Craft Beer



Frijj said:
I'm sure some people love it, but try as a I might I just cannot get into IPAs. Stouts-a-plenty but even though there are a million IPAs out there, nope. They're all the same.
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Different palates. I know a brewer who once asked me “do you not think all these craft beers taste the same?” which I found odd as all the beers he brews taste the same to me. There are some characteristics in beers I seem over sensitive to (grassiness being the main one) but most other people can’t pick up on it.
 
DoctorMick said:
Different palates. I know a brewer who once asked me “do you not think all these craft beers taste the same?” which I found odd as all the beers he brews taste the same to me. There are some characteristics in beers I seem over sensitive to (grassiness being the main one) but most other people can’t pick up on it.
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This, I assume ^

My best mate buys new beers every month and raves over IPAs that literally all taste the same. It's like someone giving me two pieces of black paper and asking me to select the one that is actually just a very, very dark blue. I can't, they're all the same!
Charmless Man said:
Alright f***ing hell dear calm down.
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:lol:

I am calm. I think.
 
DoctorMick said:
Different palates. I know a brewer who once asked me “do you not think all these craft beers taste the same?” which I found odd as all the beers he brews taste the same to me. There are some characteristics in beers I seem over sensitive to (grassiness being the main one) but most other people can’t pick up on it.
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Loads of Wylam's recent beers have came out grassy as fuck. Seems to happen to everyone at some point, Cloudwater had a massive issue with it a while back.
 
Charmless Man said:
Loads of Wylam's recent beers have came out grassy as fuck. Seems to happen to everyone at some point, Cloudwater had a massive issue with it a while back.
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We bought a keg from Salopian that was really grassy when first opened but seems to have died down a bit thankfully. I’m assuming because this was brewed before lockdown it was left on the dry hop for too long as it isn’t something I’ve ever had from their beers before.
Im also quite sensitive to the onion flavour in some hoppy beers but thankfully I absolutely love that taste.
 
DoctorMick said:
We bought a keg from Salopian that was really grassy when first opened but seems to have died down a bit thankfully. I’m assuming because this was brewed before lockdown it was left on the dry hop for too long as it isn’t something I’ve ever had from their beers before.
Im also quite sensitive to the onion flavour in some hoppy beers but thankfully I absolutely love that taste.
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Christ aye, a particular iteration of Unhuman Cannonball from Magic Rock tasted like literal onion and chicken soup :lol:

I had it at Port Street in Manchester so assume it wasn't a problem with their cellar hygeine.
 
Wilfy said:
I can’t abide whisky. Had a mate who sold wine and he taught a few of us about wine. He had a wine tasting session and had loads of bottles with a glass took out of each that he talked us through. The most expensive was the best without doubt.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I dont think terroir is often a factor with craft ales?
 
Hammer said:
Sours are the way forward.
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Munich style lager is in vogue currently imo.
Mr.Thunders said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I dont think terroir is often a factor with craft ales?
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Most get their hops and barley from the same suppliers and pre-treat their watta so no, typically not.
DoctorMick said:
Yep, although I prefer brandy over whisky personally.

I loved unhuman cannonball. :lol:
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I did as well, it was just this one year it went horribly wrong. I'd had a class day and that was my last drink before heading home as well, gutting :lol:
 
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