The Taproom (aka Anything and Everything Beer)

[mdmost]

Thanks to everyone for all the Chicago recommendations. We hit up quite a lot while we were there. Centennial Crafted Beer, Maplewood, Half Acre, Corridor where the food was great, Off Color, and a trip out to 3 Floyds on the way to South Bend for the Liverpool match. Damn fine stuff they have up there.

 

[wokeupnew]

We out here

I forgot what this one is called but it’s very juicy. Tastes like orange juice but not sweet. Nice 7% IPA, incredibly easy to drink.



Second beer choice “Tree of 100 Years”. Looks the same as the one above, but OH MY GOD ITS INCREDIBLE. I’ve never had a bad beer brewed with New Zealand hops. Incredibly smooth and easy to drink for 8%.

Also highly recommended is the Blockprint. It doesn’t even taste like a beer like a fruity wine. Incredible.

 

[blissfullychaotic]

Completing more of the passport today hitting g up breweries in Avon/Westlake/rocky river

I love the flight at railroad brewery but so far my favorite has been Avon brewery (but no photos )



Double IPA blonde orange, chocolate blonde ale, habanero blonde ale, 13th warrior, and son of Brussels. My favorite was the habanero

 

[Hollywood]

Cheers to summer!

 

[blissfullychaotic]

Sibling rivalry



Coffee spice, nitro o Kennedy, Olly Olly gluten free, third wheel

 

[Hollywood]

My lovely wife brought me back some craft beer from Québec.

 

[Hollywood]

After a hard day's work

 

[Hollywood]

Happy IPA Day!

 

[Hollywood]

Hellz Ya! Session IPA - Orleans Brewing Co.

 

[wokeupnew]

Was out in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont hiking and kyaking and had planned a stop at Hill Farmstead on the way back. However when we got there they were closed for a Farmstead Ale event. My dumbass didn’t even think to check their website beforehand.

However, because of that we found a really cute brewery about a half hour south called Red Barn Brewery in Danville. I would have never come across it had they been open.

This is the same IPA pictured below as is in the growler. It’s super piney, hoppy, not bitter or alcohol-y at all. Bonus hike pictures

 

[Hollywood]

BBQ Pool Party at my BIL

 

[Hollywood]

Juicy McHazzy NEIPA - Orleans Brewing Co.

 

[Mr Moore]

On hols at The Isle of Wight at the moment. Found a cracker of a craft beer shop today and also discovered that national supermarket chain, Tesco, have a phenomenal selection of beer.

Starting early, I’m on a hazy pale ale from one of my fairly local to home breweries, The Kernel. It’s good.



Mrs Moore is going for a fruity number with this Mango IPA. Dangerously pleasant, it really has more in common as a drinking experience with mango juice than beer and at 6.1% it could result in a messy evening.

 

[Mr Moore]

Moving onto this 3.8% sour as it’s still only 6.20pm here.

 

[Mr Moore]

An unfiltered DIPA that looks rather messy but seems tasty enough.

 

[folsom_lives]

Can someone explain the allure of sour beers to me? I've tried several and they all just taste like battery acid or bile to me. Is there something I'm missing?

 

[Hollywood]

Can someone explain the allure of sour beers to me? I've tried several and they all just taste like battery acid or bile to me. Is there something I'm missing?

It's an acquired taste. I didn't like them at first and now I love the aciditic tart or sour taste these beers offer. That said, I can't drink too many or I'll get bad acid reflux.

 

[folsom_lives]

It's an acquired taste. I didn't like them at first and now I love the aciditic tart or sour taste these beers offer.

At this point I'm not sure if the ends are worth the means. Slogging through a bunch of beers that cause physical pain to my taste buds just doesn't sound like fun. Maybe if there was like a "kiddie pool" "semi-sour" beer that I could work into first that might help because I feel like some I've had are for the more experienced sour connoisseurs.

 

[Hollywood]

At this point I'm not sure if the ends are worth the means. Slogging through a bunch of beers that cause physical pain to my taste buds just doesn't sound like fun. Maybe if there was like a "kiddie pool" "semi-sour" beer that I could work into first that might help because I feel like some I've had are for the more experienced sour connoisseurs.

Fair enough. Now do you like a good Gose? A traditional German-style unfiltered sour wheat beer. That could be a good entry point for you. They're a low alcohol, lightly tart, and lemony wheat-based beer characterized by its clean lactic acidity and notes of salt and herbal spice. I quite enjoy them myself.

 

[folsom_lives]

Fair enough. Now do you like a good Gose? A traditional German-style unfiltered sour wheat beer. That could be a good entry point for you. They're a low alcohol, lightly tart, and lemony wheat-based beer characterized by its clean lactic acidity and notes of salt and herbal spice. I quite enjoy them myself.

Might look there first. I'll get a few singles cans and see if that starts a trend. Otherwise it just might be one of those styles that I'll just leave on the shelf.