Drinking Only Homebrews

[AmandaK]

We usually drink only homebrew, but we make exceptions for limited release beers or things I want to drink, but not have 5 gallons of.

Lately, we’ve had a pretty constant supply of free commercial beer and other club member’s beers, so drinking our own has been put on hold for a bit so we can clear out the fridge.

[scarper11 (Pinski)]

@majorvices

I got to where I rarely drank commercial beers and almost always found I preferred my beers to most of what I could buy in the store. I still very rarely buy beer unless I’m at a pub. I have 4 taps in my pub room that are always pouring my beer.

There are still some sublime styles I must have - Orval, for instance. And I am always looking for beers I have not tried before. But 95% of the time I drink beers I have made.

Once you get the hang of the craft you will find it pretty easy to dial in recipes. Sure, there will be some drift here and there but you should be able to get dialed in where your beer is as good or better than what you can buy in the store. For me the key is freshness. You simply can’t buy beer fresher than you can make yourself.

So true, especially with imports. Those are a crapshoot.

[udubdawg]

90% homebrew for me.
making 4-5x as much as I drink is ridiculous enough.  if I bought much more commercial beer I might as well stop brewing.

side note:  picked up some Tocobago on Dec 26th that had been canned Dec 24th.  Great, great hoppy amber!

[AmandaK]

@udubdawg

90% homebrew for me.
making 4-5x as much as I drink is ridiculous enough.  if I bought much more commercial beer I might as well stop brewing.

side note:  picked up some Tocobago on Dec 26th that had been canned Dec 24th.  Great, great hoppy amber!

We need to start having “outsourcing parties” where we have people over just to drink our beer so we can make more beer.

[blatz]

@AmandaK

We need to start having “outsourcing parties” where we have people over just to drink our beer so we can make more beer.

or you can let friends take growlers home.  although that can sometimes create other supply/demand problems…

[thetooth]

I pretty much only drink homebrew, except for the following:

• I’m out at a bar or restaurant.
• I’m looking for examples of a style I am about to brew, or have brewed and want to compare to.
• Something unique is available.
• Sour beers.

So, all in all, I probably drink about 90% homebrew.

[jaftak22]

Until recently I was drinking much more store bought beer. Now I have 5 different styles that are ready to go at any time. So my commercial beer intake is down. Like many of you there are awesome breweries here in Colorado Springs so its hard no to enjoy local beer. That and its awesome to taste their beer and be like " damn that’s horrible ". I can make one 10 times better than that

[ranchovillabrew]

I would say I am close to 50/50 on homebrew vs commercial.  Between meals out,  New releases from firestone,  ballast point and Sierra Nevada.  And trying beers for style comparison I end up drinking a lot of commercial beer.

[thebigbaker]

I’ve got some great breweries just within a short 10 minute drive of my house (Dry Dock and Copper Kettle) and a new one just opened up about 5 minutes away (Two22).  I try to support those local breweries, which is easy because they are constantly putting out some great beers and the people that work there are great.  So I would say that I’m probably at 50/50 give or take a few points.

[beersk]

@chumley

I have found myself brewing less American,  British,  and Scottish styles,  since I can drink fresh craft brewed ales at almost every pub and taproom  I brew and drink lots of lagers and Belgians, as where I live, finding good versions of those on tap is difficult.

I don’t ever see myself ever drinking only home brew, as I like going to bars too much. I do find myself going less and less to the fine beer store, though, and very rarely ever get a growler filled.

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Same here. Lately, I’ve noticed when I got out, there’s almost nothing on tap that I want. Hard to imagine a place not having a good oatmeal stout, hefeweizen, schwarzbier, helles, pilsner, pale ale, vienna lager, dunkel, or a porter, is it? Well, it is. Anything we have is either an IPA, Belgian, or commercial lager. But the only place I really go out any more in a nice little pub & restaurant that has Weihenstephaner hefe and Fuller’s London Porter. All anyone wants anymore is IPAs and imperial stouts.
I drink mostly homebrew, but buy some here and there, and go out once a week maybe for a few. But most of my drinking is homebrew at home.

[corkybstewart]

I probably drink 90% homebrew when I have enough variety, but if I am forced to go a long time without brewing or I’ve only got 3 or 4 different beers on tap I drink store bought.  I also ask the people I hire from around the country to bring me a couple of sixers of their favorite local beer(I pay generously for it) so I get to try stuff I’ll probably never run across otherwise.

[klickitat_jim]

Spectacular idea! Help wanted: highly paid position, for talented people fromfamous beer making cities. Send one page resume along with a dozen of your favorite bombers.

[system]

Probably 25% homebrew, 75% micros here. I am the definition of ADD. I’ll have a batch of homebrew I like and after 6 or 8 bottles I’m on to something different. I end up giving away most of my homebrew.

[thetooth]

@beersk

@chumley

I have found myself brewing less American,  British,  and Scottish styles,  since I can drink fresh craft brewed ales at almost every pub and taproom  I brew and drink lots of lagers and Belgians, as where I live, finding good versions of those on tap is difficult.

I don’t ever see myself ever drinking only home brew, as I like going to bars too much. I do find myself going less and less to the fine beer store, though, and very rarely ever get a growler filled.

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Same here. Lately, I’ve noticed when I got out, there’s almost nothing on tap that I want. Hard to imagine a place not having a good oatmeal stout, hefeweizen, schwarzbier, helles, pilsner, pale ale, vienna lager, dunkel, or a porter, is it? Well, it is. Anything we have is either an IPA, Belgian, or commercial lager. But the only place I really go out any more in a nice little pub & restaurant that has Weihenstephaner hefe and Fuller’s London Porter. All anyone wants anymore is IPAs and imperial stouts.
I drink mostly homebrew, but buy some here and there, and go out once a week maybe for a few. But most of my drinking is homebrew at home.

I totally agree.  I’m tired of seeing 10 taps with 7 IPAs, BMC, BMC Lite, and Blue Moon.  It seems like nobody cares about any other style.  I don’t blame the bars/restaurants, though.  From the bartenders and owners I’ve talked to, they blow through kegs of IPA in no time, and other stuff doesn’t tend to move.

It’s funny. We’ve gone from no beer choices (nothing but BMC products everywhere) to a bunch of craft beers available in many places… but all we’ve seemed to do is add IPA to the old BMC lineup.

[beersk]

You said it. Although, I was out to dinner last night at a fancier Mexican restaurant, wasn’t planning on drinking at all, but was surprised to see that they had North Coast Scrimshaw on tap. I said, hell yes! Gimme one of those. That was a rarity right there.

[euge]

I’m not a huge fan of IPA’s anymore. Seems to me there is much more interesting beer around than one whose main claim to fame is an overdose of hops. Regardless, IPA’s are everywhere and people are gulping them down like they are going out of style…

[hopfenundmalz]

Mostly homebrew at our house. We do like to go out, and there is a nice multitap restaurant walking distance from our house. We went last night for some Bells Quiannanon Falls Special lager, which is a tasty 6.5% lager that uses American hops. Simcoe is used to dry hop it, but it is not so heavy handed that Mrs. R says “cat pee”. One of the few Simcoe beers that she likes.

[bluesman]

I enjoy my homebrew by and large, but I’ve always got my eagle eye on the lookout for any new commercial brands. We are not only amidst a craft beer renaissance of sorts, but also enjoying one of the best times to be beer drinker in the history of mankind, there are plenty of new brands out there to try, and I’m willing to taste any of them once.

[scarper11 (Pinski)]

@bluesman

I enjoy my homebrew by and large, but I’ve always got my eagle eye on the lookout for any new commercial brands. We are not only amidst a craft beer renaissance of sorts, but also enjoying one of the best times to be beer drinker in the history of mankind, there are plenty of new brands out there to try, and I’m willing to any of them once.

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[chezteth]

@bluesman

I enjoy my homebrew by and large, but I’ve always got my eagle eye on the lookout for any new commercial brands. We are not only amidst a craft beer renaissance of sorts, but also enjoying one of the best times to be beer drinker in the history of mankind, there are plenty of new brands out there to try, and I’m willing to taste any of them once.

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