BEER!!!

[Megatron]

Yeah, all this time and no beer thread? :omg:

Well spit it out, heathens! What's your favorite brewski?

As for me, I'm a major fan of Newcastle Brown Ale, Bitburger Pils, Licher Pils, Sam Adams Winter Lager, and of course, Guinness.

:prost:

[LadyXoc]

All those, and Flying Fish.

Bud is for soaking dried mud off my rain boots.

[Megatron]

Bud is for soaking dried mud off my rain boots.
Well, my dog liked Bud... :shrug:

[livius drusus]

Sam Adams Oatmeal Stout and Blue Moon Belgian White leap to mind. :cheers:

[Cool Hand]

Holy shit, Liv! 2,000 posts. Congratulations, I think.

Dortmunder Union is a great German beer, but I haven't had it in ages. I don't experiment much with beer anymore. I usually just drink Heineken. Of course, I rarely drink these days, so it's not a big deal to me anymore.

Cool Hand

[Socratoad]

Yeah, like Cool Hand the Toad does'nt drink very much anymore .... tummy does'nt care for it :( . However when I do, then Guinness draft is my preferred poison.

Way back when the glaciers began to recede I liked something called MacKuen's (spl) nut brown ale, but then I was but a callow youth. What the hell did I know about taste, or even quality.

Worse beer I ever had the misfortune to imbibe was something called "Stork Beer", a local brand in Rabat Morocco. Odd is it not how unpleasant memories linger. I am of the belief that said beer had been lovingly filtered through the kidneys of a horse, twice, before bottling.

[LadyXoc]

Bud is for soaking dried mud off my rain boots.
Well, my dog liked Bud... :shrug:

Dogs lick their own crotches. My theory is that this is why they enjoy the taste of Bud. And yes, it is only a theory. :glare:

[livius drusus]

Holy shit, Liv! 2,000 posts. Congratulations, I think.

I need a cover your awful, awful shame smilie.

[livius drusus]

Toad, Lady: your musings on beer are now officially random quotes. Y'all crack me up.

[Godless Dave]

Summit (http://www.summitbrewing.com/home.php) Extra Pale Ale

Dortmunder Union, but only if I'm in Germany

Pilsner Urquell

Goose Island Honker's Ale

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

anything I brew myself!

:quaff: (http://www.summitbrewing.com/home.php)

[JoeP]

Sadly deprived of decent beer here, except Guinness and (not great but not bad, also brewed by Guinness) Kilkenny. When I can get it, Marston's Pedigree. Or Boddingtons.

Never seen it in SA, but one of my favourite ever beers is Chimay.

[beyelzu]

guiness is foul, foul beer.


the best beer I have ever drunk is from Gordon Birsch, a brewery and restaurant in atlanta. it is one of my two favorite places to eat at in atl.


the other being carro de brio, a brazilian steakhouse.


Gordon Birsch only serves beer that they brew there, the waiters and waitresses are all very knowledgable about beer and their dunkless is the perfect fucking beer. Dark, smooth, full bodied, no aftertaste, uberuberuberbadass.

[livius drusus]

Sweeeet... I'm not the only one to hate Guiness.

:qex:
:burns:

[Cool Hand]

the best beer I have ever drunk is from Gordon Birsch, a brewery and restaurant in atlanta. it is one of my two favorite places to eat at in atl.


the other being carro de brio, a brazilian steakhouse.


Never been to carro, but Fogo de Chao is THE Brazilian steakhouse in Atlanta. I get a beef hangover from eating there. A huge plus is that it's a blast to watch the waiters appear instantly when you flip over your token from red to green. That alone is worth the prix fixe. Is there anything cooler in a restaurant than having one gaucho dude after another put various cuts of beef on your plate from huge skewers?

Cool Hand

[LadyXoc]

Toad, Lady: your musings on beer are now officially random quotes. Y'all crack me up.

Toad! We are famous, man. :nova:

[JoeP]

guiness is foul, foul beer.
Heretic.


... their dunkless is the perfect fucking beer.
:eek:

[Socratoad]

Toad, Lady: your musings on beer are now officially random quotes. Y'all crack me up.

Toad! We are famous, man. :nova:

Famous? Ah yes, ya can always count on Liv's ability to recognize talent when she sees it :yup:

[Socratoad]

Sweeeet... I'm not the only one to hate Guiness.

:qex:
:burns:

Hates Guinness :bigeyes: Not very charitable are we :eek:
Guinness has always spoken of you in a most praiseworthy manner :yup:

[livius drusus]

That's just because he can't hear me talk shit about him through the tar-like sludge.

[lisarea]

I don't really go to bars anymore, which is where I used to drink a range of different stuff, but I still do like, in the winter, doppelbocks and stouts--I don't even remember the brands I favored, but there was this one chocolate stout they used to have at Cherry Cricket sometimes that completely rawked, and Guiness is a little bland or something for me--and I like pilsners in the summer sometimes--I think German and Bohemian. I still buy Grolsch sometimes, partly because I want to reuse the bottles someday to brew my own. Or send them to GD so he can do it for me.

As a default beer, though, I love ESBs. I always have Red Hook ESB in the beer drawer (used to be some kind of "food" drawer) in the refrigerator, and I lurve me some St. Charles ESB at the Wynkoop, although I don't think I've ever seen that in bottles. I sometimes get Flying Dog stuff, too. Their Road Dog Scottish Ale is probably my favorite. And their labels are by Ralph Steadman, which makes it taste even better.

[Socratoad]

That's just because he can't hear me talk shit about him through the tar-like sludge.

Don't be shy Liv, tells us what you really think about Guinness :D

[viscousmemories]

Never been to carro, but Fogo de Chao is THE Brazilian steakhouse in Atlanta.
In Dallas, too. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=262)

I confess I don't like Guinness either, but I've never said that out loud before. I've always believed it was illegal for a serious drunk not to like it.

I'm with GD on the Pilsner Urquell. Wonderful stuff. And Weizenbier. Yum.

Alas, alcohol doesn't like me as much as I like it, so I don't drink at all now.

[dave_a]

Coors light fan here. Used to be Milwaukee's best, but Coors is smoother.

All those other beers are for girly men :D

[Godless Dave]

I still buy Grolsch sometimes, partly because I want to reuse the bottles someday to brew my own. Or send them to GD so he can do it for me.
Grolsch bottles rule for home brewers. I mostly keg my beer now though.

[ApostateAbe]

The first time I had Guinness, I loved it, but after my second, strangely enough, I didn't like it. It tastes like it has too much sugar or some other additives.

My favorite, so far, is Fat Tire Amber Ale.

[Godless Dave]

Guiness isn't really my thing - too sweet and not hoppy enough - , but I like it OK. I prefer pilseners, pale ales, and bitters. Hops are where it's at for me.

[beyelzu]

Sweeeet... I'm not the only one to hate Guiness.

:qex:
:burns:
indeed, I like some beer but guiness is foul, as I may have mentioned.


I too am glad to find a fellow guiness hater, most of the time when I bitch about guiness I am attacked on all sides.

:D

[beyelzu]

the best beer I have ever drunk is from Gordon Birsch, a brewery and restaurant in atlanta. it is one of my two favorite places to eat at in atl.


the other being carro de brio, a brazilian steakhouse.


Never been to carro, but Fogo de Chao is THE Brazilian steakhouse in Atlanta. I get a beef hangover from eating there. A huge plus is that it's a blast to watch the waiters appear instantly when you flip over your token from red to green. That alone is worth the prix fixe. Is there anything cooler in a restaurant than having one gaucho dude after another put various cuts of beef on your plate from huge skewers?

Cool Hand


damn, I have never been to fogo de chao,

but it sounds just like carro de brio,

I will definitely have to check it out.

[beyelzu]

Coors light fan here. Used to be Milwaukee's best, but Coors is smoother.

All those other beers are for girly men :D

dude,

if you had said coors orginal in a bottle, I would have at least agreed with you that it is the best major beer american option,

but coors light is like urine.

[SharonDee]

Does hard cider count as beer? :eh?: Cuz I hate beer but the beer-only joints serve hard apple cider, which is why I can finally go to happy hour again. (The bums I work with don't go where mixed drinks are served.)

[dave_a]

Coors light fan here. Used to be Milwaukee's best, but Coors is smoother.

All those other beers are for girly men :D

dude,

if you had said coors orginal in a bottle, I would have at least agreed with you that it is the best major beer american option,

but coors light is like urine.

Ah, but I am a low carb kind of guy, regular beer makes me gain weight so I can only compare/contrast light beers.

[Blake]

Ah, but I am a low carb kind of guy, regular beer makes me gain weight so I can only compare/contrast light beers.
You make me sad.

Sam Adams Oatmeal Stout
Just in case anyone actually tries to find this, it's Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout.

Since I'm from Canada, obviously I think mine are the best beers in the world, delightful stuff like La Fin du Monde and the various Boreales. I like lots of others already mentioned too though, like Newkie, Pilsner Urq, Blue Moon, etc. And hard cider! Yay yum. But only Woodchuck or K, all the others ain't worth it. Well, okay, Woodpecker sometimes.

[Dingfod]

My own experience showed that drinking Michelob Ultra can actually make you sober. Talk about your girly-man beer, might as well drink water, it tastes better*.

lisarea knows I like those girlie-man Hefeweizens with the sweet and fruity taste and a lemon slice in it. Ooooh!

/me flits off with a flutter of eyelashes

*except for that chicken shit tainted Tulsa water. Blech.


Edit: Budweiser tastes like dog piss, maybe that's why the dogs like it.

[lisarea]

lisarea knows I like those girlie-man Hefeweizens with the sweet and fruity taste and a lemon slice in it. Ooooh!

Didn't I also witness you partake in some kind of little flooh-flah Kool-Aid looking thingo that people drink because they saw it on Sex and the City or somesuch shit?

You know, I used to get these 12 pack samplers from different breweries, and then give any of the fruit-flavored "women and children" beers to my mom, but she done moved out of state. You want I should save them for you?

Edit: Budweiser tastes like dog piss, maybe that's why the dogs like it.

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?

[Socratoad]

Since I'm from Canada, obviously I think mine are the best beers in the world, delightful stuff like La Fin du Monde and the various Boreales. I like lots of others already mentioned too though, like Newkie, Pilsner Urq, Blue Moon, etc. And hard cider! Yay yum. But only Woodchuck or K, all the others ain't worth it. Well, okay, Woodpecker sometimes.


Geez, I must try to get out more as I too am from Polarbearland and yet I don't know what the hell you are talking about :chin:

[livius drusus]

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?

Oh shit that's funny. Don't believe me? Just look at the smilies: :hysteric: :roflmao: :LMAO:

[Dingfod]

lisarea knows I like those girlie-man Hefeweizens with the sweet and fruity taste and a lemon slice in it. Ooooh!

Didn't I also witness you partake in some kind of little flooh-flah Kool-Aid looking thingo that people drink because they saw it on Sex and the City or somesuch shit?If it's good enough for Kim Cattrall, it's good enough for me. Yummy... carb overload... diabetic shock... renal failure.... and chock full of vitamin C. :D

You know, I used to get these 12 pack samplers from different breweries, and then give any of the fruit-flavored "women and children" beers to my mom, but she done moved out of state. You want I should save them for you?Yeah, sure. ;)

Edit: Budweiser tastes like dog piss, maybe that's why the dogs like it.

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?I don't go around sniffing urinals, unlike the piss sniffing that most dogs do. Not lately, anyway.

[wade-w]

I highly recommend Flying Dog Brewery (http://www.flyingdogales.com/). I mean, how can you go wrong with a brewery that was founded by Hunter S. Thompson? With brews such as Road Dog, Tire Biter, Doggy Style and In Heat Wheat, they definitely have a sense of humor. Oh, and you gotta love their motto: "Good Beer, No Shit." And it IS good beer. Road Dog is my personal favorite. They only do ales though, so if you prefer lagers you might not like it as much as I do.

Pete's Wicked Ale is also pretty good. I second the OP's mention of Newcastle as well. I'm surprised nobody has named Bass Ale. Can you tell that I like ales? :)

South America has a lot of good beers. Ones that stand out in my memory are a Brazilian brew called Brahma Chopp, and Antartica.

[xorbie]

I've only had very few beers... and thusfar Corona is my favorite. I need to try more though... and I'm in college, too. Pathetic, I know.

[JoeP]

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?

Oh shit that's funny. Don't believe me? Just look at the smilies: :hysteric: :roflmao: :LMAO:
I think you meant: :leak: :hysteric: :leglift: :roflmao: :urinal: :LMAO:

[LadyXoc]

I highly recommend Flying Dog Brewery (http://www.flyingdogales.com/). ..... Road Dog is my personal favorite. They only do ales though, so if you prefer lagers you might not like it as much as I do.

Pete's Wicked Ale is also pretty good. ...... I'm surprised nobody has named Bass Ale. Can you tell that I like ales? :)



I forgot those. I am stealing them for my list. *steals*

[Ex-zombie]

lisarea knows I like those girlie-man Hefeweizens with the sweet and fruity taste and a lemon slice in it. Ooooh!

* warrenly flits off with a flutter of eyelashes

I buy my wife Hefeweizen because it is one of the few beers she likes. :wink:
She will have one and I will have the others. When she complains that I drank up the Hefeweizen I whine that there was nothing else to drink. I go on and on about how it was the only beer in the house. She always asks, "Why didn't you pick up two kinds of beer." I say what a good idea that is. I'll do that next time. Yeah, right! :wink:

[Lauri D]

For buy-at-the-store type stuff, I like Newcastle and Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde in the summer. For a light beer, ice cold on a hot summer day, Amstel Light is okey dokey for me.

I like various microbrews and there are quite a few around here. Newport Beach Brewing Company's "Newport Beach Blonde" is a favorite as well as Steelhead Brewing Company's "Raging Rhino Red".

When I visit local brewing companies I like to try the sampler thingies, and usually tend to like the pale ales and reds. The stouts are almost invariably too heavy for my taste, although aforementioned NB Brew Co has a special chocolate stout they brew occasionally that is pretty damn good.

[wade-w]

For buy-at-the-store type stuff, I like Newcastle and Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde in the summer.

<another shameless plug for Flying Dog Brewery>
If you like Newcastle, you should check out Road Dog Scottish Ale. I don't much care for pale ales myself, but I'm told by people that do that Doggy Style is good.
</shameless plug>

[beyelzu]

Edit: Budweiser tastes like dog piss, maybe that's why the dogs like it.

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?

they already have, its called coors light, see my review on coors light a couple of posts up. :D

[viscousmemories]

Edit: Budweiser tastes like dog piss, maybe that's why the dogs like it.

So, if I invented a beer that tasted like human piss, would you like it?

they already have, its called coors light, see my review on coors light a couple of posts up. :D
:roflmao:

[beyelzu]

For buy-at-the-store type stuff, I like Newcastle and Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde in the summer.

<another shameless plug for Flying Dog Brewery>
If you like Newcastle, you should check out Road Dog Scottish Ale. I don't much care for pale ales myself, but I'm told by people that do that Doggy Style is good.
</shameless plug>

I have to agree that the flying dog brews are very badass.

[viscousmemories]

lisarea knows I like those girlie-man Hefeweizens with the sweet and fruity taste and a lemon slice in it. Ooooh!

* warrenly flits off with a flutter of eyelashes

I buy my wife Hefeweizen because it is one of the few beers she likes. :wink:
She will have one and I will have the others. When she complains that I drank up the Hefeweizen I whine that there was nothing else to drink. I go on and on about how it was the only beer in the house. She always asks, "Why didn't you pick up two kinds of beer." I say what a good idea that is. I'll do that next time. Yeah, right! :wink:
I don't really get these references to Hefeweizen as a girly beer. I first drank it at the little bar outside the base when I was stationed in W. Germany, as did many other really manly soldiers just like me. Not only was it some primo shit, but pouring it took real skill. The trick was to put the glass over the bottle, then flip them both and verrrrrrrry slowly lift the bottle straight up. This allowed you to pour it as quickly as possible without it foaming all over the place. Plus it had the added benefit of being a fairly good way for the staff to measure whether you'd had too much. When you break the glass in the process, you get kicked out. Easy peasy. :P

[Dingfod]

Don't take my post wrong, I love Hefeweizens. I have a severe sensitivity to bitter tastes making most beer pretty much a nonconsumable for me, but the wheat beers aren't nearly as bitter to me and I actually like the taste of it. But, I can live without the lemon slice.

Lemons and limes are for Corona, Corona needs something to make it taste good. Now, there's your human piss beer, Corona.

[wade-w]

Lemons and limes are for Corona, Corona needs something to make it taste good. Now, there's your human piss beer, Corona.

Heh. ya gotta wonder about a beer that needs a lemon wedge to make it drinkable. I wonder how the yuppies who drink that crap would react if they knew that it's the Mexican equivalent of Milwaukee's Best?

But I have had worse. French beer is atrocious. Well, I suppose there could be one that doesn't suck but Corona and even the mass produced American swill is ambrosia compared to the brews I tried when I was in France. There's a Spanish beer that was common when I was there, whose name escapes me. Wait... San Miguel! That was it. However, the after effects make Montezuma's Revenge seem mild. I quickly learned that when you want a beer in Southern Europe, order Amstel. It's available almost everywhere there, and isn't bad for a lager. Of course, when in Southern Europe wine is generally preferred over beer, but this is a beer thread.

[pescifish]

I'm not a big beer drinking fan, but I've found one I sorta like and try to keep some in the fridge. It's not easy to find in most supermarkets, undoubtedly because the beer drinking humanity must consider it total and vile sludge, but it's a Mexican beer called Carta Blanca.

[Dingfod]

Spoaking of beer, I'm PWI. I went toTulsa Oktoberfest (http://www.tulsaoktoberfest.org/ofest2k4/) this evening. Didja know you can get pretty plastered for about #20? Didja know hyou can dance most of it off ina couple hours?

[Socratoad]

Thought of this thread instantly: Just heard a guy on the radio telling that he is allergic to beer ...... after fifteen or sixteen of them he throws up.

[livius drusus]

Hey, that must be my problem too! Although it's more like 4 with me. I always thought I was just a lightweight with a delicate stomach, but I'm going with the allergy story from now on. :giggle:

[lisarea]

So, my young gentleman friend tossed my sorry ass in the car and drove me out to Estes Park yesterday, where we stopped at the Estes Park Brewery. The food was awful, but their Renegade IPA made up for it easily.

It was crazy good, and bitter even for an IPA. I don't remember ever having this in a bottle, but it'd definitely be worth trying if you like that sort of thing.

[viscousmemories]

Thought of this thread instantly: Just heard a guy on the radio telling that he is allergic to beer ...... after fifteen or sixteen of them he throws up.
My brother who is in AA likes to say "I'm allergic to alcohol, everytime I drink I break out in handcuffs". My Dad used to say, "I didn't get in trouble with the law every time I drank, but every time I got in trouble with the law I had been drinking". I usually just stick with "I like alcohol way more than it likes me". When I drink it is almost invariably to excess, and when I drink excessively I do very stupid things. But beer is still my best and only true friend. :D

[BigBlue2]

Yeah, all this time and no beer thread? :omg:

Well spit it out, heathens! What's your favorite brewski?

As for me, I'm a major fan of Newcastle Brown Ale, Bitburger Pils, Licher Pils, Sam Adams Winter Lager, and of course, Guinness.

:prost:
Of the beers that are widely available here
http://fosters.com.au/corporate/images/beer_brands_cascade.jpg
(Cascade Premium Lager, made in Tasmania)

I also like some of the James squire range, especially their Pilsner
http://www.malt-shovel.com.au/Images/brews_pilsener-big.jpg

and their India Pale Ale:
http://www.malt-shovel.com.au/Images/brews-ipa-big.jpg

As for Guiness, I never know whether to drink it or smear it on a piece of toast.

[pescifish]

As for Guiness, I never know whether to drink it or smear it on a piece of toast. :hahaha: Yeah! I've always thought it might be better with some cream and sugar. :coffeemug:

[ApostateAbe]

I have a new favorite beer. It is the Black Butte Porter from the Deschutes Brewary. The popularity of the brand may be limited to the northwest, but I saw the beer in a top-5 list somewhere. It is the antidote for all you Guinness junkies, because it resembles the taste of Guiness except it is more pure and complete. It has an aftertaste you won't regret, also.