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Title: beer
Post by: jserio on April 17, 2008, 11:11:15 PM
what kinda ya drink? i myself will usually buy either bud lite or miller lite. tonight it happens to be miller time.  :thumb: i'd prefir a good stiff drink. whiskey or such but the price is a bit higher than for beer.  :laugh:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2008, 12:53:46 AM
guinness stout ( at room temperature) :cheers: i like my whiskey as well, and occasionally bacardi 151
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bubba zanetti on April 18, 2008, 03:40:13 AM
Yama you heathen, guiness always ice cold. Tonight is home brew.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: ohgood on April 18, 2008, 05:19:07 AM
i like michalobe light ultra,  you're having a party at the new house huh? ;)
Title: Re: beer
Post by: ajaxgs on April 18, 2008, 05:51:35 AM
Quote from: bubba zanetti on April 18, 2008, 03:40:13 AM
Yama you heathen, guiness always ice cold. Tonight is home brew.
:laugh:

nothing better than a guinness
Title: Re: beer
Post by: oramac on April 18, 2008, 06:04:13 AM
No favorite here...but I prefer Killian's, Foster's, Guinness, Rolling Rock, Coor's Light, and if I must, Bud Light.  :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Cal Price on April 18, 2008, 06:10:09 AM
Any of these....

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Guru Kerry being a TT prefered J20.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bucks1605 on April 18, 2008, 07:20:09 AM
I'm under age.  :cry:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 18, 2008, 10:25:02 AM
Skip Jack is a pretty good Amber Lager my local bar just started carrying on tap.  I've been known to drink obscene amounts of bud light in a sitting ( think in terms of a couple of gallons) but I've outgrown that a little.  If I'm just out having a good time, I'll grab a blue moon and shoot Stoli at room temp.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bettingpython on April 18, 2008, 11:03:03 AM
Light beer, which I drink most of the time = Smithwicks Irish Ale....yum. Occasionally I will have a newcastle brown or boddingtons if the restraunt doesn't have smithwicks or guiness.
When I want something I can reall chew on = Guiness

Oh and if you want to get trashed on beer quickly and it's damn good beer try Chimay Gran Reserve.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 18, 2008, 11:06:29 AM
I'll second the Chimay.  That crap will get you f%&ked up.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: frankieG on April 18, 2008, 11:14:45 AM
labatt blue
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 18, 2008, 11:17:05 AM
OMG a Canadian that like Labbat!!!!!!!  O NOZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: frankieG on April 18, 2008, 11:20:05 AM
american beer is swill
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 18, 2008, 11:22:48 AM
Sam Adams isn't half bad, Blue Moon is American, Flying Dog makes some damn good brews..........All American.

But yeah,  Bud, Bud light, Nasty Light, PBR all that shaZam! is pure......well.....shaZam!.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on April 18, 2008, 11:26:37 AM
Shiner Hefeweizen. That was what werase complained I took the 6 pack after leaving him only 3 (which I bet is still sitting there in his fridge - that clown does not drink ...)
Or Leinenkugel hefeweizen, or Pyramid Hefe or Shock Top (man that is one awesome beer).
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: dgyver on April 18, 2008, 11:48:45 AM
Yuengling
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Jay_wolf on April 18, 2008, 02:23:51 PM
Beer.. Well Guinness which is a stout , and Newcastle Brown And Speckled Hen , Both Ales . and i love a nice White rum  :thumb:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: leedutcher on April 18, 2008, 02:45:22 PM
umm underage but i drink keystone......yea im that cheap... but if i really enjoy dring yagermighster
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 18, 2008, 03:06:36 PM
Jagermeister...........germans have this weird thing with all their letters sounding like other letters :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bubba zanetti on April 18, 2008, 03:40:50 PM
One thing better than guiness and thats kilkenny.

Also as BP mentioned boddingtons is a good drop.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: beauduke01 on April 18, 2008, 03:55:49 PM
Shiner boch, or if im slumming it bud light
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on April 18, 2008, 04:45:33 PM
Quote from: beauduke01 on April 18, 2008, 03:55:49 PM
Shiner boch, or if im slumming it bud light

Yo fellow texan ... try shiner's hefe ... there aint no hefe like it, I dont care what any german dumbass says ...
I was a shiner fan welllllll before I even thought of moving to TX, and am a huge fan well after I left TX in my rear view mirrors.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: beauduke01 on April 18, 2008, 06:34:17 PM
yea a buddy drinks pyramid and keeps trying to convert me, i told my wife when we got married the honeymoon was gonna be to the spoetzl brewery, but she vetoed the idea
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Jughead on April 18, 2008, 07:57:15 PM
I'll drink anything but Busch,Bud,Pabst or Strohs. Yuengling  is a Pretty good Beer.I think I'll try some Cottonwood as soon as I find some.The Local Beer Store is Carrying something called Mountaineer I think I may try a 6 Pack of that tomorrow.

Oh yeah Light Beer is Like Screwing in a Canoe.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 18, 2008, 08:07:36 PM
but it IS kinda fun to screw in a canoe  :icon_twisted: , no matter what, someone is getting wet
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Jay_wolf on April 19, 2008, 05:30:52 AM
Hopefully Her...
Title: Re: beer
Post by: JazzRckr on April 19, 2008, 08:38:21 AM
PBR for the win.

After that I go for Sweetwater Donkey Punch, Sweetwater 420, Newcastle Brown, and did I say PBR.


Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 20, 2008, 10:57:04 PM
charrington toby FTW, man i loved that stuff when i was in canada. but i f%$king cannot find it around here
Title: Re: beer
Post by: gmark on April 22, 2008, 08:08:14 PM
Of late I've been drinking a Belgian style triple that I brewed. BTW Guinness is OK but Samuel Smith makes a MUCH better stout.

http://mdv-beer.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_imperial_stout.html

or

http://mdv-beer.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_oatmeal_stout.html
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bucks1605 on April 23, 2008, 10:22:30 AM
Quote from: JazzRckr on April 19, 2008, 08:38:21 AM
PBR for the win.

Right up there with Nati light and Milwaukee's best...  :icon_confused:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on April 25, 2008, 08:52:37 AM
Quote from: JazzRckr on April 19, 2008, 08:38:21 AM
PBR for the win.

After that I go for Sweetwater Donkey Punch, Sweetwater 420, Newcastle Brown, and did I say PBR.




PBR is great, but its a very non taste filled beer.
Newcastle brown was very very bitter I thought ... how can you like both ?
Opposite literally.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: mach1 on April 25, 2008, 04:46:16 PM
corona for speed, newcastle prefered, guiness when I feel like it, stella, steinlager, tequila w/lemon, apline village home brew
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 25, 2008, 05:30:51 PM
I had a draught boddington's with dinner of fish and chips tonight at a local 'british' pub.  Just f%$king excellent.......all of it.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bettingpython on April 25, 2008, 06:58:39 PM
You need to try a smithwicks irish ale Terry, not quite as creamy as the boddingtons and has a slightly hoppier taste to it. Goes excellent with fish and chips as well.

What kind of fish BTW? The local grocery down the street occasionally has pollack which is damned excellent for fish and chips.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Jughead on April 25, 2008, 07:37:32 PM
The First 6 Pack of Mountaineer wasn't too bad.By the time I got to the 3rd 6 Pack a Few days Later it made me stop Drinking. :icon_confused: Had to get started back on Yuengling this Evening.

The Refreshments at the Local AA Meetings should be Mountaineer. :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 25, 2008, 08:40:39 PM
Quote from: bettingpython on April 25, 2008, 06:58:39 PM
You need to try a smithwicks irish ale Terry, not quite as creamy as the boddingtons and has a slightly hoppier taste to it. Goes excellent with fish and chips as well.

What kind of fish BTW? The local grocery down the street occasionally has pollack which is damned excellent for fish and chips.

I'll try the smithwicks next, I remember seeing it on their list.  The fish was fresh cod, absolutely excellent, one of the benefits of living by the beach you can always get fresh fish. :thumb:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bettingpython on April 26, 2008, 05:44:07 AM
Yeah cods pretty good another traditional fish for fish and chips. We don't eat out much so I just cook stuff like that at home.

Let me know how you like the smithwicks.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on April 26, 2008, 06:58:11 AM
Will do.  It'll be next friday before I go back.  Friday they have fish and chips as their special because the boats come back in friday AM so they have the freshest fish at that point.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bucks1605 on April 28, 2008, 12:24:08 PM
Quote from: JazzRckr on April 19, 2008, 08:38:21 AM
PBR for the win.

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Title: Re: beer
Post by: jt_234 on April 28, 2008, 01:07:24 PM
Been drinking Yuengling Black & Tan for a while now, never gotten tired of it.

Can't go wrong with regular Yuengling if you like lagers, about any IPA, and I catch a lot of sh!t for it, but Iron City Light when I'm within range of the 'burgh :laugh:

:cheers:
JT
Title: Re: beer
Post by: vtlion on April 29, 2008, 09:59:27 AM
The best beer you will ever taste is the one that you brewed yourself.  I have a special recipe that I call 'Liquid Stoopid'.  Its a nice, dark red ale at about 7%abv with a strong smokey note, oodles of malt and a nice high-acid hop to balance it out... think Sam Adam's Scotch ale, but easy on the spice note... yum.

off the rack, Red Hook ESB, DogFishHead 60 or 90 minute IPA, or maybe even a Sierra Nevada Bigfoot barelywine in the winter.

My gold medals are distributed as follows:

- party swill:  Miller Lite
- with a cigar:  Westmalle Trappist (double is best, IMO)
- as a single, RedHook ESB (cool day), Radebeger Pilsner (warm day)
- mass-produced domestic swill:  Michelob
- from the emerald isle: Harp Lager (most under-rated of the Guinness brews)
- worst idea for a beer ever:  Hefeweizen (cloves?  REALLY? blech)
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2008, 07:57:36 PM
Quote from: jt_234 on April 28, 2008, 01:07:24 PM
Been drinking Yuengling Black & Tan for a while now, never gotten tired of it.

Can't go wrong with regular Yuengling if you like lagers, about any IPA, and I catch a lot of sh!t for it, but Iron City Light when I'm within range of the 'burgh :laugh:

:cheers:
JT
yuengling FTW. btw in knoxville merchants drive, tehres a pretty good irish pub there  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: frankieG on April 29, 2008, 10:11:37 PM
there is this beer in israel that i just loved...but i don't recall the name of it
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2008, 10:34:22 PM
Quote from: frankieG on April 29, 2008, 10:11:37 PM
there is this beer in israel that i just loved...but i don't recall the name of it
was it Maccabee or Goldstar?
Title: Re: beer
Post by: frankieG on April 29, 2008, 10:36:10 PM
i really don't recall
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 29, 2008, 10:52:02 PM
doesnt that just suck  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on April 30, 2008, 08:29:34 AM
Quote from: vtlion on April 29, 2008, 09:59:27 AM
<snip>
- worst idea for a beer ever:  Hefeweizen (cloves?  REALLY? blech)

Which hefeweizen has cloves. there is a 100 types of it. In fact Blue moon is one type of hefe.
Hefe means yeast, weizen means wheat and its best unfiltered with a nice sediment.
They have stuff with lemon and cilantro, and some of them have honey, and ofcourse apricot and raspberry ... I am yet to see one with cloves.
BTW hefe is supposed to be drunk by pouring into a glass, stopping with 2-3 Oz in the bottom, stirring ip up to get the sediment all up and then pour into glass. Sediment is supposed to be roused and drunk. Good stuff that.
Top fermenting ones like blue moon dont have a sediment but are cloudy, bottom fermenting ones like shiner hefeweizen are clear but have a thick sediment. All are good, just that shiner typically embodies the best of the lot.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: LPC2104 on May 01, 2008, 10:21:52 AM
Quote from: The Buddha on April 30, 2008, 08:29:34 AM
Quote from: vtlion on April 29, 2008, 09:59:27 AM
<snip>
- worst idea for a beer ever:  Hefeweizen (cloves?  REALLY? blech)

Which hefeweizen has cloves. there is a 100 types of it. In fact Blue moon is one type of hefe.
Hefe means yeast, weizen means wheat and its best unfiltered with a nice sediment.
They have stuff with lemon and cilantro, and some of them have honey, and ofcourse apricot and raspberry ... I am yet to see one with cloves.
BTW hefe is supposed to be drunk by pouring into a glass, stopping with 2-3 Oz in the bottom, stirring ip up to get the sediment all up and then pour into glass. Sediment is supposed to be roused and drunk. Good stuff that.
Top fermenting ones like blue moon dont have a sediment but are cloudy, bottom fermenting ones like shiner hefeweizen are clear but have a thick sediment. All are good, just that shiner typically embodies the best of the lot.
Cool.
Buddha.

I think he means the Clove-like smell produced by the esters from the yeast, not actual cloves in the beer.  And Blue Moon is a type of Wit.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 01, 2008, 11:55:07 AM
Yea blue moon is white wheat and almost entirely fermented by top fermenting yeast. Cloudy and no sediment.
I prefer the brown wheat and bottom fermenting ones though. Blue moon is great though, in the absense of the dark/bottom I'll take Bluemoon. God beer ... mmmm beer ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: vtlion on May 02, 2008, 02:56:48 AM
Quote from: LPC2104 on May 01, 2008, 10:21:52 AM
Quote from: The Buddha on April 30, 2008, 08:29:34 AM
Quote from: vtlion on April 29, 2008, 09:59:27 AM
<snip>
- worst idea for a beer ever:  Hefeweizen (cloves?  REALLY? blech)

Which hefeweizen has cloves. there is a 100 types of it. In fact Blue moon is one type of hefe.
Hefe means yeast, weizen means wheat and its best unfiltered with a nice sediment.
They have stuff with lemon and cilantro, and some of them have honey, and ofcourse apricot and raspberry ... I am yet to see one with cloves.
BTW hefe is supposed to be drunk by pouring into a glass, stopping with 2-3 Oz in the bottom, stirring ip up to get the sediment all up and then pour into glass. Sediment is supposed to be roused and drunk. Good stuff that.
Top fermenting ones like blue moon dont have a sediment but are cloudy, bottom fermenting ones like shiner hefeweizen are clear but have a thick sediment. All are good, just that shiner typically embodies the best of the lot.
Cool.
Buddha.

I think he means the Clove-like smell produced by the esters from the yeast, not actual cloves in the beer.  And Blue Moon is a type of Wit.

yes. hefs aren't brewed with actual cloves, but they have a very distinct clove note to them which I find unpleasant.  Some people love wheat beers.... I'm just not one of them.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 02, 2008, 07:35:10 AM
Oh ... OK. They do put all sorts of weird stuff in them, like shock top has coriander, and some others have orange peel ... thankfully, I dont taste any of it. Raspberry and lemon or orange and honey are all I taste.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: Jughead on May 02, 2008, 07:43:00 AM
Blue Moon is the shaZam!!  :thumb: Wish I could have found some of the Pumpkin Flavored back in the Fall.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 02, 2008, 11:36:39 AM
Pumpkin huh ...
I dunno, I just like the regular hefeweizen's. Anyway, Bluemoon is a little on the clean and clear side for me. I prefer the bottom fermenting ones. Pyramid, shiner, purple haze etc are all good ones IMHO.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: theUBS on May 03, 2008, 02:46:24 PM
My handle is actually a reference to my usual IM name "UltimateBeerSnob."  I usually drink some stuff that most other people don't find all that appealing.  For the most part, I really can't stand most mass produced beers.  I like many different styles, but it has to have some flavor and sometimes a little intensity is good too.  Wheat beers are great for summer months, and they're about as light as I go, but I'm also a big fan of stouts, porters, IPA's (especially double IPA's), brown ales, etc.  Most microbrewers have something I can enjoy, but here are a few of my favorites in no particular order:

Bell's
Stoudt's
Rogue
Stone
Dogfish Head
Three Floyd's
Victory
New Glarus
Lagunitas
Great Lakes
Founder's
...honestly, I could go on for quite a while... :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: beauduke01 on May 06, 2008, 04:18:22 PM
damn you Buddah, you got me hooked of hefeweizen
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2008, 10:11:54 PM
Quote from: theUBS on May 03, 2008, 02:46:24 PM
My handle is actually a reference to my usual IM name "UltimateBeerSnob."  I usually drink some stuff that most other people don't find all that appealing.  For the most part, I really can't stand most mass produced beers.  I like many different styles, but it has to have some flavor and sometimes a little intensity is good too.  Wheat beers are great for summer months, and they're about as light as I go, but I'm also a big fan of stouts, porters, IPA's (especially double IPA's), brown ales, etc.  Most microbrewers have something I can enjoy, but here are a few of my favorites in no particular order:

Bell's
Stoudt's
Rogue
Stone
Dogfish Head
Three Floyd's
Victory
New Glarus
Lagunitas
Great Lakes
Founder's
...honestly, I could go on for quite a while... :cheers:

dont forget sam adams utopia  :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on May 06, 2008, 10:33:24 PM
BP: tried a smithwick's, damn fine......went great with the fish and chips :thumb:

My beach bum beer of choice............tecate.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2008, 10:34:21 PM
or dos equis  :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: theUBS on May 06, 2008, 10:57:19 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 06, 2008, 10:11:54 PM
dont forget sam adams utopia  :icon_twisted:

Now that's one out of the "extreme" category that i've been unable to convince myself to spend the cash on.  Spending $8-10 for a bottle of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA or Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout is just about as far as I've gone.  Those are both pretty amazing beers--though definitely not everyday beers.  I'm most definitely willing to try the Utopias, but someone else is going to have to buy it.  What's it run?  Near $125 per bottle. 

Oh, and I don't care how cool the bottle looks either.   :icon_mrgreen:  I actually know someone who actually bought a bottle of that stuff...and never opened it.  He has no intentions of doing so either.  Believe you me, if I spend that kind of cash on a beer, I WILL know what it tastes like!
Rock on. :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: spc on May 06, 2008, 11:02:08 PM
I thought it was like $80 a bottle..........either way, I'll spend that kind of money on enough beer to get a buzz goin :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: jserio on May 06, 2008, 11:11:43 PM
i'm not finding Utopias on sam adams webpage.  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: jserio on May 06, 2008, 11:16:40 PM
nevermind. i found a news article. apparently it's like a once in awhile every so often release a few thousand bottles kinda brew. am i wrong?  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: theUBS on May 06, 2008, 11:23:09 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams_(beer)#Utopias

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2008/01/23/this_extreme_beer_takes_it_to_the_limit_one_more_time/

I guess you found it, but here are a couple more links.  
The latter has some indication of retail price and production numbers.
Check Ebay though, some of last years stuff seems to be going for ridiculously high prices.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bettingpython on May 07, 2008, 05:48:24 AM
Glad you enjoyed the Smithwicks, and yep  :thumb: Tecate > Corona 
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 07, 2008, 05:52:30 AM
Quote from: beauduke01 on May 06, 2008, 04:18:22 PM
damn you Buddah, you got me hooked of hefeweizen


Oh yea, that shiner is really good right. BTW that sediment etc etc is supposedly very good for you. So like its healthy ... yea ... verry veryyy Hellllllshhhh yyyy ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: beauduke01 on May 07, 2008, 06:36:46 AM
Quote from: The Buddha on May 07, 2008, 05:52:30 AM
Quote from: beauduke01 on May 06, 2008, 04:18:22 PM
damn you Buddah, you got me hooked of hefeweizen


Oh yea, that shiner is really good right. BTW that sediment etc etc is supposedly very good for you. So like its healthy ... yea ... verry veryyy Hellllllshhhh yyyy ...
Cool.
Buddha.

yea i called the local beer store and bugged em till they ordered it
Title: Re: beer
Post by: LPC2104 on May 07, 2008, 07:47:51 AM
I have a bottle of the 2005 Utopia.  I'll be opening in 2 more years.    :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 07, 2008, 07:50:38 AM
Quote from: beauduke01 on May 07, 2008, 06:36:46 AM
Quote from: The Buddha on May 07, 2008, 05:52:30 AM
Quote from: beauduke01 on May 06, 2008, 04:18:22 PM
damn you Buddah, you got me hooked of hefeweizen


Oh yea, that shiner is really good right. BTW that sediment etc etc is supposedly very good for you. So like its healthy ... yea ... verry veryyy Hellllllshhhh yyyy ...
Cool.
Buddha.

yea i called the local beer store and bugged em till they ordered it


Spec's ??? they stock it, 24's were available, but ironically in NC (1200+ miles away) shiner's stuff is cheaper than in TX. Though you can get shiner hefe at most walmarts. Most, not all, if the area is under 85% mexican, you'd get shiner hefe, if its over 85% mexican, forget it, its bud, miller etc for the poor mexicans and corona/tecate for the rich mexicans.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: mjn12 on May 07, 2008, 01:55:10 PM
I'm a guinness man.  My love for it is so bad that I walk into McNulty's, one of the busier bars in east cleveland and The bartenders know me by name, have a pitcher ready before I get to them and "forget" to charge me for pitcher two or three fairly often.  A few weeks ago they couldn't find my card when closing my tab, apparently I had been moved to the VIP pile.  I'm pretty certain the next step up the ladder from VIP is AA....

In all honesty I'll drink nearly anything.  Natty, Busch, Miller, Bud (or Bud Light), PBR etc almost exclusively when its free. Otherwise Smithwicks, New Castle, Guinness, etc.  The harder it is to see through it the better.

Anyone ever had Bell's Java Stout.  Its a stout brewed with coffee - a lot like buzz beer from the Drew Carrey show.  If sex tasted as good as that stuff I'd start paying for it too.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bucks1605 on May 07, 2008, 06:52:15 PM
My beer of choice, Natural Light.  :cheers:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: jserio on May 07, 2008, 08:29:30 PM
the best beer......................................................



























FREE BEER!!!!    :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :laugh:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: theUBS on May 07, 2008, 09:57:52 PM
Quote from: mjn12 on May 07, 2008, 01:55:10 PM
I'm a guinness man.  My love for it is so bad that I walk into McNulty's, one of the busier bars in east cleveland and The bartenders know me by name, have a pitcher ready before I get to them and "forget" to charge me for pitcher two or three fairly often.  A few weeks ago they couldn't find my card when closing my tab, apparently I had been moved to the VIP pile.  I'm pretty certain the next step up the ladder from VIP is AA....

In all honesty I'll drink nearly anything.  Natty, Busch, Miller, Bud (or Bud Light), PBR etc almost exclusively when its free. Otherwise Smithwicks, New Castle, Guinness, etc.  The harder it is to see through it the better.

Anyone ever had Bell's Java Stout.  Its a stout brewed with coffee - a lot like buzz beer from the Drew Carrey show.  If sex tasted as good as that stuff I'd start paying for it too.

Bell's is one of my favorite brewers, and yes I have had the Java Stout.   I think my favorite from them is the Double Cream Stout though.  Basically, it's one of those beers that I feel I have to buy everytime I find it. 

As for your "forgetful" bartender--you're just a big tipper.  I know that game.  :icon_lol: 

As for all the poopy mass produced swill you mentioned.  Those would have to be desperate times, my friend.  :cheers:  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: theUBS on May 07, 2008, 10:01:53 PM
Quote from: LPC2104 on May 07, 2008, 07:47:51 AM
I have a bottle of the 2005 Utopia.  I'll be opening in 2 more years.    :cheers:

Now that's patience...  Have you tried any of the other vintages?  And if so, did you find the experience worth the money?  I've just had a hard time convincing myself to take that leap.  ...State College, eh?  Know any Sprouls?
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 07, 2008, 10:02:04 PM
ahh i like guinness stout. and LOL ive got a bottle of 2005 utopia, which is still sealed, and for teh time being, will remain so ( was a gift froma close friend) :icon_twisted:
Title: Re: beer
Post by: bettingpython on May 08, 2008, 05:32:41 AM
I had a bottle of 94 triplebock, blechhhhhh.

I will pass on the Utopia, way to much money.

Actually I really don't much like Sam Adams at all :dunno_white: They had one beer I tried at a restraunt was thick and heavy tasted like a yeasty bread, that was the only one of theirs I have had that I enjoyed.

We had a room mate for a while when my wife was in college that was the ostentatious type who thought anything more expensive had to be better.
She didn't like me because I thought she was an irritating snob, I would blend up maragaritas then not offer her one since I used cheap tequila for margarita's, all I heard one time was how this and that was better tequila. It was a margarita for petes sake.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: The Buddha on May 08, 2008, 05:52:01 AM
Quote from: mjn12 on May 07, 2008, 01:55:10 PM
I'm a guinness man.  My love for it is so bad that I walk into McNulty's, one of the busier bars in east cleveland and The bartenders know me by name, have a pitcher ready before I get to them and "forget" to charge me for pitcher two or three fairly often.  A few weeks ago they couldn't find my card when closing my tab, apparently I had been moved to the VIP pile.  I'm pretty certain the next step up the ladder from VIP is AA....

In all honesty I'll drink nearly anything.  Natty, Busch, Miller, Bud (or Bud Light), PBR etc almost exclusively when its free. Otherwise Smithwicks, New Castle, Guinness, etc.  The harder it is to see through it the better.

Anyone ever had Bell's Java Stout.  Its a stout brewed with coffee - a lot like buzz beer from the Drew Carrey show.  If sex tasted as good as that stuff I'd start paying for it too.


Natty - Natty Greene's I thought that was a local micro brew from werase's basement ...
Oh yea, I cannot stand the java beer really ... it tastes like coffee grounds ...
PBR is good the rest of the watery beer's OK I can drink them, I cannot stand very "flavorful" beer, if I dont like the type of flavor.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: beer
Post by: LPC2104 on May 08, 2008, 02:34:39 PM
Quote from: theUBS on May 07, 2008, 10:01:53 PM
Quote from: LPC2104 on May 07, 2008, 07:47:51 AM
I have a bottle of the 2005 Utopia.  I'll be opening in 2 more years.    :cheers:

Now that's patience...  Have you tried any of the other vintages?  And if so, did you find the experience worth the money?  I've just had a hard time convincing myself to take that leap.  ...State College, eh?  Know any Sprouls?

IMO, no beer is worth Sam's limited editions.  I don't care how good it is.  I've had an aged SA Triple Bock and it was good but I've had better cheaper.  Their gimmicks and part of the sex appeal is the price.  I know that going into it so it doesn't bother.  How many people can say they've had Utopia?  :cheers: 

I've never even heard of Sprouls and I'm a big of a beer geek myself.  (i refuse to call myself a beer snob, it gives us geeks a bad name)   :)
Title: Re: beer
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on May 08, 2008, 08:34:52 PM
Quote from: bettingpython on May 07, 2008, 05:48:24 AM
Glad you enjoyed the Smithwicks, and yep  :thumb:Tecate > Corona 
oh ive got no beef with corona, but +100 on tecate, ( ill be damned agreeing wiht a liberal again  :laugh: :laugh:), im wanting to crack into that 05 utopia of mine, but idk, ehh well see :thumb: