The Great Beer Thread

[jamespowers]

A quick little reminder that today, the 7th of April, is National Beer Day. Celebrate!

Indeed! Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[tuco1963]

happy beer day everybody
my favorite beer is boxer beer its $13.49 for a box of 36 plus it tastes great and at 5.5 alc content
its like rocket fuel to the spirit

 

[Touchofevil]

Celebrating National Beer Day at this moment with a few Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Hard Ciders (5% alcohol). Well, maybe more than a few and probably longer than a moment. Enjoy!

 

[tuco1963]

evil ive seen those are they any good ?
i was afraid they would be like a dessert beer like a hornsby

 

[rumblefish]

Stone's Enjoy By 4-1-13 IPA. Smells like a handful of fresh hops. Very nice even though I let it expire, by fourteen days!..

 

[jamespowers]

Stone's Enjoy By 4-1-13 IPA. Smells like a handful of fresh hops. Very nice even though I let it expire, by fourteen days!..

Expired?! It probably tasted like Cynar---oh wait----you like that.

 

[Mister Cairo]

80/- [80 Shilling] from Caledonian in Edinburgh. Perhaps the finest session ale around.

Time for another session....

 

[Workhorse]

New brewery in Colorado that has some really tasty beers I really like. Big Choice Brewing is a newer brewery (just about one year old in May) and offers some different but delicious brews to choose from. A Poblano Stout, a hoppy Red Ale, and a surprisingly smooth Double IPA (among others and seasonals). If any of you are in the Denver/Boulder area, check them out. They are located in Broomfield. Here is a link to their website. http://bigchoicebrewing.com/

Cheers all,

 

[rumblefish]

Expired?! It probably tasted like Cynar---oh wait----you like that.

Cynar with a hint of Fernet Branca...

How's the fruit trees? I didn't get any grapefruits in the mail for my Salty Coyotes...

 

[anon`]

Such nonsense; beer doesn't expire. It just... grows new flavors.

 

[jamespowers]

Cynar with a hint of Fernet Branca...

How's the fruit trees? I didn't get any grapefruits in the mail for my Salty Coyotes...

Salty Coyotes? Sounds like a type of poison. :rofl:

The fruit trees are doing good this year. The lime might even give a few limes this year. The Shinseki pear is loaded. Unfortunately the nasty grapefruit trees are loaded too. I wonder how they do it when I don't feed them or even water them more than they get from rain. :huh:

 

[jamespowers]

Such nonsense; beer doesn't expire. It just... grows new flavors.

Like mold. lol lol

 

[anon`]

Don't knock it! Mold makes great cheese, and murderous antibiotics.

 

[John in Covina]

Such nonsense; beer doesn't expire. It just... grows new flavors.

Take a bottle of Miller in the clear bottle leave it in the sun for a day. Then chill and drink -you find that lighter beer is simply delicate and does expire. Full flavored heavy brews often can and do improve with age. Usually those at the highest ends can become very nice. At the lowest ends their flavors are so insubstantial that time damages beyond being worth any consideration. (Pretty much not worth considering to begin with but there is no accounting for personal taste.

 

[1961MJS]

Don't knock it! Mold makes great cheese, and murderous antibiotics.

Organic Penicillin??

I used to brew my own beer, I managed to let 4 Scotch Ales age a whole year in the bottle, they were a LOT smoother, and had a more mellow flavor.

Later

 

[jamespowers]

Don't knock it! Mold makes great cheese, and murderous antibiotics.

lol lol Riiiggghhhtttt.....

 

[dnjan]

Also tenderized beef. It is interesting to see a side of USDA Choice hanging in a meat locker, all covered with "fur".

 

[jamespowers]

Also tenderized beef. It is interesting to see a side of USDA Choice hanging in a meat locker, all covered with "fur".

I think that is taking aging a little far.

 

[anon`]

Take a bottle of Miller in the clear bottle leave it in the sun for a day. Then chill and drink -you find that lighter beer is simply delicate and does expire. Full flavored heavy brews often can and do improve with age. Usually those at the highest ends can become very nice. At the lowest ends their flavors are so insubstantial that time damages beyond being worth any consideration. (Pretty much not worth considering to begin with but there is no accounting for personal taste.

First, Miller isn't beer.
Second, I'm clearly kidding.

And with that, I'm off to find some furry steak...

 

[kiwilrdg]

The recent comments on aging and mold really can be taken as I hope they are intended (meaning a result from careful, planned aging under proper conditions) or they can be read as meaning things are still good when taken too far. I like aged beers and wines but not skunky beer or wine that has turned to vinegar (as a drink), and aplthough I will enjoy some cheeses that are aged until they crumble but a cheese that is not properly salted will rot.
Age can do great things, I age homemade beer up to about a year and wines for five or more years at times. I have seen them go bad much sooner as well.