The Beer Thread
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Didn't find your beer Szeth but I did find this at the grocery store about 200 yards from my apartment.
Harshaw
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I bought a sixer of Not Your Father's Root Beer, that shit is delicious. You could put a scoop of ice cream in it and you'd just think it was a root beer float. It is a bit sweet for me though, even if it was a normal root beer it would be too sweet. I could easily get trashed on this stuff though and I say this as someone who just isn't a beer drinker.
opiate82
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Good to know. This just showed up in my local grocery store and I almost bought a sixer but I didn't. I don't handle "sweet" very well (I never ever have dessert because I don't like sweet) so I'm guessing I wouldn't like it. On the other hand, sounds right up my wife's ally...
Joeboo
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I had a Not Your Father's Root Beer a few weeks back at a local bar. I liked it, but they served it like a typical beer, and that didn't really work well. It was a 16oz glass, no ice, just like a typical beer would be, but it was fairly strong so I didn't want to suck it down fast, plus it was sweet like drinking a pop, so that slowed me down too. It got a little warm pretty quick, and there's nothing I hate more than warm pop/soda, it's like the sweetness becomes overwhelming once it isn't ice-cold anymore.
It was good, but I'd almost prefer to drink it out of a chilled bottle, or even over ice in a glass I think. Serving it like a typical beer didn't seem to go over well. I could barely choke down the last 1/3 of it after it had become close to room temperature.
It was good, but I'd almost prefer to drink it out of a chilled bottle, or even over ice in a glass I think. Serving it like a typical beer didn't seem to go over well. I could barely choke down the last 1/3 of it after it had become close to room temperature.
Pemulis
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Friday night my wife and I did the root beer + vanilla vodka thing, and they were dangerously drinkable. Both of us felt like shit the next morning from all the sugar (and half a bottle of stoli...)
One of the local stores also had the Coney Island varient, which I bought for comparison's sake. It wasn't bad, but it had a much stronger birch beer flavor.
One of the local stores also had the Coney Island varient, which I bought for comparison's sake. It wasn't bad, but it had a much stronger birch beer flavor.
Khane
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Well Elysian is on the shit list now. Was at the Belgium Comes to Cooperstown fest at Ommegang this past weekend and they were supposed to be there with a few beers I wanted to try and they just didn't show up. They never gave Ommegang a head's up either, just were complete no shows.
Not to throw my hipster glasses down too hard but Sam's October beer was far, far better like 5-6 years ago. Now it just tastes like water.
Punk'n did arrive at my grocery store, though
Punk'n did arrive at my grocery store, though
opiate82
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It's funny, if you Google 'Sam Adams oktoberfest recipe change' you'll find discussion threads from 5-6 years ago that say the exact same thing you are today. Obviously ingredient availability and consistency will change over time (being an agricultural product) and yeast can most definitely change over generations when breweries are constantly reculturing and repitching, even for an operation like Sam Adams who probably have one of the most sophisticated QC labs out of any craft brewery.
But I think the far more likely explanation isn't that the beer has significantly changed, but rather your palate.
Brahma
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It's very sweet. Teeth rotting sweet. They do this I guess to cover the alcohol taste. It's barely there.
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Man I'm a sour fanatic and in particular I love berliners... and I absolutely DIG Festina.
TJT
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Some of you might be aware of my Ukraine trip. But while there I went to a cool microbrewery in Lviv called "Pravda." Which apparently means Truth. I bought their lineup and it is pretty good stuff.
The Putin beer is called "Dickhead Putin." They like Obama obviously and dislike Merkel for playing both sides, comparing her to Ribentrop. Kavitka means flower and far left one means Party (9% ABV lol).
Ukraine is absolutely obsessed with side-dishes for beer. Like any place I went had three pages of various beer snacks. Pig ears in spicy sauce... all kinds of strange things. But good overall, highly recommended.
The Putin beer is called "Dickhead Putin." They like Obama obviously and dislike Merkel for playing both sides, comparing her to Ribentrop. Kavitka means flower and far left one means Party (9% ABV lol).
Ukraine is absolutely obsessed with side-dishes for beer. Like any place I went had three pages of various beer snacks. Pig ears in spicy sauce... all kinds of strange things. But good overall, highly recommended.