r/Homebrewing • u/innsource • Jun 11 '21

Craft Beer Brew Humor

So I run a liquor store which speciallizes in craft beer. #1 store in the state, to be more specific. I live and breath beer. If I'm not selling beers or ordering beers for the store, I'm buying beers, reading about beers, brewing beers, out with beer reps drinking beers. You get it.
Over the past few years I've been getting more and more disenfranchised with the what is being considered "craft" beer. This really hit hard with feedback from my last 3 batches.

Super crisp- clean, sessionable Lager: Too boring
Top tier West Coast IPA: Too bitter, not hazy or fruity enough
Marshamallow Dessert stout (I wasn't happy with sub-par quality) AMAZING!!!

Long story short, I want to brew more "Craft" beers. Does anybody have any recipes for a good New England Double Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Tropical Salted Caramel Double Dry Hopped Extra Oat Cream Vanilla Milkshake Chocolate Raspberry Icecream Sour White Stout Infused with Mint, Hibiscus and Truffle oil?

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u/shoreman46 Jun 11 '21

I like the term “Candy Beers”, I’ve heard a few times and use it myself.

I also like Denny Conn’s “Beer Flavored Beer” comment.

I can feel a “micro brew” revolution influenced by early craft styles coming soon - all those classic styles like american brown ale, Porter, blonde ales, etc will be coming back around. I’ve been seeking them out myself and brewing them if I can’t find them.

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u/thingpaint Jun 11 '21

I can feel a “micro brew” revolution influenced by early craft styles coming soon

Oh I wish. Every brewery around me has 9 taps of IPAs and NEIPAS and 1 tap of a Budweiser clone. It gets old.

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u/shoreman46 Jun 11 '21

People will eventually move on from those IPAs- it’s just going to take a little while. I’m close to where the style originated neipas and it’s slowly changing, lagers are all the rage as of late.