And how many today? And how many per capita?
I did notice this one...not far from comiteman and his stuff...Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill
Bell's/Kalamazoo Third Coast Old Ale 10.2
Third Coast Old Ale - Bell's Brewery, Inc. - BeerAdvocate
glad to see the American beer industry comeback
from the net:
"The late 1800s had been the golden age for American breweries with close to 4,000 breweries in operation across America. Through the first two decades of the 1900s, the machine gun rat tat tat of the march toward Prohibition mowed down breweries like the St. Valentine?s Day massacre. By 1918 there were about 1,000 breweries left and by the time Prohibition took effect, just two years later, there were half that many."
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And how many today? And how many per capita?
Bell's Oberon is hugely popular around here. I had it once but wasn't impressed. I should probably try it again. It's the only Bell's product I've had...... I think.
Audio_by_Goodwill
Michigan, USA
Quality beers are often an acquired taste.
People with strong personalities are often offensive at first meeting. Not that they mean to be...
A beer that is different is gonna taste different. It may not mean to offend either.
Even in other new things, not just beer, things I didn't like at first turned out great. I think it's just humans are wired for stability instead of change.:coffeedrinker:
Only the brave embrace and try new things...
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Odd how conversations mutate...we started out talking about unloading and wind up talking about getting loaded.:2thumbsup:
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mmmmm...not exactly.
I've brewed beer up to about 9% at home using nothing more than a large quantity of malted barley, resulting in a high starting specific gravity. The ABV or alcohol by volume is determined by measuring the starting SG, subtracting the finishing SG, and calculating your alcohol percentage.
Traditional yeasts will have a ceiling as the alcohol, which is a yeast waste product, causes the yeast to go dormant. However, there are other types of yeast available which allow fermentation to somewhere in the 12-14% range, just like wine. Many fine barley wines are commercially available, and can be dynamite in the bottle.
In general the darker the color and the thicker and chewier the beer, the longer it can be aged. I just had a Carolina Brewing Winter Porter, bottled in 2003 a few weeks ago, and it was excellent. The characteristically sweet porter had become a bit drier with the flavors becoming a bit more refined in the aging period. You don't always get so lucky aging a beer, but in many cases these thick rich beers get better with some age....:2thumbsup:
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You is the wrong one here...re-read...it was specifically said cheap beer sold at gas stations, I answered why he wasn't impressed with it.
I went on to then discuss high quality high alcohol beers. At no point implied THEY were frozen or abused.
Just setting the record straight. I REALLY do try to make accurate posts, but don't give up, I am a human, so will be wrong. Just ask the redhead...
Got caught posting Altec/Tapco mixers were made by another company for instance. Turns out only one model Altec was.
FWIW, one of the cheapest routes to high alcohol beer is to toss in champagne yeast at the end...it can survive past the content that kills the regular stuff.
Note the 10.2 percent beer I posted a link to qualifies as a barleywine...or at least the maker says so...
"A barley wine with deep amber color. The brandy of ales, this beer has vintage character and will mature in the bottle at cellar temperature for years."
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Sorry. Some of the posts are a bit choppy.
I stand behind the aging part of my post however....
And there are lots of ways to get to high alcohol content in malted beverages. The home brew I mentioned used a yeast called "Brewers Secret" which I found out after my Imperial stouts started exploding had an extra enzyme included that could also eat the supposed non-digestibles from some of the more complex malts...
Needless to say my wife, who was home at the time wasn't very happy.....:doh:
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ROTFL Maybe a special "4th of July" brew?:flagwaver:
Not sure what the "Brewer's Secret" but probably a lot like the life forms in yogurt
Most of the specific names are just trade names for products available in bulk. Or blends thereof.
Same in most industries though. Lots of what used to be esoteric products have become commoditized. Like speakers.
No biggie just wanted it understood I was only talking about cheap stuff, although there are a couple decent beers made that way.
Sorry I wasn't clear, I thought posting a link to a quality alternative spoke for itself.
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