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What are you drinking tonight?

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While I had a great time in Oktoberfest, that beer isn't that good. Nor is any beer imo.

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Found something I like, so bought a few bottles. I like my liquor neat, perhaps a few cubes of ice. No mixer bullshit. Lots of football, now some gaming.

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I picked up a bottle of this on sale the other day for $35. It's bottled at barrel strength of 118 proof. You'd never know it. A dash of water and this stuff is incredibly smooth. Probably going back and getting a second bottle to warm my belly for the winter months. 😛

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Hendricks gin and half a lime. I wanted to finish the gin to free up space in the freezer. G&T season is now officially concluded.
 
Just finished a Sam Adams Honey Rye Pale Ale. It's alright. I'm kind of tired of hoppy beers. I don't want to say I don't like hoppy beers, but maybe I don't; dunno... It seems like hoppy is the default profile for craft(ish) beers anymore. Just tired of it I guess. I really enjoyed the black lager from the autumn sampler. I'd like to get some more of that.
 
I disliked IPAs for the longest time, then somehow I got roped into the the spicy bitterness. Now, I think my palate has been wrecked by them, I expect more hops than I get when trying other styles, even old favorites. My bro-in-law- claims your tastes change every so many years; I'm ready to be done with hoppiness myself. It could be that I should take a sabbatical from beer altogether, then start again with less hoppy styles.
 
lxskllr said:
Just finished a Sam Adams Honey Rye Pale Ale. It's alright. I'm kind of tired of hoppy beers. I don't want to say I don't like hoppy beers, but maybe I don't; dunno... It seems like hoppy is the default profile for craft(ish) beers anymore. Just tired of it I guess. I really enjoyed the black lager from the autumn sampler. I'd like to get some more of that.
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crashtech said:
I disliked IPAs for the longest time, then somehow I got roped into the the spicy bitterness. Now, I think my palate has been wrecked by them, I expect more hops than I get when trying other styles, even old favorites. My bro-in-law- claims your tastes change every so many years; I'm ready to be done with hoppiness myself. It could be that I should take a sabbatical from beer altogether, then start again with less hoppy styles.
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Stouts and porters will replace the hops with the subtlety of malt.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Stouts and porters will replace the hops with the subtlety of malt.
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Those are my favorite styles. Guinness was the first beer I really enjoyed. Previously, I just drank beer to fit in at parties, and after, I wouldn't even consider US adjunct beer. My tastes have expanded over time, and I can even enjoy a cheap macro beer as long as it has /some/ flavor, but I still consider Guinness my true love, even if there's others in the style that are technically better.

The one exception to that was draught Murpheys I was getting at the pub for a brief period of time. I don't know if it was a rogue batch, they changed, or what, but it had a very unique flavor of burnt currants. Almost like they went overboard on the malt roasting. After a year or so, it quit tasting like that. Still good, but no different than draught Guinness. I would literally pay $100 for another glass of the old product.
 
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