What is the main reason you drink beer?
Bump for solved, that was a fun puzzle. It was interesting learning about making homebrew beer. I'm not a beer drinker though, don't really like the taste but wish I did haha, I prefer my spirits. I'm not going to comment about beer on the ga though as I already own the other games.
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I'm glad you liked it :-)
About not liking beer, here's something I wrote in the Bierzerkers giveaway discussion:
I do think however that if your experience with beer is limited to pale lagers (probably 95% of beer sold worldwide) then you owe it to yourself to try more interesting beer. Some of them can be so different from pale lagers that you would never guess they're actually beer. A few examples that I think are worth a try:
- Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock (or any other good Doppelbock)
- Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (contains no chocolate)
- Tripel Karmeliet
- Fuller’s London Porter
- Liefmans Fruitesse
If you try these very different beers and none of them appeal to you, then yes, perhaps you're not going to like beer. But I would be very surprised if you don't consider any of these to be delicious and enjoyable.
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Ah ok, awesome. Thanks for the suggestions, might have to give those a go.
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Drinking black crown now, I just do it for slight buzz.
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Great gif! I wonder what they used for the head of the beer to get the cat to lick it :-)
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I can't enter the giveaway, (only level 2) but I'm a beer lover myself.
I used to like Bitters, but these days my favourite beer is usually a lager or sometimes a pale ale and I've made a few brews in my time, mostly lagers and once a nice stout just for a change, with some apple slices in it to give just a touch of sweetness - The apple also cuts a lot of the yeasty taste you can sometimes get.
However about a year ago, my brother came over for a barbie, (That's BBQ for non-aussies), and happened to bring over a quite a decent Ginger Beer he'd managed to brew at a local Brewing House.
After about 3 or 4 bottles, I shakenly realised I was actually intoxicated... I can usually slam down more than that at a barbie and was surprised to learn that the testing process they use at the brewery is supposed to limit the alcohol to about 4%, but somehow my bother had managed to produce one that was in excess of 14%.
Now the nasty bastard won't give me the recipe and charges me $40 a case.
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You can actually enter the Skyrim and Just Cause Collection giveaways. Both are Level 0. You just need to answer the quiz first and comment on the Bierzerkers giveaway (which is Level 3).
Much respect for brewing lagers. I only did it twice and it was a lot more challenging than brewing an ale. Luckily I prefer ales, so don't plan to brew lagers in the near future. I definitely want to brew a Doppelbock, which is by far my preferred type of lager, but I can't stomach to thought of 3 months of lagering. I'll need to get a dedicated fridge for that.
I haven't tried to brew Ginger beer. It's on my to do list. Getting more alcohol is usually a matter of using less water and choosing the right yeast. I'm also very fond of high-ABV beer, not so much because of the buzz, but because everything is normally more enhanced - flavors, aroma, body.
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Fun puzzle :)
There's a local brewery where I enjoy their dark lager.
I primarily enjoy dark lagers and stouts, though enjoy them all really.
While I've yet to brew my own, I have helped my father brew on several occasions though. As I drink infrequently I've yet to bother getting my own setup far from home.
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Have you tried Doppelbock beers? To me these are by far the most enjoyable lagers. They're dark, full bodies and rich. A real delight. My favorite is Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock.
BTW, you'd be surprised how straightforward it is to brew a good stout at home. You won't get that crema-like head of a Guinness (you need nitrogen for that), but you can get a really great tasting stout. It's one style that works perfectly well with extract (and specialty grains). Much better than any of the pale colored beers.
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One day I may venture into brewing my own beer, but I mostly drink while out with friends and don't have that much interest at the moment. I'll keep an eye out for Doppelbock beer, thanks for the tip.
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Although I'm not a beer drinker myself, I've always found the history of beer and ale quite fascinating.
It appears that especially ale was commonly warmed up and served without foam up until the Victorian era, at least here in England.
Charles Dickens describes a scene in "David Copperfield" where Miss Betsey (if I recall correctly) was having hot ale for breakfast, and she soaked stripes of toast in it. Imagine the flavour, yummy!
Also, in "The Pickwick Papers" Mr Weller is depicted "shaking up the ale, by describing small circles with the pot, preparatory to drinking".
Going further back, in Middle Ages "ale-maidens" used to brew ale in the same premises where it was then sold, exposing an ale-wand to advertise that the ale was ready.
These ale-houses later became public-houses, today's pubs.
Even in the town where I live, still today you can see signs advertising a "public-house and brewery".
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Interesting bits of history that I wasn't familiar with. Thanks for sharing!
We're so used to beer being served cold that it never crossed my mind to heat it up, but I wouldn't rule it out. I'm very much in favor of experimentation. I do always taste beer right before bottling. At this stage it's at room temperature and ומcarbonated, but it can be tasty. For some reason stouts especially can taste good at this stage.
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Practically all commercial beers use a blend of different malts and usually different types of hops. Some homebrewers brew SMaSH beers (Single Malt and Single Hops), but I don't think you can find commercial beers that are made with this approach and I'm also not sure if it's something you'd want.
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Added one more GA, for Trine 2: Complete Story (no level restriction).
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I enjoyed your quiz and also refreshing my knowlegde about brewing beer. But now my tong is very dry! :-P
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Accept only lagers -1. Pilsner Urquell 2. Budweiser 3. Grolsh.
Don't like dark, heavy beers like Guinness, apart of that that even bad beer is good. ;)
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That's correct, as You can see i really like Czech beers. To be honest those beers, Ceska Zbrojovka and Bohemia Interactive are the only good things that I can tell about that country. But as long as they produce Pilsner Urquell i really don't care. Cheers!
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Bump for solved =)
I like to drink a bottle or glass of bear occasionally, but not often in the last years.
I've tasted many popular brands - from Mexican Sol to Japanese Asahi, but my favorite are Czech brands - Velvet, Pilsner Urquell, Krušovice (pale lager preferably). I especially love them from the tap, as taste from the bottle is different. I also like Irish stouts - Guinness, Murphy's and others.
As for the homebrewing, I'm afraid it is impossible in our tiny apartments =) My grand-grandfather, who lived in the country, brewed his own bear, and my father loved it, as well as all the others who lived in that village, but in the end the art and the secrets of brewing were lost.
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Brewing beer using extract (+ specialty grains) doesn't require a lot of space. You need a stove, a pot and a fermentation container. Granted you won't be able to brew a pale lager this way (for various reasons), but if you like stouts you can get great results.
Can you tell me more about this "bear" brew? I don't think I saw it mentioned elsewhere.
Note that you need to add a comment in the Bierzerkers giveaway to get an invite for the group with the other giveaways. Sorry if that wasn't clear from my post.
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Maybe I'll try it sometimes, but I also worry about the room temperature - it is around 28°C most time of the year because of the sun in spring and summer, and heating in winter =(
Oh, it is my common mistype - I meant just "beer" =D (just did it again, while typing this reply =))
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I also live in a warm country and solved this by fermenting in a wine fridge (which normally holds a few bottles of red wine and a lot of chocolate), but that of course would require extra space and some additional expense.
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I don't drink beer, just socially sometimes, but very rarely tho...more into red wine. And I work in a Brew Pub lolz
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Favourite beer = Franziskaner Weissbier
Favourite styles = Wheat beers and pilsners for the most part. Not too keen on stouts.
I've tried a cheap Newcastle Brown brewing kit, didn't come out too well.
Also dabbled in making my own booze out other stuff. There's a brand of concentrated blackcurrant juice that you add water to before drinking where I am called Ribena. Turned it onto "Ribena wine" and can't say I liked it at all. Knocked up a couple of batches of WOW (wurzel's orange wine) made from store-bought orange juice and grape juice mixed together which was better. I've done a cider a few times out of apple juice as well.
Might have a proper crack at beer making in the future as by chance I was without hot water and heating for a couple of months recently as my system packed in. Ended up buying something like this so I could have hot water until I could aford to get a new boiler installed. I know that some folk like to use similar bits of kit tas their mash tun so maybe I could too.
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I'm from Venezuela, and I have try many brands and types of beers.
But I'll go for the home team:
Brewery: Cervezería Polar
Beer: Polar Ice
Style: Pilsen
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Yirg... I started solving the beer brewing quiz... Is the ga still active for this?
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Yes, 3 more days remain for all giveaways. I'll update the OP with this info.
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I really love beer, every taste and every kind, maybe the IPA is the taste that I don't love too much but I like it anyway. My favourite beer is an handmade Italian beer that sell in a pub near where I live. My others favourite commercial beer are Birra Castello, another Italian beer and the Franziskaner Weiss :D
Unfortunately I don't know how to brew a beer but I love to drink it :D
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Thanks for giving us so much time to work on your puzzle (Read: I finally got around to the puzzle).
:-) Lot of fun learning about homebrewing.
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My favorite brewery would have to be Stone Brewing from California but there are plenty of runners up. I don't really have a favorite beer since what I want to drink is based on what season it is, what I'm eating, and what I'm craving that day.
My three favorite styles are something dark (stout), something light (hefeweizen), and something bitter (IPA).
I haven't done any brewing recently, but when I lived in Boston my roommates had a brewing kit and we brewed several batches. We did an English Ale, a grapefruit IPA (turned out really strong but still good), and something else I can't remember.
Two of my closest friends from high school moved in together after college and brewed about a batch each month. Some of the best ones they did were a Christmas stout (chocolate and peppermint) and a summer wheat with apricot. One of them is now an Assistant Brewer at a craft brewery in Boston.
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I love beer. I love exploring the many different styles of beer and comparing different beers from within the same style. I love brewing my own and experimenting with different recipes, ingredients and techniques. I love tasting beer and taking notes of nuances (as my limited senses and knowledge allow), I sometimes even write a short review about a beer that I liked (or one that I didn't). I’m ok with a bit of a buzz, although it’s not a goal in itself. I normally don’t get any buzz because I drink a bottle or so a day and that’s simply not enough to have any such effect on me. I don’t enjoy getting drunk and practically never do.
The poll here unfortunately doesn’t support voting for multiple options, so I'll go for a short survey format...
See the first comment below for a bit about homebrewing and of course the giveaways :-)
Update: Quiz answers. The quiz is here if you want to try it before seeing the answers...
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