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Title: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 12:24
I am not sure if this is suitable, but if the mods are willing I would propose a thread not specifically for posting drunk, but a thread for posting about the nice beers that people drink. Drunk posting will transfer over, but this is just for talkin about beer?

I will have better posts in this thread after I drink some of these Great Whites I have in my fridge.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 21 Dec 2007, 12:34
?

(http://www.headpins.net/ccr/roster/photos/greatwhite.jpg)

Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 21 Dec 2007, 12:37
dammit! I just posted a reply in the other thread! All further beer discussion I have will be in this thread.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lummer on 21 Dec 2007, 12:39
I just enjoyed a nice, cold Erdinger Weissbier after work today. 'Twas good.

If I want something to sit around and enjoy, however, I'll go for an Ale-, Porter- or Stout-type beer though. I like my ale dark, rich and with taste from here to next week.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Cartilage Head on 21 Dec 2007, 12:41
 If you drink beer you will be fat when you hit 40.

 Also didn't I get texted at for putting the word "thread" in the title of my thread?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 12:42
Delete that one, and post it here.


Dogfish head has rapidly moved towards being my favorite brewery. They just universally make good beers, but their 90 minute IPA is I think my favorite beer. They make some really nice limited run beers that are completely expensive, but totally delicious. Also, their Winter seasonal, the Chicory Stout, is beyond belief.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 21 Dec 2007, 13:03
i am a little drunk but i like this thread

i had the newcastles and 3 of the pete's and i just opened a sierr aneveda 'celebration'.

cele: this thing smell sliek orange! and whoaa its bitter at first bu ttgeits better
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 13:04
Yeah hoppier beers, like the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale have a really citrusy nose, typically, and the hop causes a really bitter first taste. It's my favorite part of most beers.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Ozymandias on 21 Dec 2007, 13:20
I really like creamy beers. I was introduced to Boddington's over the summer and was pretty much in love.

And some dude had this beer at a party a few weeks back and I hate myself for not remembering the name. Shit was so creamy, it was like a beer milkshake, except way better than what that phrase implies.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 21 Dec 2007, 13:24
beer milkshake

(http://www.phantomblogger.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Beers/SteelReserve.jpg)


first thing that came to mind. eww.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 21 Dec 2007, 13:26
I love the Belgians!

Hoegarden is great
for Trappists I like Orval, Chimay Grand Reserve and Chimay Premium
Rare Vos is always nice
Lindemans Framboise and Kreik are delicious

Outside of the Belgians I like Harp, and german hefeweizens. Some are better than others, but I generally enjoy the style all around. We're lucky enough to have a brewery here in Slippery Rock that has a pretty good selection and keeps their production rotating.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Stryc9Fuego on 21 Dec 2007, 13:34
I like a good Hefe-Weissen, like Weihenstephaner. In general, I like my beers to have a lot of good flavor to them, but if it is a beer that needs to be ice cold and served in a frozen mug, keep it. Those never make my taste buds happy. Anything nice and thick... hell, almost CHEWY... we're good.

Above all, on behalf of America, I am so sorry for light beers.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 21 Dec 2007, 13:35
i am    a sucker for stouts too because they are not too strong - anything that sounds choclaty or caramel
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hat on 21 Dec 2007, 13:36
I typically don't mess around with foreign beers and microbrews because they aren't typically stocked anywhere I can theoretically walk to and from carting a carton of beer, and Australian beers are almost exclusively dreck, so I keep a fridge stocked full of Coopers Pale Ale at any given oppourtunity. Not a fan of the sparkling though, its a bit iffy to me. At the moment however, I have cracked one of the Carlton Draughts that belong to my flatmates boyfriend, because beer you didn't pay for is always delicious, no matter how bad it is.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: The extra letter on 21 Dec 2007, 13:56
I really like most beers done by the Matilda Bay Brewing Company (guess where they're based?) and pretty much everything done by the Malt Shovel brewery, which is only about 10 minutes away. Their amber and golden ales are awesome.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Johnny C on 21 Dec 2007, 13:58
Pale ales are really under-appreciated, I find. Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale is probably one of the best ales you can get across the country.

Here in Saskatchewan we have the Great Western Brewing Company (http://www.greatwesternbrewing.com/). They market an excellent lager that they simply refer to as "Great Western Premium." Another beer of theirs that I've been meaning to try is the Extra Gold, which is 9% alcohol tucked inside what is reportedly a very smooth malt.

Another western Canadian brewery I'm fond of is Big Rock (http://www.bigrockbeer.com/), which operates out of Calgary. Their beer is almost universally great, with the exception of Grasshopper which is kind of thin. However, they've also got their rich, red Traditional Ale, their wonderfully smooth Honey Brown Lager, and McNally's Extra, an Irish ale that's brewed especially for the eponymous tavern which is located here in Regina.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 14:05
That's funny Grasshopper was one of the best beers I had while I was in Toronto, in my opinion.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: KharBevNor on 21 Dec 2007, 14:34
I advise against the Youngs Christmas Ale. Had a pint today at my local because the Flowers was still settling. When I drunk it, it was one of the blandest, gassiest pints of bitter I have had in a long while, but the aftertaste and effect upon the stomach were truly unpleasant.

Actually, I find seasonal ales to generally be an incredibly spotty affair. Most of them are unremittingly awful, but some are very good. I rather like Greene King's 'Winter King' ale.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Johnny C on 21 Dec 2007, 15:58
That's funny Grasshopper was one of the best beers I had while I was in Toronto, in my opinion.

Oh jeez do they ever make better beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 21 Dec 2007, 17:42
5 posts in a beer thread without talking about any Bay Area brews is a travesty. But more than 10? FUCKING PREPOSTEROUS

Anchor Steam and He'brew came to mind in the Drunk Thread and I'll be damned if they don't get mentioned here.

Also: http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/17/
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Inlander on 21 Dec 2007, 19:22
Pale ales are really under-appreciated, I find. Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale is probably one of the best ales you can get across the country.

Pale Ales are under-appreciated, but a Pale Ale is quite a different drink from an India Pale Ale.

There's been an incredible upswing in interest in micro-breweries and craft beers in Australia lately, especially in Melbourne - thanks in a large part to the popularity (and excellence) of the Mountain Goat Brewery (http://www.goatbeer.com.au/). It seems like every month there's another brewery opening its doors (I know because I have a specialty beer bar around the corner from my house which is run by two of people who are possibly even more snobbish about their beer than I am, bless 'em). Naturally a lot of the breweries that are opening up around here lately are trying to jump on the bandwagon, and don't really know what they're doing - and the beer they produce is pretty mediocre. But some of them are really starting to shine. The 3 Ravens brewery (http://www.3ravens.com.au/), after a slightly shaky start, is now really flying (scuse the pun) and in terms of quality probably rivals Mountain Goat - though they make completely different beers from the Goat range, which is good. Their Blond is especially good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: imapiratearg on 21 Dec 2007, 19:31
I don't know much about beer, but I do know that Heineken tastes like piss.  So does Miller High Life.

I don't fancy drinking much, so this really isn't a thread for me.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 19:34
But you posted anyway! Good call!

I am drinking that Oak Aged Arrogant Bastard again.

It's still fucking delicious.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 21 Dec 2007, 19:46
reposting my last post in the other thread:

Leinenkugels, Capital Brewery, New Glarus, Summit, Berghoff, Sprecher, and Goose Island are all really good craft brews available in a good part of the upper midwest. Capital Brews are probably my favorite around, the brewery's like a block from my house, and they have an outdoor beergarden in the summer with live music and stuff. Their beer is amazing as well, they've won rediculous amounts of awards (http://www.capital-brewery.com/awards/index.html) for pretty much every one of their beers, including "America's #1 Rated Brewery" by the Beverage Testing Institute's World Beer Championships.

Red Hook, Rogue, Dogfish, and Smutty Nose are all good ones I've tried that might be available around the country if you've got a good liquor store in the area.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: negative creep on 21 Dec 2007, 20:49
I had some beers today! They were quite good. But, reading this thread i realize, again, the one big drawback about German beer culture: you can basically get a decent beer everywhere, but (at least in rural areas like around here) you don't have many options, if at all, and there are no specialized shops that sell the really good beer. The kind of beer that you'd pay twice as much as for the normal stuff, which is (I've said it before) of quite a high quality here.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: audacity on 21 Dec 2007, 21:03
I used to hate beer. Seriously, it tasted horrible to me.
Then one day I tried it again, and now I can't stop.
I just can't!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: supersheep on 21 Dec 2007, 21:12
The Fuller's 1845 I had earlier was rather tasty. Something that is definitely worth a shot if you like your ale anyways.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: BrittanyMarie on 21 Dec 2007, 23:22
I'm not sure my taste buds work right. I drink PBR pretty exclusively, not because of the hipster factor, but because I genuinely like the taste.

I also liked the Killian's Red, and Sam Adams, and Bass but I couldn't tell you why. There was a restaurant here that brewed it's own beer, and they had a California red that was probably the best beer I'd ever had, but that was probably because it was so fresh. I don't even know what any of the beer terms actually mean, though I've seen the brewing episode of Modern Marvels at least a dozen times. Basically, help me?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Dec 2007, 23:34
What do you want to know?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 22 Dec 2007, 00:42
i had he'brew again tonight, tweo of them, and i had like 2 shots of sake and 5 of jameson's

i posted in the drunk thread
it's pretty motherfuckign awesome beer even if you're not drunk

he'brew that is
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: DonInKansas on 22 Dec 2007, 03:16
She called me late last night
To say she loved me so
It didn't matter anymore, I'll say she never cared
And that she never will
I'd do it all again
I guess I'll have to wait until then

If I get drunk well I'll pass out on the floor now baby,
You won't bother me no more,
And if I'm drinkin' well
You know that you're my friend
And I say I think I'll have myself a beer.

She called me late last night to say she loved me so
But I guess She changed Her mind.
Well I should have known it wouldn't be all right
But I can't live without her
So I won't even try...

If I get drunk well
I'll pass out on the floor now baby,
You won't bother me no more,
And if I'm drinkin' well
You know that you're my friend
And I say I think I'll have myself a beer.

Maybe some day, I'll think of what to say,
Maybe next time I'll remember what to do! (do, do, do)
She looks like heaven, maybe this is hell,
Said she'd do it all again
She promised not to tell!

If I get drunk well,
I'll pass out on the floor now baby
You won't bother me no more
(and she said) It's OK boy cause
You know we'll be good friends and I say
I think I'll have myself a beer
    /
:-D

Dino rocks the Reel Big Fish.  Sorry, I'm sleep deprived, and this is what came to mind when I saw Beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Misereatur on 22 Dec 2007, 05:44
Hey Keiffer, when you were down here did you get yourself some Goldstar?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 22 Dec 2007, 10:19
okay, after a pretty good day of drinking, i had a modelo this morning. i don't know, but after having the other beers, this one seems really ho-hum. not really offensive but just bland. y/n??

other than that - sierra nevada celebration - really bitter at first but after the first bottle i was quickly liking this. newcastle - same as usual, i like drinking this when i make burgers. pete's wicked strawberry blonde - a fav of mine, easy to drink

i dont work again until christmas eve, what should i buy next?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Boro_Bandito on 22 Dec 2007, 10:22
IPA stands for India pale ale right? Just trying to get that down straight.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 22 Dec 2007, 10:26
okay, after a pretty good day of drinking, i had a modelo this morning. i don't know, but after having the other beers, this one seems really ho-hum. not really offensive but just bland. y/n??

other than that - sierra nevada celebration - really bitter at first but after the first bottle i was quickly liking this. newcastle - same as usual, i like drinking this when i make burgers. pete's wicked strawberry blonde - a fav of mine, easy to drink

i dont work again until christmas eve, what should i buy next?

Where do you live, what do you like in a beer, and what is the selection at the store you go to like.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 22 Dec 2007, 11:44
i'm in washington state (seattle) and the store i frequent has a pretty good selection (i think it has a couple of local brews).

lately i've been really liking stouts, anything that's creamy...also had a scottish ale last week that was really good
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 22 Dec 2007, 16:53
Old Rasputin Imperial Stout
Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
Sierra Nevada Porter
Rogue Shakespere Stout
Moose Drool
Spaten Optimator

Try those!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 22 Dec 2007, 19:33
I had Sapporo today. It was alright, but pretty flavorless to be honest.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Statik on 22 Dec 2007, 20:55
I like a lot of beers, mostly ones that do not contain the words Bud, Coors, Miller, Michelob, or contain any variation on the word Light or Lite.  I also do not accept fruit or sweet in my beer.  (Or in my vodka) 
That being said, my home beer is almost always Becks (as they sell the 12pk cans nearby, and I got a couple cases of Oktoberfest on the cheap), Newcastle (kept out of the fridge, not in), Spaten (any variety, currently stocked up on 2 cases of Oktoberfest)  When Im out and about... well... have a look at the current beer list for one of my favorite places.

http://www.maxs.com/beerlist.php (http://www.maxs.com/beerlist.php)

Yes, you see that correct, currently (as of dec 22nd) they have 66 beers... ON TAP.  It also rotates as they use up kegs.  it averages between 60-70 beers on tap.

Also, when the bartenders remember you, know what you like, and they know their beers.  I  have ordered by taste (I ordered: Something Dark, Not Sweet, No Fruit) on more than one occasion, and not once have I been dissapointed.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 22 Dec 2007, 21:01
This stargazer IPA is really not that great. LA can't brew decent beer for some reason.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jodizzle on 23 Dec 2007, 00:25
My boyfriend homebrews.  We have an entire room in our house dedicated to homebrew and cupboards full of beer.  Whenever my parents come to visit dad goes home with 40 litres of free beer.

For me he makes a most delicious bavarian lager!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Tyrial on 23 Dec 2007, 03:34
Lunchbox and her boyfriend got me a box full of beers from around the world for my 21st birthday a month ago, which is a fantastic idea:

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/2068513794_662aa3a9f7.jpg)

I normally drink the Pilsner made by Bluetongue, a local Newcastle brewery, but I wish they bottled their Indian Pale Ale which I've tried at the brewery, its the best beer I think I've ever had. James Squire's Golden Ale is also pretty nice, and nothing beats a Guiness fresh from the tap
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: a pack of wolves on 23 Dec 2007, 08:42
I was drinking some Paulaner dark wheat beer recently and cursing myself for never having tasted the dark before now. Can anyone recommend some other dark wheat beers to try?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 23 Dec 2007, 13:48
I let a girl jack one of the beers I had Friday night (it was a dark beer, I can't remember which though), and I am pretty sure I'm not going to be single by the time Christmas rolls around.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 23 Dec 2007, 15:03
Dude we've talked about this. Having sex with her unconscious body doesn't make her your girlfriend.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 23 Dec 2007, 15:21
...b-buh... but she wants to see me again!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 23 Dec 2007, 15:24
The best ale is almost certainly Harveys Sussex Best Bitter. However I have a liking for Theakstons Old Peculiar and also Hobgoblin. At the other end of the spectrum Greene King IPA is quite refreshing and light - the Deuchars IPA however has rather an unpleasant aftertaste but for my money to best IPA is most certainly Dark Star. As for lagers, if we're talking mainstream fizzy lager I would have to go for San Miguel, or if I'm back in Norn Iron it would be Harp.

Of course the best sort of drink in the world is Guinness, regular in Ireland, extra cold in England. I also enjoy Heineken and Amstell. God knows why.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 23 Dec 2007, 18:05
I have only one thing to say: I live in the Pacific Northwest, and Full Sail Ale brewery is five minutes from my house.
Booyakasha.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: a pack of wolves on 23 Dec 2007, 22:24
The best ale is almost certainly Harveys Sussex Best Bitter. However I have a liking for Theakstons Old Peculiar and also Hobgoblin. At the other end of the spectrum Greene King IPA is quite refreshing and light - the Deuchars IPA however has rather an unpleasant aftertaste but for my money to best IPA is most certainly Dark Star. As for lagers, if we're talking mainstream fizzy lager I would have to go for San Miguel, or if I'm back in Norn Iron it would be Harp.

Of course the best sort of drink in the world is Guinness, regular in Ireland, extra cold in England. I also enjoy Heineken and Amstell. God knows why.

Harp is a bit grim really but San Miguel is decent. The reason you enjoy Amstel is because it's a good beer, there's nothing wrong with lager when it's done well. It definitely deserves better than to be mentioned in the same breath as Heineken, which although drinkable is more a tool for getting battered than a tasty beverage.

I really hate all this extra cold nonsense though, it's so vile and the stuff always gives me a horrendous headache.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 24 Dec 2007, 00:52
Full Sail is okay, I liked wreck the halls.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 24 Dec 2007, 02:26
Quote from: a pack of wolves
Harp is a bit grim really but San Miguel is decent. The reason you enjoy Amstel is because it's a good beer, there's nothing wrong with lager when it's done well. It definitely deserves better than to be mentioned in the same breath as Heineken, which although drinkable is more a tool for getting battered than a tasty beverage.

I really hate all this extra cold nonsense though, it's so vile and the stuff always gives me a horrendous headache.

Oh really? Harp is our thing, as the advert says. I love the stuff, and I generally don't love fizzy lager. As for extra cold, it's all I drink in England as it prevents me tasting how dirty (as they quite often are) the pipes are. As for Heinekin. the export stuff out of a tap is sublime but I wouldn't drink it from a can.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: camelpimp on 24 Dec 2007, 08:13
The only beer I've had that I've really like is Sam Adams, but it's only been recently that I've discovered that beer doesn't always taste like cat piss. Although I feel like something of a traitor when I say I'm not THAT impressed with Qingdao/Tsingtao beer, considering the first time I got drunk it was on that beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: october1983 on 24 Dec 2007, 09:28
I'm a big fan of the Samuel Smith brewery in Yorkshire. Their pale ales and lagers are good, and I'm even partial to their organic cider, despite not generally being a big cider fan. Ayingerbräu is also a nice lager that they sell in a pub near me, very nice stuff.

Also, can't go wrong with ales produced by Woodforde's, especially Wherry.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: KharBevNor on 24 Dec 2007, 10:02
Although I feel like something of a traitor when I say I'm not THAT impressed with Qingdao/Tsingtao beer, considering the first time I got drunk it was on that beer.

My favourite beer in the 'stuff you're forced to drink at Chinese restaurants' selection is Tiger.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: ledhendrix on 24 Dec 2007, 16:15
I'm quite a fan of hoegaarden, a Belgian wheat beer, tastes great, magic to just chill out with not really a party beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 24 Dec 2007, 16:18
God I hate Hoegaraden
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 24 Dec 2007, 16:29
Not as bad as Kronenburg Blanc. Now that is a bad wheat beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lummer on 24 Dec 2007, 17:18
I got two of these glasses for christmas.

Apparently they enhance the whole beer experience. I don't know about that, but they do look cool.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/Mosag/Foto134.jpg)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: october1983 on 24 Dec 2007, 19:34
Not as bad as Kronenburg Blanc. Now that is a bad wheat beer.

God that stuff is awful. And expensive. My friend insisted on getting them when I bought a round, and basically I paid a stupid amount to have my taste buds assaulted by his complete lack of sense. Dick.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 24 Dec 2007, 23:58
FIGHT HIM
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thegreatbuddha on 25 Dec 2007, 02:54
The Belgians make wonderful beers, but I don't know that I've ever had a good Belgian wheat beer.  My experience is limitedto Blue Moon and one or two others though, so I'm not really in the know as it were.

Beers I have had tonight that were excellent:

Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen  (The original)

Weihenstephaner Korbinian (A wonderful doppelbock with hints of orange, saffron,and chocolate)

Bers I have had tonight that were not excellent:

Blue Moon (Somone bought me a bottle right after the Korbinian. Could not taste it at all)

Budweiser (Self-explanatory, but free)

Tusker (May be good, but, as a rule, I do not like lagers)

Pilsner Urquell (All the flavor of a New York City sewer, now with less alligator)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 25 Dec 2007, 03:32
Kwak

Golden Draak.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 25 Dec 2007, 09:51
Gulden Draak is the first barleywine I ever had, and I love it dearly for that.

Also it is so fucking good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: David_Dovey on 25 Dec 2007, 10:31
I had some of that Miller Chill Lime and Salt monstrosity thing-o today. It tastes like fucking cordial.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 25 Dec 2007, 12:01
I went home early from work today because I was feeling a bit sick ;)

not before i picked up some more sierra nevada celebration and Anchor christmas ale though
merry xmas to me
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Verergoca on 25 Dec 2007, 15:06
Hmmm, belgian beers are divine! Incidentally, the first party i went to when i returned from oz, was a Duvel party. It was divine (and i got a cool hat out of it!)

Also, if we are showing off beerglasses, then take a look at this. (unfortunately, its all boxed up now, but, 95% of those glasses are mine, of which i maybe bought 20% :))

(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d79/Verergoca/Various%20stuff/S5000916.jpg)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 25 Dec 2007, 16:04
The only beer glasses I have are from Birra Tirana's Oktoberfest parties last year and this year.

I've got a 13-hour layover in Munich going back to Albania though, so I will most certainly drink me some beer (and probably steal the glass).
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: DonInKansas on 25 Dec 2007, 22:22
I am a slave to advertising.  A buddy of mine showed me this ad and I must try this beer:
(http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/arrogantbastard.jpg)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 25 Dec 2007, 22:25
If you go to the beginning of the thread, you'll see I've been drinking it and it is fucking delicious!

Most of the stuff Stone does is.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lummer on 26 Dec 2007, 07:42
I hope to god, that Arrogant Bastard can be available in Europe..

Even if it tasted horrid, I'd pour it down, just for the sake of the name, and that utterly fantastic ad. Insulting advertising is SUCH an underrated form of advertising!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: StMonkey on 26 Dec 2007, 09:56
And you will have less then a thousand customers, but they will buy nothing but your product, and you will still be a millionaire.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 26 Dec 2007, 10:52
My advertising campaign would consist of an army chanting Rangers anti-Celtic football songs and firing into schoolyards while waving my beer's banner.

If that isn't offensive advertising I don't know what is.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 26 Dec 2007, 11:06
If you could find audio of those Rangers bastards booing during the moment of silence they had when JFK was murdered, that'd be more offensive.

I SUPPOSE I HATE RANGERS.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Misereatur on 26 Dec 2007, 11:29
Guys,
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/ffgtthttghyujjfdss/goldstar.jpg)

We don't get a lot of beers down here so this is petty much it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 26 Dec 2007, 11:37
If you could find audio of those Rangers bastards booing during the moment of silence they had when JFK was murdered, that'd be more offensive.

I SUPPOSE I HATE RANGERS.

Well it was JFK's fault for being a dirty taig.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 26 Dec 2007, 11:38
Too far?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Stryc9Fuego on 26 Dec 2007, 11:52
Not at all. Try again. :laugh:
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 26 Dec 2007, 12:09
I won't. I'm Northern Irish I know far too many extremely insulting things to say about Catholics, believe me.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 26 Dec 2007, 12:18
This is wavering off topic now, shit, my fault.

New topic: beers to drink at football games!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: supersheep on 26 Dec 2007, 12:28
Best thing about living in rural Ireland: the ready availability of some of the tastiest pints of Guinness one will ever find, all for under €3.50 (compared to a fiver in Dublin.)

The Porterhouse, which has about fifteen of their own beers on tap and maybe 4-500 fancy bottled beers, is quite a nice place, and probably the closest pub to college for me. However, I'm not a huge one for the specialty beers. I really should remedy that.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 26 Dec 2007, 12:46
I hope to god, that Arrogant Bastard can be available in Europe..

Even if it tasted horrid, I'd pour it down, just for the sake of the name, and that utterly fantastic ad. Insulting advertising is SUCH an underrated form of advertising!

Not that I know of, but I'll ship you some in a swap for a delicious beer you have that I can't get.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: a pack of wolves on 26 Dec 2007, 16:22
Oh really? Harp is our thing, as the advert says. I love the stuff, and I generally don't love fizzy lager. As for extra cold, it's all I drink in England as it prevents me tasting how dirty (as they quite often are) the pipes are. As for Heinekin. the export stuff out of a tap is sublime but I wouldn't drink it from a can.

Yeah, England's terrible for that. It takes ages to find pubs where they know what they're doing, helpfully my smoking-battered tastebuds make me a little more immune to it than some. You can really tell the morning after if they were dirty pipes though, it makes hangovers particularly nasty. The draught Heineken export has never grabbed me much more than the canned variety, but it is definitely a superior beer. I'd still go for San Miguel over it though.

I definitely second the Sam Smith's recommendation made above. Not only do they brew a good beer they're also pretty ethical, everything's vegan and they take away the used bottles for recycling. Well, they usually do. The place I volunteer at has a small mountain of used bottles sitting outside for collection now, but they're still good. There's a nice pub in Leeds called the Angel where all they have on tap is Sam Smith's, you can still get a pint for less than £2 and there's no sodding music drowning out the conversation.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 26 Dec 2007, 17:56
My palate isn't that refined, so I generally can't taste too much difference between bottle or can once the beer's been poured into a glass, but Heineken is one that I definitely do.  I usually prefer darker beers, but Heinie is drinkable from a bottle.  From a can, it's just not enjoyable at all. 

I am impressed by some of the beverage vessels you guys have.  I was proud of myself because I finally have both pint glasses and wine glasses, in addition to cups and mugs.  Most people I know just drink out of coffee mugs or straight from the container.  College kids are not very classy. 

Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 26 Dec 2007, 19:18
Some college kids are classy.

I bought a case of the Sam Adams Winter Collection or whatever its called to try the Cranberry Lambic (my cousin talked it up). I can honestly say I have never been more dissapointed in a beer. Why do they even call it lambic when it fails to come anywhere close? Terrible beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: october1983 on 26 Dec 2007, 19:45
There's a nice pub in Leeds called the Angel where all they have on tap is Sam Smith's, you can still get a pint for less than £2 and there's no sodding music drowning out the conversation.

Yeah, they've got a couple of pubs in London too, really reasonably priced, especially for the centre of London - around here a pint is going to cost you something not far off £3 at least in most places, but they tend to be closer to £2 in Sam Smith's pubs. I think the music thing is to avoid unnecessary overheads on rights and stuff, but it certainly makes having a conversation much more pleasant.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Stryc9Fuego on 27 Dec 2007, 09:24
Most people I know just drink out of coffee mugs or straight from the container.  College kids are not very classy. 
I know a dude who went to college with a can of Spam. After he ate the Spam, he drank out of the can for an entire semester. Coffee, water, beer, whiskey, anything into ths Spam can. It was horrid to watch.

I have a nice pint glass I keep absolutely sparkling, polished clean especially for good beer. I can't even stand water spots on the thing. I know I probably can't taste how it would change the beer, but I just KNOW it's interfering in some subtle way, and my crazy-assed brain can't take that.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 27 Dec 2007, 10:09
I hope the motherfucker washed it frequently/had a BITCHIN' immune system.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lummer on 27 Dec 2007, 11:55
I hope to god, that Arrogant Bastard can be available in Europe..

Even if it tasted horrid, I'd pour it down, just for the sake of the name, and that utterly fantastic ad. Insulting advertising is SUCH an underrated form of advertising!

Not that I know of, but I'll ship you some in a swap for a delicious beer you have that I can't get.


I say Sir, that is one hell of an idea!!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: mberan42 on 27 Dec 2007, 15:04
Unfortunately, I'm mildly allergic to hops and barley. Therefore, anything other than "normal crappy" beer upsets my stomach. Fat Tire and Newcastle are as amber as I can get, I can drink Guiness but not Stout, and I abhor any pale ales or IPAs.

'Tis a shame, too, 'cause I had $30 of 'found' money that I blew on a few bottles of different microbrews. By the end of them I was sick as a dog. (They all tasted great, though.)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lines on 27 Dec 2007, 17:08
For my 21st, two of my friends took me out and one of the places we went was the Hofbrauhaus (http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/). I didn't like either of the beers I tried (Munich Weizen and Dunkel) and I felt very guilty at the end of our little adventure at this particular restaurant, because I just did not like the beer. The only other beers I've had have been Heineken (bottle and keg), Miller High Life (bottle), Rolling Rock (can and fucking disgusting), Killians (tap) and Guinness (tap). The only beer I've ever found enjoyable were the Guinness (especially) and the Killians and the others were either boring or disgusting.

My point being - Recommend me beers, because so far I've been pretty hopeless at finding things I like!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Alegis on 28 Dec 2007, 13:26
Hoegaarden is my favorite, then again - I'm not really a connoisseur of beer and haven't tried out many.

Received a basket of various beer brands today from my mother, I guess I'll get to know a few more the next few days.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thegreatbuddha on 28 Dec 2007, 13:51
The only beer I've ever found enjoyable were the Guinness (especially) and the Killians

Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Its the chocolate milkshake to Guiness' vanilla.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 28 Dec 2007, 16:32
So I just used my Amazon christmas money to buy myself a Mr. Beer kit. :P
Eventually I will stop using the extract kits and just use the plastic "keg" it comes with for primary fermentation of real brews, but it's a start.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 28 Dec 2007, 18:11
haha, apparently Anheuser-Busch is suing a local microbrew (http://www.capital-brewery.com/news/AB%20Challenge.pdf) in my hometown for using the phrase "America's #1 Rated Brewery," an award they won at the Beverage Testing Institute's World Beer Championships. I guess since Budweiser can't claim to be the #1 rated brewery, no one else should be able to? And why do they even care about a regional microbrew that's not really even a concern to such a huge company?

Last night I tried their "Autumnal Fire," a really strong (~10 % ABV or so) doppelbock, it's one of the best beers I've had in a really long time.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 28 Dec 2007, 19:06
Capital Brewery is pretty good.  They're not even my favorite local brewery, but that's because they have some very stiff competition.  Wisconsin has seriously good microbreweries.  I think it's to make up for producing Milwaukee's Best.  Spotted Cow is an apology in beer form. 

Fuck Anheuser-Busch.  What do they brew?  Bud?  Busch?  Fucking NATTY ICE?  Any judge involved in the case should just have the jury taste test various samples from both companies. 

Too bad most people have shitty taste.  Never mind.  Bad idea. 
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 29 Dec 2007, 07:36
I  had the first DFH beer I didn't really like last night! The Shelter Pale Ale! It tasted more like grape juice than beer, just not delicious.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 29 Dec 2007, 14:25
I had a Weissbär Weissbier and it was good but kindof light on the flavor and not as strong as it could've been. I should've gone for the Dunkelbier that the restaurant offered, fuck.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 29 Dec 2007, 16:16
I bought a case of the Sam Adams Winter Collection or whatever its called to try the Cranberry Lambic (my cousin talked it up). I can honestly say I have never been more dissapointed in a beer. Why do they even call it lambic when it fails to come anywhere close? Terrible beer.

I am drinking a Cranberry Lambic right now!  I was actually pretty pleased with it, but I generally don't like fruity beers at all, so I didn't expect much.  I am a whore for all things cranberry though, so I gave it a try despite my reservations.  It's dry and has stronger beer flavor than all the berry brews I've had before, so that's probably why I like it better.  I do not care for sweet beer.  Ech. 
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 29 Dec 2007, 19:42
Its the audacity to call it a lambic that bothers me. Compared to even a mass produced lambic like Lindeman's Framboise or Kreik it just falls waaayyyyyyy short. I can't really describe what belgian lambic is like, but I'll give it a try. Framboise is Raspberry, and when you pour it into a glass it has the absolute darkest red color with a beautiful pink foam. When you pull the cork out of the bottle (fermentation continues in a bottle of lambic after bottling, which results in higher pressures than normal beers. Lambic bottles tend to be heavier and have a cork) the smell of raspberry immediately greets you. The first taste is sour, and the carbonation reminds you more of champagne than beer, there is a malt flavor, but raspberry is still the main sensation...I love real lambic. Technically its a beer, but unlike anything else. Try a bottle of Framboise or Kreik sometime, and you'll understand why the Sam Adams Cranberry was dissapointing to me. It doesn't even have the Brettanomyces Lambicus yeast.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Inlander on 29 Dec 2007, 20:07
I really hate all this extra cold nonsense though

The whole notion of "extra cold" and "best served ice-cold" is complete bullshit served up by breweries who can only produce a sub-standard product and P.R. people who are trying to market their beer to ignorant yobbos. When you chill beer too much you completely dull all the flavour that it might have. If you truly want to enjoy your beer, don't drink it ice-cold. If it's an excessively hot day and you want to drink a refreshing beer, there are some styles that are perfectly suited, in particular wheat beer (for super-hot days) and I.P.A.s (for the merely "very hot). Put them in the fridge so they're cool but not "extra cold", pop 'em open, and enjoy.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 29 Dec 2007, 20:35
I really hate all this extra cold nonsense though

The whole notion of "extra cold" and "best served ice-cold" is complete bullshit served up by breweries who can only produce a sub-standard product.
DAMN RIGHT! The first thing I do when sitting down to a glass of good beer out of the fridge is wait 15 or 20 minutes for it to warm up. I've found that using a tulip glass for some beers, such as Trappists, helps warm them from the heat of your hands.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: philharmonic on 30 Dec 2007, 23:59
My dad was here for Christmas. He left me 2 Stella Artois. Thanks Dad!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: TwinkyToes on 31 Dec 2007, 00:28
does the myth of "extra-cold" apply to every beer? i might try a warmer guinness
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: bujiatang on 31 Dec 2007, 08:13
we brewed about 11 gallons of imperial stout this fall, and it is awesome. last night we followed it with some Old Rasputin, which is supposed to be really good, and it certainly had strong coffee notes but in that moka pot left boiling on the stove sort of coffee notes.  it tasted burnt.  which was sad, because it cost more than the rest of the beer we drank combined. 

A well poured stout is hard to find in the twin cities.  It seems the bar tenders are used to Highlife where it doesn't matter if it dumps right into the bottom of the glass, high life always will taste like shit. 

I've got a bottle of Lindeman's lambic in the fridge right now.  and it really is something else.

What kills me about Sam Adams is that if you look closely at the labels they are not brewed in Boston at all.  Which is why it can be so inconsistant. 

I really like Blue Moon with a slice of orange in it, the citrus flavor just pops that way.

Moose Drool is an awesome brown ale, best had in it's native Montana, where it isn't watered down from 9%.  Powder Hound is also really good, but I've never liked Big Sky's Summer Honey, waaaaay too sweet.  Goose Island makes a pretty good nut brown ale too. 

At our wedding reception, since we knew most people would prefer a lighter beer we got a keg of Hefe from Summit.  It was so fresh and crisp, the best hefeweisen I've ever had.  The next time I had it, the beer was older and I felt betrayed.  It is nice to go local, but you gotta be sure to get fresh.

Guiness with one drop of blackberry preserves or brandy is a nice way to make something familiar uncanny. ;-D
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 31 Dec 2007, 12:22
I drink my beer chilled to about 45ºF and it doesn't bother me.

Killian's Red is tasty enough, I had some a couple of weeks ago when somebody brought it to my house when we had a party, but it wasn't really anything special to me. It was just red, and I've never really ventured much into non-pils territory.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: pentaen on 31 Dec 2007, 17:32
funny thing about beer is that it can get you grounded on new years eve...  :|
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Gemmwah on 31 Dec 2007, 19:19
FUCK GROUNDING.

Drink indoors.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: bujiatang on 31 Dec 2007, 19:21
pilots should be sober while flying.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: FUBAR on 01 Jan 2008, 14:43
Guinness  is good for all seasons,  McEwans in the winter, and Stella Artois in the Summer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Paav on 04 Jan 2008, 11:31
Anchor Steam, Summit, Schells, Leinekugel, Boulevard, Big Sky are the breweries that I seem to go back to most often because they are what are available around here (SE South Dakota). I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention Fat Tire (though I may have skimmed past it), its a great ale out of Colorado but unfortunately is unavailable where I live, though it is sold in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

Stouts, Porters, Pale Ale, IPA, Hefeweizen are probably the styles I go with most often, the first two in the winter and the other three in the summer. I'm not above drinking a cheap light American lager, but I only do this when I am trying to get drunk or nothing else is around. You drink them cold so you don't have to taste them and they aren't as filling so you can drink even faster. This is self destructive on many levels so I don't suggest doing it too often.

In general ales should be consumed at cellar temperature 50s to 60s F. Lagers should be served cooler than that (40s F, sorry I don't do metric). Very few beers should be served at room temperature and frosty mugs should never be pared with a good tasting beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 04 Jan 2008, 12:29
Have I told you guys about how my first beer of '08 was a Foster's? I grabbed a 0.5L can of that shit to open at the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, and I had never had Foster's before. I was amazed how disappointed I truly was. I thought, "Hm, it can't really be that bad." Fucking wrong. The only reason Heineken is still higher on my "shit beer" list is because of the abrasive artificially-carbonated fizz. At least Foster's has natural carbonation. Fuck man, I'm just going to drink horse piss next year instead.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Inlander on 04 Jan 2008, 19:40
How could anybody be disappointed by Fosters? That would imply that you had some kind of happy expectations for it in the first place!

Fosters has been concentrating on the overseas market for years now, especially the British market, but they've recently managed to get their sales up in Australia by stealth: one of the most disappointingly popular new beers in Australia is a vile concoction called Pure Bland Blonde, which trumpets itself on the label as a "Premium Lager" but is in fact just a crappy bog-standard mass-produced lager. Close scrutiny of the label reveals that it's brewed (though "dredged up" would probably be a more fitting term) by Fosters.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: McTaggart on 05 Jan 2008, 02:13
My first beer of the year is going to be Little Creatures' Roger's beer. I haven't had some in a long time so I can't talk at length of the taste, but the colour (which is very near the flavour) is also a great thing. It has this really pretty reddy pinkness to it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: BobJoeJim on 05 Jan 2008, 03:17
Skittlebrau anyone?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: camelpimp on 05 Jan 2008, 12:02
Taste the rainbow...
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 05 Jan 2008, 12:32
BTW: My first beer of the new year was a PBR, about three hours into 08.  :|
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Slick on 05 Jan 2008, 13:05
Re: Unibroue
I think the best one to get into would be Trois Pistoles. It's very definitely not another beer, and there flavours are palatable to most people. The only one I wasn't terribly excited about was Blanche de Chambly, which just seemed like a lighter version of another one of their beers.
I recommend their website (http://www.unibroue.com/our_beers_eng.html), it is slowly being upgraded and built into a modern thing, and it sometimes has broken english, but it's got lots of info on all of their beers.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: supersheep on 05 Jan 2008, 13:31
My first beer of 2008, I recall, was a Miller.

Please shoot me.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 05 Jan 2008, 13:37
When you chill beer too much you completely dull all the flavour that it might have. If you truly want to enjoy your beer, don't drink it ice-cold.
One of my old roommates kept turning down the temperature in our beer fridge (mini-fridge in the living room; it was college) because he kept complaining that the beer wasn't cold enough. Even when the beer froze completely solid he still didn't think it was cold enough. wtf dude

ADDITION: Then again, it was pretty shitty beer, so perhaps that was just his cunning plan to avoid, y'know, drinking it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Slick on 05 Jan 2008, 13:49
Boo to lame listing threads!
My first beer of the year is a Kawartha Lakes Brewing Co. raspberry wheat ale. Not nearly as fruity as Pumphouse blueberry (the last fruit beer I had), the wheat ale taste is a little stronger than the raspberry, kind of sucker-punching you when you thought it was going to taste like raspberries. Still, the fruity effervescence (oooh, fancy language, Mr. Crawford) makes it nice and fun to drink.
I will definitely be consuming much more of this come summer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hat on 05 Jan 2008, 13:53
Fosters has been concentrating on the overseas market for years now, especially the British market, but they've recently managed to get their sales up in Australia by stealth: one of the most disappointingly popular new beers in Australia is a vile concoction called Pure Bland Blonde, which trumpets itself on the label as a "Premium Lager" but is in fact just a crappy bog-standard mass-produced lager. Close scrutiny of the label reveals that it's brewed (though "dredged up" would probably be a more fitting term) by Fosters.

Pure Blonde isn't really marketed as premium as much as its marketed as a low carb beer. Their real bullshit "premium beer" is crown lager, which is marketed to middle aged middle management types who get shitfaced off it at work functions and make sleazy advances to their younger co-workers. At somewhere around 45 dollars a carton, and tasting about as interesting as a slab of XXXX marinating under a man named Bazza's armpit, I consider it to be the single most evil beer to come out of Australia.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: ledhendrix on 05 Jan 2008, 15:17
My first beer of the new year was tennents, also known as piss.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 05 Jan 2008, 17:57
One of my old roommates kept turning down the temperature in our beer fridge

Buy a shock collar
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Inlander on 05 Jan 2008, 20:00
Pure Blonde isn't really marketed as premium as much as its marketed as a low carb beer.

Oh yeah, the marketing's all about how it's low carbohydrate, but it does claim on the label to be a "Premium Lager".
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 05 Jan 2008, 20:14
So my friend wanted me to buy some of that Miller Chill stuff for her (she's not 21 for another few months) the other day and I refused, on the grounds that it looks like absolute shit. Has anyone tried it yet, and is it as terrible as I expect it to be?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: sleepingfingers on 07 Jan 2008, 03:48
Favorite IPA - Dogfish 90min IPA (Hops prevent Scurvy)
Favorite Stout - Smuttynose Imperial Stout (Syrupy godliness)
Brown Ale - Ironhorse Brown Ale (Smooth like Jacoby Ellsbury)
Favorite 6pack - PBR pounders (Bakers Yeast, Big Ass Cans, Blue Ribbon and reminds me of my childhood  :-o )
Favorite Beer for $.99 - Steel Reserve 24oz can (If you can stomach 5 or 6 of em guaranteed to end the night with amnesia)

Just a few of mine.  Test new beers from micro/craft breweries, its the bee's knees. 
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: pilsner on 07 Jan 2008, 13:30
My favorites are the multiple fermented and belgian styled brews like
-- Chimay Blue
-- Rochefort 10
-- Delerium Tremens (and Nocturne)
-- Fringante (which I prefer to Fin de Monde or indeed any of the other Unibroue beers except for the anniversary tripels)
-- Aventinus
-- Three Philosophers (a delicious quad from a New York brewery called Ommegang!)

If I'm going for something a little lighter I'll usually go for a Pilsner Urquel, Magic Hat #9 or Circus Boy, or if I'm at a German place, the Weihenstephaner or Schneider Weisse Weizenhell Hefeweizen (both available at Zum Schneider in NYC as of a few months ago)

I like Arrogant Bastard occasionally, but given how bitter it is (really more of a porter than an ale), it's definitely not an everyday quaff.  Brilliant marketing though.

If you're looking for the fine beer locations of NYC, feel free to ask me since I've been to quite a few of them.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 07 Jan 2008, 15:43
If you're looking for the fine beer locations of NYC, feel free to ask me since I've been to quite a few of them.
showoff
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: carrotosaurus on 07 Jan 2008, 16:08
It's sort of on-topic... top 5 bars/brewpubs to drink beers in New England:
1) The Great Lost Bear (http://www.greatlostbear.com/) - Portland, Maine - My all time favorite. I've made the 4 hour trek just to go there for the day. 50 taps of everything local to New England, including really rare cask beers. Some really amazing stuff do be had no matter what day you go, but if you end up going on the weekends they almost always have an event sponsored by a local brewery.
2) The Dirty Truth (http://www.dirtytruthbeerhall.com/) - Northampton, Mass - Awesome beer selection, not much seating. Hard to find if it's your first trip, it's the only bar in Northampton with no sign in front. Rotating beers, about 30 taps with a really varied selection. Chalkboard shows you price and date of keg. Awful Indian food across the street.
3) Eli Cannon's (http://www.elicannons.com/) - Middletown, Conn - Great, great place. Very similar to The Dirty Truth, but much smaller. Food sucks, but the beer is awesome. It's hard to get a seat on weekends, but it's great for a monday or tuesday night.
4) Sunset Grill & Tap (http://www.allstonsfinest.com/) - Boston, Mass - 112 taps!! I don't think I need to say any more.
5) Opa Opa (http://www.opaopasteakhousebrewery.com/) - Southampton, Mass - If you haven't been here, you are certainly missing out. Opa Opa brews up some of my favorite beers in the area, and the food is amazing. Not for vegetarians.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 08 Jan 2008, 01:08
Had some Grolsch that was significantly shittier than any other Grolsch I've had. Either they started sucking horribly in the last year or so, or my tastes have since changed.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SusurrusIgnoramus on 08 Jan 2008, 10:34
So my friend wanted me to buy some of that Miller Chill stuff for her (she's not 21 for another few months) the other day and I refused, on the grounds that it looks like absolute shit. Has anyone tried it yet, and is it as terrible as I expect it to be?

I tried it because i wanted to get drunk, and that was all that was around.  it made me not want to get drunk anymore.  it tasted like someone pissed in a margarita.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Paav on 08 Jan 2008, 10:41
I realize the question was posed a few days ago but the utter terribleness of Miller Chill must be addressed. I took some home from a party a couple of months ago (the host was basically unloading his fridge and I was the youngest, poorest, person with least amount of shame there so I loaded up my cooler). The Miller Chill was one of the worst things I have ever tasted, say what you will about the Beast, Natty, Old Mill or any other terrible cheap beer at least they taste like beer. Miller Chill tastes like synthetic lime and too much salt. If you wanted to compete with Corona just make a beer that tastes like Corona. This stuff is like the Cliff's Notes version of Corona, for those to lazy to buy and cut up a lime. Oh, the horror of remembering that synthetic lime taste is enough to make me queasy even now. I think I had two or three bottles of the stuff and I couldn't even give them away, they ended up in the dumpster. The faster that Miller Chill disappears the better.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SevenPinkerton on 08 Jan 2008, 11:08
I can't stand any beer except guinness. It all tastes like piss. I need to try other guinness-like beers just so I don't seem as picky.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Slick on 08 Jan 2008, 12:03
Pinkyton, please provide a list of beers that you have tried and deemed to be 'piss'. Then we will know if this is actually a problem with beer, or a problem with your selection of beer.
Also, try anything that calls itself a 'stout' or 'porter' for more guiness-like beers. Guiness is a stout, and porters are kind of similar to stouts.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 08 Jan 2008, 12:19
I can't stand any beer except guinness.

I'm sorry.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: carrotosaurus on 08 Jan 2008, 12:21
Dicks are also more delicious than stouts.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: pilsner on 08 Jan 2008, 13:51
Dicks are also more delicious than stouts.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 08 Jan 2008, 17:14
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/thehollow/IMG_2622.jpg)
Got it from TJs this afternoon, haven't opened it yet, but it seems good enough. and for 5.99 a 6pack, I can't complain even if it's not the best.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SevenPinkerton on 08 Jan 2008, 17:30
Beers I have tried that taste like pisss... lesssee:

Yuengling Lager
Sam Adams
Hobgoblin
Holy Ale monty python beer
Xingu (This was almost alright)
Black Sheep
Chocolate Stout (which tasted like shit, not piss)
India Pale Ale
This may be only Michigan, but All Bell's products, including the well-loved and adored Oberon.
All Kraftbrau beer, though that's also local
Tons others I can't recall the name of...

 I've never had the cheap stuff like Bud or Natural Ice or whatever it is other people drink, so I don't know how they taste, though I assume it is not worth giving them a chance.

Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 08 Jan 2008, 17:33
Wow, there's some really good stuff in that list...

Try Smithwick's. Basically everyone who likes Guinness is also a Smithwicks fan, even though they're pretty different beers.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SevenPinkerton on 08 Jan 2008, 20:22
^ I'll give that a go, thanks! There's luckily two Irish pubs in my town (god bless college towns) so I'm good on finding anything from that part of the world.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: bujiatang on 11 Jan 2008, 07:21
theres also Beamish.  You might like that.

or Blackhook, which I think is smoother than Guiness.


Does anyone know of a bar in the Twin Cities that knows how to pull a Guiness?  We went to the Wild Onion, and they poured it fast and hard rigth into the bottom of the glass.  The Horror the Horror!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 11 Jan 2008, 08:36
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_styleguidelines.cfm (http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_styleguidelines.cfm)
I recently found this website. It is mostly a resource for home brewers, but if you check out the Yeast Style Guide (the part of the page linked), you can find a complete description (Aroma, Mouthfeel, Flavor, ect.) as well as a short list of the most popular types of that particular beer, be it Oatmeal Stouts or Belgian Witbier. Check it out if you have a chance.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Paav on 11 Jan 2008, 08:45
bujiatang have you tried either the Local or Brit's. They have great selections and seem to care about being seen as psuedo-British pubs. I know I have gotten one or two decent pours there. The only problem is they are downtown Minneapolis so they are expensive.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: PacoSees on 11 Jan 2008, 08:59
All beer is delicious after enough shots of Rocky Mountain Bear Fuckers.

But the one beer I can drink before getting drunk:
Corona, and not with lime like you white people seem to think it's supposed to be drunk.

My first beer of the year for the past 3 New Years: 9 Coronas.

PS: You do know what a RMBF is, right?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 11 Jan 2008, 12:51
Why is corona like having sex in a canoe? They're both fucking close to water.

seriously, Corona is complete piss, and doesn't even qualify as beer in my book. There's plenty of really good mexican beers out there, but they all get overshadowed by the total shit that is Corona.

Bujiatang, try Kieran's Irish Pub (on 2nd ave I think) in Minneapolis. My brother met an Irish dude who was working as a bartender there, who told him that apparently he had to show everyone how to correctly pull a Guinness. So although he no longer works there, I would think someone there should know how to. And don't be afraid to just tell them how to do it if you need to.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: PacoSees on 11 Jan 2008, 15:30
Yes, I'm aware of the wonder that is Bohemia and Tecate, it's just that beers disagree with my tummy unless I precede it with lots of tequila and whiskey.

And besides, hydrating and getting drunk at the same time?

Corona: not quite sex in a canoe.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 11 Jan 2008, 15:48
i'd rather drink Pabst than Corona.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 11 Jan 2008, 20:11
UV light destroys certain parts of the hops in beer, resulting in that shitty, skunky, beer. UV light enters clear bottles well. Corona is bottled in clear bottles. As a result of this, I feel that Corona either doesn't give a rotten rat's ass about the quality of their product, or they just figure their beer tastes about the same spoilt and unspoilt. Either way it sucks. The Belgians, Germans, English and Irish know how to make damn good beer, so between their imports and the growing number of good microbrews, why drink crappy clear bottled Corona? (<- rhetorical question)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: McTaggart on 11 Jan 2008, 21:15
I have never seen a mexican beer that wasn't bottled in a clear bottle. Alao, when the hell is beer ever exposed to uv light?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 11 Jan 2008, 21:32
Fluorescent lighting in warehouses and retailers. They don't bottle beer in infared light. Just because Mexican beers come in clear bottles doesn't make it a good idea. Light below 500nm in wavelength is what causes the isohumulones in beer to break down into molecules that contain sulphur, and chemically resemble the product of scent glands in skunks, hence the term skunky beer. Brown and dark green bottles transmit the least amounts of this light, while light green and clear bottles transmit the most. While Fluorescet light doesn't emit nearly as much UV light as there is in daylight, there are emissions in the ultraviolet spectrum. Visible light also damages beer, it just takes longer for the visible wavelengths of light to affect the isohumulones.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Leinad on 12 Jan 2008, 09:05
So remember kids, when drinking beer, always turn out the lights. It also helps keep that hot girl from noticing who groped her.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: camelpimp on 12 Jan 2008, 12:51
Hey, I wonder, has anyone here tried brewing their own beer?

(I'm sorry if it was brought up and I missed it. I'm really good at overlooking the obvious.)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: I is Grammar on 12 Jan 2008, 14:24
My brother attempted brewing his own beer, and succeeded in nearly blowing up his kitchen.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 12 Jan 2008, 15:30
My father did quite a bit of home brewing for a number of years, which I helped with as much as I could. Eventually our darkroom/brewing room  became the fly tying/origami room, with lots of developing and brewing equipment lying around gathering dust. It was a lot of fun, but if you're any good at it you end up with the list of friends and family that want free beer getting longer and longer and it becoming less and less fun. If you do decide to try it out, the link I posted about 12 posts ago is a good resource.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: bujiatang on 12 Jan 2008, 21:10
We brewed our own beer at Vine Park Brewery on west 7th in St Paul.  what they do is provide all the equipment, the hops, yeast, the bottles, the CO2 etc. 

Shannon and I had a great time, and the beer is awesome.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 13 Jan 2008, 02:10
My brother attempted brewing his own beer, and succeeded in nearly blowing up his kitchen.

Tell me something, does he have huge quantities of suphedrine in his closet?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: I is Grammar on 13 Jan 2008, 02:11
Knowing my brother, probably.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: hannahrochelle on 13 Jan 2008, 15:37
My housemate's ex-boyfriend makes alright homebrew.

Mind you, I was pretty smashed at the time I tasted it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: öde on 13 Jan 2008, 15:44
I was/am planning on distilling, but that's not brewing so I'll get my coat.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: ViolentDove on 13 Jan 2008, 17:27
It's also a fuckload more dangerous, so I hope that coat of yours is fire-retardant!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 14 Jan 2008, 03:10
Shenanigans. People have been distilling alcohol here for hundreds (thousands, maybe?) of years and I don't think I have ever heard of somebody being tragically killed by an exploding raki still.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Paav on 14 Jan 2008, 07:26
If you are brewing and forget to have a pressure valve you could blow up a brewing kettle because of a pressure build up. With a still, an open flame in the wrong place could cause an explosion. Though, I would be more worried about the Feds sticking their nose into my business.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SusurrusIgnoramus on 14 Jan 2008, 07:58
a good mexican beer (that does not come in a clear bottle) = negro modello
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Ozymandias on 14 Jan 2008, 08:45
I do enjoy a good Negra Modelo, a good example of a beer that's great cold and pairs well with a hot day and hot Mexican food.

Now I'm hungry.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: usmcnavgeek on 14 Jan 2008, 17:08
In one of my more unhappy moments, I realized that I completely forgot the name of the place here in the DFW area that has virtually every beer distributed in the metroplex for sale under one roof.  I found out about it from a distributor that I met while drinking at the Flying Saucer, but then promptly forgot it.  All I can remember is that it's somewhere in Colleyville.  Damn you, alcohol!

Anyway, I enjoy a good beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 15 Jan 2008, 03:23
Whoa dude, I haven't seen you around here in YEARS.

Carry on.

(I will go a step further and say that Kaon beer is probably the biggest pile of horseshit on the face of the planet, and that you can find Birra Tirana in Boston, if my sources are correct)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: PacoSees on 15 Jan 2008, 09:02
We have a place like that, right across the street from the colleges, basically.

Aptly-named Liquo-rama.

They know marketing, what with $15 handles of JD for us poor college kids.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Paav on 15 Jan 2008, 11:23
I started drinking in Minnesota, which while I was there had some of the most restrictive blue laws in the US. With the exception of .32 beer, you could only get booze in liquor stores, and those could only be open until 8 pm Monday-Thursday and until 10 pm on Friday and Saturday. The bars also had to close at 1 am.

Now that I am in South Dakota, grocery stores and convenience stores can carry all kinds of booze, the grocery stores actually have the best selection. You can buy beer until 2 am (running into an grocery store, grabbing a case and trying to make it to the register in 2 minutes is all kinds of crazy fun) and on Sundays, though no hard liquor. The best part is drive up windows at the liquor stores, pull up, ring a buzzer, tell em what you want, give em your cash and get right back on the road.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: carrotosaurus on 16 Jan 2008, 06:31
I've brewed beer before - 2 good batches and 3 bad batches later and I'm just sticking to buying it.

Now, hard cider on the other hand... that's a breeze to make. It also kicks like a mule.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SusurrusIgnoramus on 16 Jan 2008, 06:48
in alabama, beer can not have more than 6% ABV and can not be in a container of more than 16oz.  i'm glad i do not live in alabama.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 19 Jan 2008, 09:14
so I bought some Ephemere.

I KNEW it, Tania is a prostitute
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lien. on 20 Jan 2008, 10:15
If there's something great about living in Belgium it must be the endless beer choice I guess. I hardly know 1/10 of all available types.

But anyways, the favorites:

- St. Bernardus (Blond abbey ale, strongly resembles Westvleteren which was once called out to be the best beer in the world, but it's rather hard to get): http://www.sintbernardus.be/en/index.html
- La Chouffe (Golden ale, the scottish version of it, Mc Chouffe, is alright as well): http://www.achouffe.be/
and the more widely known such as Chimay bleu and Duvel (best 1-2-drunk beer ever).

As for regular beer:

- not Stella Artois, but Jupiler (it's from the same beer company though, Inbev, they own Hoegaarden as well)
- Christal Alken & Primus if they're not bottled. 


But I like foreign beers as well, Irish cider is great, although I can't name any brands. And Desperados tequila beer is nice as well!

O right, I hate Heineken.

Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 20 Jan 2008, 20:11
In a book I have concerning Belgian lambics it mentions that there are something like 300 styles of beer in Belgium. If I had the money to take one style a month and travel around Belgium trying each breweries take on it, I'd be 47 before I got done. That would be the best life ever.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Lien. on 21 Jan 2008, 05:44
heh, probably :)


Or you could speed things up and visit a few "100 Beers" bars. I guess you'd be done by your 30s. Then you can start on Scotch whiskey!


Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 21 Jan 2008, 06:20
Then you can start on Scotch whiskey!

And your 20th liver
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SusurrusIgnoramus on 21 Jan 2008, 08:16
i got a great mini-haul that i drank (most of) this weekend: 4 bombers of Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale, a bottle of Chimay Cinq Cents (gotta love the Trappists!  That was the first time I had a beer with a CORK in the bottle.  I felt so sophisticated) and a sixer of Troegs Hop Back.  Unfortunately I dropped one of the bombers of AB and it is currently frozen on the asphalt.  So sad.  But, I have one left to have with dinner tonight!  Whoo!

(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v181/122/75/43700062/n43700062_30672416_4911.jpg)

Pay no attention to the wine.  That was my girlfriend's.  She also drinks miller (yeargh!).
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: öde on 21 Jan 2008, 09:05
And Desperados tequila beer is nice as well!

Hooray! Yes it is.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Johnny C on 21 Jan 2008, 09:23
UV light destroys certain parts of the hops in beer, resulting in that shitty, skunky, beer. UV light enters clear bottles well.

This is really only an issue at live venues, isn't it? If you're at the bar, you're pretty much wasting your time getting something that isn't on tap, and if you're at home you likely bought it in a case or in non-transparent cans then put it in your fridge which is dark until you open it. Even then, some venues where I live just circumvent this by keeping the beer in fridges with metal doors and no lights behind the bar.

I'd say there are enough arguments against Corona that we don't need to make mountains out of molehills.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 21 Jan 2008, 10:18
We don't need to make a mountain out of a molehill because it's not a molehill and really is a mountain. Corona is made of water from every bidet in a French geriatric ward.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 28 Mar 2008, 22:23
Thread necro to avoid new thread:
Gentlemen and ladies, I have made (er, am making)... Beer!
Now I get to let it sit and ferment while I'm off at school, come back in a week or two and bottle it, come back another week or two later and try it.

I used a Mr. Beer kit, despite my initial urge to go for the whole kit and caboodle which I couldn't really afford. If I end up really liking doing this I'll probably move on to assembling a real set, and using the 'keg' from this kit for ciders.

What I used:
-Mr. Beer West Coast Pale Ale mix
-"booster" (sugar?)
-1 Tsp Honey
- ~1/4 Anjou pear, diced up and dumped in

I'm hoping to get a relatively dry, bitter ale with a bit of pear flavour in the background. Though I could just as easily end up with something terrible.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: NarwhalSunshine on 28 Mar 2008, 23:53
Hank's and Thomas Kemper are the best root beer you'll ever have, Hank's also makes great birch beer if you can find it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 29 Mar 2008, 00:18
Hank's and Thomas Kemper are the best root beer you'll ever have, Hank's also makes great birch beer if you can find it.
BS. Thomas Kemper's is nothing special, Henry Weinhard's is the best Root Beer on offer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 29 Mar 2008, 11:10
I was thinking of rezzing this thread myself, as I had a particularly tasty beer last weekend, a Big Eddie's Imperial Stout. I looked into it a bit and discovered that Big Eddie's is actually a line of craft beers made by Leinenkugel's, a WI brewery that otherwise makes sub-par beers (with a couple exceptions) while trying to maintain this whole "craft brewery" image. It sucks though because it's only available in Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay; I live about 20 minutes from the Leinie's brewery yet I would have to drive more than 2 hours to go somewhere that sells it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: NarwhalSunshine on 29 Mar 2008, 11:12
Hank's and Thomas Kemper are the best root beer you'll ever have, Hank's also makes great birch beer if you can find it.
BS. Thomas Kemper's is nothing special, Henry Weinhard's is the best Root Beer on offer.
Haven't had it but when I get paid I'll order some.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: KharBevNor on 29 Mar 2008, 13:30
(it's from the same beer company though, Inbev, they own Hoegaarden as well)

There's barely anything they don't own. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBev_brands)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Social Bacon on 29 Mar 2008, 21:38
I just tried an excellent Czech beer by the name of Kozel, but generally (being a poor student) I drink cheap beer such as Molson Canadian and Labatt Blue, although these are a hell of a lot better than any American beer I've tried.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 30 Mar 2008, 00:13
Leinenkugel's, a WI brewery that otherwise makes sub-par beers (with a couple exceptions) while trying to maintain this whole "craft brewery" image.

Yeah, Leinie's is now owned by one of the majors...can't be buggered to look up which, as they are all the same to me.

Still, the Creamy Dark is pretty damn good.  I know folks from Chippewa Falls who still swear by the stuff even though the company sold out.  Better drink it now before they get a corporate mandate to cut quality in favor of T.V. commercials claiming that they are quality.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 30 Mar 2008, 04:16
I finally figured out that the beer at this one restaurant here in town is Pivo. I liked it well enough, I guess.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Switchblade on 30 Mar 2008, 04:33
Well, I commited a sacrilege last night - had myself a bottle of Fursty Ferret while playing cards with the family, and then forgot about it and went to bed with the bottle only half-finished, so it's been out on the table all night, open to the air.

*cautiously takes a sip*

actually... that's not too much worse than it should be....
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: ledhendrix on 30 Mar 2008, 05:13
I'm away to a wee island for a holiday soon and it has a microbrewery on it. Much drinking of beer will be had and i'll report back on it if its any good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Aimless on 30 Mar 2008, 05:16
I wasn't a fan of beer, until I was introduced to the world of tasty beer through Erdinger weissbier (dunkel). Since then, I've made a point of trying out new beers whenever I can, but that remains my favourite of the ones that I can readily find.

I recently discovered Hoegaarden :) and shortly after that, I discovered that Red Stripe is a perfectly acceptable cheap beer. I'm probably going to have that as an alternative to Newcastle Brown Ale from now on.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: thehollow on 30 Mar 2008, 07:49
Yeah, Leinie's is now owned by one of the majors...can't be buggered to look up which, as they are all the same to me.

Still, the Creamy Dark is pretty damn good.  I know folks from Chippewa Falls who still swear by the stuff even though the company sold out.  Better drink it now before they get a corporate mandate to cut quality in favor of T.V. commercials claiming that they are quality.

They're owned Miller I'm pretty sure. Yeah, the Creamy Dark is pretty good, and the Dopplebock is . Other than that, the Red is the only one I'll ever drink, and that's only if I'm at a bar that has absolutely nothing else worthwhile on tap.

Their top-selling stuff is all shit though. Honey Weiss is crap, the Sunset Wheat tastes like terrible blueberry pancakes, and the Berry Weiss and Summer Shandy shouldn't even get to be called beer.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: carrotosaurus on 31 Mar 2008, 07:36
Aren't those new(er) organic beers like Stone Mill Pale Ale and Wild Hop Lager owned by majors?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Oli on 31 Mar 2008, 18:49
Are we indie about beer too now?

All I ever drink is cans of Tennent's and pints of Guinness. I am a student. Cans of Tennent's are cheap and cheerful; Guinness is tasty, reasonablly priced and pretty standard in any pub.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 31 Mar 2008, 21:23
Are we indie about beer too now?
Since before I had my first sip.   8-)
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: negative creep on 01 Apr 2008, 00:08
I'm only drinking post-beer nowadays.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 01 Apr 2008, 04:19
...you're drinking vomit? Ew dude
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 01 Apr 2008, 09:20
...you're drinking vomit? Ew dude
MAYBE YOU JUST CAN'T APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YOUR MAINSTREAM CRAP.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: negative creep on 01 Apr 2008, 09:53
You know, 'round these parts beer doesn't usually end up as vomit...
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 01 Apr 2008, 10:04
You say ew now, but in a year it'll be all the rage and you'll be just another sheep following the herd.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 01 Apr 2008, 14:30
You know, 'round these parts beer doesn't usually end up as vomit...

You are not having enough.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Oli on 01 Apr 2008, 19:10
I drink mead. You know, 'cause it's retro.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Social Bacon on 01 Apr 2008, 19:33
I just eat barley and hops and wash it down with pure ethanol. 'tis the manly way of doing it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 01 Apr 2008, 20:06
I drink beer because it is so out of style that it's come back. Unironically.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Social Bacon on 01 Apr 2008, 20:50
Back onto topic, I'm currently drinking a Tuborg - which I've never had before (shut up, I know I'm uncultured) - it has a little bit of a... harsh taste, for lack of a better word; but overall definitely top notch, I'd give it 8/10.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 03 Apr 2008, 12:11
I am at the New Belgium brewery right now!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 03 Apr 2008, 12:41
The party at my house this weekend (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,19357.msg620930.html#msg620930) is going to feature (at least) kegs of Magic Hat #9, Sly Fox Stout, Dock Street Satellite Espresso Stout, Yuengling Black and Tan, Dogfishhead IPA, Flying Fish Abbey Dubbel, and Troeg's Nut Brown Ale, plus a quarter keg of some kind of lambic and a keg of cider.  I think I might be leaving a few out too.  (And another resident is mixing Knoxville Lemonade, but that's not for this thread.)

Need I say more?  (Oh yeah, and the Magic Hat's going to be in my room.  Having a full, tapped keg next to your bed is a great feeling and I only get it once a year.)

Oh, and to the three or four people who have expressed interest in coming ... all the kegs are upstairs and you need to be accompanied by a house resident in order to get up there, so PM me if you're interested in coming and want to sample our fine selection of booze, and we'll figure something out.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 03 Apr 2008, 18:19
Which DFH IPA are you getting? The 90 minute is the best by far, but I imagine you're getting the 60. The 120 would be epic though.


If you really wanted class though, you'd get a keg of the Aprihop. I am drinking one right now and oh my fucking god is it boners.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Uber Ritter on 04 Apr 2008, 11:55
I remember last year my class got a quarter keg of Chimay Cinq Cents at last year's Reality Weekend (the year-end weekend-long party) for the seniors.  If this year's class of juniors (who are in charge of semi-official parties) do not do likewise I shall be pissed.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 04 Apr 2008, 16:25
Do You go to saint johns?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Dimmukane on 04 Apr 2008, 16:34
What is it with Pennsylvanians and Magic Hat?  Everyone I know from Pennsylvania loves that stuff.  I've had it before, and I've had better.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: pilsner on 04 Apr 2008, 17:51
C'mon, the apricot flavor in Magic Hat #9 is a good time.

Recently I've been drinking a lot of (http://www.beersolutions.co.uk/_includes/image_resize.php?ImageFromDB=schneider.JPG&ImageType=beer&MaxWidth=180)

I'm also now a enthusiastic fan of the (http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/images/threephil-thumb.jpg) which has made me completely reevaluate the cherry lambic.

And naturally the (http://www.bov.ch/labels/USA/usa-dogfish-head-60-minute-ipa.jpg) although I'm definitely going to have to try the other variants that Dirk mentioned.

Like a lot of others, I'm a fan of the (http://www.lesmoules.cz/photos/pivo/chimay-blue.gif) and (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2110677294_c0577faf83_o.jpg) with or after dinner . . .

although I think that if you're one of the many that like those two you should definitely seek out some (http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/acatalog/trappachelextradark.jpg) for a quadrupel with an even more substantial mouthfeel and an almost champagne-y aftertaste (although nothing compared to the (http://faussett.com/ryan/beer/img/Unibroue/unibroue_11.jpg) which appear to be almost completely gone at this point)

At the end of the day, though, can you really beat a liter of  (http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/g_schneider/aventinus/_images/aventinus-bottle.jpg) with some sausage and sauerkraut though?  It's the simple things in life.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Symp on 04 Apr 2008, 19:24
Me being poor I've been having to make due with just some yeungling and guinness extra stout

Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Nodaisho on 05 Apr 2008, 02:47
I drink mead. You know, 'cause it's retro.
What does that taste like? In non-alcohol terms, please, I don't drink, but I always wondered what fermented honey would taste like.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Peet on 05 Apr 2008, 14:58
like honehy.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Peet on 05 Apr 2008, 14:58
but a bit alchololic
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Nodaisho on 05 Apr 2008, 15:06
See the bit where I said in non-alcohol terms? I have never had alcohol, so saying like honey, but alcoholic doesn't help me. Unless you can describe the taste of alcohol in non-alcohol terms. Thanks for trying, though.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: BrittanyMarie on 05 Apr 2008, 20:07
Every alcohol tastes different though! The only thing I guess I'd say they all have in common is a burning or maybe tingling sensation. You how how something like Vicks Vapo-Rub smells? It tastes like that smells only not minty/eucalyptus-y. The cheaper it is, the harsher it is (you know, in general).

Also in general, darker colored alcohol (I'm talking about whisk(e)y and bourbon, really) is aged in wood (probably oak!) casks which give the alcohol a nice hearty wood flavor. Tequila, to me, tastes like how cardboard smells. Vodka doesn't have a flavor unless it's infused with something.

Of course, I'm not nearly as well versed as many of the other forum-goers on this subject so take that as you will!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Social Bacon on 05 Apr 2008, 20:12
Vodka has a recognizable taste once you drink too much of it. If you've ever drank straight vodka to the point of vomiting suddenly it has an easily recognizable taste and smell that will make you gag once you sense it. Or maybe that's just me and my bad vodka experience. Screwdrivers solve that, though.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: öde on 06 Apr 2008, 05:34
Vodka is the nastiest thing. It is so nasty that they just make cheap vodka from pure alcohol and water.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Apr 2008, 08:04
C'mon, the apricot flavor in Magic Hat #9 is a good time.

Recently I've been drinking a lot of (http://www.beersolutions.co.uk/_includes/image_resize.php?ImageFromDB=schneider.JPG&ImageType=beer&MaxWidth=180)

I'm also now a enthusiastic fan of the (http://www.thefoodsection.com/foodsection/images/threephil-thumb.jpg) which has made me completely reevaluate the cherry lambic.

And naturally the (http://www.bov.ch/labels/USA/usa-dogfish-head-60-minute-ipa.jpg) although I'm definitely going to have to try the other variants that Dirk mentioned.

Like a lot of others, I'm a fan of the (http://www.lesmoules.cz/photos/pivo/chimay-blue.gif) and (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2110677294_c0577faf83_o.jpg) with or after dinner . . .

although I think that if you're one of the many that like those two you should definitely seek out some (http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/acatalog/trappachelextradark.jpg) for a quadrupel with an even more substantial mouthfeel and an almost champagne-y aftertaste (although nothing compared to the (http://faussett.com/ryan/beer/img/Unibroue/unibroue_11.jpg) which appear to be almost completely gone at this point)

At the end of the day, though, can you really beat a liter of  (http://www.bunitedint.com/portfolios/producers/g_schneider/aventinus/_images/aventinus-bottle.jpg) with some sausage and sauerkraut though?  It's the simple things in life.


I fucking support the shit out of this post.


I got a shipment of beer yesterday! It was full of really bomb cali microbrews that are not available in colorado! I am most psyched on the Bear Republic stuff, but I've also got some decent shit from Green Flash! Add that to my 4 pack of DFH aprihop and oh my god do I have delicious beer.

There's also an 18 of bud in my fridge, but that is for drunk not drinking.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Apr 2008, 08:06
Also lets be real here, Vodka is not disgusting. Like any alcohol, it sucks if you buy the shitty stuff, but if you spend the money, there is Vodka with amazing degrees of subtlety that will rock your fucking world. My advice to you is to stop drinking Stoli and Smirnoff and go buy a bottle of some really tasty imported Russian shit, throw it in your Freezer, and take a sip. The flavor profile ranges from creamy to bitter and it is all fucking delicious, real talk. Explore before you judge.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: blanktom on 06 Apr 2008, 08:35
I have never really liked the taste of beer so I tend not to drink too much of it, but the pub I work in recently got Coors Light on draught and I've been drinking quite a bit of it lately. Its probably the fact that I don't drink much beer that I don't think it tastes as bad as you guys make out, but being a student and at £2.10 a pint I doubt I'd mind anyway.

Can we bring cider into this thread before the whole beer thing gets exhausted? I absolutely DESPISE all these shitty new 'Irish' ciders that are in vogue right now, and I'm really not too keen on Kopparberg either. It just pisses me off when you hear people say 'oh I like to drink cider' but when you say 'oh what ones do you like' they say 'Magners'.

Personally I drink Westons stuff, and at work we have this boxed cider by them called Old Rosie, a proper scrumpy cider, flat and cloudy. Only problem is at 7.3% more than a couple of pints at the start of a night does you in.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 06 Apr 2008, 08:37
go buy a bottle of some really tasty imported Russian shit, throw it in your Freezer, and take a sip. The flavor profile ranges from creamy to bitter and it is all fucking delicious, real talk. Explore before you judge.

Huh, I'll have to try this. Every other time I've tried vodka, I've just ended up with a massive headache.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Apr 2008, 08:43
I have never really liked the taste of beer so I tend not to drink too much of it, but the pub I work in recently got Coors Light on draught and I've been drinking quite a bit of it lately. Its probably the fact that I don't drink much beer that I don't think it tastes as bad as you guys make out, but being a student and at £2.10 a pint I doubt I'd mind anyway.

Can we bring cider into this thread before the whole beer thing gets exhausted? I absolutely DESPISE all these shitty new 'Irish' ciders that are in vogue right now, and I'm really not too keen on Kopparberg either. It just pisses me off when you hear people say 'oh I like to drink cider' but when you say 'oh what ones do you like' they say 'Magners'.

Personally I drink Westons stuff, and at work we have this boxed cider by them called Old Rosie, a proper scrumpy cider, flat and cloudy. Only problem is at 7.3% more than a couple of pints at the start of a night does you in.


Coors light is one of my favorite beers to get cold hammered on.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 06 Apr 2008, 08:47
Coors Light is so fucking nasty, man.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: öde on 06 Apr 2008, 08:49
Explore before you judge.

Fair enough, I've just gotten used to the idea that vodka is basically bleach.

Magners has a plasticky feel/smell. It's revolting.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Social Bacon on 06 Apr 2008, 08:50
Coors Light has a fairly plain, simple, light taste. It's not bad, it's just a little bit bland. Which is probably why you (Blanktom) like it; you said you haven't really had a lot of beer before so you've not yet acquired the taste of stronger beers. Personally I find Coors Light great if I've been doing some sort of hard work and am just looking for something refreshing to cool off with.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Apr 2008, 08:53
Coors Light is so fucking nasty, man.

I mean it could be beer 30 or Keystone or whatever. It is defintely a good beer for drinking with people who are worried about calories.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 06 Apr 2008, 09:01
There was one time at a friend's house I drank a few Bud Lights while riding a stationary bike. I finished the beers before I rode off all the calories from the beers (I think it's 110 per?)

Drinkercising, man. It's the future.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: öde on 06 Apr 2008, 09:02
Yeah, just enjoy a nice pale ale after going for a jog or something.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 06 Apr 2008, 09:33
I was at my band rehearsal today and all my mate had was Foster's.

I only accepted because I don't want to say "Oh fuck ass no, I would rather get fucked anally by a torpedo" in front of our keyboardist's 8-year-old.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SeanBateman on 06 Apr 2008, 09:34
I mean if you want I'll totally fuck you in the ass.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 06 Apr 2008, 09:36
:-*
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 08 Apr 2008, 07:05
If you really wanted class though, you'd get a keg of the Aprihop. I am drinking one right now and oh my fucking god is it boners.

I just tried this last night.  You were not kidding!  I have relatively limited beer experience (enough to recommend a few but not enough to know what the even-better alternatives to my own choices are) and I might have a new favorite.  So delicious!  So delicious.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 08 Apr 2008, 10:50
I find as I get older I tend to stick to the one thing. I'm not very adventurous anymore as regards drinking. I just consume gallons of Harveys and whiskey macs. I'm not very excited about trying new things anymore.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: SonofZ3 on 08 Apr 2008, 19:24
As my last semester comes to a close, and my my bank account continually hovers around $100, I've had to make some changes to my alcohol consumption. Tanqueray has changed to Seagrams, and instead of Hoegaarden I switched to  Michelob Amber Bock, which around here is a price cut of about 50%. While I'd rather be drinking my Belgian white, amber bock is tolerable, better than I expected to be honest.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 12 Apr 2008, 17:39
nukkkller high lifes

doest the job in copus abmounts gys.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Dimmukane on 12 Apr 2008, 20:33
I'll take your word for it.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: morca007 on 18 Apr 2008, 01:10
Tonight I did something very bad; I chugged a Black Butte Porter. Very good beer, but my friend's roommate handed me one as we were going to watch a movie, and I didn't want to walk around campus with one.  :cry:
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: laizeohbeets on 18 Apr 2008, 03:52
Can we bring cider into this thread before the whole beer thing gets exhausted? I absolutely DESPISE all these shitty new 'Irish' ciders that are in vogue right now, and I'm really not too keen on Kopparberg either. It just pisses me off when you hear people say 'oh I like to drink cider' but when you say 'oh what ones do you like' they say 'Magners'.

Personally I drink Westons stuff, and at work we have this boxed cider by them called Old Rosie, a proper scrumpy cider, flat and cloudy. Only problem is at 7.3% more than a couple of pints at the start of a night does you in.

I drink cider, though I'm partial to Woodchuck Amber, which is near impossible to find in this city. I can find Pear and Granny Smith, but Amber is virtually impossible. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of Kopparberg and Magners. Kopparberg has an aftertaste I'm not a huge fan of.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 18 Apr 2008, 17:28
Three days into 21 and I've finally bought my first beer (a six-pack of Kennebunkport Blueberry Wheat Ale).


It tastes like a blueberry muffin!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: PickItUpPutItDown on 19 Apr 2008, 03:29
No Guiness, No Dos Equis, No Fat Tire,
No Care.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 19 Apr 2008, 05:08
I drink cider, though I'm partial to Woodchuck Amber, which is near impossible to find in this city. I can find Pear and Granny Smith, but Amber is virtually impossible. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of Kopparberg and Magners. Kopparberg has an aftertaste I'm not a huge fan of.

I found both Granny Smith and Amber last night, but not Pear.

Soooo good, the granny smith. So good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Gemmwah on 19 Apr 2008, 07:04
Kopparberg Cherry mannnnnnnn. Delicious.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 19 Apr 2008, 17:18
I'm a fan of Sam Adams Cherrywheat Ale..similar?
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Gemmwah on 20 Apr 2008, 08:42
Not a clue, probably not. Kopparberg is cider, the cherry one is delicious.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 20 Apr 2008, 13:21
If I even run across it, I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Fenriswolf on 23 Apr 2008, 05:54
A thread about beer! Awesomeness  :-D

I am currently drinking Corona. Anyone who feels the need to accuse me of girliness may suck my ovaries. It is yummy. On occasion I like a nice Guinness. I was introduced to it by my one and only flatmate between living at home and moving in with my partner - it was awesome, we had knew each other from kickboxing so would meet up there and go home for a nice Guinness as our reward then perhaps some single malt on the weekends. I was living well above my means but it was quite fantastic for a while

Steinlager Pure is also quite wonderful. Marketed for NZers but I suspect it's somewhat like MacDonalds making burgers for every country they are in... same shite, different marketing. Nonetheless it is FAR superior to normal Steinlager.

I also like Macs Gold but find it a bit thin at the moment, and Monteiths Summer Ale but am finding that too damn sweet just now. Anyone who lives in NZ? Lion Red is THE DEVIL. Anyone old enough to have drunk Steinlager Blue? Sounds... bad. I'll just leave it at that.

Anyway. Beer is tasty and delicious yet it is strange how on a given day I can like one but not another, and sometimes none at all. It's damn awful for getting trollied IMO as it is way too much liquid for the alcohol content. I always found copious amounts of spirits more pleasant for such fun times. But then that was before drinking a bottle and a bit of tequila and ruining the best spirit ever, then doing similar for vodka, then gin... I'm pretty much down to a nice nip of whiskey and even then my body protests.

And yes, I am drunk and narcissistic enough to peruse the forums posting willy nilly with minimal reading of previous posts. I'm sure I'll be embarassed in the morning :-P
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 23 Apr 2008, 07:40
Why the hell are you drinking Corona you GIRL
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 23 Apr 2008, 08:33
Red Lion is THE DEVIL.

I knew it!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: cmalberg on 23 Apr 2008, 10:19
Personally I prefer a good mead, either a traditional or metheglin, occasionally a sack. Sack is generally a little too sticky and heavy for my tastes though.

Other than that, I like to go for micros or home brews. Gives you a better variation, and we have some killer breweries here in the Pacific Northwest, such as Port Townsend. They have a killer stout and a pretty good winter ale. I sure do miss Muggers brewing company out of southern Idaho though. Had some great ales and you could order just about anything by the growler.

And of course there a quite a few out of Portland that make some decent micros.

I have seen it mentioned and would just like to reinforce that, yes, any light beer is a travesty. Some things just should not be done.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 23 Apr 2008, 10:35
Pale ales are really under-appreciated, I find. Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale is probably one of the best ales you can get across the country.

hell yeah keith's.

stella artois is okay too.
recently i tried this korean beer that i currently can't remember the name of, and it was surprisingly good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 23 Apr 2008, 10:44
recently i tried this korean beer that i currently can't remember the name of, and it was surprisingly good.

Was it OB?

Man, I get a kick out of the fact that a baseball team in Korea is named after a brand of beer.

ADDITION: aw, apparently the team has changed owners:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doosan_Bears
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 23 Apr 2008, 10:47
Why the hell are you drinking Corona you GIRL

Is there such a thing as even semi-decent Mexican beer? I've had Corona, and like two different types of Dos Equis, and they're TERRIBLE.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: jhocking on 23 Apr 2008, 10:47
aw man dos is my favorite
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 23 Apr 2008, 10:57
recently i tried this korean beer that i currently can't remember the name of, and it was surprisingly good.

Was it OB?

Man, I get a kick out of the fact that a baseball team in Korea is named after a brand of beer.

ADDITION: aw, apparently the team has changed owners:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doosan_Bears

no, it was hite. thanks, wikipedia.
and hahah, i didn't know ob was a baseball team. that's neat.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Ozymandias on 23 Apr 2008, 10:58
I like Negra Modelo if I'm going to have a Mexican beer. It's not the best beer ever, but it is far from the worst.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: diablo_man on 23 Apr 2008, 23:26
the beer i had down in guatemala was pretty good actually. Gallo and Cabro were the best. makes all mexican beer weak piss by comparison.
i actually got to visit their main brewery, guided tour and all with beer and chips at the end. that was majorly cool.

up here in BC, kokanee isnt too bad. for a cheap domestic its pretty good. so far my favourite readily available stuff is stella artois and sleeman's honey brown.
good stuff.

most surprising, is how cheap beer is in alberta! i got a seriously good tasting local beer there for 6$ a sixpack! cheaper than pop!
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Slick on 23 Apr 2008, 23:40
Negra Modelo tasted to me like corona with molasses added at some stage. Not at all a bad beer, but it's not the top of any list.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Fenriswolf on 24 Apr 2008, 04:52
Personally I prefer a good mead, either a traditional or metheglin, occasionally a sack. Sack is generally a little too sticky and heavy for my tastes though.
Oo! I spend an inordinate amount of time reading fantasy books with a preference for "hero fantasy" and celtic-based societies (eg: David Gemmell is a great example of this) so mead always sounded sooo tasty. But is it really sweet? Always sounded to me like extra-sweet whiskey

Why the hell are you drinking Corona you GIRL
*ignoring yooooou*
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: valley_parade on 24 Apr 2008, 07:31
aw man dos is my favorite

I KNEW there was something wrong with you, Joe.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Patrick on 24 Apr 2008, 08:01
This has nothing to do with the fact that he drinks Dos Equis.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: cmalberg on 25 Apr 2008, 13:34
No, it usually isn't too sweet. The only one that is overly sweet is a sack, but it is made with extra honey. It doesn't really taste like whiskey but rather has it's own unique taste. Almost like a honey and cinnamon cookie (like a snickerdoodle I guess). Pretty good.
Title: Re: The thread for talking about Beer
Post by: Fenriswolf on 27 Apr 2008, 03:03
No, it usually isn't too sweet. The only one that is overly sweet is a sack, but it is made with extra honey. It doesn't really taste like whiskey but rather has it's own unique taste. Almost like a honey and cinnamon cookie (like a snickerdoodle I guess). Pretty good.
Interesting. I've always thought of it as being sticky-sweet whiskey and my partner with similar taste in books thinks of it as being sweet beer. From wikipedia's description it's more like wine. Hmmmm