Summer Beer

[Fueling Around]

I drank the Dirty Pete shortly after Father's Day. It was OK, but not something I would seek out and pay the big bucks.

 

[Plinsc]

I was a kid swiping one from the garage refrigerator then! NW Ohio at that time. I’ll have to see what I can find on that.

 

[bigfurmn]

I drank the Dirty Pete shortly after Father's Day. It was OK, but not something I would seek out and pay the big bucks.

Well that sucks, it sounded good. I think I tried the NE IPA in your third picture, I thought it was pretty good.

 

[bigfurmn]

Just tried a watermelon ale from a brewery locally. Holy crap, summer in a glass. Surprisingly good. No pics of that but a couple crowlers I'm enjoying right now.

 

[mneeley490]

Bear... I wish I could get Yuengling here. Rumor has it I might be able to buy then end of the year but I load up the trunk everytime we head east to visit the wife's family. Once I get back everyone wants to come over and enjoy some. Makes for a great time to smoke something. I also love some Genny beers.

Ha, I had heard of Yuengling beer, but never saw any here in the PNW. For years, I thought it was a Chinese beer like Tsingtao.

I am blessed here with more small breweries than I can shake a stick at. Other than Red Hook or Elysian who have wide distribution, you've probably never heard of most of them.
Some are in my neighborhood, probably 20 more just a few minutes drive away. Some can or bottle (especially during the COVID lockdown), but for many I can just go fill a growler or two. Citra hopped beer and NE IPAs are also very big during the summer here.

 

[Fueling Around]

I departed the PNW 20 years ago and the large amount of local area and regional breweries was astounding. Granted some of them were pretty bad.
PNW innovated the growler.

 

[mneeley490]

I departed the PNW 20 years ago and the large amount of local area and regional breweries was astounding. Granted some of them were pretty bad.
PNW innovated the growler.

I'm of a mind that unless it's being run by an experienced brewer (and a lot of them are amateur startups), there is about a 2 year learning curve for nano breweries. In other words, if they survive for 2 years, odds are that what they put out after that point will be decent and drinkable.

 

[mneeley490]

This is one of my favorite local places. Everything you see in the video is literally done in his garage.

 

[rc4u]

i'm not much for lager's. so when Sam's puts out there summer ale i grab em.. its a citrus wheat.. and goes down nice

 

[Brokenhandle]

Don't drink much beer anymore but Hamms still had the best dang commercials in my opinion!

Ryan

 

[mneeley490]

Don't drink much beer anymore but Hamms still had the best dang commercials in my opinion!

Ryan

Rainier had some good ones in their day.

 

[SmokinEdge]

I don’t drink it, but what about those Budweiser frogs with Luey and Frank the lizards? That was pretty good stuff.

 

[forktender]

 

[Fueling Around]

Rainier had some good ones in their day.
...

Rain ... Nier... Beer... Classic

My favorite is still a Henry's commercial.
The saloon scene where the old cowboy predicts in a hundred years "only little girls will ride horses".
Henry's Ale on draft was my favorite.

 

[bbqjefff]

Mostly 805 Cerveza and Michelob Ultra. Michelob Ultra is my favorite light beer.

 

[Plinsc]

I approach beer like food, always something different.
Unfortunately the IPA trend, the sours, anything with fruit forward taste is on my yuck list, and that is what is being made mostly now.
For cutting grass, gardening, slaughtering rabbits, chickens, and ducks it’s usually Pabst or Keystone light.
Yuengling, Fat tire, (though they have priced themselves out of my buying habits now)
Dry stouts like Guinness, milk stouts, lagers, pilsners, dark ales, are my go to styles.
Anything locally made has me trying their lineups.
Approach it like food and you will enjoy the variety more.
I didn’t even bring up the local small winery’s or Distillery options to try!

 

[mneeley490]

I've noticed a trend with some of the craft breweries around here (and there are dozens.) Some are making "craft" pilsners now, and making them very well. Amazing how just the freshness can beat the macrobrew pilsners of old.

 

[YooperSmoker]

We have a saying up here
''Don't eat yellow snow,, Dont drink yellow beer''

summer/winter

Keweenaw Brewing Company

kbc.beer

Mike

 

[mneeley490]

LOL.

 

[noboundaries]

Unfortunately the IPA trend, the sours, anything with fruit forward taste is on my yuck list, and that is what is being made mostly now.

Amen. Not a fan.

But, I do like the lemony summer shandies and orangey hefs when it gets hot.