tschu Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Lucky Bucket's new Oktoberfest impressed me as well. Hmm...must try this... JJHusker, Latitude 48 is a thoroughly mediocre IPA. Of all the Sam Adams products I've tried, Octoberfest is the only good one. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Lucky Bucket's new Oktoberfest impressed me as well. Hmm...must try this... JJHusker, Latitude 48 is a thoroughly mediocre IPA. Of all the Sam Adams products I've tried, Octoberfest is the only good one. The Octoberfest is definitely the best of their brews that I've had but Boston Lager and the Dunkelweizen are both extremely good beers IMO. In fact, SA Boston Lager and NB Fat Tire are the 2 beers that I refuse to run out of at home. For some reason I was not expecting much out of their Lat 48 IPA even before you said it was mediocre. I love really good IPA's but have had many more IPA's that weren't very good at all. I think a lot of a persons IPA preference has to do with the hops used. Of course the beer itself needs to be right but high hop brews are greatly influenced by a persons particular tastes for bitterness, aroma, and flavor. There are certain varieties of hops that I like and some that I just plain don't care for. Being a home brewer, it is amazing how much you can change a beer with the type, timing, and amount of hops used. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Is New Belgian Abbey worth driving 50 miles for? Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Boston Lager isn't bad for sure. Just not something I would go raving on about. Fat Tire is my go-to pretty much everywhere 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Is New Belgian Abbey worth driving 50 miles for? I would say yes, especially if that 50 miles gives you access to more good beers that you can take home with you. IIRC you don't have ready access to many of the beers mentioned in this forum so, yeah, I'd make the drive. Abbey is pretty amazing. The only times I have ever had it were directly from the New Belgium brewery in Ft Collins so hopefully it doesn't lose anything in the bottling &transportion process. I'd feel bad if you made the trip and didn't like it but I don't think that's likely. Quote Link to comment
RockyMountainOySker Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Anyone had Boulevard's new 80 acre wheat?? Just made it to Chicago this week but I haven't had a chance to grab one yet. Randomly ended up at a bar in Omaha the first night they had it and had a great deal on it. I liked it better than the Boulevard Wheat, which is pretty overrated in the region IMO. I completely agree regarding Unfiltered Wheat. I like it but I remember thinking it was the best beer ever. That was before I moved to Chicago, an incredible place for microbrews. Very interested to try the 80 acre though. Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Boston Lager isn't bad for sure. Just not something I would go raving on about. Fat Tire is my go-to pretty much everywhere +1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I drank this stuff all summer. And it is awesome!! I see the post two above for Boulevard 80-Acre Wheat two posts above. Nice! Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Tried Lucky Bucket's Octoberfest and Empyrean's Aries Marzen last night. The LB is ok . . . but not nearly as good as Sam Adams Octoberfest. Empyrean's Marzen was (I don't even like typing this! great company, good people) probably the worst beer that I've had in the last year. Just . . . bad. Yuck. 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerFanChuck Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 My go-tos, for the most part, are Empyrean Ale's Dark Sky Vanilla Porter (love the flavor) and Third Stone Brown, or more regularly, New Belgium's 1554. If 1554 is around, that's what I'm drinking. Smoothest dark I've ever tasted, and the chocolate comes across VERY nicely. Other than that, I'll give anything a go as far as beers at least once. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Damn. Sam Adams Octoberfest is reeeeaaally good this year. Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Damn. Sam Adams Octoberfest is reeeeaaally good this year. It's damn good every year! 1 Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Damn. Sam Adams Octoberfest is reeeeaaally good this year. It's damn good every year! 9 and half a six pack in Oklahoma. Bought 2 six packs the other night. It's still one of their best. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Bought the New Belgian Abbey today. A little strong on the back side, but a very good beer. Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 tried shiner oktoberfest, did not really care for it. finally found some 80-acre, and i did like that quite a bit. very well balanced (whatever that means). Quote Link to comment
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