Favorite Beer

[SantaFeRider]

...you know, guys?  I love beer, but carrying it on a motorcycle is a pain in the tush.  It's voluminous and heavy and a single six-pack takes as much space as a pair of light hiking shoes.  Also, the right kind is not always readily available in the waypoints I transit through, so I have settled for the concentrated kind; distilled in Scotland, easily carried in a few miniatures and very effect-efficient.

[klaus]

Yeah, you´re right, but................ .....

imagine that:

You have a all day trip, beautiful landscape, hot weather, sun banging on your helmet, Guzzi engine trying to grill your center bearing  ( ;))...........

then you reach that lovely, shady Biergarten ! You give your orders, and there it is.....in steamed-up glass...........dro ps running down the side.....you grap it, put your head back............... ................... ...

you don´t do that with that tuff stuff, do you ?

 ;D

[VA Sean]

Yeah, you´re right, but................ .....

imagine that:

You have a all day trip, beautiful landscape, hot weather, sun banging on your helmet, Guzzi engine trying to grill your center bearing  ( ;))...........

then you reach that lovely, shady Biergarten ! You give your orders, and there it is.....in steamed-up glass...........dro ps running down the side.....you grap it, put your head back............... ................... ...

you don´t do that with that tuff stuff, do you ?

 ;D

well said.
Nothing beats the thirst better on a hot day than a cold beer.

[Dean Rose]

Good beer to quench the thrist and good Scotch to remind us how good life is. Guys, life is a oneway street enjoy.

[SantaFeRider]

Yeah, you´re right, but................ .....

imagine that:

You have a all day trip, beautiful landscape, hot weather, sun banging on your helmet, Guzzi engine trying to grill your center bearing  ( ;))...........

then you reach that lovely, shady Biergarten ! You give your orders, and there it is.....in steamed-up glass...........dro ps running down the side.....you grap it, put your head back............... ................... ...

you don´t do that with that tuff stuff, do you ?

Klaus, different territiories, different needs.  One doesn't find many biergartens in the vastness of the American Southwest ... :'(

[klaus]

What a pitty !!!



Let´s do business, let´s start a Biergarten right there !

[moltoguzzi]

HI, Todd........If it rained on our parade we were all to drunk to notice. Peroni's nasto azzurro was the clear favorite, 3 cases all gone, becks 3 cases 5 bottles left, coors 3 cases 11 bottles left. Scotch was the clear winner of the hard stuff. No fights mostly naps, no property damage, no one drove home.

Ciao & BE safe

[VA Sean]

HI, Todd........If it rained on our parade we were all to drunk to notice. Peroni's nasto azzurro was the clear favorite, 3 cases all gone, becks 3 cases 5 bottles left, coors 3 cases 11 bottles left. Scotch was the clear winner of the hard stuff. No fights mostly naps, no property damage, no one drove home.

Ciao & BE safe

Sounds like the VA Rally!
We brought a case of red wine -- 9 bottles gone the first night, rest finished the second... a case of Nastro Azzurro -- all gone.  a case of Moretti's La Rossa, 3 bottles left.  About a 1/2 bottle of The Balvenie (10 y.o.) gone.  and a liter bottle of Hennessey -- about 3 oz left.
No fights, no property damage...
lots of smiles and happy memories.

[SantaFeRider]

What a pitty !!!



Let´s do business, let´s start a Biergarten right there !

let's!

you be the investor, I'll be the working partner...

like we say here,

the one who puts the money, holds his head...

the one who puts the head, holds the money   ;D ;D ;D

[frans belgium]

Ok, my top 5



orval



chimay



leffe bruin



corsendonk agnus




poperings hommelbier

[SantaFeRider]

does anyone here have a taste for rye ale? (Kvass)

[Dave Swanson]

Rockford, Illinois has a fine microbrewery in Carlysle Brewing Company.  I am particularly fond of the Scottish Ale. 

[alanp]

Ok, my top 5

Frans, now you're talking! All the best beers are from Belgium and parts nearby.  Have a Van Stienberg Augustin for me sometime, as it is hard to come by here in the USA.  Visted the brewery last year and had one with the 90+ year old owner.   Highlight of my trip!

[Ragnar]

If you ever come to Belgium, try one of their dark triples !

They run around 7 to 10 rpm (Alcohol,  ;)) If you´re not aware of that and have three or four in a row, you really get blitzed !

(I know what I´m talking about!)

I was there, in Lopem, begining of this month, finished off each night after loads of draft, with two bottles of Trapiste, lovely stuff.

You were in Loppem?  And you didn't come over to my place??? Damn...I was born and raised in Loppem, left it when I maried in 79 and still live not more than 5 kms away.  I suppose you stayed near 'De Strooien Hane' during the international bike meeting?

Yeah, it's a good rally. Got the bus into Bruge and had a few beers at lunch time, while the women were shopping. I will probably be there next year too. I will let you know and we can meet up for a beer.

[SantaFeRider]

a beer and some crevettes grises... yum!!!  8)

[RJ Reeves]

I don't drink hard stuff but I likes me beer.
My choices are dark beers.  I like pilsners but my stomach doesn't.
Black Butte is my fave, along with Guiness, and Anchor Steam.  Usually I can find one of these brands at a store near a campout.  I wear a back pack to campouts primarily for the 'love of suds'.  Get 'em outta the carton, and fill it to the max. ;D

[frans belgium]

Ok, my top 5

  Visted the brewery last year and had one with the 90+ year old owner.   Highlight of my trip!

Yep, quite a character, isn't he? ;D

[klaus]

leffe bruin

My stuff. Love it !

[rwbrown1]

Lots of good beers mentioned already. I prefer my own homebrew (been brewing for over 5 yrs. now.)  Recently, I have been buying Bridgeport IPA at the local store. The local store doesn't have an extensive selection and SN Pale Ale was getting a bit old, even though it's good and sort of a standard. They do carry some of the very high $$$ imports, but I only buy those for special occasions. ;D

[Greg Field]

For anyone who wants to get some of the best, right from the source, Motomonster, Steakdaddy, and I will be at the Diamond Knot brewery in Mukilteo, Washington tomorrow evening. Join us if you'd like to . . .

[VA Sean]

Sounds good -- wish I could.

Tilt one to the east for me!   8)

[VA Sean]

I didn't want to start a whole new thread, so it seemed appropriate to post this here.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/445498/robotic_beer_launching_refrigerator

[Pfaff!]

I didn't want to start a whole new thread, so it seemed appropriate to post this here.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/445498/robotic_beer_launching_refrigerator

I guess it would be possible to load one of them Coca-Cola machines with beer-cans instead. All you need is a truck to pick one up, place near to your couch, reach out, and you'd get a beer ready to open.....

[Amboman]

We did the whole single malt scotch thing - but I am betting that we all drink way more beer than anything else.
To that length...

What is your favorite beer?

For many years mine was Sierra Nevada Pale Ale... but then I put on 30 lbs.
Now, I regularly buy Harp, Bass and Grolsch.
But my favorite these days, I'd have to say, is Grolsch.

Kunztown Birch. Their Sasparila is pretty good too!  ;D

[Jim Rich]

If you make it down to Central Texas, look for beers from the Real Ale Brewery in Blanco.  The boys do good.  They make a tasty Rye Pale Ale that is an excellent chaser for Knob Creek on the rocks.

[Riding Free]

Cold

[Tom]

Love that beer catapult!  Only thing better is having a  beer tap/keg in your house. ;D

[betres]

being new to moto guzzi, i ask--- do you folks ever organize a rally around roads and breweries?  not encouraging drinking and riding at the same time,  but having a rally site specifically selected because of the good riding roads around it leading to good breweries where one could moderately sample and then bring a batch back for the campfire and tire kicking seems like a worthy way to plan a rally.  maybe we could have one such rally a year organized around longitude.  a right coast rally around 75 degrees would pick up western ma. and upstate ny brewers and access to boston and some pennsy brewers.  something around 95 degrees would make it a minnesota to texas deal.  could alternate over the years.   same for the 125 where it could be that fine stuff mentioned by greg in washington,  or oregon or cal or mexico.   regardless of how its done,  8 pages of responses  indicates some serious libation interests.

[Tom]

I think that the guys tend to find libations and eating wherever a rally is hosted.  Make the National rally and I'm sure the guys will show you the way. :D

[betres]

can't make the national but i sure will make at least one rally and will join the hunt tom.