Big beer bias?

[beer editor]

In the New Glarus thread, Lew Bryson wrote:

"I'm not surprised that Capital does not do as well on the beer rating websites. Those sites have a definite slant towards "bigger" beers: not always the classics."

And redlem added:

"The one thing about ratebeer.com you should notice is this:
ratebeer.com + high alcohol content = great beer"

Let's be honest, these are the beers we talk about first when you mention. You say "Avery" and I answer "Hog Heaven" even though I'm more likely to have the ESB in my refirgerator.

I don't know that I expect that it will be different in BoB when beers advance and a weizen bumps up against a barley wine. It was nice that Eliot Ness Lager made it to the championship game last year, but I wouldn't count on that again.

I guess that's why we're holding the tournament.

Prosit,
Stan

[steveh]

I've heard it said that real wine connoisseurs start with whites, graduate to reds, and eventually return to whites for their subtle character and flavors.

While I enjoy a weizen bock or doppelbock or barleywine, I'm beyond the whole mindset of bigger is better - all the time. My days of searching out EKU-28 are long gone! Of late, my beer of choice (that which resides in a 12 pack most often in my refrigerator) is a German Helles or German or Czech Pils.

Snobby beer geek comparing myself to a wine connoisseur? Maybe! ;) But no, I just find the parallels interesting and also that I've come back around to the light lagers I used to hunt down.

Of course, St.Pat's is coming - no loit lahgas (or green ones) for this Irish lad that day!

S.

[Karel]

I also relish nothing like a good Czech Pils but Managers here in
Brampton play with patrons loyalties.They keep imports on the
self so long that the beer will run through your gut like a bullet
train.So raise your glass gents ,heres to the coloured sugar water
the Canadian/American Monopolies call beer.

[fretlessman71]

Welcome to the site Karel! Although I confess I can't make up my mine whether to toast Anheuser Busch or curse them...

Anything you can find that's bottle conditioned will withstand the tests of time much better than MacroSwill (read: AB, Miller, Coors, Labatt's, etc.). Also, if you're a hophead like me, hops have a wonderful preservative effect, so those beers are bound to do a little better over the long haul. Don't give up the ship just yet!

Speaking to the original post, I wholeheartedly agree with Stan and Steve. I remember when I used to look at a bottle of EKU28 and a bottle of Samichlaus with reverence. Now, they're just malty brandy to me. I still like my big brews such as Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (does anybody remember seeing the 2003 release? Could they have skipped a year?), but just last night I was introduced to the best pilsner I've ever had - Scrimshaw from North Coast. Wonderful! Saaz hops never tasted so good. I actually felt like a grown up! :D

[steveh]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (does anybody remember seeing the 2003 release? Could they have skipped a year?)

I think I have a couple bottles laying down...I'll have to check.

but just last night I was introduced to the best pilsner I've ever had - Scrimshaw from North Coast. Wonderful! Saaz hops never tasted so good. I actually felt like a grown up!

> Snif < Our little boy is growing up! ;) Seriously, I've seen the Scrimshaw but never tried it. With such a ringing endorsement from a (usually) non-lager drinker, I guess I need to check it out.

S.

Man - is this an old thread, or what?

[newportstorm]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
I still like my big brews such as Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (does anybody remember seeing the 2003 release? Could they have skipped a year?)

I was lucky enough to scoop a few 2003 sixers of that on "clearance" for $5.99/ea. Scooped a case of Celebration too at $16. Guess the retailer figured it wouldn't age well ;)

Cheers!

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by newportstorm
I was lucky enough to scoop a few 2003 sixers of that on "clearance" for $5.99/ea. Scooped a case of Celebration too at $16. Guess the retailer figured it wouldn't age well ;)

Cheers!
Can you spare a 6er? Would you like something from here in CO that you can't get where you are in return? PM me if you're interested, please.... I'm trying to get a 6er of each year of Bigfoot.

[Bryant]

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"The one thing about ratebeer.com you should notice is this:
ratebeer.com + high alcohol content = great beer"

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My absolute favorite beer is a porter and it is considered a mild or "beginners" porter because it basically is very "mild." Sweetwater's Exodus Porter is mild enough for someone who hasn't experienced some of the darker beers, but it's elegance is in it's subtelety.


Bryant