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Beer Snobs Unite! 100+ IBU or GTFO

Bah! I've had it with the gnarly, headachy hangovers I've been getting from one 24oz bottle of craft-brewed stout. The stuff has more congeners and impurities than a pink drink. Only Belgian beer and port wine have ever made me feel worse the next day.

I think I'm going full tilt the other direction. It's going to be nothing but light brews and sake this summer.
 
Man. Here's a hangover cure-all. It's gross as fuck, but it works like a CHARM.


Pour 2oz of Pepto Bismal into a cup.
...Pour a shot of jack.


...Drop shot of jack into PB cup.
Chug.


...For real, it tastes as gross as it sounds. But it works wonders. AMP even rated it as their #1 hangover cure for like, 3 years or some shit like that.
 
If I did that when I have a bad hangover I guarantee I would just vomit everywhere. It sounds horrible. I try to not get them in the first place by drinking more water than usual if I know I'm going out.

Dortmunder is great, though. Big fan of their porter as well, Elliot Ness maybe?

MDAO, too much sugar in those type of beers maybe? I kinda feel you on 'em but I generally only have a couple dark beers and never session them. I stick to IPAs and lighter for regular drinkin'.
 
^its the edmond fitzgerald that you are thinking of. the elliot ness is their amber ale.
 
1.Tennents~ Scottish Lager
2.Peroni~Italian Lager
3.Sweet Water Brewery-Atlanta,Ga ~420 Extra Pale Ale
4.Beck's~German Pilsner
5.Newcastle ~Scottish & Newcastle Brown Ale
6.Red Stripe~Jamaican Lager
7.Tucher~Bravarian Helles Hefeweizen Light Wheatbeer(this one is an ass kicker.The alcohol
content is so high,in the US it is considered a malt liquor-the horror)
8.Guinness~ Irish Stout
9.Highland Oatmeal Porter~Asheville NCs (black in color, very malty-hints of chocolate-roasted flavor
hops balanced well) ...
10.Nera Modelo~Mexican Dark beer(Munich Dunkles category/Vienna-style amber)


A beer list would not be complete with out a good old Half n Half-Guinness and Bass
A true Black and Tan was originally Guinness and Harps...however,the two names-Half & Half
and Black & Tan apply to both depending on where you are.


my humble beer list from years as a bartender.I miss being a beer snob.These days my starving artist funds usually go towards Budweiser......sad but true.I miss the days when I could afford good beer.
 
I'm a fan of Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm sure I've probably said it a time or two, but I'll say it as many times as I have to to get the point across. It's DEEEELICIOUS.

I mostly dig porters, stouts, and whatever random shitty or medium shitty lager and or pilsner tickles my fancy for the time being.
 
Man, for some reason, I just can't get into stouts. I've tried, time and time again. But to me, it just tastes like cold, really shitty, a couple days old, coffee.

...Hell, maybe it was just the kind I tried, who knows.
 
ryanlaughlin said:
I'm a fan of Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm sure I've probably said it a time or two, but I'll say it as many times as I have to to get the point across. It's DEEEELICIOUS.

I mostly dig porters, stouts, and whatever random shitty or medium shitty lager and or pilsner tickles my fancy for the time being.
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have you tried their blackout stout? i am not a fan of it, but i know people seem to enjoy it.
 
animal_cookie said:
have you tried their blackout stout? i am not a fan of it, but i know people seem to enjoy it.
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Yeah, I thought it was pretty good for a high gravity beer. When it comes to darker/thicker beers though, I prefer Edmund Fitzgerald's flavor above all else, but if I want to put the buzz on whilst still enjoying some semblance of flavor, Blackout Stout is fully sufficient. :)

Everyone around here keeps raving about Lake Erie Monster, which I have my doubts because I'm not a huge fan of IPAs, but whatever, I'll try it sometime. I think it's more or less that people around here are starting to suck everyone else's dick when it comes to beer. I used to kick it with this dude all the time who drank the typical american slob beers and ripped on me for always bringing these exotic beers, microbrews, etc. then he left town for a while (got a new job) to eventually return back a different man. Apparently now he's this HUGE beer enthusiast and talks so much shit about all that beer of old. Point is, he's been raving hard about Lake Erie Monster and all of a sudden, 5ish or more people who are in cahoots with him... who were never beer snobs before... are on that train. That's cool and all, but I think they're in it for the wrong reasons. Motha fuckas!
 
ryanlaughlin, I've had Lake Erie Monster, and didn't think it was anything worth buying by the kegful. Decent craft brew. But typical for its class.

I know people in Upstate New York who swear that Saranac Black and Tan tastes better than an actual half Guinness half Bass draft. Again, it's not a bad beer, but it ain't THAT good!

Does anyone else here from the Northeast find that Magic Hat Brewery's products have declined in quality since the early 2000s? I used to drink it when I actually lived in Burlington, Vermont, and I swear all of their beers tasted crisper and fuller there and then. Either the place has grown into a bigger operation and has payed the price in attention to detail, or I just was drinking fresher product closer to the source.
 
As I remember, Magic Hat has never really been too prevalent in my area. I think you can get it in Columbus and/or Cleveland, but both of those are at least an hour away. Not convenient enough to pick up on a whim. I'd have to REALLY want Magic Hat to get it. The only time I've ever had it, I was in Connecticut about 3 years ago. I think it was #9? I vaguely remember it and couldn't really tell you whether or not I liked it, it's been too long.
 
I think Magic Hat is still a quality brew. We have it in VA. I have Wacko in the fridge. #9 is on tap at a few restaurants here.
We went to the brewery in Burlington from CT last winter and drank our faces off.
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I am fond of Single Chair Ale and dislike Roxy Rolles...that shit is gross.
 
MyDoorsAreOpen said:
Does anyone else here from the Northeast find that Magic Hat Brewery's products have declined in quality since the early 2000s? I used to drink it when I actually lived in Burlington, Vermont, and I swear all of their beers tasted crisper and fuller there and then. Either the place has grown into a bigger operation and has payed the price in attention to detail, or I just was drinking fresher product closer to the source.
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This will probably be blasphemy to some, but here goes.

When we finally got Magic Hat out this way after hearing about it for so many years all I experienced was epic disappointment. I wouldn't go out of my way to drink any of their beers (I've probably tried four styles).

#9 is a horrible, abomination of a pale ale
The hefeweizen is terrible
Jinx was ok at best
Wacko was also ok at best

Definitely not even close to some of the heavy hitting breweries I like.

Saranac is pretty meh overall too. Wouldn't trouble myself to pick up any when I'm back east again.

One thing is for certain though, even though I am super snobby, there are very, very few brews I would turn down being offered by someone. A free beer is a beer I didn't have before, after all. :D

Ryan, I think you should embrace people whose pallets have finally grown up enough to move away from the big macro brew bullshit beer. :)
 
True. It's not even so much that they've grown up and graduated onto better beers, but that they talk to me like I'm a rookie. I was telling these dolts about the beers they're telling me about... years ago! :D
 
you can throw that Sweetwater420 in the magic hat, saranac group

ran into some Hopsickle on tap recently, delish

- beersnob
 
^Yeah, not to big on that style myself.

We are all ONE said:
you can throw that Sweetwater420 in the magic hat, saranac group

ran into some Hopsickle on tap recently, delish

- beersnob
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I hate that name so much I don't think I would ever have tried it in the first place.

Moylan Hopsickle? That's a good one. Only ever had it in the bottle though.

Some of my favorite IPAs:

Bell's Two Hearted
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Founders Centennial IPA
Dogfish Head 60 Minute

Double IPAs:

Bell's Hopslam
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Ninkasi Tricerahops
Great Divide Hercules
Founders Double Trouble

I guarantee I am missing some great ones, but these are top shelf off the top of my head.
 
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