Similar taste in different styles from the same brewery

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  1. JamesMN

    JamesMN Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Minnesota

    Has anyone else noticed how a line up of beers from one brewery all tend to have the same background taste to them? I've had an IPA, DIPA, Brown Ale, Bitter, Octoberfest, etc. from the same brewery and can tell they all came from the same place. Obviously this is due to the water used and yeast strains (possibly from similar grain bills) but I wonder if this is something the brewers are aware of and/or if they try to do this. In a few cases, it has stopped me from liking a beer as much because I can taste it's similarity to another beer from that brewery that I don't like as much.
     
    #1 JamesMN, Sep 29, 2012
  2. JoeSpartaNJ

    JoeSpartaNJ Zealot (691) Feb 5, 2008 New Jersey

    I notice the same thing. Sierra Nevada and Sixpoint come to mind.
     
    #2 JoeSpartaNJ, Sep 29, 2012
  3. IamMe90

    IamMe90 Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2012 Wisconsin

    Southern Tier definitely has an underlying taste to all of its beers, it seems intentional to me in that case though. i definitely know what you're talking about though, sometimes it puts me off if it's too blatant.
     
    #3 IamMe90, Sep 29, 2012
  4. suspect

    suspect Savant (1,103) Apr 12, 2010 New York

    Unibroue for sure. It's in the yeast.
     
    #4 suspect, Sep 29, 2012
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  5. jivex5k

    jivex5k Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Florida

    Stone has it too, it's probably the water like the OP says.
    I love stone's signature taste.
     
    #5 jivex5k, Sep 29, 2012
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  6. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Lots of brewers, and breweries, have a "house yeast," which typically accounts for a similarity across styles. Water profiles will certainly also play a role.
     
    #6 herrburgess, Sep 29, 2012
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  7. BirdsandHops

    BirdsandHops Grand Pooh-Bah (3,061) Apr 14, 2008 Oregon
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    I'd say Stone, Lagunitas, Unibroue, and many Belgian breweries have similar flavors, though I don't know how much of that is due to house yeasts and water and how much is due to them brewing a pretty small variety of beer styles.
     
    #7 BirdsandHops, Sep 29, 2012
  8. tewaris

    tewaris Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2009 Minnesota

    FFF: you can tell their hoppy beers.
     
    #8 tewaris, Sep 29, 2012
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  9. BasterdInABasket

    BasterdInABasket Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2010 Wisconsin

    Capital and even though I've only had a few from them- Samuel Smith
     
    #9 BasterdInABasket, Sep 29, 2012
  10. WhatANicePub

    WhatANicePub Zealot (712) Jul 1, 2009 Scotland

    This is absolutely normal. As well as yeast and water, every brewmaster has his or her own subconscious preferences when creating recipes, and every brewery's own combination of wort kettle and fermentation regime will affect the beer in a similar way.

    In other news, different records by the same singer sound similar, and fonts by the same designer look similar.
     
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  11. Lantern

    Lantern Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2011

    Boston Beer.
     
    #11 Lantern, Sep 29, 2012
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  12. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    This^ x10000
     
    #12 gtermi, Sep 29, 2012
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  13. Rekrule

    Rekrule Initiate (0) Nov 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    Stone, SN, and Sam adams are tops with this in my book.
     
    #13 Rekrule, Sep 29, 2012
  14. BB1313

    BB1313 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,290) Jul 16, 2009 Ohio
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    I can make a case for a ton of breweries having their own signature taste that can be found in most of their beers. I think it would be easier for me to list breweries that don't have their own signature taste. I think it's a good thing if you can drink a beer blind and tell who brewed it because of the characteristics.
     
    #14 BB1313, Sep 29, 2012
  15. gtermi

    gtermi Initiate (0) Apr 21, 2010 Texas

    I also feel that a lot of Shiner beer tastes the same too
     
    #15 gtermi, Sep 29, 2012
  16. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    your's is the right reply
     
    #16 dennis3951, Sep 30, 2012
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  17. tozerm

    tozerm Initiate (0) Jul 1, 2005 Washington

    as mentioned in previous posts... house yeast would be the #1 reason you'd find similar taste profiles across numerous beers from 1 brewery.
     
    #17 tozerm, Sep 30, 2012
  18. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

    White Birch has a yeast infection.
     
    #18 yamar68, Sep 30, 2012
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  19. DavoleBomb

    DavoleBomb Pooh-Bah (2,277) Mar 29, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    This has a little to do with terroir and hop and malt suppliers and lot more to do with house yeast strains.
     
    #19 DavoleBomb, Sep 30, 2012
  20. TheBoog013

    TheBoog013 Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 California

    Lagunitas immediately comes to mind.
     
    #20 TheBoog013, Sep 30, 2012
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