Ur Favorite Beer?

[pinecone]

I agree on the canning. I can't figure out why more breweries aren't going the can route. Maybe the canning equipment is more expensive.

That's one of the reasons I like bottle conditioned beer, like most Sierra Nevada brews, because it lasts longer because it is alive.

I'm pretty sure that the Sierra Nevada that we get in the Midwest is pasteurized. It is good and affordable, but not alive.

Pine

 

[lokes]

My Favorite Beer is Allagash Curieux. This stuff is amazing. At $10 a bottle it better be. I believe its about 10% alcohol also, so it does the trick. I'm also a Jim Beam fan, so guess it makes sense I love this beer.



Allagash Curieux

"In October of 2004, we released the first beer in our series of Barrel Aged beers, Allagash Curieux. To make the Curieux (French for "curious"), we age our Tripel Ale in Jim Beam barrels for 8 weeks in our cellar. During the aging process in bourbon barrels, the beer is totally transformed, and many new flavors and aromas develop. Most notably, the beer picks up soft coconut and vanilla characteristics...and also a hint of bourbon flavor! "

 

[Mountain]

I'm pretty sure that the Sierra Nevada that we get in the Midwest is pasteurized. It is good and affordable, but not alive.

Ya know dude...I just looked at the bottom of the Sierra Nevada Torpedo I'm drinking and looks like it's filtered. I know the Pale Ale is bottle conditioned. I'll have to call them. I used to hang with one of the assistant brewmasters there so should remember...lol.

Allagash Curieux

I was at Moylans in Novato CA a few years back and they had something onsite and pretty sure it was a barley wine that was finished in something like port barrels or coulda been bourbon barrels. Anyway it was soooooo good.

 

[Mountain]

I went to the Sierra site to check on which beers they make are bottle conditioned, I thought they all were except their lager, and found out they have something called Hoptimum...and yes I'm a hophead!

Then on their site saw they did a joint venture with some monks for some specialty brews and some cool videos. Always loved those beer drinking monks. When studying to become a brewmaster found one monastery where they brew a special rich, nutritious beer they can fast on. Something the head brewmaster at Sierra told me when I was hanging there in the early 90's was they are all functional alcoholics...that's when I decided to skip becoming a brewmaster.

As for Belgian beers you gotta love Chimay and Kriek lambics are wonderful! In the US Ommengang is pretty good but gotta check out the Sierra versions!

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

I'm pretty sure that the Sierra Nevada that we get in the Midwest is pasteurized. It is good and affordable, but not alive.

Pine

Noper.. it's definitely not.. I have cultured yeast from the bottom of those bottles.. (purchased in the midwest) if it were pasteurized, there would be nothing to culture. Since those days, that yeast has become readily available and I no longer need to do the culture when I want to use their yeast.. I just buy it.

mgk

 

[Quiet_Riot]

Don't drink that much, but Carlsberg is hard to beat

 

[Mountain]

I have cultured yeast from the bottom of those bottles.

Yeah did a few batches with some of their yeast from a bottle back then.

Don't drink that much, but Carlsberg is hard to beat

In high school my friends parents owned a liquor store and we'd order cases and get them straight off the boat...one of the best lagers I've ever had.

 

[pinecone]

Noper.. it's definitely not.. I have cultured yeast from the bottom of those bottles.. (purchased in the midwest) if it were pasteurized, there would be nothing to culture.

Well I stand corrected. Good to know.

Pine

 

[lokes]

Ya know dude...I just looked at the bottom of the Sierra Nevada Torpedo I'm drinking and looks like it's filtered. I know the Pale Ale is bottle conditioned. I'll have to call them. I used to hang with one of the assistant brewmasters there so should remember...lol.

You a Chico boy too Mountain? I got thru college on Sierra Nevada. I remember when all they had was Pale Ale and Wheat.

Edit: Mountain, just read your second post, I was there in the early 90's also. Probably know each other. Ahh, the good ol days.

 

[Mountain]

You a Chico boy too Mountain? I got thru college on Sierra Nevada. I remember when all they had was Pale Ale and Wheat.

Edit: Mountain, just read your second post, I was there in the early 90's also. Probably know each other. Ahh, the good ol days.

Ha ha...no I'm not a lowlander but Chico is close enough I used to hang there some when studying brewing science. The guy I knew at Sierra went on to start Butte Creek Brewing. That was at the time when any new pub or brewery did just fine...then came the industry crash/shakeout. The guy that took over Butte Creek cause of problems is a real A hole. He butted heads with the owner of Mt. Shasta Brewing Company so know a bit of the story from that end...never touched a Butte Creek brew since. MSBC suds are OK. Their IPA is a bit too malty and not enough hoppy for my tastes. MSBC is pretty plain Jane stuff IMO but their 'Try Legal Weed' situation with the ATF peeps gave them a LOT of publicity! Hey...MSBC is in Weed Cali...lol!

 

[lokes]

Ha ha...no I'm not a lowlander but Chico is close enough I used to hang there some when studying brewing science. The guy I knew at Sierra went on to start Butte Creek Brewing. That was at the time when any new pub or brewery did just fine...then came the industry crash/shakeout. The guy that took over Butte Creek cause of problems is a real A hole. He butted heads with the owner of Mt. Shasta Brewing Company so know a bit of the story from that end...never touched a Butte Creek brew since. MSBC suds are OK. Their IPA is a bit too malty and not enough hoppy for my tastes. MSBC is pretty plain Jane stuff IMO but their 'Try Legal Weed' situation with the ATF peeps gave them a LOT of publicity! Hey...MSBC is in Weed Cali...lol!

Ah, Redding Boy huh? LOL I call valley dwellers, flat landers. LOL

Yah, I know a guy that used to brew for Butte Creek. Like you said, didn't go well as I recall.

I had a really good winter wheat when I was in Idaho. I believe it was Table Rock Brewery. I called awhile back to order some, and they said they didn't make it anymore.
Never been a huge wheat fan, but this winter wheat was much different than your typical yeasty wheat beer. Drank it by the case when I was there.

Also had a real nice red up in Oregon, which I usually am not a fan of either. I think it was called Red Seal or something. Another small brewery up North.

 

[Mountain]

Ah, Redding Boy huh? LOL I call valley dwellers, flat landers. LOL

I get gas in Redding from the Taco Bell off I5 sometimes...then fill up my car at the station next door.

There's a pub in Ashland called Standing Stone and barely average. Caldera Brewing is better and have had a few very good brews from them.

 

[B. Friendly]

ANARCHIST AMBER ALE

Love the label, dig the name,
it taste great, serious flavour,
and the coolest part is that every can opens with some tasty foam. without fail it was pure chaos, lives up to the name or theme...

Nice small brewery in prov. BC up in Penticton, they put soul into their brew.

 

[lokes]

I get gas in Redding from the Taco Bell off I5 sometimes...then fill up my car at the station next door.

There's a pub in Ashland called Standing Stone and barely average. Caldera Brewing is better and have had a few very good brews from them.

Ashland, damn bro, we have the same stomping grounds. Ever been to Lake of the Woods?

 

[Bobby Stainless]

Actually, you'll be seeing more and more of it. It's by far the best way to protect the beer and contrary to some school of thought, it does not adversely effect the flavor of the beer. It's cheaper, faster and 'greener' for the breweries. It keeps light out, which does effect the flavor of beer as it's stored.. especially clear and green bottles. It's also way cheaper for a brewery to ship pallets of empty cans than it is to ship pallets of bottles. It also saves on shipping costs of the final product on it's way to it's destination. It's way faster to can beer than it is to bottle it. More and more micros are seeing this and it is the latest trend in micro beers. I must admit I have had a bias towards it, but it's totally unfounded as far as the flavor of the product.

mgk

All this is true, however, you won't see the expensive Micros in cans.

Same reason why all wineries don't ditch corks.

 

[Rysam]

That hoptimum is some good shit!
Im a near Chico semi-flatlander myself.

Try the Sierra Nevada Estate brew. mmm thats a good beer. I dont know how far the distributorship of that flavor goes though, its pretty limlited in supply.

 

[Mountain]

That hoptimum is some good shit!
Im a near Chico semi-flatlander myself.

Try the Sierra Nevada Estate brew. mmm thats a good beer. I dont know how far the distributorship of that flavor goes though, its pretty limlited in supply.

Guess I need to make a pilgrimage to the tap room there.

 

[jrockondamic]

All this is true, however, you won't see the expensive Micros in cans.

Same reason why all wineries don't ditch corks.

Bells is starting cans in 2012 fwiw.

http://www.mlive.com/kalamabrew/index.ssf/2011/03/bells_brewery_inc_to_install_c.html

 

[Big Eggy]

BrewDog: Tactical Nucula Penguin 32% (Imperial Stout & Worlds Strongest Beer) £35.00 per bottle

BrewDog: American Double IPA 9% (Taste like a drop of Cali in the UK)

BrewDog: Punk IPA 5.6% (Like above but smoother)

Eggy

 

[Rysam]

Guess I need to make a pilgrimage to the tap room there.

heres a teaser from the brewery site.
their hops garden is way cool, its totally in the open right on the corner of MLK & 20th, I've been through it a few times for school stuff. hell the whole brewery is amazing once you get in behind the scenes.


Estate Ale is one of the world’s only estate-made beers, brewed with 100% all-natural, hops and barley grown on-site at the brewery in Chico, CA.

Inspired by the renowned winemaking region of its Napa and Sonoma neighbors, Sierra Nevada is the first brewery to develop its own terroir. This beer is brewed with ingredients that reflect the flavors of the environment and the seasonal rhythms of nature.

The wine industry is fond of speaking about the individual flavor characteristics that it takes from its environment. This terroir is present in all growing things that are tended with passion and care. The environment that builds flavor is more than simply the soil or the climate: it is also the passion and commitment of the grower. Sierra Nevada’s location near the convergence of the mighty Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges—and its roots in the heart of California’s fertile Central Valley—offer an environment unique in the world. This volcanic backdrop and productive earth each lend character to the water, hops, barley, and yeast.

Estate Ale is the product of years of tending the soil, building an environment around the brewery, and even more years of planning. It began in 2003, with the planting of the first experimental hop yard in the field adjacent to the brewery. Over the years the field grew, and the hops along with it. The quality improved: the rhythm of planting, tending, and harvesting was established. In 2008, the brewery released Chico Estate Harvest Ale for the first time, utilizing the fresh-green flavors of these homegrown hops. The brewery was so pleased with the result that it decided to take it further than anyone else and produce a 100% estate-made beer.