Favorite Beers

[kfay]

In no particular order:

 

St. Bernardus ABT 12

Delerium Tremens

Schneider Aventinus

Bell's Hopslam

Thomas Hardy Vintage Ale

 

We have a wonderful wonderful bar in town that has at least 200 types of QUALITY beer (~80 on tap) so I've had a chance to sample a few. Also some excellent local microbrew pubs. I'm sure there are many that I could add to this list that I can't think of at the moment. Who's to say that a good beer can be so much better than another?

 

Just hanging out with a beer, though... Guinness, ainec.

[Aberlour10]

Anybody tried to brew his own beer? I did once, but it sucked completely

[jjbrr]

kfay is a beer-brewing baller

[kfay]

Anybody tried to brew his own beer? I did once, but it sucked completely

For the past year I've been into home brewing with a friend of mine. All in all... it's gone better than I could have dreamed. We've made 5 beers, and our first was by far the best, a hefeweizen. We're going to remake it sometime in the next week for the summer. We've also made a porter and a red that were quite good.

 

Frankly, I think they've all been great. Good enough to sell to someone? Well... I don't know, I'm a pretty harsh judge of myself and they've turned out well, so...

 

We still do have some problems with getting the gravity higher and getting the carbonation just right but we'll get it eventually.

[helene_t]

We still do have some problems with getting the gravity higher

Gravity is highest on the North Pole. That's why Saint Claus beer rocks.

[hrothgar]

Anybody tried to brew his own beer? I did once, but it sucked completely

For the past year I've been into home brewing with a friend of mine. All in all... it's gone better than I could have dreamed. We've made 5 beers, and our first was by far the best, a hefeweizen. We're going to remake it sometime in the next week for the summer. We've also made a porter and a red that were quite good.

 

Frankly, I think they've all been great. Good enough to sell to someone? Well... I don't know, I'm a pretty harsh judge of myself and they've turned out well, so...

 

We still do have some problems with getting the gravity higher and getting the carbonation just right but we'll get it eventually.

I've been home brewing beer for 25+ years (more recently I branched out into sake)

 

The single best advice that I can give is to look for a brew-on-premise location. Quality control and process control are the single most important issue in making good beer.

 

You need fine control over temperature, you need to keep everything very sterile, you need to be able to measure things precisely. All this is MUCH MUCH easier with professional equipment.

 

The quality of my production improved enormously once I stopped futzing around in the kitchen and moved to a brew on premise.

[kenrexford]

I have to admit, I'm mostly a Sam Adams man. However, I like most beers. I just cannot stand a lot of IPA's.

[el mister]

Anybody tried to brew his own beer? I did once, but it sucked completely

For the past year I've been into home brewing with a friend of mine. All in all... it's gone better than I could have dreamed. We've made 5 beers, and our first was by far the best, a hefeweizen. We're going to remake it sometime in the next week for the summer. We've also made a porter and a red that were quite good.

 

Frankly, I think they've all been great. Good enough to sell to someone? Well... I don't know, I'm a pretty harsh judge of myself and they've turned out well, so...

 

We still do have some problems with getting the gravity higher and getting the carbonation just right but we'll get it eventually.

I've been home brewing beer for 25+ years (more recently I branched out into sake)

 

The single best advice that I can give is to look for a brew-on-premise location. Quality control and process control are the single most important issue in making good beer.

 

You need fine control over temperature, you need to keep everything very sterile, you need to be able to measure things precisely. All this is MUCH MUCH easier with professional equipment.

 

The quality of my production improved enormously once I stopped futzing around in the kitchen and moved to a brew on premise.

What's brew on premise - is that like wharehouse space you rent out with brewing equipment in situ?

 

I started brewing in the last couple of years - extracts and now onto partial mash. The brews have generally turned out great - surprisingly good really. I live in a city flat, though, and it can get a bit aggravating doing it all with limited space. Even a garage would make a huge difference. You do develop routines that work, though. I bottled a monstrous IPA last weekend that was pretty painless considering some previous bottling days I've had.

[hrothgar]

What's brew on premise - is that like wharehouse space you rent out with brewing equipment in situ?

Pretty close:

 

A Brew-on-Premise features professional grade brewing equipment, designed for small batch production (typically 5-6 cases)

 

Brew-on-Premise establishments originally started in Canada as a tax dodge (If you're brewing you're own beer, you don't need to pay taxes on it) They've migrated south of the over the past 15 years or so.

[vang]

nothing fancy, Becks

[Aberlour10]

I like Becks too, very very refreshing experience, its quite normal pilsner, but the taste is so extremely specific, I have never drunk smthg similar.

[gwnn]

Oh Gösser is also fine. They don't have it in Iceland though.

[Aberlour10]

Oh Gösser is also fine. They don't have it in Iceland though.

this one remembering me on a wild time in Vienna <_<