The Problem with Turning Beer into Dessert

I have no problem with the sweet dessert beers because I don't buy them.

 

I like beer whether sweet, bitter or any traditional style! That is unless its bad. Doesn't matter if its a traditional lager or the dessert beer. As long as it’s enjoyable. Its fun to try varieties and as a home brewer its fun to create or even brew traditional. I imagine the craft breweries are just having fun with it.

 

Unsurprisingly for craft beer, its broad movement away from bitterness is a supremely exaggerated and swift microcosm of the same thing in the larger beer world.

 

WUT?! I'm pretty sure I would hate having a diesel aroma/flavor in a beer.

 

Smoothie seltzer is a thing?!

 

I once turned some Guinness into a pan of chocolate brownies for St. Pat's Day. They were decadent.

 

Turning Guinness into brownies on St. Patty's Day? Are you Irish Jesus?

 

I thought with "desserts" in the thread's title that we would be talking about BBA stouts so I peeked in. Now I see we're talking about faux breakfast and lunch beverages. No thanks.

 

I definitely don't like what is happening with the whole idea of "let's turn a beer into a dessert" thing that is happening. But, thats just me. I personally like the beers that I consume to have that classic bitterness/sweet malty balance wether it be a stout, porter, or an IPA. But, all breweries are going to push their focus to what sells, & it seems that beers like that are trending right now. Just as @Harrison8 said, I'm just not going to buy them.

 

All I can say is, I pretty much agree.
Milkshake IPA is probably one of the worst “beer” styles there is.
I had a decadent Modern Times stout this evening and could only drink 6oz. It was good, but I can’t drink that much chocolate syrup straight.
I haven’t found Trillium to be too sweet though. Very similar to monkish.

 

It’s because all the baristas turned 21 and started brewing. I still prefer my beers more traditional or a tropical hazy with some bite. I do occasionally enjoy a pastry stout, low bitterness NE IPA but the milkshake ipa and heavily fruited smoothie Berliners are not for me. Yes I have tried them.

not sure if this has anything to do with it but so many people love to tick beers or drink samples or share beers that in small portions a dessert beer probably is good. But I still like to have a few beers at a time and I couldn’t imagine drinking more than one of those beer jamba juices.

 

Its obviously polarizing, but its definitely something I appreciate in the right IPA setting. Some of my favorite Nelson and Mosaic heavy ipas have featured it.

See, the problem you're gonna have with modern craft beer is that you're a philosophy professor or something

I generally agree though, I miss the days of the term "craft beer" carrying the connotation of a broad adherence to some semblance of artfulness, class, refinement, and dare I say sophistication. It was nice to be able to enjoy tasty beverages and feel part of some movement to reclaim this ancient beverage from the slobbering maw of belching toads and bikini clad models hawking tepid swill to stumble drunk sports ball fans. I just pray that some segment will hold strong and do my best to support the producers that seem to give a shit about more than just turning smoothie cans as fast as possible

 

I try I try

 

This seems to be very region specific. I have a hard time finding some styles for sure, but they aren't generally ones that were widely available 10 years ago either. I haven't noticed a shortage of resinous clear ipas, although the proportion of clear to hazy hoppy.beers has certainly shifted. Same story with stouts, there are more sweet/dessert versions available but there are still bitter roasty examples available. It seems to be a situation (from my perspective) where areas that are more "hip" are struggling with this trend more than backwater type places.

I'd also probably had a different perspective if I had ever really enjoyed hazy ipas. The broad consensus does seem to be that those have gotten sweeter over the years

 

I enjoy variation so bring on as many different tasting beers as you can. My local store has no problem carrying a wide assortment of styles so I am spoiled. I enjoy drinking a nice Chocolate Fudgy Brownie beer sometimes instead of eating one. The 11% kicker is a bonus.