What's your favorite style of beer?
BigDog
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I love to try and explore all styles of beer and if I go to a new brewery I will most definitely get a sampler / flight and access their products, but once I'm ready to order a full pint I almost always go for an IPA or maybe a strong Pale Ale, also like Rye's and Scotch Ales.
How bout you? What's your favorite style?
How bout you? What's your favorite style?
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I'm more of a Belgian or porter fan. I also really enjoy wheat beers. IPA's are far too hoppy for me.0
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Stout, Porter, Brown Ale - in that order (although in the heat of summer I might pick up a lager).
On the opposite angle, for some reason I've never met a Belgian beer that I've enjoyed.0 -
i never ever stick to the same ole thing, i am always up for new ones out.0
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I am a Hop-Head for sure, IPA's are my favorite ( and have the most calories). Lately I have really enjoyed Zombie Dust which is a APA..0
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Oh I love Zombie Dust! That is damn fine beer. And you don't even have to be a Hop-Head to appreciate it. I have to make runs to get it though, as Three Floyds doesn't distribute up here in West Michigan yet. (I don't think they are even in Michigan yet...0
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Same here in KY. We have to drive up to Ohio. Good thing we have lots of friends who kids play on traveling soccer teams! Recently a local store has had in on tap and we take a growler up and get some. Locally we have a brewery who has started canning their IPA ( called West Sixth) it is ABSOLUTELY my favorite. I don't know if it is the freshness or what. Love it!0
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What's the name of the local brewery? How far away do they currently distribute? I'm always looking for new beer to try. Maybe I should start a trading thread here. ;-)
Have you ever had Hop Slam from Bell's Brewery? Delicious! A bit pricey but, quite, tasty. (See link below)
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Just had some hopslam a couple weeks ago. It was great! It wasn't as hoppy as I was expecting, though. but...I did just finish a red rye ale that was touted as being 124 ibus, so that probably had somethign to do with it.
My favorite style is Oktoberfest. My favorites change with the seasons, though. Lately I've been craving Scotch ales, so I picked up some Belhaven. Sometimes it's skunky, sometimes not. Still, I think it's great.0 -
Porter I think it is called...
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I favor darker beers like porters, stouts, and black IPAs. My favorite beer right now is Left Hand's Milk Stout Nitro. So good.
With that said I will also always try a flight when I am at a new brewery.0 -
Belgians, Porters, and Stouts. I think the only ones I don't like are IPA's and Barleywine.0
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My husband has been stockpiling Hopslam for the last couple weeks. Actually went to Liquor Barn the night it was shipped in. The local Brewery is called West Sixth. They are currently only canning 1 of their beers. The IPA. We have been lucky we currently have 2 breweries with tap rooms ( the other is Country Boy's) with several more in the works.. We are starting to become like a small Asheville. We love it. Always somewhere cool to go on date night. Lol!0
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Russian Imperial Stout has to by my favorite type. Nothing like chocolate/coffee flavors with such a full mouthfeel. Really love the Siberian Night and Stone Brewery's versions.
I also really love Belgian Strong Ales. Dark/pale etc...
Only just getting into IPA's. Oddly enough it was the Stone Ruination that made me appreciate the style. Really like the Sierra Nevada Rye pale, Pliny and Stone. Haven't tried many more.
P.S. I hate one and one style only - Barleywine. Can't find one I enjoy.0 -
@jchula It is the same as yours and your childrens,,,,,call me later. I will be the one cooking your dinner.
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@jchula and undulyinteres... Awe aren't you two cute. ;-)
@Bastiencade... Have you been to Founders? If not you have to come this way sometime and try the Breakfast Stout on tap. Just something about it fresh from the tap. Also... My wife and I love Delirium Tremens. We have that instead of Champagne for our New Year's toast. She is in the medical field too and she thought the name was funny. A lot of people don't realize that, that's the full name for 'The DT's"0 -
I've always been a sucker for stouts. Imperials... Russian Imperials... breakfast stouts.. whatever. Lately, though, I'm taking a shine to Belgian Strong/Belgian Dark/Quads.
@BigDog we toasted the new year in this year with Achel 8 Blond. Almost a champagne. Not quite the same ballfield as Tremens, but still tasty.0 -
@trogalicious Just looked that up. Looks yummy. Going to have to see if I can find that around here. Thanks!0
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Really never met a beer I didn't get along with. I do not favour rye ales, but there are a few out there that I like. I'm also a 'beer for the seasons' kind of person. I've been all about the stouts and porters lately. My husband told me last night that he's excited for spring because I start buying more hoppy beers (I am the designated beer purchaser)... and it's true. I'm definitely getting the groove for some hops and red ales right now.
I hate anyone that can get Bells or Three Floyds. Or New Holland for that matter.
Only 247 days till GABF, though!!!!! I'll get to hang with my pals from New Holland and hopefully try some new things from Natty Greene's.0 -
Only 247 days till GABF, though!!!!! I'll get to hang with my pals from New Holland and hopefully try some new things from Natty Greene's.
Natty's is happy, but see if you can get your hands on some brews from Foothills/Olde Hickory/Mother Earth/NoDa. I think they blow Natty's out of the water.
Edit: Went to this. Will go back again:
http://www.raleighrarebeertasting.com/0 -
@misskortney I live about 20 miles up the road from NH. Go down that way often, and of course it's in the stores everywhere. ;-p (Bells too.) If it makes you feel any better... I do have to drive a couple hours for Three Floyds though
If you ever find yourself at New Holland make sure to come up the road to Grand Haven and check Odd Side Ales out. I'll buy ya a beer!0 -
OH!! Olde Hickory The Event Horizon .... I did get my hands on a bottle of that for a beer club event.... it was hands down the most amazing stout ever.
I run a local beer club for women, we meet once or twice a month and do awesome beer related stuff.0 -
@misskortney I live about 20 miles up the road from NH. Go down that way often, and of course it's in the stores everywhere. ;-p (Bells too.) If it makes you feel any better... I do have to drive a couple hours for Three Floyds though
If you ever find yourself at New Holland make sure to come up the road to Grand Haven and check Odd Side Ales out. I'll buy ya a beer!
Drink lots of Dragon's Milk for me!!!
I really can't complain much about beer, though ... we had over 40 breweries open up last year, and another 30 are 'on the books' for 2013. We're pushing like 400 craft breweries for the state.0 -
OH!! Olde Hickory The Event Horizon .... I did get my hands on a bottle of that for a beer club event.... it was hands down the most amazing stout ever.
I still have a bomber in my collection.
IF they have it, Foothills/Olde Hickory/Duck-Rabbit bottled a blend of their three stouts. Even better than the Event Horizon... it's called Olde Rabbits Foot and it is freaking...insane...0 -
Now that you have New Belgium out there, keep an eye out for Love .... It's the sour base for La Folie, and they always do something special with it -- had it aged in blueberry bourbon barrels once. HOLY FRUCK. I still salivate and get all whet about that beer.0
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Now that you have New Belgium out there, keep an eye out for Love .... It's the sour base for La Folie, and they always do something special with it -- had it aged in blueberry bourbon barrels once. HOLY FRUCK. I still salivate and get all whet about that beer.
^ ^ LOL ^ ^ No that's a true beer lover!
That sounds good. I'm not huge on fruit in beer, (especially blueberry. It's really hard to make a good one.) but I do love a good bourbon barrel aged beer... Certain craft brews and whiskey work very well together0 -
We've got a local brewery here that is doing a lot of saisons and interesting brews. Just sampled a Flanders red that was aged in a chardonnay barrel with cherries.
I took a few sips and had to sit down. It was more than I could wrap my head around.
I dig the bourbon barrel aged beers too, but would love to see a wider variety of barrels being used. Bourbon is awesome, but give me a rum barrel aged rye ipa or something.^ ^ LOL ^ ^ No that's a true beer lover!
That sounds good. I'm not huge on fruit in beer, (especially blueberry. It's really hard to make a good one.) but I do love a good bourbon barrel aged beer... Certain craft brews and whiskey work very well together0 -
The chardonnay and cab barrel aged stuff is really neat, but so hard to find. You know a beer is good when you have to sit down to taste it!!!
Every now and then a brew will come off the kegerator at home that almost brings me to tears. Tasting something so good and knowing it came from our hands is such an exciting, and somehow humbling experience.0 -
I love a hoppy beer, and would like to grow my own hops one day.
The darker the beer, the more I want to drink it.0 -
Hops are great - the vine is really pretty and it grows in spite of you! But, it will take over wherever you plant it, and it wants to climb!!
We sort of took over the entire fence at the back of our property with a Cascade two years ago... we now give our neighbor homebrew every summer for putting up with the vines that end up on his side.0
