The Official INGO Beer Snob Thread

[Nitro]

Just throwing this out there for everyone. Some friends of mine put me on this phone app that tracks your beers, where you drank them, and what you thought about them. I thought it was a really cool app and just wanted to share it with everyone. It is called Untappd. It even gives you little virtual metals for drinking beer and different types of beer. Can even compete with friends on different types of beer. Just wanted to share it!

 

[JettaKnight]

Just throwing this out there for everyone. Some friends of mine put me on this phone app that tracks your beers, where you drank them, and what you thought about them. I thought it was a really cool app and just wanted to share it with everyone. It is called Untappd. It even gives you little virtual metals for drinking beer and different types of beer. Can even compete with friends on different types of beer. Just wanted to share it!

Ugh. My wife uses that crap.

We hit a new place, order a beer, get ready to talk - then out comes the phone.

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick



Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick


I could pay and leave before she'd notice.



Sorry Nitro, it's the curmudgeonly retro beer snob in me coming out and you inadvertently poked at a sore spot. Just drink your damn beer and enjoy the moment with those around you.

 

[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.

I tried it Saturday. Too much of a fruit taste. Not worth all the hype IMHO.

 

[littletommy]

Just throwing this out there for everyone. Some friends of mine put me on this phone app that tracks your beers, where you drank them, and what you thought about them. I thought it was a really cool app and just wanted to share it with everyone. It is called Untappd. It even gives you little virtual metals for drinking beer and different types of beer. Can even compete with friends on different types of beer. Just wanted to share it!

I've been using the app for several years now, and I love it. I'm the kind of guy that, even if a place has a beer I love, I'll order one that I've never had, simply to try something different, and untappd has been really useful in guiding me to new stuff. I'm almost to 1200 different beers. If you're traveling, it's great for helping find places with a wide variety of beers.

 

[JettaKnight]

Saturday is Fort Wayne's Brewed in the Fort festival. (metaphorically speaking of the city, no one actually within the walls of the fort )

My wife will be pouring for Birdboy, but I'll be at home brewing a dunkel weisse beer (double, maybe triple, decoction for those in the know).

 

[JettaKnight]

Last month I was at the Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI along with 5,999 other beer drinkers. Three Floyds had a long line... I just don't see the attraction of it.

There were seven tents, here's picture of just one.

 

[Fordtough25]

I really like sam adams octoberfest, delicious

 

[Freebird01]

I really like sam adams octoberfest, delicious

I agree!

 

[ZachJ03]

My recent beer drinkings are Miller Lite for drinking, Three Floyds "Gumball Head" for a few here and there due to cost and tried an "All Day IPA" that was reasonably priced and good tasting a few nights ago. Will def buy more of that. Been getting into the IPA's more.

 

[TB1999]

I really like sam adams octoberfest, delicious

That's my fav octoberfest

 

[JettaKnight]

That's my fav octoberfest

If you get a chance, try New Glarus Staghorn. The problem is it's only distributed in WI.

 

[PapaScout]

Holy Headaches! Why didn't You People tell me that the Dogfish Head World Wide Stout was 15-20% abv?!?! Yummy.... perhaps the richest, most luxurious stout I've ever had. The vanilla world stout was good too.

 

[semperfi211]

I just picked up a Sam Adams winter classics variety pack. I can't say I didn't like any of them. But I really like their Winter Lager. I am going to have to see if I can find this on its own.

 

[Clay]

Picked up a couple of bottles of Founders "CBS" - Canadian Breakfast Stout. Pretty hard to find, and has pretty good reviews. I haven't tried it yet but I'm pretty excited to crack one open!!

 

[littletommy]

Picked up a couple of bottles of Founders "CBS" - Canadian Breakfast Stout. Pretty hard to find, and has pretty good reviews. I haven't tried it yet but I'm pretty excited to crack one open!!

I was lucky enough to win a bottle from my local shop! I'm not into heavy beers as much as I used to be, but I'm looking forward to seeing what all the hype is about. I'm saving mine til Christmas day, so I can let a few others try it, too.

 

[kirtar]

Looks like my brother and I managed to snag 4 bottles of Bourbon County Stout and 2 of the Barleywine right after we put two gallons of a clone attempt into the fermenter. We could have bought more as the store had 50 bottles and no apparent limit, but since we tend to only crack a bottle every so often (we've only opened one bottle from last year's) and are brewing a clone attempt, we stuck with a respectable number. We picked up some Trip in the Woods along the way as well. The Biere de Garde and Ginger Bigfoot were probably my favorites. The Cocoa Narwhal didn't really do it for me as well as the blackcurrant one from a couple years back. Hopefully I can manage to find the new Narwhal in January, since port barrel sounds good.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

If you have not tried it, I highly recommend Boiler Gold from People's. It is a crass commercial beer brewed for the university, but they did it right.

 

[kirtar]

It's not really the style that I prefer most of the time, but yeah it's a pretty good cream/blonde ale. Usually when I'm drinking from that end of the spectrum as far as degree of roasted grain and hopping I go for a witbier or weissbier

 

[STFU]

Ugh. My wife uses that crap.

We hit a new place, order a beer, get ready to talk - then out comes the phone.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
I could pay and leave before she'd notice.
Sorry Nitro, it's the curmudgeonly retro beer snob in me coming out and you inadvertently poked at a sore spot. Just drink your damn beer and enjoy the moment with those around you.

I, like your wife, am one of those annoying people logging all of my beers on Untappd. My main reason for this is to avoid ordering a ****ty beer that I have already had. I am always on the prowl for something new. (After living in Germany and Belgium for 18 months...I have become very picky about beer.) Time in this world is too short to waste on lousy beer.

 

[STFU]

My personal choice of beer is very heavy and usually dark. I like the Belgian trippels and quads over just about anything out there.
The beer snobs of the world will tell you that the Trappist Beers are the best: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trappist_beer
I generally agree but there are some in the list of 11 that I do not like. I have 8 of the 11 and am always on the lookout for the last 3.

My current favorite is the Straffe Hendrick Quad from De Halve Mann:

Not on the list of 11 but an outstanding brew for those who like 'em dark.
The trippel is a blonde version that is excellent also.