Let's talk good beer

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Orange, lemongrass, coriander, and peppercorns.

So many beers, so little time...

During Preakness weekend, I finally got my mitts on Dead Rise | Flying Dog BreweryFlying Dog Brewery (http://flyingdogbrewery.com/beers/dead-rise/) and wasn't disappointed. It's a good summer beer. You don't get the Old Bay flavor in the beer itself, but I got it in the back of my throat as I drank it down. I know this beer has been a love it or hate it beer for most people, but I enjoyed it.

My favorite beer of late has to be Summer Helles - New Belgium Brewing (http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/detail.aspx?id=98a17b1b-eeda-4394-91fd-5310c60e9906) - Great beer, easy drinking. I always feel being in the minority when I tell people I don't like Fat Tire, but everything else I've tried by New Belgium I've liked, and their Summer Helles is no exception.

https://www.samueladams.com/craft-beers/porch-rocker - Wife got a 6er of this for her, and I had one. It's a shandy style beer, but to me it was more of a beer with a slight lemonade taste, whereas most shandy beers I've had were lemonade heavy. I found it refreshing.

Took a mini vacation over the past weekend and got a 6er of Summer Lager :: Cisco Brewers, Triple Eight Distillery, Nantucket Vineyard (http://ciscobrewers.com/beer/summer-lager) - Decent beer. First thought in my mind was a better tasting Natty Boh.

Also got the misses a 6er of Saranac Shandy (http://www.saranac.com/our-beers/seasonal-beers/) and wished I had gotten another 6er of Sam Adams Porch Rocker. Very lemonade forward. Geared towards those who live off of Mike's Hard Lemonade.

This is not the best thread to catch up on at work. 😰

drank a couple flying do blood orange ale last night.

not bad. about 7% abv so it just barely passes one of my mandatory requirements. i think im turning into the cheapest dude around. i wont pay $8-10 bucks for a sixer unless it is at least 7%.

im finding with flying dog, there isnt much difference taste wise btw their raging bitch, snake head, the truth, blood orange (noticeably more fruity)

interested in the Sly Fox. will try to find when im up there

I've been loving me some Hop Nosh lately.

Hop Nosh IPA | Uinta Brewing Company | Salt Lake City, UT | BeerAdvocate (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1416/73764/)

Dogfish Head Namaste.

I think we need to agree to a definition of a micro brew -

for me, it has to be localized. any beer i can get coast to coast is a domestic beer, not a micro beer.

Microbrewery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbrewery)

seems some consensus is that a micro brewery cannot produce more than 15k barrels per year.

this is kinda interesting below re craft beers (which i think a lot of folks are talking about in this thread)

"regional craft breweries, which make between 15,000 US beer barrels (1,800,000 L) and 6,000,000 US beer barrels (700,000,000 L), of which at least 50% is all malt or contains adjuncts that are used only to enhance flavor"

I think we need to agree to a definition of a micro brew -

for me, it has to be localized. any beer i can get coast to coast is a domestic beer, not a micro beer.

Microbrewery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbrewery)

seems some consensus is that a micro brewery cannot produce more than 15k barrels per year.

this is kinda interesting below re craft beers (which i think a lot of folks are talking about in this thread)

"regional craft breweries, which make between 15,000 US beer barrels (1,800,000 L) and 6,000,000 US beer barrels (700,000,000 L), of which at least 50% is all malt or contains adjuncts that are used only to enhance flavor"

I think this is an evolving definition, but alot of businesses often referred to the "dark beers" as 2 or 3 beers on their menu as "micro brews." So that was the term that tended to stick if anything A) wasnt a mass produced american light beer or B) anything that wasnt an import.

Lets just rename the thread Lets talk good brews. Otherwise im going to get drunk trying to figure out if it is actually a microbrew. Anybody mentions coors or bud and they get banned for life.

my beer store just raised prices so now its $10.42 for the truth or ragin bitch so i decided to just get a sixer of flying dog's double IPA for $13 and some change. has something like 12% abv.

it was good, id prefer the truth or something less strong. at 12% i cant really drink more than 2 on a work night.

also had a couple morretis last night - italian budweiser. it was good, crisp and clean. i liked it for a daytime summer beer or w a light seafood.

had flying dog's pearl necklace on tap last night, good. tasted like a murphys.