Most beautiful beer

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  1. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    This thread is only about the appearance of beer. I think appearance is underrated—before you even smell the beer, let alone taste it, you look at it. The color. The clarity (or lack thereof). The head and the lacing. The carbonation level.

    While I'll concede you can have an unattractive beer that pleasantly surprises you with the taste, I'd also argue that the chances of a truly beautiful beer tasting awful are negligible. There's something about how a beer looks—and the expectations that sets up in your brain.

    Movies have certainly done their part in celebrating beer, and its role in binding people together. From that wonderful scene in The Shawshank Redemption ...

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    To a band of hobbits joyfully enjoying some ale at the Prancing Pony ("It comes in pints?")...

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    ... what a beer looks like is important.

    For me, it's probably Orval

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    Or Duvel

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    Or maybe a big dark stout with that beautiful reddish-brown head

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    Though something can be said for a really nicely built IPA

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    Or any number of other styles (though I admit I have a weakness for anything Belgian)

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    So what about you? What beer, in your opinion, wins the beauty pageant? And why? Cheers!
     
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  2. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Those prisoners and hobbits aren't looking at their beers though. :slight_smile:
     
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  3. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and often times for me what I have been bolding lately is often what is most vividly beautiful for me. Lately that has been my homebrewed Classic American Pilsner.

    What I see upon initial pour:

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    And what I see after a few big gulps:

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    Cheers to beautiful beer!

    P.S. A fair bit of condensation on that glass but that just adds to the allure!:slight_smile:
     
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  4. rudiecantfail

    rudiecantfail Pooh-Bah (1,927) Aug 9, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    The answer is Duvel. Everyone else is fighting it out for second place.
     
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  5. BruChef

    BruChef Maven (1,277) Nov 8, 2009 New York
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    [​IMG]Most German Marzen biers are pretty elegant.
     
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  6. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    I will tag him, hoping that he can recall the post. If you ever saw the OG Alpine Nelson pour from @chipawayboy in the Simon Pearce tulip, you would kneel. That is beauty personified.
     
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  7. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,701) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    Those are great and some of my favorites. La Chouffe, Achel Extra, Tripel Karmeleit, Kulmbacher EKU Pils, Foothills Jade, and any Weihenstephan brew. Licking ones chops because of appearance is a great piece of beer enjoyment.
     
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  8. snaotheus

    snaotheus Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,924) Oct 6, 2008 Washington
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    How did they get the beer out without removing the cap?
     
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  9. ovaltine

    ovaltine Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,787) Apr 6, 2010 Indiana
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    Love all your selections. I’ll offer up another brewery whose beers always strike me as beautiful: Maine Beer Company.

    Every beer of theirs that I’ve had (roughly a dozen) has struck me on its appearance. This isn’t my pic, but it’s an appropriate representation.

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  10. morimech

    morimech Grand Pooh-Bah (3,803) Nov 6, 2006 Minnesota
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    I do love the Belgians, but something about a hefeweizen in proper weizen glassware says, drink me.
     
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  11. Jdub2839

    Jdub2839 Pundit (804) Mar 15, 2014 Florida
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    Any beer that pours a nice head and leaves behind some nice lacing around the glass as you drink it is a beautiful thing!!! I hate pouring a beer and the head just fizzles away like a soda, unless it's a BA stout/barleywine.
     
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  12. Amendm

    Amendm Pooh-Bah (2,589) Jun 7, 2018 Rhode Island
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    I don't have a specific example, to me dark Beers with red hues look beautiful in front of the fire pit.
    Cheers.
     
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  13. BruChef

    BruChef Maven (1,277) Nov 8, 2009 New York
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    Ha! I didn’t even catch that. Perhaps it’s the on deck beer.
     
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  14. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I think it’s just marketing. But that Ayinger cap is one of my all-time favorites.
     
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  15. JBogan

    JBogan Pooh-Bah (1,871) Jul 15, 2007 California
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    Orval
     
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  16. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Yes, those photos are indeed enticing but he is the KING of Photoshop (or some other photo enhancing software).

    Sorta like how Playboy had an master airbrush artist back in the day.

    Cheers!
     
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  17. MightyTrustKrusher

    MightyTrustKrusher Devotee (387) Nov 5, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Pretty much any Belgian (or Belgian inspired) beer with a big billowy head does it for me. It can be hazy or clear, but that foam just screams dry, crisp and delicious.
     
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  18. laketang

    laketang Grand Pooh-Bah (3,017) Mar 22, 2015 Arizona
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    This will do

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  19. puck1225

    puck1225 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,585) Dec 22, 2013 Texas
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    A vote for Orval!
     
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  20. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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    A couple that came to mind right away were Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier and Ten Fidy. I couldn't find my old photos of these, but I did find this: Stone Ruin Ten. It has to rank right up there with the most beautiful beers I've seen. (Pretty damn tasty, too, as I recall. :yum:)

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