Any TRUE Beer Nerds Playing?

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~Matt~ Apr 28, 2010

I get to spend the evening hanging out with Greg Koch, the CEO & co-founder of Stone Brewing Co.

I am stoked beyond words!!!
King Kong 25 Apr 28, 2010

Earlier this afternoon i flip a coin, out of three friends i won. The one that lost paid a 6 pack of beer. 2 a piece so not a lot of drinking but being a hot day it was refreshing. 🍻. 🍻. 🍻.
add: MikeyB Apr 28, 2010

~Matt~ wrote:
I get to spend the evening hanging out with Greg Koch, the CEO & co-founder of Stone Brewing Co.

I am stoked beyond words!!!

that is freakin great. I love stones 'big beers'. I have a bunch of friends tgat are brewers in the Cleveland area.
add: MikeyB Apr 28, 2010

I'm an IPA fan myself. Dogfish head beers are my favorite. Also love bells two hearted...
2bking Apr 28, 2010

True beer nerd here!!! I know I shouldn't post my invite code here but I've got 🍻🍺BEER🍺🍻!!!!!!!!!! don't worry about meeting any CEOs i'm working on my own home brew. Watch out heiniken
N130 Apr 28, 2010

I heard beer tastes a little like wood, is that true?
Crabyducky Apr 28, 2010

Never drank wood so i wouldn't know
Crabyducky Apr 28, 2010

As with anything it will depend on the ingredients and how it's produced.
whitey bulger Apr 28, 2010

Miller Lite "vortex" bottle is the shit
poptart-on-rye Apr 28, 2010

Stone's Ruination is my fav beer!
[Add:Baz]Boffer Apr 28, 2010

I drink beers, or real ale, as we call it. A nice porter, or a quality mild. That's my bag. Mmm.
sleepy pete Apr 29, 2010

Stone is great stuff, I usually try to drink east coast but make an exception for their ipa. Having a victory hop devil right now...
Shake-N-Bake  Apr 29, 2010

What do u do Matt?
Crabyducky Apr 29, 2010

I think my fav is black sheep ale. Had it when I visited kettlewell, best drink I ever had. Shame the bottled stuff from supermarket ain't the same.
N130 Apr 29, 2010

Crabyducky wrote:
Never drank wood so i wouldn't know

Well I bet no one ever drank wood before (that doesn't sound right).
The smell of wood.
 mama tek Apr 29, 2010

I drank maple syrup once in a master cleanse. and I've eaten hearts of palm. none of those things taste like beer.

I have a fondness for this beverage you describe. I used to live down the street from Brooklyn brewery.
~Matt~ Apr 29, 2010

For anyone that cares; I met Greg Koch the other night at a fairly intimate tasting session (less than 30 people).

Greg is super cool, very approachable & extremely passionate about brewing and the ideals that Stone Brewing was founded on. I learned a ton about the history of Stone & the development of the craft brew (formerly known as microbrew) movement in America.

Greg has a very strong stance on company ethics, pure non-processed organic foods & reducing their carbon footprint through the 3 R's (reduce, reuse & recycle).

Anyway it was a great time, & oh yeah, the beer was good too!!
~Matt~ Apr 29, 2010

Shake-N-Bake wrote:
What do u do Matt?

What do I do as far as work? I'm a systems engineer for a defense contracting company; we design, deploy & upgrade computer systems, mostly for the Navy.
If I didn't need the money, I would probably attempt to be a brewer. I have done some home brewing on a small scale & am trying to save up for a more advanced home brew kit that would allow me to keg my own beer & skip the painful bottling process.
~Matt~ Apr 29, 2010

N130 wrote:
I heard beer tastes a little like wood, is that true?

I've never heard of a beer that tasted like wood, but there are some pretty bizarre beers out there. The worst I have ever tasted was a Jalapeno beer...it was horrible!
Some extremely hoppy beers have an almost hemp-like taste, not that I've ever tasted hemp (weed) but others have told me; which makes sense cause hops & hemp are in the same family of plants.
~Matt~ Apr 29, 2010

N130 wrote:
Crabyducky wrote:

Never drank wood so i wouldn't know

Well I bet no one ever drank wood before (that doesn't sound right).

The smell of wood.

Actually there are beers that taste & smell like wood. I completely forgot about barrel aging. Barrel aging is popular with imperial stouts & even used to impart an oaked flavor...brewers often re-use whiskey or bourbon barrels to age imperial stouts.
Smoke flavoring can also impart a wood-like taste/smell to a beer such as in a smoked porter or black lager.