@PooltoyWolf And the option for “I don’t experience winter?” I don’t understand a lot of seasonal questions like this. If I did drink beer, why would I drink a different kind based on the temperature outside?
@Kyeh frosty mug was just a pic and looked too much like stout. Sometimes I like to change the gifs just to see what it comes up with. Some are just weird. I thought this one was funny. My own kids don’t drink pop because it’s “spicy”.
@katbyter Oh, you’re right, it did look kind of like stout. Yeah, I often try out a bunch of giphys too, and this is funny - the frosty mug just looked really appealing. I love good root beer too!
Unfortunately am allergic to hops and likely some other ingredient in most beer as well. University cost me more than my friends and dormmates.
So not a beer drinker. Shot or two of Jack’s Tennessee Honey and snap, You son of a bitch, I’m in. Or some other cocktails, as long as tequila is in no way involved. Red Robin’s Orange Crash is awesome, too. (At least it was in the BeforeTimes.) Or maybe it was like an orange smash? Something like that. Super yummy.
I don’t think barleywine is by definition beer. Neither, of course, is it wine. so first define beer. Yes, it is made from grain but has a higher alcohol content than the traditional definition of beer. It’s quite yummy if done well.
It is probably technically an ale, but very different in taste.
My choices: Traditional old school Guinness, not the modern crap. Mixed with pear cider is really good. can do apple too if you want.
Some of the unique stuff I have had an microbrewery tastings.
@Cerridwyn if you look at the grain and hops bill of a barley wine, it’s indistinguishable from any other beer. it’s just super high gravity and sweetness.
i don’t drink beer, except for rare occasions in the before times at a pub like restaurant (i usually go for something wheaty, light colored but cloudy, and relatively high in alcohol regardless of season/weather), and even then i’ll switch to water and/or hard liquor after one. the other exceptions may be 1.) if i’m at a party and don’t want to leave yet and there’s no other alcohol, but that is exceedingly rare and again not usually more than one and 2.) if i’m at a concert at a big outdoor arena type place, because everything is super expensive and beer is the best bang for your buck. plus, these places do cans now so you’re not worried about spilling it everywhere and you can get two at a time.
nothing too dark or too hoppy, or too watery and piss looking. i don’t know, there’s a lot of good beer out there but, it just makes me full very quickly and i have to pee constantly, and while the taste is nice it’s not so good that it’s worth it. not an enjoyable experience really.
@j37hr0 used to love New Belgium brewing until they got tied to genocide. There’s a lot of blurry moral lines in buying products, but that’s a hard no for me.
Stout in the winter, stout in the summer, stout all times. There’s no bad time for a stout. Hot outside? Make sure it’s cold. Cold out, drink 2 10%ers and you’ll warm right up.
Most stouts taste too much like burnt coffee for my taste. A winter warmer is pretty good in legitimately cold weather (winter or not), but Belgian Strong Dark Ale (Rochefort, any Chimay, Carolus Classic) is the best, followed by a malty Porter (Fuller’s or Founders). I’m into cider, too (the French are pretty good at this; beer not so much).
Where is the option for ‘I don’t drink beer’?
@PooltoyWolf And the option for “I don’t experience winter?” I don’t understand a lot of seasonal questions like this. If I did drink beer, why would I drink a different kind based on the temperature outside?
IPA
Anything that gets me drunk enough to forget 2020 and the first half of 2021.
A couple favorite winter beers-
Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout (N. Coast Brewing)
Obsidian Stout (Deschutes Brewing)
@daveinwarsh second on the Obsidian - sporadically available down here in SF Bay Area and worth searching for …
Send me each of those and I’ll find out.
@JT954 You win
Kriek lambic; chocolate stout.
Yes
Rum
Root.
@Zeusandhera You beat me to it! Root beer FTW!
/giphy root beer
@katbyter I liked the frosty mug better… it was kind of fun watching the giphys change.
@Zeusandhera Especially the bottled ones like Henry Weinhart (sp?) and Thomas Kemper rootbeers! Absolutely with you on root beer!
@Kyeh frosty mug was just a pic and looked too much like stout. Sometimes I like to change the gifs just to see what it comes up with. Some are just weird. I thought this one was funny. My own kids don’t drink pop because it’s “spicy”.
@katbyter Oh, you’re right, it did look kind of like stout. Yeah, I often try out a bunch of giphys too, and this is funny - the frosty mug just looked really appealing. I love good root beer too!
Doppelbock
Same as the rest of the year. Good.
Right now I could go for a nice Stiegl-Radler Grapefruit or maybe Belhaven Black Scottish Stout.
Cold – right out of the
refrigeratorsnow.Unfortunately am allergic to hops and likely some other ingredient in most beer as well. University cost me more than my friends and dormmates.
So not a beer drinker. Shot or two of Jack’s Tennessee Honey and snap, You son of a bitch, I’m in. Or some other cocktails, as long as tequila is in no way involved. Red Robin’s Orange Crash is awesome, too. (At least it was in the BeforeTimes.) Or maybe it was like an orange smash? Something like that. Super yummy.
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@Clumber
/giphy You son of a bitch I’m in
Pyramid Snow Cap.
Aka go to jail ale
All of the above and I wish they were all more popular.
Everything new is yet another IPA these days it seems.
The beer I already have in the fridge
cider
Hazy IPA!
Cocoa Porter
Corona with a lime wedge
@ELUNO Good old Corona. The Budwieser of Mexican beers. Waste of a good lime. Get yourself some Sol. Way better beer.
/giphy cold beer
/image justice blank paper
@Weboh now that’s funny!
Don’t really drink beer in the winter, that’s for summer when it’s warm.
@Star2236 Yep. Fully agree.
@Star2236 Why would you want warm beer in the Summer?
@yakkoTDI
Lol cold beer for the summer when it’s warm outside not for the winter when it’s cold.
@Star2236
I don’t think barleywine is by definition beer. Neither, of course, is it wine. so first define beer. Yes, it is made from grain but has a higher alcohol content than the traditional definition of beer. It’s quite yummy if done well.
It is probably technically an ale, but very different in taste.
My choices: Traditional old school Guinness, not the modern crap. Mixed with pear cider is really good. can do apple too if you want.
Some of the unique stuff I have had an microbrewery tastings.
Otherwise, gimme the scotch
@Cerridwyn if you look at the grain and hops bill of a barley wine, it’s indistinguishable from any other beer. it’s just super high gravity and sweetness.
i don’t drink beer, except for rare occasions in the before times at a pub like restaurant (i usually go for something wheaty, light colored but cloudy, and relatively high in alcohol regardless of season/weather), and even then i’ll switch to water and/or hard liquor after one. the other exceptions may be 1.) if i’m at a party and don’t want to leave yet and there’s no other alcohol, but that is exceedingly rare and again not usually more than one and 2.) if i’m at a concert at a big outdoor arena type place, because everything is super expensive and beer is the best bang for your buck. plus, these places do cans now so you’re not worried about spilling it everywhere and you can get two at a time.
nothing too dark or too hoppy, or too watery and piss looking. i don’t know, there’s a lot of good beer out there but, it just makes me full very quickly and i have to pee constantly, and while the taste is nice it’s not so good that it’s worth it. not an enjoyable experience really.
This is a nice winter beer (when you can find it). I liked it better back when they aged it in oak bourbon barrels, but it’s still pretty tasty.
Fun fact: the Widmer brothers’ uncle was my insurance agent for many years.
@macromeh Ask them to start sending Widmer Bros to Lubbock, Texas again. I miss being able to get it here.
I graduate to the same beers no matter the weather. I want them ice cold. Anchor steam, Sierra Nevada, Fat Tire.
@j37hr0 used to love New Belgium brewing until they got tied to genocide. There’s a lot of blurry moral lines in buying products, but that’s a hard no for me.
My favorite beer is wine.
Stout in the winter, stout in the summer, stout all times. There’s no bad time for a stout. Hot outside? Make sure it’s cold. Cold out, drink 2 10%ers and you’ll warm right up.
Most stouts taste too much like burnt coffee
for my taste. A winter warmer is pretty good in legitimately cold weather (winter or not), but Belgian Strong Dark Ale (Rochefort, any Chimay, Carolus Classic) is the best, followed by a malty Porter (Fuller’s or Founders). I’m into cider, too (the French are pretty good at this; beer not so much).