Nice blurb on GQ.com about some cool "Macro Brews". Must say I'm a huge fan of the Matilda.
Tallboys used to mean sixteen-ounce cans of beer-flavored water. And then craft brewers realized that they can break out of their tiny bottles
"After a great deal of rigorous field research, we've decided that twenty-two ounces is the perfect amount of beer: It's just enough to deliver a buzz without sending anyone home sloshed or turning happy hour into a finish-the-dregs chore. Twenty-two-ounce bottles (known in the parlance as "bombers") have been around for decades, but they lingered on the margins of alcoholic history until craft beer went mainstream. Today bombers are the discerning boozehound's new tallboy, the vessel of choice for many of our better brews. They'll class up your cookouts and tuck snugly into your beach cooler. And for the first time in your drinking life, one will be enough."
From left to right:
Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Wild Ale
Petaluma, CA
The name may be ludicrous, but the beer itself is special: hoppy like an IPA and yet boasting the sunny, biting frothiness of a Belgian golden ale. At a whomping 8.85 percent alcohol content (and a dangerously cheap five bucks or so), it's as strong as beers twice that price.
New Belgium Brewing Transatlantique Kriek
Fort Collins, CO
Pink foam? Yep, that's what you get when your beer is brewed with juicy cherries. Sweet and also slightly tart, it's not the manliest of brews, but it goes mighty nicely with chocolate-chip pancakes—and screw anyone who has a problem with that.
Abita Save Our Shore Pilsner
Abita Springs, LA
It's always nice to help a good cause while getting blitzed. With every bottle of SOS sold, the Gulf Coast brewer Abita sends a handful of change to post-oil-spill rebuilding efforts. In the bottle is an unpretentious, down-on-the-bayou American pils—an elevated Bud with a nice bitter edge.
Goose Island Matilda Belgian Style Ale
Chicago, IL
About as Belgian as American beers get, Matilda is crisp and light, pleasantly bubbly and faintly fruity. It practically demands to be enjoyed in a gigantic tulip glass, a slice of orange impaled on the edge, as you wash down a plate of barbecued chicken.
BrewDog Dogma
Ellon, Scotland
This one is dark (like, coffee-dark), but the Scots who brew it throw in enough heather honey to sweeten it up. The resulting beverage is rich and serious enough to impress your beer-nerd friends, even if the name "BrewDog" evokes Spuds MacKenzie memories. Maybe he was Scottish, too?
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/05/best-22oz-microbrew-beers.html#ixzz2SHDVd2lA
Tallboys used to mean sixteen-ounce cans of beer-flavored water. And then craft brewers realized that they can break out of their tiny bottles
"After a great deal of rigorous field research, we've decided that twenty-two ounces is the perfect amount of beer: It's just enough to deliver a buzz without sending anyone home sloshed or turning happy hour into a finish-the-dregs chore. Twenty-two-ounce bottles (known in the parlance as "bombers") have been around for decades, but they lingered on the margins of alcoholic history until craft beer went mainstream. Today bombers are the discerning boozehound's new tallboy, the vessel of choice for many of our better brews. They'll class up your cookouts and tuck snugly into your beach cooler. And for the first time in your drinking life, one will be enough."
From left to right:
Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Wild Ale
Petaluma, CA
The name may be ludicrous, but the beer itself is special: hoppy like an IPA and yet boasting the sunny, biting frothiness of a Belgian golden ale. At a whomping 8.85 percent alcohol content (and a dangerously cheap five bucks or so), it's as strong as beers twice that price.
New Belgium Brewing Transatlantique Kriek
Fort Collins, CO
Pink foam? Yep, that's what you get when your beer is brewed with juicy cherries. Sweet and also slightly tart, it's not the manliest of brews, but it goes mighty nicely with chocolate-chip pancakes—and screw anyone who has a problem with that.
Abita Save Our Shore Pilsner
Abita Springs, LA
It's always nice to help a good cause while getting blitzed. With every bottle of SOS sold, the Gulf Coast brewer Abita sends a handful of change to post-oil-spill rebuilding efforts. In the bottle is an unpretentious, down-on-the-bayou American pils—an elevated Bud with a nice bitter edge.
Goose Island Matilda Belgian Style Ale
Chicago, IL
About as Belgian as American beers get, Matilda is crisp and light, pleasantly bubbly and faintly fruity. It practically demands to be enjoyed in a gigantic tulip glass, a slice of orange impaled on the edge, as you wash down a plate of barbecued chicken.
BrewDog Dogma
Ellon, Scotland
This one is dark (like, coffee-dark), but the Scots who brew it throw in enough heather honey to sweeten it up. The resulting beverage is rich and serious enough to impress your beer-nerd friends, even if the name "BrewDog" evokes Spuds MacKenzie memories. Maybe he was Scottish, too?
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/05/best-22oz-microbrew-beers.html#ixzz2SHDVd2lA
