You Will Drink Good BEER ... And It Will Be Delicious!

[washing machine]

It's Porter and stout season you big dummies

that may be true, but...

I don't know why that surprises me but it does.

[dad]

It's Porter and stout season you big dummies

that may be true, but...

I don't know why that surprises me but it does.

what's most surprising about it?

[washing machine]

It's Porter and stout season you big dummies

that may be true, but...

I don't know why that surprises me but it does.

what's most surprising about it?

You just seem like a guy who'd enjoy a roasty, malty, perhaps even barrel-aged offering, based on your posts.

[spike]

proud of you, dad

[epilogue]

I can feel the end of my IPA obsession/devotion/reliance/etc approaching.

For the first time in my life I was at the beer store looking for some fun Porter and Stout options and I thought to myself, "Jesus, why is every fucking beer an IPA? I thought that trend was over, everyone hates them now, so why is this place only carrying a thousand different kinds of IPAs?! There's not a single Porter!"

[B]

I feel that way about Gose beers. Why the fuck can't I have a beer that tastes like a beer anymore?

[dad]

It's Porter and stout season you big dummies

that may be true, but...

I don't know why that surprises me but it does.

what's most surprising about it?

You just seem like a guy who'd enjoy a roasty, malty, perhaps even barrel-aged offering, based on your posts.

I should've been more specific about that. Porters are a 100 percent pass for me. Every time.

I do enjoy stouts on occasion, especially if there's peanut butter involved.

[dad]

proud of you, dad

[washing machine]

I feel that way about Gose beers. Why the fuck can't I have a beer that tastes like a beer anymore?

[epilogue]

I don't hate Pilsners. I certainly prefer them (in general) to lagers these days.

[washing machine]

I don't hate Pilsners. I certainly prefer them (in general) to lagers these days.

A pilsner is a type of lager. What do you mean by lagers you don't prefer, exactly?

[epilogue]

I don't hate Pilsners. I certainly prefer them (in general) to lagers these days.

A pilsner is a type of lager. What do you mean by lagers you don't prefer, exactly?

I don't know a ton about beer, so forgive me. I didn't know pilsners were a type of lager. I'm probably not educated on this subject enough to use the right words to describe what I'm talking about.

What I'd say is, if I pick up a beer that just says "lager" on the label whiteout a qualifier, I usually don't like the taste or how it hits my stomach. Which is weird because I used to love Stella. But I digress.

[washing machine]

I don't hate Pilsners. I certainly prefer them (in general) to lagers these days.

A pilsner is a type of lager. What do you mean by lagers you don't prefer, exactly?

I don't know a ton about beer, so forgive me. I didn't know pilsners were a type of lager. I'm probably not educated on this subject enough to use the right words to describe what I'm talking about.

What I'd say is, if I pick up a beer that just says "lager" on the label whiteout a qualifier, I usually don't like the taste or how it hits my stomach. Which is weird because I used to love Stella. But I digress.

I wasn't picking on you. It's a common thing I've observed, saying you don't like lagers but getting behind a certain type of lager. Lagering is just a type of fermentation process. It takes longer and because of that, the process has more time to produce delicate and interesting characteristics.

It sounds like you're describing adjunct lagers and/or helles lagers. The type that big macro beers are usually based on.

There are all types of lagers that I bet you like and didn't know.

Bocks, Marzens, Dunkels, Czech and German Pilsners...

In fact, I would bet that if you're burnt up on IPAs but find that you still have a little bit left in your palette to really appreciate a subtle hop character, a Czech pils might be just the thing for you on a hot day.

[epilogue]

Like I said, I don't usually dislike pilsners. I've had two or three Dunkels, all of which I remember enjoying. Bochs are hit/miss.

Perhaps what it really comes down to is the malt? Seems like just doing a quick search that it's the maltier/breadier stuff that I don't gravitate toward. Which would include the helles lagers, right?

[E.H. Ruddock]

I feel that way about Gose beers. Why the fuck can't I have a beer that tastes like a beer anymore?

So good

[washing machine]

Like I said, I don't usually dislike pilsners. I've had two or three Dunkels, all of which I remember enjoying. Bochs are hit/miss.

Perhaps what it really comes down to is the malt? Seems like just doing a quick search that it's the maltier/breadier stuff that I don't gravitate toward. Which would include the helles lagers, right?

That sweetness you find in the malt goes a little unchecked by a hop balance in a beer like that, so you may be on to something there.

Ever hear of the German Purity Law in beer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

It's fascinating to me how a beer, made in total compliance to that law, can taste so different from another also made to spec. Those four simple ingredients yield infinite possibilities when messed around with. Science, man.

[Orpheus]

I definitely find certain beers always make me sick in some way. Brooklyn Lager always gives me a massive headache, for example.

[epilogue]

Like I said, I don't usually dislike pilsners. I've had two or three Dunkels, all of which I remember enjoying. Bochs are hit/miss.

Perhaps what it really comes down to is the malt? Seems like just doing a quick search that it's the maltier/breadier stuff that I don't gravitate toward. Which would include the helles lagers, right?

That sweetness you find in the malt goes a little unchecked by a hop balance in a beer like that, so you may be on to something there.

Ever hear of the German Purity Law in beer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

It's fascinating to me how a beer, made in total compliance to that law, can taste so different from another also made to spec. Those four simple ingredients yield infinite possibilities when messed around with. Science, man.

this is cool

thanks

[doug rr]

I definitely find certain beers always make me sick in some way. Brooklyn Lager always gives me a massive headache, for example.

back when i drank beer it was sam adams for me...i have about 5 beers a year now and its usually the above victory pils

[epilogue]

I definitely find certain beers always make me sick in some way. Brooklyn Lager always gives me a massive headache, for example.

It doesn't give me a headache but this is a good example of another lager that I find makes my stomach feel weird. It's not "sick" necessarily... it's more like overfull or maybe nauseous? I feel tense. It's a similar feeling to anxiety. But I only notice it when I drink "lagers."