Anyone over dark beers?

Odd that this post comes.... in summer....Hmmm I wonder if there is any correlation? On the real though, oddly I've come to appreciate darker beers now. Though honestly until recently my palate always preferred lighter beers, so I think it might be time to switch it up a bit. Besides IPA's are all the rage.

 

The weather has been brutal, and we've only scratched the surface of summer. Can it be cold again?

 

I drink VERY seasonal, and used to be bored with the summer. But in the last couple years I have been finding some wonderful summer beers and now get excited about them. Otherwise, I agree and don't drink many dark beers in the summer (as I sip on an Imperial Porter).

 

Nope! Can never get enough Wookey Jack

 

Im learning to drink black beers in every season, but they normally better on the winter and autumn.

 

I don't have fancy infused rye whiskies, but I'm partial to beers that are aged in barrels of said whiskies...

 

Nope. Just finished a Deschutes/Great Lakes Imperial Smoked Porter and now drinking a Revolution Eugene Porter. I definitely slow dark beer intake but don't stop. It helps that the highs here today were in the mid-50's and its in the low 40's right now.

 

I think I would be if I drank them all of the time, but I don't on a regular basis.

 

Nope! Lighter session beers during the day and thick, dark, heavy Imperial Stouts at night for dessert.

 

no but I've been buying a lot of saisons, they make fantastic post lifting drinks, so refreshing

 

Nah I will still drink them this time of year. Plus, in Seattle, it is dark and rains a lot anyway so it can feel like Winter for longer! However I cannot say I would take a winter warmer over an IPA at this point, not yet anyway!

 

Nope. I get bored with summer beers. I drink them with friends to be polite and then pull out a great dark beer to get myself satisfied.

 

if anyone is over dark beers please do not hesitate to send them my way, i'll make sure they're taken care of

 

Yea I'm over stouts and porters, I'm now into overpriced European sours and I'm growing a handle bar mustache.

 

I'm going to start describing people as beer styles instead of nationalities.

 

Wouldn't it be "beerist" or "brewist" or something?

 

Sometimes I think that Summer time is the best time for Stouts and Porters, since they warm more quickly. I don't buy into the whole 'everything should be ice cold because it's hot out.' I'll drink iced tea if I want that.

 

Definitely not big in to Imperial Stouts in the summer; but yeah--standard Stouts, Porters, Browns, Dubbels are tasty year round. I mean, I'll drink coffee all summer (maybe cold, but whatever )

 

Let's get 'em, boys. And girls.

 

Porters I will drink anytime of year since many are actually refreshing. Its the Double/Imperial Russian Stouts that I tend to wean back on.