Beer Fridge Staple(s)

I don't drink it much anymore, but everyone else does when they come over: Jai Alai, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Left Hand Milk Stout.

 

Two Hearted or a Schlafly IPA, and Founders Porter are the most regular occupants of my beer fridge.

 

With small fridge space, fiscal responsibility, and IPA freshness concerns, I rarely have regulars or BFS at all times, but I do have a few common purchases:

-NoDa Hop Drop N Roll
-OB Dales Pale Ale

I am a big buyer of seasonal beers and have go-to's there.
Lately Sierra Nevada mixed packs (Beer Camp, Fall, Winter). I also love a good mixed 6 or a couple of singles. I'm trying to free up capacity for more local brews, including growlers. NoDa, Birdsong, and the some growler filll spots have excellent, fresh offerings.e

 

My only beer staple at this point has been Pabst Blue Ribbon. It's not a great beer, but I like drinking it after I'm done drinking those great beers and I like it far more than anything else in its price range.

Everything else I have been more experimental about. I only buy craft or imported beers twice if I really love them the first time. I'm still on the young end of the BA spectrum and in a few years when I am running low on interesting new beers to try and/or have more disposable income I will probably have some regular six-packs in the old Kühlschrank.

 

I always have at least 5 different kinds of stouts, 3 different IPA's, and 5 different belgians/dopplebocks/seaonsals. However, the most common beers in the fridge are:

All Day IPA, Old Rasputin, Chillwave (when available), Nugget Nectar (when available), Sucks, White Rajah, Back in Black, FIS, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, BA Blackout Stout, Trappist Rochefort 10, and Celebrator.

 

What is it with you Ohioans and this beer... my best friend just moved back home to Ohio from Charleston... and loves this shit.

 

Ha! It is actually the beer that got me into drinking beer. My wife randomly got me a mixed 6-pack with that beer in it. I drank it and thought "Holy shit! I didn't know you could make beer taste like beer and bourbon!" I still like the simple bourbon/vanilla profile. Or maybe I just think I love it but I'm really just being loyal.

 

Yea, he has been telling me about this beer (vaguely) for awhile now. Last time he came to visit I pulled out a bunch of Barrel Aged Stouts and what not... he didn't dig them. Said nothing compared to his 10 dollar Bourbon Ale... called him the other day and he was at the bar and told me the name finally and looked it up. I told him to get me a growler for s_its and giggles.

 

I'll take most BA stouts over it, but it was a gateway to BA stouts (and craft in general). But there aren't many BA "ales" out there, and of the few I have tried, I still like it by far my favorite. It seems to be a polarizing beer.

 

I have two beer fridges and they are stocked all year with Barleywine and stouts. Currently, FW, Bells and SN styles are in majority. I'll buy IPAs and Belgium styles on a whim and drink within the week, don't like keeping the IPAs too long.

 

- Revolution Anti hero
- Bells Two Hearted
- And believe it or not, when I can afford it, FFF Zombie Dust.

 

- Duvel (during the good times)
- Founders Porter
- Old Rasputin
- Either Stone IPA or Little Sumpin' Sumpin'
- Something Local (either Tin Man Overlord or some Daredevil Lift Off)

 

Pizza Port Swami's IPA, Bell's Two Hearted, SN Torpedo and Hop Stoopid.
The Swami's is pretty much the ''Go-to".
cheers!

 

Aventinus
Duvel
Backwoods Bastard
Great Lakes seasonal offerings
St. Ambrois Oatmeal Stout
Old Chub
something hoppy, Two Hearted, Anti-Hero,
Tall boys, lately Genesee Cream Ale or Schlitz

 

Pretty Things bombers and Notch cans pretty much always.

 

Bell's Two Hearted and Founders Porter are my BFS. Some of the best in their styles, and in MI I get 6pks of each for <$9 regularly.

I also keep SN Pale Ale and/or SA Boston Lager on hand; refreshing, great with food, and suitable for most guests. 12pks usually run <$14.

 

I always have light beer, Pils, lager and a good pale ale
Yuengling Light
Cali Lager, Summerfest, Stoudts Gold
Stoudts Pils, Laguntas Pils, Prima Pils
SNPA, Invasion, Dales Pale, Celebration

 

There's not really one. If i had to say what was there most often i would say a different wicked weed bottle and a 4 pack of hop drop.

 

I'm trying to stock up on as much Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose as I can and have it available at any time. What a great beer that is. And now that it's finally canned, Double Duckpin will always be in my fridge.

 

Paulaner Hefe-Weizen
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen
North Coast Old Rasputin R.I.S.
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