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I'm just about to start drinking some shit ass Busch light because I'm poor. So, I'm wondering what everyone's favorite beer is? If you dont' drink beer what is your drink of choice?

Or if you are a youngin or an abstainer than press the back button :p

Mine at this point is Berkshire Brewing Company's Drayman's Porter. A great brew but probably only available in the Massachusetts, US area.

Heinken, Hands Down. Best Shit On Earth

hertog jan from the netherlands... best beer i've ever had :)

though isn't it technically a lager?:confused:

Fat Tire ale.

Timothy Taylor's Landlord, or Lancaster Bomber. Real Ale is the best stuff in the world!

I'm just about to start drinking some shit ass Busch light because I'm poor. So, I'm wondering what everyone's favorite beer is? If you dont' drink beer what is your drink of choice?

Or if you are a youngin or an abstainer than press the back button :p


Chimay is good if you like a strong, dark, trappist ale, but the price is pretty steep. Delerium Tremens is a good belgian white, and Delerium Nocturna is a good belgian brown. Maudite is a pretty tastey french-canadian brown ale, but its very bitter. Duvel and Hoegartten (could be Hoegardden) are very nice belgian white ales, though the latter is very acidic. Dunno how widely available any of those are, though, I'm lucky enough to live in an area with a few huge wholesalers that are open to the public.

Heinken, Hands Down. Best Shit On Earth

Gah! Its Bud in a green bottle. Watery, bland, Americanized garbage. Unless you're actually in Germany, in which case whats sold as Heineken is pretty average.

good old Pint of Batemans XXX

Bells Oberon. Not from west michigan, then you'd probably have no idea what this is. But it is a great summer beer.

Just got in from my works party and we drank "Plum Pudding" all night. A fine Real Ale.

When I went to Berlin it was Berliner or Schneider Weisse :D ...White beer... gorgeous. They do have purity laws though...

I like Murphy's, and Guiness, for Stouts which is what I mostly drink.
I like Mcewan's,Bass, and Harp for Ale.
and Red Stripe for a nice Pilsner.

Now there some Micros I also like but these are all available just about anywhere in America.

Good Pilsners are also Pacifico, Dos Equis, Tecate, Bohemia, I like Modella Carte Blanca, and Negro Modello--you know.

I can understand being poor. I am drinking Miller High Life 40 oz. It is my poor man drink. As far as best goes I am not partial to brand, but hefewizen is my favorite type of beer.

DIxie Blackened Voodoo Lager. Which I haven't had in years.

I usually make do with Sam Adams or Killian's.

Depends really. I am quite partial to Tetleys, and will drink any lager with the exception of Carling C2 or Budweiser, which are both foul. Actually, factor in any low calorie/alcohol lagers.

Generally I drink Carling, or Carling Extra Cold (its the only lager they sell in the pub where I work that doesnt come in a bottle).

That said, the biggest sellers where I work are as follows:

Carling Extra Cold/Holsten Pils (bottle)
Stones' Bitter (a.k.a. Stones' Rough)
Worthingtons Creamflow

Now, if we are talking alcohol in general, Glenfiddich and Glenmorange are both great whiskys. Laphroaig is nice, but a bit of an acquired taste. Lambs Navy Rum (straight) is quite simply the best drink in the world.

EDIT: Being poor in England means nothing. £5.50 will buy you 8 cans of Carling and thats all I need.

Oh and I forgot, Southern Comfort is the best/worst drink on the planet.

I can't stand beer. I have a friend who calls the stuff "piss in a bottle" and to me, it may as well be. I'm told european beer isn't as bad as the american cheap junk, but I haven't tried it.

So what do I drink? I'm very partial to wine coolers for every-day consumption. Although depending on my mood most wines are palletable, unless they're too dry. To dry makes it terrible, to me.

Love on the Rocks, with no Ice.

I usually drink Gavi di Gavi La Scolca. In the winter, sometimes, a nice malt whisky.

I only drink Beer when I am in the UK. And even then, rarely.

Bells Oberon. Not from west michigan, then you'd probably have no idea what this is. But it is a great summer beer.


Seconded. I've got a six of it in the fridge. They sell it all over the state, I lived in Sault Sainte Marie last year and I got it there. I live in Mt. Pleasant now and our local store has a good stockpile of it. I've seen it in Ann Arbor, too.

I also love Bells Kalamazoo Stout. Tasty.

So what do I drink? I'm very partial to wine coolers for every-day consumption. Although depending on my mood most wines are palletable, unless they're too dry. To dry makes it terrible, to me.

It's not just the how dry a wine is, but the acid content too. You should try a decent marlborough county (NZ) sauvignon blanc, like cloudy bay. They are not to sweet, (actually fairly dry), but very delicate. Its the type of wine that even non-wine drinkers like.

He'Brew, the Chosen Beer. It's marketed toward Jews, but for some reason I'm partial to it even though it doesn't taste much different from Corona.

The only criticism I have is that it's about nine bucks for a six-pack.

I can't stand beer. I have a friend who calls the stuff "piss in a bottle" and to me, it may as well be. I'm told european beer isn't as bad as the american cheap junk, but I haven't tried it.



Beer is an aquired taste. Try try again. ;)

CORONA, BITCH!!!!:p

The only criticism I have is that it's about nine bucks for a six-pack.

fully agreed. beer should be free:p

Just got in from my works party and we drank "Plum Pudding" all night. A fine Real Ale.

When I went to Berlin it was Berliner or Schneider Weisse :D ...White beer... gorgeous. They do have purity laws though...

Ah yes I went to Berlin last summer and the beer is of course amazing. I have to admit I was usually too drunk (and my German was pretty poor) so I don't really remember the names of most of what I drank. All I know is it was all better than the mainstream american crap we drink and at the supermarket you could get racks of bottles (all bigger than american bottles) for like 5 Euros so it was pretty awesome.

I do remember having Budweiser there but it wasn't the American Budweiser it was an unrelated Czech beer that was delicious. Anyways i'm going back to Southern Germany to fullfill a German minor for a semester so I'll be able to try all sorts of stuff and attend Oktober fest. Booyah.

Heinken, Hands Down. Best Shit On Earth
Shit being the operative word.

My favorite is still Anchor Steam Beer, though I've been drinking a bit of Yuengling lately.

Keystone Light!!!!

RIDE THE STONE PONY!!!!!!!!!!!!


30 Stones for 13 bones!

I'm more of a hard liquor drinker, but for beers, i'm quite partial to Kilkenny. Haven't had a chance to try many micro brews yet.

For spirits, I like Irish whiskey (preferably Paddy's, but Jameson is good) or a decent scotch. In practice, I usually go for cheap bourbon :p

Keystone Light!!!!

RIDE THE STONE PONY!!!!!!!!!!!!


30 Stones for 13 bones!

Keystone light is the shit. My beer of choice since I started drinking. I will buy it assuming the store carries it and I am broke. The latter always being true.

Becks

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Sam Adams - any of them
Guinness
Boddingtons
Newcasle Brown Ale
Magic Hat #9
not necessarily in that order

I forgot Blue Moon Belgian White

There's a wonderful brew out of San Francisco called Anchor Steam Ale. This may very well be the best American beer.

A close runner-up for me is Chief Oshkosk, a great red ale out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

My father is extraordinarily fond of a British brew called Smithwick's.

There's a terrific Australian oatmeal stout called Sheaf Stout. Just be aware that a single bottle makes a full meal.

Of course, if you want truly magnificent beer, you have to homebrew. I brew an unbeatable stout, and I've been working for years on perfecting my red ale.

:p

Bastard Americans! I thought you meant tea! I hate beer.. I usually buy Yorkshire tea. I like it strong with three sugars and only a touch of milk...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Heinken, Hands Down. Best Shit On Earth

You HAVE to be Dutch, or weak-minded:D
Heinken is terrible!
(and about the first post: I don't know what Bush beer you have, but the Belgian one is damn good, and it ain't cheap, it's about 12%:p )
anyway, a Duvel (devil)is still a mighty fine Belgian beer

Microbrews, hands down. While some of them aren't very good, many of the worst micros are much better than what passes for mass-consumption "beer" here in the US. Some of my favorite breweries:

WASHINGTON
Red Hook
Hale's
Pike Place
Scuttlebutt
Flying Pig
Diamond Knot

OREGON
McMenamin's
Deschutes
Portland

MONTANA
Spanish Peaks

CALIFORNIA
Sudwerk
Hoppy
Rubicon
Anchor Steam
Sierra Nevada

That said, Canadian beers are really good on average, too. My favorite imports include:

Kostritzer
Ayinger
Double Diamond
Guinness

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DRINK YELLOW BEER.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DRINK YELLOW BEER.
Really? One of my favourite beers is Blanche de Bruxelles. That's yellow...well, it's a yellow-ish. You wouldn't be surprised if your piss was that colour, I'll put it that way. Although piss generally has less head. Bad jokes welcome.
Guinness is always good, as is Everard's Tiger (I live in Leicester, the local stuff is amazing). If I want to get drunk on beer cheaply, Carlsberg all the way. Also, Staropramen and Budvar are damn good Czech lagers.

Really? One of my favourite beers is Blanche de Bruxelles. That's yellow...well, it's a yellow-ish. You wouldn't be surprised if your piss was that colour, I'll put it that way. Although piss generally has less head. Bad jokes welcome.
Guinness is always good, as is Everard's Tiger (I live in Leicester, the local stuff is amazing). If I want to get drunk on beer cheaply, Carlsberg all the way. Also, Staropramen and Budvar are damn good Czech lagers.

Okay, good point. Belgians obviously know beer. I meant, of course, the swill that gets its logo feces draped over all aspects of US culture. It's sodapop for adults and it tastes like ass.

Guinness all the way. I do like ale too; Tanglefoot is particularly awesome, brewed at the Badger brewery in Dorset, mmmm. One time I had this gorgeous beer called Espresso Stout, which is like Guinness but with a coffee taste. Lager and bitter are the work of the devil. Excluding Hoegaarden, which is gorgeous.

Whatever I finds, I drinks.

Having spent a good deal of my childhood getting Stoned and Drunk I have to recommend the following:

Guinness (tap or can, avoid the bottles)
Mead (almost any brand, very good with the next brew)
Irish Wiskey (almost any will do but Tullamore Dew is about the best and still affordable.)


Avoid carbombs Bailiey's makes a mess of a good pint!

Okay, good point. Belgians obviously know beer. I meant, of course, the swill that gets its logo feces draped over all aspects of US culture. It's sodapop for adults and it tastes like ass.

That, sir, is an insult to both sodapop and ass. Honestly, I don't know why shitty beer is so popular here. It always shocks me when I go to a bar and they have both Stella and Bud on tap, the Stella is only a quarter more and my friends still order the Bud. GAH!

Ahh well, at least we still have burbon.

The best brew? Hands down is homebrew...my homebrew to be exact. :) I've both a chocolate porter and a raspberry ale in bottle right now, and I'm planning a hefeweizen for spring/summer drinking.

If you want to go commercial, then I'm buying Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale right now. MMMMMMM...... *drools*

I'm a fan of verrrrry dry beer. So Crown Lager and San Miguel Super Dry are great. I also like Corona. Due to my financial circumstances I often end up drinking Calrton Draught. Which isn't bad for a cheap, cheap beer. Better than VB or, Jebus forbid, XXXX.

Jebus forbid, XXXX.

Three guesses on what XXXX actually stands for :p

Sam Adams - any of them
Guinness
Boddingtons
Newcasle Brown Ale
Magic Hat #9
not necessarily in that order

You've got to be from New England, yes?

You HAVE to be Dutch, or weak-minded:D
Heinken is terrible!
(and about the first post: I don't know what Bush beer you have, but the Belgian one is damn good, and it ain't cheap, it's about 12%:p )
anyway, a Duvel (devil)is still a mighty fine Belgian beer

Yea I mean the American mass-produced Anheuser Busch variety. Come to an American liquor store and you are bound to find it. According to the can it comes straight from St. Louis, MO.

I can't believe no one's mentioned Shiner! My brother-in-law's family started the company in 1906 in the town of Shiner, Texas. He said they built the brewery before they started on the school, so it's got to be good stuff. My brother-in-law's family is Czech, and he said the recipe for the beer was from the old country. It's a solid, dark brew, but expensive: $7.49 for a six-pack!

I have been drinking alot of Newcastle lately.

Sam Adams - any of them
Guinness
Boddingtons
Newcasle Brown Ale
Magic Hat #9
not necessarily in that order


Yeah Newcasle Brown Ale, I forgot Newcasle Brown Ale.
Good stuff.

When I was in the Netherlands early this year, I tried a variety of beers and wound up having 3 favorites, some stuff called Palm which I have since never found again, Heineken which tastes nothing like the Heineken you can get in the US, and this Belgian white beer called Hoegaarden. I found a local liquor store that carries Hoegaarden and have been drinking that lately as well as some Brazilian stuff called Xingu.

I'm a fan of verrrrry dry beer. So Crown Lager and San Miguel Super Dry are great. I also like Corona. Due to my financial circumstances I often end up drinking Calrton Draught. Which isn't bad for a cheap, cheap beer. Better than VB or, Jebus forbid, XXXX.

San Miguel is a fine beer - I forgot about that one! Hard to find in my area.

You've got to be from New England, yes?

Close enough - NJ only 4 1/2 hours off (driving) that is pretty impressive from a list of beer

Damn, I want a beer now...

Close enough - NJ only 4 1/2 hours off (driving) that is pretty impressive from a list of beer

Haha I'm quite the detective. I'm from massachusetts myself.

Since others have seconded my choice of Anchor Steam beer (along with their other beers, most especially their Liberty Ale), I'll throw another microbrew out there--Abita Beer, from Abita Springs, Louisiana. Their two best are their Amber and their TurboDog, especially with spicy food.

Crown Lager
Redback

Actually, I seem to like boutique beers more than the regular stuff. Only just started drinking beer this year. Before now I was more of a wine drinker.

I am surprised to see so many people endorsing Newcastle Brown Ale. Legend has it they throw rats into the brewing tanks.

San Miguel is a fine beer - I forgot about that one! Hard to find in my area.

It's cheaper than cola in Mindanao, where the brewery is, on the road south to General Santos City from Davao.. I never tried it when I was there, but they drink it by the gallon.. :p

Murphy's (both red and black)
Magic Hat #9 (on tap)

These would be my favorites thus far.

It's cheaper than cola in Mindanao, where the brewery is, on the road south to General Santos City from Davao.. I never tried it when I was there, but they drink it by the gallon.. :p

Mindanao sound like the place for me. Lots of pusoy and San Miguel.

Get your minds out of the gutter - pusoy is a card game. Although, San Miguel goes well with that also. :D

Newcastle Brown Ale, or Guinness :D

My fellow posters, there is only one.

Asahi Dry.

Japan's finest contribution to the world since Godzilla and the Walkman.

I'm a Guiness man myself, but Johnny Walker and Captain Morgan are always nice.

I am surprised to see so many people endorsing Newcastle Brown Ale. Legend has it they throw rats into the brewing tanks.

You didn't think that you could get that much flavor out of hops alone did you?

in order of preference:

magners
strongbow
merlot
grolsch

All belgian beers
Peroni (Italian)
Pietra (corsican)

Erdinger
Dom Kolsch
Cruz Campo

If I could only have one for the rest of my life, it would be a Guiness. I linger over a Guiness and enjoy every sip.

Aside from that, I like Sam Adams, Corona (reminds me of summer), Red Stripe (reminds me of honeymoon in the islands).

DogPhishHead 90 minute IPA
DogPhishHead Raison Detre
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - MMMmmmm
SmuttyNose IPA
Stella
Saranac

I like the pale ales best. If your looking for a good buzz go with the 90 minute IPA DogPhishHead. Its made by an american microbrewery based in Delaware. Very tasty, very potent stuff. They come in 4 packs for about 9 bucks, so drink those sparingly. You only need about 2 before moving to lighter grounds anyway. Out of all those I drink Sierra Nevada the most though.

ales

Among the big-name ales I like Bass

DogPhishHead 90 minute IPA
DogPhishHead Raison Detre
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - MMMmmmm
SmuttyNose IPA
Stella
Saranac

Okay, Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada....and Saranac? One of these just doesn't belong. Saranac is just crap, man, utter and complete bile. I'd drink bud light before I drank that stuff...well, okay, I wouldn't drink anything given that choice, but y'know what I'm getting at.

And the 90 minute...hell yeah! What was their thinking making that..."There's no such thing as too much hops"...they were right!

for someone who doesn't find any beers undrinkable or particularly appealing a dry Merlot is best with strawberry wine being a good drink just for the taste as its low in alchohol.

I'm going w/ Dog Daze, their flying dog is good but their barly whine is the best

can't spell at all today sorry

To all my fellow Michiganders and assorted people who may care:

On Saturday, February 26th in Lansing there is going to be the first annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival. I really wanted to go to the Summer festival, but I had work issues. I already asked for this day off. In fact, I'll be preordering tickets soon :)

http://www.mbgorders.com/products/2005WBFT.html