So I've been getting a wild hair lately to brew things I don't usually drink. Last fall I made a porter similar to Old Peculier. This winter I made an irish stout and a czech pilsner (my first lager). These are styles that are outside my normal consumption. I usually drink pale ales, IPA's, amber's, a few browns but I like them to have hop presence, and Belgians. As you can see those beers I made are outside my normal drinking habits. Here is what I've learned about doing that:

Unless you have friends that like the style, don't do it. When I get in the mood for something "out of style" a six pack will usually quench the craving. What the frack do I do with 5 gallons other than give it to friends? For me this is a problem. I wind up neglecting those beers for the ones I have that are in style. My MO from now on is I will just buy the six pack of the "out of style" beers and stick to my guns. This is not "the way I think things should be done." This is just me starting a conversation with you guys on a Sunday afternoon.

I'm just going to play devil's advocate ––

People talk about building a pipeline. I'm building a library. I don't keg, so there's no need for me to actually drink the beer in a timely fashion. So I brew far, far more than I drink and wind up just stashing a lot of it. Additionally, I try to brew a lot of stuff which will age well (e.g. Belgians or stouts). I don't go out of my way to brew styles I don't drink (I think that would be silly), but I get the urge to brew something when I'm starting to enjoy the style. I try to drink pale ales and such quickly.

Right now, I'm starting to appreciate Czech Pilsners more. I have a temperature setup now so I think I'll do one in the future.

i'm against discrimination in all forms....
ok i'm totally lying, i wont drink shitty beer


i generally brew up stouts and pale ales or IPAs.
just because that's what i prefer to drink.
and i just kegged a lager that had been sitting in the attic chilling all winter

feel free to ship out any of those beers you dont want. i'll give them a good home...

Honestly, I don't particularly care for IPA's. Just too bitter for my taste. I prefer a balanced tasting beer- not too sweet and not too bitter. My favorite beer types are German Lagers, pilsners, English bitter, and double bocks.

I'm not a big fan of IPA's, or English style beers but will drink one on occasion to have something 'different.' The great think about beers is that there's so many styles to choose from.

I don't normally like English styles, but I have been on a barleywine kick lately and had a few English barleywines I liked (particularly the oak aged variety).