Everything in moderation, including moderation itself

Thief13x on 11/4/2010 at 05:09

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I for one am looking forward to the (http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1978705,00.html?cnn=yes&hpt=T2) 33% alcohol by volume European beer coming to the States soon!

Apparently they brew the stuff and then freeze it to remove water and hence increase the alchohol concentration. If nothing else, it's sure to beat Steel Reserve:p. I don't typically choose my beer based on alcohol content (favorite brew is Guinness draught) but I've always been a huge fan of European beer and am quite interested to see how this tastes.

Namdrol on 11/4/2010 at 08:46

It will taste like shit. I've not had this one but I've had the Nuclear Penguin,think spirits that taste like beer but worse, or a rancid barley wine.
Brew Dog do make nice beers but they're well over priced and pretty gimmicky.
Try a Hobgoblin if you want a decent ale.

Sulphur on 11/4/2010 at 08:51

I find most beers taste like shit, to be honest. I've had the misfortune of being served warm beer at a bar once. Never doing that again.

SubJeff on 11/4/2010 at 20:17

Heretic!

Old Tom is a fine ale. At 8.5% you won't manage much but it doesn't taste bad, it tastes good.

gunsmoke on 11/4/2010 at 20:45

Quote Posted by Namdrol

It will taste like shit.

This. The wife and I both avoid high ABV beers like the plague. Anything over 7% is disgusting. Tastes like liquor. Imperial Stouts are the worst offenders.

I go for quality over getting smacked in the face with alcoholic content. Last night's choice?

Left Hand Milk Stout
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Matthew on 11/4/2010 at 20:59

Buncha slack-jawed faggots in here

quinch on 11/4/2010 at 21:16

I got a bottle of Schneider Aventus in the fridge for tonight. 8,2% vol motherfuckers.

Tastes like shit my arse!

Sulphur on 11/4/2010 at 21:20

Now that's a self-serving pun. Bottoms up, mate! :p

@SE: In my defense, I did say most. I'm never doing anything less than chilled beer again, though.

Namdrol on 11/4/2010 at 23:06

Spent my late teens imbibing Special Brew (9%) to excess and still enoy the odd can and I like a quality barley wine (occasionally) but man that Bismark shite is 41%!! That's not beer.
The penguin stuff I had from Brew Dog chalked up at around 31% and really was unpleasant.
Mainly because I was thinking and wanting it to be beer but it wasn't.
One of the nicest beers I've had recently was Wayland Smithy from the White Horse Brewery, (their porter was damn fine as well).
At the moment I'm on a bit of a Cafferys phase though as the local Co-Op seems to have it on permanent special.

edit: Sweet stout gunny, nice.

Phatose on 12/4/2010 at 00:17

So, it's basically an Eisbock?

Hardly mindblowing. Sam Adams Utopia's got up to 27%. It's more likely to taste like whiskey then anything resembling beer though.

As for high alcohol beers...taste varies, like with all beers. Used to love Victory's Golden Monkey, and still love the taste. The kick-to-the-head hangovers, no so much. It's probably a good thing if you don't like high alcohol brews - 8+ ABV, extremely drinkable brews are hangovers in a bottle.