Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale!

creme brulee is kind of tough for me to drink after the first glass. i'm even ok with a half glass of that stuff, it just starts to be too much with that stuff...

southern tier makes some of the best beers evar though, i even know a guy who knows a guy who is a high-up in the company, so you might say i'm "in the know"

ask him if they are going to ever bring back the unfiltered banana hefeweizen...cant remember its name....amazing summer brew.

i find some hefeweizens to have banana flavour-undertones anyway... that sounds interesting.

it's dem esters, innit

I think I prefer Hefeweizens with a more phenolic/clovey character. Had a hefe a few years back that was so overpowering on the banana that I've kind of been turned off on the style since. I can't remember which brewery it was from, so they're all kind of suspect until I build up sufficient courage.

om nom nom

  On 10/22/2012 at 7:15 PM, baph said:

it's dem esters, innit

 

I think I prefer Hefeweizens with a more phenolic/clovey character. Had a hefe a few years back that was so overpowering on the banana that I've kind of been turned off on the style since. I can't remember which brewery it was from, so they're all kind of suspect until I build up sufficient courage.

Yeah, esters thrown off by the yeast create the banana/clove character. You can actually control the flavors via fermentation temperature. The particular strain of yeast I use for my hefeweizens puts off more clove at lower temperatures and more banana at higher temps. My gf loves the banana flavors so I don't even bother trying to control the fermentation temperature. I actually do a hefeweizen spiced w/ corriander, orange peel, and thyme that has had good reviews from my homebrew club. I'll probably submit it to a competition eventually, just have to time it properly so I can send it off as fresh as possible.

i'm actually getting a fair bit of banana off this brooklyn IPA too.

aww yeah my local place got the black sheep imperial stout back in stock. have four of them squirreled away for tonight, but i'm tempted to crack one open now and have a cigar to go with it.

man i really shouldnt but im thinking about droppin 20 bucks or so on some good beer to last me through this hurricane coming up.

I'm hoping I can pick up some of this soon!