Beer thread, what you drinkin..

[gorb]

Some “macro” brews … (Even in the winter it’s not that easy to find locally brewed stouts in central TX.)

Pretty sure you can find some stouts at Pinthouse Pizza or Austin Beerworks

 

[Beershaun]

That founders breakfast stout is pretty great though.

 

[RickSanchez]

Pretty sure you can find some stouts at Pinthouse Pizza or Austin Beerworks

I wish. Pinthouse has a porter right now ... not the same. ABW had their Sputnik but that's not anything to write home about.

I'm from Milwaukee originally; up there this time of year you can't walk 3 blocks without running into a brewery that has at least 2 good stouts on tap. Just not the same here.

 

[RickSanchez]

That founders breakfast stout is pretty great though.

It's legit, hard to complain.

 

[gorb]

I wish. Pinthouse has a porter right now ... not the same. ABW had their Sputnik but that's not anything to write home about.

I'm from Milwaukee originally; up there this time of year you can't walk 3 blocks without running into a brewery that has at least 2 good stouts on tap. Just not the same here.

Fair enough. Fortunately for me there are always excellent local stouts available in DFW

 

[RickSanchez]

Fortunately for me the are always excellent local stouts available in DFW

I'm jealous.

 

[sweetchaos]

@RickSanchez
Congrats to becoming a ‘Major Contributor’!

 

[RickSanchez]

@RickSanchez
Congrats to becoming a ‘Major Contributor’!

Thanks! Very happy to have found ASR a few years back while searching for a new DAC. I've learned a ton and hopefully helped a few folks along the way. It's a fantastic community; so many people -- such as yourself -- that have contributed to making it great.

 

[Ilkless]

All on tap:

 

[somebodyelse]

Those remind me of Fun Fair's Christmas Cake Walk (like christmas cake in a pint pot) and Tea Cups (a very pale and slightly cloudy ginger - people may think you're drinking lemonade). Unfortunately I think they stopped regular brewing in 2019.

 

[Honken]

Huh, you get them all the way over in Singapore? That's cool, I thought that Brewski was a bit too micro to export. They're from town, and here they almost pollute the store shelves due to them having so many one-off batches.

 

[Ilkless]

Huh, you get them all the way over in Singapore? That's cool, I thought that Brewski was a bit too micro to export. They're from town, and here they almost pollute the store shelves due to them having so many one-off batches.

Yeah, I can get Omnipollo, Mikkeller, Amundsen as well OTOH for Scandinavian craft beer. Usually go for Australian/NZ/local stuff because it's a tad fresher and cheaper but couldn't resist at what a pub here was charging for pints.

 

[Raindog123]

Usually go for Australian/NZ/local stuff because it's a tad fresher and cheaper

Remember “Fosters. He who drinks Australian - thinks Australian!”

 

[Jon wise]

I shall be having one of these later. robust, strongly hopped. Even nicer straight from the cask.

 

[Honken]

Yeah, I can get Omnipollo, Mikkeller, Amundsen as well OTOH for Scandinavian craft beer. Usually go for Australian/NZ/local stuff because it's a tad fresher and cheaper but couldn't resist at what a pub here was charging for pints.

Yeah, I can imagine. Though, I wonder if the prices there are higher than what they are here with our very high taxes on alcohol. That strawberry pie is 4.3 USD in stores here.

 

[Ilkless]

Yeah, I can imagine. Though, I wonder if the prices there are higher than what they are here with our very high taxes on alcohol. That strawberry pie is 4.3 USD in stores here.

I paid a bit more than 10USD for a pint from the tap of the Brewski at a craft beer bar that's slightly out of the way. About what one'd pay for stuff like Stone or Brewdog here, so that's a good price considering margins, shipping and taxes. Another place I go to had this Omnipollo for 23USD/pint(!) - bartender snuck me a little sample of this fabulous stuff but way beyond what I'd pay for beer.

 

[Honken]

That sounds about the same as here, interesting. And yikes, yeah Omnipollos stouts are quite expensive here as well.

I'm a big fan of their IPA Nebuchadnezzar, very refreshing.

 

[Ilkless]

That sounds about the same as here, interesting. And yikes, yeah Omnipollos stouts are quite expensive here as well.

I'm a big fan of their IPA Nebuchadnezzar, very refreshing.

Excellent, thanks for the recommendation. I have only tried Zodiak, it has that clean piney taste that's also refreshing

 

[TheBatsEar]

Your sugary ethanol sodas might be a good fit to a McD Milkshake, but objectively, you have the wrong drinks.

Behold!
Peak beer!

EDIT: BTW, i'm German, and not afraid to say that the Czech beergods have us bested in every possible metrik.

 

[Raindog123]

Peak beer!

you’re not the only one —>see here<-