Today is....
Beer Can Appreciation Day!
On this day, back in 1935, canned beer made its debut.
Which canned beer do you appreciate? To help jog your memory, here's a Coors Light / Keystone Light Xmas Tree (I know, I'm a month late, but it's got ya thinkin' which beers you like, right?)
Mmm. Genny Cream Ale is my old cheap beer standby. Whoopee!
Then there's been quite a revival of canned beer in the craft industry over the past couple years. Sixpoint in Brooklyn, NY does some great stuff in cans. Also there's Oskar Blues in Colorado... theirs were the first modern craft cans that I remember seeing. Closer to me, the hometown favorite is Moat Mountain from North Conway, NH. Mmmm, beer. I'm a huge beer geek.
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Do you know how I know you are a Newyorker? :pOriginally Posted by Napoleon54
Mmm. Genny Cream Ale is my old cheap beer standby. Whoopee!
My fav canned beer would have to be Yuengling
for now
born and bred, guilty as charged... 100% blue-collar upstate stock.
I remember that stuff from high school. Back in the mid/late 90s a friend of my uncle's would always bring him a case of it from Pennsylvania. This was a good 4-5yrs before it had its hipster revival and became popular again. But my uncle doesn't drink, so he'd give it to my dad, and my dad didn't like it so it would just sit there on the porch. So I'd drink it here and there and gradually it would disappear. Pretty sure he knew where it was going but he never called me on it.My fav canned beer would have to be Yuengling
for now
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
Ill be the snob and say...I dont do canned beer. Ive only had it in a can on two occasions, one of those being the first time I had a taste of my uncles beer (Budweiser).
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Not really snobbish, I don't choose cans really either. I'd rather draft, but then bottles. Cans only in the summer in a cooler usually... or if I'm somewhere and that's all they have.
I'd say that 99% of the beer I drink comes in bottles, but there are some decent craft beers that are coming out in cans (I've had samples of some). Light is an enemy of beer, and one advantage of cans is that they block light 100%,
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You reminded me of a 3rd ime Ive had canned beer.
Am I alone here? Is that it?
Am I the only one who sees.
Maybe we can learn to be just like him.
Wear a little uniform.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
Thank you, sir.
beer snobs!
does that taste like bacon?You reminded me of a 3rd ime Ive had canned beer.
or maybe pork rinds?
Something just jogged my memory as to the canned beers I sampled:
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no
and noor maybe pork rinds?
it tastes like a regular ale.
Am I alone here? Is that it?
Am I the only one who sees.
Maybe we can learn to be just like him.
Wear a little uniform.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
Thank you, sir.
false advertising. i want bacon beer
Here ya go:false advertising. i want bacon beer
Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut: Bacon Maple Ale
Sorry it's not in a can though. I'm definitely man enough to buy the pink bottle, but last time I saw it it was like $14 so I passed. That's a little steep, even for me, especially considering that it's a measily 5.6% ABV. But hey, if you need a bacon beer fix, it's available.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
since you mentioned Voodoo Doughnut, i've been there (the one in downtown Portland).Here ya go:
Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut: Bacon Maple Ale
Sorry it's not in a can though. I'm definitely man enough to buy the pink bottle, but last time I saw it it was like $14 so I passed. That's a little steep, even for me, especially considering that it's a measily 5.6% ABV. But hey, if you need a bacon beer fix, it's available.i do remember a sign on the front door that beer was for sale.
and oh yeah, their Bacon Maple Bar is awesome.
Oh wow, I didn't know that Voodoo Doughnut was an actual place. Was that brew some sort of collaboration w- Rogue, then? Neat! I thought it was just the name of the beer!
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
if i have to guess, yes, Rogue and Voodoo Doughnut collaborated for that beer; not surprising either since Voodoo Doughnut was very busy when a group of us went (a Thursday mid-afternoon). we must have waited in line outside in 30/40 degree (cold!!!!) weather for a good 15 minutes (the interior isn't very big).
Good gawd, those doughnuts :homer simpson drool:
I'm currently enjoying a nice pint of kegged homebrew. That's kinda like a can... a 5 gallon one.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
you're a home brewer? do tell.I'm currently enjoying a nice pint of kegged homebrew. That's kinda like a can... a 5 gallon one.
Oh hells yes. I've done maybe 25 batches of all grain brew over the past couple years. This one's a belgian tripel with some extra hops and a bit of wheat. (I love experimenting like that.) Turned out pretty tasty IMHO!
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
do ya have all the special equipment for home brewing? and how long does it take, from start to finish? ('cause curious minds wanna knowOh hells yes. I've done maybe 25 batches of all grain brew over the past couple years. This one's a belgian tripel with some extra hops and a bit of wheat. (I love experimenting like that.) Turned out pretty tasty IMHO!)
It's one of those things that can pretty much be as easy or as difficult as you wanna make it, in terms of both equipment and time.do ya have all the special equipment for home brewing? and how long does it take, from start to finish? ('cause curious minds wanna know
Most people get started in homebrewing with malt extract, which is something of a short cut. For that you just need a big pot, a bucket or carboy to ferment the brew in, bottles and caps and a capper. Extract is pretty much just a wort concentrate. It takes just a couple hours to boil it up with some hops. You can get a basic equipment kit for under $100 (example), then maybe $30-$50 for an ingredient kit (example). Links are to my local brew shop but there are tons of suppliers for this stuff.
All-grain brewing is the more traditional process, starting from scratch with malted barley. You need quite a bit more equipment to make your own wort... a mill (for grinding the grain), bigger kettle, a mash tun (for holding the mash at certain temperatures for 1-2hrs), various buckets, etc. From start to finish it takes me around 7-8hrs, not including clean-up, so it's pretty much a full day.
I'd say it's split roughly 50/50 between people who do extract versus those who do all-grain. I'm kind of a geek for these kinds of things so I started right out with all-grain and taught myself as I went. But lots of people like the convenience of extract and I've had a lot of awesome beers that were made that way.
Either way, once you have the wort the process from that point forward is the same. Then you just let it cool to room temperature (or use a chiller if you have one), transfer it to the fermenter (bucket or carboy) and add some yeast. A normal-size beer will ferment out in maybe 2 weeks, but a bigger beer might take a few months. Then you fill it into bottles and it'll naturally carbonate in ~2 weeks. Or if you have kegging equipment, you can force carbonate it and it'll be drinkable in 2-3 days.
And that's it! Like I said, there are a lot of ways in which it can be as easy or as complicated as you wanna make it. But it's pretty easy to get started for anyone who's interested. I love brewing, it's a ton of fun!
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
Very productive, tasty,hobby
Look what I found at the park today! Free beer!!!!!
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You call that beer?
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Hmm right. How bout this:
"Look what I found at the park today! Free pasteurized, processed, half-barley, half-rice, fermented beer-like product™!"
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