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But of course! :D

So 6 o'clock, your local sounds good.

With great trepidation, I clicked the link. I knew what it should be, otherwise I wouldn't have clicked it... but there's always the chance it was going to turn out to be Kylie or something....

Kylie lol

Hmm true, I haven't really drunk a lot of European beer at all. Should probably start on something a little lighter and work up. This Anchor Steam sounds promising -- hope there's no trouble in getting it here.
Thank you for recommendations!

Anchor Steam is brewed in San Francisco. I don't know how widely it's distributed. It's still a pretty hard hitting beer, though a stout at all like Guinness.

LOL! I've heard that one before.:D

When I heard it the first time, it was about sex in a rowboat and English beer (an Irish dude was telling the joke).

Hence, the perception that Americans like drinking piss, and there is no such thing as good American beer. You are being judged on your market trends, I'm afraid.

Unfortunate indeed.

I've heard some say that the few large and crappy beers dominating is largely a result of prohibition.

How hard is brewing your own beer? I have a bit of a reputation among my friends for being quite the drinker, and brewing my own beer would be very in character.

Beer is a bit fussy in some respects. Mead is simpler.

Beer is a bit fussy in some respects. Mead is simpler.

I've heard Mead is one of the simplest things to make oneself.

Bestiality, maybe?:tongue:


Either that or you're into hairy gay men.

Anchor Steam is brewed in San Francisco. I don't know how widely it's distributed. It's still a pretty hard hitting beer, though a stout at all like Guinness.

I know you can get it in Michigan.

Anchor Steam is brewed in San Francisco. I don't know how widely it's distributed. It's still a pretty hard hitting beer, though a stout at all like Guinness.

Okay, well I know a few places which tend to get high quality beers in -- I'll have a look around this weekend.

For pints, Carlsberg. I'll definitely drink a half-pint of Kronenburg White Beer, though. Can't really stomach a full pint of the stuff.

Hoegaarden recently, but Sam Adams most of the time. The variety of Sam Adams seals the deal.

Although, there is a hole in the wall bar where I used to live that has somewhere in the neighborhood of 180 beers from around the world. Always something different to try!

Other than that, I go for stouts, porters - anything that has to change color before I piss it out again.

Well the other color usually comes out elsewhere...especially with microbrewery stouts and porters. That is why you never drink a stout with extra hot chicken wings or extra jalapeno nachos.

Whats everyone (at least those of you of age...because we all know that no one underage drinks) on NSGs favorite beer?


Im quite partial to Blue Moon.

it is all about blue moon

i'm drinking one right now, actually.

Well the other color usually comes out elsewhere...especially with microbrewery stouts and porters. That is why you never drink a stout with extra hot chicken wings or extra jalapeno nachos.

Oh wow. That sounds like a recipe for disaster, regrets and much woe a few hours later.

Stouts and porters I find go best with sour and starchy stuff. Sandwiches, especially with good sourdough bread.

Paulander
Dinker Adler
Füchstenburg Pils

Thank god I live in Germany :)

Canadian:
Vancouver Island Brewery - Pils

American:
Mickey Big Mouth
Samuel Adams

I forgot to add
Ratskrone - it's not my favorite but it's pretty good and it costs 30 pfennig a half litre

... again thank god I live in Germany.

Jelen or Niksicko, dunno how available those are anywhere but here though

Paulander
Dinker Adler
Füchstenburg Pils

Thank god I live in Germany :)

Canadian:
Vancouver Island Brewery - Pils

American:
Mickey Big Mouth
Samuel Adams

I've heard good things about Canuck beer.

I don't know what my favourite beer is, but I'll usually plump for a Belhaven Best, a London Pride, a Deucher's IPA or whatever the local heavy is.

For pints, Carlsberg.
Ewww.

I've heard Mead is one of the simplest things to make oneself.

Its pretty simple. A good friend of mine made some great mead once.

All you need is a fermentation bottle or canister, honey, water, yeast and possibly some spices for the taste.

Anchor Steam is brewed in San Francisco. I don't know how widely it's distributed. It's still a pretty hard hitting beer, though a stout at all like Guinness.

I don't know that I'd call it hard hitting. Compared to BudMilloors yes, but at 4.9% it's not all that hard. My favorite brewery (Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI) only makes 4 beers (out of the 53 they've made) with 4.9% abv or less. For something hard hitting, but not obnoxiously strong, I suggest Hopslam (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/17112/?view=beer&sort=latest&start=10)

I don't know that I'd call it hard hitting. Compared to BudMilloors yes, but at 4.9% it's not all that hard. My favorite brewery (Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI) only makes 4 beers (out of the 53 they've made) with 4.9% abv or less. For something hard hitting, but not obnoxiously strong,
I was talking more about taste. But it does seem to get me drunker faster than its abv would suggest.

I don't know that I'd call it hard hitting. Compared to BudMilloors yes, but at 4.9% it's not all that hard. My favorite brewery (Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI) only makes 4 beers (out of the 53 they've made) with 4.9% abv or less. For something hard hitting, but not obnoxiously strong,The most obnoxiously strong beer I've had is Samichlaus, 14%. http://www.austrianbeer.co.uk/?Samichlaus_Beer

You've probably never heard of my favorite beer. Four Peaks makes an incredible oatmeal stout, but they don't ship it. They only make it for the bar at their main brewery.

My second favorite is Guinness.

I was talking more about taste. But it does seem to get me drunker faster than its abv would suggest.

It's certainly a decent enough beer. I put it in the same league as Bell's Oberon and Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat.

The most obnoxiously strong beer I've had is Samichlaus, 14%. http://www.austrianbeer.co.uk/?Samichlaus_Beer

Yeah, there's a point where enough is enough.

Yeah, there's a point where enough is enough.Yeah, the idea of aging it is what peaked my interest. I want to try Sam Adams Utopias, but not at the prices it goes for.

since I'm belgian, I've got a good choice, but I'd still go with Primus for the lighter beers and Duvel for the somewhat stronger beers.

Greetz

Yeah, there's a point where enough is enough.

Strongest beer I've had in terms of alcohol was Old Rasputin. That was pretty good. My friend had this one called "Beelzebub" or some such that was quite a bit stronger, in the teens in terms of percentage. Never tried it myself though.

Not that I'm complaining, but how many threads about beer have we had thus far? It seems to be a popular subject, even though clowns, politics and the stupidity of the human race still get more attention. Somehow that just ain't fair.

Not that I'm complaining, but how many threads about beer have we had thus far? It seems to be a popular subject, even though clowns, politics and the stupidity of the human race still get more attention. Somehow that just ain't fair.

Because beer makes us forget about politics and the stupidity of the human race. We pay for it the nest day when dronwing it but yeah.\

Tip: Even though you like beer it does not me you can go ahead and drink it for 18 hours regardless of the excuse even if you just finished you last exam for your degree.

Whats everyone (at least those of you of age...because we all know that no one underage drinks) on NSGs favorite beer?

Im quite partial to Blue Moon.

Blue Moon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(beer)

This thread needs a Public Poll with at least 9 choices and other post it. The German beer Becks, La Llave as we Cubans call it Miami is the most popular beer among most Cuban Americans in Miami. Becks-Key-Llave-La Llave

When the stores run out of Becks we get a Dutch Heineken or a German St Paulis girl.

I have always heard that many Europeans like in Germany drink thier beer hot as in not cold as in America. Is this true? A friend of mine who lived in Germany claims it is only one kind of Beer. I forget the name of the beer he told me is drank hot not cold. Another friend of mine who has been to Germany told me kids of a certain age can drink beer and or wine I think he also said in restaurants if accompanied by their parents. Germans drink beer even during breakfast, is this true?

Becks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s

Heineken

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heineken_Pilsener

St Paulis Girl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pauli_Girl

I have always heard that many Europeans like in Germany drink thier beer hot as in not cold as in America.

Not hot, no. Most beer in Germany is served at room temperature, which would of course be hot in Miami but isn't in Germany.

Reminds me of another joke:

Q: Why is American beer served ice cold?
A: So you know it's not piss!

Whats everyone (at least those of you of age...because we all know that no one underage drinks) on NSGs favorite beer?


Im quite partial to Blue Moon.

This.

I discovered Blue Moon about six years ago when I went on a tour of the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO. I absolutely loved it.

Super bock!!!!!!!!