Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Bam. Bam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyAU 3,628 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I'm a big fan of both of these right now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, johnnyAU said: I'm a big fan of both of these right now. Tasting notes on the 4 Giants? Guessing boozy and malty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyAU 3,628 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, McLoofus said: Tasting notes on the 4 Giants? Guessing boozy and malty? I'd say robust and malty. A big step away from those hazy IPA's that are so prevalent these days. Smooth for the relatively high ABV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, johnnyAU said: I'd say robust and malty. A big step away from those hazy IPA's that are so prevalent these days. Smooth for the relatively high ABV I'll whisper it since the other folks are tired of me saying it, but these are the IPAs I'm looking for these days. I was there for the beginning of NEIPA and I do not love what it turned into. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, McLoofus said: I'll whisper it since the other folks are tired of me saying it, but these are the IPAs I'm looking for these days. I was there for the beginning of NEIPA and I do not love what it turned into. It feels like a lot of them have turned into a beer gumbo of sorts. Let’s just throw 3 different hop varieties in there and voila! NEIPA gumbo! I literally have zero clue what these different varieties are supposed to taste like. And screw looking it up. If my palette can’t distinguish it, I’m out. A few of these recent ones I posted were pretty damn spectacular, especially the Spindletap. It really reminded one of the first time I tried GITM. Dank af. That west coast I posted a while back? The GnR themed one? Yeah, clean. Piney. Slightly bitter. Moar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said: It really reminded one of the first time I tried GITM. Dank af. I'd give anything to get back to the Heady version of NEIPA, which GITM was closer to. Not the sugar bombs that the Trillium model evolved into and what most of what is called NEIPA is now. Just so many beers that have a great first sip and then are pretty much undrinkable beyond that to me. I will say that I have tried a few lately that have had a lot more balance from the bittering hops and are "NE" only in that they're hazy. Even Trillium had some like that when I went there this summer. So it might be turning a corner. Which would be a shame, because I love having something to be curmudgeonly about. On the flip side, I was NOT impressed with Sierra Nevada's Celebration this year. All malt. Boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, McLoofus said: I'd give anything to get back to the Heady version of NEIPA, which GITM was closer to. Not the sugar bombs that the Trillium model evolved into and what most of what is called NEIPA is now. Just so many beers that have a great first sip and then are pretty much undrinkable beyond that to me. I will say that I have tried a few lately that have had a lot more balance from the bittering hops and are "NE" only in that they're hazy. Even Trillium had some like that when I went there this summer. So it might be turning a corner. Which would be a shame, because I love having something to be curmudgeonly about. On the flip side, I was NOT impressed with Sierra Nevada's Celebration this year. All malt. Boring. We can have shared anger about pastry stouts….aka canned beetus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said: We can have shared anger about pastry stouts….aka canned beetus. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, McLoofus said: O. M. G. So much application…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said: O. M. G. So much application…. I'm proud that this is only the 2nd time I've used that meme. Both times on this site, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, McLoofus said: I'm proud that this is only the 2nd time I've used that meme. Both times on this site, of course. Not gonna lie. This gives me the warm fuzzies…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, Tiger Refuge said: Not gonna lie. This gives me the warm fuzzies…. There you go stirring something up again, Little Spoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, McLoofus said: There you go stirring something up again, Little Spoon. OMGIMSTEVEMFINMARTIN!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said: OMGIMSTEVEMFINMARTIN!?!? For better or for worse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,064 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 10:05 AM, McLoofus said: Damn, guns out for Loof and Refuge. Impressive... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, fredst said: Damn, guns out for Loof and Refuge. Impressive... If you look at our other arms, they're the opposite shape and the opposite colors. And dangling from those scrawny hands are pastry stouts with marshmallows on top. We contain multitudes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, McLoofus said: If you look at our other arms, they're the opposite shape and the opposite colors. And dangling from those scrawny hands are pastry stouts with marshmallows on top. We contain multitudes. We can stout and we can pastry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,345 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) Bunch of grumpy old men dang. If beer tastes good, who gives a s*** if it’s not upheld by the reinheitsgebot? Edited December 4, 2021 by ShocksMyBrain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said: Bunch of grumpy old men dang. If beer tastes good, who gives a s*** if it’s not upheld by the reinheitsgebot? Tell me about that sour. I tend to shy away from strawberry beers because of the artificial-ly taste that a lot of them seem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,345 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 6 day old Triple 👌 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,345 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 8:27 PM, Tiger Refuge said: Tell me about that sour. I tend to shy away from strawberry beers because of the artificial-ly taste that a lot of them seem to have. It was good. Was expecting better flavors, however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,345 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) **** me running, Arkansas CAN put out a decent beer. A customer dropped these off for me and they’re straight 🔥. @ old heads take notice: there’s no adjuncts in these badass barrel aged stouts. 😉 Edited December 13, 2021 by ShocksMyBrain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Three from last night. Holy schnikeys. All of them were really damn tasty. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 9,345 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I desperately want to try some Root + Branch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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