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Bean wrote:
Presto wrote:
by lordhelmut » Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:42 pm

Good pack beer. Easier to pack 4 than 6. Packs a bigger punch. A 16oz can usually puts you in the state of mind you are hoping for, whereas a 12oz leaves you hoping for a little more, IMO.
+1 ... anyone worth their weight in beer knows it all comes down to ABV and IBU and Size. :-$ :iluvbeer: Yes, in spite of what you've been told ... size does matter. :-"
There's more to beer than just ABV and IBU and quantity. Counterpoint to "packs a bigger punch" is Shift.
There's usually (not always, but usually) a very close correlation between beer that tastes really good and its ABV and IBU's.
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by Bean » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:06 pm

There's more to beer than just ABV and IBU and quantity. Counterpoint to "packs a bigger punch" is Shift.
Sorry, Bean, I'm just not a lager type of gal. Typically, when I go to a brewery for the first time, I'll do a sampler ... try everything. Even the Pilsners, lagers, reds, wheats, hefeweizens, etc. I like to get a feel for the place, the brewers, the brews.

However, my preference is HOPS. The more ... the merrier. So, ABV and IBU are the driving force in beers such as that (i.e., IPAs, Pales, et.al.)

When packing beers (in a backpack), there d*mn well better be a punch. It's my reward for what I've put out. Just sayin ... :-" What's the point of me drinking 15 beers, peeing a whole bunch, and ... what ... no punch?

Just kidding about the 15 beers ... h*ll, I'd be on the floor ... or at least the ground ... and probably losing my beer. :wink:
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Presto wrote: However, my preference is HOPS. The more ... the merrier.

Well said =D>
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If you can find it, I highly recommend trying a gruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruit

Unhopped and mildly narcotic. It is, in fact, the ORIGINAL ale, as "ale" used to refer to beer which was unhopped. What a turn it has taken to nowadays when IPA is an ale.

I drank gallons of Weekapaug Gruit at Cambridge Brewing Company (right on the corner of the MIT campus), and it is, by far, the best alcoholic beverage I have ever imbibed. Truly a mindblowing experience.

cambridgebrewing.com/beer/description/weekapaug_gruita

And I know it's technically not a beer, but since Mead is considerably easier to find than Gruit, I'd also recommend giving that a shot.

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Presto wrote:However, my preference is HOPS. The more ... the merrier.
I'm 100% the opposite. I just can't do super hoppy beers and don't at all understand the appeal. However I'm with you on packing in something that packs a punch! Ultralight punch: http://www.oskarblues.com/the-brews/ten-fidy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Dukietown wrote: I just can't do super hoppy beers and don't at all understand the appeal.
Practice makes perfect.

:-D Give it a shot. It'll grow on you.
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Re: Favorite Beer?

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by Bean » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:36 pm

I've made some godawful beer. ABV was decent, IBUs probably at least in the 40s...undrinkable. Also had some terribad beer at GABF that was very high ABV and very high IBUs. But I'm pickin' up what you're layin' down - if I'm hauling beer with me in the backcountry it better not be some 3.2 nonsense. And ABV/IBU needs to balance, and my preferences are towards a lack of excessive citrusiness.

pvnisher, ale = top fermenting, lager = bottom fermenting. Nothing to do with IBUs, ABV, plato, or gravity.
A friend of ours brews beer ... has been for about 15 years. He keeps a log and everything. He even made a mead one time. We've lived through some crappy beers over the years, but those are becoming more isolated. He's got a mighty fine winter brew coming up ... he makes us 2 cases (bombers) ... called Winter Wonder. Love that stuff. He's got a house pale that's pretty good.

I have always appreciated people who get into the science of the beer and take on the challenge of brewing their own. I'm barely trying to get interested in some of that ... it used to just be an interest in ABV because I connected it to what I preferred when drinking a beer. Then, discovered the IBU aspect. Gravity .. I'm starting to look into that.
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Bean wrote:pvnisher, ale = top fermenting, lager = bottom fermenting. Nothing to do with IBUs, ABV, plato, or gravity.
That's what it means *now*.
Ale used to mean unhopped. At least in the 1500s in Britain.

See also "real ale". Unfiltered, unpasteurized, un-carbonated, and mostly served at cellar temperature.
It took me a while to come about to the British ales, but I now vastly prefer them to the carbonated American ones.
I don't know if you'll be able to find a real ale in the US, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ale#Real_ale
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highpilgrim wrote:
Dukietown wrote: I just can't do super hoppy beers and don't at all understand the appeal.
Practice makes perfect.

:-D Give it a shot. It'll grow on you.
Very true.

I hated hoppy beer for years, thought they were horrible. That is when I used to drink beer with fruit in it. A good buddy would always come over a leave a few pales in the fridge, and they would sit there for months. One night I had a few when I was to lazy to go to the store, that is where I trace my addiction. Back then, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was insanely hoppy to me. Now, I can't even taste the hops in that beer. IPAs have killed my palate, they are the only style I drink now.

I've seen many people go through this same process since....give it time, might happen to you too.
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