Favorite Beer

[Triple Jim]

While they're sucking it down, I assume.   :D

[r3bauer]

While they're sucking it down, I assume.   :D

:'( lol! not always. I'll admit never throwing a batch away but I definitely had a few that were bad early on. They were drinkable (barely) but I have gotten better!:D

[frans belgium]

Ratebeer list of 2014. Ratebeer = Us site
Westvleteren did it again
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/top-50/
Strong emphasis in this list on beers with distinctive taste though.  (A LOT of stouts !)
I've been told this is typical for taste in the Us.  True or not?
Most of us Belgians more like balanced beers with not too explicite taste (not too stouty, not too hoppy, not too....)
Which does not mean that Westvleteren is not a balanced beer.  Though not my personal favorite, a well deserved winner.

[VA Sean]

Glad to see this thread is still alive after almost 8 years!

[normzone]

Living in San Diego, I'm swarmed by local brewerys - sixty and counting, or thereabouts.

Port Brewing Mongo is my current IPA of choice.

[r3bauer]

Living in San Diego, I'm swarmed by local brewerys - sixty and counting, or thereabouts.

Port Brewing Mongo is my current IPA of choice.

Stone Brewing is out your way right? They make some great beers.

[kidneb]

Kidneb, that latitude 48 certainly is a good one.  I just started the mash for my annual batch of stout, to be ready for St. Patrick's Day.

 Hope your stout came out successfully !  Have a nice St. Patrick`s Day anyway  :BEER:

As you can see here, St.Patrick`s day does`t drift past in complete unawareness here in Denmark either ,- at least not in Copenhagen;

http://stpatricksdayparade.dk/celebrate-st-patricks-day-in-copenhagen-2013/

[Triple Jim]

Yes, thank you, it came out great.  I tapped the keg a few days ago, and it will be enjoyed tomorrow.  I used a little peated malt this year, and it has a very pleasant smoky flavor on top of all the usual stout flavors.  It's on the "Imperial Stout" side, with about 7% alcohol. 

The celebration in Copenhagen looks like a lot of fun.

[normzone]

" Stone Brewing is out your way right? They make some great beers."

I could walk there in twenty minutes - If I could get in the door and get a seat...definitely have to go in off-peak time. They're so popular that a local can't fight his way through the crowds to get a beer  :BEER:

Today my favorite is the Seven Day IPA I brewed last weekend. Sweet, yeasty, seven percent alcohol and under a buck a glass my cost ( $27 to make five gallons ).

[Triple Jim]

With some of the grain prices I get through a local club, I often brew a 15.5 gallon keg for that price!

[betres]

great thread folks.....currently spending time in san diego and have some friends and family here tonight to try the following heavy handed hopped beers.....two from hangar 24, a columbus and another in the other room. two from knee deep, simtra and hoptologist, one from iron fire called a 51/50.  if you don't like a highly hopped beer these will hold no interest but if you do, certainly the simtra is worth the effort to find it.  high (131 ibu) and while they say anything in the high 90s and up is indiscernible i'm thinking the research boys may want to reconsider......thi s is some kind of west coast driver. as for norm zones' mongo.....genuinely outstanding ipa and rightly named,  karras would've loved it and yes, two bottles and you too can drop a horse with a right hook. now back to the beers.......

[normzone]

Contact me if you want to meet for a ride or a beer while you're here...

[betres]

zone,    thank you for the offer. won't be able to take you up on it this year have to head back to rhode island.....the youngest daughter just showed up with mother earth's kismet and manzanita's chaotic double.......have to ask you bro,   how the hell does anyone go to work out here?????   you ever in rhody,   drop a line....we can't match your depth in beers  but we have some serious beer worth downing.......again thanks....

[betres]

zone,    thank you for the offer. won't be able to take you up on it this year have to head back to rhode island.....the youngest daughter just showed up with mother earth's kismet and manzanita's chaotic double.......have to ask you bro,   how the hell does anyone go to work out here?????   you ever in rhody,   drop a line....we can't match your depth in beers  but we have some serious beer worth downing.......again thanks....

[agoldfish]

this stuff is AWESOME but not easy to find in every Off-License.

https://www.stoertebeker.com/brauhandwerk/brauspezialitaten?id=Atlantik-Ale

So Pilsner Urquell will do at a push.

[kidneb]

this stuff is AWESOME but not easy to find in every Off-License.

https://www.stoertebeker.com/brauhandwerk/brauspezialitaten?id=Atlantik-Ale

So Pilsner Urquell will do at a push.

+1   
          Urquell,- not the cheapest, but still the best Pilsner around in this neck of the woods.
There are other outstanding czech pilsners of course,- like Gambrinus for instance , but not available here.
But we are not limited to Pilsner drinking ,are we.
Had this IPA for the first time the other day,- very good indeed!! ;-T
Exploring the IPA universe is exiting and full of pleasant experiences along the way !  :BEER:

[Chuck in Indiana]

+1   
          Urquell,- not the cheapest, but still the best Pilsner around in this neck of the woods.
There are other outstanding czech pilsners of course,- like Gambrinus for instance , but not available here.
But we are not limited to Pilsner drinking ,are we.
Had this IPA for the first time the other day,- very good indeed!! ;-T
Exploring the IPA universe is exiting and full of pleasant experiences along the way !  :BEER:

You picked a good one to start with.  ;-T As far as quality, true to style, and consistency.. Sierra Nevada doesn't make a bad beer. I don't know about availability in yurp, but the availability of IPAs in the states is staggering. You have a big job ahead of you. ;D :BEER:

[ken farr]

Picking up the old post.....

2 new FAVORITES.....

In the Austin, Tx., Circle Brewing, Blur.  Dam, that's one fine drink, sir.

Closer to home, Hanger 24, Orange Wheat out of Redlands, Ca.  My beer of choice.

kjf

[Sasquatch Jim]

 

[kckershovel]

PBR lol actually I like Serria Nevada and some more obscure variety's. I think it's funny there is a no drunk driving debate followed by a what is your favorite beer list at the top of the forum today.   

[roofus]

this stuff is AWESOME but not easy to find in every Off-License.

https://www.stoertebeker.com/brauhandwerk/brauspezialitaten?id=Atlantik-Ale

So Pilsner Urquell will do at a push.

Pilsner Urquell or Stella

[youcanrunnaked]

Along my travels through the Midwest this summer, hosts have been plying me with Potosi beer.  Never heard of it before, but I must say, it is pretty good.  Fascinating history on their web page, and now that I see they have factory tours, a brewpub, and they house the National Beer Museum, I am sorry that I did not plan a stop on my way East from Grinnell.

[Stormtruck2]

Along my travels through the Midwest this summer, hosts have been plying me with Potosi beer.  Never heard of it before, but I must say, it is pretty good.  Fascinating history on their web page, and now that I see they have factory tours, a brewpub, and they house the National Beer Museum, I am sorry that I did not plan a stop on my way East from Grinnell.

It was one of the destinations I had planned until we had to run down to Jimmys!!  Nice riding area and damn good beer.  Next trip, we hit Potosi, and New Glarus!!

[cruzziguzzi]

Geeze, 16 pages of Guzzi owners many times boasting about the - sometimes dollars and ounce - hootch that they consume. These, some of the same fellas who whine when they don't get three or more oil change/valve adjustments outa a couple dollars worth of gasket and will strap anything to the side of a bike - conventions and shame be damned - to save a few sheckles over the cost of proper bags.~;

Of course, the OP should have been qualified with:

"Who's buyin' the round?"

Favorite beer? The free one that doesn't give me a headache.

[donn]

The more money I save on motorcycle crap, the more money I have to spend on good beer.  Had a Fremont Brewing "The Brother" imperial IPA on draft Monday night.  They charge you for that stuff - the pint was a dollar more than the usual - but it's practically a religious experience.  Well, as I have never had any religious experiences, I can't honestly say that a draft pint of The Brother might not be better than a religious experience.  I don't think it would be wise to ride very soon afterwards, either.

[Waterbottle]

I like them all, all time favourite would be Sapporo, a Japanese style beer.
Tried a beer called Amber-Bock when in the US back in the 90's, had a good kick to it  :BEER:

[Late to the party]

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

"Yuengling"? Never heard of it, honestly.

However, if you're buying, I'll drink to your health and continued prosperity.

Same goes for all of you.

Lateness.

[creaky99]

[guzzitime]

Heavy Seas Brewing Loose  Cannon IPA   :BEER: ;-T ;D

[71Blackbird]

Peroni and Stella