I didn't used to like beer - I was more into hard liquor (gin and tonic, hooray). But a few years ago I finally found beer I liked at a Belgian restaurant (Flemish sour ale at Monk's Cafe, http://www.monkscafe.com/). So I've been experimenting. Today I went to a German place (http://www.ludwigsgarten.com/) that was pretty awsome. I got some kind of Oktoberfest beer that was so-so, don't recall the name: Both of these sites only have a fraction of their beer menus online.
My favorite that I can actually obtain (can't get Flemish sour ale anywhere else, it seems) is Spaten Optimator, a German dopplebock. Its dark and smooth, and a little stronger than normal (like 7% alcohol). I kinda like Guiness, but didn't like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - both bitter, but I didn't like the flavor of Sierra Nevada.
Any thoughts on beer?
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Anonymous2005-11-27 11:21
Commercial beer can be measured on a scale of Budweiser (water) to Guinness Extra Stout (soup).
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Anonymous2005-11-27 14:40
I'm drinking a Beck's right now. That's probably my favorite beer, although they seem to have changed their recipe in the last year.
If you can find a good weizen (wheat beer), you're in for a treat. I like Weihenstephan and Paulaner. Stay away from Erdinger, though. It's too bitter. Franziskaner isn't that great, either.
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32005-11-27 14:45
>I got some kind of Oktoberfest beer that was so-so, don't recall the name
That was probably weizen; they love that shit in Munich.
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Anonymous2005-11-27 19:39
beer tastes like shit
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Anonymous2005-12-01 17:21
|beer tastes like shit
interesting that you know what shit does actually tastes like...
hmm... hows the beer in amerika? in germany it's quite ok, but there is better beer in other countries i think.
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Anonymous2005-12-02 10:31
good beer is expensive in America. most people just drink piss.
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Anonymous2005-12-02 13:21
Call me queer, but wine coolers are enough for me.
American beer is, for the most part, not particularly great. Or, at least, I haven't found any American beer that I've liked, which is why it took me so long to develop any interest in beer.
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Anonymous2005-12-02 18:43
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American beer isn't bad as long as you arn't busy trying shit like Budweiser or (God help you all) Iron City. I might suggest Yuengling Lager, or Blue Moon (a wheat ale). Those are the only two good commercial ones that come to mind at the second. There are also many microbreweries out there that produce some good stuff. There are some really bad ones though so watch out. If you're ever in Pittsburgh, drop by the Church Brew Works.
I am encouraged by your recent revelation into beer. Two years ago I found myself in the same position.
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Anonymous2005-12-03 15:10
The best beer kinds I've had are all Chech pilsner. They invented it and they seem to have a headstart on everybody else. My favourite kind is "Braník", and after that comes "Pilsner Urquell". Now my mouth is watering. Damnit.
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Anonymous2005-12-04 15:28
Pabst Blue Ribbon. The perfect combination of alcohol and piss at a price most white trash would consider affordable.
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Anonymous2005-12-04 17:20
"Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"
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Anonymous2005-12-05 2:30
PBR IS THE ULTIMATE TRUMP CARD!
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Anonymous2005-12-05 17:11
I am currently enjoying a lager from Holand called Grolsch. Good flavor and bitter like a British beer. Over all not bad.
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Anonymous2005-12-06 7:19
Beopunk Cyberwulf: It's me, man. And I brought beer.
There is a Speedy Gonzalez sound, and the door flies open.
Imaginos: Gimmee that!
He grabs the beer and guzzles it. It is St. Pauli Girl's N.A. He spits it out.
Imaginos: Will you guys cut it OUT? What the fuck are you trying to DO, poison me?
If you're ever in Pittsburgh, stop by the Church Brew works and grap a Pious Monk Dunkle. It's a tasty tasty dark lager.
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Anonymous2005-12-17 0:24
For warning, Thai Beer sucks shit. World award my ass.
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Anonymous2006-01-06 12:54
If you're wandering upstate NY, head over to Cooperstown and get as much as you can from the Ommegang brewery (belgian abbey style ales). All of their beers = WIN!
Delirium Tremens (an absolute barn-burner of a belgian Trippel, every mouthful is a complete joy)
Timothy Taylor's "Landlord" (best British beer)
Fuller's "London Pride" or Marston's "Pedigree" (when the "Landlord" runs out)
Pilsner Urquell, Budvar, San Miguel, Corona (the best cheap-ish lagers for knocking back at parties)
Also, contrary to popular belief, Japan has a couple of small indy breweries making really nice beers. They're mostly fairly straight ripoffs of european styles, but they do it pretty well. I remember enjoying Otaru Beer's shot at an authentic Dunkel when I was there.
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Anonymous2006-01-07 20:54
Czech beer rulez.
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Anonymous2006-01-07 22:37
I like Japanese beer. It's refreshing, not piss-watery, and pretty complex. Goes great with light and heavy food alike.
Yuengling is the best domestic beer anywhere. Best value at TGI Friday's or Houlihan's if you get dragged there; it's on tap and is only $2.50, a bargain for beer at a chain restaurant/bar.
I am all about Belgian kriek, especially the kind with sour cherry. That's the kind of beer you drink to talk over stuff in a real pub or brew house. They made their own at a brew pub where I went to college. It was worth the wait to get in (You're not 21, you don't get in the door... stupid PA liquor laws).
I usually drink Sierra Nevada. It's pretty damn good, and by some amazing stroke of luck, the local Stater Bros. actually carries it amongst all the cartons of Bud Light, Miller, and other watery shit they call beer. Heffenweizen is also pretty good. When I want to get drunk, I usually get a big 22 oz can of Sapporo and use that alongside whatever hard liquor I'm taking (I'm also surprised the Stater Bros. has any Japanese beer to speak of).
Side note: how the hell did Budweiser, Miller, and Coors become so popular? They taste like rainwater, and yet people still buy them by the dozen. It makes no fucking sense. Even if you wanted to drink light beer for health reasons, why not at least settle for a Sam Adams Light or something else far less offensive? It just boggles the mind...
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Anonymous2006-01-23 20:41
>>25
Habit, I suppose. They were the first mass-produced and mass-marketed beers in North America, the first that could be shipped long distances and stored in sealed aluminum kegs without spoiling in a week or two (like Watley's Red Barrel brand was in the UK). Because of this, a lot of people in North America world still think of those brands first when they think of beer.
Strange beer fact: Budweiser is made from corn and rice because they are cheaper than barley, and they aren't the only brand cutting corners.
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Anonymous2006-01-26 8:45
>>26
corn and rice?! That is just sick and wrong. I hope they burn in hell for it.
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Anonymous2006-02-04 9:57
>>27
to be fair - it's not like they just pick any random variety of corn and rice - and - not using barley does not immediatly = terrible :/
that said I think bud is terrible - but there are other beers that use rice and taste great
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Anonymous2006-02-04 19:56
Beer sucks.
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Anonymous2006-02-05 4:44
I used to live out in the San Louis Valley in Colorado where Coors keeps their grain elevators, and where 90% of their barley is grown. The overflow barley is kept out in huge (4-5 storys tall) piles on an acre or so of old cracked concrete. Every damn bird in the valley knows the place, and the piles are often black because of all the birds around them. (and you KNOW the birds ain't flying elsewhere to do their business) The only time the birds leave is when the trucks come to take more of the barley away to be turned into Coors.
So my question is: Have any of you Coors drinkers noticed if some bottles of Coors taste suspiciously like bird shit??
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Without barley and hops, it's just not beer. It's some other kind of drink. I refuse to acknowledge it. Purity laws exist in Germany for a damn good reason.
I use to hate beer cuz the first beer I ever tasted was Budweiser, and I ended up rinsing my mouth and pouring the rest down the sink. But a decade later, after being introduced to Amstel Light, Heineken, Corona, and Samuel Adams, it's not so bad. Why is Bud so horrible?
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Anonymous2006-02-13 23:55
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Because it's fermented with rice and corn. Sam Adams? Heineken? Man if you like those, there's a whole world of wonder that you have yet to discover.
Fact: all beer tastes like shit. People who drink this crap for reasons other than to get wasted are fucking mental.
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Anonymous2006-02-23 8:21
why would anyone drink beer to get wasted. Liquor is cheaper and more effective in thelong run if you want to get wasted. If you want a buzz beer is good and tasted good if it isn't american piss water.
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Anonymous2006-02-23 11:28
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Alcohol generally fails. Why anybody would drink it is totally beyond me. It really tastes like shit and its effects are mostly unpleasant. Sure, I do it too so I don't appear like some kind of weird loser since everybody else does it. But I try to limit it to the absolute minimum and I'd never do it out of my own motivation.
beer is the beverage of god. why else would he bestow yeast and hops onto this world?
personally my fav is called little creatures pale ale straight from the tap. local beer in perth western australia.
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Anonymous2006-03-16 4:39
beer is for hicks, liquer os for men.
Did james bond ever drink beer?
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Anonymous2006-03-21 15:22
>>52
nah, he drank milk straight from the cow's teat.
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Anonymous2006-03-25 14:52
I like most of the Polish beers, especially "Tyskie" :) BTW I've noticed that in Europ, going more to the west results in more watery beers. :|
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Anonymous2006-03-26 12:13
>>54
Polish brews? So those fuckers did learn something from us Germans after we kicked the shit out of them.... again.
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Anonymous2006-03-27 6:27
I had Hoegaarden last night, and that stuff is FANTASTIC. Apparantly, Belgian beer = teh win
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Anonymous2006-03-27 7:34
English ale > foreign muck
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Anonymous2006-03-27 17:12
>>57
English ale is good, but it can't beat a dark German lager or even a Belgian brew. Chec brews I've heard are pretty good too. There is the real Bud Weiser, made in the town of Bud Weiss
I love leffe and the irish once like guinness and murphy's stout.
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Anonymous2006-04-14 21:13
So is everyone getting their Oktoberfest brews ready?
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Anonymous2006-04-14 23:51
Here in Oregon we have a shitload of micro-brewries. Many are very good. I am drunk much of the time and my gut is so big I cant see my cock at full mast! And I have a 9" boner! ;(