You have 10 taps to fill. What are you putting on? Here's mine: 1) German Hefeweizen 2) Czech Pils 3) WC IPA 4) WC IIPA 5) Old Ale - non BA 6) Imperial Stout - non BA 7) Doppelbock 8) Baltic Porter 9) Belgian Tripel 10) Best Bitter - beer engine Feel free to discuss why you favor one beer over the next or make fun of my throwback list from the 90s
Funny enough, the Silver Stamp in Las Vegas gets pretty close to mine. At least some of the time. Here's what I'd have: Helles Dunkel IPA (Bright) IPA (Hazy) Dubbel Amber Ale/ESB (they're close enough) Lambic (Rotate through all the major variations, even back-sweetened ones) Old school fruited wheat or blonde RIS or similarly big ass American stout "Dumb but fun" tap for slushes, candy stouts, and BA items
Thought about this and I feel like they, like most Belgian beers IMO, are SO much better when they are bottle conditioned. I put a tripel on my list because I love them, but I just don't think the keg does these beers, especially saisons, proper justice. The "Dumb but fun" bit made me laugh.
Crowd pleaser that isn't an adjunct lager- Kolsch, Helles, American Blond, American Wheat Saison or Grisette A well made hazy because I have to stay in business Stout on nitro, but not Guinness. WCIPA Brown ale because this is Richmond "Italian" pils Duvel Green Rotating strong. RIS, Barleywine, Old Ale, American Strong, etc. Rotating cask- bitter, mild, plain porter
Pils Non-Pils pale lager (Czech or German) Amber/dark lager Wheat beer Hazy hoppy Bright hoppy Other ale (brown/red/mild/bitter/etc) Sub 7% stout/porter An elegant sour (not a kettle sour) Wildcard alcohol bomb
I really wanted to include a Helles and a Saison in my list, but my love for strong, dark beers is too great.
Not sure why this came to mind when you said that but it's taking me down amnesia lane Belzebuth | Brasserie Grain d' Orge (Brasserie Jeanne d'Arc SA) | BeerAdvocate
I like your list but offer the following changes Perhaps 2 IPAs, WC and hazy. Double or otherwise. Think that west coast IPA had a different meaning in the bitter 90s. Include barleywine with the old ale. Remove all non BA requirements. Need a sour on the list for my weird friends, so combine the doppelbock and BP category. And add quad to the Tripels.
1. English barleywine 2. American barleywine 3. Imperial Stout 4. Barrel aged English barleywine 5. Barrel aged American barleywine 6. Barrel aged imperial stout 7. Belgian Tripel 8. Scotch ale 9. Belgian Quad 10. Don't care
Agreed and despite my proselytizing, I don't HATE hazy IPAs. I just tend to not prefer them. DEFINITELY. #barleywineislife Not averse to that either. Certainly love a BSD/Quad on tap, but those BSG/Tripels are my jam.
1. Barleywine(preferably English) 2. Doppelbock 3. Tripel 4. Imperial Stout(BA or not) 5. Czech Pale Lager 6. Wee Heavy 7. Ordinary/Best/Strong Bitter on hand pump 8. Baltic Porter 9. Quad 10. Kolsch
I feel like I need to drink more Kolsch, but so many American versions are lifeless and so many German brewed ones are, well, lacking freshness.
1. Czech pils 2. Czech dark lager 3. Hoppy american amber 4. Classic malty WCIPA 5. Cask ESB/English pale ale 5. Modern juicy/fruit-forward hazy IPA 6. Bitter/dank NEIPQ 7. Helles or German Export Lager 8. BA stout, over 10% ABV 9. Belgian Golden Strong 10. Weizenbock I of course love IPAs but will happily drink a tap list of good Czech and German lagers. Belgians and wilds are much less of a priority plus sours, and I need at least one big beer to enjoy. The weizenbock is there as a wildcard since I always order one when I see it. Super rare, very unique style that's tasty when mediocre and hard to beat when done well. I think the Golden Strong could be changed for a Dark Strong, or possibly something smoked depending on the day.
I see Gaffel around a lot, but this is my favorite: Reissdorf Kölsch | Brauerei Heinrich Reissdorf | BeerAdvocate
Nigh on impossible to find in Tennessee but when it's not 6 months old it's unbeatable. Vitus is everywhere and generally fresh though.
