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(Some Guy)   Pilsners are now great in America, suck it lagers and watch out IPA's   (punchdrink.com) divider line
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436 clicks; posted to Food » on 08 Feb 2023 at 12:53 AM (5 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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snowjack [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:57:39 PM  
Pilsners are lagers. But not all lagers are pils.
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 11:44:50 PM  
What passes for IPA these days is yuppie malt liquor. Mind you I'm not complaining, but I don't see low ABV pilsners taking the crown anytime soon.
 
We Ate the Necco Wafers
2023-02-08 12:58:16 AM  
I am glad we are living in this golden age of beer.

Variety is the spice of life.
 
NINEv2
2023-02-08 1:03:45 AM  
Try Czechmate out of Red Lodge Ales if you can find it.
 
TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 1:37:51 AM  
We Ate the Necco Wafers:

I am glad we are living in this golden age of beer.
Variety is the spice of life.

Indeed we are and yes it is. I like a well brewed lager as much as a well brewed ale. It all depends on what I'm jonesin' for and what else is on the menu.
 
anuran
2023-02-08 2:19:56 AM  

TwowheelinTim: We Ate the Necco Wafers:

I am glad we are living in this golden age of beer.
Variety is the spice of life.

Indeed we are and yes it is. I like a well brewed lager as much as a well brewed ale. It all depends on what I'm jonesin' for and what else is on the menu.


I live in IPA Central and can find everything from Saisons and Lambics to Weissbeer, Gruit, and Kolsch produced within 20 miles of home. Tripels? Yep. Stout, porter, and pilsner, too. The only thing thin on the ground are the Bock family
 
bud jones
2023-02-08 3:11:55 AM  
yum...

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batlock666
2023-02-08 7:09:58 AM  
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Farkin Charlie
2023-02-08 7:26:25 AM  
Ugh, IPA's. Nasty stuff. I've never been a regular beer drinker, but I could never fathom what the big fuss for it was.   Pilsners and lagers at least don't make me wince on first taste.
 
JasonOfOrillia [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 7:29:50 AM  
I used to turn up my nose at lagers and pils and then a new brewery opened in my neighbourhood that focused on them and I have done an about face.  Their lagered beers are light and sweet up front with a subtle, rolling bitterness afterward.  It's nice to drink a different sort of beer with character and not just sugarwater.
 
eviljimbo
2023-02-08 8:19:09 AM  
I like beer
 
natazha [BareFark]
2023-02-08 8:30:35 AM  

fragMasterFlash: What passes for IPA these days is yuppie malt liquor. Mind you I'm not complaining, but I don't see low ABV pilsners taking the crown anytime soon.


I agree, but it's nice to have a choice beyond: IPA, IPA, IPA,IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, industrial lager, IPA, ...

I like porters, stouts and those very rare occasions when a brown or red is available. Planning to make a batch of a Rogue Mocha Porter when the weather gets a bit better.
 
Herbert's Hippopotamus
2023-02-08 8:34:51 AM  

eviljimbo: I like beer


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Bukharin
2023-02-08 9:14:52 AM  

natazha: fragMasterFlash: What passes for IPA these days is yuppie malt liquor. Mind you I'm not complaining, but I don't see low ABV pilsners taking the crown anytime soon.

I agree, but it's nice to have a choice beyond: IPA, IPA, IPA,IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, IPA, industrial lager, IPA, ...

I like porters, stouts and those very rare occasions when a brown or red is available. Planning to make a batch of a Rogue Mocha Porter when the weather gets a bit better.


My mate just texted this menu the other day. It's absurd.

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snowjack [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 9:58:54 AM  
I love IPAs, especially ones where a slight bitterness is balanced against fragrant citrusy hops with just enough malty carmel flavor to give it some body. The balancing act is key. A lot of brewers overload with hops during the boil, and overcook them, so you end up with too much bitterness.
 
benelane
2023-02-08 11:18:00 AM  
I buy varied types of beer because I like beer, but the beer that is almost always in the fridge has been labatts (a pilsner) for a long, long while. For the cheaper of the beers out there, it's not bad. I did notice a difference in taste lately, depending on whether I bought it in PA or NY.
 
CoonAce
2023-02-08 11:43:15 AM  
New wave American brewers are so overstated with no finesse.  There's no smoothness or understatement or refinement when it comes to lagers.  Overkill with hops is just covering up a variety of sloppiness.
 
BunchaRubes
2023-02-08 4:00:42 PM  
Is this the thread where I say my preferred style of beer is superior to yours?

The joke is on you, I like almost every kind of beer (no sours, thanks).  Heck, a couple of times a year, during Atlanta summers, a cold Budweiser or 3 goes down just fine after cutting the lawn.  What's that?  Bud's are pilsners you say??
 
fastfxr
2023-02-08 4:07:54 PM  
I've worked for a German company for 18 years now, so I'm a bit of a Pils snob. 99.9% of all American 'Pilsner' is absolute crap. Unlagered mistakes that get lumped into the category.
 
Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu
2023-02-08 4:10:23 PM  

BunchaRubes: The joke is on you, I like almost every kind of beer (no sours, thanks).


Same.  They're not my favorite, but I enjoy a good sour as well.  I also apparently live in the only area where IPAs don't dominate the beer list.


BunchaRubes: Heck, a couple of times a year, during Atlanta summers, a cold Budweiser or 3 goes down just fine after cutting the lawn.


My summer post-yardwork beer of choice is High Life.
 
guinsu
2023-02-08 7:14:48 PM  

We Ate the Necco Wafers: I am glad we are living in this golden age of beer.

Variety is the spice of life.


Variety? Everywhere around me is doing endless IPAs and fruited sours. I've got one amazing Belgian bar near me with some good German bears but that's it
 
guinsu
2023-02-08 7:15:41 PM  

JasonOfOrillia: I used to turn up my nose at lagers and pils and then a new brewery opened in my neighbourhood that focused on them and I have done an about face.  Their lagered beers are light and sweet up front with a subtle, rolling bitterness afterward.  It's nice to drink a different sort of beer with character and not just sugarwater.


You should ask them if they decoction brew those lagers. That and the aging properly really help.
 
Akuinnen
2023-02-08 8:51:32 PM  
Bukharin:

My mate just texted this menu the other day. It's absurd.

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Yuck.. Black Lagers, Brown Ales, Wheat beers, bocks, dunkels, Belgians... so many good styles and it's IPA's and now sour beers.

Fruit Sour with Salt.. screw that crap.
 
TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 8:52:49 PM  

Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu: BunchaRubes: The joke is on you, I like almost every kind of beer (no sours, thanks).

Same.  They're not my favorite, but I enjoy a good sour as well.  I also apparently live in the only area where IPAs don't dominate the beer list.


BunchaRubes: Heck, a couple of times a year, during Atlanta summers, a cold Budweiser or 3 goes down just fine after cutting the lawn.

My summer post-yardwork beer of choice is High Life.


My first taste of beer was Miller High Life. Alondra park in LA County in the late sixties. Thanks grandpa!
 
Bukharin
2023-02-09 12:03:11 AM  

Akuinnen: Bukharin:

My mate just texted this menu the other day. It's absurd.

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Yuck.. Black Lagers, Brown Ales, Wheat beers, bocks, dunkels, Belgians... so many good styles and it's IPA's and now sour beers.

Fruit Sour with Salt.. screw that crap.


Im not big on fruit and/or sour in beer, but a pinch of salt can do wonders. In low doses sodium adds a non-sweet and non-bitter body and smooths out the edges. It's the difference between seltzer water and club soda.
 
TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2023-02-09 12:09:33 AM  

Bukharin: Akuinnen: Bukharin:

My mate just texted this menu the other day. It's absurd.

[Fark user image 850x637]

Yuck.. Black Lagers, Brown Ales, Wheat beers, bocks, dunkels, Belgians... so many good styles and it's IPA's and now sour beers.

Fruit Sour with Salt.. screw that crap.

Im not big on fruit and/or sour in beer, but a pinch of salt can do wonders. In low doses sodium adds a non-sweet and non-bitter body and smooths out the edges. It's the difference between seltzer water and club soda.


I put a small pinch of salt in my coffee in the morning along with a little Turbinado sugar and a good blast of half&half. It does exactly what you've described above.
 
We Ate the Necco Wafers
2023-02-09 11:55:36 AM  
I drink my coffee black. Like a man.
 
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