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Post by earle on Sept 7, 2018 18:38:21 GMT 10
Technically it's spring and it may even start warming up soon. What do you reckon? How forken good is drinking a beer to match the season.
A rich stout or barleywine in winter. Maybe a wit or weizen in spring. A crisp pilsner in summer. An amber ale in autumn.
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Post by DCB on Sept 7, 2018 19:03:39 GMT 10
No rules! for me. Seasonal beers do make sense too. Nothing wrong with drinking them off season too. It can be somewhat, nostalgic? like music. If winter is pissing me off I may play summer stuff in rebellion.  |
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Post by manticle on Sept 7, 2018 19:23:37 GMT 10
I really love stout during the season that runs from January until December.
Also a warming Belgian dark strong is great during misk*.
Can't celebrate the beginning, middle and end of the year without an alt though
In all seriousness, I do have beers that match weather and seasons in my head- always go stout heavy around autumn and try and bust out at least one lager/pils type any time from spring onwards. APAs and bitters get a run throughout the year. Generally though, all beer is good beer, all year**
*misk historically runs for twelve months but has no specific beginning or end point.
**except if it’s shit
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Post by Lord Raja Goomba I on Sept 7, 2018 19:25:05 GMT 10
We have 2 seasons in SEQ, hot and less hot. Generally don't drink my stouts when hot. But a light bodied porter or a Schwartzbier is great in summer.
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Post by 2cranky on Sept 7, 2018 19:42:42 GMT 10
It’s beer season isn’t it. he says with 2 stouts, 2 RIS, a 9% IIPA on tap and 2 APA coming on oh and 2 lagers fermenting plus 2 more in planning.  |
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Post by technobabble66 on Sept 7, 2018 19:52:27 GMT 10
All beer all year.
New ACB slogan right there!
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Post by randai on Sept 7, 2018 20:00:52 GMT 10
Yeah not sure how much I stick to seasons, but sometimes the moment strikes and I really enjoy it. Other times I get nostalgic for the opposite season, much like soup in summer, because why should soup only be in winter.
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Post by Wereprawn on Sept 7, 2018 20:27:40 GMT 10
Not really a seasonal brewer, but....I do like a strong, rich stout on our day of winter ( in particularly brutal years we have an extended season of 3 or 4 days), but in the height of summer something I can down a dozen schooners of and wake up fresh the next morning is the go, between 4-4.5% abv is perfect.
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Post by TidalPete on Sept 7, 2018 20:56:18 GMT 10
Nothing wrong with a RIS in December or a Saison in July!  No seasonal beer police wanted here at Sharkbait Brewery.  |
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Post by MTB on Sept 7, 2018 21:30:18 GMT 10
Generally I'm anything goes but sometimes I'll match a beer to the temperature, not the season. If I'm outside next to the fire on a cool night or shivering my nuts off in my cold-as-fork shed I'll have a porter for example, because I am personally cold.
I've had the shits with recent local club meetings because everyone's brought a bloody stout, or schwarzbier, or something equally malty/dark while I'm the odd one out bringing other stuff. When I asked whether anyone had brought a nice light ale or even a light lager I was promptly told "well it's winter after all", as though the outside temperature somehow affected us as we milled around the climate controlled room @ 22C.
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Post by DCB on Sept 7, 2018 22:01:17 GMT 10
I will tend to brewing in season of temperature control. I just wish I had the cellar storage space. For the best benefits of storage space that means any beer/ any time of year.
Thread worthy:
Local Cellar storage space.? Is there such a thing?
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Post by feralbass on Sept 8, 2018 6:41:37 GMT 10
Generally I'll drink anything any time, regardless of season.
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Post by mrwibble on Sept 8, 2018 10:07:11 GMT 10
I like it, except I like to drink dunkels, porters & stouts all year.
So "Yay!" for when it's seasonally acceptable to drink dark beers, and "Boo!" otherwise.
That said, I'm lagering my fest-bier for later in the month (and all summer).
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Post by Grott on Sept 8, 2018 13:09:37 GMT 10
Don’t even think beer, season etc. My all round brew is English Bitter (alway on tap) and then anything I might fancy. Nothing wrong with a milk stout with a roast on a hot day.
If it tastes good, pours well and cold then down it goes.
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Post by altone on Sept 8, 2018 16:19:19 GMT 10
I tend to brew Pilsners in winter and ales otherwise, just because of temp control.
I have been known to make a porter or 2 for winter though
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Post by niftinev on Sept 8, 2018 17:06:44 GMT 10
Just drink and make what i feel like, not too what the season is.
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Post by Grott on Sept 9, 2018 13:20:26 GMT 10
shivering my nuts off in my cold-as-fork shed I'll have a porter for example, because I am personally cold. No wonder  |
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Post by Lord Raja Goomba I on Sept 9, 2018 13:37:35 GMT 10
It's made of wood not destroyed whitegoods.
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Post by MTB on Sept 9, 2018 13:44:33 GMT 10
It's made of wood not destroyed whitegoods. What looks like snow is in fact insulation scraped out of destroyed fridges. |
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Post by Lord Raja Goomba I on Sept 9, 2018 13:46:05 GMT 10
Obviously one compressor is still working if you are cold and want a porter.
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Post by MTB on Sept 9, 2018 14:18:58 GMT 10
Obviously one compressor is still working if you are cold and want a porter. I always let one survive to tell the tale |
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