OT: Thursday night drinking thread & Michigan Beers

Submitted by taistreetsmyhero on

To kick off the night's drinking thread, I thought I'd share my recent beer drinking story.

I got a pretty neat birthday gift back in December--my girlfriend went to 8 Degrees Plato Beer Co in Ferndale, MI and picked out 25 beers from Michigan to celebrate my 25th birthday.

Neither of us are beer aficionados by any stretch, so many of the beers were new to me. We split one of the beers between us about every other night for the last month and a half and recently finished them all. List of the 25 beers in order that we tried them, with my favorite ten bolded and ones I hadn't tried before italicized:

Full Circle

North Peak's American Wheat IPA

Bell's Christmas Ale

Good Humans

Jaw Jacker

Mayan Mocha Stout

How Now Brown Cow

Phat Abbot Ale

Bell's Cherry Stout

Greenbush White winter ale

Atwater's Purple Gang Pilsner

1825

Loch Down

North Peak's Chocolate Stout

Bell's Midwestern Pale Ale

Bell's Two Hearted

Bean Flicker

Crooked Tree IPA

Closure Ale

Greenbush IPA

Atwater's Dirty Blonde

North Peak's IPA

Bell's Third Coast

Huma Lupa Licious

Oberon

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Some thoughts:  I really like beer. Also, I had no taste for IPAs until I tried all these beers. I still can't get behind Huma Lupa, but maybe with time.

So, MGoFriends, what's on tap?

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CoachBP6

February 19th, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^

Have had acute tonsillitis for 10 fucking days now. Been wanting to drink for equally as long. I can't take this shit much longer.

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Doc Brown

February 19th, 2015 at 9:08 PM ^

It is awesome you are getting into craft beer. Welcome to a whole new world. I Homebrew and I am attempting to get into commercial brewing. Your ten is perhaps ten i dislike. However, everyone's tongue is different. Your beer tongue will also evolve. I recommend you start visiting many of the local breweries in Michigan. Nothing like getting it straight from the source.



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xtramelanin

February 19th, 2015 at 9:16 PM ^

well its so cold that the wine had to be brought in from the garage so it wouldn't explode like our lone bottle of pop did.

-26.3 and still dropping.  not including wind chill.   baby its cold outside, the livestock didn't even leave the barn today!

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xtramelanin

February 19th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^

and it's warmed up to -25.4 since my post.   sunday night we were playing hockey outside with most of my kids and 5 more kids who i coach for football and wrestling and it was -24.  i know it sounds weird, but if there's no wind, the temp just isn't that big of a deal.  the guy above with the very funny post about the 9th level of hades, really, i missed winter when i lived in socal and i'm not complaining its more of a fun, novelty thing.   my biggest complaint is that the chickens are still laying eggs, but its so cold that the eggs are splitting before the kids gather them. 

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rbgoblue

February 19th, 2015 at 9:24 PM ^

Keep trying the IPA's. When you develop the taste for them, your beer appreciation will grow exponentially. Although you can find many more expensive or prestigious beers, Huma Lupa is one of my favorite beers, any time, any season.



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sadeto

February 19th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^

I disagree. I love IPAs, but they represent a part of the spectrum. they are faddish now, and that's good, but for one's beer appreciation to grow "exponentially" would require a lot more than that. learning to appreciate Aventinus, or a good koelsch, or an ESB, requires a broader and more subtle palate than does the hop assault of a double IPA. that said, I had Hopslam for the first time last weekend, it's hard to get in NY, and I was quite pleased. Sixpoint Hi Res is a strong competitor, though.

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Crentski

February 19th, 2015 at 10:50 PM ^

I find it difficult to drink many IPAs. Not because they're terrible, but because once you get accustomed to the headys, HF's, zombie dusts, and Plinys, everything else just taste bland.

I've noticed that ESBs are the ones that truly given my palate new outlooks. Although, at the end of the day I will always reach for a barrel aged stout.

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