Ales will get bitterness largely from the amount of hops and/or when and how the hops are added. Sierra nevada (and others) make a late-hopped ale. Sierra Nevada calls it "Torpedo" because they add an extra kick of hops late in the brewing stage via a "torpedo" filled with hops.
Some have started doing "hazy IPA", which is a cloudy beer (as
opposed to clear). These will often have a hint of fruit.
Not hazy, but real interesting is Hell or High Watermelon from the 21st Amendment. It is slightly fruity, but not as much as you might infer from the name. https://www.21st-amendment.com/beers/hell-or-high-watermelon
Beer making is just really getting started. The art is maybe 100 years behind wine making in where it stands today.
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There's a lot of variance. That's part of the charm I guess.
I thought I didn't like IPA for a really long time. Turns out some of them are sour and some of them taste fruity. I'm told this depends on what type of hops they used....but IDK. I like the fruity IPA, but I only had a couple sour ones so I avoided all IPA for a long time.
I had a really smooth and tasty Scotch Ale and went around saying Scotch Ale was great. Then I had a different Scotch Ale and it was harsh AF.
I haven't yet had a milk stout that didn't suck. Any beer with coffee flavor is also not my thing.
"Bitter" is a type that sounds like it ought to be bad, but so far has been good every time.
Blue Moon is supposed to be a Belgian wheat ale with orange flavor, and I really like that one. I tried a craft beer labeled as a Belgian wheat ale with orange flavor and it was really bland.
Porter is great in a stew, but not as great for just drinking.
Lager and pilsner are safe from almost any brand. Most of the mass produced beers are either a lager or pilsner, so these'll taste familiar at least. For a mass produced, American beer my go-to is Miller High Life, or Genesee. Don't know if you have Genny in your locality, but they make it on the Genesee river in NY so the toxic waste gives it a nice twang. It's got a little more flavor than that Alabama crick water they call Budweiser.
-Adam
On 3/11/2021 12:24 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
I'm leery of most of that weird shit, too much of it tastes like yard waste and dandelions
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 10:37 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
--I bought Arrogant Bastard Ale just so I could take a picture of myself drinking Arrogant Bastard Ale.
It turned out to be pretty good though.
On 3/11/2021 11:26 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
There is a fairly long list of things that I consider undrinkable. I can tell without taking it off the shelf that Bud Zero would be one of them.
This is more to my liking.
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