― stevo, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Stones is very good when it is good though. Orange is a good colour for a beer label.
― Ed Lynch-Bell, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Greg, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― masonic boom, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Geoff, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I love Belgian beer, speshly Chimay (rouge et bleu).
Of British beers, I really go for Cameron Strongarm and Wadworth Farmer's Glory. I used to really like ABC, but they don't brew it anymore.
― MarkH, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Gambrinus can be found in the odd London pub. I suggest The Lord John Russell on Marchmont St near Russell Square for lovers of this Czech beauty. Other European lagers of note are the aforementioned Oranjeboom (the Trotwood or De Hems) - though the current laughable attempt to rehabilitate Lowenbrau is a step too far. British lagers - only one reigns supreme: Youngs Pilsner.
As for Ales, well the Green King IPA is just nudged out of best summer drink by Flowers IPA (though the former is more reliably kept in Green King pubs). Pride can be lip smacker if on, if off its rank. The three Morrells bitters are all pretty good too - especially Varsity. Oh and Black Sheep is a nice one (blagged shed loads at a trade fair a while back so I might be biased). Tim's your man for this one anyway.
Belgium =- Chimay to me. Especially out of the wine bottles with authentik cork popping action. 9% is mey favourite. And De konnick of course - but I do have a soft spot for Cherry beers when alcopops are not an option.
Beers around the world? Tsing Tao is lovely, as is Asahi - but both seem best with food (which is admittedly where I normally have it).
Budweiser = King Of Beers / Budvar = Beer Of Kings. Which would you prefer.
― Pete, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I love guinness, but if I'm honest but any beer I get for free instantly becomes the best beer.
― Nicole, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Budvar. Oh, man. I went to this club in Brighton (I think) - cramped, dark, lots of red, big signs over the bar. One said, in big letters, BUDVAR. Ooo, sounds exotic. So I order one. Never mind asking what Budvar actually is - I'm a loner, Dottie, I'm a rebel. (I have no idea where that line is from, by the way.)
God damn it, I hate beer. How the hell did this concept of "beer" develop, anyway? "Gosh, if you soak wheat & barley in water under pressure, it fucks you up righteous like! Kick ass!"
― David Raposa, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I do have a very soft spot for Sapporo and Kirin, though. Ah, college...
― Dan Perry, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Andrew L, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(Cue the awful taglines from a commercial thread...)
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Baseball = chewing tobacco.
― Patrick, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I sez: "It's the title of a song by the Get Up Kids."
I stand by my Coronas. Molson's good tü. Never cared much for the Brooklyn Brewery stuff. I always thought it just tasted like Coors, ergo "Shit."
― JM, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And before that, it was a line from Pee Wee's Big Adventure...
― Tom Porrino, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― David, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― amy, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Friday, 29 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Emma, Friday, 29 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Pete, Friday, 29 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanley, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― AP, Friday, 6 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally C, Sunday, 8 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― the pinefox, Monday, 9 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
If it was possible to hug pubs, I wd hug the Head of Steam.
― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David H(owie) (David H(owie)), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David H(owie) (David H(owie)), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 31 October 2002 16:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
we should get develop a catch-all beer thread to make up for the 5 or 6 threads out there...
but in any case, i tasted a pretty insane stout this weekend (and extremely well-balanced one, for a big stout like this):
founders breakfast stout:
http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.59.2/t.gif (not my photo)
― mark cl, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
weird, didn't show up. anyways it has a baby eating a bowl of oatmeal or something on the bottle, it's a thick, black, opaque stout that's brewed with coffee, chocolate, and oatmeal
― mark cl, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Duvel is a perennial favorite.
any if you Nashville folk tried the Yazoo beers? I dig the ESB and the pale ale a lot. They won some big award for their Hefeweizen, but it was prob my least favorite of the bunch. Brewmaster L1nus is first cousins with one of my oldest bros.
― my inbox so hot (will), Monday, 8 December 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://bp3.blogger.com/_nXTU8U2MRaQ/RYlsjS5X4GI/AAAAAAAAADQ/JeWLwk0tNSA/s1600-h/Founders_Breakfast_Stout.jpg
― mark cl, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
grr
i have been digging the sour ales as of late, but they are def a love/hate sort of thing. also less satisfying in the winter death freeze.
― MINOTAUR FACEPLANT IS ITS OWN REWARD (John Justen), Monday, 8 December 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
leinenkugels' honey weisse is pretty pointless, or perhaps I should say it has a lot of "drinkability"
― El Tomboto, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
+ thanks to bud light admen for giving me a new term to describe the degree of similarity between a beer and a glass of tap water
― El Tomboto, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I finally figured out what a "session beer" means.
― jaymc, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
harp is fucking disgusting! omg how can someone say harp...
― Coal Scuttle Now Meaningless, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
no idea, takes all kinds
― El Tomboto, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Schneider Aventinus Weizenbock is the answer to the original question AFAIC. Weisse-style mouthfeel, light enough to drink during the summer but has a hint of cloves at the finish that makes it perfect for right now. 8% abv but you don't taste it. You know that Snoop and Dre video where they are at the house party and some guy opens the fridge and it is filled with 40s? I want to do the same with this beer.
― Shh! It's NOT Me!, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
this list is kind of lame but it's partly inspired by drinking nostalgia... the beers that hold that subjective "best" place are pretty much all from my o.g. boozing days
wheat: paulaner dunkel weizenpale ale: bell'samber: bell'sbrown: bell'sstout: so many of these taste the same to me... something something oatmeal somethinglager: leinie's original
― Your original display name will be displayed in brackets. (dan m), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I almost never drink stout, but a few of us had the Left Hand Milk Stout last weekend, which is v. drinkable.
― jaymc, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
rotating top 10:
01. Grimbergen (Belgian)02. Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout03. Spaten Optimator04. Guinness or Muphy's*05. Bell's Two-Hearted06. Dogfish Head - the one with raisons07. Delerium Tremens08. Red Hook ESB09. Bell's Porter10. Fat Tire amber (from Colorado)
*only if fresh from the brewery (i.e. made earlier that day & delivered to a local pub in Dublin or Cork respectively)
― D'Andrelo, the gay white ex-con (Pillbox), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
also just wanted to say how happy I am to see that Bell's is making such a strong showing on this poll. K-zoo reprazent!
― D'Andrelo, the gay white ex-con (Pillbox), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
poll thread
― D'Andrelo, the gay white ex-con (Pillbox), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I've also gotta mention the very refreshing Bell's, since I went to school in Kalamazoo, where it's brewed. Kzoo represent!
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― jaymc, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
lol appropriate. i did not see that. did you go to WMU or K.College jaymc? I went to KVCC for my freshmen year, but transferred to UM after that. I still return to Kzoo and visit friends on occasion, and invariably spend some time at the Bell's brewery while doing so. Love that place dearly.
― D'Andrelo, the gay white ex-con (Pillbox), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I went to K College. The funny thing is that I didn't turn 21 until March of my senior year, so I've actually spent more time at the brewery on return trips than I ever did when I was a student. Beer on tap there is delicious, and so cheap, too.
― jaymc, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
y exactly. I was never able to go the brewery when I lived there - just when I went back for visits. I actually spent the first few rounds of my 21st birthday there.
― D'Andrelo, the gay white ex-con (Pillbox), Monday, 8 December 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
rotating cast at the moment:
dogfish head pangaea, dogfish head palo santo marron, leinenkugel's fireside nut brown,cooper's sparkling ale,paulaner hefeweizen or schneider weisse or weihenstephaner,sam adams winter lager
think I've mentioned it but the coney island albino python was really good, I hope we see it again but I kind of doubt it
― El Tomboto, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
schneider weisse is really good.
for me right now
hoegaarden or that white kronenbergpaulaner wheatbeer and their lager isn't bad eitherinnis & gunn oak aged beerand oddly I like heineken in the UK as far as pub beer goes. In Dublin it's a diff brew which is one of my most loathed lagers, but apparently it was relaunched here as a different brew with new taps etc. pretty good stuff.
― Coal Scuttle Now Meaningless, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Lately for me:
Leffe Blond Alaskan IPA / Deschutes Inversion IPA (my usual defaults)Rogue Yellow SnowOaked Arrogant BastardsGreat Divide HibernationUnibroue Fin Du MondeCans of Olympia
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
KIRIN ICHIBAN.
― the ref (ed hochuli ha ha) (call all destroyer), Saturday, 20 December 2008 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought ILX wasn't started until August '00
― usic concrète (The Reverend), Saturday, 20 December 2008 01:36 (fifteen years ago) link
The most drinkable ones I'm on right now:
Sam Adams Winter Lager (it's everywhere, but it's damn good, slightly hoppy and bitter, kinda spicy, very woody)Red Hook ESB (solid all around)Rogue Dead Guy (I bought it by the jug at the beer store)Full Sail LTD (I don't know the details behind this one but it's so damn drinkable, not too bitter, I want to have gallons and gallons of it)Most anything by the Dogfish guys
― skygreenleopard, Saturday, 20 December 2008 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
hmmm, weird, I think Ally's post is actually the first post of the thread...and hurting's post is actually from sometime later? Maybe something wrong with the db or something?
― askance johnson, Saturday, 20 December 2008 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
2nite i have had
bomber of Rogue Brutal Bitter2 tallies of Surly Furious
― the sun just sent me a text (gbx), Saturday, 20 December 2008 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
regarding beer, I just finished a six pack of New Belgium's 2 Below, which was pretty good. Lots of crazy hop flavor, not a lot of bitterness. I'm looking for some good xmas/winter brews, if anybody has any good recs. Liked the goose island mild winter ale a lot, though I kind of want something less, uh, mild.
― askance johnson, Saturday, 20 December 2008 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
If I'm not mistaken, a couple of years ago there was this weird thing for a few hours where everyone's post was backdated to June 26, 2001. Maybe it also fucked with threads that were actually started on that date.
― total mormon cockblock extravaganza (jaymc), Saturday, 20 December 2008 06:22 (fifteen years ago) link
for some reason i've been gravitating towards heineken when no smaller brew strikes my fancy (mainly if i'm not in the mood for a pale ale of some sort) and whenever i decide to buy heineken before i got to the liquor store, i feel good about myself because it's a big brew and will be cheaper but then i remember that it's actually like... $9 for a six pack because it's an "import" - shit is so fake!
(i still buy the heineken anyway)
― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
bud >>>>>> heineken!
― ian, Saturday, 17 October 2009 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
idk! i'm okay with bud but i think it tastes weird out of bottles. kind of poisonous. and i'm in missouri, we'ere supposed to fuck w budweiser exclusively but idk :-/
― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 October 2009 08:00 (fourteen years ago) link