The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

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good stuff!

 

Summer beer trip underway. Now at American Solera in Tulsa.


Farmhouse foeder, cranberry, Norton sour, Apricot skin Farmhouse.

Good stuff

 

Whatcha got there? Report.

 

Last summer, I had flights of everything there...

 

Farmhouse foeder, clean lactic, light, crisp, fruity.
Norton sour, red wine barrel aged, lactic and wine.
Cranberry, some brett on back end, sour and fruit tartness can be overwhelming.
Apricot skin Farmhouse, fairly clean lactic, tart, crisp, a hint of fruit flavor.

 

After a brutally long week, time for an old favorite! Maudite!

 

@tacobell007



Very good. Crisp, nice amount of bitter, lots of bubbles, thick head.....would get this again!
$6/22oz.

 

Nice! Looks good!

 

For those that are interested here's a good article on the craft beer buyouts and consolidations...

https://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/16237/lord-of-the-barflies/

 

Did you hit Prairie Artisan Ales?

 

Torn Label, KC.



Alpha Pale Ale, great hoppy, dank, great edge.
31 Heroes (honoring Afghan hello crash), wheat IPA, sweet, easy drinking, moderate hops
Tongue-Lash, dry hopped Berlinner, very clean, crisp tart, I could drink this all day long
House brew, coffee wheat stout, good coffee flavor, not to big, tasty
Hang 'em High IPA, rotating hop beer, dank, resiny, great.

This is a must stop on a KC trip

 

We hit prairie after, deconstructed bomb good. Gold metal sour not so much. Appetizers underwhelming. It like friends from OK said, hit and miss, but you can trust the bomb.

 

Was very good.

 

Brewery Emperial, KC


Biscuit (ESB/Pale), even caramel, nice session beer

Berlinner, served with woodruff, doesn't need it, light, mildly acidic, too clean. Lighter examples of style, not cloudy.

English IPA, dark, mild hops, described as old world IPA (Bass clone)

Saison, tart, clean, well executed

White ale, fruity, spicy, rounded, good beer
Kolsch, could be crisper, dry, touch of acetylaldehyde.

British ale, touch of diacetyl in nose, more on tongue, not a total butter bomb. Emulating those British beers using ringworm (wold) yeast, but why???

Porter, sweet and toast balanced, great example of style. Solid beer.

Food is five star. The beers three plus. If British beers are your thing you will like it. If you are a hop head, you won't.

 

Border brewing KC,


Patio pale, mediocre, mild hops,

Rooftop red, malty, touch of hops, not bad

Shifts IPA, fruity hops (not citrus) 1st beer I like here

Campfire Porter, mild plus roast, low malt, hint of smoke, almost tastes burned. Meh

Experimental IPA 2, lots of malt, touch of hops, some fruit. Like a weak, hop starved double IPA

EXPERIMENTAL IPA 3, touch of fruit, low malt and hops, more meh

Experimental IPA 4, touch of dank, edge, cabbage, green, piney, pseudo skunked. For God's sake stop experimenting before you hurt someone. Actually it might be the best of them.

Chocolate milk nitro stout, take Youngs, water it down, steep a touch of roast and decarbonate it. Meh. Just weak.

 

Big Rip Brewing


Umbrella Kolsch., light, crisp, touch of sulfur, to style

Hefe the Killer, touch of clove, touch of bubblegum, touch of antiseptic, oops, wrong phenols. Strained yeast?

Groovy pale, slightly sweet, earthy hops,

Aisle 12 IPA, sweet, garlic, touch of diacetyl

Hawthorn sweet brown, clean, malty, nice sweetness.

 

Doc, what do you think?

 

I would hit that "One" then the "Big Red Barn" sounds tasty. Probably end with "The Dude" or the gose, since I have had "The Dude" already.
You there right now?

 

All right then. This should be one of the best places today. Crane Brewing. Sours.




Smoke em if you got em, this will take a while.

Grapefruit Gose, watery, touch of salt, no coriander, mine is better.

Orange Gose, better, not as watery, nice orange finish, some salt, well rounded, no coriander

Festiweiss. Flavored Berlinner, some cranberry, fruity, hint of ginger, clean, try, acidic.

Tea Weiss, oh man, tart sweet sour, fruity, very nice

Kumquat Weiss. Kumquat and lime, oh tart, nicely acidic and citrus, great.