Mine is guinness draught not the best stout or my fav type but introduced me to the world of beer beyond american lagers, good quality, good price and available in many places

First of all sorry for the throwaway, I generally lurk and have never had an account.

Over the years I've accumulated a collection of Chimays, with at least 1 bottle every single year since 2010. This was never really a project until a few years ago to be honest, and I wasn't ever sure what I'd eventually do with this collection. But now I find myself moving halfway across the world by the end of the year and want to sample them all. I have a couple friends who I would've invite to join to take some of the load off, but to keep this short I'll just say they're unavailable, sadly.

Obivously I can't do this all in one day, but I want to break from my traditional method of tasting (which amounts to simply "damn I quite like this one") and be a bit more methodical. So, I'm looking for suggestions on how to break things up so that I can compare them all relatively well.

A couple points:

• They have all been kept vertical, in the dark, in a fridge set to cellar temps (yes, the entire time), so spoilage/skunking shouldn't be an issue hopefully.
• That said: yes, I'm aware the really really old ones could be effectively trash, or maybe nothing happens anymore after 5-8 years. Who cares, the deed is done, the beer is already aged.
• I think I could handle maximum 3 in a day before I wouldn't be able to really appreciate any aging effects and also remain functional the next day.
• I have 2.5 months to do this. Plenty of time but also there is some "urgency" if you can call it that.

If this has been done, please share a link. I've stumbled around aimlessly a bit already and found some guides to aging and a few random posts of people saying they've tried 10+ year old beers. Interesting, but not quite as relevant to this nearly 2 decade old project that I'd like to end as deliciously as possible.

My current plan is to start with the most recent ones and move slowly backwards to the older ones, doing 2-3 a day. Once I get to about 2022, I was thinking every tasting would be 2 older ones, then a 2026 last for the day as a bit of a comparison. No real plan on how far apart to space the tastings.

Thoughts on this plan? Able to suggest better plan? Better to start from the oldest? Skip the 2026 comparison?

I just set up a half barrel keg with a 5lb CO2 tank and this kit from Amazon. Installed it last night, let it rest in the fridge for about 24 hours. Now I’m trying to get a good pour and can’t quite get it dialed in. I’ve toyed with the PSI between 10 and 12, and it’s still coming out very foamy and flatter than you’d expect. Not sure what steps to take to narrow down the issue. This is my first attempt.

GANCOWISE Single Tap Kegerator... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP9DC36H?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I used to love it, but over the past few years I can't get over how it tastes soapy. Adding some orange juice helps a bit, sorta making it into a red beer, with the orange juice rather than tomato juice. Nowadays I'll take a Guinness, Stella Artois, or Modelo over Blue Moon. I can't stand the soapy taste.

I was recently on a podcast with Kate Hyde, the Head Brewer of Hand Brew Co.
(They are based in Brighton/Worthing) and well worth trying their Shaka or Toadlicker session pales if you see them!)

And, what she had to say about why cask ale is special, and it’s resonance with an anti-digital generation was so insightful I wanted to write it up for an article.

I would love to know what people think, particularly any Gen-Z beer drinkers..

Article link ➡️ https://brightonbeerguide.com/cask-ale-the-analogue-generations-pint/

What’s the matter, lager boy?

I mean, I like it in cooking at least. I tried tropical beer jug (I don’t know if that’s actually beer and not some other brew?) and yikerdoodles my face is not happy. I apologize, please take no offense.

I’m mainly looking for a beer to help boost my estrogen, I have too much testosterone for a woman so I just wanted a boost. Are there any beers that taste more along the lines of NOT bitter, is more on the sweet and smooth side, and is made with hops? I don’t mind odd flavors, the more the better. Anything but guava PLEASE. For context I really like malt beverages, and I know I won’t find a beer that’s like a malt beverage but I’d like to try.

The one with the best quality that you can find easily

I’ve had a fairly limited amount of beers, but my favorite that I’ve had so far is Blue Moon Extra Belgian White. Based off of that, what are some other brands/styles of beer I should try?

I’ve also enjoyed Erdinger and Warsteiner dunkels quite a bit.

I don’t know what is causing this, this has been happening the past few weeks or so I obtained the cans of Coors from one location and the cans of two hearted ale from another, they over foam when I open them, it’s a good thing I’ve been doing it over a garbage can, thumping them won’t help, is this been happening to anyone else?

For all the fans, what would you compare it to. Thanks

the 310 jobs at risk.

Any Photos, memories, or local knowledge.

it is 200 years of this place right?

First time seeing it so took a flyer. Super sweet and just plain gross.

My favorite type of beer is what I used to call a hazy IPA - a dank, resinous, ​high IBU, cloudy heavily hopped beer.

I dont really like juicy IPAs.

I do like a bitter clear crisp west coast, but prefer the cloudy dankness of a bitter hazy.

I guess Im getting old or something, because sometime in the past decade all the supposed hazy IPAs are basically juicy IPAs with visual haze. And taste pretty much the polar opposite to what I remember a hazy IPA tasting like.

WTF happened and where are the HAZY IPAs? Did the entire industry do a bait and switch at some point? How can I go to a taproom with 20 beers on tap and not have a single HIGH IBU DANK HAZY IPA?

I follow quite a few of the Chicagoland breweries on social (Phase Three, Half Acre, Solemn Oath, etc), but have not really seen much for fresh or wet hop releases this fall. Does anyone know of breweries in the area having releases this year or any that have done them in previous years?

I am mildly upset that I’m finding very few Octoberfest style beers this year huff. I keep asking shop owners clerks when I will see more on the shelves. I’m getting the season is just started more will come or look at all these great pumpkin style beers these are October style. yuck imo.
Canada , Ontario any suggestions or critiques?

The two beers I love the most (hacker pschorr munich gold and edelstoff lager) are just not available within 300+ miles of my zip code unless I shell out for a keg and a kegerator ;_;

So at work I need to check dates on beer, and one date that has always confused me was Laguintas IPA(excuse my spelling of I spelt it wrong), the IPA has a "Born on date", but no one seems to know when they expire. I asked a lot of people including people who have been with the company for years and they have no idea, I asked my manager and she has idea. So what exactly is the shelf life for Laguintas IPA?

Ok hear me out lol. I’ve been thinking about making my top 10 beer list and something keeps bugging me.I’ve had expensive beers that were just ok, and I’ve had a cheap cold lager that tasted like the best beer in the world just because of where I was.

Maybe I’m nuts but I’d take a Guinness in an old Irish pub over some fancy $30 beer any day. And don’t even get me started on that first cold beer after a long day 😂

So when you guys make your top 10 lists, are you picking the best tasting beers or the ones you have the best memories with? mine is the outdoor hock game in CowTown ,Calgary vs Montreal and it was the coldest beer i ever did drink.

What’s one beer you still remember because of where you drank it?

I think I had all the ones I wanted. Only ones I didnt get that I was interested in are Bell's Octoberfest which didnt show up in my area this year for some reason and Goose Island Octoberfest which isnt on their website anymore so Im assuming it didnt come out this year. I had all the other ones I was seeking out so now I can take off drinking for the rest of the month.

This might be a long shot, but I am looking for a bar/pub in NYC that serves Murphy's. Ideally on tap, but a can would work too. Any leads? Thx in advance! 😄