Summer Beer Thread [Archive]

berkshire_rider

06-11-2005, 06:28 PM

BikeGeek

06-11-2005, 08:48 PM

I'm a big fan of wheat beers in the summer. Ice cold, crisp, and refreshing. The Long Trail Blackberry Wheat out of Vermont is one of my favorite seasonals. :drool:

berkshire_rider

06-11-2005, 09:20 PM

Long Trail Blackberry Wheat is really good. I actually went to the beer store looking for it yesterday, but bought the Magic Hat because they were out of LT Blackberry Wheat.

laura

06-12-2005, 11:29 AM

man our beer selection in this town stinks so bad. there is not a store around that has a decent dselection. its quite depressing. you can get a budlight in 2309584756 different size selections and quantities but you can't get a decent beer to save your life.

Mackie

06-13-2005, 05:54 AM

Let's hear about some of the summer seasonals. What's good, what sucks, what's mediocre. I picked up some Magic Hat Summer Wheat, yesterday. Quite good. Does what a summer beer should - nice drinkable tase, and quenches your thist on the hot days.

Ommegang Witte.
In the Hogarten style, but a little spicier, little less sweet.
Add a little lemon = heaven on a hot summer day.
:drool: :drool: :drool:

I Are Baboon

06-13-2005, 07:34 AM

I had some Shipyard summer ale this past weekend. Very good beer and goes down really smooth. It was quite nice after a 15 mile XC ride.

llkoolkeg

06-13-2005, 08:17 AM

If I'm not at a brewpub or drinking their product from a growler, I prefer Munich weissbiers like Paulaner Hefeweizen and Hacker-Pschorr Dunkelweizen. It's gotta have that strong banana/clove flavor of authenticity for me personally.

I will be having three later on today.

luken8r

06-13-2005, 03:30 PM

im not a huge fan of sam adams, but i like their summer brew.

http://homepages.ius.edu/TESNGIBS/photogallery_files/image019.jpg

/sam adams not jackson

Colin

06-13-2005, 07:13 PM

A couple weeks ago a dog sat for a friend of mine. Anyway, he left my fiance and I some beer for coming over to feed & water the dog. First workds out of my mouth, "You think Scott would know me better. This isn't a summer beer." Not that I'll complain when anyone gives me a six pack of Spaten Optimator.

llkoolkeg

06-14-2005, 11:01 AM

Not that I'll complain when anyone gives me a six pack of Spaten Optimator.

Mmmmmmmalty goodness! :drool:

Zark

06-14-2005, 11:10 AM

Summer beers are almost always wheat beers. Cloudy, nasty wheat beers. One of the few times I'll pick up a busweiser over a microbrew is when a hefeweisen is involved, yuck.

SkaredShtles

06-14-2005, 11:16 AM

Summer beers are almost always wheat beers. Cloudy, nasty wheat beers. One of the few times I'll pick up a busweiser over a microbrew is when a hefeweisen is involved, yuck.
I don't like 'em either. But I will *NOT* pick a Bud. I'll have an ice water, please. :D

berkshire_rider

06-15-2005, 06:15 PM

I :heart: Long Trail.

narlus

06-15-2005, 06:56 PM

summer beers for me include hoegaarden, corona, and stella. was not a fan of the sam adams summer ale this go-round (not sure if the recipe changed or not).

I Are Baboon

06-16-2005, 06:13 AM

was not a fan of the sam adams summer ale this go-round (not sure if the recipe changed or not).

Send me your unopened bottles and I will see to it that they get discarded properly.

narlus

06-16-2005, 08:30 AM

they were @ a neighbor's house, so you'll have to sneak into his fridge.

McGRP01

06-16-2005, 11:14 AM

Pale Ale.

I Are Baboon

06-16-2005, 12:08 PM

Pale Ale.

What about it?

BikeGeek

06-16-2005, 12:09 PM

Summer beers are almost always wheat beers. Cloudy, nasty wheat beers. One of the few times I'll pick up a busweiser over a microbrew is when a hefeweisen is involved, yuck.

Is it the flavor or the "cloudy, nasty" that you don't like? Just curious.

Not all wheats are cloudy, and not all are hefeweisens. I don't care for hefeweisens since I don't like the banana or clove taste a lot of them have (caused by the particular yeast used and the temperature of fermentation). I do however love wheat ales such as the Long Trail.

BikeGeek

06-16-2005, 12:10 PM

Pale Ale.

English or American?

McGRP01

06-16-2005, 12:19 PM

What about it?

I like it in the summertime.

English or American?

Cold and wet.

I Are Baboon

06-16-2005, 12:38 PM

I like it in the summertime.

Cold and wet.

:thumb:

I like any beer any time of the year. It's too bad winter brews are not available now.

McGRP01

06-16-2005, 12:49 PM

:thumb:

I like any beer any time of the year. It's too bad winter brews are not available now.

I'm with you! :)

JRogers

06-16-2005, 05:09 PM

I'm with you! :)

Meh. I'm not ready to down a glass of oatmeal stout when it's 100 degrees out and I'm sitting in my room in underwear so I don't die.

For summer beer, I like Stella, Long Trail Blackberry, Otter Creek Middlebury Ale and Otter Summer...actually almost anything that's not too heavy but has some taste and body to it.

OGRipper

06-16-2005, 05:16 PM

Summer here in SF can be colder than fall and winter, but when I think of summer beers I think clean, crisp and refreshing. I like Sierra Summerfest but for those days when you're pounding half a case or more while playing volleyball or whatever, I'm down with Pacifico. For wheat beers I like Hoegarden, but that's mostly because I love ordering a "Big Ho."

McGRP01

06-17-2005, 08:54 AM

Meh. I'm not ready to down a glass of oatmeal stout when it's 100 degrees out and I'm sitting in my room in underwear so I don't die.

If it's Sammy Smith's Oatie Stout I'd drink it if it were 102 out!!! :drool:

BikeGeek

06-17-2005, 08:59 AM

If it's Sammy Smith's Oatie Stout I'd drink it if it were 102 out!!! :drool:

Awesome stuff. Try the Young's Oatmeal Stout and the Stoudt's Imperial Oatmeal Stout if you're a fan of Sammy. :thumb:

I Are Baboon

06-17-2005, 09:01 AM

I believe there is only one season: Beer season. It runs 365 days a year.

BikeGeek

06-17-2005, 09:02 AM

For wheat beers I like Hoegarden, but that's mostly because I love ordering a "Big Ho."

I :love: Hoegaarden. I have a 6 in the fridge for this weekend. I also found a recipe online for a clone, so I put 5 gallons in to the fermenter last weekend. It smells awesome! It should be done in a month or so.

berkshire_rider

06-17-2005, 11:00 AM

I believe there is only one season: Beer season. It runs 365 days a year.

A lot of truth to that statement, but the summer wheat seasonals really go down easy during the hot weather. You should pick up some Long Trail Blackberry Wheat, experiment, and get back to us. :D

Mackie

06-17-2005, 11:14 AM

I love ordering a "Big Ho."
Except that's not how they pronounce it over in Belgium...
It's not was cool ordering a big Hoo though.... sounds like a big old owl....

More summer love though -Hoegaarden Grand Cru....:drool:

GumbaFish

06-17-2005, 11:39 AM

El Jefe

06-21-2005, 03:32 PM

http://www.specialtybeer.com/images/labels/orge_belzebuth_label.jpg

For any occasion, winter, spring, summer or fall.....fall down...

Crosspost from my critique on SoCalmtb. It's just so good, I can't help but tell about it.

Belzebuth. Oh good god. Purchased at Hollingshead's Deli in Orange, CA.

When I opened the 8.4oz bottle, I immediately felt the aroma of citrusy fruit, sweet malt with a licorace-like overtone, and a light spiciness that said clove and peppercorn wafting into my nose and throat, exciting my olfactory senses with a strangely familiar, yet comfortably unique presence. As I poured the unassuming looking golden ale into a glass, I noticed a tight frothing that didn't stick around for long, choosing to settle into a 1/4" tall afterthought of light white head.

As I took my first sip, the sweetness of malt and fruity, perhaps apricot esters of the yeast settled pleasantly on my tongue. There was definitely a smoothness to the brew, balanced well with moderate carbonation. Apricot gave way to citrus, and malt gave way to Licorice as the beer tossed around in my mouth. The golden brew continued to the back of my throat and almost begged me to quaff a large mouthful rather than sip the complexly sweet brew. As I swallowed, a strong port or Madeira came to mind as the strong alcoholic taste and dry feel warmed my gullet and offered peppercorn and spice to balance the malty sweetness up front. The remaining brew left in the glass begged me to allow it to join the first sip in the bottom of my belly and soon it had its wish. Before the 13% alcohol could take effect, the intoxicating aroma and flavor of this absolutely unique brew had me offering a deal with the devil for unlimited supplies of this amazing beer.

JRogers

06-30-2005, 11:51 PM

I still drink porters, oatmeal stouts and scottish ales during the summer...althought they aren't nearly as good during the summer for a refreshing drink. Glad to hear that LT blackberry is good I was thinking of picking some up and now I believe I will.
You can also try Otter Creek Middlebury Ale. A little light for my tastes but quite tasty.

I really just can't take drinking my standard winter fav (Wolavers Oatmeal Stout) when it's so hot. Granted, I do, at the moment, live in a 100 year old frat house that is perpetually 10 degrees hotter than outside...and it's about 90 with 50000% humidity most of the time...

At the moment, my tiny fridge is stocked with a plethora of mid range, light brews from Saranac, Otter Creek, Sam Adams and Yuengling.

Qman

07-06-2005, 01:18 PM

Some of my favorites from around here:

Alaskan Summer Ale, Hale's Drawbridge Blonde, Red Hook Blonde.

Zark

07-06-2005, 01:45 PM

Is it the flavor or the "cloudy, nasty" that you don't like? Just curious.

Not all wheats are cloudy, and not all are hefeweisens. I don't care for hefeweisens since I don't like the banana or clove taste a lot of them have (caused by the particular yeast used and the temperature of fermentation). I do however love wheat ales such as the Long Trail.

Yeah, the odd aftertaste gets me. I've seen too many unfiltered Heffies lately and they are fuggin gross. I don't care for wheat ales either though. I dunno, I'm weird

RemfRider

07-06-2005, 03:09 PM

Sammy's Summer Ale gets my vote!

Of course, after cutting the lawn or a hard ride, nothing beats an ice cold MGD!

SkaredShtles

07-06-2005, 05:33 PM

Yeah, the odd aftertaste gets me. I've seen too many unfiltered Heffies lately and they are fuggin gross. I don't care for wheat ales either though. I dunno, I'm weird
No you're not. Wheat beers/weizens taste weird.

genpowell71

07-12-2005, 10:17 AM

Three words: ARROGANT BASTARD ALE

How arrogant are you?

SkaredShtles

07-12-2005, 06:42 PM

Three words: ARROGANT BASTARD ALE

How arrogant are you?
That stuff is OK. I like their IPA better. :thumb:

Colin

07-19-2005, 06:24 PM

After four hours in the sun at a concrete pour this afternoon, these Paulaner Hefes are really hitting the spot.

McGRP01

07-20-2005, 07:10 AM

That stuff is OK. I like their IPA better. :thumb:

Word!! Ruination IPA!!! :drool:

narlus

07-22-2005, 08:06 PM

just got some Anderson Valley Summer Solstice cerveza crema. it's pretty good, but the "crema" part is right on the target. it tastes a bit like cream soda. kinda strange, but i like it at the same time.

dexter

07-22-2005, 08:21 PM

summerhoney by big sky best beer ever, i am getting 3 kegs of it for our keggorator before its season is over. also easy street wheat

BrandonWatts

07-23-2005, 09:41 PM

Four Peaks Peach Ale :drool: is an awesome tasteing beer, pretty much just taste like peach and beer. it really make a good drink when it is really really damn hot out like it is now her in AZ. anyone else from AZ had it.

ito

07-25-2005, 08:49 AM

Monteith's Summer Ale.

It's a New Zealand Beer so it comes out during out winter for us, but I kid you not when I say it is the nectar of the gods. Little sweet for me, but goes down so smooth, drink it all night during the summer. I think it is the honey they add that makes it so tasty.

The Ito

MTB_Rob_NC

07-25-2005, 08:53 AM

I have been drinking this for the past week, it looked intriguing at my local grocery store. Its quite tasty

http://www.seadogbrewing.com/images/brews_blue.gif

berkshire_rider

07-26-2005, 11:51 AM

I have been drinking this for the past week, it looked intriguing at my local grocery store. Its quite tasty

http://www.seadogbrewing.com/images/brews_blue.gif

Seadog is pretty good. There seems to be a bunch of good Micro-Brew in Maine lately - Sea Dog, Sunday River, Casco Bay, Gritty McDuff's, Shipyard, Allagash, Sebago, Kennebec, etc.

THIS (http://www.mainebrew.com/about.aspx) might be worth going to if you live in the Northeast. :drool:

bluebug32

07-26-2005, 02:37 PM

Ommegang Witte.
In the Hogarten style, but a little spicier, little less sweet.
Add a little lemon = heaven on a hot summer day.
:drool: :drool: :drool:

Mmmm...that's good stuff. Have you ever been to the brewery?

TreeSaw

07-26-2005, 03:10 PM

If it's Sammy Smith's Oatie Stout I'd drink it if it were 102 out!!! :drool:
:stupid: And I have one in the fridge that I can't drink :mumble:

TreeSaw

07-26-2005, 03:12 PM

For those who can get it (definitely in Mass.) try Wachusett. I've had their Blueberry Ale, Country Ale and IPA and they were all pretty good.

narlus

07-28-2005, 04:16 PM

that's it. i'm gonna grab a six of some summer ale on the way home.

Senôr Lopez

08-09-2005, 07:46 PM

A nice IPA on a summer evening (especially after a long ride) is key. I just finished a few bottles of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA after a particularly brutal ride....mmmmm tasty!
And for those of you that want to take it to the next level go for the 90 Minute Imperial IPA. (9% Alc. by volume)