A New Beer Thread

I shared with my buddy and he thought it was a cop-out that it was extract-made...but I think I will try it.

 

Honey ale is the Mitt Romney of beer.

 

I don't know how I didn't see this on Tuesday:

 

Great news. Thanks for the head's up, YF!

 

Good luck finding any....the beer nerds (esp. in Chicago) make it a full-time job following the trucks around when "rare" releases get delivered. It's almost that bad here in the Detroit area, but the biggest issue with anything Goose here is shit-tastic support from the local distributors. All the merchants I know have been begging to get GI goodies but there's none to be had in two of the three counties due to lousy wholesalers.

 

Just good to know when it's being distributed out here in Jersey/PA. I can make some calls and see who might be getting it, and then maybe I'll get lucky and grab a bottle.

 

WARNING: Cinnamon sugar on the rim of the glass is a nice idea for a fresh Oktoberfest, but its appeal falls off a cliff by the fourth one. And your phone gets sticky.

 

I've got about a 5% success rate in pulling that move with pizza delivery guys. The times it works? GLORIOUS. Most times? FAIL

 

My personal opinion: Save the cinnamon sugar for your fruity, foo-foo drinks. If I'm drinking a beer, especially a good, fresh Oktoberfest or Pumpkin Ale, I want to drink the beer for what it is, not what's on the rim.

Again, to each their own, but ....

 

What makes a truly good beer (especially like an O-fest) is what's IN the glass, not ON the glass. Oktoberfests, due to the yeasts and hops involved, have great sweetness and spiciness that's truly unique. I'm friends with enough brewers to know they HATE any accoutremonts (sp?). If they want a specific flavor in their beer, they make it happen with hop or yeast varietals, or other adjunct ingredients.

 

Oktoberfests and other German-style beers don't do it for me. I stick with IPA and stout.

 

It was just a goofy gimmick they sprung on me to which I said, 'Yeah, sure, why not.' It ain't happening again, not for me. I promise.