Favorite Beer

[Kent in Upstate NY]

The Sox sold Old Style too. Wrigley Field was a better place to enjoy an afternoon. The beer guys were artists. They would pull a bottle from the ice chest that they carried and in one move, pop the top, upend the bottle into a cup, hand you the cup as they removed the bottle, and you had a perfect pour everytime.

[toddhaven]

My dad drank Coors when we were kids.
He would leave an empty sitting out, sometimes with an ounce or 2 in the bottom.

He soon figured out that we were "picking up after Dad".
One swig of warm Coors with a Pall Mall butt floating in it has given me life-long aversion to Coors. ;D
 
And Pall Malls ;)

[Rump]

Some of the nastiest stuff I've ever tasted.

[Ragnar]

Worst beer I have drunk is any lager brewed in the UK by a Major brewer, especially Fosters, we had enough of our own swill without having that inflicted on us. Why is it that most countries can make a decent lager beer but in the UK only imports are drinkable.
Worst bitter is any keg (pasturised, pressurised, chemical, dish water) with Tetly's bottom.
I am obviously biased but I think the Uk has the best and worst beers in the world.

[theecricket]

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

I still have about 10 different Old Frothingsloch cans.  Mmmmm the beer with the foam on the bottom...

And you are correct, everyone would like to have a little pineapple flavor in their beer!  hop n gator. mmmmmyack.

[mt_guzzi]

Does it suprise any one that the second most replied thread is "Re: Favorite Beer" !

[T in NC]

Does it suprise any one that the second most replied thread is "Re: Favorite Beer" !

no

[Kent in Upstate NY]

Go here to see some "interesting" packaging.http://www.beercansrus.com/mcart/index.cgi?code=3&page=4&cat=9

[Vince in Milwaukee]

You guys are gonna really think that I am wacked when I tell you that I have a beer can collection of about 2000 cans.  I started collecting when I was around 12 or 13.  I haven't seriously collected for about the last 25 years, but every once in a while will answer a classified ad or go look at someone elses collection.  I have been known to frequent antique stores looking for old cans.  I even used to try and find old dumps and "prospect" for cans as a teenager.  If anyone here has anything, I might be interested. 

[Dean Rose]

You guys are gonna really think that I am wacked when I tell you that I have a beer can collection of about 2000 cans.  I started collecting when I was around 12 or 13.  I haven't seriously collected for about the last 25 years, but every once in a while will answer a classified ad or go look at someone elses collection.  I have been known to frequent antique stores looking for old cans.  I even used to try and find old dumps and "prospect" for cans as a teenager.  If anyone here has anything, I might be interested. 

Vince nothing surprises me anymore since I joined this group.

[mikec]

I drink beer from a local micro-brew.  Cricket Hill in Fairfield, NJ.

Very small operation.  The owner is a character, on Friday's between 6:00pm and 9:00pm he gives a so called tour and everyone drinks (all you want) free who comes to the brewery, which is nothing more than a 3000 to 4000 square foot building I would guess.  Outstanding beers and a toned down IPA which is outstanding.  The whole operation is handled by the owner and I believe 3 or 4 other people.

On Thursday's he bottles and anyone who wants can help and again drink for free.  It's all his way of advertising since it's only by mouth.   

[y2kbassa]

MooseHead

[T in NC]

I don't know anything about the beer but these guys have a great ad agency, I've seen a few other ones for them and they have all been pretty good.

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1141979795/Funny_Hahn_Beer_Commercial

[toddhaven]

Well, while not quite the Budweiser horse fart ad  ::),
a friend in the ad biz sent us a few good beer ads:


http://www.bigad.com.au/

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/35459/guinness_evolution/

[Dean Rose]

Those are great Todd.

[gary martin]

Any Belgian beer made by monks is at the top of the list.  Yuengling is"Americas oldest breweries" (Pitts., Penn.), and their lager is quite tastey.  For cheap stuff, it gets two thumbs up!  Yuengling is not distributed everywhere, so I have friends that make their way to Penn. and pick me up some now and again.  :P

just back from daytona and catching up on guzzi b.s.   yuengling is not brewed in pittsburgh but iron city is (pittsburgh brewing co.)  iron city was the first beer in a pop top can and was the first to be bottled in aluminum bottles.  yuengling is brewed in pottsville, pa.  rolling rock comes from latrobe, pa and all us pennsyltuckians get a kick out of yuppies thinking it's special. ::)  i don't care too much for iron city but rock's ok.  my favorite:  guinness extra stout.

[AZ_Tim]

What happened to Stag beer?  It was an awful beer that could be had in the St. Louis area in the late 60s, early 70s...

[T in NC]

Any Belgian beer made by monks is at the top of the list.  Yuengling is"Americas oldest breweries" (Pitts., Penn.), and their lager is quite tastey.  For cheap stuff, it gets two thumbs up!  Yuengling is not distributed everywhere, so I have friends that make their way to Penn. and pick me up some now and again.  :P

all us pennsyltuckians get a kick out of yuppies thinking it's special. ::)  i don't care too much for iron city but rock's ok.  my favorite:  guinness extra stout.

Do they still make Straub up in St Marys?

[AZ_Tim]

When I was stationed in Maryland in the early 70s, we drank something called National Bohemian Beer.  It was awful.  Is it still made?

[norCal Randy]

Worst beer I ever consumed was any American beer in the Orient.  It had formaldehyde in it to preserve it across the Pacific Ocean.  :P  Next worse was Heidelberg & Bohemian made in Vancouver, Wash.  I drank Olympia 'till some lesbian sisters took the brewery over & I started seeing hops floating in the quart bottles.  ::)  In Wash. State my favorite beer was Rainier, but now it seems pretty nasty compared to Miller brands.

Primo in Hawaii was pretty generic too.

[1 Jackal Rider]

Guiness and Peroni for me

[gary martin]

Any Belgian beer made by monks is at the top of the list.  Yuengling is"Americas oldest breweries" (Pitts., Penn.), and their lager is quite tastey.  For cheap stuff, it gets two thumbs up!  Yuengling is not distributed everywhere, so I have friends that make their way to Penn. and pick me up some now and again.  :P

all us pennsyltuckians get a kick out of yuppies thinking it's special. ::)  i don't care too much for iron city but rock's ok.  my favorite:  guinness extra stout.

Do they still make Straub up in St Marys?

yep, straub's is still brewed there with no preservatives.

[VA Sean]

glad to see the beer thread is still alive.
About to do my annual pilgrimmage to California for the opening of March Madness.
The buddy who is hosting this year's event is getting a keg of Bass and a keg of Harp.
He said he has also made about 10 gallons of Sangria!
That should be about perfect -- there are 12 of us who do this event each year.

[Tom M]

Dragons Breath from Canada.  Unfortunitly I haven't seen it for several years.  Belhaven Scotish ale, Pacifico, Down with the over hopped domestic micro pub stuff.

[Dean Rose]

Singha beer from Thailand used to drink this stuff all of the time in Bangkok.

Bintang beer in Indonesia is just Heineken it used to be a Dutch colony, they kicked the dutch out and kept the brewry, not bad, real cheap. 

[norCal Randy]

Singha beer from Thailand used to drink this stuff all of the time in Bangkok.

Bintang beer in Indonesia is just Heineken it used to be a Dutch colony, they kicked the dutch out and kept the brewry, not bad, real cheap. 

While in the Orient I drank Asahi or Kirnin, mainly.  But w/no taxes on alcohol over there I drank more vodka than beer.  A can of beer was 5 cents. A double shot screwdriver was 30 cents.  You do the math.  I could get plowed for $5 !!  Gilbey vodka was 90 cents a litre.  8)  Good thing us sailors were out to sea more than in port.   

[Dean Rose]

Singha beer from Thailand used to drink this stuff all of the time in Bangkok.

Bintang beer in Indonesia is just Heineken it used to be a Dutch colony, they kicked the dutch out and kept the brewry, not bad, real cheap. 

While in the Orient I drank Asahi or Kirnin, mainly.  But w/no taxes on alcohol over there I drank more vodka than beer.  A can of beer was 5 cents. A double shot screwdriver was 30 cents.  You do the math.  I could get plowed for $5 !!  Gilbey vodka was 90 cents a litre.  8)  Good thing us sailors were out to sea more than in port.   

Yeah, Randy I was working and living on a job site (Liquid Natural Gas Refinery) on Boreno. We could drink Gin & Tonics all night long for next to nothing and many a night I did. Don't know why I didn't become an alcoholic after that.

Free food and lodging too, two weeks in Singapore every 90 days. Not a bad time, single at the time too.

[VA Sean]

"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shameThen I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this wine, they might be
out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and
let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
~ Jack Handy


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you
wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they
wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're
going to feel all day. "
~Frank Sinatra


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the
illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.

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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up
reading."
~ Henny Youngman


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to
think people are laughing WITH you.
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"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?
I think not."
~ Stephen Wright


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to
think you can sing.
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"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk,
we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all
get drunk and go to heaven!"!
~ Brian O'Rourke


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause
pregnancy.
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~ Benjamin Franklin

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor
in dancing like a retard.
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the  wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to
tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
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To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group.
Salvation in a can!
~Dave Howell

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think
you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex
without spitting.

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And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff
Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was
explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of
buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is
hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed
first.  This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the
general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the
regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the
human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.
Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But
naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way,
regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the
brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel
smarter after a few beers."

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think
you are whispering when you are not.

[Pfaff!]

In Prague you can drink every beer of the spine. They are all the best.
Canned beer must be German Radeberger, Flensburger or Jever.
No doubt! 8)

But when in Italy, Nastro Azurro!

[Vince in Milwaukee]

Hey, the beer thread is back.  Did I mention my 2000 plus beer can collection?   ;D