What's your favorite Beer?

[goosehd]

@neph93:

I am not a complete twat though…

@Giles i think this should be a forum poll question…

[goosehd]

Reminds me of when we picked @Chris avatar 

[ARNC]

@neph93  I didn’t think you would actually do this! I’m sure you would have nothing to worry about if it was put to the vote.

[Chris]

@ARNC:

@neph93  I didn’t think you would actually do this! I’m sure you would have nothing to worry about if it was put to the vote.

It's dangerous to underestimate the perverse sense of humor around here…

[ARNC]

If it's not at least slightly perverse, is it really a sense of humour?

I think it's not so much the sense of humour I underestimated, but how much everyone here is wiling to indulge each other (one of the things I love about this place).

[Seul]

@Chris:

It's dangerous to underestimate the perverse sense of humor around here…

This is true - you hot piece of TX ass…

[Seul]

Hey but how about lists?.. Top 5?.. Most interesting/ best/ beer you enjoyed most cause of the surroundings/ etc… Freestyle the living shit out of it... I'll have a list for y'all in a bit... 

[Seul]

So I promised y'all a top 5 of some kinds… I had so many incredible beer ths year... I watched y'all post some incredible looking beers every god-dang day  I love this thread so much... Now: I will post a top 5 or top 10 maybe later on... It's only Nov 19 after all... But the beer that wins this year well... It has to be DE DOLLE DULLE TEVE RISERVA 2018. Not because it was limited to 250 (and instantly became a bit of a whale for some 'mericans); not because my mate scored the LAST BOTTLE in the damn shop; not because it was the beer I enjoyed most this year (I'll be honest with you: I'm not thàt big on sours), but because I have a huge soft spot for DDB... Absolutely anti-commercial, and also one of the first breweries who started barrel aging beers... STILLE NACHT RESERVA being of course their most known beer... Have two in a fridge somewhere... Perks of living in Belgium I guess 

One of the last things I did with my dad before he died of pancreatic cancer, was visit De Dolle... I commented on their hugely cute silkscreened metal tables they had set up outside and what d'you know... He was able to buy a brand new one of them from De Dolle... It has and always will be in my living room...

Of course... My mate got jealous and contacted them and he was able to buy the LAST GOD DAMN TABLE they stored on some attic from them  So this pic is just the best of all worlds for me... Best brewery, best table (thanks da, miss ya heaps), best mate, great beer 

@Seul:

Dolle Brouwers Dulle Teve Riserva 2018… Sold out in a mere week.

Dulle Teve that has been aged on used Massolino Chardonnay white wine barrels for almost 3 years.

[goosehd]

@Seul I see a cork (and an opener) and cap in the picture.  Two different items: a beer and a wine?  They aren't corked and capped are they?

[Seul]

Aye lots of beers in 75cls bottes are both corked and capped here… Fantôme, Cantillon DDB,...

[goosehd]

…well you do learn something new everyday!  Thanks man.

[Jett129]

Great story @Seul Love this thread and look forward to it every day,even if it’s mostly beers that I’ll never ever get to try. You, my friend, are the glue that holds this wonderful thread together. And for that I thank you!

[motojobobo]

@Jett129:

Great story @Seul Love this thread and look forward to it every day,even if it’s mostly beers that I’ll never ever get to try. You, my friend, are the glue that holds this wonderful thread together. And for that I thank you!

+1 here! Keep it up @Seul; this is a fun ,if unattainable from here, thread.

Well said @Jett129 .

[Soleamp]

I haven't been on here in a bit, so I had to go back and catch up.  @Seul I enjoyed reading your post, great story.  Since it's Friday evening here, I'll post what I'm drinking.

[ARNC]

Correcting a shameful failing on my part. I’ve passed one of their taprooms several times a week for ages but have so far not tried anything. Putting it right this evening.

[neph93]

@ARNC if I remember correctly you are a wine guy… I feel like we have lead you down a dark and dangerous path. Awesome.

[ARNC]

Usually wine or gin or rye based cocktails. I usually only drink beer in Munich but I haven’t been for ages (for obvious reasons). Thanks for leading me astray 

I have a few things lined up for the next UHHH, assuming the timing works out for me.

[neph93]

@Soleamp:

Since it's Friday evening here, I'll post what I'm drinking.

I could do one of those…

I’m on a TIPA trip. Not good for me. Same strength as impy stouts but impossible to sip.

HUGE shout to Pomona Island for referencing War of the Worlds….

[goosehd]

@Seul As the others have pointed out, and you being the resident connoisseur:  Can you tell us what makes a good beer great?  I’m sure most of us have had bad beers and a few horrible ones, but I can only guess what some of your beers have tasted like.

Is it flavours, carbonation, rarity?  Is it like a good wine or dram of scotch?

I feel like I’m missing out…

Maybe you should offer tours based on beer for us deprived souls.

Really appreciate your help and insights!

[Jett129]

@goosehd I really think that’s kind of subjective as a great beer to me,might be something that you would spit out. I think we all have certain mental checklists when it comes to beer,and when you get a beer that checks all those boxes…BOOM. Having said that,for whatever reason,I absolutely cannot drink IPAs. I’ve tried and tried. So you could give me the best one and I’d pour it down the drain. But whenever anyone here puts up a stout or porter,I generally think,based on what people post,that if I could get it I would like it. Sorry for rambling.