The Craft Beer Thread

Traditional German Marzen, slow fermented for 3 weeks and lagered at freezing before kegging. Brilliant beer, this. The pictures maybe doesn't show this, but this beer is absolutely crystal clear:

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Toxxyc said:
Traditional German Marzen, slow fermented for 3 weeks and lagered at freezing before kegging. Brilliant beer, this. The pictures maybe doesn't show this, but this beer is absolutely crystal clear:

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You enjoying the kegging clarity by any chance? :D
Looks really good!
 
I've had a few of those Eichbaum beers. I'm not a typical beer snob, and I like A LOT of the commercial offerings on the market. However, I hate pretty much all their beers. Their styles aren't bad, they're just really really bland for me. There's also a flavour that permeates through the whole range I've had so far, and I'm not a fan. It even picks up in their non-alcoholic offering, and that tells me it's not necessarily a flaw, but rather their flavour, so I'll give it to them. They make a beer I do not like. Simple.
 
Toxxyc said:
I've had a few of those Eichbaum beers. I'm not a typical beer snob, and I like A LOT of the commercial offerings on the market. However, I hate pretty much all their beers. Their styles aren't bad, they're just really really bland for me. There's also a flavour that permeates through the whole range I've had so far, and I'm not a fan. It even picks up in their non-alcoholic offering, and that tells me it's not necessarily a flaw, but rather their flavour, so I'll give it to them. They make a beer I do not like. Simple.
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Which stout, if you drink that, do you prefer?
 
I actually prefer the sweet chocolate milk stout that I make myself, but I enjoy most other sweeter stouts most. Plenty of good stouts out there (even Guinness in a can), but I do lean toward the sweeter, more chocolate-oriented stouts myself as opposed to the roasted bitter stouts you sometimes get. There's one made seasonally by Birkenhead brewery in the Cape, called their "Chocolate Stout". It doesn't have the best score on the UnTappd app, but I love it. I got a few a while ago as they're pretty scarce around Pretoria.
 
Toxxyc said:
I've had a few of those Eichbaum beers. I'm not a typical beer snob, and I like A LOT of the commercial offerings on the market. However, I hate pretty much all their beers. Their styles aren't bad, they're just really really bland for me. There's also a flavour that permeates through the whole range I've had so far, and I'm not a fan. It even picks up in their non-alcoholic offering, and that tells me it's not necessarily a flaw, but rather their flavour, so I'll give it to them. They make a beer I do not like. Simple.
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I found the same thing with Eichbaum its almost like they use 1 beer and try flavor it to different beer styles.
 
Sir Bob said:
I found the same thing with Eichbaum its almost like they use 1 beer and try flavor it to different beer styles.
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I've never thought of it that way, but that's a great way of putting it, yes.
 
so ... anyone know wtf is up with craft beer availability these days?

whenever the mood strikes and I think today is the day I buy a special treat for myself I find only the same tired old choices: Devils Peak, Jack Black, CBC (only the boring range) and Newland's Spring, where's the rest?!?

the online stores of Stellies Brewing and Drifter Brewing are completely out of stock, I know the multiple alcohol bans must've really hurt a bunch of breweries and the supply chain itself also took big knocks, but I just assumed they'll sort of recover by now

seems we're doomed to a choice of four brands and no interesting flavours, if you want a decent stout or an imperial IPA you can get fahked, just doesn't exist anymore :crying:
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
so ... anyone know wtf is up with craft beer availability these days?

whenever the mood strikes and I think today is the day I buy a special treat for myself I find only the same tired old choices: Devils Peak, Jack Black, CBC (only the boring range) and Newland's Spring, where's the rest?!?

the online stores of Stellies Brewing and Drifter Brewing are completely out of stock, I know the multiple alcohol bans must've really hurt a bunch of breweries and the supply chain itself also took big knocks, but I just assumed they'll sort of recover by now

seems we're doomed to a choice of four brands and no interesting flavours, if you want a decent stout or an imperial IPA you can get fahked, just doesn't exist anymore :crying:
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Was at the The Biggest Little Beer Shop the other day who usually have an awesome selection.
But it was terribly empty.

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dualmeister said:
Was at the The Biggest Little Beer Shop the other day who usually have an awesome selection.
But it was terribly empty.

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that is a worry, never been but always hear people raving about the huge selection ... if they are struggling to source craft beer there must be something serious going on in the industry
 
I gave the owner at RHBC and he said the lockdowns really hurt. They are pretty only doing their core range as they are trying to catch up. It sucks
 
50% of craft breweries closed down, and a further 80% of the surviving ones are at risk of closing down due to the lockdowns. So yes, craft beer is not a good marker right now.
 
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