I would have to go with Shiner's selection - Shiner and Sam Adams.
I am not a drinker and only occasionally do I drink beer - that is where Shiner and I differ.
I wish I had more time for making beer. Maybe I will find some more time soon. Fall is always a good time for brewing. I have never seen or tasted a Leinies. I will have to see if they have any 'round here.Originally Posted by marnold
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I would have to go with Shiner's selection - Shiner and Sam Adams.
I am not a drinker and only occasionally do I drink beer - that is where Shiner and I differ.
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[laugh] actually, our last trip to houston brought in another shiner pavlovian drool stimulus... st arnold's ipa... currently only available in tx... and our local grocery store only caries the elissa, of which he has become deeply fond. [to the point of being despondent if there's none in the case]Originally Posted by just strum
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+2 on the St. Ambroise, Robert! My wife is from Montreal and when we drive up to visit family, I usually take some home with me (St. Ambroise, not family)...Originally Posted by Robert
Oh, nice, good to see other homebrewers here. Didn't know that you brewed, Marnold and Sunvalley. I had been out of the hobby for about 8-9 years and picked it back up this past year. There was a bit of a curve in getting my skills going again, but I've been very pleased with a few of my recent brews. Having a little fridge for my kegs has helped the motivation, too. I love pale ales and IPAs, along with lots of other British styles, but recently did my first low-gravity (well, my first *intentionally* low gravity) bitter. MMMmmm.Originally Posted by marnold
It's a relatively large regional brewery out of Chippewa Falls, WI. I believe Miller distributes them, but I'm not sure how far out of the Midwest it gets. It's actual name is Leinenkugel. Here's their website: http://www.leinie.comOriginally Posted by sunvalleylaw
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I used to drink Leinenkugel on occasion when I lived in Chicago several years back. It is a local favorite there, but nothing I would go out of my way to find.
I think that's the thing: they're not bad if you're really hot. Unfortunately, I usually interpret that as meaning I don't actually care for the taste.Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
Even the most authentic hefeweizens out there (Weinstephaner, Paulaner) aren't ones I'd choose. Then again, that applies to a lot of other styles (e.g. most belgians, most beers darker than a brown ale) as well.
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HaHaHaOriginally Posted by luvmyshiner
I know I'm gonna be in the minority here, but I very like bud And at the moment, there is a case of Coors Light keeping my case of bud company in my beer fridge in the garage. Along with the rose wine and rose bubbly, of course
I love a cold bud because it's refreshing and I can drink a whole lake of the stuff, whereas with most beer, I find that after 5 or 6 or 8 pints the taste of it just gets too much and turns me off. Don't get me wrong, I like just about any beer. Except wheat beer! My fave german beer has got to be tsingtao, hehehe
I'm also very partial to a Gin and Tonic with a chunk of lime. Yummy. Bombay Sapphire is tasty, no?
Alcohol is one of my best friends. Red wine. Vodka and Coke. Cointreau and ice. Pastis and water. Jaeger bombs. Port. I'm salivating.
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Ah, mine too! There shan't be a day without at least a beer :-)Originally Posted by Rampant
Last night I enjoyed a pint of light local lager, a shot of warm Ballantines whisky and a sip of sweet Heinie cognac to finish it. Yummm!
I usually like beers, cognac, Jaegermeister and good russian vodka, in that order.
But my favorite alcohol is of course free alcohol...as long as it's wet and alcoholic, I'm interested!
...but never drink and drive! At all!
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I like Kirin, but it's getting harder and harder to find.
Even at Japanese restaurants.
And on top all that, it's brewed here in LA.
What's caught fire here in So Cali over the past 4 years, and we've seen more and more of in NYC is Stella:
I still like Michelob on tap.
But talk about hard to find,,,
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Stella Artois is pretty good, yeah, especially locally.
Like Becks and most any beers it however tastes different in bottles bought somewhere else than the originating country. When I was briefly in Belgium I drank a lot of Stella and also Jupiler from the tap and it was great, especially Jupiler...and in Germany I drank a lot of Becks, also draught...but upon returning home they just don't taste the same in bottles sold here.
It is my understanding that most of the 'imported' beers, just like Coca Cola aren't actually imported but made where they are sold, under licences and strict supervision of course, but still made locally, not actually shipped overseas...so now wonder if there are minute details in the tastes.
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I can remember when you could get Jupiler from vending machines in Belgian petrol stations. It was usually next to the frites machine, the one with the mayonnaise buttonOriginally Posted by deeaa
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Stella Artois' marketing exceeds its recipe quality, IMO. It has the cachet of being a Belgian beer, yet there are so many Belgian beers and beer styles with much more character and complexity than Stella. Not knocking it for people that like it, but hopefully Stella leads people to venture into other Belgian beers. In drug czar terms, it could be the "gateway beer".
I have had Stella, but I guess don't get it. Maybe I am too used to homebrews and craft beers with more specific gravity. If I am going to drink something that light, I might as well go cheap it seems to me.
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+1Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
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Nicknamed "wife-beater" here in UK - due to its 5% potency I guess...
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What do you mean, are beers in UK usually much milder? I thought all beers are 4,5-7%? I usually drink Karhu which has 4,7 though.
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Nicknamed "wife-beater" here in UK - due to its 5% potency I guess...
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deeaa - lagers that you'll normally find in UK pubs are Carling, Becks, Fosters, Heineken which are all around the 4% mark with Stella and Kronenberg being the more potent 5% and above. Draught beers usually start around 4% and go upwards too (we would generally use the term beer to cover bitters and ales).
We sell a cider called Old Rosie in the pub I work at, which is 8%...we generally have to carry people home when they drink that
Bottled or canned lagers and beers tend to be a bit stronger than what we have on draught in the pub. I don't know if the draught beers are regulated on purpose, but we have a real pub culture here - you could come to the pub and drink every night over here without anyone casting aspersions over the amount you drink, pubs are very much accepted social environments. When my friend's girlfriend moved here from Tasmania she couldn't believe how much we went to the pub. People drinking to get trashed really only happens on Friday/Saturday nights.
I recently tried Asahi, a Japanese lager which was delicious. At the moment though, my favourite beer is Fiddler's Elbow which is made by the Hobgoblin Brewery