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by Cobnut » Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:10 pm
@McMullan,
Just cause you don't like it, doesn't *necessarily* mean it's sh*t.
You can argue that MOST cloudy beer is poor brewing practice and I'd agree with you. In fact, I said that very thing above.
And arguing that new styles are wrong per se is also a load of b*llocks!
For example, English bitter was innovative once upon a time and doubtless the old boys of the day dissed it too, but it established itself as something that lots of people liked and drank.
Beer styles - styles in general - develop and change over time. Some people accept change. Others resist it.
I say drink what you like, brew what you like. Share your knowledge of how you brew what you like and if others choose to ignore you and brew or drink what you don't like, who's problem is it really?
I've found since learning to brew AG and learning more about beer styles it has opened my eyes and tastebuds to a whole range of different beers which I'd probably have not tried before. Some I really don't like, others have given me pleasures I would not have otherwise found.
Fermenting: pseudo “beyond the Firs” (Burnt mill beer clone), Geuze
Conditioning: English IPA/Bretted English IPA
Drinking: Sunshine Marmalade, Festbier, Helles Bock, Smokey lagery beer, Irish Export Stout, Orval clone, Impy stout, Duvel clone, Conestoga (American Barley wine), Dobbin 2 dark mild
Planning: Kozel dark (ish), Simmonds Bitter, Bitter, Citra PA and more!