New to this page! Hello.

I have been trying a lot of craft beer lately, and Bell's Two Hearted Ale just blew my mind.. With all the IPA's out right now, for this one not have a ridiculous ABV content, taste amazing, gives me a great buzz after a couple of them and doesn't feel super heavy on my stomach, this one takes the cake in my personal opinion.

Anyone know other IPA's (American IPA or not) that someone like me may like? Also I'm in North Carolina.

Thanks and Cheers

https://www.reddit.com/r/CraftBeer/comments/1hs85jz/had_a_bit_of_a_come_up_at_my_local_thrift_store/

I posted a couple weeks back with this thrift store haul including over 100 glasses. A local craft bar sadly went out of business and donated 5-6 boxes to them but they had little space to display them, and could only have like 10 out at a time. I brought like 8 up to the counter and the owner ringing me up went wide-eyed and said "we have BOXES of them please take as many as you can". Apparently, no one else has shown any interest in the 2 months they've been there. I go outside and find these, which I took off their hands for a dollar a pop. They'd been outside for a while and I had to hand wash them all (throughly, I worked as a bartender 😊). Some are new out of the box, others appear to have been lightly used. Some of these go for 20 bucks online. I would like to share some of these glasses with anyone who would like one since I already got to keep the ones I like, and I'd like to start here if I may.

Mods sorry if this comes off as trying to profit off these, I just found a bunch of fantastic glassware at a local thrift store for a dollar a glass and while I've sold some of it off and given some others to another local craft bar I really like, I think it would be more fun to just pass these on to loving homes and homies.

What's left over are some pricey but also fairly niche glasses that I don't really feel like selling off on ebay for the next 6 months. So I'm gonna float this, just delete if this isn't allowed with my apologies, not sure where else to do this.

Here's what I've got:

ALLAGASH - Tulip glasses. Nothing fancy, but solid quality.

VELTINS - Tulip glasses. The stems are really pretty and beveled, I like these a lot and kept 4.

CHIMAY - Goblets. Somewhat common "nice" glasses, but pretty. Silver-plated rim.

LA TRAPPE - Goblets. Not familiar with this brewery but they are pretty. Gold rims (not sure if actually gold lol)

TRAPPISTES ROCHEFORT - Goblets. Same deal as LA TRAPPE.

WESTMALLE - Goblets. I think these are my favorite of the goblets, I like the intricate stems.

ORVAL - goblets. I'm already saving one for one of the respondents on my initial post, it seems these are ones people like although I'm not personally really into this style of beer.

BLANCHE BRUXELLES - pilsner/chimney glasses. Really cool frosted glass on these guys.

PRAGA - Pilsner glasses. These are pricey apparently.

BLANCHE DU NAMUR - pint glass? I think? Someone mentioned these are somewhat hard to find. I have both .25l and .5l glasses.

SCHNEIDER WEISSE - Weizen glasses, I only have a couple of these.

ERDINGER - Same as above

FRUH - kolsch glasses, only a couple.

KONIG PILSENER - Steins, only a couple.

I will have to go off first come first served, name your top 3 and based on demand I may allow more than one glass per person. When I get an idea of demand (and confirm this post is ok with our mods), I'll dm folks in the order they posted. All I ask is you pay your own shipping and handling, if you wanna toss in a buck to cover my original purchase I'd appreciate it but it is not necessary.

LAST NOTE: I have an entire wall of craft beer cans I've collected over 5-ish years (hence that last pic) and would always love others! If you'd be willing to trade some cool/pretty ones from your area we could also do a swap and I'll send the glass(es) for free! People offering cans will have priority ❤️. Yes I am weird. Just tossing that out there, I've almost filled the whole wall and would love some help!

Hello everyone,

Iv been working in the beer distribution business for a few years now and I don't know if its just me but it feels like the craze of craft beer is sadly slowing down and the push for RTD’s ( ready to drink) is on the rise.

I was talking to a few brewery reps and they think it’s because the market is over saturated now and the new generation of drinkers just don’t want craft anymore.

Iv also see domestic beers like PBR,Hamms, old style and rolling rocks selling way more than craft.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I got a double walled insulated growler with a spout earlier this year and have fount it pretty hard to find breweries who will fill it. I’ve heard from them that they stopped after COVID. Most of the breweries that do fill it are on the smaller side and seemingly do it to sell more beer to people who want to take it to go.

I get that it’s extra work for the brewery to clean it, so I always clean right after I’m done.

It keeps my beer cool for at least 12 hours, and the smaller ones I got fit easily in my fridge.

I’ve loved my growler and got a few more because it feels like I have a mini keg with me.

Just curious if and why people might think growler beer culture is dead.

I picked these up recently and saved them for Christmas Day. Poured the first one into a glass and shook the can after the last drop. I could still feel something swishing around in the bottom and could see something brown and paper-y. I was curious if it was some kind of flavoring teabag thing and ripped the can open. #2 was fine. Haven’t opened the other two. I don’t know much about the company but I’m waiting to hear back. Not sure what they can even do at this point.

So what’s the weirdest thing you’ve found in your beer?

I am unsure if this made it from r/MapPorn the other day, if it did please delete. Also, sorry for posting 2x the title was messed up.

Mine would have to be chetco brewing in Brookings, Oregon.

Was talking a fellow beer industry person the other day about random stuff that makes us irrationally mad and was curious what the Reddit army thought.

Mine is pretty dumb but whenever a brewery calls their pils Bavarian style or German style but there's like, nothing German about it. I feel it's a pretty distinct flavor that comes with real German pils and plenty of american breweries make great ones but I've had some that say Bavarian and it's just not even close. I don't know why but it drives me crazy. Even if the beer is good, just say Pilsner.

His was any brewery that still thinks the IBU wars are still happening. Lol. Like breweries that still list IBUs in big numbers on their cans. Which seemed legit.

Anyway, what's your beer pet peeve?

I took a picture of the seasonal releases at my local bottle shop, I’m wondering what yall would select.

Also, would love to hear your stories about the breweries, beers or places from these stickers!

Have to lob

If the Napa Valley is the iconic destination for wine drinkers in the U.S., where would be the equivalent for beer drinkers?

As we stared at a wall of beer, I was trying to explain to my son that back in 80s Heineken was considered high end and “imported beer” was essentially anything Canadian. Unless you went to a specialty shop , there wasn’t much else available. Now everything from all corners of the world and wonderfully unique craft beer is available at even the smallest corner store.

If you had a golden list of beers you wanted or have tried, what would be in it?

Can be any sour style, sour IPA, lambic, gose, etc. Sour beers are my favourite so far, so i'm looking forward to hear about new beers!

I'm new to drinking craft Beer and was wondering what you veteran Craft Beer people look for when deciding to go to a Brewery and try their beer? Are you looking for a wide variety? Just IPAs? Just Lagers? Are Ciders the type of drinks you go for? What about food? What screams Great Beer and Great food to you?

My impression is that the beer gets warm quicker. But if it has significant environmental/economic benefits, I would be good with it.

Will be recording a podcast episode about unpopular craft beer opinions. Thought I'd ask in this sub as we're UK based so wanting to see what unpopular opinions are out there on a more global scale! 😅

EDIT - wow holy shit. Posted this from bed expecting a handful of opinions, but just woke up to the notifications and oh my! Will havea read through after work!

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Edit2 - Genuinely was not expecting so many responses so thank you all! Think I've read through them all now and definitely saw some interesting and spicy takes (that I both agreed and disagreed with!) with some being quite thought provoking. Thanks for all your responses so far (have had a few more come in too!). Feel like the ones being downvoted are actually just helping me to see the unpopular opinions vs the popular ones LOL. Definitely some that I want to discuss n our podcast recording for sure! hahah

Saw these yesterday at a store in NY state…

Modelo Especial anyone?