Beer Snobs Unite! 100+ IBU or GTFO

[Busty St Clare]

I'm always a sucker for a clever name. Doesn't taste too bad either, nice bitter ale with a touch of caramel.

 

[thujone]

You're not going to like it much if Asahi is your idea of how beer ought to taste, though.

I'm receptive of all lagers, pilsners and bocks. I liked Asahi because it fulfilled my expectations of what one should taste like; clean. As long as a beer has a gentle balance of flavours and no piss or other unsavoury undertones, I'll dig it. It's not myopic to say "this is what beer should taste like", but rather just a nod to the craftsmanship and quality that has gone into making a brew that rises above the bottom-shelf garbage.

This reminds me, I should get to the beer store for a few cans by my new favorite brewery, Creemore Springs. They brew a lager, pilsner and bock that are all absolutely brilliant!

 

[shLong420]

In Wisconsin we have this nice little brewery called New Glarus Brewing Company.
They have some great brews.
"Spotted Cow" is their bread and butter, but my girl and I both dig their "Totally Naked" brew. Good shit!

if you get a chance, check em out.
They offer little tours of their joint. Been meaning to take a short road trip and sample their lesser know brews

 

[ebola?]

You have lots and lots of great breweries in WI. It fits completely well with our stereotypes about your drinking (well, solely that it's extremely voluminous).

I'm receptive of all lagers, pilsners and bocks.

We have diametrically opposed tastes in beer, lol. There's no longer that I'm really into (well, Session does the style unorthodoxically enough for me to enjoy it), but I am very partial to IPAs, stouts, and porters.

ebola

 

[ebola?]

Ya, like 7 years ago— get with the times, dad.

So people don't have mindsets based on elaborate, coherent conceptual frameworks that are modified glacially?

ebola

 

[shLong420]

You have lots and lots of great breweries in WI. It fits completely well with our stereotypes about your drinking (well, solely that it's extremely voluminous).

HAHAHAHA...That gave me a laugh.
Yes, its true, however.....lol

 

[Cyc]

Mmmm

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

Is it fine?

 

[Josair]

I kinda like a couple of Ridgeway beers - Blue and IPA. Don't know if those count as 'beer for snobs', though.
Should any of you come to Italy, i can recommend this brewery. It is a microbrewery turned big and successful - but still making (quasi)artigianal beers and ales (and still getting awards every year)

 

[Pander Bear]

+1 on new glarus

 

[Kenickie]

Mmmm

i can get down with that.

 

[XThexXTank]

Letss get some fuckin PBR

 

[Care]

A local brewery has a micro brew called "moto". Its a light brown, definitely my favorite beer.

 

[Cyc]

i can get down with that.

Nice :D

 

[paranoid android]

Belgian pale ales I like. India...yuck.

India pale ale is really popular here actually. Along with the shitty Bennett Dominion ale that is really just lager. The latter is not bad for a molson beer but still not great. As far as big name brand's like molson goes blackhorse beer is by far the best ive had.

 

[Pander Bear]

ale that is really just lager

wat??

 

[Max Power]

It's a stout that is really just a pilsner!

 

[paranoid android]

wat??

It's passed off as ale but whether it is a ale or lager is up for some debate. It does have that distinctively bitter taste but compared to say Quidi Vidi 1892 ale it's shit. But then again molson products are more known for the legendary hangovers they cause then their taste . Blackhorse beer being the exception of course.

 

[justsayknow]

I'm a fan of most Ales but I am more in the same camp as Perpetual Indulgence about the IPA's. Often really bitter and hoppy. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. I went to my local stockist of fine ales from around the world recently and it seems that a lot of craft beers from North America are starting to make it down under. I will look out for that Quidi Vidi it sounds like it might be right up my alley with more of a balance of Malt and Hops rather than in your face Hops.

Any good reccomendations for US or Canadian Ales in a similar vein? As far as UK Ales go I usually get into Bellhaven Wee Heavy, Abbotts Reserve that sort of thing.

 

[Max Power]

I will look out for that Quidi Vidi it sounds like it might be right up my alley with more of a balance of Malt and Hops rather than in your face Hops.

Any good reccomendations for US or Canadian Ales in a similar vein? As far as UK Ales go I usually get into Bellhaven Wee Heavy, Abbotts Reserve that sort of thing.

You might like the ESB (Extra Special Bitter) style of beers, specifically the one made by the English brewery Fuller's. Don't let the name fool you, it's more malty than hoppy while still striking a good balance between the two. There is a slightly caramel/toffee upfront taste to it and has a slightly hoppy finish. Check it out.