Favourite Beer?

[Robert****]

Yet another one of these thread, this time about beer!

I love beer. In fact, just put 12 fine bottles of Big Rock Traditional in the fridge. Big Rock Brewery make fantastic beer. Have you tried them? They have kinds, Traditional is my favourite. I think they make the beer in Calgary.

My preference is Ale, or darker stuff.

Guiness is a gift from above - love that stuff! Kilkenny is fantastic too.

Being Swedish, I have to say that the Swedish beer is quite pathetic in comparison to many of the Canadian beer. Norrlands Guld - no thanks!

There is good European beer to be had for sure. The Germans make great beer. Kronenbourgh is French,I think? Pretty good. Heineken is Dutch. Oh don't forget the Danes! Carlsberg is good beer. Tuborg too.

American beer? Hmm, there are good micro breweries in many cities, but the stuff I find in the liquor stores here is pretty bland stuff. Budweiser - not for me.

[Spudman***]

I think Alberta produces some of the best beers. I'll bet many of the North Western USA micro breweries use grain from Alberta cause it's just so darn good.

Guiness - Ya! Just hook a drip tube up to my arm and give me a hunk of bread so I have something in my stomach and I'll be fine for a long time.

Black Butte Porter - A northwest micro. Yummy, dark but not as heavy as Guiness.

Heineken & St Pauli Girl - My two favorite widely available Euro beers. Holland and Germany respectively.

My favorite beer? Cold!

[Nelskie]

Favorite beer? Easy - Grain Belt Premium, brewed in New Ulm, MN. Been my #1 call since 1986.

http://www.grainbelt.com/home.php

[ZoSo65]

Heineken
Grolsch
Yuengling
Also, a brew not sold anywhere, from a friend of mine that makes some kick arse lager twice a year!

[Spudman***]

Favorite beer? Easy - Grain Belt Premium, brewed in New Ulm, MN. Been my #1 call since 1986.

http://www.grainbelt.com/home.php

I though Grain Belt was like Hamms or Schmidt?

[Katastrophe]

Here's some of my faves -

Shiner Bock - a dark beer brewed about an hour away from my house. Good stuff.

Guinness - When you have to have a beer to chew on, this is the one to pick.

Pete's Wicked Ale - good beer. It's just that simple.

Sol - Yes, I know, it's a massed produced beer Corona wannabe. When my wife and I were in Mexico on our honeymoon, and the sun was beating down (in December, mind you), we saddled up to a bar and had a few. Cold, smooth and refreshing...

A friend of ours does some homebrew for a hobby. ALL of his beer is incredible.

[Nelskie]

I though Grain Belt was like Hamms or Schmidt?

Not even close. I wouldn't pour those other two on my lawn. Grain Belt is a world apart flavor-wise; full-bodied, and much more drinkable, with almost a "sweetish" after-taste. It's one of the beer's very unique trademarks. Go git' yourself a sixer, and find out for yourself.

[duhvoodooman***]

Pilsener Urquell has long been a favorite of mine--quintessential hoppy/aromatic pilsener style, arguably its progenitor. And when the weather gets warm, I really enjoy the Hefeweizen wheat beers. Widmer Bros. is my favorite US brand, but there are a boatload of excellent ones from Germany and surrounding European countries.

I had the pleasure of spending a few days on business in Antwerp last fall, and the Belgians have a ton of geat beers. Good thing I don't live there, 'cuz I'd be a lot bigger than I already am!

[tot_Ou_tard]

Delerium Tremens!

It's a spectacular Belgian style beer & you gotta love the pink elephants on the label.

Here is a site about Delerium Tremens

http://www.pascalkolkman.com/delirium/indexeng.html


Hephalumps & Woosels!
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Animated Winnie the Pooh reference which does have pink elephants in it!

Delerium Noel is a winter style Belgian ale by the same maker that is also very good.

Hop Devil: A nice very hoppy American micro brew.

Red Tail Ale by the Medicino Brewing Co: (another American micro brew).

Boddingtons. This is a delicious milkshake in a bottle. It is a British beer and Americans can get it a liquor stores with the same widget in it that Guiness has.

Brooklyn Lager's Chocolate Stout: another microbrew from the US.

[SuperSwede]

I find Heineken & Carlsberg easy to drink

[oldguy]

Well, I work construction in Missouri (that's Mu-zur-ah ) so quite often it's...sorry Robert...Budweiser! But if I don't need a new toy (How ARE those new Epi Jr. 5w heads, by the way ) I can afford...ST.PAULI GIRL BEER! THE DARK! And I..."What, Honey?" Sorry, guys, gotta go!

[tiefnig]

I'm german and you can buy beer here if you are 16
My favorite beer is Mönchshof Kellerbier, Augustiner dunkel and Falter Arber Premium. Falter is our local beer, I think it is the best. I don't know american beer but we live next to the czech, which make good beer also, it's called budweiser too, but it's different than the american one.

[tot_Ou_tard]

I'm german and you can buy beer here if you are 16
My favorite beer is Mönchshof Kellerbier, Augustiner dunkel and Falter Arber Premium. Falter is our local beer, I think it is the best. I don't know american beer but we live next to the czech, which make good beer also, it's called budweiser too, but it's different than the american one.

Hey, tiefnig. I haven't tried those beers. But I do like

Weinhenstephaner or Franzikaner Heffe-Weissbier.

I had a German friend who once taught me a German "poem"

Ich bin der Fisch Fasch und zeigen euch meinen weissen asch

Is this anything or was he just pulling my leg?

[zeusse]

My buddy makes a pretty tasty beer and when available I try and stock up..but that usually means hanging out and helping him all day. He does it the old fashion way right out of a big pot on a open fire..I'm surprise he hasn't burnt his house down yet. But after that I like this Canadian beer Moosehead it ain't bad and out on the town whatever somebody else buys me..hehe

[duhvoodooman***]

I had a couple of glasses of Sam Adams Oktoberfest on draught at a local restaurant last night, and it was mighty good! I wouldn't declare it my favorite (I have lots of those) but was duly impressed....

[tjcurtin1]

I used to brew right from the malted barley and whole hops - all the boiling would soak the kitchen walls.... Didn't make my wife happy when we lived in a place with a really small kitchen, so I put it away. Now, I'm too busy with teaching to brew in the cool months which is when you mostly need to do it. I love it though, and with practice you can make a first-class beer pretty easily (unlike with wine).

There are so many great microbrews available now! When I think back to when I was young - wall-to-wall Budweiser style. THere are many great breweries out east here - Sam ADams, Buzzards Bay, Harpoon, Ipswich, Long Trail, Otter Creek - but I imagine that not many get out of the area. We also get many of the great West-Coast micros. I love the many English ale varieties, but prefer the hoppy stuff - IPA and Best Bitter styles, rather than the sweeter Scottish and brown ales. I also love a good Pilsner, like duhvoodooman.

TJC

[sunvalleylaw]

TJC - I used to brew regularly, but from dry malt and whole hops and specialty grains. No mash tun for me. If you like hops try thast Ruination IPA I mention. Some hoppy beers are like some mexican food where it is all fire and no nuance. This has plenty of hop, but it has at least seven layers of flavors it seemed to me. Excellent!

StingX, good choice for lighter style. Warren, I like a lot of other stouts and you should try others, but nothing wrong with the old Irish mothers' milk. Justa, dude I just can't help ya there.

I used to brew right from the malted barley and whole hops - all the boiling would soak the kitchen walls.... Didn't make my wife happy when we lived in a place with a really small kitchen, so I put it away. Now, I'm too busy with teaching to brew in the cool months which is when you mostly need to do it. I love it though, and with practice you can make a first-class beer pretty easily (unlike with wine).

There are so many great microbrews available now! When I think back to when I was young - wall-to-wall Budweiser style. THere are many great breweries out east here - Sam ADams, Buzzards Bay, Harpoon, Ipswich, Long Trail, Otter Creek - but I imagine that not many get out of the area. We also get many of the great West-Coast micros. I love the many English ale varieties, but prefer the hoppy stuff - IPA and Best Bitter styles, rather than the sweeter Scottish and brown ales. I also love a good Pilsner, like duhvoodooman.

TJC

[guitartist]

When I can get it on tap, Guinness.

In the summertime though I often find lighter beers more thirst-quenching, so when its hot I usually go with Modelo Especial. (among the lighter beers, I usually go for Mexican or Jamaican brews).


When I'm not driving though I'll oftern opt for Jack Daniels and lemonade instead. I wonder why they don't use real lemonade in a "Lynchburg Lemonade"? (...whiskey tastes much better when mixed with real lemonade than with sweet and sour mix, triple sec and Sprite.)

And coca-cola always tastes better with Jack Daniels in it too!

[Spudman***]

When I can get it on tap, Guinness.


And coca-cola always tastes better with Jack Daniels in it too!

Right with you on the Guinness bro, and I'm happy to hear that someone else has figured out how to take the edge of of Coca Cola. Nasty stuff. lol