Styles You Want To Make A Comeback

Have you tried the Breckenridge Burton Ale of King's Dish?

https://www.breckbrew.com/beers/kings-dish

Cheers!

 

I had a hell of a time finding any Maibocks this spring. Pretty much anything with Bock in the style I want more of please. All the Bocks!

 

Hazy IPAs

 

I don't know it. Thanks for the tip!!

 

non-peat smoked scotch ales

 

You try 14th Star's version that just came out this past late Winter/early Spring? I really liked it.

But to answer the OP, I would say Baltic Porters, Wee Heavy, Weizenbocks, Roggenbiers and Krystalweizens.

 

It doesn't appear that the post-Repeal Ballantine Burton Ale was very close in recipe to the original Burton ales of the UK, since it was a blend of long-aged and "regular" (i.e. only 1 year of aging) Ballantine India Pale Ale, according to an interview with longtime P. Ballantine & Sons R&D/QC executive, John Brzezinski (bottom of page). From a 2009 All About Beer article:

Pre-Prohibition, when still under Ballantine family ownership, they did brew what was more than likely a different recipe, Ballantine's Old Burton Ale.

Not sure how close DFH's beer is to the BBA, most references have Caligione using terms like it being a "homage" to it - obviously, they're not aging it for 10-20 years which was the Ballantine version's dominant characteristic.

Also, post-Repeal, Phila's C. Schmidt's & Sons marketed a Burton Ale into the 1940s.

Given the tiny yearly barrelage of the non-commercially available BBA it's likely Schmidt's ale was the largest selling US Burton Ale in the period after Prohibition. Who knows how authentic that recipe was, even though Schmidt's advertising (never a reliable source, of course) suggested it was descent from the version brewed by the Robert Smith India Pale Ale Brewing Co. (which they'd bought in the 1890s). Ads in the 1930s said it was:

I take it the question mark was suggesting it was high it alcohol content? They also claimed it was the area's largest selling quart bottle of beer - go figure.

Although, Schmidt's other ale (also claimed to be based on a Smith ale), Tiger Head Cream Ale - which was sometime also described as an October Ale - does seem to have been a bigger seller (and, obviously, longer-lived).

On the West Coast also in the 30's, Lucky Lager's Bankers Ale also claimed to be a "true old Burton type ale". Given Lucky's later reputation as a "cheap beer" that one might rise a few eyebrows but their masterbrewer of that period was Henry Henius, son of Dr. Max Henius.

 

I am always on the lookout for an interesting, balanced beer. Not over-the-top in malt, hops or alcohol. Not too dry and not too sweet. No fruit, spices or funk. Medium body, good head retention.

Sadly, micros and nanos seem to be moving away from those as it's the big beers that get the attention.

 

Coffee beer, Dark Stout, Aged in Bourbon Barrels, Alcohol Free Coffee beer.

 

You mean coffee. Right?

 

I'd like to see the kölsch style bigger here, and Czech styled hoppy pilsner.

 

I don't know. I see a lot of kölsch's.
A local brewery just came out with a new mango kölsch. Another brewery has a very popular guava kölsch.
Another brewery has a mango chili beer listed as a kölsch here on BA...

But seriously Saint Arnold's Fancy Lawnmower has been one of the more traditional versions I've seen in the US and there are a number of local breweries that actually make attempts at least trying to respect the style.

 

If I was down your way I wouldn't look much beyond Altstadt- with a Kolsch that good you don't need so many other choices.

 

I've wondered how many people from outside Texas have tried Altstadt.
I've really liked their beers and have commented here how close they are to what I drank when I lived in Germany for the summer of 2008.

Altstadt is not available near me in North Texas. But I have family in Austin so I've bought the beers on my trips down there.
But I've been told Altstadt will soon be distributing up to North Texas so they will be a regular purchase for me soon.

I also liked their Lager and Altbier. The Alt was like a more complex version of Diebels Alt.

 

Founders Brewery Imperial Stout....man I wish that would make a comeback

 

Quality lagers would be nice. I get a few decent ones here in Texas, but would always like more options. Well made basics would be great too. Some days I just want a solid brown ale, or amber ale.

 

Stone is more than welcome to bring back Sublimely Self Righteous.

 

Weizenbocks and browns

 

Thanks very much for this post! I was unaware of the piece on Mr. Brzezinski. From what I've read, in England, there were several varieties of Burton Ale. For example, exported Burton Ale was darker in color than that marketed domestically. With some breweries, there was overlap between Burton Ale and IPA. As often occurs, the commonly understood characteristics of Burton Ale evolved over time. I wonder if any unopened cans of Ballantine's Burton Ale survive.

 

Black and Rye IPAs