Slow wine to craft beer conversion

If youre in CA get him some RR sours espeacially if he is a big wine buff!

 

I don't understand the suggestions for sours. I'm a "wine buff" and sours are a tough style for me. If you get smells like you get from Brett or any of the other souring agents in a wine, you drain pour it. It reminds me slightly of TCA or TBA ("corked" wine). I think barrel aged beers are the best best, and not just stouts. Something like a Burton Baton, or Firestone's barrel aged stuff.

 

You're definitely right about the barrel stuff. Firestone's especially.

I think people commonly conflate sours with brett beers - a few sours may also have brett, but many don't. I personally don't care for most brett beers and I prefer sours that instead get their organic acids from lactobacillus - they have a nice sharp tartness that I've found many wine lovers also enjoy.

The odors from brett are a whole 'nother story, and I wouldn't recommend those to someone learning about craft beers.

 

Having a Jolly Pumpkin Baudelaire iO Saison sour brewed with rose hips, rose petals, and hibiscus. Dry very food friendly.

 

I like the way you think HuskyHawk. I'm actually a beer guy that got converted to appreciate wine although never truly left the beer side. I have two glassware cabinets, one for beer and one for wine glassware (and whiskey). The beer glassware I've been collecting for years so is pretty diverse, but the wine glassware is catching up. There is a certain pleasure I get from nice glassware, probably an aethetic combo that is pleasing to the eye, nose & palate, and agree that would be a great way to promote the OPs cause. Speigelau and TEKU are the two that come to my mind.
Also agree with your Brett comments, although while a Brett'd red is an auto dump (just had a Rioja last week that was a drain pour...insert tear in eye), there are some really amazing strains that have been isolated that I would recommend that you remain open to (hint...not all Brett beers are created equal). There are some strains that have a tropical fruit character which plays nicely with many beer styles like Brett Brux Trois. Here in Vermont we got some Anchorage Brewing Company that produced some amazing Brett beers. Sounds like you've had some experience in this area, so hope you're not basing judgement of all brett beers on your wine exposure. Cheers!

 

Some folks just like to HAVE things, to show them, and to be sometimes not so quietly proud of possessions and acquisitions. Just like big-ass houses, with way too much square footage, so everyone can see and be envious. I know lots of these people, just like my brother-in-law, who I joke (about golf) that "he would rather win than play." Rareness over quality says it all. Back in the boom-time 90s, I saw quite a few foolishly "wealthy" guys buy tons of very expensive wines- red and white- that were "cultish and collectible". They sat on a number of these "jewels" only to see them move past their prime and end up being worthless and undrinkable. I'm not saying that this gentleman is not a quality person, but I am saying that a gallery of prideful possessions does not guarantee any quality at all.

 

An advocate for craft beer, and one with a little money....I see nothing wrong with this. Some people like the finer things in life. When it comes to beer I know that I do. I would continue to bring over good beers for him to try and work towards getting him to host or come to a bottleshare or smaller brewery event like a food and beer pairing. The devil in me says that the best bet would be to make him a little jealous, mess with his mind a bit, he will be buying tickets for the hype train in no time. All aboard!