Favorite Beer

[toddhaven]

Chuck U Farley's fridge: Nothing but the best!

[karl1957]

When I was in Cabo or was it Acapuco or both, that was All I drank,, very,very, good, particularly when your on the beach and it sunny and 80 degrees

"For Mexican beer -- it has to be Pacifico!"

[T in NC]

For Mexican beer Negra has always been my favorite but when I still lived in Pa I used to buy a lot of this:

[FGO]

Again, Medalla from Puerto Rico with a couple of lobser empanada's......

[sctt2525]

When in Mexico....has this turned into a Mexican beer thread....I always get Sol. Love it, but can't find it in E Tn

Sctt

[theecricket]

Mike-
Okay - you may be the exception, but I believe the rule will be that the rest of us consume enough beer to make up for your lack thereof!

Besides - how can you drink tequila without an ice cold Pacifico in your hand?

Tequila shots.   Mmmm !

(Beer gives me a headache.  Don't know why.)

may be a food allergy to some type of grain or perhaps even to the hops.

[theecricket]

I prefer Mad Dog Brewery DOGGY STYLE PALE ALE  as my stand by.  I'm in Maryland at the moment and am enjoying several selections by Magic Hat that was mentioned a week or so ago in another post.  I can't get it at home so I made sure I stopped in and picked up a 6 of the Saint Gootz and their old standby #9.  Primo!!

Guys, I could write a book about beer.  That's probably good and bad at this point.   ;D

As my number one favorite beer of all time (besides a couple unforgettable homebrew batches) has to be Chimay Grand Cru or Orval.

[ocnirvana]

Anybody is aware of the difference in alcohol content between beers sold in the Europe and the U.S.? 

I have never researched this, but I seem to remember that beers sold in TX for example can not exceed 3 or 4% in their ETOH content--  although I may be off here.  What about other states?

[Rod in Adair]

Right now,sitting here with a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Have Warsteiner Premium Dunkle in the fridge, others are Bass Ale, Guiness, and have drunk my fair share of  Bud Light.... ;D

[Kent in Upstate NY]

Anybody is aware of the difference in alcohol content between beers sold in the Europe and the U.S.? 

I have never researched this, but I seem to remember that beers sold in TX for example can not exceed 3 or 4% in their ETOH content--  although I may be off here.  What about other states?

  It depends on the state and how alcohol content is taxed. Then again, alcohol content is measured by weight or volume. Beer recipes can be massaged to produce what ever is needed. I even heard that in Ireland, home of the creation of Mr. Arthur Guiness, (PBHN), that the alcohol content in his product is less than what is sold here in the states. Maybe we can get confirmation from Gary.

[Muzz]

I would have tought Pete Roper would have chimed in by now. ???

Very quiet from the Southern Hemispherians. I can assure you that beer is drunk down here, although some stopped drinking when they were taught how to guzzle.

When I took V11Eric out to the Mussel Inn (a local "eatery" than can be quite alternative at times) which brews its own beers, he annouced that he thought that their "Golden Goose" lager was some of the best beer he had ever had. Nod being a lager man myself I can't really comment, but I can vouch for their "Manuka Honey"

[Ragnar]

Anybody is aware of the difference in alcohol content between beers sold in the Europe and the U.S.? 

I have never researched this, but I seem to remember that beers sold in TX for example can not exceed 3 or 4% in their ETOH content--  although I may be off here.  What about other states?

Most decent real ales in England would be about 5% up to 8% for a few, cheap keg bitter is 3-3.5%. Belgian bottled beer can be anything up to 10%, seldom less than 6%. German larger is usually between 4.5-6%.

Interesting side issue on strength, Carlsberg Special Brew, sold in the UK, cannot be sold in Denmark, it is just over the strength limit for beer in it's home country and would have to be sold as wine, hence Carlsberg Elephant which is very slightly weaker.   

[Dean Rose]

West Virginia used to have the 3.2% law. You could drink at 18, that's where we would go in high school. Of course we lied about our age, they never checked.

[VA Sean]

Weekend before last I got carded at the friggin Safeway... and I am 35!

[Railroad Bob]

Most states don't have such stupid and archiac laws.

Kev

Sometimes I don't always agree with Kev's thoughtful, reasoned and always restrained posts, compared to other hotheads here, but I sure agree with him on this statement.  Years ago on the railroad, the bar man had to observe various and arcane liquor laws as the train passed through, even DRY counties!  Or, if some locality said no booze sales on Sunday-go-to-meetin' day 'twixt 12 and 2, so as not to offend the church ladies, he had to close down the beer taps, then open them a few miles later.  Also, I have always wondered why some beers put their alcohol content on the can or label, like the new beer "energy" drinks like Sparks (6.0) and other common brands do NOT.  One midwest standard beer I like is Icehouse, which is labeled as 5.5%. :P

[sundancer]

When at the appropriate place:  Great Lakes Brewing Dortmunder Gold
When at the appropriate Mexican place:  Tecate.....  in a CAN

otherwise...

Champagne or Champagne Light.....

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High Life for thise that are not familiar with the Champagne of beers

MGD light is good too.


Damn, you guys will spend good hard earned money on the expensive stuff, but won't spend $10 on an oil filter ;D

Now I knoe why you guys use JB weld, gotta save the cash for all those Stouts and Porters you buy.... ;D

too funny....
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now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

[toddhaven]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Buckhorn, $2.99/ 12-pk. Truly hideous.
It was right next to the generic BEER in the aisle.
BEER in white cans was $3.49/12-pk.
That was the "good stuff" ;D

[Railroad Bob]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Heileman's Old Style (a Chicago-land beer) is not very good.  My uncle swills it like water. ::)

[sundancer]

Weekend before last I got carded at the friggin Safeway... and I am 35!

don't you just love it....  some 17 clerk that can't buy the stuff herself proofing you..  i generally respond with 'i have underwear/sox older than 'she' is' and get a giggle out of the other 'older' people on line - but not generally the clerk...

[sundancer]

you know..  i was in one of the upscale markets the other week and in the beer section, with all the 'fancy' foreign stuff, was a case of Genny..  now hit kinda hit me that if the local beer is known as cr*p by the locals, why not export it to other markets and call it premium and snicker at the slobs that are buying it....

is Fosters considered cr*p in Australia, Sapporo the same in Japan, Yuengling a poor choice in PA?  Are the local beers in their local areas no better than Pabst Blue Ribbon

[sundancer]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Heileman's Old Style (a Chicago-land beer) is not very good.  My uncle swills it like water. ::)

i had a brother-in-law, that, no matter what kind of premium beer there was at parties, he would bring his own and swill Schmidts...

[Rump]

Depends on the season for me. I like John Courage and Sweet Water 420 in the cooler months. Red Stripe and Kalik in the warmer months.

In the cooler months I like a couple of shots of Ron Zacapa Centenario with an ice cube for sipping. In the warmer months its Ron Zacapa Centenario, tonic, and lime!!!!

[VA Sean]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Buckhorn, $2.99/ 12-pk. Truly hideous.
It was right next to the generic BEER in the aisle.
BEER in white cans was $3.49/12-pk.
That was the "good stuff" ;D

Yeah - that sounds like Shaffer (sp?).
Back in high school (or maybe it was even Jr Jigh School) we used to sit outside the liquor store and wait for someone to buy us 2 twelve packs -- think they went for about $3.00 per twelver also.

[VA Sean]

yep
that's them!

[T in NC]

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now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Don't knock "Joe Cool Cola" , that was the big seller back when I was a kid. But 12 Horse Ale was better. And they made a brand similar to Amber Bock called Fife and Drum that I really liked. But it wasn't a good seller for them so they quit making it and started makeing a lite beer and used the name for that instead.

[Dean Rose]

How is Yuengling Black & Tan?

[alanp]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Buckhorn, $2.99/ 12-pk. Truly hideous.
It was right next to the generic BEER in the aisle.
BEER in white cans was $3.49/12-pk.

That was the "good stuff" ;D

Yeah - that sounds like Shaffer (sp?).
Back in high school (or maybe it was even Jr Jigh School) we used to sit outside the liquor store and wait for someone to buy us 2 twelve packs -- think they went for about $3.00 per twelver also.

In college we didn't have to buy beer (well at least during the semester because the Fraternity had a Beer/Alcohol budget in the 25-50k range depending upon the membership. However, living there during the summer you were on your own. We'd usually buy Schaeffer's in the 16 oz returnable bar bottles, for something like $7.00 a case, even in the late 80s.

Kev

All good bad candidates, but the worst beer ever has to be Dunk's "Olde German Style" brewed in Auburndale Florida.  $0.89/6 pack when I was going to the U of Fla. in the late 1970's.

[T in NC]

Lets not forget Hop n Gator, sort like a combination of Iron City and Gatorade. Old Frothingsloch a rebadged novelty package of Iron City. And basiclly anything from the Pittsburgh Brewing Co. Truly awful. ;D



http://merlin2.alleg.edu/employee/c/csherman/cordic/ofc/of_cans.htm

[Kent in Upstate NY]

now - how 'bout idea for the worst.....

Genesee Creme Ale....  for one..

Heileman's Old Style (a Chicago-land beer) is not very good.  My uncle swills it like water. ::)

I was raised on Old Style! It was perfect for when you ditched work and headed for Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs lose. In fact, when a few of us were transferred to Bill Hagan country(talk about archaic beer laws) we had a buddy bootleg cases down to us.

[Railroad Bob]

Kent, that must be why the White Sox won the World Series last year and the Cubs haven't won since 1907??? ;D