All About Finish

My thoughts are the same. Cheers

 

Definitely depends on what I am drinking.

 

I like a sh*t beer to be Fast, and a great beer to linger

 

That pretty much sums up what I would say.

 

Although it is variable to a degree, I think medium fits me quite well. Agree with previous posts, a lighter lager should finish a bit cleaner, but I wouldn't mind a light lingering note too much. And on stouts, I like a little longer, but any time something lasts, it can tend to build up and start affecting my next sip.

So, I took the "totally" part of "variable" to me very or quite variable, and for me, the variances are not too far from medium.

 

i like my IPAs with a fast crisp finish. slight linger but nothing crazy.

stouts/barleywines i'm ok with a long linger

 

I like mine juicy, semi dry, dry, malty, fruity, sweet, roasty, acrid, funky, earthy, spicy, rooty herbal, sour, and bitter. Not all at once of course.

 

This is an interesting post and got me thinking that a lot of how I ultimately rate a beer has ALOT to do with how it finishes. Maybe finish should have a rating criteria?
- I don't like Brett beers to finish too dry
- I don't like hoppy beers to have a lingering bitter
- I don't like Belgian beers that finish yeasty and get you in the back of the jaw
- I don't like my stouts to finish ashy

Any of those and my overall and/or taste gets dinked pretty hard.


There's taste and then there is finish which is entirely different criteria IMO. Just something to think about.

 

I like to savor the slow lingering flavors of a good beer.

 

It depends on the style for sure.

 

I like beers to finish in my belly.

 

For sure it depends on the style. Honestly, the style I am most familiar with is the stout (all varieties). I like a stout to have a little lingering taste, but not much. On the opposite side, I really don't care much for IPAs overall, but as a part of my new year's beer-resolution, I have tried more IPAs this year. I've found that I want IPAs to finish fast to leave my palette clean and ready for either another sip, or another beverage entirely (especially if there IS a lingering bitterness to that IPA).

I really don't care much for any flavor to linger on my tongue for too long. After all, I like to try multiple beers, or otherise I don't want my chocolate milk stout (or otherwise complex beer) to effect the way my dinner tastes. So I suppose finish is important, but not nearly as important as the look, smell, taste, and the big one for me - mouth feel. For me, finish is a factor inside taste (which accounts for the largest % of a beer rating here, out of any of the five categories).

 

For me - ashy stouts and dry IPAs are the worst.
Lagers - should be crisp and floral.

 

My expectations change with the style:

Imperial stouts, DIPAs, barleywines, strong Belgians, etc. should have a long, lingering finish that makes it so that you only have to sip once in a while to savor the beer.

Pilsners, many other lagers, bitters, dry stouts, and other milder beers should be quick and refreshing. This quality is what I mean when I refer to drinkability.

Of course, most beers will lie somewhere in the in between.

 

It really does depend on the style. If I'm drinking a world class beer, I want some flavor to linger and enjoy the beer's characteristics. If the beer is something I'm drinking a lot of I could care less if the flavor lingers.

 

Rough poll. Finish is very important with Pales & IPAs but malty beers & Belgians are different. Wilds also vary. "Depends on what I'm drinking."

 

Depends on the style, but for 95% of styles/beers, my "finish" demand is: DRY IT THE FUCK OUT.

Attenuate the hell out of your beer and you'll probably get some bonus points, if only from me.

 

I never took crisp to mean that the finish didn't linger. When I think of crisp I think of a beer with a lot of carbonation and not a lot of sweetness - a very refreshing hot summer day kind of beer. Maybe crisp tasting beers tend to have a shorter finish, but I still wouldn't necessarily call the two synonymous.

I voted for totally variable.