The Official INGO Beer Snob Thread

[littletommy]

More flavor. I consider it a gold standard for what I look for in a American Lager when judging.

I'll have to try it, thanks!

 

[EPeter213]

I'm hardly a beer snob, but I do enjoy sampling microbrews on occasion, and I have a few favorites among production beers as well.

Depending on mood and food, some of my favorites are:

Guinness Stout
Wild Blue Blueberry Lager
Rogue Chocolate Stout
Yeungling- lager or black and tan (both good. Found out recently that a friend is related to the founders.)
Corona - with a side saddle of Jack.
BBC's Bourbon Barrel Stout

Not a fan of IPA's in general, but there's a few out there I've enjoyed.

 

[Big Rigger]

Mashcraft in Greenwood has an excellent IPA, can't remember the name of it, but it is very good and one of my favorites.

Mashcraft Brewery in Greenwood... No TVs, just great craft beers and you can order food and have it delivered to their location. The Callisto which is brewed in January and July with a supply lasting about a month each time is a great beer with 9.1% alcohol brewed with apricots. It reminds me of a Blue Moon. I bought several growlers while supplies lasted to replace my favorite (total opposite) Busted Knuckle Ale from Quaff On! Next on the list to try is right across the street from Mashcraft is the Hot and Fire Tap House!!!

 

[semperfi211]

I am enjoying a Breckenridge Brewery Oatmeal Stout right now. It is pretty good.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hit the Sun King Anniversary Party Saturday night.

I was happy that Nikki Lane came back to see me. I know she was really torn up about me refusing to see her all this time. Not sure how she continues to press on without me.

Great beer. Great time. My State Senator addressed the crowd. I had a Pacer Pale Ale and a Grapefruit Jungle. Bought GFJ on site and brought it home.

We had dinner at The Tap. Excellent as always. Had a Daredevil Slipstream APA there.

Go check out Nikki Lane. She was fantastic.

 

[JettaKnight]

Drink-in this weekend!

Indiana Libertarians holding ?drink-in? to promote liquor law changes | WANE

 

[Freebird01]

i grew up about an hour from the yeungling brewery. back home we called it pottsville pi$$ water since its made with water from the schuylkill river. the black and tan and octoberfest arent too bad. i dont go for the plain lager though. if i drink lighter its corona or labatts typically. i prefer the darker brews. my current favorite is Bad Elmer's porter from Upland Brewing.

 

[Cameramonkey]

i grew up about an hour from the yeungling brewery. back home we called it pottsville pi$$ water since its made with water from the schuylkill river. the black and tan and octoberfest arent too bad. i dont go for the plain lager though. if i drink lighter its corona or labatts typically. i prefer the darker brews. my current favorite is Bad Elmer's porter from Upland Brewing.

I'll agree its not the best beer out there. But compared to typical domestic swill, its good. I think its the best beer for the buck. It is darker than most, with good body and taste. I can only find the same fullness in premiums like Sam Adams or imports. (or microbrews)

3 Floyds, Triton, etc are awesome. But they are also double the cost. (or more)

 

[Freebird01]

Yea I can't drink the common crap. Bud gives me a headache, Miller turns my stomach...Coors is just flavored water...

Some of the same Adams is good. I like their cold snap and October fest

 

[PapaScout]

Three Floyds: Battle of Charro II. It's an Imperial IPA. Wait, no it's got cherries in it. Wait, a sour?

Three sips and I'm hooked. This cherry IIPA brett is not your granddad's beer, but then he was more of a whiskey drinker anyway.

No ABV marked on the bottle. My guess is in the neighborhood of 8%. Funky and yummy.

ETA: The googlewebs tells me this is 10.8%. Perhaps my palate is a bit off. Nah... drinks like an 8% ;-)

 

[semperfi211]

I enjoy New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA. A little hint of citrus to it. 9% abv.

 

[littletommy]

I've been drinking a lot of Sierra Nevada Tropical torpedo lately. Really nice, not too heavy IPA, with a great citrusy up front flavor. It's becoming my go to beer, at least until I head to Florida in a couple weeks to haul back some JaiAlai!

 

[edwea]

Just started...and finished a bourbon county from goose island. BIL got for me last Christmas, so aged about 8 1/2 months past bottling. 13.8% plus aging...sheesh I feel funny.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Had a pint of Upland Coastbuster Imperial IPA at Noble Romans in Westfield. ABV: 8.5. A wonderful citrus nose.

 

[edwea]

I got a growler of the coastbuster when it first came out for one of my baby's birthday parties. It was a beer.

 

[bgcatty]

Just enjoyed my first "Golden Pheasant" Czech beer. Outstanding. Similar to Pilsner Urquell. My wife surprised me with this beer after a long drive home. She bought it at Vine and Table in Carmel. If you like European beers, give this a try.

 

[littletommy]

I got to visit one of my bucket list breweries today! Cigar city brewing in Tampa was amazing! Took the tour of the facility, which was $8 per person, including 4 or 5 nice sized samples in a take home glass. We had a great tour guide that loved to talk, and was in no hurry about showing us around, our 45 minute tour lasted an hour and a half. Aside from the fantastic Jai Alai IPA, we had samples of maduro brown ale, tocobaga red, lord palmerston IPA, and an amazing brew called Lue Gim Gong, which is a pale ale, it was actually better than Jai Alai!

We also hit the yuengling brewery, which was a great tour, too, but dang, Cigar City far exceeded my expectations!

 

[KellyinAvon]

Bier Brewery Scottish 60 is excellent.

 

[Bigtanker]

Ran into a fellow INGOer at a beer place today. Be bought some Zombie Dust and gave me one. It's cooling right now. I'll report back when I try it.

 

[Young William]

I had the Irish Hill this past weekend at Indiana City Brewery in downtown Indy. It is my favorite beer from them so far!
If you have never been to Indiana City take time to check it out. The tap room is cool! The building was the bottling house of the The Home Brewing Company from 1880 to 1920.