[dean]

I used tot think you were nuts with your signature... "life begins at 60.... 1.060"/  Well, I think I'm starting to agree with you.   

[denny]

Dean, buddy, all that means is you're nuts, too!   

[ndcube]

It's closer to 80 for me.... but I love me some Tripel.

[bruck]

Could not agree more...I rarely brew under "1.060!"

[bonjour]

I don't know what you guys are talking about

[dean]

I know for some it will be hard to believe, but there is so much more flavor in the higher OG beers.  I like only high OG stouts otherwise they just seem dry to me... same with ales pretty much anymore.  I drink for the flavor more than the buzz anymore... I'd rather drink two Good beers than six mediocre beers.  I don't drink to get drunk anymore either... though it Does happen from time to time.  

[bruck]

Yeah...I don't get drunk anymore either. Except when I drink beer. And booze.

[denny]

I don't know what you guys are talking about

Fred, I KNEW this would draw ya outta the woodwork!   

[majorvices]

I guess I am the opposite. Most of the beers I brew are under 1.060. I like higher gravity beers very much (and always have a few kegs of tripel, Barley Wines, RIS, etc, laying around), but I am more of a session drinking guy. If I really want something with some alkyhaul I just go for bourbon. 

[denny]

I know for some it will be hard to believe, but there is so much more flavor in the higher OG beers.

I agree, and that's one of the reasons I tend toward them.  I really believe there's a lot more skill (albeit of a different type) involved in brewing a subtle beer rather than a monster.   Truthfully, I envy the guys who can brew a perfect American light lager, because I think that would be a lot tougher than some of the beers I tend towards.  Not that I won't drink a big beer, you understand.....

[denny]

I guess I am the opposite. Most of the beers I brew are under 1.060. I like higher gravity beers very much (and always have a few kegs of tripel, Barley Wines, RIS, etc, laying around), but I am more of a session drinking guy. If I really want something with some alkyhaul I just go for bourbon. 

I've never been able to develop a taste for bourbon or Scotch.  I came to realize a while back that the average beer around here is 7.5%.  A while back, I brought home a bottle of IIPA and warned my wife ( a small person) that it was 10%.  She said "So what?".

[majorvices]

.  A while back, I brought home a bottle of IIPA and warned my wife ( a small person) that it was 10%.  She said "So what?".

What a woman!! She's a keeper!! 

[bluesman]

I have to also say it's more difficult to perfect a low gravity lager than it is to make a good DIPA. I am currently trending toward bigger beers but that will change as the weather changes. Big beers in the colder months and lighter beers in the warmer months.

[denny]

.  A while back, I brought home a bottle of IIPA and warned my wife ( a small person) that it was 10%.  She said "So what?".

What a woman!! She's a keeper!! 

33 years so far!

[bonjour]

The trick is to brew a starter (some brewers call these small beers) with flavor.  Try working on a mild.  That can have quite a bit of flavor

Fred