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Maggie’s The Official Beer Snob Thread

been going to alefests since they were small enough to have at the breweries, but i am still not a snob. i don't care what others drink or think.
 
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I'm a Hop Head! The Hoppier the better! I do like a good smooth barrel aged Stout this time of year. I eat lunch at one of the breweries in Little Rock at least once a week. Before Covid the Wife and I would take several beercations a year. Sometimes just a long weekend at some semi-local place and sometimes a week at places further away. We've been to GABF in Denver several times. We're planning a New England trip for next year. And yes, I have a dedicated beer fridge in the garage!
No kidding, you're in Little Rock? I just moved out of LR last year but I'm only an hour and a half away. We should meet up and do some shooting and beers afterward some time.
 
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Man, you are making me jealous with the Tree House Brewing beers! Our distributors can't get that down here in Arkansas.

Treehouse and Trillium are the only good reasons to live here
 
I really like Dogfish Head 90 minute but can't find it in Southaven Mississippi.
90 minute is not that bad. Not a huge IPA fan, but 90 minute's one of those I like. The 120 on the other hand, I crave!!! Haven't had it in 10+ years.
 
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90 minute is not that bad. Not a huge IPA fan, but 90 minute's one of those I like. The 120 on the other hand, I crave!!! Haven't had it in 10+ years.
Haven't tried the 120 yet but will give it a shot. Didn't know IPA's had been around for ten years, just started drinking them in the last couple years.
 

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Haven't tried the 120 yet but will give it a shot. Didn't know IPA's had been around for ten years, just started drinking them in the last couple years.
much longer than that, but perhaps mostly in certain areas. one of my favorites, pliny the elder, has been around for over 20 years.
 
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i don't go anymore. too much standing in line or standing around for me.
 
I'm not an IPA aficionado, but here are two I tried recently that I would buy again.

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if you like those, doubles and triples, you would probably like pliny the elder, or especially pliny the younger, but the younger is only sold on tap at some places (one of which i was blessed to frequent). this little deli in orange supported the microbrewery scene from the beginning, and they have rewarded him by always treating him like they did when they were struggling.
 
I had this discussion with the lady that manages the bar at my "hang out." She knows I prefer bottled over cans, but then showed me some study that shows how any light getting into beer almost immediately starts it going bad. Which is why clear and green bottles go skunky quickly and brown does not - less UV. That said, I still think brown bottle tastes better than canned. Granted, most of my high end beer is Belgian so it's usually a brown bottle and in the case of Delirium, it's got a plastic wrap around it too.
Cans are for girls.
 
The British are actually responsible for the IPA and it goes back to the occupation of India. In order to make their beer last on the long trip to India, extra hops was added and the alcohol content increased.
 
Porters or Stouts. Founders Breakfast Stout is a nice one. Probably one of my favorites. None of that manbun IPA stuff.
manbuns started after 2010, and 15 years after the first IPAs made by micros and home brewers.
 
I can't get this here in TX, but had some in Savannah, GA and it was really good.View attachment 7752358
 
Men who drink IPAs typically wear skinny jeans with their manbuns while out with their boyfriends.
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i drink a lot of budweiser too, especially if i'm drinking for hours.
maybe others can, but i can't drink 10% beers all day.
 
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Their first brewery is in my hometown. They hit some out of the park and some suck. Their Celebration XMas beer is really hit or miss, year to year. Pretty good this year. For volume, I’m a coors light guy. Always bottles. Canned beer gets poured into a glass.
 
One of my favorite dark beers

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This flavor isn't always available, but worth a try if you like odd beer combinations.

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Dragons Milk will kick your ass. Delicious, but more than one and you better not plan on driving or operating heavy equipment.. :ROFLMAO: That Allagash looks deadly, too.
 
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There is only one beer in this world unless you like drinking the various horse piss on the market.
How unfortunate, Bud is just a pilsner, a mediocre one at that.
Americans have been duped into thinking they are "king" or the "champagne" of beer. Sorry, not sorry.
 
How unfortunate, Bud is just a pilsner, a mediocre one at that.
Americans have been duped into thinking they are "king" or the "champagne" of beer. Sorry, not sorry.
Rumor in the brewing industry was that brewing for Bud was a coveted position, from a technical standpoint. The flavor profile permits no errors, and it is brewed on such a massive scale, so any flaws that ship out will be massive as well.
Who knows, that’s just what I heard.
 
The sweet nectar of Cornfield County Ohio
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In Arkansas Busch Light is considered yard or practice beer !🍺
When I drink real beer , seem to favor either Newcastle (foreign) or my
favorite (domestic) is Fat Tire out of Colorado. While on 3 different West-Pacs i
Drank a zillion San Miguel’s in da Philippines...aka : Worlds most natural laxative.
Like the big strong Kingfishers from India too.🍻
 

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In Arkansas Busch Light is considered yard or practice beer !🍺
When I drink real beer , seem to favor either Newcastle (foreign) or my
favorite (domestic) is Fat Tire out of Colorado. While on 3 different West-Pacs i
Drank a zillion San Miguel’s in da Philippines...aka : Worlds most natural laxative.
Like the big strong Kingfishers from India too.🍻

Years ago New Belgium changed the recipe for Fat Tire and it wasnt the same. was way better before to me. I know a couple home brewer guys who make batches of the old and its pretty darn tasty.
When FT was pretty new, I liked it. Of course I was in Nebraska and was pretty happy with a Sam Adams Boston Lager or a Guinness at the time, but was just 21. Oh, and 1554 from new Belgium was and is still a darn tasty one!
Always loved the full flavors more than the light beer.

Though I have been known to kill a case of Miller Lite. 24 cans. 24 hrs in a day. Coincidence?? I think not!!!
 
Years ago New Belgium changed the recipe for Fat Tire and it wasnt the same. was way better before to me. I know a couple home brewer guys who make batches of the old and its pretty darn tasty.
When FT was pretty new, I liked it. Of course I was in Nebraska and was pretty happy with a Sam Adams Boston Lager or a Guinness at the time, but was just 21. Oh, and 1554 from new Belgium was and is still a darn tasty one!
Always loved the full flavors more than the light beer.

Though I have been known to kill a case of Miller Lite. 24 cans. 24 hrs in a day. Coincidence?? I think not!!!
Last time I drank Miller lite, I pissed in my sock drawer for some reason
 
Ever tried Diamond Bear in NLR ? Lost 40 Brewing in LR has some tasty brews!
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I've been to both. They're alright. Lots of other little microbreweries popping up everywhere, too.

And Kingfisher is fantastic with a good masala or rogan josh!
 
“American style lagers” are a product/casualty of WWII grain rationing that forced them to use rice as filler for the barley that they could not afford to buy. The best thing you can say about them is that they are mostly tasteless and chuggable. I will admit to drinking one or 2 after mowing the lawn. And, a Coors Light (which I would never drink otherwise) sure tastes good at the turn of an 18 hole golf course on a 100 degree day.