I don't know about the rest of you but I can't stand all the overly hoppy craft beers out there. Give me a nice non pasteurized mug of Pabst or Grain Belt. Wish someone would resurrect Special Export like they used to brew and deliver fresh from LaCrosse, WI.
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I agree, the use of hops is way out of control! I tried one last night that tasted like I was drinking a glass of gasoline... couldn't get past 4 or 5 sips of it, had to dump it! YECHHHHHH!Originally Posted by Cosmic_Charlie
when i was 12 or 13yo, my friend's father(who was a farmer) brewed up some dark ale and cut apples. this was before all the craft breweries and i wish how he made it. it was good whether the ale was cold, warm or hot. after two or three ales, you are bombed. and when you woke up the next morning, there was no hangover. it had a fruity taste, including the apples, but i'm not sure what it is. heck, he could have done some plums, peaches, grapes......in it. all i know is that it was GOOD!!!!!!!
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It's just a style of beer, called an IPA. Very hoppy and all the rage among the beer snobs. I agree with you and don't like it. I stick with beer that doesn't cause me to make a face when I drink it.
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what about Coors Light and Tap the Rockies..........It was brewed in Memphis TN for years.........It should have said " Runn off from Canada" .....So, let me get this straight ........I can sue and get money for them misleading me to thinking I was drinking fresh , pure Rocky Mountain snow melt.........curious what thats worth??? Any attorney's on here want to take my case and take 30% off the top ?????? Im thinking 50 million
Pear peelings. When I was a teenager I had an old uncle who would gather up all the pear peelings after my mom and my aunts had finished canning pears. I know he put it in about a 10 gallon crock with some water, sugar, and I think yeast. He then stretched a clean white cloth over the top so it could breathe and to keep out insects. A couple of weeks later it was ready to pour off and refrigerate. It looked like pale pink wine but it tasted like beer. I was a fan.
Regarding the IPA style brews: some of them taste like grapefruit juice to me. Too bitter by half. Nix.
I can't verify if it is fact, but was told, Hawaiian beers bought in a bottle are pretty much always brewed and bottled in the lower 48. Too expensive to ship bottles back and forth to the islands. When I visited Hawaii years back, all the beers I sampled that were brewed there, came in cans.
I too despise IPAs. They may be popular, but I find them just awful. Personally, I prefer a nice red or maybe a brown.
Historically in Alaska, a lot of people used to brew their own in remote areas. It wasn’t practical to pack in beer, but the grains were only a fraction of the weight. I came across a lot of ruins of old cabins in the Bush and often there would be those bottles with a bail type stoppers. A lot were quart sized. I’ve tasted home brew in Alaska and some of it was top notch. Mostly ales and dark.
that could have been, i seem to remember he had quite a few pear trees at his farm.
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There are many beers that use fruit as a flavoring, added during the ferment usually. Crosses over into several beer styles... I bet my house ale would be a good one with fruit added, it starts with a sweeter base malt than the typical 2 row used for ales and lagers.
I once met a guy who worked on cargo ship in the sixties. He said they routinely made beer out of potatoes.
I got batches of dandelion wine and rhubarb wine going. Should be ready by Thanksgiving. I really should research a simple beer recipe. You go the complicated route, you don't save any money.
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SMASH beer, Single Malt and Single Hop beer. Can make a very tasty ale using the right hops/malt combo
It is made in Hawaii and I have been to the brewery. The problem is that their brewery doesn't have sufficient capacity to produce enough for the distribution network, and it costs a fortune to ship their finished product to the lower 48. So they contract with other breweries to make their recipe so you can enjoy it here.
Kona's beer is exceptional and they have a lot of good ones. The one this thread is about isn't my favorite or one I'd even normally talk about other than being surprised to see a beer thread on this group.
If you're ever on the big island, go to their brewery and get a tour! They certainly make this beer and all of their others in Hawaii.
When I see someone use the word "hoppy" instead of "bitter," I pretty much figure they don't know what they're talking about. Many beers are "hoppy." Only some of those are "bitter."
Interestingly, PBR is by far the hoppiest "macro" American Light Lager I've ever drank.
I make beer as well.....I try to keep the casting/shooting and beer brewing/drinking separate.
You're kidding, right?
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Maybe I should have said hops forward instead of overly hoppy. You might find this interesting. I did.
https://www.allagash.com/blog/what-m...er/?ao_confirm
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