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zitothebrave said:
He's supposed to be going to the brewery shortly. Or maybe he's already went, haven't touched base with him in a bit.
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My cousin's own recipe for their Brewer's Reserve Berliner Weiss is being sold right now, too. He had made it at home for years, I guess refining it. But it's delicious.

edit: I should say, any Berliner Weiss you get from them will be his recipe.
 
Carp said:
What is Berliner Weiss? Is it similar Hefeweizen?
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Not really. They're both wheat beers, but there are many differences between the 2. Hefeweizens are made with specific strains of yeast that produce banana, clove or other desired flavors, usually in the 4-7% ABV Berliner Weissbier starts semi-similar as it's also a bottle conditioned beer, the difference between the 2 though has to do with the yeast, Berliner Weisses use lactobacillus (thanks google spell check) to create a sour beer and it's ABV is 2-5%. Basically while Hefeweizens are usually classified by their sweet flavor, Berliner Weissbier is classified by it's tartness.
 
This time tomorrow I'll be at a World Beer and Wine Festival in Huis Ten Bosch, Japan. Any suggestions?
 
Runnin said:
This time tomorrow I'll be at a World Beer and Wine Festival in Huis Ten Bosch, Japan. Any suggestions?
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I'm not sure who'll be there. But pretty much anything belgian, from big name US brewers wou may be there, Stone, Dogfish, Sierra Nevada, and Lagunitas are all awesome, but my suspicion is most of the US options iwll be crafty.
 
zitothebrave said:
I'm not sure who'll be there. But pretty much anything belgian, from big name US brewers wou may be there, Stone, Dogfish, Sierra Nevada, and Lagunitas are all awesome, but my suspicion is most of the US options iwll be crafty.
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Unfortunately, the "festival" was a bit of a sham. It was way more theme park attraction than actual beer and wine event, which I should've suspected.

The all U can drink package actually only had 5 brands, so I went with wine instead, which had no time limit and over 100 to choose from. I learned that there are some white wines I actually like.
 
Just went to our local brewfest. Our area is littered with great new startup breweries. Had a blast!
 
DjGrizz said:
Just went to our local brewfest. Our area is littered with great new startup breweries. Had a blast!
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Beerfests are always fun. Especially if you go with a large group. I'm trying to coordinate with some friends to have a big group go to AC Beerfest.
 
bravesnumberone said:
Trying out Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin today.
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Probably my favorite Pumpkin beer. When bringing beer back to NH from NJ, I had to limit myself because well, I'm not an alcoholic, but I elected to go with Hipp-o-lantern instead of Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin as a take home. Because I got myself a 4 pack of Weyerbacher Heresy (far and away my favorite winter beer) and I didn't want to double dip on a brewery.

Also tried out Troegs Hop Knife while down there, really ****ing good. Sadly didn't get a chance to do any brewery tours, but did brew up a batch of a Heady inspired IIPA, so really excited to see how that turns out.
 
zitothebrave said:
Probably my favorite Pumpkin beer. When bringing beer back to NH from NJ, I had to limit myself because well, I'm not an alcoholic, but I elected to go with Hipp-o-lantern instead of Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin as a take home. Because I got myself a 4 pack of Weyerbacher Heresy (far and away my favorite winter beer) and I didn't want to double dip on a brewery.

Also tried out Troegs Hop Knife while down there, really ****ing good. Sadly didn't get a chance to do any brewery tours, but did brew up a batch of a Heady inspired IIPA, so really excited to see how that turns out.
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I enjoyed it. The store also had the Dogfish Punkin so I figured I'd get my fill on pumpkin beers before transitioning to the winter stuff the next time I get to drink.
 
I really like Punkin too. I like the pumpkin beers that are great beers with pumpkin inspired or pumpkin flavors. At he backbone of Punkin is a great brown ale. Backbone of Weyerbacher is an impoerial stout.

I really like Pumpking with it's heavy spices as well, but it's massively overpriced.
 
http://9to5mac.com/2014/11/21/beer-wine-app/#more-353775

Has anyone tried this App? Not sure if it's on android but the App is getting grand reviews

Next Glass is a free iPhone app that uses your own personal taste preferences to predict how likely you are to enjoy a beer or wine you’ve never tried before. If you’re buying for a dinner party or other social occasion, you can link to friends using the same app and it’ll show you how much they’ll like it too …

Brilliant idea.
 
It's on android as well, I was mulling over it yesterday but reviews are not kind to it. Several people reporting that the database is weak. Then I also realized 2 other things, first where's the fun in trying something new if something tells you you will like it, as a beer nerd I'd rather formulate my own opinion. Second is that this is taking the Google appraoch to learning about craft beer and wines. Instead of learning things yourself, you're relying on computers to tell you things. If you spend some time you learn to associate food flavors with beer flavors you'll be able to make guesses. Also fro the dinner party approach there's a way better way. Variety. Have 8 or 10 different bottles of wine, have several samplers of beer as well as a case or so of one of the usual suspects.

I think the idea is strong, but the execution leaves much to be desired and the craft aficionados won't attach themselves to it as they worked hard to develop their tastes. It's great for casual users though.
 
Cousin picked me up a growler of River Horse's Oatmeal Stout aged with raspberries, vanilla, and oak chips. Can't decide if I wanna enjoy that bad boy as a pre-game for Thanksgiving Eve, or Friday before heading to Flyers game.
 
In Beijing there is a great little brewery called Great Leap (link). After being deprived of good beer for so long, I almost decided to move to China after having their stout.
 
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