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Post by Fishooked on Jun 1, 2015 8:14:00 GMT -5
I go through phases. Yesterday it was stouts, today it's IPA's (and I'm the furthest thing from a hipster), tomorrow who knows. What I do know is that I won't be a dick like my old man who likes some beer, but hates hops (?!) so he'll ask for a fucking gay-ass blueberry wheat beer or some shit like that. I like those
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Post by rexneffect on Jun 1, 2015 10:24:07 GMT -5
It does seem like every craft brewery has limited itself to only releasing new IPAs, barrel aged stouts or poorly brewed sours that lack complexity and are often inundated with flaws. Those are the low hanging fruit of craft beer right now. All styles that sell at a premium and can hide small flaws. There's nothing wrong with those styles, I like all three, but there's just a lot of undeserved money grabbing going on in them right now. Saison, a style I am particularly fond of, is quickly moving into that group too.
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Post by Hotman on Jun 1, 2015 10:39:55 GMT -5
This stuff is bomb as hell. Boulevard Brewing, Kansas City. All of theirs I had is very good
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Post by Peebag on Jun 1, 2015 10:42:53 GMT -5
Buddy of mine got suckered in to raising bees - looks like I'm going to help make mead.
Damn middle ages.
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Post by Hotman on Jun 1, 2015 10:44:42 GMT -5
Buddy of mine got suckered in to raising bees - looks like I'm going to help make mead. Damn middle ages. Want to try this pretty badly.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 1, 2015 10:49:45 GMT -5
This stuff is bomb as hell. Boulevard Brewing, Kansas City. All of theirs I had is very good Nice action figure collection.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jun 1, 2015 11:22:37 GMT -5
It does seem like every craft brewery has limited itself to only releasing new IPAs, barrel aged stouts or poorly brewed sours that lack complexity and are often inundated with flaws. Those are the low hanging fruit of craft beer right now. All styles that sell at a premium and can hide small flaws. There's nothing wrong with those styles, I like all three, but there's just a lot of undeserved money grabbing going on in them right now. Saison, a style I am particularly fond of, is quickly moving into that group too. That's the reason. Seems like every home brewer with enough experience wants to open a craft- or micro- brewery, and they have to move product to make a go of it.
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Post by Hotman on Jun 1, 2015 11:34:01 GMT -5
Fucking hipsters ruin everything. Absolutely everything. Thank god they are not into the Grateful Dead. Fucking losers.
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Post by jcappy on Jun 1, 2015 17:40:08 GMT -5
This is bound to make someone's head explode... I've been waiting twenty fucking minutes at the airport Chili's for a Sam Adams Rebel IPA...is that a craft beer?
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Post by rexneffect on Jun 1, 2015 17:41:34 GMT -5
It does seem like every craft brewery has limited itself to only releasing new IPAs, barrel aged stouts or poorly brewed sours that lack complexity and are often inundated with flaws. Those are the low hanging fruit of craft beer right now. All styles that sell at a premium and can hide small flaws. There's nothing wrong with those styles, I like all three, but there's just a lot of undeserved money grabbing going on in them right now. Saison, a style I am particularly fond of, is quickly moving into that group too. That's the reason. Seems like every home brewer with enough experience wants to open a craft- or micro- brewery, and they have to move product to make a go of it. I homebrew and I personally have two homebrewing friends working on breweries in different parts of country. One has a solid business plan with award winning beers and the other makes shit beer and no idea what he's doing. One is likely to succeed and the other is likely to never even get licensed. It's easy to get in your head that you should open a brewery. Brewing is awesome and everybody thinks it's the cat's meow. So many people have told me I should start a brewery even when I was first starting out and my beers sucked pretty bad. No thanks--I don't want to have to brew what's profitable. I just want to brew what I enjoy drinking. Brewing is also mostly cleaning. My days of earning a paycheck cleaning are over.
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Post by RobR on Jun 1, 2015 18:10:10 GMT -5
Brewing is also mostly cleaning I used to be a home brewer myself and gave it up 15 years ago for that exact reason. It's such a pain in the ass sanitizing everything that comes into contact with the beer. I've had many batches turn out excellent, but I'd rather just go buy some at the store or the local brewery.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 2, 2015 2:46:09 GMT -5
Brewing is also mostly cleaning I used to be a home brewer myself and gave it up 15 years ago for that exact reason. It's such a pain in the ass sanitizing everything that comes into contact with the beer.I've had many batches turn out excellent, but I'd rather just go buy some at the store or the local brewery. I'm getting to that point as well. I’m admittedly a complete noob and only brewed around 10 batches, with only 3-4 which I considered worthwhile (without knowing exactly what I did differently which is pretty aggravating). I love taking out some bottles I brewed when friend stop by, but still, seems a lot easier to go down to the store and just buy good beer.
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Post by rexneffect on Jun 2, 2015 7:59:28 GMT -5
I've been brewing for almost six years and I don't find I am spending that much time cleaning and sanitizing but I really enjoy brewing as a whole so I just consider it a necessary part of the process. I wouldn't feel that way if I didn't enjoy my beer so much or had to do it all the time. Sanitizing for more components should just entail spraying a sanitizer on the equipment (not including cleaning first).
I dunno, if you don't enjoy drinking your own beer and the process of brewing it then it may not make sense to keep doing it yourself. There's a lot of good beer on the market. A lot of what I like to drink is either very difficult to find or when it can be found it's far, far more expensive to buy than brew. That's especially true for sour and brett beers and quickly becoming true for saisons.
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Post by Hotman on Jun 2, 2015 9:51:13 GMT -5
Think I'm gonna brew some Mead.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jun 2, 2015 13:19:45 GMT -5
That's the reason. Seems like every home brewer with enough experience wants to open a craft- or micro- brewery, and they have to move product to make a go of it. I homebrew and I personally have two homebrewing friends working on breweries in different parts of country. One has a solid business plan with award winning beers and the other makes shit beer and no idea what he's doing. One is likely to succeed and the other is likely to never even get licensed. It's easy to get in your head that you should open a brewery. Brewing is awesome and everybody thinks it's the cat's meow. So many people have told me I should start a brewery even when I was first starting out and my beers sucked pretty bad. No thanks--I don't want to have to brew what's profitable. I just want to brew what I enjoy drinking. Brewing is also mostly cleaning. My days of earning a paycheck cleaning are over. I homebrew too, so I know what you mean. The sanitizing is a pain in the ass at first, but its not too bad once you figure it out. I do it for fun, and to learn. I also know a handful of guys who have been brewing a while, and they all seem to think they can go into business. Two places just popped up w/in the last year by me. Some will make it, some wont. To make it though, they'll probably have to cater to what the hipsters drink.
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