Favorite Beer

[JJ]

A picture worth a 1000 words! 

My long time riding buddy from Chandler, AZ, Pat Carr and me enjoying a cold one (KONIG's PILSNER) in Koln, Germany! 

Mmmmmmm....boy!

[Carl Allison]

Fulsang, Haderslev, Denmark.

[alanp]

I live in the land of 3.2 beer.  Strong beer can only be sold warm in a package store. 

Good god man, get a cooler and buy it warm then!

Bud products you say?  Such shyte shall never darken my lips....life is WAY TOO short for that.

Dude, beer that's been sitting warm is crap- any brand.  Add time from the east coast or Europe and it's crapier crap.  Bud is consistently the best, freshest beer you can buy here.  And you won't find fresher beer anywhere in the USA short of a Brew Pub.  In fact, I've never had a good bottle Heineken in my life- anywhere.  I've had wonderful Sam Adams in the east, it's just terrible here (I bought a six pack last week and couldn't finish the first one).  

MO, Fresh beer is better than most brand differences.

To each his own, but that freshness stuff is mostly guys in the advertising room trying to figure out a way to promote their mediocre beer.  Most alcoholic beverages improve, and cost more the older they are; wine, port, scotch, whatever.  Same definitely holds true for my homebrew.  A 2 month old bottle isn't ready to drink.  Give it about 6 more months and it will test dramatically better.  And I'll take a warm, 10 year old bottle of Afligem Triple over a fresh Bud anyday.  ;D

Age can certainly matter with beer, but if it is stored properly (out of the sun and heat, and in a brown rather than clear or green bottle) it will last a very long time.   

[T in NC]

Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ, this weekend. 60 beers, 40 bourbons. To quote the Irish Sgt. in "Fort Apache" when told to destory the Indian traders whiskey "Well boys, we got a mans work ahead of us." They "destroyed " it in the only way a good Irishman would.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpGpaLiBQs&feature=related
This clip ends just before the order is given.

[Rich M]

Consumed at the Bohemian Hall, Queens, NY

http://www.bohemianhall.com

In no particular order:
Staropramen (Czech)
Pilsner Urquell (Czech)
Saris (Slovak)
Topvar (Slovak)
Zlaty Bazant (Slovak)

[guzzi_sean]

McEwan's or Caledonian 80 in Scotland

Beamish, Guiness, Murphy's in Ireland

Locally, I like Stone Pale Ale and Shipyard Export Ale.

[donn]

For me the good stuff is an `artisan' product, and I don't really expect it to be identical from one batch to the next, so I wouldn't care to be on record with a specific favorite.  Pike Brewing has been responsible for some of my past favorites, though.

[Andy in Burnaby]

Damned diabetes....  >:( This thread is torture.  Oh well, there are no carbs in martinis.

[T.B.]

I live in the land of 3.2 beer.  Strong beer can only be sold warm in a package store. 

Good god man, get a cooler and buy it warm then!

Bud products you say?  Such shyte shall never darken my lips....life is WAY TOO short for that.

Dude, beer that's been sitting warm is crap- any brand.  Add time from the east coast or Europe and it's crapier crap.  Bud is consistently the best, freshest beer you can buy here.  And you won't find fresher beer anywhere in the USA short of a Brew Pub.  In fact, I've never had a good bottle Heineken in my life- anywhere.  I've had wonderful Sam Adams in the east, it's just terrible here (I bought a six pack last week and couldn't finish the first one).  

MO, Fresh beer is better than most brand differences.

To each his own, but that freshness stuff is mostly guys in the advertising room trying to figure out a way to promote their mediocre beer.  Age can certainly matter with beer, but if it is stored properly (out of the sun and heat, and in a brown rather than clear or green bottle) it will last a very long time.   

cheers to that !  pilser urquell and duvel.

[zzrider]

 In bottled conditioned beer as long as the yeast is active you're ok, it's when they die the deterioration begins. Constant temerature is the key to keeping the yeasts alive and active. I am not a home brewer but this is what I was taught.

 If it is stored dark and cold it can last, but by the time a german import makes it cross the pond on a container ship, sits in a Hoboken warehouse for a couple weeks before winding its way across country in a semi, then sits in a distributors warehouse for a spell - then spends a week being bombarded by florescent light in the store, there is some compromise in flavor :P 

I have had some great bottled imports, but the less popular varieties were wildly variable.

Among the better and more consistant

Harp lager
Newcastle Brown
Sam Smiths Ales
Dos Equis XX - although I once poured a mouse out of a bottle - never touched one since  :o
Paulaner Salvatore

Since the local brewing scene has blossomed I don't even bother with foreign beer.

                     

[LowRyter]

 In bottled conditioned beer as long as the yeast is active you're ok, it's when they die the deterioration begins. Constant temerature is the key to keeping the yeasts alive and active. I am not a home brewer but this is what I was taught.

 If it is stored dark and cold it can last, but by the time a german import makes it cross the pond on a container ship, sits in a Hoboken warehouse for a couple weeks before winding its way across country in a semi, then sits in a distributors warehouse for a spell - then spends a week being bombarded by florescent light in the store, there is some compromise in flavor :P 

I have had some great bottled imports, but the less popular varieties were wildly variable.

Among the better and more consistant

Harp lager
Newcastle Brown
Sam Smiths Ales
Dos Equis XX - although I once poured a mouse out of a bottle - never touched one since  :o
Paulaner Salvatore

Since the local brewing scene has blossomed I don't even bother with foreign beer.

                     

That's why the only imports I buy are Mexican.

[donn]

...
Dos Equis XX - although I once poured a mouse out of a bottle - never touched one since  :o
...

That's why the only imports I buy are Mexican.

Not for me, man, I'm a vegetarian.

[Frank Smith]

My favorite is the one in my hand right now.  Actually it is on the night stand since I type with both hands, not one finger. 8)

[otto]

Wernesgruener Pils....The "Pilslegende", one of the best beers from Germany.

[mrverveus]

Magic Hat #9, brewed in Burlington, VT.  Can't get it down here in Knoxville yet!  Been waiting for 6 years.  The old standby is Guiness.  Been drinking some Budweiser lately while it's still an American brand.

[GuzziPilot]

I'm a hop and a skip from Bean town, so gotta go with Sam Adam's seasonals (summer & winter ale).  After that, good 'ol Stella..sm-o-o-oth and loaded! ;D

As a matter of fact, got a nice frosty mug 'o summer ale sweating on the desk right now.... ::)

[Jelly Ree]

The Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner TX is just a few miles (by our standards) down the road from me. Whatever little watering hole I stop at, I can at least get a fairly decent dark brew.
Shiner Bock

[T in NC]

Wooo I have sampled beer nirvana. Dark Lord Stout. Anything else is just beer

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[zeta]

After thinking about this, the best beer for me is the one at the end of a 300-500 mile day with a few good buddies, label doesn't really matter just chilled and plentiful.  That is when I enjoy beer the most. 

[hareynolds]

The Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner TX is just a few miles (by our standards) down the road from me. Whatever little watering hole I stop at, I can at least get a fairly decent dark brew.
Shiner Bock

Ditto. AND it is not expensive.  I do know a fellow who claims he "got the gout" from Shiner Bock, though.

HOWEVER, the Standard Hydraulic Sandwich remains Guiness on draft.  Disturbingly, though, the quality seems to fall off exponentially at distances away from Dublin.

We took the kids to London about 8 years ago, and on Day 3 I developed MASSIVE leg cramps while doing the standard Yank Tourist Sprinting.  The wife finally figured-out that I had drunk nothing but coffee and Guinness (both pretty good diuretics) since the moment we landed. I was literally downing about 5 or 6 pints of Guinness every day, starting before lunch. Yummy. So, a quick quart or two of water fixed me right up, and I could get back to my regimen.

[Kent in Upstate NY]

I'm not sure of what has been previously posted regarding why beer deteriorates, but all that happens when beers get warm is that they age faster. What makes beer skunky is that when light hits beer in green or clear bottles, the hops start to photosynthesize and produce off flavors and aroma. I am partial to Stone Brewery products and Sierra Nevada's Anniversary Ale (out now) is simply wonderful.

[76Guzzi]

We've got a lot of good microbrews in Colorado, but my favorite "old stand by" beer is Abita Amber from Louisiana.
Just like buttered toast goes with breakfast, an Abita goes with arriving home from work.
I usually pour it from a foot or so above into an oversized glass to get rid of most of the carbonation first, though. Less fizz, more flavour.

[mkmd555]

I treat myself with Amber Bock on Sundays. The rest of the weekdays it is just Millers Lite. Millers Lite has less calories, is low in carbs, and the alcohol content is a mere 4.5; tastes great too.

Yours pedestrean beer drinker.

M Khan

[savagehenry]

Probably the IPA ageing in my bathroom. I keep telling myself I'll bottle it sooner or later...

[T in NC]

Probably the IPA ageing in my bathroom. I keep telling myself I'll bottle it sooner or later...

You brew in it in your bathroom, how convenient, it is going to end up there anyway. ;-T

[guzziboy66]

   
Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest preferably on Tap

New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale - Can't get it in NJ though  ::(

[E Tremble]

Quilmes, no doubt about it.

[LowRyter]

I live in the land of 3.2 beer.  Strong beer can only be sold warm in a package store. 

Good god man, get a cooler and buy it warm then!

Bud products you say?  Such shyte shall never darken my lips....life is WAY TOO short for that.

Dude, beer that's been sitting warm is crap- any brand.  Add time from the east coast or Europe and it's crapier crap.  Bud is consistently the best, freshest beer you can buy here.  And you won't find fresher beer anywhere in the USA short of a Brew Pub.  In fact, I've never had a good bottle Heineken in my life- anywhere.  I've had wonderful Sam Adams in the east, it's just terrible here (I bought a six pack last week and couldn't finish the first one).  

MO, Fresh beer is better than most brand differences.

To each his own, but that freshness stuff is mostly guys in the advertising room trying to figure out a way to promote their mediocre beer.  Most alcoholic beverages improve, and cost more the older they are; wine, port, scotch, whatever.  Same definitely holds true for my homebrew.  A 2 month old bottle isn't ready to drink.  Give it about 6 more months and it will test dramatically better.  And I'll take a warm, 10 year old bottle of Afligem Triple over a fresh Bud anyday.  ;D

Age can certainly matter with beer, but if it is stored properly (out of the sun and heat, and in a brown rather than clear or green bottle) it will last a very long time.   

beer doesnt get better with age.  no way.  Best brand beers I've had is Anchor Steam and Sam Adams.  But here the heartland, warm in package stores, forget it.  Just taste like crap.  Even tap beer is usually too old here to taste good.

It just taste the same.  Fresh beer is better regardless of brand.

[fxb750]

Franziskanner or Weihenstephaner Heffeweizen Dunkel or a beer that is put in front of me....

[prof_stack]

Franziskanner or Weihenstephaner Heffeweizen Dunkel or a beer that is put in front of me....

Oh yeah, did Frank ever love the wheat beers when he was in Seattle last summer!   :BEER:

I always wondered how he and the Nevada made it back to Minnesota!   :D