Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

No more fake errr... I mean US Budweiser in the EU

MotleyPete said:
Give me good British Real Ale/Cask Ale any day. Quality beers with with character, a full body & depth of flavour. Mmmm.
Click to expand...

Jaffa Cake said:
MotleyPete is a man of taste and distinction. Pay heed to his wise words.
Click to expand...

Pfff.. there are plenty of beers brewed that fall into that category that are not British. Although, probably not the best of the best but the only two british beers I have had are Boddingtons Pub Ale (Which I love to death) and Old Speckled Hen Ale (which I also really like).

However I tend to lean more towards a good American Strong Ale or a German Lager/Black Ale. With Köstritzer being my favorite German Black Beer.
 
I still shake my head a little at the sight of a British couple coming into my favorite microbrewery, ordering two Budweisers, and then leaving in disappointment. I still cannot imagine the historical sequence of events that leads to this tragedy.

Rogue runs a tied house here in the city, which of course carries mostly their beers, but also is required to carry Coors Light as a part of a deal they have with Coors to distribute for them. Last time I was there it was listed on the board as Coors "We Pity You" Light.

Oh, and Lee, I know a place that occasionally serves up a pretty awesome pomegranate cider. Just saying. ;)
 
covisio said:
Have a look at Brew Dog. One of their beers, Tactical Nuclear Penguin comes in at 32% ABV. Very expensive to buy. Nothing more than a publicity stunt, really. They release a beer, put something controversial on the label, questions get asked in Parliament and bingo!, loads of free publicity and street cred.

Rather have a nice bottle of single malt meself.:p

Oh, just had a look at their site and they've had to release a 41% ABV entitled "Sink The Bismark" in order to combat a 40 percenter from Germany.
Click to expand...

Brewdog brewery is literally 20 mins from where i live, and the stuff is vile. another thing US bud is not a beer, its a lager-beer. and no i don't know the difrence and frankly i don't care. I prefer tenents, or Cobra lagers, or, scratch the last 2, make mine an orkney, Dark Island real ale, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum
 
Today, August the 5th, is International Beer Day.

I had a cold pint of San Miguel at the beach this afternoon. Perfect weather for cold lager.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Beer_Day

Their site seems down. Here's Google's cache.

Apparently, you can thank President Jimmy Carter for the vast range of quality beer from small breweries you can now get in the US, as the previously post-prohibition and tightly-regulated brewing industry was deregulated, allowing small breweries to enter the market.

http://www.tressugar.com/Jimmy-Carters-Unintentional-Legacy-Beer-Making-2876645

Cheers!
 
rhett7660 said:
Pfff.. there are plenty of beers brewed that fall into that category that are not British. Although, probably not the best of the best but the only two british beers I have had are Boddingtons Pub Ale (Which I love to death) and Old Speckled Hen Ale (which I also really like).
Click to expand...
I tried some of the Boddingtons Pub Ale when I was in Canada a few years ago, rather different from the version we have over here.

Blue Velvet said:
Today, August the 5th, is International Beer Day.
Click to expand...
What?! Why didn't we have the day off work or something? :confused:
 
covisio said:
Have a look at Brew Dog. One of their beers, Tactical Nuclear Penguin comes in at 32% ABV. Very expensive to buy. Nothing more than a publicity stunt, really. They release a beer, put something controversial on the label, questions get asked in Parliament and bingo!, loads of free publicity and street cred.

Rather have a nice bottle of single malt meself.:p

Oh, just had a look at their site and they've had to release a 41% ABV entitled "Sink The Bismark" in order to combat a 40 percenter from Germany.
Click to expand...

They have a 55% beer out now. "The End of History" is covered in a dead animal, and costs about $750. From what I hear, most ice-distilled beers taste like ass anyway, and that's all they've done to get it this high. To me, it doesn't mean much unless it's fermented to that strength. That means my record-holder is still Utopias.
 
Funny thing is I think this stuff was awesome:

37770_417600534157_601769157_4467284_428071_n.jpg


and I'd like to find this one too:

Billy.GIF
 
Gelfin said:
Rogue runs a tied house here in the city, which of course carries mostly their beers, but also is required to carry Coors Light as a part of a deal they have with Coors to distribute for them. Last time I was there it was listed on the board as Coors "We Pity You" Light.

Oh, and Lee, I know a place that occasionally serves up a pretty awesome pomegranate cider. Just saying. ;)
Click to expand...

Wow, I love Rogue. I don't think I have had one from them I didn't like. I'm also a fan of New Belgium. Normally, I'm a stout and porter kind of guy, but sometimes it's good to enjoy a good Rogue Dead Guy or Fat Tire.

I really hate my state's stupid beer laws. The cap on beer is 5%, which cuts out a lot of great beers. Thankfully, I have friends and relatives in other states where I can get said beers. :)
 
steve2112 said:
Wow, I love Rogue. I don't think I have had one from them I didn't like. I'm also a fan of New Belgium. Normally, I'm a stout and porter kind of guy, but sometimes it's good to enjoy a good Rogue Dead Guy or Fat Tire.

I really hate my state's stupid beer laws. The cap on beer is 5%, which cuts out a lot of great beers. Thankfully, I have friends and relatives in other states where I can get said beers. :)
Click to expand...

What good is a state where you cant crack open an Old English for your dead homies? sad very sad
 
daver11 said:
Actually, sake is brewed like beer, not fermented like wine. It does drink like a wine, though. Thus the confusion.
Click to expand...

daver, beer requires fermentation the hops is brewed to extract the bitters to add to the fermenting liquid in the vats otherwise you get no alcohol. I know I come from a long family line of brewers, wine makers and moonshiners I know intimately every step from making the mash or wort to the process of distillation. I would like to know how you make beer or any sort of alcohol at all without the fermentation process which is something very essential to the process. Wines require it, liquor requires it, and beer requires it...surprisingly enough even real root beer requires fermentation and that is a stunted process because before it produces a noticeable amount of alcohol it gets bottled to retain the natural carbonation. Even alcohol used for fuel (ethanol) requires fermentation over a period of time before distillation and use as an additive to gasoline. Fermentation doesn't always require yeast to make alcohol either but it is the most efficient and cost effective means for speeding up the process. No confusion here.
 
steve2112 said:
I really hate my state's stupid beer laws. The cap on beer is 5%, which cuts out a lot of great beers. Thankfully, I have friends and relatives in other states where I can get said beers. :)
Click to expand...

Horrible! I feel for you man. Why such a silly limit?
 
Statik said:
Horrible! I feel for you man. Why such a silly limit?
Click to expand...

It's leftover from Prohibition. Heck, the state didn't even officially legalize alcohol again until the 50s.

Ttownbeast said:
What good is a state where you cant crack open an Old English for your dead homies? sad very sad
Click to expand...

Oddly enough, malt liquor seems to be exempt from that law. All the finer malt liquors, including Olde English, Colt 45, and Mickey's are widely available. I think they have their own category for some reason. I also think they don't enforce the law that closely. I believe Rogue Dead Guy, for example, is around 6%, but it is easily available. Also, I have seen quite a few beers in the 5.something range around, so it doesn't seem to be a hard 5% cap.

IgnatiusTheKing said:
Good god man. That's reason enough to move!
Click to expand...

I'm working on it. :) I've been ramping up the job hut lately. I have been avoiding it, but I think I may wind up in DFW. At least I have a free place to crash there for a while. At least until the sis-in-law gets sick of me, that is.
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Bible belt.

There are a lot of places where you have to go to a liquor/package store to buy real beer because state law only allows supermarkets/convenience stores to sell 3.2% beer.
Click to expand...

Ironic considering the massive amount of drive through liquor stores many of those states have isn't it? LOL
 
steve2112 said:
It's leftover from Prohibition. Heck, the state didn't even officially legalize alcohol again until the 50s.



Oddly enough, malt liquor seems to be exempt from that law. All the finer malt liquors, including Olde English, Colt 45, and Mickey's are widely available. I think they have their own category for some reason. I also think they don't enforce the law that closely.
Click to expand...

Funny that I wonder if those are/were the drink of choice of the people who made the laws...hmm!
 
rhett7660 said:
Old Speckled Hen Ale (which I also really like)
Click to expand...

Not had Old Speckled Hen for a while, don't often see it in pubs in the midlands.

I used to enjoy a pint of London Pride, when I worked in Marlow. Recently been trying a few real ale pubs in Birmingham. Some nice beers to be had.

Though in this early hour i'm finishing off a bottle of red :)
 
Mal67 said:
Funny that I wonder if those are/were the drink of choice of the people who made the laws...hmm!
Click to expand...

Well, given some of the stupid stuff they do, they are drinking SOMETHING. Not all of them are stupid, because there has been a bill introduced two or three years in a row to increase the limit to 7% or 10%, but it has been shot down either in committee or on the floor each time. Supposedly, one of the ancient guys who has been there forever said something to the effect of "what's wrong with the beer we already have?"

Forgot to add that I really like Old Speckled Hen. Good stuff.
 
Can't stand Budweiser/Miller Lite/any of that stuff. My favourite beers are from local breweries or are European. Most of the time, I find myself drinking Heineken or Stella.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back