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[–] floral_toxicity@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

More barleywines please.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

IPA's are quick and easy and if you mess up and make a poor tasting beer, it's gonna get covered up by whatever flavors you put in it anyway.

The other beers take skill.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago
[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, as a fan of red ales, i don't drink beer much anymore...

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

Them even more soon, once the style gets smaller than sours your chance of finding it on a tap are slim.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Luckily I found a brewery nearish here that has stunningly good barrel-aged imperial stouts. Unfortunately they're nearly $20 a bottle, so I can only afford to go on special occasions. They're worth the cost though, good gods.

https://www.fiftyfiftybrewing.com/pages/eclipse

[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can someone clue me in why these uber punched up stouts have such a high price tag? I can get a decent coffee malty 5%er for a few dollarpounds a bottle, but the 11% thicker stouts are up in the 20ish range, are they really 10x as intensive to brew?

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This one in particular involves importing bourbon barrels from various places, then aging the base imperial stout in those barrels for around 11 months. Any time you have aged products like that, the price is going to go up. I've absolutely seen stouts priced up like that without deserving the tag though.

[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Makes me wonder if I should brew my own so I can pay the patience tax.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

I've been tempted myself for an age. Apparently instead of using a full-size bourbon barrel, you can just toss some staves from the barrel in for the aging process. I definitely don't have room to brew a full barrel.

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

They look really good. Too bad Maine's so far away.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, that's a bit much of a trek. Could probably get a bottle or even a set shipped there though, if you ever felt sufficiently self-indulgent.