beer you want to try.....
I was just asked a very difficult question, name the top three beers that you have not but want to try.
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Phew… this is tough. I don’t do much beer research outside of a bar/liquor store.
Every beer that I want to try, I do try. Because my decision is just based on the tap selection at the bar or the bottle selection in the freezer.
Yeah, I think Paris is dead on. I don’t think there are any beers I want to try that I haven’t already. I suppose there are some rauchbiers out there that I’m unaware of that I’d love to try, but I don’t know of any by name.
Sam Adams Utopia??
Wassat?
My friend has a Sam Adams Utopia sitting around waiting to be drunk, and I would definitely like to try it. That’s about the only beer that is relatively easy to acquire (as long as you don’t mind parting with several hundred dollars) that I would say fits into this category for me though. The rest are regional beers that require travel to get a hold of.
I’ve already been to Belgium to get my Westvleteren 12ยบ fix, and Dusseldorf for their amazing alts. Munich is in the plans for this fall so I’m excited to see how different some of the bigger German beers are at the source. After that, there are myriad American micros that aren’t bottled/distributed that I want to try, so this will be a life long pursuit I’m sure.
I read or heard something about some company that was making an IPA the traditional was, that is, brewing it, putting it in wooden casks, and leaving it on a boat for several months.
Evan said:I read or heard something about some company that was making an IPA the traditional was, that is, brewing it, putting it in wooden casks, and leaving it on a boat for several months.
Well, I suppose if they wanted to be really traditional, they would put it on a boat that was making a long trip from England to India. I wonder what kind of flavors the salty sea air and dank sub-deck environment would add to a beer. Probably nothing significant with all those hops involved.
I usually try to experiment when i see different stuff. Last night I finally had Dogfish 60 Minute and loved it.
Last week we went to Yardley Brew Fest and missed out on the Wacko Summer Seasonal that Magic Hat had in limited quantities. I tend to really like summer brews, even Sam Adams, which I normally hate, so I would try anyone’s version (love Anchor Steam’s Summer Ale). Also I plan to try Mad Elf when that comes back in the winter.
I’ve got a mini (1 pint-ish) bottle of Sam Adams Utopias. It’s thick liquor syrup, although technically it’s a beer. It tastes and smells what liquor tasted and smelled like to me when I was 5 years old, if that gives anyone a perspective on the flavor.
I just looked up prices for it — hundreds of dollars? Really? A friend of mine works over at Sam Adams as a graphic designer. He’s got like 5 bottles sitting around his desk (where I got mine).
As for beer I want to try: Moonshot.
the Trolley Car Diner near us stocks over 100 different bottled beers at any given time, keeping them seasonal. when i remember, i pick up a mixed 6-pack of stuff that looks interesting.
Jay said:Evan said:I read or heard something about some company that was making an IPA the traditional was, that is, brewing it, putting it in wooden casks, and leaving it on a boat for several months.
Well, I suppose if they wanted to be really traditional, they would put it on a boat that was making a long trip from England to India. I wonder what kind of flavors the salty sea air and dank sub-deck environment would add to a beer. Probably nothing significant with all those hops involved.
If they wanted to be really, really, traditional, they would put it on a wooden East Indiaman, and they would have gathered start up capital by conquering and plundering South Asia.
Big Bill said:As for beer I want to try: Moonshot.
Man, the woman that created this beer was one of the main focii of the documentary “Beer Wars”, which by the way is a really fun watch for anyone interested in the craft beer movement. She was portrayed as an heroic David being victimized by the Goliaths of the beer industry, but I couldn’t help but think that her failure had less to do with the rigors of breaking into the beer market and more to do with the fact that she is trying to peddle a horribly conceived product. It doesn’t make any sense to me to try to market an expensive craft beer to the Red Bull and vodka crowd. This one is firmly in the “do not care to try, ever” column for me.
I’ll be at the Beer Festival next Saturday, at the Phila Navy Yard. (as a vendor with my Tastefully Simple)
I shall taste test every beer there, for research.
Duff. (I hear they got it in spain)
Samichlaus (I always nancy out and buy a Belgium triple grain)
Any Pepper Beers