Beer

[storrsroars]

Last night and again tonight we’ve got The Gobshites. So of course Guinness is the beer of choice for Celtic Punk. It’s basically a light beer anyway. Very sessionable.
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210 calories in an imperial pint vs 154 for Miller Light or 176 for Bud Light. Guinness is good for you!

 

[karstenkibbe]

Kent Falls’ flagship pils, The Hollow, aged for a few months in their oak foeder, brewed to mark their 7th anniversary. The oak and some spice come through on the finish. Glad I was able to get hands on this one.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm enjoying this today along with some other samplings.

Newer brewery near where I live on the gulf coast. Only been open a year but every beer they've brewed has been spot on for that style. Got a few friends who geek out more than I do on the whole process and they're fans too. I'm much simpler with either figuring it tastes good or doesn't taste good for any given style.

 

[Dove]

Just got back from lower upstate NY. Took a chance on a 4-pack from a Schenectady brewery called Frog Alley. The Mohop #5 NEIPA was damned tasty. With citra and mosaic.

No pic.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Just got back from lower upstate NY. Took a chance on a 4-pack from a Schenectady brewery called Frog Alley. The Mohop #5 NEIPA was damned tasty. With citra and mosaic.

No pic.

"Lower upstate NY" is a geographical reference I haven't heard before. What area of NY does that encompass? Is this more Hudson Valley, Capitol Region, Southern TIer???

 

[Dove]

"Lower upstate NY" is a geographical reference I haven't heard before. What area of NY does that encompass? Is this more Hudson Valley, Capitol Region, Southern TIer???

My mom's side is from what I call true upstate. North of Glens Falls. Lake Champlain area. Lower upstate is south of that. I guess the way to Buffalo is the finger lakes region.

 

[Dove]

The trip home had us seconds from Clocktown Brewing in Thomaston. What a facility. We had a pie and downed two brewski. Not the pictured one, tho. It is a lighter-bodied glass of tastiness.

 

[huskymedic]

Counter Weight Brewing partners with Modern Apizza on new lager

There’s something new on tap at Counter Weight Brewing in Cheshire. Counter Weight and Modern Apizza recently teamed up to create a new American-style lager called “A Modern Classic.” The new beer is brewed in the pre-Prohibition lager style, with a portion of flaked corn in the recipe to...

www.newhavenbiz.com

 

[storrsroars]

Not sure how Texas thought of this before NYC, but Martin House Brewing now has a hard seltzer made from used hot dog water, called "Bun Length".

The reviews say it all.

Tip of cap to DeepElemBlues who posted about it in The Leach Field.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Welcome to the weekend. As for this beer, she’s a 10 but she’s got calories.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Scenes from today’s Shabbat Happy Hour in Stamford. All are welcome weekly.

 

[8893]

Scenes from today’s Shabbat Happy Hour in Stamford. All are welcome weekly.
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Basil and fresh mozz?

 

[storrsroars]

Scenes from today’s Shabbat Happy Hour in Stamford. All are welcome weekly.
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Yo, this is the beer thread, not the pizza thread.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Too many beers to post

Yo, this is the beer thread, not the pizza thread.

I forgot to include the kill shot of all the cans consumed!

 

[storrsroars]

If any of you were planning on being in Pittsburgh this weekend...

Festival brings wild beer (literally) from across the world to Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper

Craft beer festivals are a blast, but there are certain stereotypes that can follow them. Folks often associate fests with lots of incredibly heavy and...

www.pghcitypaper.com

 

[Dove]

Not sure how Texas thought of this before NYC, but Martin House Brewing now has a hard seltzer made from used hot dog water, called "Bun Length".

The reviews say it all.

Tip of cap to DeepElemBlues who posted about it in The Leach Field.

Dirty Water Seltzer?

 

[storrsroars]

So I'm at a burger joint and having my first ever Heady Topper. I get asked if I want a glass, which I find odd because this isn't some slummy drink out of a can place. I get the can and it says "drink from the can". I read the fine print to find out why.

Sorry. very good beer, but that's some pretentious BS.

Ftr, I had a couple sips from can, but 90% of it from a pint glass. I must be a Philistine as I preferred the glass.

 

[karstenkibbe]

So I'm at a burger joint and having my first ever Heady Topper. I get asked if I want a glass, which I find odd because this isn't some slummy drink out of a can place. I get the can and it says "drink from the can". I read the fine print to find out why.

Sorry. very good beer, but that's some pretentious BS.

Ftr, I had a couple sips from can, but 90% of it from a pint glass. I must be a Philistine as I preferred the glass.

I’ve got a ton of respect for John Kimmich and I’ve been drinking his beers since I first discovered his little brewpub in Waterbury, VT in 2006. But I do agree with you here. Unless I’m crazy thirsty from physical exertion, I have no interest in sucking down a beer straight from the can. But I don’t believe Kimmich’s suggestion is borne from pretension. I think he just cares way too much about every can of beer that leaves his brewery. From a recent Hop Culture piece on Kimmich:

“A beer gets forever and instantaneously altered the moment it gets poured into a glass of oxygen, you know,” he explains further. “When you’re responsible for making a beer and packaging a beer and absolutely at all costs minimizing oxygen uptake into that beer throughout the process, and then all of a sudden when the beer finally has its big moment in the sun you’re just going to throw it under the wheel of your car and run over it by pouring it into a glass of oxygen.”

He needs to let go of his babies once they leave the canning line. Some of us like to look at and smell our beer.

 

[auror]

So I'm at a burger joint and having my first ever Heady Topper. I get asked if I want a glass, which I find odd because this isn't some slummy drink out of a can place. I get the can and it says "drink from the can". I read the fine print to find out why.

Sorry. very good beer, but that's some pretentious BS.

Ftr, I had a couple sips from can, but 90% of it from a pint glass. I must be a Philistine as I preferred the glass.

I’ve got a ton of respect for John Kimmich and I’ve been drinking his beers since I first discovered his little brewpub in Waterbury, VT in 2006. But I do agree with you here. Unless I’m crazy thirsty from physical exertion, I have no interest in sucking down a beer straight from the can. But I don’t Kimmich’s suggestion is borne from pretension. I think he just cares way too much about every can of beer that leaves his brewery. From a recent Hop Culture piece on Kimmich:

“A beer gets forever and instantaneously altered the moment it gets poured into a glass of oxygen, you know,” he explains further. “When you’re responsible for making a beer and packaging a beer and absolutely at all costs minimizing oxygen uptake into that beer throughout the process, and then all of a sudden when the beer finally has its big moment in the sun you’re just going to throw it under the wheel of your car and run over it by pouring it into a glass of oxygen.”

He needs to let go of his babies once they leave the canning line. Some of us like to look at and smell our beer.

Yeah the logic on the can is bunk. Kimmich made a whole Youtube video about it because people kept asking about it. And he laid out some reasoning, including that Oxygen bomb hypothesis. And that logic is also bunk. I recommend it (and most beers) out of a glass.

 

[Dove]

I’ve got a ton of respect for John Kimmich and I’ve been drinking his beers since I first discovered his little brewpub in Waterbury, VT in 2006. But I do agree with you here. Unless I’m crazy thirsty from physical exertion, I have no interest in sucking down a beer straight from the can. But I don’t believe Kimmich’s suggestion is borne from pretension. I think he just cares way too much about every can of beer that leaves his brewery. From a recent Hop Culture piece on Kimmich:

“A beer gets forever and instantaneously altered the moment it gets poured into a glass of oxygen, you know,” he explains further. “When you’re responsible for making a beer and packaging a beer and absolutely at all costs minimizing oxygen uptake into that beer throughout the process, and then all of a sudden when the beer finally has its big moment in the sun you’re just going to throw it under the wheel of your car and run over it by pouring it into a glass of oxygen.”

He needs to let go of his babies once they leave the canning line. Some of us like to look at and smell our beer.

He doesn't want you seeing the sedimenty globules in the bottom of your glasses

 

[Chin Diesel]

So I'm at a burger joint and having my first ever Heady Topper. I get asked if I want a glass, which I find odd because this isn't some slummy drink out of a can place. I get the can and it says "drink from the can". I read the fine print to find out why.

Sorry. very good beer, but that's some pretentious BS.

Ftr, I had a couple sips from can, but 90% of it from a pint glass. I must be a Philistine as I preferred the glass.

I've said it before and will say it again right now. I don't necessarily get Heady Topper as a beer I think is great but it's neat to drink the OG and realize this was the genesis for thousands of others.

Gimme a Focal Banger any day of the week over a Heady Topper.

 

[storrsroars]

I've said it before and will say it again right now. I don't necessarily get Heady Topper as a beer I think is great but it's neat to drink the OG and realize this was the genesis for thousands of others.

Gimme a Focal Banger any day of the week over a Heady Topper.

I ordered it because it's the first time I've seen it in Pgh, even though it was $10. Was very surprised to see it on a menu as it's not even at our most comprehensive bottle shops. I liked it quite a bit. Much more going on than what I've tasted among top local imperial IPAs. Also taking a break from NEIPAs.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Didn’t have heady topper but had Tilted Barn on draft at the Patriots game. Fantastic beer.

 

[8893]

Yeah the logic on the can is bunk. Kimmich made a whole Youtube video about it because people kept asking about it. And he laid out some reasoning, including that Oxygen bomb hypothesis. And that logic is also bunk. I recommend it (and most beers) out of a glass.

I agree most if not all are better from a glass, and I never watched his videos, but my theory was that drinking from the can means that it hits a different part of your palate first than it does when drinking from a glass, and perhaps with that particular hop profile it hits better that way.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Didn’t have heady topper but had Tilted Barn on draft at the Patriots game. Fantastic beer.

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Hitting TB and one of my other favorite farm breweries, Fox Farm, on my way to Newport tomorrow. Amazing that TB is on draft at Gillette. Couldn’t have imagined that even a few years ago.