Comments on: Ayinger Celebrator

By: thehopry

thehopry — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:53:18 +0000

I think I was just trying to mix it up a bit. Who knows?

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:27:19 +0000

I thought the same thing lol.

By: theReaper16

theReaper16 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:18:24 +0000

I like the strange sort of arm-rolling/air-drum-fill hand gesture thing you do at the start of this review. Though it leads me to think that the reviewed bottle of Celebrator wasn’t your first beer of that evening. ^_^

By: theReaper16

theReaper16 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:16:27 +0000

Indeed. I’ve seen it basically everywhere in KC. In the past couple of weeks I’ve seen it at Bubbles, Gomer’s Midtown and Lukas.

By: thehopry

thehopry — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:07:34 +0000

Absolutely will do. I did a little research and show that it’s not available here. Have you seen it in town anywhere?

By: theReaper16

theReaper16 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:03:49 +0000

Check out the Tucher Bajuvator Dopplebock. I like it as much if not more than the esteemed Celebrator.

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:40:32 +0000

Cool. I wasn’t sure how you felt about going off the topic of the actual beer that was reviewed.

By: thehopry

thehopry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:29:21 +0000

I have a feeling as well that there are some styles that are probably better from their originating country. On this beer, in particular, I really can taste the “old world” style in it. The malt and yeasts were definitely not American.

By: thehopry

thehopry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:26:30 +0000

To be honest, I’ve only had the site up for a few months now and I’d like to wait for my base to grow quite a bit more before considering a move to a forum. I imagine, too, that it would be quite cumbersome to manage. And since I’m the one and only employee of The Hopry, it doesn’t make much sense at the moment (mainly because of time of effort). I am more than happy with 200 comments on one beer page, though, if that’s what it takes. Please…feel free to say all you want or ask all you want. We’re all here and I’ll certainly be happy to talk about whatever you want…

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:38:55 +0000

Hey Mark. Did you ever think about having a chat forum on this site so people can talk about different beer related topics?

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:12:06 +0000

Victory is a real nice brewery. They’re about a half hour away from my house. They brew a lot of quality beers.

By: Barleywhiner

Barleywhiner — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:26:06 +0000

Stick with the German dopplebocks. I’m usually let down by American versions. They just don’t have that malty flavor. One exception would be Capital from Wisconsin.

By: thehopry

thehopry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:18:15 +0000

I’m definitely not an expert in the style. But I do hear really good things about Victory. I did review their Hop Wallop a ways back, but that’s the only one I’ve had of theirs. We don’t get them here, so I have to remember to pick them up when I travel. I think I have their Barley Wine, so maybe I should put that one on the show soon…

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:57:28 +0000

I’ve only ever had 2 Dopplebocks and both were American versions of the style. Stoudts Smooth Hoperator which I didn’t like. And Victory’s St. Victorious which I liked a lot.