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I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?

Supermarkets usually stock McEwan's and Belhaven, which are on the same level as Guinness, though they taste quite a bit different. You should give them a shot.

Boddington's and Newcastle are also good. Oh, and don't forget Stella Artois.

Supermarkets usually stock

You've obviously never been to PA..
Boddington's and Newcastle are also good.

Your suggestions are appreciated.

Dragon's Milk (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/new-holland-dragons-milk/14621/) is tasty but might be a little on the sweet side for you. You seem to like more assertive beers so you could try Arrogant Bastard Ale (http://www.arrogantbastard.com/).

You've obviously never been to PA..

Your suggestions are appreciated.

Eh, you just live in the boonies. :p

Yeah, they'd better be appreciated... *shakes fist*

Wait until everyone there is good and sloshed, then start serving weißbier, and see if anyone can tell the difference.

I've been drinking Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat...good for beating the heat of the day. Moosehead is lighter, a great beach beer.


I used to work at a place with 112 taps and 450 bottles. Screw those who say Americans don't know beer.

I used to work at a place with 112 taps and 450 bottles. Screw those who say Americans don't know beer.

Where is this place, and do they sell t-shirts?

Yes, and yes. Sunset Grill and Tap in Allston. If you move and/or visit Boston, hit me up. I'll get you sloshed off a half yard of Scaldis.

I shall, I shall!

Buy me a gift card for the place, bitch. Logic demands it.

Where is this place, and do they sell t-shirts?

Yes, and yes. Sunset Grill and Tap in Allston. If you move and/or visit Boston, hit me up. I'll get you sloshed off a half yard of Scaldis.


eta: they make a new beer menu every week and make tons of beertails like black and blues, black and tans, etc

eta: they make a new beer menu every week and make tons of beertails like black and blues, black and tans, etc

I actually read that as "beertilla" at first glance...

...Which would be awesome (and I rarely use that word). Tortillas made with beer in the mix! YES!

I've been drinking Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat...good for beating the heat of the day. Moosehead is lighter, a great beach beer.


I used to work at a place with 112 taps and 450 bottles. Screw those who say Americans don't know beer.

You have only yourselves to blame! Much like with American wine, the majority of high quality beer is for the domestic market only. This inevitably leads to people bemoaning the quality of American beer as they are only used to Budweiser, Coors and the like.

haha...I wouldn't put it past Marc...he has some nasty shit on that menu (beery mary's, beer floats [which aren't actually all that bad...chocolate stout with homemade chocolate stout ice cream...Raspberry lambic with vanilla ice cream, etc])

Tell him of the Beertilla, and give me credit.




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I actually read that as "beertilla" at first glance...

...Which would be awesome (and I rarely use that word). Tortillas made with beer in the mix! YES!

haha...I wouldn't put it past Marc...he has some nasty shit on that menu (beery mary's, beer floats [which aren't actually all that bad...chocolate stout with homemade chocolate stout ice cream...Raspberry lambic with vanilla ice cream, etc])

You have only yourselves to blame! Much like with American wine, the majority of high quality beer is for the domestic market only. This inevitably leads to people bemoaning the quality of American beer as they are only used to Budweiser, Coors and the like.

Untrue...US wines [both domestic and import] regularly outrank French wines.

As for our beers, yes, many are domestic or only exported to a few countries, but some of the larger crafts (Sam Adams, Boulder, Harpoon) do a fair ammount of exporting.

and hey, if I can know Chimay, they can know our good stuff ;)

Tell him of the Beertilla, and give me credit.




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He sadly doesn't like me much. I've been trying for months to get Buffalo chicken nachos on the menu, and have even had the cooks make me up a batch. No dice yet. Once I get that on, I'll see what I can do about beertillas.

He sadly doesn't like me much. I've been trying for months to get Buffalo chicken nachos on the menu, and have even had the cooks make me up a batch. No dice yet. Once I get that on, I'll see what I can do about beertillas.

Damnit. I'll just have to go up there myself and share my knowledge of the Beertilla.

And get credit for it. "Pot's Original Beertillas", made to order --- corn, flour, soft or crispy, or even in chip form!

Get enough beer (and it is alot) you can get your name on a bar stool, table, or the Wall of Foam

Pff, I'm Scotch-Irish. A lot of beer for a normal Human is nothing for us.

Damnit. I'll just have to go up there myself and share my knowledge of the Beertilla.

And get credit for it. "Pot's Original Beertillas", made to order --- corn, flour, soft or crispy, or even in chip form!

Get enough beer (and it is alot) you can get your name on a bar stool, table, or the Wall of Foam

Untrue...US wines [both domestic and import] regularly outrank French wines.

As for our beers, yes, many are domestic or only exported to a few countries,

Countries? Some of the good stuff is only available in certain STATES.

Pff, I'm Scotch-Irish. A lot of beer for a normal Human is nothing for us.

haha...for a stool, it's 4 cards (I think), which are atleast 20 beers each, including a yard per card, as well as two "big beers" (24 oz or larger)

Untrue...US wines [both domestic and import] regularly outrank French wines.
As for our beers, yes, many are domestic or only exported to a few countries, but some of the larger crafts (Sam Adams, Boulder, Harpoon) do a fair ammount of exporting.

and hey, if I can know Chimay, they can know our good stuff ;)

Blossom Hill? Gallo? Sunset Bay? Bonterra? This is pretty much the extent of the American wine selection in most parts of the UK and to be honest I would rather drink lighter fluid than a Blossom Hill Chardonnay. Yes, there are plenty of good American wines, but they do tend to focus primarily on the domestic market. I can name maybe two decent American producers that are available over here.

Sam Adams is generally available but only the standard lager which isn't really the best example of their output. Do you know if they still do Utopias? I've been trying to track that down for ages but no luck :(

I've never seen the other two over here, although most places will stock most of the Rogue Brewery beers, which is definitely a good thing :)

Countries? Some of the good stuff is only available in certain STATES.
Tell me about it. A beer bar with 112 taps still can't get their hands on Yeungling, made only two or three states away

Blossom Hill? Gallo? Sunset Bay? Bonterra? This is pretty much the extent of the American wine selection in most parts of the UK and to be honest I would rather drink lighter fluid than a Blossom Hill Chardonnay. Yes, there are plenty of good American wines, but they do tend to focus primarily on the domestic market. I can name maybe two decent American producers that are available over here.

Sam Adams is generally available but only the standard lager which isn't really the best example of their output. Do you know if they still do Utopias? I've been trying to track that down for ages but no luck :(

I've never seen the other two over here, although most places will stock most of the Rogue Brewery beers, which is definitely a good thing :)
I do love Boston Lager...it's a good balanced beer...not heavy, but still flavorful. They do make Utopias in limited released...they released some for 2007, and I assume they are going to make them again for 2008. My friends cousin is a chemist for them...I'll have to ask her about it.
My favorite from them is their White Ale, which is only available in spring, sadly. Delicious.

Rogue is a damn fine brewery...their Chipotle ale is nice, though lacked the chipotle kick I hoped for.

Tell me about it. A beer bar with 112 taps still can't get their hands on Yeungling, made only two or three states away

God.. the brewery is like 20 minutes away from me in Pottsville..

I always feel sad when I don't see Yuengling on the menu (when it should be). Gosh, that's all us kids drink..

I do love Boston Lager...it's a good balanced beer...not heavy, but still flavorful. They do make Utopias in limited released...they released some for 2007, and I assume they are going to make them again for 2008. My friends cousin is a chemist for them...I'll have to ask her about it.
My favorite from them is their White Ale, which is only available in spring, sadly. Delicious.

Rogue is a damn fine brewery...their Chipotle ale is nice, though lacked the chipotle kick I hoped for.

I was a bit disappointed by the Boston Lager. It was getting rave reviews, I think it won a couple of gold medals at the IBC, so I got my self a few bottles and thought it seemed a bit too light in flavour for a lager that was so hyped. That said, I'm a huge fan of the European style lagers, particularly Staropramen and the other Czech beers, so it could just be that :)

I quite like it when breweries do seasonal beers, it gives you a bit of variety and something to look forward to. You know it's summer when you walk into the offie and they've got White Wych on the shelves.

For the OP, this (http://www.innisandgunn.com/) is the best beer ever.

God.. the brewery is like 20 minutes away from me in Pottsville..

I always feel sad when I don't see Yuengling on the menu (when it should be). Gosh, that's all us kids drink..

No one has been able to beat Tennents yet. Go for that. Genuine clyde jakey pish.

AMK
xxx

No one has been able to beat Tennents yet. Go for that. Genuine clyde jakey pish.

AMK
xxx

Surely you mean Buckie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine#Controversy)?

No one has been able to beat Tennents yet. Go for that. Genuine clyde jakey pish.

AMK
xxx

Whey! All I drank when I was 16; 50p a can. Class. :D

Whey! All I drank when I was 16; 50p a can. Class. :D

I don't care what anyone says about it, its better than Carling, Carlsberg or Stella any day of the week!

AMK
xxx

Eh, you just live in the boonies. :p

Yeah, they'd better be appreciated... *shakes fist*

I've only seen Belhaven stocked in Liquor Stores and I've never even seen the other one you said was in supermarkets.


Anyway, to the OP

If you like Guinness, you might like Murphy's, too. It's similar.

Newcastle is always good.
I would highly recommend any of the Anchor Brewery beers. Anchor Steam is great and so is Anchor Porter.

Bass Pale Ale is good
Red Stripe Lager is a bit of a bro beer, but I like it well enough.

Always a good subject to start a thread about, beer. Some of the brands that I drink regularly are Grolsch, Hertog Jan and Oettinger, which are all pilsners. I also like to drink Korenwolf, a white beer, and Murphy's Red. Or was it Kilkenny's Red? I keep forgetting... it's what I usually order when I visit the local Irish pub.

Beer is good, but for parties I have discovered that mixed drinks carry more benefits. Last party I had my guests drained my jungle juice several times and hardly touched the keg. I'll share the recipe at the bottom, but here are the advantages of mixed drinks (jungle juice);

1) Most chicks substantially prefer mixed drinks over beer. (and it's them we want to see drunk)
2) You can control the alcohol content - so you can pour cocktails lighter at first, then heavier as the party progresses, then lighter again towards the end.
3) Mixed drinks don't usually make you feel bloated and burpy.
4) It is fun to experement with recipes.


If I were you I'd set up a keg or ice chest with beer, then a huge thermos or melon half with jungle juice;

Jungle Juice

Mango Rum
half pineapple juice/ half orange juice
a splash of passionfruit rum (float it on the top if you are mixing)
and - if you are hand mixing it - a dash of anything red (grenadine) floated on the top.


Mix the fruitjuice with the rum to preference. Usually you'll start 1part rum to 1 part juice - but later you'll go to 2 parts rum.

Be CAREFUL - this is a sneaky cocktail. People will not know how much they are drinking. It is easy to hide/forget the liquor in it.

Make sure there are designated drivers. Make arrangements for intoxicated guests to spend the night. (Remember the part about women preferring jungle juice? --muhahaha!)

I have coeliac disease and beer has barley in it, so it's a no-go.

Always a good subject to start a thread about, beer. Some of the brands that I drink regularly are Grolsch, Hertog Jan and Oettinger, which are all pilsners. I also like to drink Korenwolf, a white beer, and Murphy's Red. Or was it Kilkenny's Red? I keep forgetting... it's what I usually order when I visit the local Irish pub.
Damn you, I was to say Hertog Jan.

Hertog Jan

There, I did it just to spite you.:p

And Brand is goed too.

I have coeliac disease and beer has barley in it, so it's a no-go.

Gluten free beer
http://www.sillyyak.com.au/beer/beers.html

I never cared about beer, nor about alcohol in general. I enjoy a glass of whine sometimes, and Baily's tastes good as well, but I prefer Lipton Ice Tea anytime over any alcoholic beverage ;)

. I enjoy a glass of whine sometimes,

Ah the perfect drink for emos....

Tell me about it. A beer bar with 112 taps still can't get their hands on Yeungling, made only two or three states away

IMO, Yeungling is alright, but I'd just as well have a Sam Adams. (Yeungling is pretty easy to find here in CT.)

Personally, I have lots of favorite beers from lots of different countries. IMO, no country makes the best beer, but different countries have a lock on a type. Central Europe makes the best lager (Czech/Slovak/Austria/Germany), UK & the Low Countries the best ales, Ireland has Guinness & Harp, and the US makes a lot of great brews like Shiner Bock, Ten Penny Ale, Old Dominion...

But it's all fairly moot, since the Belgians and South Africans are going to own all of it soon.

Try Dogfish Head Brewery's "Midas Touch" ale.
Drink this beer, and you can say you've lived a full life.(yes, it's that damn good!)

Ah the perfect drink for emos....
No that's blood mixed with whiskey or something like that ;) Nah I enjoy a sweet Spanish white wine, or a strong red one every now and then. But most of the time, I'll stick with fruit juices, lemonade and Lipton Ice when it's available (we barely buy it ourselfs, my mum thinks it's too expensive).

to quote one Homer Jay Simpson

"To Alcohol, the cause of and solution to, all lifes problems"

Try and get some beer from Inns and Gunn. Its a great beer from Scotland.

I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?

I would recommend Tetley's Beer, excellent beer.

I drink a lot of Beer, sometimes one with dinner, sometimes with dinner it may be a glass or two of wine. I drink different beers for different occasions and depending on the food I am having. If it is just after a soccer game I head down to our sponsor pub and we drink for the rest of the day, I then usually drink whatever tap beer they have on special at the time this month it is Heineken ($4.5 for an Imperial pint) but then it may be a more local beer, of course the problem with doing this is that our games finish at 1pm so we are usually tanked by dinner time, not the best thing when you are going out that night as well.

Dos X
Lowënbrau
Red Stripe

Easily available: Blue Moon (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/306/1212/)
Less easily available, but much better: Grimbergen (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/436/1496)

Good drinking!

And Brand is goed too.
True, that.

i loved a weissbier in the netherlands called Hertog Jan. i don't know if it was cheap shit, fancy expensive shit, or whatever, all i know is it is still the only beer i truly like

Ah, beer. How I love it. Made a good-sized purchase of single bottles a few days ago, and over the next week or so I'll work my way through a St. Peter's Old Style Porter, a 22oz New Holland Existential Ale, and cork-finished 750ml bottles of Allagash White, Gouden Carolus Tripel, and Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor. All this as part of my ongoing quest to drink every beer offered at every bar in town by the time I graduate.

Plus, there's a Three Floyds tasting at the local liquor store on Friday. It's a good week. :D

Oh, almost forgot... favorites are Chimay Grand Reserve, Leffe Blonde (sentimental pick, this was my first good beer), Tripel Karmeliet, Dogfish Head Indian Brown, and Velkopopovický Kozel Černý.

IMO, Yeungling is alright, but I'd just as well have a Sam Adams. (Yeungling is pretty easy to find here in CT.)

Personally, I have lots of favorite beers from lots of different countries. IMO, no country makes the best beer, but different countries have a lock on a type. Central Europe makes the best lager (Czech/Slovak/Austria/Germany), UK & the Low Countries the best ales, Ireland has Guinness & Harp, and the US makes a lot of great brews like Shiner Bock, Ten Penny Ale, Old Dominion...

But it's all fairly moot, since the Belgians and South Africans are going to own all of it soon.

What part of CT? I didn't think they distributed there, and I've never seen it when I've gone home...



Oh...another good couple to check out. Sweaty Betty is a great beer for summer...light, crisp, and great taste.

For gluten free, Bards Tale

And for name, Unibroue. Their Trois Pistoles and La Fin Du Monde are good.

I've been drinking Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat...good for beating the heat of the day. Moosehead is lighter, a great beach beer.


I used to work at a place with 112 taps and 450 bottles. Screw those who say Americans don't know beer.

You already beat me to posting one of my favorite beers in Sunset Wheat, that stuff if awesome.

Also, I like Killian's Irish Red and if you have a chance try Seadog's Blueberry Ale, it comes from Maine and might be harder to find in Pa.

Right now I am on a Flying Dog Brewery kick, they are out of Boulder Colorado, the Doggy Style Pale Ale is my favorite , but when I want more of a "bite" I go for the Snake Dog IPA, the In Heat Wheat I will drink in a pinch, and the Tire Biter Golden ale is a tad on the light side, but again, in a pinch... but I generally don't care much for wheat style and lighter style beers...An extra added bonus? All of the artwork is done by Steadman, you know, the guy that did the art work for Fear and Loathing...Every sixpack is a flashback in the making, and well worth the price of admission :cool:

Beer is good, but for parties I have discovered that mixed drinks carry more benefits. Last party I had my guests drained my jungle juice several times and hardly touched the keg. I'll share the recipe at the bottom, but here are the advantages of mixed drinks (jungle juice);

1) Most chicks substantially prefer mixed drinks over beer. (and it's them we want to see drunk)
2) You can control the alcohol content - so you can pour cocktails lighter at first, then heavier as the party progresses, then lighter again towards the end.
3) Mixed drinks don't usually make you feel bloated and burpy.
4) It is fun to experement with recipes.


If I were you I'd set up a keg or ice chest with beer, then a huge thermos or melon half with jungle juice;

Jungle Juice

Mango Rum
half pineapple juice/ half orange juice
a splash of passionfruit rum (float it on the top if you are mixing)
and - if you are hand mixing it - a dash of anything red (grenadine) floated on the top.


Mix the fruitjuice with the rum to preference. Usually you'll start 1part rum to 1 part juice - but later you'll go to 2 parts rum.

Be CAREFUL - this is a sneaky cocktail. People will not know how much they are drinking. It is easy to hide/forget the liquor in it.

Make sure there are designated drivers. Make arrangements for intoxicated guests to spend the night. (Remember the part about women preferring jungle juice? --muhahaha!)

Funny, I was just at a party on Friday that had Jungle Juice and a (somewhat unnoticed) keg.

St. Peter's Old Style Porter

Addendum: I think this is my new favorite porter. Not cost-effective to drink regularly, though.

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.
Deuchar's IPA.

A good IPA, and my preferred pint for extended drinking. I'll go for a Caley 80/- to start me off, or something else that takes my fancy, but a Deuchar's or three will inevitably follow.

Supermarkets usually stock McEwan's and Belhaven...
My local pint. It's brewed down the road from where I grew up.

I do like beer.

Beers I like:

Guiness, Warsteiner, Sam Adams, Pabst (yes its cheap, but its good!), I actually don't mind Coor's, something called Hoegaarden or something like that. I can't remember any other beers that I've tried and liked...

You already beat me to posting one of my favorite beers in Sunset Wheat, that stuff if awesome.

Also, I like Killian's Irish Red and if you have a chance try Seadog's Blueberry Ale, it comes from Maine and might be harder to find in Pa.

Blueberry Ale is some nasty sh*t. (And yes, it's popular up here).

BEER! (http://40ouncebeer.com/40/mick40.html)

Hoegaarden, Koenig Ludwig, Franziskaner, Erdinger, Warsteiner, Blue Moon, Yuengling, Feldschloessen, Ueli, Schwarzbier, Rauchbier, Heinekien, Paulaner and Weltenburger Kloster.

:)

It's how I does.

BEER! (http://40ouncebeer.com/40/mick40.html)

Indeed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fortyhands)

I want my beertillas.

I don't care what anyone says about it, its better than Carling, Carlsberg or Stella any day of the week!

AMK
xxx

Im not arguing mate; those're piss. Only Carlsberg's cheap and vegetarian too. So it's all I drink nowadays. :p

I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?

Try Tennent's Super, it's fairly available here, so I assume it's available worldwide. (Red double-malt ale, taste fairly reminiscent of Guinness but not so thick and somewhat more bitter, and takes pasteurisation and transportation better than Guinness).

I myself prefer Pilsner and Kölsch, and some italian Lagers (Menabrea and Forst). Also about brands, Primàtor, Krus'ovice, Staropramen and Starobrno from CZ (the Prazdroj is going downhill); Warsteiner, Echt Kulmbacher, Jevers and Spaten (D). Also, Berliner Kindl (D).

I love reading all the names of these beers I've a) never heard of, and b) have no hope of ever finding up here in the exhaust pipe of the USA.

Try Tennent's Super, it's fairly available here, so I assume it's available worldwide. (Red double-malt ale, taste fairly reminiscent of Guinness but not so thick and somewhat more bitter, and takes pasteurisation and transportation better than Guinness).


In the UK Tennant's Super used to be the drink of choice for homeless alcoholics...


Theakston's Old Peculiar is my current tipple of choice for bottled beer
http://www.theakstons.co.uk/ales/view_detail.php?id=14

Yes. So long as it's not most lagers. Hazlenut and Coffee Porter, Pale Rider, Jaipur IPA, Landlord, Tin Miner and Cornish Coaster are personal favourites.

What part of CT? I didn't think they distributed there, and I've never seen it when I've gone home...



Oh...another good couple to check out. Sweaty Betty is a great beer for summer...light, crisp, and great taste.

For gluten free, Bards Tale

And for name, Unibroue. Their Trois Pistoles and La Fin Du Monde are good.

I've had it on tap at Buffalo Wild Wings in Milford and have seen it at other places (not commonly, but not OMG, I must have it NOW uncommon...) and some of the more complete package stores sell it. I believe it was at the one on the Post Road in (Milford/Orange?) in back of the Applebees and at the one right before the tunnel on 15... right off the ramp, next to the music & guitar shop. I don't know the names of those places, since I don't go there that often.

I've had it on tap at Buffalo Wild Wings in Milford and have seen it at other places (not commonly, but not OMG, I must have it NOW uncommon...) and some of the more complete package stores sell it. I believe it was at the one on the Post Road in (Milford/Orange?) in back of the Applebees and at the one right before the tunnel on 15... right off the ramp, next to the music & guitar shop. I don't know the names of those places, since I don't go there that often.

Strange...I only ask because they don't have distribution above New York, and I don't see how a place would get it as the brewery nor 3rd parties can sell it by law.

Any Weißbier :D

Deuchar's IPA.

A good IPA, and my preferred pint for extended drinking. I'll go for a Caley 80/- to start me off, or something else that takes my fancy, but a Deuchar's or three will inevitably follow.


My local pint. It's brewed down the road from where I grew up.

Chumblywumbly, you speak the truth.
I have found one beer in my life to rival Deuchars. It is Little Creatures pale ale. Brewed in Fremantle (West Australia) and you can buy it in bottled form from Peckhams.
Both are incredible pale ales, probably the finest exponents of their craft.

AMK
xxx

In the UK Tennant's Super used to be the drink of choice for homeless alcoholics...


Then UK alcoholics have got better taste than italian alcoholics, who drink wine coming in carton flasks for about 1€/l. (yeech)

To put a Canadian twist on it:

I like Griffon, and also Keith's (Both the green and red versions). Trois Pistoles is a good 9%.

The other day I went to the city's "200-beer" pub and tried a French (From France) one, Boris. It was tasty.

I have found one beer in my life to rival Deuchars. It is Little Creatures pale ale. Brewed in Fremantle (West Australia) and you can buy it in bottled form from Peckhams.
I'll have to check that out, once I can afford Peckham's. :p

I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?

Good choices.

I suggest Blue Moon. Goooood Belgian ale.

I love reading all the names of these beers I've a) never heard of, and b) have no hope of ever finding up here in the exhaust pipe of the USA.

You're in the home state of Allagash Brewing Company. Also, you're right next door to Quebec, so I'd be surprised if you couldn't find Unibroue's excellent line of beers.

Then UK alcoholics have got better taste than italian alcoholics, who drink wine coming in carton flasks for about 1€/l. (yeech)
Obviously you've never tried to drink Tennant's Super :p

In the UK Tennant's Super used to be the drink of choice for homeless alcoholics...

I always thought it quite ironic that the drink of choice for the homeless should be called Tennants......

I always thought it quite ironic that the drink of choice for the homeless should be called Tennants......

:D sheer brilliance :D

McCain's opinion on beer (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/06/10/sot.mccain.veto.beer.cnn?iref=videosearch)

I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?

oh for god's sake youre in america, drink the same crap everyone else does.

buy budweiser, coors and miller light. you dont need anything else.

I'm throwing quite the bash on Saturday and currently debating on what type of beer (I'd get liquor but I'd rather not get trashed right away (It starts at 2pm..)) I should get for myself to drink. Cost really isn't an issue, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, availability is.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager

What I want:
A quality beer that I can drink excessively, yet enjoy the flavor until I lose my taste.

Also, when (if) you drink, what do you drink?
While, Ruffy, you must have failed at least three years of school, considering the DRINKING AGE IS 21.

I kid. (And if you really did fail three years of school, I apologize.)

McCain's opinion on beer (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/06/10/sot.mccain.veto.beer.cnn?iref=videosearch)

My God. That might not be the hardest I've laughed this month, but it's certainly the loudest.

KLÖSCHTI!!! (http://www.schuetzengarten.ch/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=95)

And I also love Guinness, but that's not just beer, it's something much much more.

oh for god's sake youre in america, drink the same crap everyone else does.

buy budweiser, coors and miller light. you dont need anything else.

why not just take a shot of vodka, and cut it with 11 oz of water? It gives you the same alcohol content, and doesn't taste like piss. Why stop at bud, coors, and miller? Drop down a level and go with Natty and Schaeffers'. When those beers skunk, it's actually a flavor improvement.

KLÖSCHTI!!! (http://www.schuetzengarten.ch/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=95)

And I also love Guinness, but that's not just beer, it's something much much more.

Guiness is a meal. I love beer you have to chew.

oh for god's sake youre in america, drink the same crap everyone else does.

buy budweiser, coors and miller light. you dont need anything else.

If you have any taste at all, that piss water does not suffice.

If you're going to buy beer that shitty, it's more economical just to get a 40 oz. of steel reserve. I mean, if you care that little about the taste, then the ratio of money spent to alcoholic content is the only object.

I have no idea why anyone would drink any of the brands you named, ever.

If you have any taste at all, that piss water does not suffice.
Why is American beer like sex in a canoe?

Cos it's fucking close to water.

Don't drink all that much but when I do it's either Busch Beer or Ancient Age Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey!
*raises a toast and hides Ruffy's car keys* :D

Why is American beer like sex in a canoe?

Cos it's fucking close to water.

There are some great American beers. You just have to look past the crap like Budweiser to find them. Stuff from Anchor Brewery is always good, same with Stone Brewery and Rogue. North Coast's "Old Rasputin" Imperial Russian Stout is great too.

This is why I get irritated when people buy shitty beer like Bud and Coors. It perpetuates the idea that there are no good American beers, which simply isn't true.

Dont fool yourselfs... beer is fermented donkey piss.

Dont fool yourselfs... beer is fermented donkey piss.

GTFO of beer thread if you don't like beer. You're just trollin.

Dont fool yourselfs... beer is fermented donkey piss.

Clearly you are doing beer wrong.

And +1 to Callisdrun. There are far too many excellent American beers for me to list here.

This is why I get irritated when people buy shitty beer like Bud and Coors. It perpetuates the idea that there are no good American beers, which simply isn't true.

There are far too many excellent American beers for me to list here.
I'm sure there are, but I don't think I've ever seen an American beer in UK pubs other than the bog-standard shite ones. There's the odd good Mexican beer, occasionally, but not a US beer.

And don't get me wrong, there's plenty of terrible UK/European beer.

Clearly you are doing beer wrong.

And +1 to Callisdrun. There are far too many excellent American beers for me to list here.

Awesome, I got a +1! And from someone who's been here long enough to make me look like a noob.

No seriously, thanks. I rarely get +1's, cookies or fluffles.

But yes, to say that there are no American beers is just silly when there are 40 or more good ones on the menu at 99 Bottles (a beer pub in Santa Cruz).

I'm sure there are, but I don't think I've ever seen an American beer in UK pubs other than the bog-standard shite ones. There's the odd good Mexican beer, occasionally, but not a US beer.

And don't get me wrong, there's plenty of terrible UK/European beer.

Most of the great beers in the US are regional.

You could go a state or two over and they'll think you're just making the brands up.

Most of the great beers in the US are regional.

You could go a state or two over and they'll think you're just making the brands up.

Iron City FTW!

Is Strough's Bohemian Beer still available?

Most of the great beers in the US are regional.

You could go a state or two over and they'll think you're just making the brands up.

That's partly due to just how huge a country the US is. California is a big market, big enough that Anchor and Sierra Nevada both do fine here, even though by the time you get to say, Colorado, nobody has heard of either.

I'm sure there are, but I don't think I've ever seen an American beer in UK pubs other than the bog-standard shite ones. There's the odd good Mexican beer, occasionally, but not a US beer.

And don't get me wrong, there's plenty of terrible UK/European beer.

Okay, apparently I managed to lose a massively long post on American beers, probably because I'm drunk right now off a 22oz New Holland Existential Ale and several SoCo and Lime(s). So here's (more or less) the post I meant to send through, in bullet-point form.

- I love good European beers (especially Belgian Trappist ales) and wouldn't think to denigrate them; my advocacy for American beers is based simply on the fact that these are damn good beers.
- I absolutely understand why Europeans aren't exposed to good American beer. The good American beers enjoy only marginal popularity even with in the U.S., and having lived in Europe, I recognize that they're nearly impossible to find there outside of perhaps the 2004-beer selection at Brussels' Delirium Cafe. This is more our fault than Europe's -- craft brewers here aren't going to take the risks involved in exporting if they can't even capture a significant market share here.
- England may have invented the India Pale Ale, but the IPAs produced by any respectable American brewer would probably send most Brits to the hospital with a hop overdose. IPAs are analogous to punk rock -- Brits did it first, but we did it harder. American-produced Imperial Stouts, to a lesser degree, also tend to be better and more intense than British beers in this style. There's no competition for American beers in certain categories.
- If you get the lowest common denominator at a European bar (Tuborg, Gambrinus, Stella), you're almost certainly getting better beer than you'd get with the same approach at an American bar. However, if you're going for the best beer available, even the poorest bars here will most likely serve Fat Tire or Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, at least marginally better (value judgment here -- you're welcome to disagree) than your Boddington's or Guinness or Harp or Carlsberg or Pilsner Urquell or 1664 or (God forbid) Stella.
- There are good beers from pretty much everywhere; basically, I'll never deride a beer on its origin (unless it's from France or Italy :p ).

Awesome, I got a +1! And from someone who's been here long enough to make me look like a noob.

No seriously, thanks. I rarely get +1's, cookies or fluffles.

But yes, to say that there are no American beers is just silly when there are 40 or more good ones on the menu at 99 Bottles (a beer pub in Santa Cruz).

The modest part of me wants to say yes, I've been around since nearly the beginning of NS, but I'm hardly a consistent participant in the NSG melee. I'm old, but I've also had to revive my nation more than once.

The rest of me says enjoy your +1, you've earned it. It's rare for anyone other than Sarkhaan and myself to stick up for American beers.

Most of the great beers in the US are regional.

You could go a state or two over and they'll think you're just making the brands up.

and

That's partly due to just how huge a country the US is. California is a big market, big enough that Anchor and Sierra Nevada both do fine here, even though by the time you get to say, Colorado, nobody has heard of either.

Well, yeah, to a degree. Colorado's a bit of a special case because with New Belgium, Breckenridge, Avery, and Flying Dog they have more than their fair share of nationally renowned microbreweries. People drink Anchor beers as far east as New York (where they're wildly popular IIRC), and speaking as an Illinois resident, Sierra Nevada is my go-to beer when I can't find something I haven't tried yet.

(Incidentally, the California North Coast is ridiculously overpopulated with excellent microbreweries: Russian River, Lagunitas, Mendocino and North Coast among others.)

Most of the really good microbrews are available nearly nationwide. It's just up to the individual beer drinker to figure out which brewers he likes and where to get their beers.

Hoegaarden, Koenig Ludwig, Franziskaner, Erdinger, Warsteiner, Blue Moon, Yuengling, Feldschloessen, Ueli, Schwarzbier, Rauchbier, Heinekien, Paulaner and Weltenburger Kloster.

:)

It's how I does.

Feldschlössli? Boa, wää, isch nöd ämol meh schwiizerisch, s isch nur no Carlsberg. Uussert du bisch än Aargauer, denn verstohni di.

!!!ALERT!!!
REQUIRED DRINKING!!!

Try Chapaue's Banana Lambic!

...so... THIS is what the beer in heaven must taste like.

The modest part of me wants to say yes, I've been around since nearly the beginning of NS, but I'm hardly a consistent participant in the NSG melee. I'm old, but I've also had to revive my nation more than once.

The rest of me says enjoy your +1, you've earned it. It's rare for anyone other than Sarkhaan and myself to stick up for American beers.



and



Well, yeah, to a degree. Colorado's a bit of a special case because with New Belgium, Breckenridge, Avery, and Flying Dog they have more than their fair share of nationally renowned microbreweries. People drink Anchor beers as far east as New York (where they're wildly popular IIRC), and speaking as an Illinois resident, Sierra Nevada is my go-to beer when I can't find something I haven't tried yet.

(Incidentally, the California North Coast is ridiculously overpopulated with excellent microbreweries: Russian River, Lagunitas, Mendocino and North Coast among others.)

Most of the really good microbrews are available nearly nationwide. It's just up to the individual beer drinker to figure out which brewers he likes and where to get their beers.

Wow, I didn't know those two were known nationally. I was talking to a guy from Ohio and he'd never heard of either.

North Coast and Lagunitas are great. Mendocino beers are high quality, but they have an aftertaste that's really a love it or hate it sort of thing.

That's partly due to just how huge a country the US is. California is a big market, big enough that Anchor and Sierra Nevada both do fine here, even though by the time you get to say, Colorado, nobody has heard of either.

Both are fairly popular out here, especially SN pale ale

The only alcoholic drinks I like are alcopops. I've tried a few different beers but they all taste very similar to me, namely "yuk". Someone once told me if I kept drinking them eventually I'd come to like them, but I'm not sure I can be bothered really as I find that quite hard to believe.

The only alcoholic drinks I like are alcopops. I've tried a few different beers but they all taste very similar to me, namely "yuk". Someone once told me if I kept drinking them eventually I'd come to like them, but I'm not sure I can be bothered really as I find that quite hard to believe.

Well, too bad, because it's true. Almost nobody likes beer when they first try it. I didn't, and I love how it tastes now. My friend's idea was that most people had to have 100 beers before they really liked it.

It's definitely a flavor that people are never used to when they try it, because it tastes so different from most drinks, especially soda.

I hate beer...

I hate beer...

Hating beer is like hating your parents -- eventually you get over it, then you realize that the object of your hate actually loves you more than you can possibly understand and means the best for you. :D

Well, too bad, because it's true. Almost nobody likes beer when they first try it. I didn't, and I love how it tastes now. My friend's idea was that most people had to have 100 beers before they really liked it.

It's definitely a flavor that people are never used to when they try it, because it tastes so different from most drinks, especially soda.

I think I'm weird... I never liked the Busch/Miller/Bud/Coors lagers that were my first introduction to beer, and I still don't, but I liked the first ales and stouts I tried pretty much immediately. Maybe it's just a weird personal taste thing, or maybe it's just that they seemed so fantastic by comparison.

Oh, and it turns out that Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is -- depending on your source -- either the best or second-best selling craft beer in America. I knew it was widely popular, but somehow I wouldn't have thought it would outsell Blue Moon.

I got drunk on lager, vodka, and tequila, by the way.

I think I'm weird... I never liked the Busch/Miller/Bud/Coors lagers that were my first introduction to beer, and I still don't, but I liked the first ales and stouts I tried pretty much immediately. Maybe it's just a weird personal taste thing, or maybe it's just that they seemed so fantastic by comparison.

Oh, and it turns out that Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is -- depending on your source -- either the best or second-best selling craft beer in America. I knew it was widely popular, but somehow I wouldn't have thought it would outsell Blue Moon.
To be fair, Blue Moon is now made by Coors.

I still wanna go through with the whole beertilla thing.

Beer is for children. I drink only liquor. Rum and vodka more specifically.

I still wanna go through with the whole beertilla thing.

So long as you avoid the "beery mary", I say try it. Beer usually tastes decent with some citrus.

So long as you avoid the "beery mary", I say try it. Beer usually tastes decent with some citrus.

Oh, that'd be nasty, wouldn't it? I can imagine...

...But the Beertilla, I think, will become a legend. Eh, I hope, anyway.

I think I'm weird... I never liked the Busch/Miller/Bud/Coors lagers that were my first introduction to beer, and I still don't, but I liked the first ales and stouts I tried pretty much immediately. Maybe it's just a weird personal taste thing, or maybe it's just that they seemed so fantastic by comparison.

Oh, and it turns out that Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is -- depending on your source -- either the best or second-best selling craft beer in America. I knew it was widely popular, but somehow I wouldn't have thought it would outsell Blue Moon.

I did not know that.

Well, I didn't like beer until I had a good beer (Dos Equis brown). If I had still not tried anything but Tecate, I'd still hate beer.

Beer is for children. I drink only liquor. Rum and vodka more specifically.

The opposite is true. Teenagers trying to get drunk usually don't like beer. Because they use alcohol more like a drug, i.e., the object is not taste, but simply to get drunk, for them. I've never met anyone under the age of say, 18, who actually liked beer. I don't mean drank it to get the alcohol, I mean actually liking the taste.

Beer is a versatile drink. If you try, you can certainly get drunk on it. Then again, you can drink it just because you like the taste and just have a couple and not go overboard.

Also, weren't you supposed to be muslim?

I know approximately fuck-all about beer, other than even the littlest bit of almost all types gives me a hangover. Usedtacould, anywho.

I know approximately fuck-all about beer, other than even the littlest bit of almost all types gives me a hangover. Usedtacould, anywho.

If you suffer commonly from hangovers, drink a bunch of water just before going to bed. You'll have to piss like a race horse when you get up, but it does help, since a lot of the hangover stems from dehydration.

If you suffer commonly from hangovers, drink a bunch of water just before going to bed. You'll have to piss like a race horse when you get up, but it does help, since a lot of the hangover stems from dehydration.
Nah, it's not that. I drink firewater and chase it with white zinfandel without hangovers, as well as sake and whiskey. Port, however, does it, depending on grapes.
With beer, it's the hops or something like it. *shrug*

I'm half czech ;)

My favourite beer is Modra Hvezda Special.
The biggest problem with it is that you can get it only at the Modra Hvezda restaurant in Dobrany, 15 Km south of Plzen...

Other than that i either buy Menabrea (http://www.birramenabrea.com/), Velkopopovicky Kozel Premium (http://www.kozel.cz/en/home.html), Velvet (http://www.needmorebeer.com/velvet-1.htm), Opat Svetly Lezak (http://www.pivovarbroumov.cz/sortiment.html) or, when in suicide mode, Primator Double 24% (http://www.primator.cz/cs/psp_6.html) (dark beer, 10,5% alcohol)

Nah, it's not that. I drink firewater and chase it with white zinfandel without hangovers, as well as sake and whiskey. Port, however, does it, depending on grapes.
With beer, it's the hops or something like it. *shrug*

Weird. I can drink lots of beer and not get a hangover, but hard liquor I have to be more careful with if I want to wake up without feeling miserable in the morning.

To be fair, Blue Moon is now made by Coors.

Wasn't it always? Anyway, it still comes in at number three on the list I saw... I'd just have expected it to be more popular than Sierra Nevada Pale, because that's certainly been the case in the areas where I've lived.

Velka, I'm a big fan of Kozel Cerny. Pretty sure it's impossible to find in the U.S. though. :(

Wasn't it always? Anyway, it still comes in at number three on the list I saw... I'd just have expected it to be more popular than Sierra Nevada Pale, because that's certainly been the case in the areas where I've lived.

Velka, I'm a big fan of Kozel Cerny. Pretty sure it's impossible to find in the U.S. though. :(

You're right. I knew it had been bought out recently, but forgot that it was started by Coors, and was bought out by Molson with the rest of Coors.

The only alcoholic drinks I like are alcopops. I've tried a few different beers but they all taste very similar to me, namely "yuk". Someone once told me if I kept drinking them eventually I'd come to like them, but I'm not sure I can be bothered really as I find that quite hard to believe.


I was loving my third beer,though while nursing the first,I couldnt imagine ever liking it.

KLÖSCHTI!!! (http://www.schuetzengarten.ch/portal/Default.aspx?tabid=95)

And I also love Guinness, but that's not just beer, it's something much much more.
Guinness ist doch ausgezeichnet und Klöschti sieht auch nicht schlecht aus. Dieses Bier muß ich einmal probieren.

Feldschlössli? Boa, wää, isch nöd ämol meh schwiizerisch, s isch nur no Carlsberg. Uussert du bisch än Aargauer, denn verstohni di.
Hehe...Immer bin ech in Aargau...also wenn ech in d Schwiiz reis, bleib ech in Aargau bei früünden und Familie. Deshalb trink ech Feldschlössli megaaaa gern. Das süüfe mir fascht jede Nacht.:p

Jetzt weisscht du....;)

Weird. I can drink lots of beer and not get a hangover, but hard liquor I have to be more careful with if I want to wake up without feeling miserable in the morning.
I don't know what the deal is ... i can't have vodka/tequila/rum due to my ulcer. No beer and some other things (some wines, not others) due the hangovers.
No hot whiskey toddies mixed with firewater and zinfandel, let me tell you. Bad day thereafter.
Some people say it's a purity/straining issue. I dunno. After $16,000 worth of kidney stone surgery, i generally don't find myself knocking back much anymore.

Beers I like:
Yuengling Black & Tan
Guinness
Lager


wait a minute are you a German that has admitted a preference for American beer ??? (Yuengling)

Come to find out, by returning to Texas I've moved myself back out of the Three Floyds and New Holland distribution areas. :(

So, um... send me an Existential Ale, anyone? :p

Come to find out, by returning to Texas I've moved myself back out of the Three Floyds and New Holland distribution areas. :(

So, um... send me an Existential Ale, anyone? :p

Never had Three Floyds, but I'm a fan of New Holland. I also drink a lot of Bell's and Mount Pleasant Brewing's beers.

God bless the Yuengling. It is phenomenal.

God bless the Yuengling. It is phenomenal.

you want something better drink Saint Arnold's. that shit knocks my socks off. also they don't pasteurize it so it taste really natural

you want something better drink Saint Arnold's. that shit knocks my socks off. also they don't pasteurize it so it taste really natural

That's the Houston microbrewery, right? It's definitely on my list of beers to try sooner rather than later.

Also, the :p smiley no longer captures my original intent in using it. WTF?

I don't drink, usually. Or I should say I'm not supposed to, but give in to temptation very easily. But even when I do drink, beer is my worst enemy. I had a bad experience with a beer bong in a college dorm room. That's all you need to know.

wait a minute are you a German that has admitted a preference for American beer ??? (Yuengling)
lol, he's not German.....

I hate beer...



"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy"-Ben Franklin

I'm half czech ;)

My favourite beer is Modra Hvezda Special.
The biggest problem with it is that you can get it only at the Modra Hvezda restaurant in Dobrany, 15 Km south of Plzen...

Other than that i either buy Menabrea (http://www.birramenabrea.com/), Velkopopovicky Kozel Premium (http://www.kozel.cz/en/home.html), Velvet (http://www.needmorebeer.com/velvet-1.htm), Opat Svetly Lezak (http://www.pivovarbroumov.cz/sortiment.html) or, when in suicide mode, Primator Double 24% (http://www.primator.cz/cs/psp_6.html) (dark beer, 10,5% alcohol)

-How does Pilsner Urquell compare to those?

:$

...I JUST NOW noticed the last option on the poll and made the connection,(superduhh to the rescue).

The Awakened kicks ass!, but needs to update more often.