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[Brauer]

Group them by beer styles:Sours= Rayon Vert, Petrus and Duchesse de BorgogneMalty Beers= Aventinus, St Bernardus, Uerige Dopplesticke and SamichlausHoppy=Ruination and SculpinLight= KolschJust drink the Kolsch the day you do the Hoppy beers I guess.

Just drink the Kölsch before the hoppy beers, or you won't taste it.

[Jdtirado]

Just drink the Kölsch before the hoppy beers, or you won't taste it.

Good advice thanks

[positiveContact]

I think it would make more sense to ask about particular realms of beers. there are too many to like. i usually find good belgian beers impress me the most in terms of nuance. most other styles I feel like I can do a pretty good job replicating consistently.

[Brauer]

You'll be challenging your pallet a bit this weekend. There are going to be some flavors that you might never have thought belonged in a beer, but that's a pretty damn nice beer selection you've got there.Try to appreciate each of those beers for what they are, instead of thinking, "I like/don't like that one."

[Jdtirado]

You'll be challenging your pallet a bit this weekend. There are going to be some flavors that you might never have thought belonged in a beer, but that's a pretty damn nice beer selection you've got there.Try to appreciate each of those beers for what they are, instead of thinking, "I like/don't like that one."

I think it would make more sense to ask about particular realms of beers. there are too many to like. i usually find good belgian beers impress me the most in terms of nuance. most other styles I feel like I can do a pretty good job replicating consistently.

Both are good points. I had the Sculpin Pale Ale tonight. Lots of grapefruit taste. The hop bitterness was good but not over the top. It is the kind of beer that you want to sip and nurse late in the evening. We also had the St. Bernardus which was an excellent Quad, not too much overpowering alcohol. It was almost like a dessert beer. I kept hearing KenLenard's comments recently about drinking malty syrup, but this beer was awesome!

[Jdtirado]

I think it would make more sense to ask about particular realms of beers. there are too many to like. i usually find good belgian beers impress me the most in terms of nuance. most other styles I feel like I can do a pretty good job replicating consistently.

What are you suggesting? What should I do next time?

[shaggaroo]

mmm Aventinus Eisbock....

[positiveContact]

What are you suggesting? What should I do next time?

maybe have a tasting theme? belgians today, euro lagers tomorrow, hoppy american beers the next, etc.

[Jdtirado]

maybe have a tasting theme? belgians today, euro lagers tomorrow, hoppy american beers the next, etc.

Excellent idea! Next round of beers

[Mindblock]

I am not a Style Nazi by any stretch of the imagination, but, FWIW, when I try a new beer in a style with which I don't have a lot of experience I like to reference the BJCP Guidelines to help me to focus on what I am (or am not) experiencing in flavor and aroma profile.YMMV

[positiveContact]

I am not a Style Nazi by any stretch of the imagination, but, FWIW, when I try a new beer in a style with which I don't have a lot of experience I like to reference the BJCP Guidelines to help me to focus on what I am (or am not) experiencing in flavor and aroma profile.YMMV

same here.

[Jdtirado]

I've been doing that as well

[Mya]

yep, gotta have a reference point somehow, i look at the ABA guidelines too

[cavman]

You guys have styles you haven't tried yet? Outside of Gose and Dampfbier I can't think of any.

[Mya]

You guys have styles you haven't tried yet? Outside of Gose and Dampfbier I can't think of any.

<----doesn't live in a beervanabut over 10 years or so I have tried a lot, but there are some that are either unappealing, or generally unavailable

[Mindblock]

You guys have styles you haven't tried yet? Outside of Gose and Dampfbier I can't think of any.

+1 on the Dampfbier (although a friend in our local club just made one).....have had Gose and enjoyed it a lot.....in fact I think I will have my last bottle this afternoon because it will never be any better than it is today.....THANKS FOR THE REMINDER.....

[Mya]

BJCP syles I haven't experienced, that I can remember anyway7C Dusseldorf Altbier9A Scottish Light 609B Scottish Heavy 7011A Mild15D Roggenbier16D Biere de Garde17A Berlinner Weiss17D Gueze17E Unbleneded Lambic

[davelew]

BJCP syles I haven't experienced, that I can remember anyway7C Dusseldorf Altbier9A Scottish Light 609B Scottish Heavy 7011A Mild15D Roggenbier16D Biere de Garde17A Berlinner Weiss17D Gueze17E Unbleneded Lambic

That's an interesting exercise to do. Looking it over, these are the styles I don't think I've had:1E. Dortmunder Export2C. Classic American Pilsener / Pre-Prohibition American Lager9B. Scottish Heavy 70/I brewed a CAP once, but then had a fight with my landlord and had to move out while it was still in the carboy, and the carboy ended up shattering and spilling beer, yeast and trub all over my buddy's parents' minivan, so it's kind of a cursed style for me.

[ChefLamont]

For the 1A I tried a beer recently from Kroger (grocery store) that was Port Republic Light Lager. Apparently it is a store label, and there is speculation on the intertron that it is a contract brew with Genesee. Anyhow, I tried one because the 24oz can was $1.19. I have to say it was a lot better than expected. While I am not generally a fan of the style, I would definitely buy and drink it again.

[Mya]

That's an interesting exercise to do. Looking it over, these are the styles I don't think I've had:1E. Dortmunder Export2C. Classic American Pilsener / Pre-Prohibition American Lager9B. Scottish Heavy 70/I brewed a CAP once, but then had a fight with my landlord and had to move out while it was still in the carboy, and the carboy ended up shattering and spilling beer, yeast and trub all over my buddy's parents' minivan, so it's kind of a cursed style for me.

you should make a CAP, call it Cursebreaker Lager