OT posts seem to be all the rage this winter :) so here's some of my fave beers in no particular order (except Honey Brown, it's the best!):
:cheers:
J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown (USA)
Labatt Blue (Canada)
Peroni (Italy)
Amber Bock (USA)
Miller High Life (USA) - when I'm poor.
:cheers:
Never when I'm riding of course!
samuel smith IPA. :)
stella :thumb:
mmmmm.....
Beck's
Bass Ale
MGD
Pilsner Urquell
and whatever brand someone else pays for. :cheers:
Michelob Black and Tan
Guinness, if I'm rich.
Bass Ale, ditto
Gerst Haus, a local concoction on draft.
Miller Genuine Draft
Miller High Life tall boys (which I just polished off before I wrote this)
Whatever someone offers me... :cheers: :cheers:
back in the day, when beer only METAPHORICALLY made my heart flutter (sadly, now it LITERALLY does :( ), my poison was:
Guiness (meal in a glass)
Harp (worst beer-farts of all time, but sooooo tasty)
Any of the ten true Trappists, but particularly Orval and Chimay Blue
MagicHat #9
MagicHat Blind Faith
and of course....
HOMEBREW!!!! :thumb:
sierra nevada pale ale brewed in my home town of chico! :cheers:
Guinness :cheers: Its got those cool co2 things in the can 8)
Pilsner Urquel
Hefeweizen
Big Rock
Heineken
Those 4 seem to do it for me.
Oh yah... Gotta support the Canadian classic "Molson Canadian" (Only when Im really cheap, or looking to get even more drunk)
I cant imagine living in the states and having to be 21 to buy liquor. What do y'all do? I think this is one more reason why Canada's dictatorship semi comunist setup is kind of cool. :cheers:
johnny walker black label
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Well, you're drinking buddies probably didn't want to tell you... but Johnnie Walker ain't beer... And you wondered why you got so silly after a few pints. :P
Breznak (Czech)
Caffrey's Ale (Irish, I think...)
bud ice......oooooo it does the body good
and whatever is free, cause what is better than beer?..... free beer!
mmmmmm, beer
I like (love, ok) any beer that isn't "light", "lite", "ultra", "diet" or any that requires the use of fruit to make it drinkable.
"The best beer is the one in front of you."
My name is Brian. I don't have nearly as much time as I used to to drink beer. For that, I am truly sorry.
Quote
Guinness Its got those cool co2 things in the can
Actually, its Nitrogen. Guiness is only the best beer in the world when its tapped with N2..... soooo creammmmmy.... *drool* :thumb:
hoegaarden belgian white is my favorite, but hard to find.
my every day beer is yuengling.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/ has info and reviews on LOTS of different kinds and brands of beers.
My favorite beer is free beer.
If i have to pay, Yuengling Lager or any "native" beer (when out of town).
Miller Lite
Quote from: JohNLAGuinness :cheers: Its got those cool co2 things in the can 8)
Ah-ha... guess again... Not CO2... Nitrogen... european beers are carbonated... well nitrated with nitrogen... Makes smaller bubbles, and hence a denser feeling foam... and evidently that foam is the most important thing for them europeans... Personally I like it with very little foam, I prefer to decant it out of a bottle if I have to. Anyway... My favorite is Smirnoff Triple black... yes the hell with it not being a beer... I hate most beers. The watery tasting and un flavored american beer is my favorite... rainier or some like that...
Cool.
Srinath.
LANDLORD.........."Looks like rain again"
CUSTOMER.........."Tastes like it too"
Harpoon Winter Warmer. It's different, it's spicy. I can have 1 or 2, but I can't throw them back the way I do other beers. Too complex of a taste to drink all night.
Root-
Birch-
Ginger-
and the local microbrew, "Ubu Ale"
Quote from: Rich500...I cant imagine living in the states and having to be 21 to buy liquor. What do y'all do?...
Roadtrip to Canada :lol:
Nah, just had to have some friends who were old enough to get it for me when I was underage. My Dad didn't care, he's a war vet and always says "If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to drink beer!" :)
The Trappists are definitely where it's at. Personal fave is Dead Monk Abbey Ale. :cheers:
Newcastle. Fully.
Moosehead Premium Dry --> can only get it in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Lion Lager --> local microbrewery (waterloo, ON)
Yeungling --> America's oldest brewery
These I can only get from time to time. My day to day favourite is:
TUBORG
Moosehead
Molson Export
New Castle
Spotted Cow (local micro)
Guiness
Rolling Rock
MGD
Milwaukee's Best
There are so many to list. Hell...I like them all!
Bridgeport IPA, although I usually drink the beer I make.
beer:
Hobgoblin
Guinness
not beer:
Blackthorn cider
birch beer
*really* not beer:
lagavulin
:cheers:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
(enter specific ethnic or theological winter shindig of choice)
cherry cough syrup. :o jk.
The best most satisfying beer in the whole world is a free beer!!
If I gotta pay for it myself then it's gonna be my own homebrew - usually a stout or heavy ale or a porter, although I'm working my way through a batch that's similar to Newcastle Brown right now.
If I gotta actually pay real money (my own that is...) for a store bought beer, then it depends on how I'm feeling at the instant I'm ordering, but usually it's gonna range from Bass Ale to Guinees Extra Stout to Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter to Theakston's Old Peculiar to ....
Umm, err, I'm getting thirsty. Gotta go. Sorry....
:cheers:
Whats in my fridge right now?
Fosters
Heineken
Fat Tire
Gordon Biersch Pilsner
Whats above my fridge?
Bailey's
Buttersnips
Grey Goose Vanila
Bombay Saphire Gin
Grand Mernier
Tequila
Triple Sec
Peppermint Schnapps
Mocha Caramel Liqueur
Blue Caracao
We don't drink much :nana:
I do like a couple of the local microbrews and sometimes I'm in the mood for one of their porters. Locals, the new BJ's at the mall has good beer (and food)
I really want to try what Guiness is like in Europe. I hear that the Guiness here in America is sh*t compared to the Guiness on the other side of the pond. Can anyone confirm? My guess is its a matter of freshness and maybe some preservatives
guinness stout :mrgreen: , what ever is offered to me (free), :) red stripe, or i cant remember the name of it, but i bought it in ontario, was an english beer but hey after a while it all gets you equally drunk :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Alright, I have to give. I drink any type of beer available to me but what I prefer:
Guiness (Meal in a glass)
Shiner Bock (Only brewed in Texas)
Fat Tire
Corona
And Budwiser when I am cheap
There's too many beers to choose from! But here's my list of favorites I come across regularly. I might like some other stuff better, but :dunno:
Cheap beer: Yuengling
Beer when I'm in Japan: Asahi
Stuff I regularly buy: Blackened Voodoo, Magic Hat #9 and Heart of Darkness, Boddington's, Blue Point Toasted Lager (local!), Young's Oatmeal Stout, Sam Adams Winter Lager, Schneider Weisse. And John Harvard's does make some tasty beer! :thumb:
I really miss the stuff from the Brick and Wellington breweries up in Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo :( My little brother can't even be bothered to bring back a case of Waterloo Dark for me when he goes to Canada :x
Ahhh...Beer!!!
Finally got to this post and have to include my frosty favs....
Newcastle Brown :thumb:
Stella Artois
Castlemain XXXX
And the cheap staple....Bud (I'll be on the toilet all day tomorrow) Light!
Lane
Brooklyn Lager
Guiness
Sam adams
Bass
Tiny bubbles in my beer .... Makes me happy
Olde English. I need some malt liquor!
Quote from: TurkinaMy little brother can't even be bothered to bring back a case of Waterloo Dark for me when he goes to Canada :x
Well I'll be... I got my late birthday present... my brother picked up a sampler pack of Sleeman's for me! He said he tried to get the stuff I wanted but the terror alert thing made going across the border difficult. He saw this at a supermarket in Buffalo :)
colt 45- cant beat a 40 ounce. cheap and effective. 8)
the stout ( or amber when stout is out) from Blue Ridge Brewing Co in Greenville SC :cheers:
IBC Root Beer
Trivia Question: I noticed somewhere along the line that both IBC and A&W root beer have been in production since 1919. Any guesses why?
ooooooo I know, I know....
WHY DAMN IT!?!? THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME! :o :o :o
OK, I'll spill the beans.
From the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/18amend.html):
The 18th Amendment to the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ratified in 1919, prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" and their importation and exportation.
In other words, the PROHIBITION era began in 1919. That would explain why IBC (International Brewing Company) and others like A&W switched to producing root beer and other non-alcoholic beverages.
More from Grolier's: The era of Prohibition ended in 1933 when the 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21ST AMENDMENT.
I like this topic! But there are so many wonderful beers to choose from.
My favorite hot weather beers:
New Glarus Spotted Cow
Corona Light
Miller High Life
My favorite beers when it's not hot:
New Glarus Native Ale
Capitol Autumnal Fire
Guiness
Other tasty favorites:
George T Stagg
Evan Williams
Bombay Sapphire
Jack Daniels
Bookers
ahhhhhh! Kerry is smart. Eaither that or I'm slow. or both? :dunno:
Nothing like a Silver Bullet. To the uninformed that's Rocky Mountain Koolaid.
nicebelair has got it right. Sierra Nevada from Chico, Ca. Their Best Bitter Ale and Draft Style Pale Ale is fantastic.
My favorite American beers are: Honey Brown, Killians and Amber Bock
I cant remember the name of that Canadian Beer I liked so well.
Mexican: Modelo Black man
Costa rican: Imperial
:cheers:
has anyone ever had samuel smith (NOT sam adams) beer? i jsut heard about it and it's supposed to be excellent.
I've had Samuel Smiths bitter, like all bitters, I like it but it don't like me much.
Looking back up the thread, PROHIBITION, wow aint laws amazing things? history is littered with well intended disasters, like Bayer inventing herion to cure opium addiction (well it did that all right!) and prohibition, there are rumblings in Europe about limiting the power of bikes, that could go the same way.
Sam Smith's Taddy Porter... KIIIICK A$$
but at $10US for a 4-pack, I usually leave it on the shelf
here is my favorite
Jelen from Serbia
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I am not a beer drinker. My favorite alcoholic drinks:
Smirnoff Ice / Smirnoff Triple Black :thumb:
Tequilla Sunrise :thumb:
Hurricanes :thumb:
Aftershock :thumb:
Well, I don't see how I couldn't contribute to this thread...
Dos Equis when I have the money...
Zigen Bock or MGD when I'm feeling less frugal...
and Lone Star is the stand by b/c I'm broke as a joke most of the time... Mmm...
This was me and the roomates move in weekend collection... (at least the ones we were sober enough to remember to put in the jar...)
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Believe me... Lone Star and High Life (roomate's fav) dominate the scene now...
trey
I don't believe in beer.... usually If it's below 30proof, I don't bother....
But if you must know, when I do drink beer I'll get a coors light.
Other than that my favorites are:
Hpnotiq (expensive, smooth as silk, but sneaks up on you)
Jeger (best thing in the world)
White Russian (with grey goose)
and
Malibu with a mixer.
I only drink vodka sodas with no lime or Bud Select.
simple really.
Victoria Bitter
and
Crown Lager.
I wondered why this was OT and not in odds and ends, its probably because this thread is OLDER than the o&e forum :lol:
Free Beer, which usually happens to be Coors light with my group, but im ok with that
i would like to add to my list:
Pyramid Apricot
Kirin Lager
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat
Kirin Ichiban is good with a shot of hot sake dropped into it!
nobodys fav beer is Yuengling?! come on. its awesome.
Natural Light.
Free Beer, Free Beer,
that's my favorite brand.
If I didn't have to buy it,
it's the best beer in the land.
Warm, flat, funky,
it don't matter to me.
The greatest beer in this whole world
is the one you buy for me! :cheers:
Honey Brown
Yuengling (sorry bargovic, second favorite)
Red Hook
Sam Adams
Guiness
Magic Hat #9
I'm still learning new brews, so the list could change at any moment.
Sam Adams (because it's fairly ubiquitous now)
-or-
Any good ale darker than a penny served in a place where you can see the brew kettles from the bar.
I have to pipe in on this one -
Black & Tan.
Summit Winter Ale - St. Paul, MN
Rogue Dead Guy Ale - Portland, OR
Big Sky Summer Honey Ale - somewhere in MT
Bass Ale
And for beer I thought was good when I was in college, Grainbelt Premium (see screen name). Now made in New Ulm, MN, formerly at the Minnesota Brewing company in St. Paul.
Samuel Jackson. It'll F*ck ya up!
Quote from: cueball220Samuel Jackson. It'll F*ck ya up!
Chappell, season II classic.
Good Beer:Race Rocks (Canada Only? Never seen it anywhere but Victoria).
Mack & Jack's (Bars only, stores don't carry it).
Fat Tire
Curve Ball (Available Summer only)
Pacifico (Only with Mexican Food)[/list:u]
Cheap Beer:Kokane
Rainer
PBR
Olympia[/list:u]
Free Beer:Anything that's not Diet Beer or IPA[/list:u]
:cheers:
I got blasted one night in Crested Butte at dollar beer night at the Eldo.
They had Rainer and Pigs Eye.
I puked my ever loving guts out.
Not a good beer (I drank probably 24, though, and missed a day of snowboarding).
It also happened to be fish taco night. Not a good situation.
Redback from Steam&Anchor in Brisbane, Austrailia
1554 ~ New Belgium Brewing Company, Black Ale
Fat Tire ~ New Belgium Brewing Company, Black Ale
Corona
good = beer
better = free beer
best = cold free beer
on that note.
Rogue ales is located in Newport OR, not portland.
keeping it local
http://www.mtangelbrewing.com/ <--- 4 miles from my house.
the best beer and steak dinners in the pac NW
http://oregonbeer.org/mthood.html
traveling beer, the mirror pond is so smooooooooth
http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/splash/default.aspx
a few others worth drinking:
http://www.alaskanbeer.com/
fat tire
olympia
hamms
interesting crap worth reading about oregon and beer
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0808_oregonbrewing.html
http://www.beerme.com/breweries/us/or/
http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/
http://www.oktoberfest.org/
I never turn down a free pint... so Free would be my favorite. :cheers:
If I'm buying:
Summer= Franzeskaner or Hoegarten (both Hefenweizens)
Winter= nice amber, I just had a great German one that I can't remember the name of, bought from BevMo
Standard= Good ol' John Courage
Cheap= Pabst blue ribbon baby! or a Corona con limon
Favorite light= Actien Heil, also German light.
I love me some beers!!!
:)
my favorite is HOEgaarden Belgian White...and then there's stella
Guiness
Harp
Killkenny's
Amber Bock
Bass
Shiner
I agree with davipu, cold free beer is best followed by free beer.
When i buy it :
Keystone - cheap as dirt.
SouthPaw - dito.
Bud or Bud light
Miller / Miller Lite
Newcatle
woodchuck green - breakfast beer of champs, when cold goes down like applejuice :thumb:
....
So basically if its beer, i drink it :cheers:
Quote from: Jake D
...I puked my ever loving guts out...
It also happened to be fish taco night. Not a good situation.
The term for that is Vomu-nition: stuff you eat now, and know you will throw it up later after drinking.
Heineken. (Holland)
Samuel Adams (USA)
Miller Genuine Draft (USA)
Labatt Blue (Canuckistan)
Buttweiser (USA) If nothing else is available.
Most HATED beer:
Guiness Extra Stout (Ireland)
This thread is as stale as my favorite beer:
MGD
:cheers:
Franziskaner Weissbier (dunkel) - it's a lot better fresh in germany... it loses something in translation to USA
and, because i'm in college: busch light
Quote from: Slowe30Franziskaner Weissbier (dunkel) - it's a lot better fresh in germany... it loses something in translation to USA
and, because i'm in college: busch light
I "learned" how to drink beer with Busch Light. I do admit that at first I found the taste disgusting until the 3-4 beer. After a couple years though, I look forward to the taste of a beer. And I don't know how much truth there is to this, but I've heard that beer isn't *truly* imported, it's just brewed here under foreign supervision. Which would make sense to cut down on shipping costs and make sure batches of beer didn't go stale waiting to get over the big pond. Anyways, that also makes sense which would account for the different taste of the same beer in another country. Canadians says Buttweiser tastes a lot better there than here in the U.S..
Quote from: 70 Cam GuyI hear that the Guiness here in America is sh*t compared to the Guiness on the other side of the pond. Can anyone confirm? My guess is its a matter of freshness and maybe some preservatives
Guiness, like most european beer makers that sell to the US, pasturize their US bound beer, which kills a lot of the flavor, making it not nearly as good here as there.
Bud Select
Michelob Light
Michelob Lager
Carolina Brewing Co Spring Bock(Holly Springs,NC)
CBC Stout(Great competition for Guiness)
CBC Octoberfest
CBC Groundhog stout(Soon to come in Feb!!!)
and...oh yeah....i like Corona,too.... :roll:
COLD! :cheers:
Another vote for root beer. :lol:
German Dark Beer
Corona Extra
Kilians
Red Horse
Quote from: phireHeineken. (Holland)
Samuel Adams (USA)
Miller Genuine Draft (USA)
Labatt Blue (Canuckistan)
Buttweiser (USA) If nothing else is available.
Most HATED beer:
Guiness Extra Stout (Ireland)
Any watery beer will do ... cheapest is best ... Old Mil, Busch Light, Mil best etc ...
Canuckisthan ... ha ha ... I used to call it Can-adia like India ... but I was recently told that the large number of Indians in Toronto was flipped on the west coast by large chineese population ... so west coast is China-da.
Cool.
Srinath.
I don't drink much beer (one a week, tops), but when I do it's gotta be:
1) Guinness
2) Murphy's Irish Stout - if I can find it.
Something for the Guinness fans out there: try a 50/50 mix of Vanilla Pepsi (reg or diet) and Guinness. Don't laugh... it is actually very tasty. Vanilla icecream and Guinness is also very good.
P.S. Does anyone have a GOOD Guinness punch recipe? The ones I have tried are waaaay too sweet and completely drown out the Guinnessness.
Caledonian IPA.
SO who is doing the bar charts for this lot then?
I don't like Guinness. I'm not sure how anybody could. I think people that drink Guinness are drinking it so they can say they like Guinness.
Have a pint of piss warm Guinness and chase it with an ice cold Bud Select. If you say the Guinness is better, then you are full of crap.
<braces for impact>
Flame away! :cheers:
I don't like Bud Select. I'm not sure how anybody could. I think people that drink Bud Select are drinking it so they can say they like Bud Select.
Have a pint of pansy-a$$ cold Bud Select and chase it with an nice warm Guinness. If you say the Bud Select is better, then you are full of poopie.
<braces for impact>
Flame away! :cheers:
another vote for guiness.....love this Guiness joke as well
The leaders of the big beer companies meet for a drink. The president of Budweiser orders a Bud, the CEO of Miller gets a Miller, the head of Coors orders a Coors, and so on. Until it's Arthur Guinness's turn. He orders a soda.
"Why didn't you order a Guinness?" everyone asks.
Guinness replies, "if you guys aren't having beer, then neither will I."
from the lighter beers it's:
Baltika
Pilsner Urquel
Grolsch
Quote from: thirdmanI don't like Bud Select. I'm not sure how anybody could. I think people that drink Bud Select are drinking it so they can say they like Bud Select.
Have a pint of pansy-a$$ cold Bud Select and chase it with an nice warm Guinness. If you say the Bud Select is better, then you are full of poopie.
<braces for impact>
Flame away! :cheers:
:lol: I don't like Guinness or Bud Select. Bud Select, to me, tastes like puke. But to each his own. Guinness is definately different. It was the first and only stout beer I've ever had. Maybe I'm missing out, who knows, but it definately did not agree with my taste buds.
I had a Mickey's Big Mouth yesterday and it was pretty good; I haven't had one in a while.
toohays new
Boddingtons Pub Ale. Warm. Gaaaah....soooooooooogooooood.
Any quality lager served nice and cold makes me happy. My rule of thumb is if it contains anything other than water, hops, barley, and yeast, it sucks. (this is the law in some countries) Most American beers use rice as the primary grain because it's cheaper than barley, and this is why they taste like toilet water.
This also means I don't like ales even though they are the trendy thing to drink. With a few exceptions, ales taste like fruity crap to me.
I usually get either:
Warsteiner
Heineken
Sam Adams Boston Lager (I admit I like the summer ale too)
When I want to get drunk I get:
Miller Light
PBR (not too bad for $12/30 rack)
I love beer.
Beer Fridge:
MH Blind Faith/#9
Lacrosse Brew City Pale Ale
Rogue Dead Guy
Pete's Strawberry Blonde
SA Cherry Wheat
Homebrew Chocolate stout that turns 1 year on 9/11
Homebrew Barleywine
Troegs Hopback
Hoegaarden
Brooklyn Chocolate Stout
Saranac Party mixer
Sam Smith's Winter Warmer
Harpoon Winter Warmer
Dogfish Pale Ale/90 minute IPA
Edit - I know I'm forgetting some.
On Draught:
Homebrew Raspberry Wheat (total crap)
Homebrew English Ale
Sitting in 5 gallon fermenters:
Irish Red
Nut Brown Ale
:cheers:
It depends what time of year it is for me to pick a favorite beer. Right now it's probably a saison, or a good pale ale.
WOW!
This thread has been on the forum for almost a year longer than I have.
It's almost 3 years old. :cheers: