favorite beer style/ type

[brewer]

something i'm interested in as both a home brewer and a professional Belgian.
What style or type of beer tickles your fancy best. Not so much interested in specific brands but more a general idea
do you like lager/ german weisen/ Trappist beers/red or amber/ russian imperial stout etc etc... what's your favorite

 

[Eeyore]

something i'm interested in as both a home brewer and a professional Belgian.

What is a "professional Belgian"?

I just had a Palm here in Gent ... but usually I prefer white beers (Wieckse Witte, for instance)

 

[brewer]

What is a "professional Belgian"?

a man born and bred to handle and make beer. and an inside joke to a popular youtube channel.

 

[Luc]

Belgian Ales are my go-to beers usually (buying and making). Double or triple fermentation. I also drink fruit beers on the occasion.

 

[Eeyore]

a man born and bred to handle and make beer. and an inside joke to a popular youtube channel.

Ahhh ... ok.

I practically live in Belgium lately (lot of work here), and I didn't get the context

 

[Eeyore]

Belgian Ales are my go-to beers usually (buying and making). Double or triple fermentation. I also drink fruit beers on the occasion.

As long as you don't do to our beers what you did to the Italian pizzas!

 

[_MementoMori_]

Can I pick a few?

Imperial Stouts
Barleywines
Porters
Rauchbiers
Barrel aged beers of any kind

 

[Luc]

As long as you don't do to our beers what you did to the Italian pizzas!

What happened to the pizzas?

 

[Eeyore]

What happened to the pizzas?

Yes, sorry, I know you live in Canada, not in the USA ... but I referred to what the American style pizza did to the Italian original

 

[Beerhunter]

hefeweizen and doppelbock.Also I like guinness foreign extra stout. Good luck in your adventures in home brew.Life's short drink up

 

[Kilroy08]

Mmmmm......

Pilsener
Dunkle
Marzen
Lagers

Although, shhh......
*whispering* (I do like American Adjunct Lagers too)

 

[Jake the Mess]

Depends on time of the year and occasion really. In winter there are (doppel)bocks, barley wines, imperial stouts/porters, triple/quadruple, while in summer I gravitate towards belgian Wits, hefes, golden ales and crispy lagers.

If i had to pick one style it would be a quite a fight between Saison and classic english type bitter.

 

[Eeyore]

Depends on time of the year and occasion really. In winter there are (doppel)bocks, barley wines, imperial stouts/porters, triple/quadruple, while in summer I gravitate towards belgian Wits, hefes, golden ales and crispy lagers.

If i had to pick one style it would be a quite a fight between Saison and classic english type bitter.

Ahh, but living in Central Europe, like you do, means living in the heartland of beer culture ... lots of choices from all around you!

 

[Khelben]

Porters and stouts. I'll go plenty out of my way to try a new brew of either style.

 

[Allegrabene]

Guinness. Theres only Guinness

 

[Relentless]

Just give me a REAL Belgian Ale and I'm happy.
Other than that I enjoy a good Saison, but they are nearly impossible to find.

 

[Curlingfly]

Irish Stouts
Porters
German Lagers
Hefe's
Trappist Ales

 

[Edcculus]

My favorite overall category is any session beer. Fall/summer tends toward the lighter styles. Hefeweizen, witte, English bitters etc. Its a shame though, that the Bitter is such a under represented style in the US. You can find some ESB's out there, but no Standard or Special Bitter. What I like mostly about the Standard and Special bitter is that is a low alcohol % beer that has tons of flavor. Since the Standard Bitter dips down into the 3% range, I think even most craft breweries are scared of it. Huge barrel aged Imperial high gravity beers make for better marketing than an awesome sessionable English Bitter.

There are some US breweries making REALLY good Belgian style ales. Ommegang, Allagash, Jolly Pumpkin, Russian River, and Unibroue (canada) to name a few. I actually find that a lot of beer imported ends up oxidised once it reaches my hands here in the states due to poor storage and shipping conditions. There was a short period where Ommegang contracted with Duvel to brew their beer at the Ommegang brewery. It was the best Duvel I ever tasted. They don't do it anymore, and Duvel is back to tasting like wet cardboard unless you can get it on tap.

 

[Eeyore]

There are some US breweries making REALLY good Belgian style ales. Ommegang, Allagash, Jolly Pumpkin, Russian River, and Unibroue (canada) to name a few. I actually find that a lot of beer imported ends up oxidised once it reaches my hands here in the states due to poor storage and shipping conditions. There was a short period where Ommegang contracted with Duvel to brew their beer at the Ommegang brewery. It was the best Duvel I ever tasted. They don't do it anymore, and Duvel is back to tasting like wet cardboard unless you can get it on tap.

That's interesting ... so beer quickly detoriates when international shipping goes wrong? I didn't know that.

I have noticed that export Grolsch beer tastes different from the domestic beer ... but I always thought that this was due to different tastes abroad.

 

[KCee]

I usually favor IPA's, but it depends on the season and the mood. Dogfish Head 60 & 90 minutes are always faves.