Your favourite BEER

[Jaggannath]

In honour of the International Beer Night run in my bar tonight, where I was unfortunate enough to drink some US rubbish, I'd like to ask what everyone's favourite beer is, and what temperature it is drank at. I don't care about favourite alcoholic beverage, that was done a few nights ago.

Personally, I'm a big fan of slightly chilled Guinness when drank in the UK, but in Australia my favourite would have to be cool (not cold) Tiger beer, or cold Carlton Colds.

[Redfallon]

Corona, ice cold with a twist of lime.

[David M]

Jagg,
Your right about American beer being rubbish. It's pretty much tasteless and and flavorless and the head looks more like the foam from a can of Coca-Cola. I like Steinlager (German), Sing Tao (Thailand) and Anchor Steam (American-an exception) To be fair to American beers, there are pleanty of excellent micro brews all over the states and most are sold locally and probably not exported to the land of Oz. What I meant by rubbish are the mass produced light american pilsners such as Budweiser and Coors...those are truly trash beers. Nothing more than a cheap high for many Americans. Its interesting to note that the cheap pilsners are made in a few hours and during the brewing process carbonation is injected into the "beer". The alcohol is added as well...its not even real beer!

Cheers to ya mate! or as the Danes say: "Skoal!"

[HAL9000]

NONE!!... I personally think beer is a really disgusting tasting thing and have no idea why anyone would wanna drink the crap for any other reason than it's a cheap drunk. I've never understood why people refer to a beer as being "sweet" as it has to be the most disgusting liquid (tied with coffee) that I have ever tasted leaving a bitter after taste that just seems to linger for ever.

[David M]

HAL,
Its an acquired taste. My first beer in high school tasted pretty bad.!

[M. A. Dockter]

http://www.leinie.com/beers2.htm

Leinie's:
Red
Creamy Dark
Doppelbock
Berry Wiess


Guiness

I'm also a fan of Woodchuck and Strongbow Ciders

[dragonxx4]

Flat Tire
Moose Drool
MGD

Flat Tire and Moose Drool are from micro breweries here in montana.

[Stryker]

A&W Root Beer :p

I'm with you 100% HAL.
Its an acquired taste.
:D That phrase always cracks me up. Why would I want to aquire a taste for something I find revolting? I've always wondered why people continue to drink something they don't like (most people I have ever talked to say the same thing... they hated it when they tried it). I suppose if I stabbed myself in the arm enough times, I would get used to it and it wouldn't really hurt anymore. :confused:

[mc2phat]

I very seldom drink anymore. When I'm in San Antonio, I'll have a Shiner Bock with a meal. My last mainstream choice when I drank beer frequently was Rolling Rock.

[rightcoast]

Guiness, Newcastle and Sam Adams.

Jag, if you haven't had a Sammy yet, hunt one down and give it a go. It is the exception to the "American Beer Rule".

[rjfvillarosa]

Guiness

I'm also a fan of Woodchuck and Strongbow Ciders
I agree with Doc on the Guiness and Ciders, most of the lager type beers sold in the UK are known as Euro Fizz and they are dreadfull, one particular blend called "Carling Black Label" even managed to earn the title "diesel" I don't know why, but it is a particularly nasty concoction.
Having travelled in Germany and Northern Europe quite a bit I must say that the local beers are always good and back home in Cardiff our own localy brewed "Brains Dark or Brains SA" will give Guiness a run for it's money.
Brains SA or Special Ale to give it full name once appeared in the Guiness book of records as the strongest beer in the world, hence the reason locals refer to it as "Skull Attack" rather than Special Ale.
Down here in PR we get the usual mass produced American garbage, like Bud and Coors and they also have their own local nasty called Medallia.
So when I can get it I drink ice cold Michelob imported from Spain, its not too bad, but it's a lot better than the other stuff.


Doc.... if you ever get the chance to visit the UK you should make the Bulmers factory in Herefordshire where they make Strongbow (and do conducted tours) a must on your itinerary.

[mystvearn]

NONE!!... I personally think beer is a really disgusting tasting thing and have no idea why anyone would wanna drink the crap for any other reason than it's a cheap drunk. I've never understood why people refer to a beer as being "sweet" as it has to be the most disgusting liquid (tied with coffee) that I have ever tasted leaving a bitter after taste that just seems to linger for ever.

I totally agree. Also better to avoid than to cure a problem. Once hooked, you're done for life. I have never had any alcoholic beverages

[HAL9000]

I like some alcoholic bevs.. just not beer.... I used to LOVE Barq's ROOT Beer.. but since I gave up caffine, that's off my list.. either Mug or A&W.

And true.. why do I want to aquire a taste for something I find gross. Some cultures eat bugs, rotten fish, etc... it's an aquired taste.. any beer drinkers want to try?

[Cirerrek]

Microbrew:

Tommyknocker Maple Nut out of the Tommyknocker brewery in Idaho Springs, CO.

Unfortunately not a single distributor in MO carries it, so I have to rely on some of my friends from CO to bring me a six pack or two every now and then.

Mass Produced:

Winter: Guiness

Summer: Black and Tan Guiness/Harp

Occasional favorites:

Watney's Stout or Samual Smith's Imperial Stout

[rjfvillarosa]

After Great Britain's Beer Festival...

After Great Britain's Beer Festival, all the brewery presidents decided it would be fun to hit a pub in London and go out for a beer.
The first sits down and says, "Hey, Señor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona."

The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

The second says, "I'd like the best beer in the world. Give me 'The King of Beers.' One Budweiser please."

The bartender gives him one.

Another guy says, "I'd like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water; give me a Coors."

The bartender gives him one.

The guy from Guiness sits down as he orders a Coke. The bartender is a bit taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.

The other presidents look over at him and ask, "Why aren't you drinking a Guiness?"

The Guiness president replies, "Well, if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither will I."

[Raskolnikov]

BlueMoon- the belgium beer. magnificient taste:) have a slice of orange with it. I dont think it comes in bottles. U need to go to a bar for the draft :D

[Tin]

Rolling Rock
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

i prefer whiskey over beer though :).

[lil Jimmie]

Fat Tire or Shiner Bock

[randomprecision]

Grolsch (Dutch)

[imbest123]

ewww beer. i hate the taste. those other malted drinks are good though :D smirnoff ice and mikes hard lemonade and stuff like that. i never drink those though.

[SARGE]

I make one I drank in Mexico - their version of Margarita, called "chilada".

lime juice in a glass with salted rim, ice, then fill with beer.

[Floppyman]

Any and all kinds of German beer. And I'll let you guys guess why... :D

[kiwipcman]

Victoria Bitter in an ice cold stubbie:)

[mountainking]

HAL,
Its an acquired taste. My first beer in high school tasted pretty bad.!

My first beer was when i was 15.. my dad gave it to me and in wisconsin its legal to drink if your parents serve it to you. I thought it was pretty damn good lol.

[autodidact]

No one mentions Miller Draft or Molson's! Nothting like a beer with a barbecue or shell fish, and don't forget to dump a can in for the shell fish while cooking.

Do the English really drink their beer room temp? Many here mention how great English beer is and all this time I thought German beer was king, speaking of which I read once which countries drank the most beer per capita but I can't find it now, thought it was Germany, but maybe by the way y'all talking might be England.

Alcohol Warning Labels:

1. The consumption of alcohol may make you think
you are Whispering when you are not.
2. The consumption of alcohol is a major factor
in dancing like a retard.
3. The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell
your friends over and over again that you love them.
4. The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think
you can sing.
5. The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe
that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them
at four in the morning.
6. The consumption of alcohol may make you think you
can logically converse with other members of the opposite
sex without spitting.
7. The consumption of alcohol may make you think you
have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your
ass kicked.
8. The consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll
over in the morning and see something really scary.
9. The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of
Inexplicable rug burns on the forehead.
10. The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion
that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking
than most people.
11. The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe
you are invisible.
12. The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think
people are laughing WITH you.

[figarowa]

#1- Guiness
#2- Appalachain Brewing Company-Water Gap Wheat local PA brew
#3-Victory Brewery-Hop Devil Ale
#4. Yuengline Lager

[lil Jimmie]

I had my first drink of alcohol when Radar Love was released by Golden Earring.

Tis been a few beers I mean years :D

Been in Germay, visited many Beer Tents along the way and the stuff we get in the states is not even close to the real thing.

[Raskolnikov]

lol jimmie :) i wonder if they think 'heineken' sux in holland as we complain about US beers ?

Btw sarge I definetely will try chilada :) I might be going to mexico to see a dentist :P dentists are way worse then the beer is in US.

[rjfvillarosa]

Do the English really drink their beer room temp? Many here mention how great English beer is and all this time I thought German beer was king, Yes they do and it's YAK :( all my friends drink it, sorry no offence but beer should be cold and refreshing not warm and viscous.

[Jaggannath]

Heineken straight from the brewery is far far better than the export gunk, as is the story with Guinness. The further from the brewery, the worse it gets. KiwiPCman, you drink Vic Bitter?? You know what VB stands for don't you?? ;)
I drink it too, I like it. And beer isn't an acquired taste for me... I either like it or I don't, if I don't I won't drink it. I agree that there's no point acquiring a taste for the point of it. When I was in the UK I made a beer diary, I made a point of travelling to as many different pubs to sample all their beers... a lot were gopping, but some were luverly jubbly. I like Fullers in the UK as well.

[LA22]

I like YingLueng. I believe its spelled that way, but not sure. Im not old enough to drink and havent tryed many types of beers, but that my favorite of what I have tryed.

[Panama Red]

8. The consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary.


Hence the term "Coyote ugly". That's when you'll chew your arm off to get away from the person laying on your arm when you wake up in the morning!! :eek:

[figarowa]

its yuengling, i just misspelled it, also am a fan of boddingtons too... and any pale ale or india pale ale great, i never understood the infatuation with butwiper or busch as it always seemes to give nice hangovers.

[HellFish]

I mostly prefer handcrafted beer from brew-pubs. I especially like when they do seasonals. The single best beer I ever had in my life was from a brew-pub in Nashville, it was called a Cask Conditioned Porter, it was served at room temperature.

I also enjoy the beers from Unibroue. My favotite being La Fin du Monde (http://www.unibroue.com/products/fin.cfm).

With all that being said though, nothing beats an ice cold Schlitz. Im not talking about the Schlitz Malt Liqour swill, but the good ole' fashioned kind.

[mc2phat]

My grandfather had to hide his beer from my grandmother. He drank only Schlitz...red & white can. He'd hide it in one of his barns or his shop, and drink it at whatever the ambient temperature of the hidey hole was. I saw him drink them at 90 degrees F and higher.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Not really a beer person. I prefer wine myself.

But on those rare occasions I drink beer my favs are Löwenbrau and Guiness.

Corona... I'd rather drink cat piss.

[Strider]

I have a few beers once in a while, some of my favorites Guiness, Michelob Light, and Killian's Irish Red

[Propain]

Heineken , Becks , Labatts Blue , Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale mmmmmmm, tried Guiness a few weeks ago and didnt aquire a liking to it and was wondering what makes poeple like it? Like its not beer IMO , do people drink it cause they think its hip?

didnt mean to be negative like some other replies but was just wondering why people drink that when theres tonnes of wonderful beers out there.


cheers

[PMich]

Beer is never served at room temperature. Some beers are served at cellar temperature which I believe is 45-50F. This is common for European ales, bitters, stouts, lambics (anything that isn't cold fermented really). Most lagers are served at a cooler temperature of about 34-38F. I think a lot of the serving temperature has to do with where the flavor comes from. Most lagered beers rely on hops as the main flavor component whereas warm fermented beers rely more upon the malt for flavor. The more bitter lagered beers taste better at a colder temp than the sweeter ales and such.

I usually drink whatever the local flavor is. I think you get a better feeling for the location if you submerge yourself in the local flavor. That being said, my favorite beer by far is Orval. It is a Belgian trappist ale that has no rival.

Although England and Germany both make good beers, the true home of beer is Belgium. They take their beer seriously enough that they have a different glass for almost every beer they brew just to make sure you get the right nose from it.

[mountainking]

lol my friend got so drunk last night ironicly and i was laughing so hard at him. He was walking out to the car (i was giving everyone a ride because i was the only one under the legal limit lol) and he tripped. It woulda been funny even if i wasnt sorta drunk. But the beers i had at the bar just made it 10x funnier. oh and i just thought this was an apropriate thread to post this quote... "marijuana.. because your friends arent really that funny". Some of you have prolly heard that before but i figure those who havent might get a kick out of it.

[HAL9000]

Sorry... what I don't get a kick out of is the fact you were drinking and driving... time to grow up and be responsible for your actions.

[Stryker]

Unbelievable mountainking, do you not see the problem with what you did? Just because you were the "least drunk", doesn't make it ok for you to drive. You need to take this more seriously and realize that what you did was a HUGE mistake and never do it again. If you wanna brag about drinking and driving, do it to the folks in prison that already tried it. I wonder if the guy who killed my grandfather while drunk driving thought it was funny too.

As HAL said, take responsibility for yourself. If you are old enough to be drinking, you are old enough to know better! Sorry for blowing up on you, I just feel rather strongly about it... as should you.

[rjfvillarosa]

Although England and Germany both make good beers, the true home of beer is Belgium. They take their beer seriously enough that they have a different glass for almost every beer they brew just to make sure you get the right nose from it.
I am not sure if the true home of beer is Belgium, but dear me they make some good stuff. I am fortunate enough to have stopped in Belgium many times on my travels around Europe and I must confess there is nothing better in the world than a glass of cold draught Stella Artios ( or Stella Tortoise as we used to call it, a few of these and you became a tortoise :D )Having played rugby on tour many times in Belgium I have been able to partake of the hospitality of the host team and have the good fortune to sample the local brews, to all of you lads in the US of A it is well worth a trip across the pond, it is a wonderfull country full of friendly happy locals with lots of sights to see and wonderfull food.

[mountainking]

i was drunk but still sober enough to drive. I was only at about .04-5. The legal limit is about double that. I still could drive plenty fine. My friend on the other hand was at about .17 hehe.

EDIT: I think the apropriate thing to do there would have been to ask about how much or how drunk i was before making asumptions that i was driving over the limit.

[HAL9000]

Still totally inappropriate... cuz I'll tell you what.. I'm going to be doing sobriety testing with new police recruits on Tuesday... we'll see how my reaction times change even though I'm below legal limit. As far as I'm concerned.. legal limit is 0.00000000 zero tolerance... even one drink affects your judgement and reaction times.

[lil Jimmie]

Still totally inappropriate... cuz I'll tell you what.. I'm going to be doing sobriety testing with new police recruits on Tuesday... we'll see how my reaction times change even though I'm below legal limit. As far as I'm concerned.. legal limit is 0.00000000 zero tolerance... even one drink affects your judgement and reaction times.

I agree! Even the ability to evaluate your intoxication and your friends will be skewed.

Next time call Home James (http://www.homejames.com) ;)

Just a question why is it judgement can be spelled either judgement or judgment?

[ConLog]

American Beers (Lagers) are indeed the worst I've ever tasted. Best in the world are undoubtedly German beers.

[autodidact]

Most good judgement comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgement

[Stryker]

Most good judgement comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgement
Wow, where did you hear that?!?! So you are saying that in order to find out that drinking and driving is a bad idea, he needs to have an accident or something? Why can't you learn from other peoples mistakes and just not drink and drive KNOWING already that it's a bad idea. What a completely backwards way of thinking you have here!

mountainking, the fact that you don't see the problem with what you did truly scares me. "drunk but still sober enough to drive" is one of the craziest things I've ever heard. You say you could still drive "plenty fine", but the problem with drinking and driving is it impares your judgement, so how would you know.

[autodidact]

Didn't think of it in that light, but your right. I was thinking that you don't have to experience something yourself but to learn from mistakes that others may have made. There are many ways to learn. and with most people I think they do have bad eperiences throughout life and hopefully learn from them.

[rjfvillarosa]

What a pity this thread has deteriorated to this. It is a waste of what started out as an interesting discussion of people tastes, like and dislikes.

[Stryker]

What a pity this thread has deteriorated to this. It is a waste of what started out as an interesting discussion of people tastes, like and dislikes.
Agreed, but I couldn't stay silent.
Probably not the thread (nor the forum for that matter) to be discussing things of this nature, and hopefully someone can get Jagg's thread back on track. It's kind of cool to hear the likes/dislikes of the different beers from around the world. Most of the brands mentioned, I've never even heard of. I think I'll stick to A&W though... I have a sweet tooth (or at least the ones that are left) ;)

Sorry for venting everyone.
Stryker :)

[HAL9000]

Same here... I have known too many people killed or hurt from drinking and driving whether it was them doing the deed or somebody else. I believe in zero tolerance. There is no excuse for it. If you can afford to go out drinking, you can afford to take a cab or bus home too.

This was just something, that as a future official in law enforcement, that I couldn't stay quiet about.

[lil Jimmie]

True we got a lil off topic, but we are discussing adult beverages and I don't think it's a bad thing to avoid discussing responsible behavior though.

Sorry Jagg

[thefultonhow]

i was drunk but still sober enough to drive. I was only at about .04-5. The legal limit is about double that. I still could drive plenty fine. My friend on the other hand was at about .17 hehe.

EDIT: I think the apropriate thing to do there would have been to ask about how much or how drunk i was before making asumptions that i was driving over the limit.

The "legal limit" for those under drinking age in Maryland is 0.02. So if you were pulled over here, you'd be in handcuffs.

Since we're a computer site, I'll draw a parallel to computers: drinking and driving -- no matter how drink or sober you are -- is like running your computer with a bad PSU. Sure, you might be able to get home all right (or run your computer all right with the PSU), but there's that chance that you won't, and the outcome could be disasterous. It's better to stay stone sober if you're going to drive, just as it's better to use a quality PSU. ;)

I'm under drinking age, but I don't intend to drink even when I do turn 21. My family has had too many problems with drinking and other kinds of substance abuse -- I think the best route is to try no drug with potential effects any worse than caffeine. After all, caffeine can be bad for you, but it's usually bad for you alone, and it's not nearly as bad for you as other drugs can be.

And that's why Mountain Dew is my "beer" of choice. :D

[Floppyman]

I think there is absolutely no excuse for drinking and then driving, no matter how much or how little someone has had to drink. If you want to go out and party and drink, take designated driver along, it's as simple as that.

[Nuclear Krusader]

My lord grand-father, who was a barman in his young days, always advised to drink dark beer. He said light beer is not as good. Hence my preference for Guiness.

[PMich]

... I am fortunate enough to have stopped in Belgium many times on my travels around Europe and I must confess there is nothing better in the world than a glass of cold draught Stella Artios ( or Stella Tortoise as we used to call it, a few of these and you became a tortoise :D )...

I couldn't agree with you more. Stella Artois is hands down the best lager out there and was responsible for many a rough night when I was studying overseas. I held the pint downing record amongst my buds for that semester with a pint of Stella in 3.4 seconds.

[rjfvillarosa]

Mich..many many years ago (late seventies early eighties), my travels found me staying in a little run down hotel in the centre of Liegé, they didn't have Stella on draught but in bottles, this was totally new to me, oh dear me you should have tasted that stuff, I don't think I would be wrong if I said it was the finest tasting beer I have ever drunk in my life. They served it in a tall tumbler made of very thick glass that helped to keep it cold, drinking from the bottle was unheard of in those days.

On another occasion a bunch of us were forcebly ejected from Holland, is there a difference between deported and physically tossed out of a country?
The Dutch police handed us over to the Dutch border guards who drove us into no-mans land and left us on the side of the road with our hands cable tied behind our backs, the Belgian border guards were still laughing half an hour after they had picked us up and set us free. :o

[idahoduk]

I prefer Pino but my favorite beer is Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. I'll only drink dark beer or Hef. I hate Corona or just about anything brewed in the US. Anyone here had Victoria Bitter??? I drank allot of that in the Navy.

[Jaggannath]

I've no worries about the thread hijacking wrt drink driving... it's something that needs to be addressed in the same breath as drinking. When I'm driving, I'll have a beer or two to be sociable, but never within 2 hours of me going to drive. That means that ideally my body will have processed it and I'll be at 0.00. However, I read an interesting article that said even when you're at 0.00 BAC you're still adversely affected. In summary, maturity when drinking is important. If you have alcohol in your system, you're adversely affected, and putting others in danger. Imagine your family is on the road that night... would you risk injuring them because you wanted to drink??

Back on track... I hated Guinness is Australia, I thought that people who drank it were just being pretentious wankers. However, my uncle drank it when I visited him in the UK, and by God does it taste better. Stella tastes great from the bottle even in Australia rjf, and that's saying something as most foreign beers don't travel well. For instance, Labatts ends up tasting like Strongbow cider IMO. But drinking Stella on tap in the UK was brilliant, it's definitely a top beer

[glc]

Goose Island Honker's Ale. This is a Chicago microbrew, but they are working on getting a 7 state distribution now. If I *have* to drink a mainstream American lager, give me MGD. Someone already mentioned Anchor Steam - that stuff is good too.

[mc2phat]

When I was in Morse code school, MGD was my choice to "debrief." The bar on base sold pitchers for $4.

[Tech Guy]

The reason that I don't drink is because I like drive, my friends are your typical stupid drunks, they get way drunker than they have to be, and then do stupid things, but one stupid thing that they will never do, because of me, is to drink and drive. I would drive 100 miles if I had to, just as long as I knew my friends were home safe instead of being on the roads where they could potential kill themselves and kill others. I like it because I know that I can have a good time and am able to drive home safe, go to bed and have a great sleep, and wake up the morning ready to start a new day :D.

[Jaggannath]

Anyone heard of Badger Beer??

[Trent Steel]

Moosehead Beer.
I learned to like beer while working at my fathers farm. I full day in the sun, dusty, dirty, sweaty, sore and generaly just beat nothing was remotely close to how good that beer tasted (taking the boots off was nice too).

[bosco]

Sorry fellers but I like American beers. I just prefer the taste. Guess if I was a European, I'd like European beers.

1) Killian's Irish Red (made by Coors)
2) Miller Genuine Draft
3) Old Style
4) Budweiser