The Beer Thread

[Park City Skins]

Local brew for the birthday beer.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Yea, I kind of go back and forth right now. One night i go with summer, next night i go with fall. WIth it getting into the low 60's the last few nights a nice heavy fall beer is doing the trick.

[amm0409]

[Skinsfan1311]

I'm enjoying a Victory Hop Devil, on draft right now. It has supplanted Heavy Seas Loose Cannon as my go-to beer, and has a permanent spot in the kegerator. It's hoppy, but very balanced and drinkable.

[Dan T.]

Bought a six pack of this from New Belgium:




By the way, it's stunning to me how quickly New Belgium Brewing Company has saturated the Middle Atlantic. Fat Tire came first and soon was seemingly on every grocery shelf in the DC area. Now a bunch of their brews are on the shelves. They've done an amazing marketing job. They seem to be vying with Samuel Adams for shelf space in Giant, Harris Teeter, etc. around here.

Not that I'm complaining. Not by a long shot. Everything I've had from them - Fat Tire, Shift, Ranger IPA, and now Red Hoptober, has been really good.

[amm0409]

[Park City Skins]

Switching up a little on the birthday beer. Perfect for a hot summer evening.

[Cowboy8467]

I just picked up some of this the other day at Total Wine. It's...interesting to say the least, with strong maple flavors and just a hint of bacon...

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout



Poured this one very hard, splashing around in the glass - still have a 1 inch mocha head. Oyster, roasted malt, dark chocolate and vanilla on the aroma, all mild. The flavor starts with a relaxed dark chocolate with a roasted/burnt malt and a slightly salty oyster coming to fruition towards the finish. This is a beer I recommend getting a single bottle of, or passing on. It quickly becomes difficult to drink.

[amm0409]

[Warpath11]

Switching up a little on the birthday beer. Perfect for a hot summer evening.

Yeah I thought it was great for that purpose as well a great session beer for those hot summer days/evenings. I know its a lager but I'd love to see the malt bill/yeast strain used since there is a bit of wheat (hefeweisen-like) finish. Overall I thought it was pretty tasty and my wife enjoyed it as well.

---------- Post added August-17th-2012 at 10:46 AM ----------

Last night I had a SixPoint Righteous Ale (Rye)



Lightly roasted malt, rye, bread, caramel and light citrus hops all come together nicely on the nose. While some of my favorite rye-based beers tend to focus on the hops Sixpoint opted to go for a more balanced approach and the malts steal the show. It’s a deceptively easy drinking beer with a full and layered flavor profile. This might be one of the few rye beers that try to mesh the rye with malts rather than hops. I thought Sixpoint did a good job in that regard. So if you are looking at a different approach to handling rye malt this one is worth a try.

[WALL-LE]

[GoSkins561]

I haven't shifted over into the fall beers either.

But, another pumpkin ale I REALLY like is The Fear from Flying Dog:
http://flyingdogales.com/beers/#/Wild+Dog/The+Fear

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Amen!!

From what I have heard, they just started brewing The Fear last week, it should be released in September. I'm not a fan of fruity beers, but I really really like this one, its not over pumpkined... I've heard Southern Tier Pumpking is the bomb diggity...

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Amen!!

From what I have heard, they just started brewing The Fear last week, it should be released in September. I'm not a fan of fruity beers, but I really really like this one, its not over pumpkined... I've heard Southern Tier Pumpking is the bomb diggity...

Since a cold front just came through, and it should be chilly tomorrow night, I think I'll go hunting for that Southern Tier. It's my favorite fall beer.

[amm0409]