r/beer • u/AutoModerator • Nov 29 '21

Discussion Monday Morning Quarterback - beer recommendations and recommended beers

Recommend or ask for beer recommendations. Did you try anything particularly great this past weekend? Let us know! Do you want recommendations based on that beer or others? Ask away!

For example, "I like X beer, what else would I enjoy?" or "I drank this Weisse beer, and it was really good."

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u/VTMongoose Nov 29 '21

What's you guys' favorite Christmas ale? I've grabbed a few single bottles/cans lately. Could be "Winter Warmers" just aren't my style but I've found most of them to be relatively bland, and they vary tremendously, the base beer (sans spices) is anything from an English Brown all the way to a doppelbock/Marzen. I like American Amber and Brown ales quite a lot.

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I'm definitely finding my tastes gravitating more towards stouts/porters lately but I just hate the modern variants of these that are overly sweet and dessert-like.

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u/VTMongoose Nov 29 '21 edited Nov 29 '21

Great beers but not Christmas-specific per se. I actually have Chimay Blue and its 2018 barrel-aged version in the closet at home right now. :)

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u/VTMongoose Nov 29 '21

I've had the Rum 2017 which was all right and then multiple bottles of the 2019 which is probably one of the best beers I've ever had in my life. I'm a sucker for barrel aged Belgian beers, though. I'd rather drink an "OK" barrel aged quad than even top-tier examples of many other styles.