:rofl :rofl
dressed.
bland. at least the amber has some flavor.
dressed.
TSA, have you had the Sierra Nevada Torpedo? good stuff.
No, I've never even heard of it. I thought I'd tasted everything they had to offer.
i guess it's a special release, i couldn't even find it on their site. they had it at the pub i went to last night on tap. tried the lagunitas sirius, good too.
Am currently trying a 6 pack of Quilmes. Not bad. Haven't really found a mainstream beer I like. About the only time I end up drinking a mainstream domestic (Bud, Coors, etc) is if my choices are limited. Fortunately, nowadays most parties and business events have at least Dos Equis available.
Beers I like (off the top of my head):
Non-Major Domestic
New Belgium (Fat Tire, Mothership Wit, 1554, Sunshine, Skinny Dip, etc) - every beer from this brewery is flavorful and well made.
Shiner (Bock, Kolsch)
Sam Adams (Pale Ale, Oktoberfest, original, some of the xmas seasonals are good)
Sierra Nevada
European Imports
Guinness
Paulaner (Munich, Hefeweisen, Salvator, and the extra-dry one)
Bitburger
Hacker-Pschorr
Franziskaner Weissbier
Duvel
Baltika - decent
Samuel Smith (Oatmeal Stout)
Ayinger (Celebrator)
Kronenberg 1664
Edinger
Schneider Weisse
Mexican Imports
Dos Equis
Negro Modelo
Pacifica
Tecate (when I feel like drinking for volume and not getting a buzz)
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I just rented the Hills Have Eyes 2 and picked up a six pack of Shiner Bock and Pyramid Hefe.
I used to prefer Widmer's hefe over Pyramid but I think my taste buds have changed drastically.
i highly recommend racer 5 IPA from Bear Republic Brewery out of Healdsburg, as well as their Hop Rod Rye. They have it at Spec's and Grapevine in Austin, and on tap @ Draught House. It's one of the breweries i ate at while on honeymoon last year.
Moosehead.
Canadian beer>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else.
I just recently had Fat Tire for the first time. Good stuff
St Pauly Girl is supposed to be not too bad. Anyone know?
Piss warm chango
it's ok. the posters are better than the beer.I just recently had Fat Tire for the first time. Good stuff
St Pauly Girl is supposed to be not too bad. Anyone know?
Well, that's a required starting point... One that can do that easily!im drunk off m ass....what's the best beer in your opinion
Besides that, high quality beers actually still taste good at room temperature!
I don't drink much of a variety, but I'll try to think of a few:
Plisner; Warsteiner. The authentic stuff from Germany. Not the piss water exported to the states.
IPA; Deschutes Brewery Inversion. 6.8% asskickin beer.
Hefe-Weisen; Pyramid Hefe-Weisen. I have never had any other Americam Hefe-Weisen that tasted as good as the German stuff.
Porter; Deschtes Brewery Black Butte Porter, 5.2%
Stout; Deshutes Brewery Obsidian Stout, 6.4%. Better than Guinness when put on a nitro-tap!
Fruit Hefe-Weisen; My own brew which I call 'Cran-Razz'. A Cranberry-Raspberry Hefe-Weisen that I make and comes in at 6.5%. I used to make a stout I called Onyx Supreme, at 7.5%, but it's more convenient for me to buy the Obsidian Stout, and I swear, they stole my recipe... It tastes almost identical!
Yep, I have a thing for the Deschutes Brewery beers. There is a curious thing about the northwest. We have the some of the softest, if not, the softest water in the world. The micro-breweries here can make any type of beer relatively inexpensive here. I heard Portland has the most breweries per capita in the world! I never fact-checked it, but it sure sounds right to me.
Now as for non-beers, my favorite malt beverages are lambics. Real Kreik and real Framboise although I don't recall any specific brand, and only having the two of several types of fruit lambics. Been a very long time since I had any. The two wiki links are pretty general on these. These two specific lamics use one part malted grain and one part cherries or raspberries. The yeast is a native airborne yeast so a true lambic is only make in one area of Belgium. Sweetness is part of the final product by the sheer quan y of grain used where the malted grain is too much to completely convert the sugars to alcohol, and they end up about 12%. Real lambics have no sugar added like wiki reports.
Now my favorite alcoholic beverage which I need to brew again is Mead but making it is like giving birth. It takes an average of nine months to ferment, and can be hard to maintain a proper temperature for fermenting that long. Summers get too hot here for them. Yep, I don't have air conditioning. If I started one now, I'd be OK if it finishes in the late spring, but sometimes they take a year to ferment! The last batch I made not only got too warm, but I used too much honey. 15 lbs for 6 gallons. It came in at 15.3% and sweeter than I like.
I should start a batch again. Maybe I will???
If I ever get air conditioning, I might make a batch a month. I can then heep then properly warm, and not too warm.
It's amazing that Australia hardly exports beer because ours is fantastic!
My faves:
Redback (West Aust)
Cascade (Tasmania)
Steinlager (NZ)
Dos Equis (Mexico)
Hofgaarden (Holland)
Carlton Draft (anywhere in Oz)
Well I was confusing it with a non-alcohol beer thinking someone was pulling a prank, but I did a quick check on wiki. If it is the German import, I'll bet it's real good!I just recently had Fat Tire for the first time. Good stuff
St Pauly Girl is supposed to be not too bad. Anyone know?
wiki link:
St. Pauly Girl
wait... I just read the bottom of the wiki link:
Looks like they make three types. Pilsner, Dark Amber, and Non-Alcoholic...St Pauli Girls Beers were first introduced into select US markets in 1965. National Distribution began in 1975. St. Pauli Non-Alcoholic was first sold in the United States in 1991. St Pauli Girl is the Number two selling German beer in the United States
Well, I'll revise my thought. Any German brewer making a non-alcoholic beer is blasphemy! How dare they!
LOL... Kinda different typing without editing as my viewpoint changes...
Amen, Ruff. The two times I've been to Oz the beer has been amazing (Cascade and Redback, yum!).
Americans who think Fosters is good have never tasted real Aussie beer.
i've heard good things about cooper's brewery as well, esp their sparkling ale. never had it though.
I'm not much of a beer drinker, but when I do drink I like either Miller Chill, or Tequiza's.
Tequiza is ing disgusting.
Yeah, we don't drink Fosters at all. Popular misconception, that one. Like our wine, we export the crap and keep the good stuff, and that's what Fosters is about...
Lee - yeah, Coopers is great, and there are many others too. Even our basic domestic beers like Carlton Draft are pretty tasty, although I prefer boutiques these days.
Ah, I just returned from Denver and the Great American Beer Festival, where I sampled many upon many a one-ounce tasting of the best American breweries have to offer.
Some favorite previously unknown (to me) breweries:
Foothills Brewing Co. in North Carolina
Redrock Brewing Co. in Salt Lake City (which also won Large Brewpub of the Year along with a handful of medals)
Lost Abbey (okay, I actually knew about these guys from my trip to San Diego, but I always love them. Tomme Arthur, the brewer won Small Brewing Company of the year with Lost Abbey/Port Brewing)
Surly Brewing Co.
Many many others.
The boys up in Fredericksburg represented in fashion winning a gold for their porter and a bronze for their red. St. Arnold also won a gold for Lawnmower.
I really like Arrogant Bas Ale, but that may be because I was brainwashed by the label.
Orval is great too.
i like Stone Brewery's beers. Scott, do you usually attend a few of those events a year? all i can do is dream atm since my daughter is still quite young. must be great for a burgeoning pub owner like yourself to mingle with fellow craftsmen. good luck again on the pub.I really like Arrogant Bas Ale, but that may be because I was brainwashed by the label.
Orval is great too.
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