bigchiefbc wrote: I drink imports a lot because, as much as I love craft brew explosion in the US, there are still beers over in Europe that kill anything over here. And the American versions are usually buried under a metric ass-ton of hops.
I feel that,...but I guess I was more referring to the mainstream,..heavily pushed, ubiquitous imports,...like Heineken,...Amstel,...Stella,...Pilsner Urkuell (sp?),...
The last two I will actually drink in a pinch,...or not snub if someone offers,...but yeah,...even the crappiest of the craft beers blows those out of the water IMO.
I guess I just really don't have access to any of the more underground/esoteric European brews.
jrmy wrote:I dig Pumpking on tap, but love Cape Ann Pumpkin Stout even more...
ooh, i haven't had that one before. pumkin STOUT sounds like it could get a bit dodgy though.
No no no no no - not dodgy at all! Totally delish! Of course, I do lean towards the dark & heavy stuff in general, but they've done a great job here - not TOO pumpink-y at all. The pumpkin and spice flavors incorporate very nicely with the stoutyness without overwhelming... it's nice and malty, not too sweet. Went really well with food as well.
I had one last night (the pic below isn't mine, but stolen from the webs). Great body... dark brown head, which the picture below does not adequately convey... not a TON of carbonation going on, but just enough... yeah, I'm definitely gonna pick up another bottle or two of this before the season is over.
jrmy wrote:I dig Pumpking on tap, but love Cape Ann Pumpkin Stout even more...
ooh, i haven't had that one before. pumkin STOUT sounds like it could get a bit dodgy though.
No no no no no - not dodgy at all! Totally delish! Of course, I do lean towards the dark & heavy stuff in general, but they've done a great job here - not TOO pumpink-y at all. The pumpkin and spice flavors incorporate very nicely with the stoutyness without overwhelming... it's nice and malty, not too sweet. Went really well with food as well.
I had one last night (the pic below isn't mine, but stolen from the webs). Great body... dark brown head, which the picture below does not adequately convey... not a TON of carbonation going on, but just enough... yeah, I'm definitely gonna pick up another bottle or two of this before the season is over.
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Never had a pumpkin stout. But I'd fucking LOVE to!
Gearmond wrote:eh, i guess if it isn't an all-too-trendy coffee/chocolate stout it could work. i like my pumpkin beers to be pumpkin-y though
Hey man - I love a good coffee porter or stout!
This one may not be for you if you like a heavy pumpkin thang in your pumpkin beer. Pumpking is the best I've had for that, though Shipyard (from Portland, Maine) has a mighty nice one as well - had one of those last week, and while it wasn't quite as smooth as the Pumpking, it was still mighty nice.
hbombgraphics wrote:I was storing my beers in a lower bin right above my freezer and I think they are getting way too cold.
First one from the store is awesome, 2 days later and its bitter.
I have done some research and 40-50 degrees is a better temp. Just want one of the experts to confirm,
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is the beer of choice normally.
You should never drink a beer at lower than 45 degrees (Fahrenheit, obviously) ..... unless you don't want to be able to taste it at all. All of those beers that have those indicators on them so you can drink them ICE COLD, that's specifically so you can't taste how awful they are. Cold masks off-tastes and totally off-balances a well-made beer.
hbombgraphics wrote:I was storing my beers in a lower bin right above my freezer and I think they are getting way too cold.
First one from the store is awesome, 2 days later and its bitter.
I have done some research and 40-50 degrees is a better temp. Just want one of the experts to confirm,
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is the beer of choice normally.
You should never drink a beer at lower than 45 degrees (Fahrenheit, obviously) ..... unless you don't want to be able to taste it at all. All of those beers that have those indicators on them so you can drink them ICE COLD, that's specifically so you can't taste how awful they are. Cold masks off-tastes and totally off-balances a well-made beer.
That's about what I figured, I used to store it in a cooler in my dirt basement but moved it upstairs for convenience, think it's going back to the cooler
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That's what I was doing and I am not sure why I changed, my basement is half dirt and half conrete, my soldering station and everything are on the concrete side now (moved from the garage for winter) If I kept beer on the dirt side I could drink and solder all the time!
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