MG42 beer thread

[Jank]

I've had an Imperial Golden Stout recently called Master of Disguise from Stone Brewing. I found the juxtaposition of appearance and flavor and mouthfeel to be somewhat disturbing. Something that tastes like that NEEDS to be dark IMO... it was Imperial ffs, with chocolate and coffeee... the heaviest kind of stout... it was surreal.

Not a huge fan but very interesting.


Now Weizenbocks, I am down with those, they're some of my favorites. Hefeweizen on steroids. My favorite Weizenbock is Weihenstephaner Vitus... the king of all wheat beers! Oldest brewery in the world, since 1040 AD...

 

[Zakarro]

I've had an Imperial Golden Stout recently called Master of Disguise from Stone Brewing. I found the juxtaposition of appearance and flavor and mouthfeel to be somewhat disturbing. Something that tastes like that NEEDS to be dark IMO... it was Imperial ffs, with chocolate and coffeee... the heaviest kind of stout... it was surreal.

Not a huge fan but very interesting.


Now Weizenbocks, I am down with those, they're some of my favorites. Hefeweizen on steroids. My favorite Weizenbock is Weihenstephaner Vitus... the king of all wheat beers! Oldest brewery in the world, since 1040 AD...

Wait a sec, did you say in the music thread you give your kids beer?

 

[Jank]

Malzbier... it isn't alcoholic. It's basically like German root beer, but... funky. I don't really like it.

 

[Zakarro]

Ahhh

I cant stand non alcoholic, would rather drink soda

 

[Jank]

It's not non-alcoholic beer though, it tastes kind of like sweet wort, if you have ever done any homebrewing. Very malty, very sweet, kinda fonky.




However, I will say that you shouldn't completely write off non-alcoholic beer. In the US its generally crap and taboo for brewers... but in Germany... in Germany every commercial brewer makes a NA alternative. Some you would be hard-pressed to differentiate from their boozy brothers. I know it sounds insane to a yank, but just know that it's different over there.




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So last night I had an Anderson Valley Brewing Winter Solstice Ale. Kind of odd, it had something sweet in it. Not my favorite.

 

[Marsalkka Mahtimeisseli]

Malzbier... it isn't alcoholic. It's basically like German root beer, but... funky. I don't really like it.

Those low-alcohol beers are quite popular in Europe, every country has it's own version. Here in Finland we have "kotikalja", the direct translation would be a "home beer". It's usually made from barley malt, sugar, yeast and water, hops are usually left out. Many school cafeterias and canteens serve it as a regular beverage. There has been incidents where small kids got drunk because of a "kotikalja" drinking competition

 

[husbert]

before you get drunk from malzbier you get a diabetic coma i think
but i love malzbier, a good alternative to cola and kind of fun for kids drinking beer like their parents :IS2:

 

[morticore]

As you said about low alcohol beers it's time to put here something from me
Alcohol free (<1% homemade, ca. 0 industrial) beverage distinctive for Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Eastern part of Poland is Kvass. Is not a beer, it is made by fermentation of rye bread and other additions (raisins, dried plums, malt extract)with baking yeasts. It's fresh, sauer, a little bananna flavoured (esters flavour on so primitive yeast really suprised me) - I like it


Almost extinct Polish low alcohol beer style is Grodziskie (sometimes referred by Germans as Gratzer). It is made from 100% oak smoked wheat malt with a lot of aromatic hops on neutral yeast (so it not like a German Hefeweizen) and contains 2,5-3% alcohol. It was called a Polish champagne or champagne of the North because of high carbonation. This beer type died in the 90s. and was reborn by craft breweries, not only in Poland. It is amazing beverage for the summer and according to popular belief it was send in large quantities by Germans to the Afrika Korps :IS2:

One of modern reincarnations

original champagne style glass for Grodziskie

 

[Jank]

Nice! I loved oak-smoked malt, it's my favorite smokebier wood.

 

[Zakarro]

Bieren.

 

[Jank]

Hitachino Nest White Ale

 

[Zakarro]

Hitachino Nest White Ale

That I would try

 

[Jank]

Yep its a good specimen of White Ale.


Tonight I'm drinking Unibroue's Maudite, Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Yum!

 

[nymets1104]

^Damn this looks good

 

[Zakarro]

Yep its a good specimen of White Ale.


Tonight I'm drinking Unibroue's Maudite, Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Yum!

California? You drink everyday? One or two is good but anything over is toxic. Perosnally im taking a break from beer, I prefer what I messaged sirr about, you know what im talking about, its semi legal in your state

To me its religious. And if my blood is not saturated by it I can squeeze some beers in even though I cant nearly drink as much If I do that other.

 

[Jank]

Yep I have a couple every day, but even on the weekends I don't ever drink to excess. Only at Oktoberfests. Everything in moderation. Well almost everything.

Tonight I'm drinking Hangar 24's Local Fields Polycot Wheat-Wine Style Ale flavored with Apricots.


I could leave the apricots, I'm not sure what I was thinking there, but overall its a very refreshing wheat wine. Almost a white ale of sorts. Turns out they have a whole Local Fields line of beers with local flavors of various seasons. Guess this is the spring one.


lol at the image I found of it:

 

[Zakarro]

Got me some sammy tonight. Heck to buy the stuff you got I gotta drive 20 min.

Although next trip I think Ill get a 12 pack of Hofbrau and another 12 8% Baltikas.

 

[Marsalkka Mahtimeisseli]

I'm now drinking Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier:

Smoke flavor isn't as sharp as in Urbock. Smooth and a bit sweet taste. A bit bitter. Very nice and smooth lentbeer. Maybe I should order a 20-box of these from the brewery's netshop. Would be a lot cheaper than buying from Alko, 2,5

 

[Jank]

Oh yes! I had that on tap last Thursday at the local beergarden, I thought maybe it was a typo on the board because I'd never seen their Fastenbier. Good stuff, easy drinking for a rauchbier, especially from Schlenkerla, who I consider the best and most hardcore of the rauchbier brewers I've tried.

 

[Marsalkka Mahtimeisseli]

Oh yes! I had that on tap last Thursday at the local beergarden, I thought maybe it was a typo on the board because I'd never seen their Fastenbier. Good stuff, easy drinking for a rauchbier, especially from Schlenkerla, who I consider the best and most hardcore of the rauchbier brewers I've tried.

Fastenbier and Urbock are competing the first place of my list of best rauchbiers, if not the best beers of all. Aecht Schlenkerla sure knows it's smoked beers.

Now I'm having Fuller's Golden Pride:

Sweet malty caramel and alcohol in aroma. Kinda same taste, but a bit of "ashtray" in the mix. Fuller's London Pride is one of my favorite beers if Finnish grocery stores (<4,8% alcohol in them). This is a bit disappointing, but not bad in any means.