i also love stouts, mostly oatmeal stouts


but i also love ipa's


heres my top 5 of bot stout and ipa


Stout
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin (100% Barrel Aged Velvet Merlin) (FAVORITE)
Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout
Deschutes Obsidian Stout


IPA
Russian River Pliny the Younger
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA
Stone Ruination IPA
Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

i like ipas, but if its a warm island, ill want something other than an ipa. more of a wheat beer or cream ale probably.

This post was edited by cialda on May 18 2012 05:12pm

ESB! We keep our favorite yeast strain in the freezer

We brew ofc. What else scientists do in their kitchens anyway!!

but what is esb stand for? ive only got through my second batch of beer. but planning on a dogfish head clone next.

and what field of science you in? i do this with a few co-workers and we have beer fridays.

I haven't had the Firestone, but I like all the other one's you've listed.

Some others to try:

Oskar Blues Deviant Dale's and Gub'na
Avery Maharaja and Dugana
Three Floyd's Dreadnaught
Southern Tier Unearthly
Port Brewing Hop-15

mirrorpond ftw

Someone voted "Other"... they should post what and why!
I ran out of room so ciders and lambics werent included... oh well, good responses peeps, ill be trying some of your favs, for sure.

Cant go wrong with a good IPA. If its really hot out though I prefer something a little less hoppy.

Btw Ruination is one of my fav IPAs. We are about an hour away from Stone so we try to go as much as we can & test all the new flavors.

This post was edited by Killerme99 on May 21 2012 10:04am

Extra Special Bitter ( http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_styledetails.cfm?ID=147 )

We prefer the London 1968 yeast strain. It works great for our brew. We've got a frozen stock in the freezer

And a Fisher flask in the kitchen to prepare the starter culture. As for the beer bottles ... they're individually capped with tin foil and baked in the oven to sterilize them.

Field of science I'm in? Well..... I kill things on USEast Classic Ladder DII if that counts. Oh.. and I wrote a sorc fireball as well.