say your favorite beer and i will tell you how pathetic/cool you are

[evil]

go.

[pivo6]

Guiness

[Kwyjibo]

so tempting to pick a really strange beer that you won't know...isn't it a bit pretentious for you to say you can rate someone based on their preferences when you odn't even indicate what your favorite beer is and what it means? I'm 17 so I can't be too picky.... i have to drink whats around....especially since i avoid buying...

[evil]

Originally posted by pivo6
Guiness
not too bad. i dont mind a nice guiness now and then.
i must say though that i prefer it from the tap or in the bottle. im not totally into the cans.

good enough!

[evil]

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
so tempting to pick a really strange beer that you won't know...isn't it a bit pretentious for you to say you can rate someone based on their preferences when you odn't even indicate what your favorite beer is and what it means? I'm 17 so I can't be too picky.... i have to drink whats around....especially since i avoid buying...

yes it is totally pretentious. im not really serious, im just doing this for fun because i am really bored. im sitting around drinking b eer right now
when i was your age i used to drink anything...the cheaper the better

bush light 30 cans 9.99 cant beat it. this was when i lived in the states

[Kwyjibo]

haha...stil maybe we shoudl rate your favorite beer... i always laugh when you see those minnesota finest type beers that are like 30 cans for 6.99....always good fun...

[hugemullens]

Coors Origonal. Can't be beat. :)

[evil]

ok. my favorite beers---
my most favorite is rickards red.
second is amsterdam nut brown..
and on relief in case these two arent on tap or in the store--carlsberg red.

sorry to the american beers, but canadian beer is wayyyy better.
and in case i am super broke....
laker lager-7.40 cdn for a 6 pack

[evil]

Originally posted by hugemullens
Coors Origonal. Can't be beat. :)

coors original???
jesus christ where do you live? kentucky?
you can beat that with just about anything.

thats a 100% hick beer.


DISCLAIMER TO ALL: THIS IS JUST FOR FUN SO DONT GET MAD WHEN I CALL YOU A HICK OR A PUSS

[scem0]

Originally posted by evil

thats a 100% hick beer.


Well what would you expect from someone who's handle is hugemullens. Sounds like a hick to me. ;)

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/77430bbce83afc89881430e177cabb9b.png

[evil]

Originally posted by scem0
Well what would you expect from someone who's handle is hugemullens. Sounds like a hick to me. ;)

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/77430bbce83afc89881430e177cabb9b.png

hahahah amazing.
and what about you scemo?
i think youre a young dude, if i am correct. do you drink beers or anyting else? or you still on breast milk?
\

[scem0]

I'm somewhere in between, although I love milk. I don't drink beer though, or any alcohol for that matter. I've never really had the urge to drink, and most of my friends don't drink. If they do anything, they smoke weed. I don't do anything like that though. Don't plan to, but it could happen.

But to add something else about beer:
Am I the only one annoyed by 'sammy-lights'? That is such a corny and stupid name.

I hope nobody actually calls them that... :rolleyes:

http://www.my-smileys.de/signs/cdcb35acd7902df97d2eb5e6c320263b.png

[evil]

hey im not downing on tghe milk. its good for your bones.
girls sshould drink milk so they dont brake their hips when they are older
osteoporosis is a bitch
anyway. its ok if you dont drink alcohol. its not a prerequisite.
id rahter you not drink and admit it then drink COORS ORIGINAL
youre no hick! haha

[medea]

Bass.

or Hoegaarden

[evil]

Originally posted by medea
Bass.

bass is alright. my uncle drinks it .
hes a cool guy soyoure ok in my book.
i had it once but i dont remember it too much.

for now on ill call you uncle john.

[Rower_CPU]

I'll play. Here are a few of my favorites:
Newcastle
Sierra Nevada
Killian's Irish Red
Karl Strauss, Gordon Biersch (local not-so-minibrews)
Guinness
Pacifico (if the meal fits)

[evil]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
I'll play. Here are a few of my favorites:
Newcastle
Sierra Nevada
Killian's Irish Red
Karl Strauss, Gordon Biersch (local not-so-minibrews)
Guinness
Pacifico (if the meal fits)

ok..ive commented onguineess already
ive had killians irish red quite a few times in teh states when i was home visiting as a replacement for rickards red/ carlsberg red. i t was good enough.

the others i dont know. im ont the biggest beer couneisseour ever. ill admit that.
your list is acceptable.
ill give you a B.
congratulations.

[bombensington]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
I'll play. Here are a few of my favorites:
Newcastle
Sierra Nevada
Killian's Irish Red
Karl Strauss, Gordon Biersch (local not-so-minibrews)
Guinness
Pacifico (if the meal fits)

ohhh yeah gotta get that sierra nevada up in this. pale ale for me. totally.

ah and newcastle is one of my favs as well, good choices rower.

summit is another pick for me.

on the topic of beer, it really bugs me when people say they hate beer but have only tried the nastiest piss water beer out there. like if i were to say i hate all cars because i don't like the pinto or something. jeebus. i usually hear uppity college girls saying it, it annoys the bejesus out of me.

[3rdpath]

with a nice meal...corona...not too filling.

with mexican food...tecate with lime in a salted mug.

and shiner bock when i'm homesick...call me a hick, it's ok.

and the occassional black and tan...mmmmm, mmmmm

[jelloshotsrule]

hm.

none

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
hm.

none

I'll second that...

I'm not much of a beer drinker...

ask Mr. A, Moxie & Evo... ;)

[medea]

I'm not much of a beer drinker myself, other than Bass occasionally. I prefer wine or cider even.
gee I said cider, I must be a wuss......

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I'll second that...

I'm not much of a beer drinker...

ask Mr. A, Moxie & Evo... ;)

I'm a guiness man myself - but seeing this at the Brickskellar here in DC over the weekend (they have over 1000 types of beer available at any one time) I'd not mind one on occasion....;)

Belgium Trapist Ales can be damn tasty....

D

[FatTony]

Anything from the Weeping Radish Brewery in Manteo, NC. (http://www.weepingradish.com/)

[rainman::|:|]

rolling rock.

piss off.

:)
pnw

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Belgium Trapist Ales can be damn tasty....


he he...ok...so that stuff was pretty tasty... ;)

[evil]

bass. ok
rolling rock..not as good as i was hoping.
blah blah
cider's not as bad as people say . i dont think its super wuss..my girlfriend loves cider.hahah. honesly i finihs what she doesnt drink and its pretty good.
where was i?
i dont know.
im pretty wasted.
i drank 3 500ml ZWEIC's its a polish beer. damn good for anyone who is interested..a nd pretty cheap. p;luss the resxt of the misc. alcholhol i could find in the place.
ok. thats it for now.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by evil
im ont the biggest beer couneisseour ever. ill admit that.
your list is acceptable.


no offense... but why try to rate beers if you're not a connoisseur? doesn't make sense to me.

[mymemory]

Ok, smart a**

Polar

[Ugg]

Mac and Jack's African Amber, the smoothest least sweet American Micro Brew I've ever had. Rolling Rock for those hot summer days. Old Peculiar when I can find it and there is a german beer from Schleswig Holstein but I can't remember its name.... Just remembered, Flensburger Pils ummmmmmmm

[evil]

Originally posted by mymemory
Ok, smart a**

Polar

the only polar i know is polar ice vodka..which i thought would be good. but unfortanelty i was not imporressed at all with it. it was not very good.

polar beer? never heard of it...so ...i dunno..
inever claimed a beer phd or anything

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
no offense... but why try to rate beers if you're not a connoisseur? doesn't make sense to me. i'll second that. i have had guinness and a few other beers, and i can't say i have liked them at all. i've always liked wine though, since i had it in communion, heh. i am extremely partial to white zinfandels... and merlots. i have a cabernet sauvignon downstairs i want to try, but my dad is going gung ho on this atkins diet, and won't hardly drink with me, and i am not about to open a bottle when i'm the only one who'll drink it... that would be a waste--as in, i would get wasted, or i would waste a lot of wine....

[evil]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
i'll second that. i have had guinness and a few other beers, and i can't say i have liked them at all. i've always liked wine though, since i had it in communion, heh. i am extremely partial to white zinfandels... and merlots. i have a cabernet sauvignon downstairs i want to try, but my dad is going gung ho on this atkins diet, and won't hardly drink with me, and i am not about to open a bottle when i'm the only one who'll drink it... that would be a waste--as in, i would get wasted, or i would waste a lot of wine....

first of all...let me get it off of my chest. i hate pretty much all wine. its just not my thing.
and yes.. to judge soeone on their choice of berer is cinvcredibly pretentious. thats the point. this a just a thread for the hell of it to discuss beer. some people need to relax.

[shadowfax]

oh, i'm relaxed, but we could get pretentious of course about the class structure, and who drinks wine, who drinks beer, and so on. heh. ;)

[evil]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
oh, i'm relaxed, but we could get pretentious of course about the class structure, and who drinks wine, who drinks beer, and so on. heh. ;)
hey if youwant to bring up class structure its ok. im about as blue collar as it gets.
i cant even get a job in this damn country.
i eat ramen noodles to say alive.
i grew up in a lower class structure.

[shadowfax]

don't talk to me about hardship! i was born in hell, freak! ;)

[evil]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
don't talk to me about hardship! i was born in hell, freak! ;)
this isnt a competition on who had it harder
relax yourself
maybe we are related
freak

[Flowbee]

Pabst Blue Ribbon!

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Flowbee
Pabst Blue Ribbon!

You should be banned for that. ;) :p

[beefstu01]

I really don't have one FAVORITE beer, so here's my list-

Guiness (Liquid bread)
Guiness Extra Stout (Liquid bakery)
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Sam Adams Summe Ale
Pilsner Urquell (From Plzen, Czech)
Carlsberg
Single-Chair Ale

Out of all of those, I guess I enjoy the Copenhagen brew Carlsberg the most, but you can't stay with one kind of beer, you know?

On top of those, I also like-

Labatt
Saranac Pilsner (brewed not too from here)
Anything Ithaca Beer Co. (Brewed 10 miles from my house)
Tsingtao (Chinese... real good and SARS free)
Rolling Rock
Sam Adams Winter/Spring Ale
Heineken
Corona
**AND**
Most Microbrews

Contrary to the length of my list, I'm not an alcoholic. I generally grab a six pack of a different beer each week, and that's how I've made a decent sized list. Can't stay confined to one beer too long, it gets boring. But hey, I'll drink anything on either list gladly.

So evil, how's my list add up?

[tpjunkie]

Mmm, beer...

Saranac Pale Ale and Saranac Black and Tan
Yuengling Lager and Black and Tan
Warsteiner
and when strapped for cash, Busch Light, baby!

[jefhatfield]

chimay ale

[3rdpath]

since we're talking beer...

anyone else get a headache from rolling rock?

15 minutes after the first sip...pow, major headache.

just wondering...

[applefan]

Dos Eques

And remember:

fill the glass that's MT, MT the glass that's full, never leave it MT, never leave it full;http://forums.macrumors.com/images/icons/icon10.gif)

[MacBandit]

Sasquatch Strong Ale, Fat Tire, Black Butte (any of them), Steel Head (any of them).

[pseudobrit]

Guinness Draught

and Bushmills whiskey. Straight.

[zimv20]

in no particular order:

- sierra nevada pale ale
- sam smith oatmeal stout
- pilsner urquell (at the brewery, bottles are often skunked)
- guinness on tap (it _is_ better in dublin)
- goose island ordinary bitter
- aecht schlenkerla rauchbier (smoked beer)
- ayinger altbairisch dunkel (w/ sausages, in aying!)
- ceske budejovice (budvar) -- the definition of pilsner, get it in the czech republic on tap
- anything i brew at home

and for good measure, the best named beer:

Alimony Ale - "the bitterest beer in america"

edit: how could i forget budvar?

[curious0]

heh... who the hell said PBR... the breakfast of champions...

I must say the best beer out there is

Sam Adams Summer Ale

I don't think PBR qualifies as a beer, coors sucks ass , and I'm sure someone is going to bring up the yellow piss water from Mexico. Ah well, I'm probably not making friends,

the best beer is either Bass or Summer Ale. I've heard rumors of some good beer in Maine, but I'll stick to my guns for now.

[arvidvdb]

Hey Evil,

My favorite beer suits your name just fine..
it's called Duvel (old dutch for devil..)
Don't know if you can get it in the US,
but my fellow-dutch'n'belgian-macrumors citizens should know what I'm talking about....

[caveman_uk]

Oooo, difficult...

Pilsner Urquell
Duvel
Fullers ESB
Schneider Weiss

...are in the running. There's some great American beers (Anchor, Redhook, Sierra Nevada etc) too...

[vollspacken]

BECK's

my grampa used to work at the local glass factory that makes the bottles for Beck's... Bremen, the town where that delicious stuff is made, is only 45 km away from my hometown...

...local patriotism and active labor security from my side

- I like Pilsener Urquell too
- I really like Schneiders Hefeweizen (hmm, my favorite Weizenbier)

I personally think it's a shame that Beck's was sold to Interbrew!!! we'll see what that leads to, we already have the crappy new Beck's Gold, a stupid beer for GIRLS!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

my 2 Eurocents
vSpacken

[dobbin]

If I want to get drunk quickly and have a laugh then I'll usually drink Stella Artois.

If I am going out for a long session (drinking all day) then something a bit weaker like Fosters or Carling is better in the interests of self preservation.

If I fancy something tasty, I'll try the local real ale from wherever I am. Some that I quite like are:
Hooky (Hook Norton brewery)
Batemans
Fullers London Pride
Smiles Best
Castle Eden

I used to work in an old pub (~500 years!) owned by the Donnington Brewery. I didn't like the Donnington beer (BB or SB) very much which was a shame.

If I have had so much beer that I feel totally full and drunk (>12 pints?) then I sometimes drink alcopops for fun. I have a sweet tooth and like cranberry bacardi breezers, WKD, smirnoff ice etc..

[wrc fan]

My favorite is root beer.


Just kidding, although I prefer a soda (more specifically Dr. Pepper) to a beer, Gorden Beirsch Pilsner was the last one I drank. I've also had Negro Modello a couple times with Mexican food.

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by dobbin

If I have had so much beer that I feel totally full and drunk (>12 pints?) then I sometimes drink alcopops for fun. I have a sweet tooth and like cranberry bacardi breezers, WKD, smirnoff ice etc..
Is that one of those all day things where you reach a steady state as your drinking rate matches your liver and you don't get any more drunk? TBH all the alcopops taste waaaay too sweet to me regardless of how dead my taste buds are. But Pimms and Lemonade...now you're talking... It's a girlie drink but I like it;)

[pretentious]

Its all Ecanomics

Expensive: Fat Tire....MMM toasty
Cheap: Henery Weinards...All- around damn tasty cheap beer
Poor: Luckys...can't beat the $6 bottled 12-packs

*edit*BTW I don't touch cans, that's for heathens.

[medea]

Originally posted by pretentious
Its all Ecanomics

Expensive: Fat Tire....MMM toasty
Cheap: Henery Weinards...All- around damn tasty cheap beer
Poor: Luckys...can't beat the $6 bottled 12-packs

*edit*BTW I don't touch cans, that's for heathens.
can you explain to me what ecanomics is?

[FriarTuck]

ZIMA

and Rolling Rock

Interesting you should ask, since I recently decided I need to take up drinking as a hobby.

Never, ever go to law school. When you get out, you're expected to do legal-type stuff. Which is nothing like the TV told me it would be. Curse you, Corbin Bernsen!

Rescue me, ZIMA

[Ambrose Chapel]

Chimay is my favorite but it's expensive - it's an occasional treat.

In San Francisco I went to the Marin Brewing Company in Larkspur which has amazing beer. In some convenience store out there I got Alley Cat Ale which was great! And cheap! SF has good beer.

At bars around here I get Guinness or Newcastle.

Sammy Smith was the post concert beer at summer shows.

But with all that I prefer a good red wine :D

[mymemory]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
no offense... but why try to rate beers if you're not a connoisseur? doesn't make sense to me.

Hommer Simpson is not a connoisseur neither and he can rate a lot of beers.

In the beer world all drinkers have the talent of rate beers.

[primalman]

My #1, New Belgium Fat Tire Ale

in no particular order...
Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout
New Belgium 1554
Mueller Porter
Anchor Steam
Rockies Brewing SingleTrack Ale
Pete's Wicked Ale

And many many more, but I gotta work.

[phrancpharmD]

meal in a bottle = samuel smith Tadcaster (Taddy) Porter

regular = sweetwater 420 or IPA

budget = coors original

slummin = bud longnecks

I didn't know you can drink beer from a can. . .

[jxyama]

during the summer, Bell's Oberon is a great beer. it's brewed somewhere in Michigan, Kalamazoo, I think...

pilsner urquell i had in prague for ~50 cents a pint was excellent. not quite the same imported, unfortunately...

the single best pint I've ever had was a hand-pulled guinness in london. perfect pull, perfect temperature. (guinness i had in ireland was too cold, IMO)

[topicolo]

Kieth's Pale Ale
Moosehead
and the occasional Corona

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
since we're talking beer...

anyone else get a headache from rolling rock?

15 minutes after the first sip...pow, major headache.

just wondering...

i am into wine tasting and that is something i have heard of a lot when people first try red wine, but beer?

the one type of beer i know which can do that is really low grade malt liquor...but even high end beers, which are strong like, eku 28 hell bier can also do that

but rolling rock is a rather mild beer and compared to coors or budweiser, it's a much better beer in that price range (though sometimes rolling rock can be priced much higher than coors or budweiser in some stores)

[strider42]

Anchor Steam. Local San Francisco brew. I know its available in the pacific northwest too, but I don't know abuot the rest of the country. Anchor also makes Liberty Ale which is quite good, but the steam is really unique and the most refreshing, smooth beer I know.

Fat Tire is pretty good too.

Among more major beers, guiness and bass (black and tan) and redhook (ESB or IPA are both great and very distinctive).

[maradong]

guinness
battin ( you ll vertainly not know ;-) it s a luxembourgish beer.. )

[Toppa G's]

is Meister Brau. Or on a slightly elevated level, Milwaukee's Best. I watched two guys at school go through 80 cans of the Beast in a night.

[evil]

many of the beers mentioned are not available here in ontario.
the sale of beer is regulated by the government and you have to go to "the beer store", or to the lcbo, to get beer. sooo. if the beers not there youre not gonna get it anywhere.
i find it rather nice that most of the beer drinkers here support local brewed stuff.
of all the beer i drink i think only one kind is not brewed in ontario.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by evil
many of the beers mentioned are not available here in ontario.


If you ever come to DC you definitely should visit the Brickskeller....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/new_features/barsclubs/brickskeller.htm

and in the pic is the Delerium Nocturnum - that Moxie had when we went there one night this past GeekFest weekend....

D

[evil]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
If you ever come to DC you definitely should visit the Brickskeller....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/new_features/barsclubs/brickskeller.htm

and in the pic is the Delerium Nocturnum - that Moxie had when we went there one night this past GeekFest weekend....

D

i read that article. the place looks super cool. thanks for the info.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by evil
i read that article. the place looks super cool. thanks for the info.

It is very cool - and I work within walking distance.....we used to go over there for lunch once in a while, but then we'd come back less capable.

One winter a bunch of us went at lunch and left after sundown......;)

D

[Warren]

Natural Light
Milwaukees Best Light
Keystone Light
HighLife Light

[Veldek]

Hmmm, not many German beers yet, although it's the best in the world :p

My favourite is Flensburger Dunkel.

Anyone who knows it?

[Ugg]

Originally posted by Veldek
Hmmm, not many German beers yet, although it's the best in the world :p

My favourite is Flensburger Dunkel.

Anyone who knows it?

YES!!! Ein tolles Bier. Flensburger Pils auch.

[evil]

Originally posted by Warren
Natural Light
Milwaukees Best Light
Keystone Light
HighLife Light

this has to be the worst list compiled so far. you could pay someone to piss down your throat for cheaper.

[jxyama]

a while back, in April, i hosted a "light" beer party... my friends judged the following beers:

natural light, coors light, miller ice lite, miller lite, bud light, milwaukee's best light, busch light, keystone light, labatt blue light and josef hoffbauer light.

15+ people voted blind and the hands down winner of the "worst light beer" title was josef hoffbauer light. i don't know where this beer came from but it was on sale at a local grocery store. it was the worst tasting beer i've ever had. take coors light (my personal least favorite), dilute it and add some stinky stuff... yuck. made the frat-house-common-floor-the-sunday-morning-after-the-homecoming-weekend smell wonderful in comparison.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Warren
Natural Light
Milwaukees Best Light
Keystone Light
HighLife Light

those are all american light pilsners and probably are barely distinguishable from one another.

try something in another style. a pete's wicked ale should open your eyes.

[evoluzione]

yep, cheers D. for the Brickskeller trip. Unfortunately they'd ran out of the one i really wanted to try, and that's from the same little brewery in Norfolk, England, called Woodfordes (sp?)

some of my favourites, in no particular order....

guinness
murphys
newcastle brown
peroni
stell artois
staropramen
taddy porter
ruddles county
theakston's old peculiar
woodforde's norfolk nog
corona and bud light for when i'm using the powertools :)

then there's always shandy and lager top :) which are mixes of beer and 7up/sprite, very refreshing on a sunny summers day, oh, and guinness & blackcurrant is a good one.

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
since we're talking beer...

anyone else get a headache from rolling rock?

15 minutes after the first sip...pow, major headache.

just wondering...

hmm nope, it just gives me a mild buzz. I can't drink it when i want to get drunk, because it only gets me a little tipsy, no matter how much i drink... which is weird...

if i'm gonna get trashed, white wine is about the only surefire way. Hard liquor usually does very little for me, it's the wines that **** me up...

:)
pnw

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by mymemory
Hommer Simpson is not a connoisseur neither and he can rate a lot of beers.

In the beer world all drinkers have the talent of rate beers.

well, no, he can rate Duff and Fudd (which may or may not have been taken off the market after all those hillbillies went blind, you'll remember)...

very seldom are any other beers mentioned than Duff... which is appropriate to the blue collar working man, pick a favorite beer and stick to it :)

or a favorite whiskey, if you live around here...

:)
pnw

[zimv20]

Originally posted by evoluzione

staropramen


a fine beer. good stuff to drink in prague when there's no budvar about.

[Warren]

Old Milwaikee
Hamms
Mickeys

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Warren
Old Milwaikee
Hamms
Mickeys

well now you're just being silly.

here's a review of Mickey's from beeradvocate.com

Corn syrup sweetness on the nose, mixed with an increasing buttery sensation.
The same corn syrup shows up right away in the taste. Sticky and artificial tasting. Seltzer water-like carbonation scrapes the mouth clean of the cloying sweetness, but is annoying in its own right. Turns grainy toward the middle. Buttery and vegetal tones rise gradually throughout. Turns sweeter again at the finish with a (cheap) vodka & tonic alcohol flavor.
Artificially high carbonation, but once it begins to settle, this becomes totally undrinkable.
Unredeemable, even for malt liquor.

[Glossybear]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
You should be banned for that. ;) :p

It is ALL ABOUT the PBR.

But anyway...

My favs that I have to go buy:
Harp
Guiness
Pacifico
Coors Light/High Life
Anchor Steam
Beamish!!

But, I homebrew which means unless I'm eating out I don't have to buy much beer.

The best batch that we've done so-far is called "Phat-Buzz" and it is an Irish Stout (like a Murphies" with a considerable amount of light-roast coffee added to the cooling wort (unfermented beer).

This results in a sweet, thick , DARK beer with a strong coffee flavor and about 100Mg of Caffine per 12oz serving.

At about 6-7% Alcohal by volume after a couple of bottles your "phat-buzzing" from the caffine and the alcohal.

We are just about to bottle our attmpt to one-up the Sam Adams summer ale. We took a traditonal Weizen recipe and added some stonger hops and dried lemon peel to the wort. So, hopefully it will turn out!

We have also done an Anchor Steam clone that came out very good. The body and color of the beer are SPOT ON it is just stonger and MUCH more hoppy.

Anybody else home-brew?

[Warren]

Downing an Old English 40oz right now, playas

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Glossybear

Anybody else home-brew?

yep, though it's been awhile.

best batch was the Monster Scot, a strong scottish ale. great body and mouthfeel, nicely hopped, fun label (i love making labels).

the second batch i ever brewed i called Dog Day Aftertaste.

i like the idea of adding lemon peel to the wort. hope it turns out well for you.

[Veldek]

Originally posted by Ugg
YES!!! Ein tolles Bier. Flensburger Pils auch.

Natürlich! Ein Mann mit Geschmack!
Of course! A man with taste!

[janey]

oh lord a beer thread.
can't drink, too young, besides the only alcoholic beverage i drink (and i will ever drink) is wine :p

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by übergeek
oh lord a beer thread.
can't drink, too young, besides the only alcoholic beverage i drink (and i will ever drink) is wine :p not one for a strawberry daquiri or a martini, eh? seriously, though, wine is a much more alcohol-heavy drink than beer in all cases, so i don't see what you're getting at about not drinking beer... beer has about 1/4 the alcohol that most wines have.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by übergeek
oh lord a beer thread.
can't drink, too young, besides the only alcoholic beverage i drink (and i will ever drink) is wine :p

when you are of age, you'll have to try some good beer. there's a lot more variety to beer than there is to wine, imo.

and it's yummier.

[janey]

beer looks and tastes disgusting. i prefer a nice chardonnay :p

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by zimv20
when you are of age, you'll have to try some good beer. there's a lot more variety to beer than there is to wine, imo.

and it's yummier. ultimately, though, beer and wine do the same thing to you. wine just does it faster ;)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by übergeek
beer looks and tastes disgusting. i prefer a nice chardonnay :p

hmmm... i disagree. beer tends to look really good, like it would be tasty. i've only had beer twice, myself, though, and i utterly hated it both times. i tried one in Prague, so it wasn't some cheap american beer. hated that. also tried a guinness from a can. none of that. But as zim says, beer has a LOT of variety. those beers tasted completely different. so i can't categorically condemn beer.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by übergeek
beer looks and tastes disgusting.

but what beer(s) have you tried? if it's an american light pilsner (e.g. bud, miller lite, coors, busch, mgd, etc.) then i agree -- it _is_ disgusting.

those aren't real beers. they've got rice adjuncts to lighten the flavor. and real beer doesn't have rice!

start off w/ a nice spiced beer, like sierra nevada christmas ale (it's out of season now, though). or a nice weiss beer, maybe w/ a lemon slice (try paulaner).

or if you can find it, a goose island honkers ale. it's got a butterscotch note to it.

edit: i also recommend sam smith's oatmeal stout for something that's very unlike bud.

[neut]

favs:

buttface (local micro, if your in Boise go get some at the Ram!) its like a thicker...

phat tire

but one of the wickedest beers i've tried is one called Lucifer (downed a growler of this from Flying Pie Pizza (some of the best pizza and friendliest people). wicked stuff...


jamacan beers are also good.

[thekaiser]

I have always enjoyed Rolling Rock. However, Corona is also good.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
ultimately, though, beer and wine do the same thing to you. wine just does it faster ;)

Beer definitely has more calories, hence the "Beer Belly." :p

[janey]

hangovers suck :rolleyes: :p

[vollspacken]

Originally posted by Veldek
Hmmm, not many German beers yet, although it's the best in the world :p

My favourite is Flensburger Dunkel.

Anyone who knows it?

when I started drinking at the age of 14, we always had lots and lots Flens at the rowing club of my school... those were the days :)

das hat geFlenst..!

vSpacken

[Java]

Originally posted by übergeek
beer looks and tastes disgusting. i prefer a nice chardonnay :p

I second that ubergeek. Give me a nice Coppola chardonnay from Napa or an Edna Valley. I know, it's rough living next to the wine country.

[hexcalibur]

Hey, evil -- how was your head when you woke up? :)

Thanks for starting this thread -- there have been some great suggestions.

I wonder if anyone else out there has tried beers made by a little brewery in Quebec called Unibroue.

I've had "Maudite" (loose translation: "Goddamn!") and "Fin de Monde" (translation: "The End of the World"). They're fermented in the bottle and are 8% alcohol. I think two bottles would effectively kill a Coors Light drinker. A six-pack of Fin de Monde would really feel like the End of the World.

Oh yeah: they only sell their beer in quart bottles.

[vollspacken]

Originally posted by zimv20
start off w/ a nice spiced beer, like sierra nevada christmas ale (it's out of season now, though). or a nice weiss beer, maybe w/ a lemon slice (try paulaner).

Paulaner is a very good choice (especially in a beergarden (do people say that??? = Biergarten) during spring and summer...)

...but for God's sake, leave out the lemon!!! the only Weissbier/weiss beer flavor with which you use a lemon slice is the clear one (we call it Kristallweizen = crystal weiss beer), NEVER put it in the standard weiss beer...

my favorite weiss beers are Schneiders, Paulaner and Kapuziner... always comes in tall 1/2 liter glasses YUM

but, if you sit in the sun during the beergarden season and each one drinks four 1/2 liters, you will feel A) pretty dizzy and B) like you have eaten a huge loaf of bread *burp*

Oh, Uebergeek, you might also try a nice drafted Beck's (I don't know if you can get other than bottled outside Germany :confused: )... so fresh, so tasty, so ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... :D

vSpacken

[strider42]

Originally posted by übergeek
beer looks and tastes disgusting. i prefer a nice chardonnay :p

I don't like chardonay at all, at least none of the one's i've tried. I much prefer red wines overall, cabernet being by favorite type, though there's lot more left to try. Problem with wine is that unless you go to a specialty shop, its hard to know whats good, there's so many of them. Beer is a lot easier to get a handle on for the casual drinker.

I noticed someone mentioned PBR (pabst blue ribbon). If I'm gonna drink a crappy beer, its gonna be PBR (voted america's best beer in 1898), and if its just to get drunk with broke friends, Milwaukee's best will do. Ranier is another drinkable, but crappy beer.

Most of the time I'll stick to the British Beer, non-pretentious micro brews and Anchor Steam though.

[evil]

Originally posted by hexcalibur
Hey, evil -- how was your head when you woke up? :)

T
thanks for asking.
actually i felt qujite fine.
i had a lot to drink last night but i dont get hangovers anymore. i guess my body is used to it.
i had 3 500ml Zwiec's then i had to switch to the leftover alcohols in the cupboard--alize. which i finished up. then blue curacoa. both of these i mixed with five alive.
gotta love not having a job and school only 2 times a week.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by vollspacken
(especially in a beergarden (do people say that??? = Biergarten)


yes, "beer garden" is a term used in the states.


...but for God's sake, leave out the lemon!!!


i agree. it's normal in the states to add lemon to a weissbier, but i prefer it without (which is why i said "maybe"). plus, for a new drinker, it may ease the transition to better beers.

one of my favorites is Ayinger Dunkelweizen. it's finally available in the states (in bottles), but i first had it in the biergarten in Aying. yum yum yum.

[VIREBEL661]

Tsingtao....

[dstorey]

Hoegaarden all the way

or Duval

[Foucault]

I'm a drunk... Guinness, Red Horse, San Miguel, Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Beck's.

[mrjamin]

if we're talking proper beer (not this american fizzy lager stuff) then i like:

honeydew (bit girly, but jolly nice on a summers day)
hobgoblin stuff is great

as far as lagers go, i generally like the asian ones like Tiger or Asahi

when i was at high school i was crowned the drunken master and king of cheap beers - my best find was this dodgy european stuff called Grafen Walder that was about 15p a can. Bleuch.

Current least favourite is South African Guiness: proper manky! There's loads of cool bars where i leave (Reading, uk) that do some weird stuff, like this Hemp flavoured beer - that was weird. Anyone in/near Reading should check out:

the iguana bar
the afrobar
the global cafe

they do some great stuff

[Chomolungma]

Hurricane (I think in a 1.5 liter):D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by übergeek
hangovers suck :rolleyes: :p

I hope that it isn't from personal experience, übergeek! :eek:

[Fender2112]

Newcastle Ale
on draught
ice cold

[irobot71]

ok


"pabst blue ribbon!"


-I

[boobers]

A Ginger beer currently..should be ready in a week for bottling..about 6% booze in it.
evil i am dissappointed in you for not mentioning Sleeman.
Sleeman Steam is quite possibly the best Canadian beer this mouth has tasted, and its from my hometown..must be the water :D

Other beers i am partial to:
Herman's Dark(during Xmas they make "The Herminator", a 7% festive asskicker)
Gastown
IPA
McNally's
Kieran
Corona with lime on a summer day
Sleeman Cream Ale
Rainforest Cream Ale

I too feel sorry for Americans..***** beer from a can is just plain wrong.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by boobers

I too feel sorry for Americans..***** beer from a can is just plain wrong.

hey, there's lots of good beer here. it's just that there's only a few of us who drink it :-)

don't know where you live (europe?), but i'm disturbed by this trend i've seen in europe to drink bad american beer (i.e. budweiser). what's up w/ that?

[edgar_is_good]

Originally posted by evil
go.
anderson valley hop ottin ipa

[Abstract]

99% of American beer companies suck. Yes, Budweiser sucks, but they have the European Budweiser (the original Budweiser), "Budvar", is way better than American Budweiser. It still isn't good, though. ;)

To everyone who said Pilsener Urquell, Anchor Steam Beer, Staropramen (only one guy!!!), and Höegaarden: Good job. :D

Beers I like:
- Anchor Steam (only good American beer....no, really)
- Staropramen
- Pilsener Urquell (its okay)
- John Smith's Extra Smooth
- Caffreys
- Höegaarden (only once in a while)
- Boddington's
- Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale (worst India Pale Ale ever!!!, but if you classify it and compare it to lagers, its great ;))

Hexcalibur: I wonder if anyone else out there has tried beers made by a little brewery in Quebec called Unibroue.

I've had "Maudite" (loose translation: "Goddamn!") and "Fin de Monde" (translation: "The End of the World"). They're fermented in the bottle and are 8% alcohol. I think two bottles would effectively kill a Coors Light drinker. A six-pack of Fin de Monde would really feel like the End of the World.

Since you're from Canada, Labatt Maximum Ice is 7.9% and is available in every beer/liquor store in Canada quite readily. ;) Ooh, and I don't remember the company (temporary brain lapse :(), but a 10% beer is also quite easy to buy.
Also, your little Quebec brewery looks like it's pronounced "Unibrow". :D


I'm just glad that nobody said Heineken, Becks, or Corona (<--- well, not too many said the last 2 ;)).

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Abstract
99% of American beer companies suck. Yes, Budweiser sucks, but they have the European Budweiser (the original Budweiser), "Budvar", is way better than American Budweiser. It still isn't good, though. ;)

To everyone who said Pilsener Urquell, Anchor Steam Beer, Staropramen (only one guy!!!), and Höegaarden: Good job. :D

Beers I like:
- Anchor Steam (only good American beer....no, really)
- Staropramen
- Pilsener Urquell (its okay)
- John Smith's Extra Smooth
- Caffreys
- Höegaarden (only once in a while)
- Boddington's
- Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale (worst India Pale Ale ever!!!, but if you classify it and compare it to lagers, its great ;))



Since you're from Canada, Labatt Maximum Ice is 7.9% and is available in every beer/liquor store in Canada quite readily. ;) Ooh, and I don't remember the company (temporary brain lapse :(), but a 10% beer is also quite easy to buy.
Also, your little Quebec brewery looks like it's pronounced "Unibrow". :D


I'm just glad that nobody said Heineken, Becks, or Corona (<--- well, not too many said the last 2 ;)).

Well the only way you could say that %99 of American Beers suck is if you haven't ever visited the Pacific NW and specifically Oregon. Oregon is the beer brewing capital of the US and does in fact rival Germany for the quantity of micro-breweries and the quality of beer. Oregon alone has over 150 established micro-breweries that from what I have tried of them none are bad. Yes probably 99% of American beer sucks if you go by quantity sold but when you go by breweries America has a lot of good breweries and most of them are between San Francisco and Seattle.

Not to start an argument but a Corona with a lime is just the thing sometimes on a hot summer day after hard work.

[WinterMute]

I hate all of you, every single stinking one of you, you're all going to hell, I hope the next hangover really hurts and lasts forever, may your beer-bellies explode and your dry-roasted peanuts choke you.... (deep breath)

I'm allergic to alcohol, the last beer I had was a John Smith's in 1981, I was 17:(



somedays i could kill for a cold one

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by Glossybear

Anybody else home-brew?
Yep, have done for about 5 years. I brew from grain and hops (as opposed to extract). I tend to stick to Ales as I don't have proper refrigeration to do lagers properly. I tend to brew at around 6% ABV as I can't see the point in brewing at 4% when it takes the same amount of time to do it. I've started brewing 'old-beers' like what they used to make in the 1800's like original IPAs and porters. They need a long maturation though as the massive hop rates in them would take the skin off your teeth otherwise. :rolleyes:

[evil]

Originally posted by WinterMute
I hate all of you, every single stinking one of you, you're all going to hell, I hope the next hangover really hurts and lasts forever, may your beer-bellies explode and your dry-roasted peanuts choke you.... (deep breath)

I'm allergic to alcohol, the last beer I had was a John Smith's in 1981, I was 17:(



somedays i could kill for a cold one

damn. that sucks. you know its probably a good thing though....saves you money and liver.

[bryanc]

Before I went to the US the best beer I'd ever had was Granville Island Amber Ale (made by a supurb microbrewery in Vancouver, Canada).

However, I have to admit (and being a patriotic Canadian, this pains me), I found a beer I like even better when I was in Seattle...Wild Salmon Pale Ale, by FishTail Brewery in Olympia, WA. I just wish I could get it up here in Canada.

Cool thread.

Cheers

[janey]

Originally posted by wdlove
I hope that it isn't from personal experience, übergeek! :eek:
why would i say it if it wasn't from personal experience? ;) :p

[vollspacken]

Originally posted by zimv20
it's normal in the states to add lemon to a weissbier, but i prefer it without (which is why i said "maybe"). plus, for a new drinker, it may ease the transition to better beers.

...yeah, I was confused when I and a friend had a couple of Weizen at the Water Street Brewery in Milwaukee during this year's Easter break. the beer was good though :)

[SumDumGuy]

Dos Equis Amber
Negra Modelo
Carta Blanca
Corona
Tecate
Funny....all those are from Mexico.

I always have a bit of Shiner Bock and Shiner Blonde and occassionally Shiner Summer Stock in the fridge (in my office) since I'm from Texas.

Was hitting the Red Stripe pretty hard when my wife and I got back from Jamaica.

[WinterMute]

They most certainly are, thankfully I'm not allergic to them too...:D

(this was in answer to a wdlove post about dry roasterd peanuts being delicious, which seems to have vanished:confused: )

[evil]

as we speak i am just opening a new 6 pack of laker lager strong. a nice cheap ontario brew.

[MacPorter]

Ahhh, a topic I truly can enjoy...

Chimay Red or Konigshaven (I hope I spelled it correctly) Quad.

I would say Victory Porter, but you probably have not had that. If you ever have a chance...

When I am in Canada, I love to drink Smithwicks. Unfortunately, I can't get it where I live in the states.

[NavyIntel007]

Molsons Canadian

[Kashchei]

Kaiser Doppelmalt
I've only seen this beer in Vienna, but it was the smoothest, richest and most flavorful dark beer I have ever had.:p

[shadowfax]

wintermute, how the hell are you allergic to alcohol? what happens when you drink it?

[dswoodley]

Grolsch
Rogue Dead Guy
Saporo

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by evil
as we speak i am just opening a new 6 pack of laker lager strong. a nice cheap ontario brew.

i vote... pathetic. ;)

then again, i'm not really much of a beer connoisseur.. oh, that doesn't matter. ahhh hah

[WinterMute]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
wintermute, how the hell are you allergic to alcohol? what happens when you drink it?

I become clinically psychotic:(

Check this for details, near the bottom...:eek:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6144&perpage=25&pagenumber=21

[5300cs]

Sammy Adams

(and I'm in Japan so...)
Asahi
Sapporo
Kirin

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by WinterMute
I become clinically psychotic:(

Check this for details, near the bottom...:eek:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6144&perpage=25&pagenumber=21

I have a friend who is an alcoholic that has never remembered anything when he get's really drunk. He remembers more now then he used to now that he drinks all the time. We've done everything trying to get him help and help him ourselves but his family won't commit him so there's really nothing we can do just so you know that we've tried. He's lost his license twice and shot himself in the leg with a 9mm another time. He's going to end up dead but it's his damn family that is going to be at fault.

The first time I ever really really got drunk I did some pretty stupid stuff too but I remember every bit of it and learned from it. I don't do that anymore.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Stelliform
My favorite Beer is root Preferably Barqs...

have you tried IBC?

chicago microbrew Goose Island also makes a good root beer, and a killer Orange Creme soda. though i'd doubt they're shipping that far south yet.

[WinterMute]

Originally posted by Stelliform
My favorite Beer is root Preferably Barqs... (So that makes me a 10 on the pathetic scale Eh Evil? :D)

No I am not a drinker... :)

Wintermute, why would you kill for a beer? If you don't normally drink, I don't see why you would have the cravings. I don't drink, and I never get cravings. (Well for alcohol. I have a sweet tooth when it comes to drowning my sorrows. :))

Cos it's an enforced choice, I didn't stop drinking cos I wanted to, I realy HAD to, I enjoyed a drink, I liked being drunk (to the point wher I start trying to kill people obviously:( ) but it was a no-brainer, as the judge said, stop drinking or spend the rest of your life in jail.

[WinterMute]

Originally posted by MacBandit
I have a friend who is an alcoholic that has never remembered anything when he get's really drunk. He remembers more now then he used to now that he drinks all the time. We've done everything trying to get him help and help him ourselves but his family won't commit him so there's really nothing we can do just so you know that we've tried. He's lost his license twice and shot himself in the leg with a 9mm another time. He's going to end up dead but it's his damn family that is going to be at fault.

The first time I ever really really got drunk I did some pretty stupid stuff too but I remember every bit of it and learned from it. I don't do that anymore.

I think a lot of people are intolerent of alcohol in a big way, but you get happy drunks and mean drunks and fall over drunks etc. It's a metabolic poison after all...:eek:

I know a few folks who would benefit from not drinking at all and many who drink too much, but it's our socially acceptable drug, you don't even have the legal argument like you do with drugs.

[Jaykay]

Originally posted by pseudobrit
Guinness Draught

and Bushmills whiskey. Straight.

You must be Irish...

anyways Guinness or Carlsberg for me.

And for further reference, Guinness is not a beer, its a stout and for that matter Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coors Heineken and all of them are not beers either, there lagers. Something like Smithwicks or Bass, now thats beer. The really yellow ones are always lager, beer is much more red (usually.)

Its ok, im irish, drinking is a major part of my life.

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by Jaykay
You must be Irish...

anyways Guinness or Carlsberg for me.

And for further reference, Guinness is not a beer, its a stout and for that matter Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coors Heineken and all of them are not beers either, there lagers. Something like Smithwicks or Bass, now thats beer. The really yellow ones are always lager, beer is much more red (usually.)

Its ok, im irish, drinking is a major part of my life.
Sadly you are wrong. As malt-derived fermented alcoholic beverages that have been seasoned with hops they are all beers. They are all fermented with strains of Saccharomyces Cervisiae. They all have malted light colored barley as a major ingredient. Guinness is a stout brewed from 80% pale malt, some unmalted barley and some dark roasted malt and fermented with an ale yeast. Most of the lagers contain very pale malted barley and lesser and greater amounts of other unmalted cereals. A lot of rice in the case of US Bud and maize in Mexican and some European lagers. Nearly all German lagers are malt-only. All lagers are fermented with bottom-fermenting lager yeasts that work at lower temperatures than ale yeasts. Smithwicks is pretty much the same ingredient wise to Guinness. Take out the dark roasted barley, replace with red crystal malt and you have a red ale. To say one's a beer and the other isn't is like saying macs and PCs are not both computers. They both have pretty similar components and ultimately do much the same things. They only difference is the users enjoyment of the differences they do have.

Sorry...for the long beer bore rant but it's a pet subject. I myself brew, both at home and have in the past commercially in a microbrewery.

[Jaykay]

Originally posted by caveman_uk
Smithwicks is pretty much the same ingredient wise to Guinness. Take out the dark roasted barley, replace with red crystal malt and you have a red ale.

I can see you know your talking about, but in laymens (my :)) terminology, Guinness is a Stout, Carlsberg is a Lager and Smithwicks is a beer, im being technical about this (obviously) but is this not the case. There may be differences, but they are three different types, aren't they?

[MacFan25]

I've never really drank much, but from the little bit of cheap beer that I have had, it wasn't too good. :p

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by Jaykay
I can see you know your talking about, but in laymens (my :)) terminology, Guinness is a Stout, Carlsberg is a Lager and Smithwicks is a beer, im being technical about this (obviously) but is this not the case. There may be differences, but they are three different types, aren't they?
They are indeed members of 'beer styles'. Guinness is a stout. Carlsberg is a European style lager. Not really a pilsner. Just common or garden everyday lager beers. Smithwicks is a red ale - it has a 'buttery' taste from a chemical called diacetyl which is a yeast by-product - most yeasts produce it but reabsorb it at the end of fermentation. The Irish ale yeasts are quite poor at re-uptake. Bud's main flavor is also from a by-product. Acetaldehyde which tastes of green apples. Bass is a British bitter - a kind of ale. Bass used to be considered an IPA but it barely fits the description now. It's too weak and not bitter enough.

[WinterMute]

Originally posted by caveman_uk
They are indeed members of 'beer styles'. Guinness is a stout. Carlsberg is a European style lager. Not really a pilsner. Just common or garden everyday lager beers. Smithwicks is a red ale - it has a 'buttery' taste from a chemical called diacetyl which is a yeast by-product - most yeasts produce it but reabsorb it at the end of fermentation. The Irish ale yeasts are quite poor at re-uptake. Bud's main flavor is also from a by-product. Acetaldehyde which tastes of green apples. Bass is a British bitter - a kind of ale. Bass used to be considered an IPA but it barely fits the description now. It's too weak and not bitter enough.

Damn, you've got to like a man who knows his subject.:D

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by caveman_uk
They are indeed members of 'beer styles'. Guinness is a stout. Carlsberg is a European style lager. Not really a pilsner. Just common or garden everyday lager beers. Smithwicks is a red ale - it has a 'buttery' taste from a chemical called diacetyl which is a yeast by-product - most yeasts produce it but reabsorb it at the end of fermentation. The Irish ale yeasts are quite poor at re-uptake. Bud's main flavor is also from a by-product. Acetaldehyde which tastes of green apples. Bass is a British bitter - a kind of ale. Bass used to be considered an IPA but it barely fits the description now. It's too weak and not bitter enough.

The world needs more people like you. There is a really bad misunderstanding out there about what different beers are. The most recent one was when I was at BJ's the italian/pizza chain. They are also a microbrewery. They have a beer there that they call a pale but it is very reddish in color and has a bitter flavor and has a slightly sweet after taste. I personally would classify it as an IPA without question.

[gotohamish]

Theakstons Old Peculiar. In Yorkshire.

Oh yes... gimme one right now.

[iJon]

yeah, im like scem, never really got into it. i know beers an aquiring taste and i guess i never gave it much of a chance,lol. most of my friends just drink whats there and end up puking or some stuff like that. its actually quite funny and i would rather have a dr pepper and watch my friends get drunk, quite amusing. i just dont let them drive.

iJon

[zimv20]

Originally posted by Jaykay

Guinness is not a beer, its a stout and for that matter Carlsberg, Budweiser, Coors Heineken and all of them are not beers either, there lagers.

uk_cavemen did a nice job of clarifying the issue.

i'll add this:

nearly all beers fall neatly into the category of ales and lagers. what differentiates them is the type of yeast used ("ale" strains or "lager" strains).

each broad category has a number of styles. in general (though there are exceptions):

ales: stouts, bitters, anything w/ the word "ale" (strong ale, pale ale, IPA, scottish ale)
lagers: pilsners, bocks, wheat beers, porters

[zimv20]

from Michael Jackson's* "Pocket Guide to Beer"


Light Beer American term, indicating a watery Pilsener-style beer. 2.75-4 by volume. Low in calories, and in interest. In some other countries, "Light" means lower in alcohol than a conventional beer.


* the beer/whiskey expert, not the singer from Gary

[caveman_uk]

Originally posted by MacBandit
The world needs more people like you. There is a really bad misunderstanding out there about what different beers are. The most recent one was when I was at BJ's the italian/pizza chain. They are also a microbrewery. They have a beer there that they call a pale but it is very reddish in color and has a bitter flavor and has a slightly sweet after taste. I personally would classify it as an IPA without question. Why thank you;) IPAs were originally very bitter, quite pale ales about 6-8% ABV but there's no reason they can't be a bit coppery. Malting wasn't an exact science back then so colour varied a bit. The sad thing is a lot of folks that claim to like beer drink stuff that doesn't taste of anything. It's just cold, wet and fizzy. Most of the US mass-produced stuff is mostly derived from rice which adds practically no flavor just alcohol. There are great beers in the US. For a real IPA try Sierra Nevadas. It's truly in the style. It's not just the US it's everywhere - crap lagers that aren't really lagers. Stella Artois in the UK isn't Belgian it's brewed in Wales. It's matured for 24 hours. A real lager is matured for at least six weeks. Even Bud is matured longer than Stella yet Stella's the biggest selling beer in the UK. It's just advertised well so that people believe it's 'reassuringly expensive' for a reason. It is. The reason is to maximise profits. Strange thing is if people are given real, well-kept, flavorful beers people like them. I have to turn people down when they ask me to brew for their parties 'cos I don't have the time...

[Vector]

Kronenbourg 1664
Red Stripe
Guinness

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by caveman_uk
Why thank you;) IPAs were originally very bitter, quite pale ales about 6-8% ABV but there's no reason they can't be a bit coppery. Malting wasn't an exact science back then so colour varied a bit. The sad thing is a lot of folks that claim to like beer drink stuff that doesn't taste of anything. It's just cold, wet and fizzy. Most of the US mass-produced stuff is mostly derived from rice which adds practically no flavor just alcohol. There are great beers in the US. For a real IPA try Sierra Nevadas. It's truly in the style. It's not just the US it's everywhere - crap lagers that aren't really lagers. Stella Artois in the UK isn't Belgian it's brewed in Wales. It's matured for 24 hours. A real lager is matured for at least six weeks. Even Bud is matured longer than Stella yet Stella's the biggest selling beer in the UK. It's just advertised well so that people believe it's 'reassuringly expensive' for a reason. It is. The reason is to maximise profits. Strange thing is if people are given real, well-kept, flavorful beers people like them. I have to turn people down when they ask me to brew for their parties 'cos I don't have the time...

Personally my favorite beers are IPAs and that's why I tend to spot one when I drink something labeled wrong. I think nowadays especially in oregon they have so many varieties of beers that the line between pale and red and IPA are crossing a bit and muddy in definition. If you really like beers you have to go to a brew fest in Oregon sometime. The last one I went to had 55 micro breweries represented with over 200 brews. Including over a dozen varieties of mead (honey brews).

[Bengt77]

...or better: I'll zip.

My favourites are, in order of (my personal) likability:
- Palm
- Hertog Jan
- Brand
- Hoegaarden
- Wieckse Witte
- Gulpener Dort
- Jupiler
- Grolsch

Now my question is: do you even know one of those?!

:rolleyes:

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Bengt77
...or better: I'll zip.

My favourites are, in order of (my personal) likability:
- Palm
- Hertog Jan
- Brand
- Hoegaarden
- Wieckse Witte
- Gulpener Dort
- Jupiler
- Grolsch

Now my question is: do you even know one of those?!

:rolleyes:

Grolsch?? Really, you like that? I'm sorry. I think I've had Jupiler. I'm not sure. A friend of mine travels all over North and South America picking up beers wherever he goes and then we have brewfests of our own when he gets back so I've had a quite a variety of foreign beers. I got to say that I still prefer the Pacific NW varieties best. I still haven't had something from elsewhere that couldn't be had locally. At least of a variety I cared for.

[Abstract]

Originally posted by NavyIntel007
Molsons Canadian

Please be joking. :D


And regular old Grolsh isn't good (its the one in the green bottle and label), but Grolsh Amber is fairly good. ;)

Oooh, I forgot Leffe. Its a great beer, in my opinion. It tastes a bit like Höegaarden, but not quite. I like Leffe more, I think, but I'll have to try more of it to make that assessment. :p

So Höegaarden, John Smiths, Caffrey's, Anchor Steam, Leffe, Boddingtons, Alexander Keiths IPA (crap IPA, but good lager taste. Now if it was actually a lager, then it would be considered a good lager.......but it isn't) and several others I've mentioned before.

[rt_brained]

Originally posted by evil
not too bad. i dont mind a nice guiness now and then.
i must say though that i prefer it from the tap or in the bottle. im not totally into the cans.

good enough!

FYI...

I did a photo shoot with a guy from Guiness (prior to the release of Guiness in bottles) who said not to expect bottled versions ever because the quality (flavor) and head (he called it "mother's milk") weren't anywhere close to their standards.

The can, however, came very very close to duplicating the quality from the tap and it was something they were quite proud to sell.

So I'm curious why you would prefer the bottled version of Guiness over the can.

[Golem]

Cascade
James Boag

I like the cascade summer ale when I can find it.

But since those are more lagers. Then what I grew up on I guess DB Brown.

[AhmedFaisal]

Two German beers brewed according to the purity manifest, so real beer and not some soy substituted crap. As for US beer, the only one I consider halfway decent would be the black MGD.
Cheers,

Ahmed

[Bengt77]

I can't believe nobody, and I mean nobody (well, myself not included) has even mentioned Palm and/or Hertog Jan. What's up with that? Isn't that weird, eh?! Two beers that definitely belong in the 'best beers of the world'-lists, still nobody even mentions them.

Let's look at the logos...

:cool:

EDIT: I just found this (http://www.ratebeer.com/) site. Palm Speciale gets a 3.22 rating there and Hertog Jan (regular) a 3.37. The best rated beer get's a 3.92 (Wurzburger Bavarian Holiday Beer (http://www.ratebeer.com/ShowBeer.asp?BeerID=6816)), so those two scores aren't bad at all!

[Bengt77]

Number 1:

[Bengt77]

Number 2:

[mohaukachi]

paulaner.... thats the only way to drink beer

[rhpenguin]

Theres no substitution for an ice cold Canadian. Or a Molson Dry.

CANADIAN BEER ROCKS!!!

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by rhpenguin
Theres no substitution for an ice cold Canadian. Or a Molson Dry.

CANADIAN BEER ROCKS!!!


You forgot to end your statement with, EH!! I just can't believe you're actually Canadian now.;) :p

[Bengt77]

Originally posted by MacBandit
Grolsch?? Really, you like that?

Please do note I put it at last place in my personal list of favourite beers. Palm and Hertog Jan are definitely and infinitely better tasting than Grolsch, but the latter is still okay. Cheap and therefore good student beer!

:)

[areyouwishing]

Its a shame I got in on this late, but my choices are...

Taste - Dr. Hops Amber Ale (Unfortunetly only available in Idaho, but by far the smoothest amber I have ever had in my life)

Mass Consumption - Bud Light

With Mexican Food - Pacifico, or Corona

With Pizza - Amber Bach, or Bud Light

Widely available Taste - Fat Tire

While listening to music - Wine (Robert Mondavi)

If you have been bartending all night - Zima*

*Any bartender knows about getting splattered with beer all night and comming home with your entire body covered in beer stench...the last thing you want is another beer, zima is a great alternative.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Bengt77
Please do note I put it at last place in my personal list of favourite beers. Palm and Hertog Jan are definitely and infinitely better tasting than Grolsch, but the latter is still okay. Cheap and therefore good student beer!

:)

Yes yes, I understand cheap very much.

[osiris]

Bass is a British bitter - a kind of ale. Bass used to be considered an IPA but it barely fits the description now. It's too weak and not bitter enough.
Sorry I am a year late to this thread, I had one hell of a hangover :D
Traditionally an ale was brewed without hops, many other things were used to flavour the brew instead of hops, and any brew made with hops was a beer.
Favourite ale:
Fraoch heather ale or Kelpie seaweed ale (nice with a bag of dulse).

Favourite beer:
Fullers ESB,
Everards Old Original,
Gold Label Barley Wine,
Carlsberg Special Brew,
San Miguel.

[iLikeMyiMac]

Since I live in St. Louis, the home of Anheuser-Busch, its pretty much a budweiser town but I usually drink Amber Bock.

[krimson]

In no particular order... but im more of a liquor kinda guy.

Sapporo (Winter 2003 was great, Summer Reserve)
Obi
Tiger
Newcastle
Warsteiner
Pacifico
Arrogant Bastard
Rolling Rock
Pyramid Hef
Rattlesnake
Hemp ale
and some others i can recall ATM.

and when i drink to 'fit in', but dont want to get tipsy, Bud Light.

[belair]

On a national pride note I like BATTIN© best.
It's a beer from luxembourg, very good blond beer.

I really like GUINESS but only a drafted pint please. (I visited the factory in Dublin, huge!)

Then again someone mentionned PAULANER wich is really good for long summer evenings.

and then there is BUDWEISER, the original czech one, the american is only if I want to drink without getting drunk, man that beeer is piss

[Sweetfeld28]

coors original???
jesus christ where do you live? kentucky?
you can beat that with just about anything.

thats a 100% hick beer.


DISCLAIMER TO ALL: THIS IS JUST FOR FUN SO DONT GET MAD WHEN I CALL YOU A HICK OR A PUSS


haha, thats exactly what i told my friend. He drinks that stuff too. He also started drinking Miller High Life, i told him that he is drinking old man beer.

personally, i like to drink Coors Light, Labatt Blue, Miller Lite, and of course Bud. I wouldn't mind drinking an Irish Car Bomb right about now either.

[dvdh]

Alright here's my call:

Canadian stuff first:

Warthog (Big Rock, Calgary) - Pale Ale - all around nice flavour and smooth
Blanche de Chambly (Unibrue, Chambly, Quebec) - really cold on a hot day
Fin du Monde (Unibrue, Chambly, Quebec) Lots of flavour, second one hits hard. . . . leave the bottom for the beer gods: its not filtered
Dragons Breath Pale Ale (Ontario) - but only on tap . . . .
Fort Garry (Winnipeg, Manitoba) - doesn't seem to exist outside of Manitoba
Steam Whistle (Toronto) - yah, I know that's really light

International:
Guinness - but only when i can afford both meal and a pint
Bavaria - a little sharp, I find, but interesting
Stella - on occassion when none of the above is on tap.

[Hemingray]

Okay, but technically it's not a beer. Blackberry mead. My friend and I home brew it. Good stuff! It falls somewhere between beer and wine.

[nspeds]

I like Belgian beer, my "favorite(s)" include:

Leffe Blonde
Duvel

[Inspector Lee]

ohhh yeah gotta get that sierra nevada up in this. pale ale for me. totally.

I second the mountain nectar... But don't forget Fat Tire and Anchor Steam...

[Peyote]

Dos Equis special with lime.

Anything else makes me want to yuke after 2 beers...especially budweiser.

[kaltsasa]

We have a local beer Spotted Cow, very good. I prefer that when I have money.

Normally the fridge has good ol PBR, i like it ok, reasonable flavor at a reasonable price.

If you need really really cheap beer you can get Brew City Ice around here for 6.99 a case, if you choke the first can down the rest isn't so bad.

However I will pick up a mini keg of german beer at the local store sometimes, they rotate a few different kinds, but usually they are all decent.

[tpjunkie]

hooray, another long lived drinking themed thread! :p ;)

I replied to this one about a year ago, i think somewhere around page 4 or 5...

[jxyama]

Sapporo (Winter 2003 was great, Summer Reserve)
Obi
Tiger
Newcastle
Warsteiner
Pacifico
Arrogant Bastard
Rolling Rock
Pyramid Hef
Rattlesnake
Hemp ale
and some others i can recall ATM.


wait a minute, one of them clearly doesn't belong...

ROLLING ROCK?!?!?!?!?! :eek: :p ;)

[krimson]

like wine, different beer for different foods... it was my ex's fav beer (coors was her other, go figure), so i've drank enough to appreciate it for what it is.

[MacAztec]

Newcastle
Dos Equis
Corona Light

[vollspacken]

Andechser Doppelbock

YOU'RE MY MAN!!!

I went to the Andechs Abbey (the place up on the mountain where the monks get plastered on their own strong beer...) during a field trip in high school with my class. I have no idea how and when we left... ;)

http://www.cripplefight.com/smileys/lush.gif

cheers

vSpacken

[Angelus]

First beer was a budweiser about three months ago.
I've given beer up however as i'm partial to white wines. My favourite so far is an Ernst & Julia Gallo Colombard. It's great with cheese and crackers!

[osiris]

Angelus,
This is a beer thread but wines fine although I prefer red and like a nice cup of tea or several glasses of port with my cheese and crackers.
Do you get dulse in Cork?

[musicpyrite]

Corona.

[Blackstealth]

Courage: Director's
Tim Taylors: Landlord
Black Sheep: Riggwelter
Greene King: Abbot Ale
Well's: Banana Bread
Young's: Winter Warmer
Neame's: Spitfire
Jennings: Sneck Lifter
Fuller's: London Pride
Sam Smith's: Pale Ale

And when all else fails...
Grolsch (Far better than that foul Stella stuff, I've drunk better tasting unleaded!)

We have no shortage of pubs (and breweries) serving decent drinks here in the heart of Yorkshire :)

[markoibook]

Well, its got to be Wadworths 6X or Greene King Abbot Ale.

(I live in England) :D

[Don't panic]

Theakstons Old Peculiar. In Yorkshire.

Oh yes... gimme one right now.

I'll drink to that!!!
I had it once during a trip in the lake district (or was it the peak district?). I it was ages ago but I can still remember it. That stuff is great. I wish I could buy it here.

here is my short list (not ranked):

Old Peculiar,
Stella Artois,
Pilsner Urquell,
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,
Leffe Vielle Cuvee,
La Rossa Moretti,
Fuellers Vintage,
Chimay

and too many other to list (boy am I thirsty now!)

[Angelus]

Never heard of dulse though i am new at this.
Is Guinness counted as a beer? Its a stout for sure. Is that different from a beer?

[rhpenguin]

Rickards red is my brew of choice.

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....I could get fired for not saying Duff....so nobody tell on me, okay? I like many beers...
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Schneider Weisse
Schneider Aventinus Doppelbock
Swan's Weizen (local here in Victoria...closest I've tasted to a good German weizen)
...just to name a few...oh yeah!

[Whigga Spitta]

I only read the first and last page, but to my knowledge nobody noted the REAL king of beers, er... malt liquors. OLDE ENGLISH 800, 40 ounces of course. A close second is High Life, hahaha. Teen drinking is very bad...

[rhpenguin]

LMAO... If we are talking malt liqours, its all about the Black Bull..

the stuff tastes like it was scraped off the bottom of the tank, but its okay by me!

[Sun Baked]

Now you guys will have to PM evil so he can tell you if you're cool, or whether you should give up and switch to Zima.

[Mike Teezie]

8 pages, and not one person likes Heineken?

These are my current favs, in order:

Heineken
Shiner Bock
Corona

[maxvamp]

I am generally an ALE guy. If I decide I want a full bodied beer, I'll do a stout.

That being said, I really like NewCastle.

Now, two points...

First, with the exception of many micro/home brews, and Sam Adams, I find most American beer to be like making love in a canoe ( *punchline below ). This said from an ex-AB employee.

Second, While Molsen was OK, I think America is still upset about Canada's stance on Iraq, as we just sent Coors to buy Molsen. Now, what do you think will happen? Will Molsen adopt the Coors formula, getting weaker, or will Coors get a bolder flavor from the Molsen beer formula.

Either way..

Max.


**** F**king close to water !!!

[maxvamp]

Worst beer I have ever had. Worst Heineken I had was in Munich!!!

I want to add BTW that there are some very good Bock beer formulas out there too.

Max.

[m-dogg]

I like Piels, Schlitz, Shaefer, Old Milwaulkee,,,,,

Seriously though, I like the following: Guinness, Newcastle, Long Trail, Wolaver's Organic Brown, Corona, Smithwicks, Pete's Winter Brew, Magic Hat #9, Naughty Nurse (local brew - I think I just like to say "I'll have a..."), Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Harpoon UFO, and whatever may catch my eye when I'm picking up a six-pack...

And oh yeah - Nothing beats chugging a 40 of bud on a hot summer day!

[osiris]

Never heard of dulse though i am new at this.
Is Guinness counted as a beer? Its a stout for sure. Is that different from a beer?
Stout or porter as some call guinness is a type of beer.
Dulse, pronounced dullis, is a type of edible seaweed we get in the north. Don't you get it in the Freestate?

[takao]

locals:
Fohrenburger (they have some nice different tastes)
Mohren Pfiff (from my hometown..first official beer i bought with 16)

austrians:
Stiegl (since 1492)
Ottakringer (very cheap)

others:
the original chez Budweiser from Budvar

[atari1356]

My favorite beer:

John Courage

Harp and Guinness are good too :)

[Aeolius]

Since I live in St. Louis, the home of Anheuser-Busch, its pretty much a budweiser town but I usually drink Amber Bock.

I live in NC, where three out of every five beers consumed are Anheuser-Busch products. As part owner of an Anheuser-Busch distributorship, I truly appreciate the southerner's taste for Budweiser. ;)

As for me, I'll take a Redhook IPA or Sunrye, which, as A-B owns 25% of Redhook, is quite alright as well.

[iMeowbot]

Stout or porter as some call guinness is a type of beer.
Stout is beer, but porter is really an ale. And Smuttynose porter is the yummiest one.

[osiris]

Stout is beer, but porter is really an ale. And Smuttynose porter is the yummiest one.
I beg to differ, traditionally a beer contains hops an ale doesn't. British/Celtic ales never contained hops until those nasty Europeans :rolleyes: forced them on us in a product called beer.

[m.r.m.]

brinkhoffs and hövels.

[Psychic Shopper]

Our local microbrew Great Lakes makes great beer,Holy Moses wheat beer is really good.
Others I like,Bass,Sierra Nevada Pale,St.Pauli's Girl,Harp, but not Guiness

[Counterfit]

My father likes Sam, and my brother told me that recently, he's been drinking expensive tequila (he says it's good...)

Myself? All about the Jack baby :D I do enjoy the taste of burnt wood ;)

[nuclearwinter]

boddington's. Smoothest beer i've ever had. I can't say that i like beer that much, but this import from europe is quite pleasant.

[Balin64]

go.

Perhaps this has been covered:

Smithwicks in IRE


hands down...


or Tecate in Mexicali...


Why do I waste my time?

Most of you nimrods are not old enough to buy a beer... I am very close to taking MacRumors away from my favorites bar... too bad. This used to be a cool place for Mac info...

[Abstract]

Yes, please take Macrumors away from your favourites bar. ;)

[osiris]

Yes, please take Macrumors away from your favourites bar. ;)
I'd rather take pints of Marstons pedigree from my favourite bars. :p

[gernb]

Becks
Harp

or sometimes Molson Ice...if I'm feeling a little more working class

[yamabushi]

Sapporo
Newcastle
Pete's Wicked Ale
Leinenkugel's or
Sam Adams (when on a budget)
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or
Grolsch (when in the mood for something light - not too often)
Just about anything on tap at a German bier haus

One other rather amusing find was Elvira's Wicked Brew but it is no longer available. Despite being dirt cheap it was surprisingly good. Dark, smooth, and friendly.
:cool:

[Counterfit]

Most of you nimrods are not old enough to buy a beer... I am very close to taking MacRumors away from my favorites bar... too bad. This used to be a cool place for Mac info... The nimrod's will miss you ;) :D

[heartsparke]

Here in Australia, I follow the rule of the 5 C's:
- Carlton (on tap at every good pub, $2 - $3 a pot. love it a lot.)
- Cascade (a very nice Tasmanian beer. Their light beer is even pretty decent.)
- Coopers (The best of the best. A lovely South Australian beer. Go for the Pale Ale, you can't go wrong. Just remember to roll the bottle first!)
- Corona (Need I say more?)
- Crown Lager (A swankier beer made by the same guys who make Carlton. Not as nice as good old Carlton Draught but still a nice drop.)

Other rules to follow: Avoid Geelong Bitter at all costs. Drink VB if you're desperate or it's free. Always loathe Tooheys New.

Oh by the way, I'm Kimberley. I'm new. :)

[aus_dave]

Cascade
James Boag

I like the cascade summer ale when I can find it.

But since those are more lagers. Then what I grew up on I guess DB Brown.
For a thread on beer there are very few Aussies making any kind of contribution :D.

Apart from the Tasmanian brews mentioned already I like Hahn Premium, Coopers Heritage Premium Ale and Southwark Premium. For everyday drinking I prefer Melbourne Bitter or Carlton Draught.

I'm not sure what the alcohol content is in some of the other beers that have been mentioned, but if it's not 4.5%+ it's light beer as far as I'm concerned :rolleyes:.

[Davito]

Schwechater Zwickl.

[virividox]

corona

[Akira]

allright, beer...

fav normal beer:
- Hertog Jan

worst normal beer:
- Oranjeboom

fav special beer:
- probably Palm

fav 'white' beer:
- Hoegaarden

fav non-Dutch/Belgian beer:
Corona I guess.. ;) but I won't turn down a Warsteiner either..

Sometimes I feel sorry for American people, they have to wait till they're 21 (officially) and have to drink beer from paper cups at parties (at least, that's what I see on TV :P)

[Mark James]

Beer. Mmmmmm.

Fuller's London Pride
Fuller's 1845
Fuller's ESB
Fuller's London Pride *with* Fuller's 1845
Fuller's London Pride *with* Fuller's ESB (aka 'damage')

Abbots *and* St Edmunds (aka 'Absteds')

Adnam's Bitter and/or Broadside within 50 miles of Southwold

Nigerian Guinness

Mmmmmm. Beer.

[wPod]

fat tire

[Raid]

Hey evil, how about some OV and Labatt 50? :) Now that should take you back.

As for a good beer, try Waterloo Dark...very light tasting malty dark beer. Also raspberry wheat from Kawartha Lakes Breweries is good too for something different. I like it for cottage parties, for two reasons
1) It's the only beer I can have warm... important because keeping a keg cool for an entire weeked can be a challenge...
2) The KLB store is en-route to my friends cottatge! :)

[MontgomeryBurns]

If anyone in the general Seattle area hasn't tried anything from the Elysian brewery (http://www.elysianbrewing.com/index1.htm), I highly recommend it. I'm particularly partial to their porter, but the bete blanche is good if you're looking for something a little lighter but still feeling adventurous. The IPA is always good, a little appley, and always a safe bet for those who don't like the heavier beers. I like to try to work my way across the menu from light to dark over the course of a meal, although its a fair challenge to get past more than about four beers there.

[superkatalog]

calanda bräu :)

[Abstract]

Why are you doing this to us!!

Labatt Blue
Molson Canadian
Corona
Kronenbourg
Grolsh
Toohey's New
Heineken
Becks
Budweiser


Yes, of course I'm joking. :p

[molcas&e'sdad]

I finally came to grips with the fact that I am a "girly man" and stopped pretending to like microbrews. Bring on the MGD Light, Mich Golden Light, Miller Lite, etc ...

[Inkmonkey]

Alexander Keiths IPA
Red Stripe
Guiness

[NusuniAdmin]

Too young to drink...

So what does that make me :confused:

[Inkmonkey]

Too young to drink...

So what does that make me :confused:

Probably better off. Save your money.

[Mord]

newcastle brown.

and when i'm eating indian i like a nice pint of cobra.

[18thTomorrow]

Beer...puh.

What's really great is Jack Daniels on the rocks.

[Crikey]

Black Butte Porter from Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon.

I've been to their brew-pub. They also make a really good (strong!) ginger ale and a very tasty hamburger piled high with roasted garlic. Yumm! I need to go visit before the pass gets snowy.

I also like Guiness. When I was in high school I was rather too fond of Tooth's Sheaf Stout, which I think comes from Australia.


Crikey

[AnewMac]

You can NOT beat a cold Natural Light after a hot days work! It tasted the best in college and was a super cheap alternative to expensive bar beer. The only draw back is the really nasty morning poo. :eek:

[hulugu]

Black and Tan — a little Guiness and a little Bass really can't go wrong here.
Newcastle — Just a good English beer
Kiltlifter — Funny name, local to AZ, really tasty
Pacifico/Tecate — good w/ fajitas, enchiladas, and stuffed sopapillas, follow with really good sipping tequilla.
Moretti Red — a decent beer that's really good w/ pasta.
Coors — A beer to take fishing, from bottles that have been cooled in a stream, really not bad.

A good beer should be consumed with good food, lots of friends from icy bottles.

[hulugu]

Why are you doing this to us!!

Labatt Blue
Molson Canadian
Corona
Kronenbourg
Grolsh
Toohey's New
Heineken
Becks
Budweiser


Yes, of course I'm joking. :p

At least Grolsh has cool bottles. ;)

[BrianKonarsMac]

beer is for pussies.

[BakedBeans]

i thought beer was for your mouth??? ^^^^^^^^ oh well... ill ask me girlfriend to give it a go ;)


anyway.... cobra cobra cobra......

[cr2sh]

Stone Brewing's Arrogant Bastard Ale (and the double arrogant for those wishing to get f'd up fast)
Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale
New Glarus's Spotted Cow
And of course, Pabst Blue Ribbon baby!

Anyone ever been to the Flying Saucer pub/breweries in TX?
http://www.beerknurd.com/
A fine place to toss one back... I'll prolly be in Forth Worth tonight doing just that. :)

[Squire]

I have 3 favorite beers:

1) Moosehead Lager (when in Canada)
2) Carlsberg (for an anywhere go-to beer)
3) Theakston's Old Peculier (because it's the best tasting beer I've ever had...too bad it's 10 bucks a bottle over here.)

I could have sworn I mentioned that in this thread before but, after looking, I couldn't find any posting.

Squire

[techgeek]

Too young to drink...

So what does that make me :confused:

American!
You're never to young to drink. ;)

Jennings (anything they brew)
Wadworth 6X
Newcastle Brown (in a half pint glass or the bottle - NOT a pint glass)
Hoegarden
Corona on a hot summer afternoon.

Can't drink bitter anymore though I'm turning into a wuss as I get older :mad:

Oh and a nice single malt chaser ;)

[MongoTheGeek]

beer is for pussies.

...I'm not going to mess with a man who drink that much beer.

[neut]

beer is for pussies.

isn't that true... i hear liquor burns bush. :D


peace.

[Jovian9]

I do not drink beer. But my favorite alcohol is Captain Morgans.

[decksnap]

I have to say Pabst Blue Ribbon kicks a lot of ass. You can't step to the $5 12-packs.

When I'm feeling like drinking to just have a drink, it's Sierra Nevada or Bass, and when I'm not cheaping out but need something light, Amstel Light.

For all other purposes it's gotta be PBR! :eek:

[neut]

I have to say Pabst Blue Ribbon kicks a lot of ass. You can't step to the $5 12-packs.

When I'm feeling like drinking to just have a drink, it's Sierra Nevada or Bass, and when I'm not cheaping out but need something light, Amstel Light.

For all other purposes it's gotta be PBR! :eek:

you can get a 12-pack of PBR for $5!?!? where do you live???

$9.99 here.


peace.

[decksnap]

New Hampshire. Live Free or Die.

[hulugu]

beer is for pussies.

And he's seven feet tall, shoots fire from his eyes and lightning from his arse.


Beer is for drinking, tequilla is for getting drunk.

And beer is apparently good for you:

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/09/15/629552.html

[makisushi]

Hank's Root Beer