Beer variants you wish existed

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  1. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    I’ve been on a Golden Monkey kick lately. It’s really been hitting the spot. I wish there was a dark version, they could call it something like Midnight Monkey. Either like a Belgian dark ale or a Belgian style stout. Both sound pretty nice to me.

    I generally dream of dark versions of existing beers. Dark Pilsner Urquell. Dark St. Bernardus Wit.

    I also wish I could try every base imperial stout as a Mexican hot chocolate variant. Cause I’m a sucker for those.

    Any variants of existing beers that you wish were real? Tell us your tweaks, flavorings, barrel choices, etc.

    Cheers!
     
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  2. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    Do you mean like a Czech Dark Lager?

    Let's discuss some Tmavý Ležák (Czech Dark Lagers) beers I drank last year during my two week vacation to the Czech Republic:

    Below is a photo of Bernard Tmavý Ležák:

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    And here is a photo of U Fleků Tmavý Ležák:

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    Triple Crossing in Richmond, VA brews a tasty Tmavý Ležák:

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    And saving the best for last, my homebrewed Tmavý Ležák:

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    Cheers to Tmavý Ležák beers!
     
  3. slander

    slander Pooh-Bah (2,568) Nov 5, 2001 New York
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    I wish there was a peaty ass Porter, like what I think I recall Grant's Perfect Porter being like in the 90's.
     
  4. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    I do know dark Czech lagers exist, I just want PU to make one :slight_smile:
     
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  5. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    You want a dark version of a white beer? That's how CDAs came to be.
     
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  6. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    Now I’m wondering why more breweries haven’t use a touch of peat-smoked malt in beers. I love a rugged peaty dram. I guess a lot of general beer consumers just don’t like the smoke!
     
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  7. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    Sure. But I want more dark witbiers, dark saisons, bretted stouts, as variants of my favorites from the light style. I want to hear what variants everyone can dream up in reference to beers they like, or alternatively think they can improve upon with their idea!
     
  8. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Just a couple years ago I really thought that smoked porters would become enough of a niche thing to be reliable shelf beers. Captain Lawrence, Forgotten Boardwalk, Spellbound...Then it ended. Oh well, at least they tried.
     
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  9. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    FWIW, I would like smoked, black, wild grisettes please.
     
  10. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    My point was more "how can something be both white and dark?".


    To answer your original question, a Trpel with some smoked malts might intrigue me, as long as it didn't fuck up the color.
     
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  11. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Try some Scotch ales. They're supposed to be peaty.
     
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  12. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    Perhaps this belongs in the controversial opinions thread, but I'm always after coffee stout variants. Add different coffee and I'll spend money. Just know if you toss any other additive in there, you lose my money.

    Specifically, Founder's Imperial Stout and Bell's Expedition Stout come to mind as stand-out, quality base stouts. I'd love to try a coffee variant of both. Just keep the flavor additions limited there.
     
  13. Insomniac

    Insomniac Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2019 Canada (ON)

    If this exists, I’ve never seen one.

    Masala Chai Imperial Stout.
     
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  14. Giantspace

    Giantspace Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Dec 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Spicy lemon grass ginger saison

    enjoy
     
  15. dcotom

    dcotom Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,637) Aug 4, 2014 Iowa
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  16. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    I'd swear a brewery up did thst, but the brewery so thought put it out didn't have it listed. And, they're closed. I'll dig deeper when I'm on a machine.
     
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  17. patto1ro

    patto1ro Pooh-Bah (2,084) Apr 26, 2004 Netherlands
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    PU has made Dark Lagers.
     
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  18. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    It's not uncommon for European breweries to use Scotch instead of Bourbon barrels for barrel aging Stouts and Porters and some of those can be quite peaty. I've really enjoyed most of those that I've had so far.
     
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  19. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    Ones packaged and exported to the states?
     
  20. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    The more the merrier!

    Na Zdravi
     
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