Should I get FBS if Im not a stout lover?

Probably not, but palates do change & in the case of my wife, rather spontaneously.

For months and months, it was Kasteel Rouge Ale/fruited lambics or bitter beer face regardless of style.
Then, out of nowhere, she takes her second sip of a Caldera Old Growth Imperial Stout and boom..."this isn't bad...this is pretty good".

Now her favorite beer is Bourbon County Brand Stout.
Go figure.

 

A lot of people love New Glarus Dancing Man Wheat, but I don't like hefeweizens, so I don't buy it when it comes out. I'd probably pass if I were you.

 

I'd skip it. It's got all the characteristics of a stout, so if you don't dig stouts then I can't see you liking it. With that said, I think it's an awesome beer. By the reviews it seems many feel the same way. So you may want to try a single if you can get it in a mix a six. If you like the single, then you're in luck because you've got a pallet of it in your backyard!

 

You will never know until you try. With that said, palettes change, and 1 winter you might not like it. Where as the next winter you will love it. I say try it and if you dont like it, i am sure you know some one that will. But just remember, next year you might like it. So keep trying the beers you may not like the style of now.

 

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: The question is, do you like coffee and chocolate, not stouts. If so, then oh, hell yes!

 

What is it with women having expensive taste? My wife likes the big sweet RIS and odell friek. Add in my love of big beers and I am perpetually broke.

 

if FBS can't make you a stout lover, nothing will.

 

Your palate deceives you, this years FBS tasted nothing of coffee or chocolate. Tasted like a flat Guinness Stout to me.

 

Dude, tell me about it.
But we don't have kids, so...

 

Ouch! I definitely got lots of coffee. So much that when I mixed FBS 50-50 with some Against the Grain Bo & Luke (stout aged in PVW barrels), it completely dominated the other beer.

 

Do you ask people to make other choices in your life for you on a regular basis? If you don't like the style and don't want to try something new, move to something you do like.

 

From what you said i doubt you would like it. But if you don't have to use your rent $ give it a shot.

 

Sorry I forgot to add the stick out tongue smiley. I'm not really a fan and like to give people crap because I haven't got around to most stouts yet and I guess I feel like I am missing out. Big fan of Surly Darkness, though, not quite sure what the problem is.


Cheers!!!

 

Fear no Beer!

 

def worth a try. and sometimes the right beer will turn you on to a style you don't normally drink

 

If you asked about KBS, I would say yes. If you asked about the freshly released Imperial Stout, I would also say yes. I'm not so sure I'd say yes about FBS. I think the other two are better.

 

Yeah, we have one, trying for number two at the end of this summer... Stops me from buying copious amounts of beer, but I still get my fair share.

And to the OP, if you don't love stouts, I'd save the cash and buy something you love. I love stouts and saisons. I tick them all day long, but when I tick styles I don't love I am usually left wishing I had just bought something better.

 

I'd suggest exploring american barleywines, and possibly old ales if you can dig malt.

Some things you'd probably have a greater chance of appreciating/liking more than stouts & porters at the moment....

Great Divide Old Ruffian
AleSmith Old Numbskull
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
Avery Hog Heaven
Southern Tier Backburner

North Coast Old Stock Ale
Bells Third Coast Old Ale
Great Divide Hibernation
Fuller's Vintage Ale
Founder's Old Curmudgeon