The QuadraphonicQuad Craft Beer/Microbrew thread

[user 1679]

I like that I don't have to be contrarian - love my hops, but love the sours....like a good light crisp lager on a hot day, a porter or stout on a cold winter evening.....

Okay, who am I kidding - any of them whenever the mood hits!

 

[Perp]

Taking over? Long since taken over, on both counts. I enjoy being contrarian, though, so it's fine with me that IPAs aren't my cuppa.

Maybe we need to start an anti-IPA Thread.

 

[Perp]

I like that I don't have to be contrarian - love my hops, but love the sours....like a good light crisp lager on a hot day, a porter or stout on a cold winter evening.....

Okay, who am I kidding - any of them whenever the mood hits!

No, I totally understand. Last night, I drank an Irish Stout and tonight I started drinking a Stella Artois and it tasted like ****.....until I was on my second one. Must of been my taste buds.

 

[Glenshoreham]

I like that I don't have to be contrarian - love my hops, but love the sours....like a good light crisp lager on a hot day, a porter or stout on a cold winter evening.....

Okay, who am I kidding - any of them whenever the mood hits!

The good ol' Belgian strong ales also get a look-in on cold nights, over here, as well as your namesake brew!

 

[Cibola]

I kind of wished I liked IPA’s. I mean, hell! They’re taking over like the Ants from Argentina.

I'm the same, don't care much for heavily hopped brews. Prefer the pale ales for everyday and don't get me started on the Belgians, so many fine choices.

 

[Cibola]

Maybe we need to start an anti-IPA Thread.

I'm not totally opposed to IPA's but the CA west coast thing has gotten out of control. I joke with friends that they could be used to treat wood and keep termites away. Yes, many are high quality and well made just too much for me.

 

[Cibola]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0SHpX4S5Q_GBkG8g45_XoWPQQ Dale's Pale Ale 6.5% not sure about the IBU's. About as hoppy as I go, a fairly recent choice here. A well rounded standard pale ale, nice mouth feel, good carbonation and no funky aftertaste.

 

[user 1679]

Sharing with Mrs D and her mom....Ex Novo "Cactus Wins the Lottery" prickly pear berliner weisse (4.3% abv, 9 ibu).

 

[user 1679]

Sticking with the sours for the moment - La Cumbre blood orange sour (5.0% abv, 10 ibu).

 

[user 1679]

After dinner, settling in with a staple - La Cumbre "Project Dank - Summer Edition" v2019 (7.5% abv, 100+ ibu)....can't ever go wrong with this one.

 

[Strilo]

Yeah I've been sick of the overblown "all of the hops" IPA thing for decades. Portland was on the forefront of that whole thing and people don't seem to want to let it go.

 

[Perp]

Yeah I've been sick of the overblown "all of the hops" IPA thing for decades. Portland was on the forefront of that whole thing and people don't seem to want to let it go.

I think it was the Northwest in general. I lived in Seattle for years and can seem to remember early to mid nineties? May have been earlier.

 

[Strilo]

Overall, the hoppy, bitter beer movement was a NW led thing, but Oregon brewers really led the way on it. Seattle has always been a follower of Portland trends when it comes to craft beer.

 

[Perp]

Interesting Google fact:

What city brews the most beer?

Chicago is now the biggest beer city in the country. Chicago has 167 breweries, more than double the number in 2013 and the most of any other U.S. city. Denver has the second most with 158 breweries, and Seattle had the third most with 153.

Dec 13, 2018

 

[Perp]

Source

 

[JediJoker]

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I'd like to see that broken down by metro area.

 

[Perp]

Here’s one on The Most Craft Breweries.

 

[user 1679]

With the number of new breweries that have opened in the last two years around here the numbers for NM have gone up for sure.

Some family here for July 4th dinner, sharing with Mrs D and her mom, a sour as usual, Steel Bender "Mango Dynamite" kettle sour (6.1% abv, 5 ibu). They just released a peach dynamite, will have to get a 6-pack of that to try.

 

[user 1679]

Okay, so dinner was with the grandkids parents is done (the two that live with us plus the two they've had since we had to take in these two)...chaotic, loud and rambunctious. They're out setting off some low-key fireworks and sparklers and I'm trying for a few minutes of calm before the final onslaught of the evening. No deals or links but I've posted before so nothing new here....

 

[user 1679]

Sharing with Mrs DC, back of the fridge mix-pack single - Left Hand Brewing (Longmont CO) "Flamingo Dreams" berry blonde ale on nitro (4.7% abv, 11 ibu). Meh, not much to it, kinda lifeless.