[fredthecat]

if you were forced by a strange and extremely powerful entity to only make/drink beers either below 20SRM or above 20SRM exclusively, which one would you choose?

I would have to choose above 20 SRM because I couldn't live without quite a few dark beers. I would be sad to not have pale weizens, good german pilsners but I could do without.

[TANSTAAFB]

I love a good stout or porter, but forever?! Gotta go with the paler end of the spectrum

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[chezteth]

I do enjoy stouts and porters occasionally but my preference is toward pale beers. I would definitely choose pale beers forever.

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[EnkAMania]

Light

[69franx]

Light side for sure

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[Semper Sitientem]

Absolutely dark. Higher in antioxidants and iron, so I’d want to live longer than the pale drinkers

[ynotbrusum]

I’d seek out a different magician.

[Megary]

For the most part, I only drink dark beers...strange powerful entities or not.  Tapping a Stout tonight! 

Every now and then a pale beer to cleanse the palate, just like one might put on a little Captain Beefheart to adjust the senses. 

[Fire Rooster]

Would avoid the dark.  Like Poltergeist, would run into the light !

[tommymorris]

Less than 20 SRM for me. Even the brown ale I am fermenting now (the darkest beer I have brewed in years) comes in at 18.2 SRM according to BeerSmith. Frankly, that’s making me nervous I have a roasted malt phobia.

[BrewBama]

I brew maybe two beers a year over 20 SRM: a Stout (29) and a Porter (22). So...


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[Wilbur]

Gotta go light. For me, the real question is over or under 40 IBU.

[BrewBama]

Gotta go light. For me, the real question is over or under 40 IBU.

It depends on the OG of the beer.  40 IBU would be a West Coast Blaster in a 1.038 OG beer but IMO not near enough bitterness to balance the sweetness in a 1.110  big beer. 40 IBU would be about right for me in a 1.060 beer.


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[goose]

I’d seek out a different magician.

Good one!   

[Andy Farke]

Light for me!

This preference is reflected in my homebrewing, too. I just did a quick check of the stats for the approximately 200 brew sessions I have on record, and 80% of my beers are <20 SRM, ~60% are <10 SRM, and ~30% are <5 SRM. My average is ~12 SRM.