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 Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 10:55 amPosts: 668Location: San Francisco, California
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Drinking a 21st Amendment Ale as we speak.
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 Joined: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:20 pmPosts: 73
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southern tier!!!!
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| Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 10:55 amPosts: 668Location: San Francisco, California
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I miss my Terrapin!
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 Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:08 pmPosts: 1833Location: Glasgow, Scotland.
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What do you guys actually mean by craft beers? Does it just mean stuff that isn't mass-produced crap a la Bud/Miller, etc?
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 Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:21 pmPosts: 635Location: Second City, USA!
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Kenny wrote: What do you guys actually mean by craft beers? Does it just mean stuff that isn't mass-produced crap a la Bud/Miller, etc? Yup. I suppose the Craft Beer movement is a pretty American thing. There's kind of a small brewery/homebrewing renascence going on right now. There are literally thousands of tiny breweries producing all kinds of awesome beers. And there's probably hundreds of thousands of people, working in basements and garages to brew their own beer. In certain places, like the Pacific Northwest there are pretty big movements in the homebrewing scene, and they actually ended-up creating an entirely new style of beer, the Cascadian Dark Ale (or India Black Ale, its like a IPA except dark like a Porter,) which was kind of a big deal cause that hasn't happened in a few hundred years or something...anyway, its nice cause if you are a serious beer drinker it gives you tons of new beers to sample all the time. |
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| Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:08 pmPosts: 1833Location: Glasgow, Scotland.
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Microbreweries aren't an American thing, but calling the output craft beers is, I think.
BrewDog are opening a pub about 15 minutes walk from my house. That could be messy.
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 Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:22 pmPosts: 61Location: Rhody
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That Tall Paul's looks like it has some potential. If you guys end up checking it out, let us know how it was!
Btw, had a tasting with a couple friends yesterday with a bunch of brews we've been aging for a couple years. Whole lot of barleywines and imperial stouts, it was a delicious time.
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| Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:21 pmPosts: 635Location: Second City, USA!
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Kenny wrote: Microbreweries aren't an American thing, but calling the output craft beers is, I think. BrewDog are opening a pub about 15 minutes walk from my house. That could be messy. I tried BrewDog's Punk IPA...I wasn't that impressed. For a bunch of guys who turn out that insanely high ABV stuff, I figured they'd be great at everything else, I was kinda disappointed. |
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 Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:52 pmPosts: 2441Location: Gainesville, finally
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Some_Kind_of_Robot wrote: Kenny wrote: Microbreweries aren't an American thing, but calling the output craft beers is, I think. BrewDog are opening a pub about 15 minutes walk from my house. That could be messy. I tried BrewDog's Punk IPA...I wasn't that impressed. For a bunch of guys who turn out that insanely high ABV stuff, I figured they'd be great at everything else, I was kinda disappointed. Yeah, I tried their IPA too, and it was only OK. Definitely had that distinct British water taste, which I don't mind, but it wasn't hoppy enough, and maybe could have used a little malt boost too. Maybe some of their other stuff is good? but it's so damn expensive. As far as silly terms like "craft beer" and "microbrewery" they are constantly shifting. Mostly, new terms are created when lobbyists and trade associations come up with quasi-legal definitions for the old terms, and breweries don't always fit those definitions. Then after a few years, they try to create an official definition of the new term, and they have to come up with yet ANOTHER term. technically, a microbrewery makes less than 15,000 barrels a year. (1,800,000 Liters; 460,000 US gal; 390,000 imp gal) Craft breweries cane make up to 6 million barrels a year (186,000,000 US gallons)
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| Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:22 pmPosts: 61Location: Rhody
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GiveBlood wrote: Some_Kind_of_Robot wrote: Kenny wrote: Microbreweries aren't an American thing, but calling the output craft beers is, I think. BrewDog are opening a pub about 15 minutes walk from my house. That could be messy. I tried BrewDog's Punk IPA...I wasn't that impressed. For a bunch of guys who turn out that insanely high ABV stuff, I figured they'd be great at everything else, I was kinda disappointed. Yeah, I tried their IPA too, and it was only OK. Definitely had that distinct British water taste, which I don't mind, but it wasn't hoppy enough, and maybe could have used a little malt boost too. Maybe some of their other stuff is good? but it's so damn expensive. As far as silly terms like "craft beer" and "microbrewery" they are constantly shifting. Mostly, new terms are created when lobbyists and trade associations come up with quasi-legal definitions for the old terms, and breweries don't always fit those definitions. Then after a few years, they try to create an official definition of the new term, and they have to come up with yet ANOTHER term. technically, a microbrewery makes less than 15,000 barrels a year. (1,800,000 Liters; 460,000 US gal; 390,000 imp gal) Craft breweries cane make up to 6 million barrels a year (186,000,000 US gallons) I've never had super fresh BrewDog, but I bought maybe 4 different kinds (IPA, DIPA, RIS, and one other)...mediocre beer for way too much money. And that's not even considering their "extreme beers," which are just gimmicky and arguably not even beer (I think they are distilled). Call me a "hater," but I can't support them anymore, especially after stuffing their bottles in dead animals and selling them for $100+. Also, too true about the lobbying junk. I believe the term "craft" was used for breweries under two million barrels (which is an insane amount of beer), but since Sam Adams was going to surpass that, it was changed. This also kind of bugs me. Maybe I'm a tad bit too passionate on the topic.
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| Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:05 pmPosts: 315Location: Phoenix, AZ |
GiveBlood wrote: We actually do get Narragansett tallboys down here. Damn good beer for the price. But yeah, I love beer. Swamphead, Gainesville's local brewery just started doing growlers, I'd be willing to run a carload of people over there on Thursday or early Friday before Fest gets into full swing. What breweries do you not get in the Northeast? I know what we DO NOT get here, but there are so many things we do get that it would be hard to list things off to you. We don't get... Three Floyds New Belgium Bear Republic Russian River Bridgeport Founders Deschutes Summit Great Lakes Boulevard Pyramid Goose Island Alesmith Port Surly Troegs Dark Horse New Glarus Duck Rabbit Lancaster Schlafly And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few others, but those are the ones that either I've had when on trips, get great reviews, or are just big craft breweries that I've heard of but never tried. We get almost everything else I could think of that I want to try, although like I said, I'm sure I'm forgetting something. And other parts of FL have different availability than Gainesville too. A lot of those are from Colorado. New Belgium is overrated, Great Lakes is amazing, Troegs is pretty cool. Founders makes my favorite beer (a breakfast stout) but it's only been on tap at a craft beer bar near my house. blah blah. Shit, I'm gonna miss some of these when I move down Florida way
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| Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:52 pmPosts: 2441Location: Gainesville, finally
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So you are for sure moving down here? cool!
I finally finished off that Starr Hill beer I bought on sale, and then today I got a six pack of Cigar City Jai-Alai IPA. By the end of the Starr Hill IPA, I was starting to like it pretty well, even though I thought it was only so-so when I first tried it. But as soon as I sipped that Cigar City again, I could tell it was WAY better than what I had been drinking the past couple weeks.
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| Joined: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:48 amPosts: 165Location: Gainesville |
From http://bit.ly/fQdo2J
 Your dad was into craft beer before you were and he has one of the best breweries around to prove it. He was the MacGyver of making drunk, the Mozart of all things malt. He could bottle a beer with one hand, seduce your mother with the other and still never spill a drop. So hipsters, next time you’re belly up to the bar, scratching your beard and staring at the tap selection like it was an assortment of Levi’s skinny jeans, remember this… Your dad knew beer before you did and you can taste his knowledge on your local tap by ordering a Bell’s. Much Thanks to Laura B. for submitting a photo of Larry Bell of Bell’s Brewery. I tip my cycling cap and raise a glass of Oberon to you sir. You brew a beer that reminds me of being home in Michigan. I don't drink alcohol so this is all I have to contribute to the discussion. |
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 Joined: Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:21 amPosts: 39
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GiveBlood wrote: We actually do get Narragansett tallboys down here. Damn good beer for the price. But yeah, I love beer. Swamphead, Gainesville's local brewery just started doing growlers, I'd be willing to run a carload of people over there on Thursday or early Friday before Fest gets into full swing. What breweries do you not get in the Northeast? I know what we DO NOT get here, but there are so many things we do get that it would be hard to list things off to you. We don't get... Three Floyds New Belgium Bear Republic Russian River Bridgeport Founders Deschutes Summit Great Lakes Boulevard Pyramid Goose Island Alesmith Port Surly Troegs Dark Horse New Glarus Duck Rabbit Lancaster Schlafly And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few others, but those are the ones that either I've had when on trips, get great reviews, or are just big craft breweries that I've heard of but never tried. We get almost everything else I could think of that I want to try, although like I said, I'm sure I'm forgetting something. And other parts of FL have different availability than Gainesville too. Gansett in Gainesville? Move over PBR, I know what I'm drinking all weekend |
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| Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:52 pmPosts: 2441Location: Gainesville, finally
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bouncinsouldier wrote: Gansett in Gainesville? Move over PBR, I know what I'm drinking all weekend The only thing is, PBR will be easier to find. But if you stock up early, you can have 'Ganny on hand anywhere but the clubs (and even a few clubs have it)
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