Roast or Toast - The Beer Trolling Thread

[SlimKlim]

All I drink is cider. Come at me bitches.

How? The amount of sugar in those is through the roof.

You gotta dig deeper than the standard Angry Orchard/Woodchuck varieties. Not that there's anything wrong with those brands, the regular flavors are just shit.

All I drink is cider. Come at me bitches.

Found anything unusual and good? My go to is bold rock IPA right now but have a bunch of different stuff on hand for when I want to switch it up.

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Some of my favorites I can remember off the top of my head, in approximate order of preference/purchase frequency:

Angry Orchard Stone Dry (Slightly malty flavor, dry without being too tart, I consider this a lager substitute for celiacs. Makes a hell of a boilermaker if you drop a shot of decent bourbon in one.)
Bold Rock IPA (A bit sweet for my tastes but the hop flavor is nice, I have a 4 pack of pint cans at home, interested to see if they taste different than the bottles I usually get)
Woodchuck Hopsation
Jack's "Jack's Blend" (Fair warning, they seem to struggle with quality control, sometimes the cans are awesome, sometimes they taste a bit off. They also play around with the formula so you never know quite what to expect. Last weekend I got some on draft and it was fucking perfect.)
Woodchuck Daychaser (Nice, inoffensive sipper without too much sugar.)
Woodchuck Semi Dry ( ^ same same)
Sonoma Cider The Anvil (Allegedly influenced by bourbon flavors, it's pretty good. They have an absinthe flavored variety (The Pulley) that is weird and sort of gross and really good at the same time if you're in the mood for it)
Ace Joker Dry (6.9% ABV, very dry, very tart)


Some general rules of thumb

Always check the sugar content on the bottle. 3-5g is going to be extremely tart and sour. IMO the sweet spot is 7-10g. I can tolerate up to about 13g which is where a lot of your hopped varieties land. Anything over that is going to be sickly sweet and taste like apple juice soda.

Avoid clear bottles. We've made good friends with the manager/bar tender of a place near us and she says cider is even more delicate than beer when it comes to light and oxygen. A 30 second delay from filling to sealing the cans/bottles can have a huge effect on the final product. That's probably why every six pack of Jack's I get is a bit different.

If you're really adventurous and into some funky shit, get into unfiltered/unpasteurized stuff. I gave Zach one last night from an Austin Microbrewery that was way too much for me but he liked it. :dunno: