Over the last couple of months I have been noticing that taste in beers has been shifting again a bit more towards lager. Where a couple of years back the craft beer mania got to a level where craft beer seemed to be the mainstream all of a sudden...it feels like this is cooling down again.
Or at least, by me that is the case. Although I still love a good IPA or even better a NEIPA, these beers are also the hard hitters...and that is what I am not too fond of.
So when I am just out and about, more and more the vibe of just a lager or a blond or a weissen are the beers that come back up again. Especially in the mountains!
Ofcourse local beers are always the choice of poison if the option is there. Maybe they are not the best ones around even, but it is a matter of always supporting the local community as well. Ratebeer is also not extremely enthusiastic about this one and I get it. It is 'just' lager....
But it is about the setting!
Because it isn't all sitting down and just sipping on something. It is about where you are and who you are with and what you did before that beer. I mean, when you have walked up the mountain before having the beer as I was doing in this post then this is more like a victory drink.
That means high fiving and just cheersing that we all made it up and it really doesn't matter a second at all what kind of beer is heading along with this. It is about the setting and how the vibe is at that moment. I can tell you...the vibe there was good!
Or what about when you are making a hike towards somewhere and then all of a sudden someone pulls out a beer out of their backpack which is ofcourse still cold because the outside temperature is so cold. That is just like the biggest surprise and the cherry on top of the celebration moment.
This Belgian white ale coming from brewery 't IJ is a little piece of heaven and I must admit that I took a couple coming from the Netherlands to bring over to my friend in the mountains because these ones are just always fantastic and never get old.
I never thought they would end up being stuck in the backpack for a small in-betweener, but hey...Actually they were perfect for it.
So yeah beers in the snow. It feels like in the snow beers are so much more easy to choose from, because it feels like everything is fine. The easier, the more it fits the setting.
Mountain beers, I like the concept!
I completely agree! I am inspired to take a beer up the mountain with me on my next hike. Now I just need to figure out how to keep it cold, because we don't have snow and in the summer it gets up to 30 Degrees Celsius! I am not one for a warm beer.
Stunning setting and enjoy the beers!
These small cool bags do miracles in this as well. Add some ice and presto!
You could go to a place with a brewery instead ;) Like Aprica in the Alps:
https://ecency.com/@godfish/1212-craft-microbrewery-in-the-alps
You know... I remember a young Meno trying beer and thinking. Wtf is this shampoo tasting garbage?
Today, there's not a single liquid I love more... I mean, imagine; Here in the rainforest, a mile away from the ocean, the sun is kicking your ass big time, but there's a breeze keeping you alive.
Then, a light opens from the sky, an opportunity for a moment or utter bliss... an ice cold beer is offered to you by a vendor. You open that biznatch, take a sip, and remember why life can be soooooo gooooood sometimes.
...the bizanatch :D
Yeah this..the whole vibe of cracking a brewsky..the sound..the damp on the outside.
Haha good we have grown up to enjoy :)
One of my greatest wishes is to visit places like that.
I dream of visiting snowy mountains, climbing them and then enjoying a good break with a good black #beer.
Cheers!
Ahh you totally should. So no snow in where you live that is then?
I live in Cuba.
The weather is different.
Ow yeah totally! I lived in st martin for a while. No dipping below 25 celsius
Exactly, here in the Caribbean the weather is very hot.
Temperature and humidity always have high figures.
I hope someday know the snow!
Cheers! Pale Ale or IPA for me! 😎🍻
Ahh yess a good connaisseur in the beers :))
Pale ale is the winner!
Always :)
Nice one - I am focused on my usual beer and lost taste a bit,. maybe i drink too much lol ?
Haha there is no such thing as too much in this.
What is your normal go-to beer?
What you mean "my normal go-to beer" :-)? When I started on chain, even before my @music-community and photography contests I remember to have a #beer tag postn g weekly - damn long ago.
PROST!!!
Hahahaha hilarious!! Get back in there!!
no time - during beer drinking i need to check Hive/BTC prizing lol
My son is very much into craft beer, and while I'm not a big beer fan, I do enjoy an ice cold IPA on a hot summer's day. Gorgeous scenery, but beer in winter! Brrrr...
Lovely photos @karinxxl
Haha yeah IPA in the summer is awesome indeed!
Yeah..here in winter this is good after some decent outdoorsing. Gluhwein or warm wine is also perfect then!
I love a white ale or a blonde, especially in a good setting!!
Maybe white ales are my favorite even. Not that heavy but still full of flavour, but not a hand full at the same time.
the setting!! it is all about where and with who
Totally. Even crap beers can be good with the right people in the right place!
Haha true. In this setting pisswater would also have been fine :D
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