Beer in the USA

[GHW]

Tonight I find myself in New York again. It's a work trip. I post on here a bit about my occasional USA travels and it's not to make out like I'm some international playboy: I hate work travel. It's knackering, you see nothing of the place you're visiting and it takes me away from my family for more time than I'd like.

But if there's one thing I like about coming to the US, it's the beer.

Tonight's samplings were Founder's porter (which was advertised on the menu as milk stout, not sure whether they were confused or in the know) and Bear Republic IPA.

I'm not a big fan of stout and porter fit the founders was sublime. It was all coffee and chocolate but with enough robust bitterness and dry toasty roastedness that it didn't come across as sweet in any way. Beautiful beer.

The IPA was good too, multiply award winning apparently. Way above my typical abv at 7.5% and slightly cloying as a result but with great grapefruit hops from the cascade and Columbus.

Both worth checking out if you're stateside, but especially the porter which was a cut above. Now to try and get four hours sleep before another egg heavy breakfast and coffee laced day of meetings....

 

[JapanBrew]

Hang in there. Keep us posted and envious of your beer tour... I mean "work trip."

 

[Covrich]

Sounds good, it is a shame we don't get to see many great exports from US over here

 

[Brew_DD2]

American beer is incredible. They've done a great job over the last 20 or so years to become the best brewing nation in the world.

 

[MickDundee]

American beer is incredible. They've done a great job over the last 20 or so years to become the best brewing nation in the world.

Yet some people over here still sneer at you when you say you like American beer.

 

[Notlaw]

I don't envy you for the travel mate, I've managed to get to a stage where I have to travel less these days, just a few times a year and nearly all within Europe now too. It's a tough life, but people think it's glamorous... How wrong they are.

I DO envy the beer though. I could really fancy that porter. I can get a couple of Founder's beers locally, it not that one. The US do make the best beers now, although I still prefer it when they tone them down a touch. The best American beers I've had are the ones where Americans make British beers as opposed to American made American beers... If that makes sense. They are not bound by tradition and just do whatever the hell they like. I admire that.

 

[GHW]

Yeah it's inspired me to make a dry stout. I think I've probably been put off stouts in the past by sweet examples as their was deliciously dry. I'll have to tap myqul up for his house recipe!