Hi guys !
So, just wondering what your favorite beer was.
For myself it's Corona Extra.
Let this tread not die ! ! !
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Hi guys !
So, just wondering what your favorite beer was.
For myself it's Corona Extra.
Let this tread not die ! ! !
MGD is probably my favorite, just because it's smooth. :D Not a particularly unique taste, just good beer.
For something a bit more interesting, I had some really good Czech beer when I was in Russia, called "Budvar".
My favorites are: Killians Irish Red, Dos Equis, Grolsch, and Heineken.
My favorites are Kokanee and Molson Dry (Canadian beers). I try to keep at least a 24 pack in the fridge.
I'm not a big Molson Dry fan, but Kokanee is good on a hot day. :D
Blech! FYI REAL Beer is NOT made with rice!
OF the few listed;
Corona = Only good on a hot day on the beach. Must use a lime.
MGD? Really? This from a Canadian?
Budvar; Have had this also and it is a good beer. Light and smooth with a good alcohol content. Not my favorite though. I like beer to have a solid flavor.
Dos Equis is a good mexican beer, try Negro Modelo next time.
OK now that I have shown my beer snobbishness, my most drunk (dranken, drinked) beer is Sierra Nevada Pale ale, then ESB. My favorite beer of all time has got to be Bonnie Brier Red Ale. You won't find it anywhere except in my neighborhood since it is a special home brewed recipe. Similar to the Pale ale, but more flavor and almost 6.5% alcohol (depending on the time of year)
For a lighter flavor beer I love Stella Artois. Other favorites; New Castle, Bass, Dead Guy Ale, Arrogant Bastard and of course if I am ready for a meal in a pint, Guinness.
My local brewery, Boulder Creek Brewery, makes several different brew's that are fantastic; Redwood ale (their signature beer that has won many many awards (yes it does contain a small portion of redwood sprigs for color and flavor)), Lompico Gold, and a specialty; Dizzy Lizzy Barley Wine at 12% alcohol. Once a year they also make a special high alcohol dark beer named P. A. Stout. (read it without the periods...). It's nice having a brewery in our tiny town that I can crawl home from.
If I have enough advanced notice I will make sure and have some home brew on hand if I get visitors... ;)
'Fraid so.. I just cant drink like I used to. It could be due to my hard drinking past, or some strange allergy, but if I drink any beer other than MGD, I get stuffed up, and sinus headache IMMEDIATELY.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airbozo
+rep to Airbozo. Let the truth be told!
MOST AMERICAN 'BEER' IS NOT BEER, IT IS A MALTERNATIVE BEVERAGE!
Adjuncts such as rice are added to the macrobrews (bud, keystone, MGD, et al) to cut down on costs. These companies care about one thing and one thing only--their bottom line. Through a very persuasive ad campaign that has turned the American public into mindless sheep (when it comes to beer), they have an extremely large majority believing that beer is meant to taste like water. This same ad campaign has also convinced America that beer is best served at near freezing temperatures. Both of these misconceptions are flat out WRONG.
Beer, in its truest form is nothing more that hops, barley, water and yeast. In fact the Germans have what they call the Reinheitsgebot which basically states that if your alcoholic beverage has anything other than hops, barley, water and yeast in it, it's not beer.
And that's the way it should be. However, I am not against some forms of adjuncts, as long as they are not detrimental to the end product like rice is. This list is not limited to:
- Honey
- Heather flowers
- Unsulfured molasses
- Turbinado sugar
- Oats
- Rye
- Wheat
Ice cold beer...what a joke. The big brewers do that so you can't taste how utterably terrible their product really is.
Granted, an ice cold hefeweizen on a hot summer day is a great thing, but most good beer is meant to be drank around 40-55 degrees F. Drinking beer at this temperature allows the malt flavor to move more up front and blend with the hops.
Now bear in mind: Once upon a time, I seriously considered attending UC-Davis and taking the zymurgy course that they offer. I have done homebrewing in the past, and yes, I have won awards. I chose not to because honestly, the hobby wasn't fun anymore.
So, what kind of beer does a former homebrewer drink? Airbozo's list is a good start, in fact, Arrogant Bastard is some of the best beer to ever come out of the Pacific Northwest. To that list I would add a few Montana brewers:
Big Sky Brewery, Missoula MT (Scape Goat, Moose Drool, Powder Hound are my personal favs)
Kettlehouse Brewery, Missoula MT (makers of Olde Bongwater, which has hemp seeds (not marijuana) added during the fermenting process)
Spanish Peaks Brewery, originally from Bozeman, MT, but due to some marital problems, SP isn't a true Montana company anymore (Black Dog Ale)
I stay the hell away from the bigger corporation brews. That stuff isn't good for you.
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an ice cold hefeweizen on a hot summer day is a great thing,
hefeweizen always pwnz ^__^ :banana::banana:
Cool ! Hope you like the tread =D
I always wanted to try Miller. Never tasted it.
At one point American beer was the envy of the world (yes it was even held in high esteem in Germany). Then came prohibition. The tastes of Americans changed and costs also became a major influence in the production.
The best thing Jimmy Carter ever did for America was repeal the federal restrictions on home brewing of beer. Now each American can brew up to 250 gallons of beer per year for personal use.
BTW; I am currently growing 2 strains of hops (Cascade and Hallertau) at my house and hope to have enough to flavor one batch this year.
Here in Poland we have a lot of kinds of beers
My favorites are Tyskie (one of the best in Europe ;) ) Warka and Żywiec
I've tried Zywiec also. :) Very nice.
Something fun.. in Moscow, I had "Baltica". Not particularly good beer, but 12%. DAMN.
GUINNESS FTW!!!!!!
Saint Patricks day Monday ..... Tuesday = OUCH MA HEEED HURTS :dead:
8)
CB
Airbozo has become my new best friend!
One minor addendum: A single person can only brew up to 100 gallons per year if he or she lives alone. 250 gallons per year is the limit if there are two or more adults of legal age in the household.
And oddly enough, in Montana it is perfectly legal for a minor to buy homebrewing ingredients.
Edit: Bozo, how long ago did you plant?
Planted them 5 years ago and last year was the first time we had flowers. They are freaking amazing how fast they grow. By the end of the season the vines will be 40' long! Just last weekend I noticed they were sprouting as far away as 2 feet from where we planted them. Next year we have to dig them up and divide the Rhizomes.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrumThumper
Funny that this plant (over 40');
Grows from this (less than 3");
I know all about how fast those rhizomes grow--up to a foot or more a day here in Montana during the summer months. You can almost hear them growing, it's that damn cool. Even though I don't brew anymore, I planted some rhizomes at my parents place, and they've left the vines up for decoration. Oddly enough, the horses and the dogs instinctively know to stay away (hops are deadly to both species). That was one of my biggest concerns with planting out there. Anyways, I planted in 2000, and had flowers by 2003. Cascades and Mt. Hoods. I also tried a Willamette variant, but it didn't survive.
Never heard of Baltica, but it sounds like it's a 'winter warmer'. Stuff like that you drink in small amounts--it will kick yer ass (as I am sure you found out).Quote:
Originally Posted by Luke122
fav:
Corona
Heineken
stella Artois
Unibroue
kwak
Cheval blanc
I probably forgot alot of the ones I love :)
Hehe didn't know about the toxicity to dogs. The first year we planted them our youngest dog kept mowing them to the ground so it can't be too toxic. I also tried the Willamette's and they did not survive here either.
The only beer I drink is a non-alcohol ginger beer.
Beers I drink on a regular basis are
Imported Beers:
Heineken
Becks
Tiger Beer
Australian Beer:
Carlton Draught
Reches Beer
James Boag
Beez Neez
Cascade Premium
Apprently Australia when it comes to beer consumption is fourth with with an anaual of 109L/year of beer drunk percapita. Also Foster's Lager is not popular here at all.
Considering I am not of legal age, I personally do not drink beer. My dad loves Sierra Nevada Pale Ale though. And my mom, hephevizen. Airbozo, have you tried Lost Coast Brewery? They are a micro brew up in Humboldt, California. My parents enjoyed them too.
Same, I'm only seventeen (I'll show you love like you've never seen), so I can't drink legall yet, meaning I just don't drink. It's not worth the $250 minimum fine + not able to get a Driver's Lisence until I'm 18 + some other stuff. If nothing else, that $250 is better spent on saving towards a car or something.
in beer land (germany) its allowed to drink n buy beer with 16 ^__^
Wow ! But is is allowed to buy beer when you are 16 in Germany ?
I usually drink Corona, but I want to try some other stuff. Guinness sounds tasty ! And Miller sounds great too.
Though, I thought you who live in USA was going to drink more Bud Light.
I know =pQuote:
Originally Posted by FrooP
I want to go to Oktoberfest or something. I think it'd be fun. Shame I don't live there or the UK right now -- the US has the highest drinking age of every country. =p
I know this is a beer thread, and I started it. But what do you think of Smirnoff Ice ?
I think it's classified as a malt beverage and has no home in a beer threadQuote:
Originally Posted by SnowFox
;)
I mean the one with 5% alc in.
But, yeah. Anyways. Great discussing with ya !
When the rhizomes are young, they can be safely eaten. They have a flavor and texture similar to asparagus. Its the flowers, or to be more specific, the alpha acids in the flowers that are toxic to some animals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airbozo
That is correct. All those foo foo malternative beverages need not apply to this thread lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega
NO! tastes like aSS! vodka and rum all the way!!!!!
Double blacks are evil they just taste like soft drink but they are like two standard drinks.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnowFox
On the americans drinking bud light-
I don't drink and I never will, but the newest crop of absolute idiocy that bud light has put out is absolutely retarded. It goes something like this-
"our crisp and clear beer DOESN'T HIDE some of the "DEFECTS" of other beer."
Yeah. Defects like flavor, substance, body, and what you drink beer for (other than getting drunk).
Stupid. And all the lights? Why not just drink everclear?
The Ice cold campaign was started by coors, local here in colorado, is also stupid.
It's not the "coldest beer". Heat is a vital part in any beers life, it isn't shipped cold, it probably shouldn't be drank ice cold.
Stupid, stupid stupid. The beer commercials alone account for half of america thinking that it's okay to be stupid. Idiocy. Stupid.
So how do you really feel?Quote:
Originally Posted by Quakken
Just putting this out there. American beer is like sex in a canoe lol, it's so close to water.
My favorite would have to be Corona, however the stuff we get over here in Australia says it's imported but it's actually brewed by Fosters over here, ripped off by the system again.
That said, I also like Peroni, Heineken, Stella Artois and a few Australia beers like Cascade and Coopers.
I dont drink much. I like Corona.
Anyone have a Red Wine Suggestion for a dinner with the Girlfriend? I bought some stuff that didnt taste like anything but alcohol. 14% I think. Was a bit to strong for my taste.
-dan
Charles Shaw? $2 At trader joe's! lol
Dan a good red should be around 12-13% proof. Ask for a recommendation in store or if you can get some Australian wine. Anything from the Barossa Valley or Koonawara is great wine. Rosemount, Nepenthe and Scarpentoni are all great Aussie labels. If you want to spend a bit of money European wine is always a winner.
