The UK has all those cask beers that give them a better texture than all the pisswater macros the US has.
What constitutes a good beer?
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Joke I learned in Australia.
Q: Why is American beer like making love in a canoe?
A: Because it's fucking close to water.
It's all individual taste. I like Amber beers (like a good Marzen), and IPA's. The hoppy the better.
Someone mentioned Trappist beer...oh my God Chimay is so good, but it's brutal. Not for causal beer drinkers.
Q: Why is American beer like making love in a canoe?
A: Because it's fucking close to water.
It's all individual taste. I like Amber beers (like a good Marzen), and IPA's. The hoppy the better.
Someone mentioned Trappist beer...oh my God Chimay is so good, but it's brutal. Not for causal beer drinkers.
That one is one of my favourites. But yes, it's quite potent. Definitely a sipping beer. I also like that kind of beer around fall and winter because of its warming qualities. That beer can easily knock someone out.
TY for the replies everyone!.
It's great to see so many different tastes.
I love a good amber ale, but will not turn my nose to a nice dark craft.
The encounters that gave me the idea to post, come from those that poke fun at those drinking the middle of the road mass beers, like Bud and Michelob, all while drinking the $10.00 for a 30 pack watered down beer.
It's great to see so many different tastes.
I love a good amber ale, but will not turn my nose to a nice dark craft.
The encounters that gave me the idea to post, come from those that poke fun at those drinking the middle of the road mass beers, like Bud and Michelob, all while drinking the $10.00 for a 30 pack watered down beer.
I prefer a glass of alcoholic beverage to have at least a 7% alcohol content. Anything less and it's just drinking to kill time and see how often I can end up going to the urinal.
Bro, if its 10 bucks for a 30 pack you drink that pisswater. 10 quid here would get you maybe 8 cans. If you are lucky there is a deal on and you get 12
Move.
Not long before lockdown I met a couple of mates at a recently opened real ale / craft brewery place and went to get a round in.
Handing over £15 for three pints, the landlord handed me the fiver straight back with "You'm in the Black Country Mate" and took the tenner to the till...
During covid I've taken the opportunity to clear out cupboards and found some decent beers that were considerably out of date. Over a year.
Beer stays good well past it's use by date ! Who knew ?
A big difference is how often a pub cleans the beer lines.
It should be done every week to keep the beer tasting crisp and fresh but some places will do it monthly to save money on the wastage that comes with line cleaning but if you do it properly you minimise the wastage. When I worked as a bar manager at a hotel I used to clean the lines every Monday morning for the strategic reason that the hotel was mostly used by building contractors who checked in Monday night and checked out Friday morning. They would start arriving at around 6pm on Monday and could put away 3 pints within half an hour after the lines had been cleaned. Then have dinner and another five pints. I miss working in hospitality because I got to know them all and some would stay for months at a time. I'll never forget three German building contractors who stayed for a few months and I used to finish my shift and then play draw poker with one of them at the bar. It was a 24 hour bar and we would play for 10p/20p so it was all good fun. He didn't know much English and I knew zero German but we got on great and he was a really nice guy. Just someone working abroad for their family back home and probably making a nice bit of scratch. One of his builder colleagues would always drink Kronenburg with a dash of Coca Cola. Not a combo I've ever tried.
Another time at the same hotel there were a group of Dutch people staying for a motoring event in town and they only drank half pints so would order 40 half pints of lager at a time. It was just me behind the bar and as soon as I had finished pouring them all they were coming back for another round!
It should be done every week to keep the beer tasting crisp and fresh but some places will do it monthly to save money on the wastage that comes with line cleaning but if you do it properly you minimise the wastage. When I worked as a bar manager at a hotel I used to clean the lines every Monday morning for the strategic reason that the hotel was mostly used by building contractors who checked in Monday night and checked out Friday morning. They would start arriving at around 6pm on Monday and could put away 3 pints within half an hour after the lines had been cleaned. Then have dinner and another five pints. I miss working in hospitality because I got to know them all and some would stay for months at a time. I'll never forget three German building contractors who stayed for a few months and I used to finish my shift and then play draw poker with one of them at the bar. It was a 24 hour bar and we would play for 10p/20p so it was all good fun. He didn't know much English and I knew zero German but we got on great and he was a really nice guy. Just someone working abroad for their family back home and probably making a nice bit of scratch. One of his builder colleagues would always drink Kronenburg with a dash of Coca Cola. Not a combo I've ever tried.
Another time at the same hotel there were a group of Dutch people staying for a motoring event in town and they only drank half pints so would order 40 half pints of lager at a time. It was just me behind the bar and as soon as I had finished pouring them all they were coming back for another round!
I've actually been thinking about trying this. The La Fin Du Monde I've been drinking is a high % Belgian ale type. How would you think the types might compare/contrast?Joke I learned in Australia.
Q: Why is American beer like making love in a canoe?
A: Because it's fucking close to water.
It's all individual taste. I like Amber beers (like a good Marzen), and IPA's. The hoppy the better.
Someone mentioned Trappist beer...oh my God Chimay is so good, but it's brutal. Not for causal beer drinkers.
^ They're both fairly similar but have different flavor profiles. Where La Fin Du Monde has more spices, Chimay has a smoother wine-like texture. Both are delicious.
One exception to this is IPAs. Hop forward beers do not age well at all.
Duly noted !
For me the sweet spot is 6-8%. Enough alcohol to get the expected kick, but not so much that you're drinking 2-3 drinks worth of alcohol in a single drink.
I want a buzz and fast. I don't want to get stinking drunk but if I'm not getting a buzz by the first few glasses then it's a waste of time.
Man after my own heart. Has to be over 5%, preferably 7+ or what's the point.
Yep, and better when a beer is well-balanced enough to where you don't really taste the alcohol itself, but more the flavour profile of the beer. It's a careful balance.
I don't understand how ABV works because I could go to the pub and drink eight pints of 4% beer and apart from needing the toilet ten times during the course of the evening I would be coherent and ready for a taxi home via a burger joint. If I went out and drank just two or three pints of premium lager I would feel weird and unsteady on my feet. Any more and I would be falling asleep in a toilet cubicle. Not that I've ever done that *whistles*
So the moral of the story is if I stick to weak beer I can control how fast I get to the tipping point. I agree drinking less is better for the waistline but I have to drink it fast before it gets too warm and if that's 5% beer I'm going to end up forgetting the night before. Maybe I should enter the realm of room temperature ales so I can nurse it for longer.
So the moral of the story is if I stick to weak beer I can control how fast I get to the tipping point. I agree drinking less is better for the waistline but I have to drink it fast before it gets too warm and if that's 5% beer I'm going to end up forgetting the night before. Maybe I should enter the realm of room temperature ales so I can nurse it for longer.
For most types of alcohol the vast majority of calories comes from the alcohol. The exception being when other sugary ingredients are added for flavor.
A rule of thumb is 31 calories per 1% ABV per 12oz.
A rule of thumb is 31 calories per 1% ABV per 12oz.
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