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Anderson Valley Summer Solstice,
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Sam Adams Irish Red Ale
Oktoberfest (lots of great brewers there)
Avery- Perzik Saison
Catawba Valley "Le Sexxxy Saison"
I choose beer for taste, not for marketing but really...these names...has anyone told the craft brewers they're not funny anymore? The bandwagon of silly names left the station 5 years ago. JMHO, of course!
I think you would be surprised at the taste of these beers.
They are world class and some of the best ales and stouts on the planet.
All three taste amazing.
I could honestly care less what the brewery marketing people name it.
My bro in law is a beer snob, and actually works for Upslope Brewing, and he was impressed as well.
I've never quite understood this line of thinking.
It's like hey, my brother in law is a physics snob, he works as a Rocketry Engineer at NASA.
The whole beer nerd or beer snob thing is kind of superficial. Attaching a negative stigma to a person because they prefer a more refined or specialized product.
I've never quite understood this line of thinking.
It's like hey, my brother in law is a physics snob, he works as a Rocketry Engineer at NASA.
The whole beer nerd or beer snob thing is kind of superficial. Attaching a negative stigma to a person because they prefer a more refined or specialized product.
Ah...being a beer snob isn't considered a bad thing......it's just that someone knows their beer.
Being prentious about it is a bad thing.......but as the Super Bowl Bud commercial showed......bad macro beer drinkers can be prentious.
Being prentious about it is a bad thing.......but as the Super Bowl Bud commercial showed......bad macro beer drinkers can be prentious.
Oddly enough, that commercial aired right after Budweiser acquired one of Seattle's most successful craft breweries (Elysian). The pumpkin peach ale that they make fun of in the commercial is an Elysian beer that debuted during their yearly pumpkin beer festival. That commercial helped convince Elysian's head brewer to leave Budweiser after the acquisition, breaking his contract a bit early.
Commercials like that make me really, REALLY hate Budweiser. The type of customer that they pander to during that commercial has no idea that they have been aggressively acquiring craft breweries.
I think you would be surprised at the taste of these beers.
They are world class and some of the best ales and stouts on the planet.
All three taste amazing.
I could honestly care less what the brewery marketing people name it.
Yeah I know, and I don't disagree but it just makes me stop for an extra second at the cooler and wonder if the name is indicative of the brewer's seriousness or lack thereof. Like is he/she just jumping on the "silly name hop bomb" bandwagon or not.
I've been drinking craft for ages, but one of the things that bugs me about many craft drinkers is their disdain for the whole lager/pils category as "too boring". Seems that many don't appreciate nuance and balance, preferring one-note flavors that stand out.
That said, among the nitro stouts, IPAs and saisons in my garage beer fridge is a six of Guinness Blonde, a decidedly non-craft beer. It's a highly divisive beer on the BA ratings forum, many 3+ scores, also many scores in the 1s. I happen to like it, a lot. I find it like an American Adjunct with more body, moreso than even Sam Adams lager/pils offerings.
I haven't really found a micro brewery that puts out a lager/pils that's worth the price premium. The last one I tried was Lagunitas' lager. It was OK, but here in PA it would run $43/case - and it's just not worth that, IMO.
Anyone have any good recommendations for lager/pils style micros that sell for under $10/six pack?
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I've been drinking craft for ages, but one of the things that bugs me about many craft drinkers is their disdain for the whole lager/pils category as "too boring". Seems that many don't appreciate nuance and balance, preferring one-note flavors that stand out.
That said, among the nitro stouts, IPAs and saisons in my garage beer fridge is a six of Guinness Blonde, a decidedly non-craft beer. It's a highly divisive beer on the BA ratings forum, many 3+ scores, also many scores in the 1s. I happen to like it, a lot. I find it like an American Adjunct with more body, moreso than even Sam Adams lager/pils offerings.
I haven't really found a micro brewery that puts out a lager/pils that's worth the price premium. The last one I tried was Lagunitas' lager. It was OK, but here in PA it would run $43/case - and it's just not worth that, IMO.
Anyone have any good recommendations for lager/pils style micros that sell for under $10/six pack?
I totally agree with you. Micro lager/pils are not worth the premium prices. Either they're simply not tastier for the heftier price, OR they aren't really pils/lagers because they are so hoppy, malty, spicy, fill in adjective here... They're good, they're just not pilsners or lagers. Not really. (i.e. Victory Prima "Pils" that is basically an IPA, Nomad Pilsner that is, again, hoppy and spicy. Good stuff, but I just don't think we can call it what it claims to be anymore.).
Honestly, I'm pretty happy with a few of the favorite big-brewery Mexican lagers (ready for the criticism here, but I like what I like, and I am as big a connoisseur of craft beer as anyone): Victoria, Dos Equis Amber, and Negra Modelo (Technically a German dunkel-lager, the last is my favorite of the three & usual go-to.).
For a good, crisp pils, the Europeans still have us beat. I still love Pilsner Urquell (Czech - we're all familiar with this clean, crisp pils) and Würzburger Hofbräu (German - has a touch of bitterness/complexity without losing that clean, crispness) best. Those are the pils that I'm willing to pay a bit more for than our domestic go-to's, more so than any craft/micro versions.
It's all a matter of personal taste, but I definitely agree with you that the micro pils/lagers aren't worth the premium $$.
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