Beer

[Dove]

Did you just skip festbier/marzen season!?

At ludicrous speed!!!!

We're off to Manchester VT tomorrow to a music festival. Grabbin' and goin' at Treehouse in Deerfield. I don't think there is a fest or marzen on the list.

 

[pepband99]

Did you just skip festbier/marzen season!?

I I became king, I would enforce the beer release schedule. Nothing Summer until June. Nothing Pumpkin until September. Etc. Tired of not being able to get fresh fall stuff because it was brewed in June to jump the market.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I I became king, I would enforce the beer release schedule. Nothing Summer until June. Nothing Pumpkin until September. Etc. Tired of not being able to get fresh fall stuff because it was brewed in June to jump the market.

Amen to that. After Labor Day only. I hate the rush to claim it is fall. It's not fall until nearly the end of September. Then they rush winter too. It's not just beer, it's everything.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I I became king, I would enforce the beer release schedule. Nothing Summer until June. Nothing Pumpkin ever. Etc. Tired of not being able to get fresh fall stuff because it was brewed in June to jump the market.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Deepster]

Stout season...enriched with cocao nibs, vanilla, coconut and peanuts. So good. "Frog Bites" from New London's Tox Brewing. A collab with Long Live Beerworks. View attachment 111020

Since when does a beer have the same ingredients as a Snickers or Mounds bar? Go get a sixer of PBR kingers.

 

[Dove]

Here at the Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival. Lawson's Finest Liquids on site. A thick juicy IPA called Hop Wired is the featured draft today.

 

[pepband99]

Fixed it for you.

De gustibus non est disputandum, fellow 241er (how haven't we met yet?)

 

[Fishy]

“Where has the Beer Expert been?! We’re lost in a sea of bad candy beer reviews!”

I was out doing the work.

Lucky Buddha Enlightened Beer. Great bottle with a Buddha right on it. Nice, cheap Asian-style beer that you are supposed to drink with your left hand for added luck. Made from the waters of a lake in China. I could not even taste the acid rain.

It was fine. Bottle was cool. Buy one if you are ever at a Tiki bar in Chatham, Mass., while your family is enjoying their $16 cocktails.

 

[Fishy]

A second review because I have been slacking.

Lawson’s Fest Bier…it actually felt a little like September at times at the Cape this weekend, so it was fine.

High marks for this one. One of two beers I had last week that really impressed me. Grab this instead of the S’mores rocky road cotton candy stout you’re looking at.

 

[Fishy]

Fixed it for you.

Bingo. They should not exist.

Since when does a beer have the same ingredients as a Snickers or Mounds bar? Go get a sixer of PBR kingers.

They just need to admit that they do not like beer - stop torturing yourselves and just order whatever umbrella drink your wife is ordering.

 

[karstenkibbe]

A second review because I have been slacking.

Lawson’s Fest Bier…it actually felt a little like September at times at the Cape this weekend, so it was fine.

High marks for this one. One of two beers I had last week that really impressed me. Grab this instead of the S’mores rocky road cotton candy stout you’re looking at.

Our resident “beer expert” is spot on with this one. I’m a major festbier lover, especially as we enter the next few months. Light, crushable and flavorful style. Lawson’s brews a quality and accessible fest. 🍻

 

[HuskyHawk]

IPA of the beach. Good one for the beach. Despite indications to the contrary from some.

 

[Fishy]

IPA of the beach. Good one for the beach. Despite indications to the contrary from some.
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I would use that to get sand off my feet.

 

[Fishy]

My inbox is overflowing with messages like, “Beer Expert! I like pine cones and oranges and I wear Lilly Pulitzer shorts and boat shoes to pool parties….can you recommend a beer that will impress my friends?”

Am I not the Beer Expert? Of course, I can.

So here it is. King Julius.

It’s fine. Is it my favorite example of a beer style that I do not care for? No. Is it really close? Yes. I think I slightly prefer Heady Topper, to be honest, but I far preferred this to the Lawson’s or Cloud Candy I had earlier in the month. (If you pipe up trying to split hairs about variants of pale ales, I will punch you in the throat.)

Also, it’s five damned dollars for 8.2% ABV. That is a really, really fair price for something that they no doubt could have turned the dial up on. I love their business model and approach and I will not snicker at you if you show up drinking one of these in my presence.

 

[Fishy]

My inbox is overflowing with messages like, “Beer Expert! I like banana bread and I wear lederhosen and haferlschuhes to pool parties….can you recommend a beer that will impress my friends?”

Natürlich!

This was excellent. Really. Just go get some, have the wife lace up her dirndl and throw yourself an Oktoberfest.

 

[HuskyHawk]

My inbox is overflowing with messages like, “Beer Expert! I like banana bread and I wear lederhosen and haferlschuhes to pool parties….can you recommend a beer that will impress my friends?”

Natürlich!

This was excellent. Really. Just go get some, have the wife lace up her dirndl and throw yourself an Oktoberfest.

Not surprised you like this because of the style, but of all the German brands, I think Tucher is among the worst. It is cheap however.

 

[Fishy]

Not surprised you like this because of the style, but of all the German brands, I think Tucher is among the worst. It is cheap however.

Also, your opinion is known to be crap.

 

[uconndogs]

A second review because I have been slacking.

Lawson’s Fest Bier…it actually felt a little like September at times at the Cape this weekend, so it was fine.

High marks for this one. One of two beers I had last week that really impressed me. Grab this instead of the S’mores rocky road cotton candy stout you’re looking at.

Lawson's really knows what it's doing.

 

[Dove]

Of course, a trip to VT means a stop at Treehouse...

 

[karstenkibbe]

Absolute banger from the good people at Ober Creek in Wappingers Falls. @Fishy you need to get over there and share your expertise!

 

[HooperScooper]

So here it is. King Julius.

If you have the means I highly recommend King Jjjuliusss instead. Even better.

 

[Lafayette]

If you have the means I highly recommend King Jjjuliusss instead. Even better.

So Ferris Bueller of you….

 

[Fishy]

View attachment 111177Absolute banger from the good people at Ober Creek in Wappingers Falls. @Fishy you need to get over there and share your expertise!

At some point, I will. Their hours and my ability to be in Wappingers are usually at odds.

 

[Fishy]

Took my daughter to the Danbury mall this afternoon.....there's a brewery over there now? (Where Barnes and Nobles used to be.)

 

[karstenkibbe]

Took my daughter to the Danbury mall this afternoon.....there's a brewery over there now? (Where Barnes and Nobles used to be.)

Mall breweries scare me. No thank you. Better bet is to hit the beer nirvana that is the beer department (and bar) at the Brewster DeCicco’s.