Controversial Beer Opinions Thread

Which adjuncts are you talking about? Actual ones or what most people currently call adjuncts, which are spices?

 

How do you know one parent isn't the designated driver? Or the kid?

 

I definitely agree with 16 oz cans. I would would much rather be able to drink one more of 12 oz than deal with 16.

 

stuff like donuts, cap n crunch, marshmallows, turkey legs, apples and very small rocks

 

You dont. Could be though. And Ive seen two parents drinking. As long as its responsible and legal its fine. Personally I dont think its a good idea in any case. Call me controversial.

 

Then we can be friends.

 

I had the 2018 this past weekend and damn it was incredible, I thought the same thing. And this comes from someone who has Bigfoot going back to 2009.

I stopped aging them last year because I'm not going through them fast enough. And they peak at 5 years in my opinion.

I wonder if it's just this year's version, or the power of suggestion from all the people in this thread saying aging is largely a waste of time.

Uh oh, Stone capitalized "Barley Wine". I smell a lawsuit.

 

Def Leppard lyrics

 

Controverial beer opinions? Basically being transparent and revealing even on a silly beer forum is frequently seemed as controversial:
- "the websites that shall not be mentioned" (i.e. Untappd, *, Facebook trade groups etc) look even BA filtered out the name of a website with an asterik
- stating opinions of current market value/secondary values of breweries or beers by name (i.e. Angry Chair (FL) and Bottle Logic (CA) seem to be carrying highest trade/resale value at this point in time). If you want something from them right now you have to offer up something big.
- explaining various strategies on how to best circumvent the "beer police" when shipping beer thru Fed-Ex etc. to be successful.

All somewhat controversial.

 

I could disagree with them, but won't bother.

Some years ago Weyerbacher made and bottled the Old Heathen Stout. They also barrel aged it in Bourbon barrels and called the result Heresy. (They still do Heresy but have discontinued Old Heathen.)

I set up a tasting with a few friends. We had the most recent three years of Old Heathen and the same three most recent years of Heresy. We started with the most recently bottled of Old Heathen then the same year's bottling of Heresy. There was no discussion but people took notes. We then moved on to the next year and did a repeat. The same with the third year. Between each beer we took a break for some spring water and unsalted crackers.

It was very helpful at learning to sort out the effects of the barrel aging on the base beer. It was also very helpful at sorting out the effects of bottle aging.

One of the things that the six people pretty much agreed upon was that time in bottle softened and integrated the flavors so that the flavor profile seemed more complex.

 

Why can’t people put themselves in other people’s shoes? Not every situation is a mirror image of your situation. This discussion is classic internet. I can walk to my local brewery. No drunk driving required

 

More times than not I find hyped beer to be overrated

 

Isn’t overrated pretty much the definition of a hyped product?

 

Uhhh, this is kinda weird but I think we graduated high school together

 

This has been a surprisingly fun thread. I feared shitshow when it started, but as BAers do, good humor, polite discourse and interesting perspectives have been the norm. Good job guys!

My controversial opinions are:

1. Many people take beer far too seriously. We aren’t wine, and I hope we never are. Sometimes i feel the ‘respect beer’ pendulum can swing too far the other way. You can respect beer and drink out of the bottle/can. You can respect beer and shotgun one occasionally. You can appreciate a beautiful, well crafted, Irish dry stout and periodically enjoy it with a shot of baileys and jamo dropped in it too.

On a related note, I love seeing kids in breweries. Maybe its because I was raised in taverns and bars, but kids seem to raise the fun aspect and evacuate the snobbery. I’m not an animal guy, but i like seeing dogs in breweries for the same reason. It’s fun! I remember seeing someone bring a small pig in a taproom once. It was awesome! For the next couple of hours, everyone in that room was happy. The parents sipping beers, the kids at their makeshift petting zoo and even the suddenly center-of-attention pig.
Sure, there are Ill-mannered kids out there, but most are pretty chill. Besides, it’s not like there AREN’T ill-mannered adults in breweries...

Being on the other side of the glass, it’s a huge day lifter to finish dragging 100lb of hose across an uneven floor and then look up and see a handful of little faces, looking around at all the shiny stainless in awe, thinking you have the coolest job in the world.

2. Amber ales are an irredeemable style. The best examples aren’t true amber ales. True amber ales suck by definition. They are the fruit/veggie in jello of beer styles.

 

Brewed by:
Wunderkammer Bier
Vermont, United States

Style: American Wild Ale

Alcohol by volume (ABV): not listed

Availability: Limited (brewed once)

Notes / Commercial Description:
Ale brewed with lichen, mushrooms, some sticks and leaves, as well as other typical brewing materials. Fermented in an oak barrel.

 

Maybe that’s forming my opinion too! Also raised in a pub. My parents ran our local village pub in Scotland. It fed and watered everyone in a 10 mile radius. I peaked at my darts and pool abilities aged around eight.

 

I find that it takes 3 years for the hops to fade enough that Bigfoot starts to taste like a Barleywine. I think the oldest I've had is around 18 years. Still good, but.....

 

Oh, sure. If you get stuck with a Berliner or hefe or something gross, you just stir in a little honey or marmalade or something and, if you squint, you can pretend that you lucked into an NEIPA.

 

Piss poor beer. For me I don't feel any real sense of someone making a beer because they love beer. They treat it as a bare bones product with corners cut to mass produce when they could have just bit the bullet and kept a solid control on their specified local market. Much like funky Buddha. What of theirs stand out? Jack.