Favorite BEER???
 

I just picked up some Sam Adams Hefeweizen at the store--I'd never tried it before, and was a bit skeptical. It's actually pretty darn tasty! Any other good choices out there? My favorite would have to be whatever I drank all the time when I was in Prague in June. It was so good that now I can't remember what the hell it was! But hey, the beer IS stronger over there.... :drunk:

You were probably drinking Budweiser in Prague. REAL Budweiser. Budweiser Budvar. It's sold over here as "Czechvar."

Sam Adams isn't bad for a large production beer pretending to be a microbrew. I've had a lot of different beers, and keep looking out for newer and more interesting varieties. I do have a fondness for really dark beers.

Flying Fish Midas Touch was phenomenal, even if it is damn expensive.

I bet you're right--I sorta remember hearing about that whole Budweiser thing. From what I heard they're still battling it out with American Budweiser over the use of the name in the US (???). Never heard of the Flying Fish beer--I'll keep an eye out for it. I tend to be a fan of the REAL microbrews, too. :thumbsup:

I'm not a drinker but I have a friend who loves Yuengling. Me, I can't get past the stench of alcohol.

Saranac lager is probably my favorite. I've had many different great beers. Speaking of Czech beers, Pilsner Urquell is pretty good.

Did you know that all beers are either classified as a lager or ale.

Yeah, I think I tried that one too when I was in Prague. Good stuff. In the Czech Republic it's actually cheaper to order a beer than a glass of water in most restaurants.....what a great concept.

I'm like that too but only with hard liquors. Just the smell of rum is enough to make me barf. Tequila (in the form of a fruity tropical drink with an umbrella) is the only hard liquor I can handle.

Draft Guinness...*drools*

My bad ... I must report an error in my favorite beer reportage ... Midas Touch is produced by Dogfish Head, not Flying Fish.

Flying Fish does make really yummy beers though.

Oh, and current more widely available not as expensive favorite beer is Young's Chocolate Stout.

I like Stella Artios - draft... don't know if you can find it draft in the US, but it is so good. It has a very sweet taste, not very bitter. Very, very lovely!

mmmmm beeeeeerrrrrrrr......

My favorite? I dare say the one I'm holding in my hand.... when I don't have a single malt Scotch, or a martini (which is what I have at the moment).

My overall favorite kind of beer is wheat beer. I'm especially partial to Sierra Nevada Wheat. I also tend to lean toward German imports and American micros of the light persuasion... I'm not a big fan of stouts & bitters. Dogfish and Magic hat are two of my favorite micros... also Victory and Brewery Hill in the local category. Speaking of local, all Philadelphia-area beer lovers owe themselves a trip to Total Wine in Claymont, DE, just over the PA/DE border, to gawk at the selection of beer (and wine and liquor for that matter).

I love the under the cap fortunes on the Magic Hat. (am I thinking of the right beer, steve?)

Good to see Guinness guys (and gals) up here. Easily still the best beer ever. However, at one point at the bar I worked at, we had Guiness and either Harp or Bass (whichever one is lighter, I'm pretty sure it was Harp) both on tap. Black and Tan. If you drink beer, and you've never had a guinness black and tan, you need to get off your ass.

Yuengling's B&Ts aren't bad either, and are usually what I drink because they're the only decent one I've seen bottled.

However, my drink of choice is still a single malt, up ("Glen-something..." --Swingers), or the bastard son of martinis, a vodka martini (obscenely dry, of course) up, lime twist.

Guinness: Proof that the Irish are indeed the supreme beings of the universe :stpaddy:

Somebody mentioned Sierra Nevada--haven't had it in a while, I forgot how good it is! Love the wheats. :thumbsup:

coors light. in the can. warm.

-sm

I'm so dry, the smell of rum and whiskey will give me a headache. I feel a bit tipsy just getting a good whiff of the stuff :D

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's it. (They have a new godawful tricked-out useless animated web site so it's hard to tell from there... I'll have to inspect a bottle if I have any at home! ;) )

I enjoyed Stella a lot when I visited England about a year ago. I also tried Speckled Hen (can't find here in the U.S. so far).

As for favourites, I wouldn't say I have a favourite beer as much as a favourite brewery. New Belgium out of Fort Collins has a lot of really excellent beers. "Loft" is apparently seasonal brew, tried it this weekend, and it was fantastic. Their most popular beer, "Fat Tire" is very hoppy, and great in moderation. Their wheat beer, "Sunshine", has got a great spice to it and the hint of citrus makes it nice for hot days.

I'm a Yuengling addict. Sucks that it's sooo freaking expensive here in NYC. Next time I have access to a car, I'm going to stockpile in PA and store it under my bed.

My next favorite is Sweetwater 420 and Blue ... it's a microbrew down in Atlanta. They won't sell outside of central Georgia - which is a real shame, but I would love to see some of that stuff here in the north.

"When it hits your lips, it tastes so good!"

[quote=alphageek31337]Good to see Guinness guys (and gals) up here. Easily still the best beer ever. However, at one point at the bar I worked at, we had Guiness and either Harp or Bass (whichever one is lighter, I'm pretty sure it was Harp) both on tap. Black and Tan. If you drink beer, and you've never had a guinness black and tan, you need to get off your ass.QUOTE]

I agree.. but to clarify Harp is a lager which is light colored and Bass a pale ale which is amber in color. A bass/Guinness combo is a Black and Tan and a harp/Guinness combo (what you were referring to) is a Half and Half. If you like wheat beers like some have mentioned I suggest a cream of wheat which is Boulevard Wheat/Guinness or if you like sweeter a Black Velveteen with is Cider and Guinness. I am simple and just like Guinness. I also am a big fan of New Belgium Brewery beers (Fat Tire, Sunshine) I saw earlier a reference to Czech beer their Blue Paddle is a real good Pilsner but if you should come across Bier de Mars (a seasonal) it is fantastic.

Sometimes I drink one kind of beer, and it tastes really good. Other times, I'll drink the same beer out of the same 6-pack like a day or two later, and it tastes horrible to me. I guess it depends on what I'm in the mood for at the time.

At home, when I'm feeling cheap, I get Milwaukee's Best. When I'm feeling a little extravagant, I'll get Killian's. Often I just get Miller Lite. When you put one of those neoprene huggies around a Milwaukee's Best (Beast) can and it is really cold, it doesn't taste bad at all. I'm conviced that if you did a blind taste test and put the Beast in with a bunch of more expensive beers, most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Well, maybe not.

I visit friends' houses, and they have an elaborate selection of various beers, imported and microbrewed. As Forrest Gump would say, you never know what you are going to get. As often as not, the beer I end up selecting out of their fridges is the most god awful stuff I have ever tasted.

Usually, the big name beers are safe. They are not going to offend you. You can always do well with a Heineken, for example.

I'm glad that you recanted that statement.

For wheat beers, I still like Blue Moon. Stella can be found on tap here in the heartland. The Mr. loves Urquell and locally, Summit Maibock. Agree on anything Sierra Nevada. I'm still a fan of Newcastle.

Been drinking some good Mexican, too. Negra Modelo and Pacifico.

Yeah, Blue Moon isn't too bad at all. I think what really helps the taste for me is that it's one of the few beers I can buy in the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon. Course, they have some competition now because Breckenridge brewery is brwing up some 3.2 beer now, and it's pretty damn good.

Cold Blue Moon and hot, humid weather. slice of lemon. ummmm.

Y'know, this might be another thread, but I really don't understand the whole "fruit in the beer" thing. It's to a point where whenever I order a beer, I have to specify "no fruit" because someone has decided that a pice of fruit, be it lemon, lime, orange or even a strawberry makes the beer better. I personally don't really like the way the sugars sweeten the beer. Now I understand that stuff like Corona *needs* something, because it helps mask an otherwise nasty taste. But when I order a nice handcrafted wheat beer, I find it upsetting to find a slice of orange defiling it. It's probably just me.

It's woth noting that I'm already kind of irked about this. Went out drinking with my cousin on Saturday and he asked for olives in his beer. Called it a "poor man's martini".

Well, I'm just a citrus gal. Lime and lager, and the lemon with wheat just makes it more refreshing I think. A little extra bite. orange would be too sweet. Acid, not sweet.

There are the goofy raspberry hefewiessen things too, which just kind of strike me as wine coolers. Olives.....ewwwwww.

I highly recommend LaTrappe. It's one of several beers brewed by Trappist monks in Belgium. It's pretty tough to find (there's only two bars who serve it here in the TC, and only a half dozen liquor stores who sell it), expensive (think $7.00US for a 10oz glass, or $10-13US for a 24oz bottle) and DANGEROUS (they have a variety that's 8% ABV all the way up to 14% ABV). Despite all that, it's one of the best beers I've ever had.
For more regular drinking: Newcastle or Miller High Life (Champagne of Beers, baby!). For the ultra-local (read: warch only) Chatterbox Ale.

Red Hook ESB = a superb malty amber ale

Spaten, Spaten Optimator (in the winter) are all something like 7.6% Very tasty, of course, but be careful. The first time I had Spaten I didn't realize how strong it was and I was pacing myself for my usual whatever. I had three pretty quickly and then nearly toppled when I tried to stand up.

Some beer t- shirts I've seen:

Beer: Helping ugly people get laid since 1572

Beer: Ask for it by name, accept no substitutes

Beer thoughts:
Beer is proof that God loves us– Ben Franklin? (when in doubt attribute it to him)

Ommegang Brewery's "Hennepin" is great, a bit pricey at $4.00 for 25oz.

my favorite well known beer is of course Guinness, otherwise known as the nectar of the gods.

i used to work at a microbrewery back in illinois and they still have the best OE i have ever had - it is the glorious Big Bad Dog.

Optimator...of course! It schmecks!
Wine, bread, cheese, beer....these monks know what is going on. Quite a good gig.
I will investigate the Chatterbox. Never heard of it, but sounds like St. Paul. :)

I've heard of that, before, or people simply shaking a small amount of salt into their beer. The theory is that the salt (either from the olives, or just salt itself) helps the beer go down smoother...if it's overcarbonated, it will knock some of the bubbles out, and if it has gone flat (like when we thought 3 guys could kick a quarter-barrel at my frat brothers' place one friday night), it draws out the CO2 that has gone into solution. Personally, it's not my cup of tea, but at least it makes sense.

Personally, I'm not going to drink a beer that can't stand firm (if wobbly) on its own two legs. Even Milwaukee's Beast or Natty doesn't need anything extra.

Let us change the topic to worst beer ever. I nominate Old Style Light, at $8 for a case of 24 here in the 'Burgh. It comes in a simple, silver can with the word "Beer" printed on the side in black letters. Tastes like it's been cold-filtered through someone (or something)'s ass

Keystone. I had a friend insist the stuff was great but I refused to drink it. When he finally did trick me into trying it, I swear my tastebuds turned inside-out.

At a school where Natty and Vlad are accepted fares, and Miller High Life is consided "the good stuff" by many, I thought I lived the underbelly of fermented beverages. Clearly, I was in error. Thank you sir.

But yeah, the worst I've tasted: Natty Ice, MHL, and Rolling Rock. I honestly don't understand the big deal with Rolling Rock, but then I've been more partial to Yuengling and the dark brews myself.

Milwaukee's Best is the WORST beer ever. Don't get me wrong, Natty Ice isn't great, but I think it gets a bad reputation. Compared to Beast, Natty ain't that bad.

Burgie was pretty nasty. Do they still even make that shit?

Remember during the "generic" craze of the 70s when they came out with the generic beer? It was in a bright yellow can with just the word "BEER" on it. I don't recall ever seeing anyone actually drink it, but my older sister used to use it to wash her hair.

nope - the worst beer i've ever had was a chile beer. it had hatch chile's in it. you want to talk about nasty?

That reminds me! Tommyknocker Brewery has this Ornery Amber that we started referring to as "Ornery Armpit", because it tastes like it was filtered through some sweaty guy's gym bag. That stuff was ASS.

Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground
Thursday, August 19, 2004 Posted: 4:23 PM EDT (2023 GMT)



SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday.

"We noticed a bear sleeping on the common lawn and wondered what was going on until we discovered that there were a lot of beer cans lying around," said Lisa Broxson, a worker at the Baker Lake Resort, 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Seattle.

The hard-drinking bear, estimated to be about two years old, broke into campers' coolers and, using his claws and teeth to open the cans, swilled down the suds.

It turns out the bear was a bit of a beer sophisticate. He tried a mass-market Busch beer, but switched to Rainier Beer, a local ale, and stuck with it for his drinking binge.

Wildlife agents chased the bear away, but it returned the next day, said Broxson.

They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts, honey and two cans of Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was captured for relocation.

Schlitz has to be the worst most masty ass stuff around :greenface

Now for the best line of beers i would have to go with New Belgium brewery , I have YET to have one of their flavors that i don't like . Bier de Mars ROCKS!!!

Ballantine is the worst ever. Second place goes to Champale ...

goebel, anyone? the beer of France....

That bear story is hilarious................still laughing

2229 E 35TH St (it's just west of Hiawatha, as your heading south/east). You can also play Atari or the Game of Life while listening to karaoke!

Worst beer: this strange shit my roommate got that was from El Salvador. It was eight dollars for a case, and I never saw anyone take more than a single drink. Some people only opened the can and decided to forgo it. We couldn't even pour it down the drain because it stunk up the sink for twnety minutes afterwards. Ugh.

Also, about the bear, I seem to remember that Hamm's paid for some of the treatments the bear had to indure (shots, tagging, etc..) and is now known as the Hamm's Beer Bear.

You can also play Atari or the Game of Life while listening to karaoke!

And apparently stumble home via light rail...hic.

mmm.. beer...
I'd have to go with Freestate breweries oatmeal stout or the mibock (aka mind block) but then again it's a local brewery and well.. I'm a sucker like that.

other than that I'm a big fan of Murphys' Irish stout
and PBR... yeah well.. what can I say?