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Nasty beer? - My brother used to invite me over to his place when he was in coll. all he had was Milwaukees Best Light (unleash the beast)

That was worse than anything I have ever consumed in my life - including my anti-freeze accident.

Maybe we should have divided the recommendations into at least three categories:
Mass Produced (and maybe Mass Produced "Specialty")
Imported
Micro-Brews

Some of my preferences from living on both sides of the border:
Mass Produced (U.S.) - Bud, MGD
Mass Produced "Specialty" (U.S.) - Henry Weingard's
Mass Produced (Canada) - Labbat's Blue, Kokanee
Mass Produced "Specialty" (Canada) - John Labatt's Classic
Imported - Beck's
Micro-Brewery - no preference, there are too many for me to decide

Hello everyone,

Maredsous, Chimay, Moose Drool, Caol Ila? Serious tastes indeed.

I like to keep Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Pilsner Urquell in the 'fridge, for
myself or guests.

While I agree that mass produced American lager is amazingly consistent
and of high quality (technical sense only), so is Wonder Bread white and
I don't make any sandwiches with that. The lagers I lust for include the
dunkel doppelbock served at Kloster Andechs in the Bavarian countryside,
Pilsissimus and St. Jakobus at the Forschungs brewpub in Perlach (Munich
suburb), and the soft smooth rich tasting beer in the shade of the chestnut
trees at the Augustiner beer garden in Salzburg, Austria.

As to ales, there are many that I like but I particularly enjoy cask conditioned
bitter as served in the Hung Drawn and Quartered (a Fullers pub near the Tower
of London) or The Lamb (a Young's pub in Bloomsbury). Oh yeah, I can't forget
the Timothy Taylor's Landlord bitter (a great beer from Yorkshire) that I savored
in the Bow Bar in Edinburgh.

In malt whisky, a Highland Park 18yr. is probably my overall favorite. If I'm after
straightforward isla, the basic Laphroaig 10yr. mostly gets the nod. (I hoard my Caol Ila,
Bruichladdich, and Port Ellen.) And when I want something massive I've got a Distiller's Edition
Lagavulin matured in Pedro Ximenez sherry wood.

Let's see, how can I stir the pot? Drinking beer that needs to be ice cold to be enjoyed and
putting ice into single malt whisky are heinous crimes akin to cooking a fine steak past medium
rare. Yep, that ought to do it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Slainte!
Dave

Teal, cool quote, but I thought that was the description of a Redneck Woman... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

After many drunk episodes in my youth I hardly drink at all nowadays and have lost the ability. In fact I get incoherent after only about two beers anymore, which works out cheaper for everyone.

But, down here in Texas, ya can't go wrong with Shiner Bok, especially if you're just having one or two and actually pausing long enough to taste the stuff.

Birdwatcher

While that may be a redneck woman - there are too many "men" who can't say the same.

Beer- Shiner Bock or Icehouse
Tequila- El Jimador, don't look for it north of the Rio Grande, a FRIEND brings me 2 liters a month. True sippin' quality mezcal.
Rum- for mixing, Cruzan Dark or Bacardi Special dark.
The best staight up drinking rum, Santa Teresa, from Venezuela.
Whiskey, There's actually a distillery in Missouri that ages in used sourmash barrels. I can't remember the name right now, but It's easy to find in the St. Louis area. It has an old style taste and finish, like my Grandpa's homemade.

Diet A&W Root Beer <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Terry,
Our local liquer store stocks El Jimadore...Good Stuff!!
Virgil B.

Brad,
Picked up a sixer of MooseDrool last weekend. You're right! it is an exellent beer!
Reminds me of BlackButte porter ale, but is smoother. BlackButte was a favorite of mine 'till I got some that was "skunkie" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Have been drinking a BlackButte IPA (QuailSprings)that's pretty good...
Virgil B.

What I look for in a beer is..can or bottle...cold and fizzy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Painless, Pete's Wicked ale is pretty good stuff, get the sampler pack and try 'em all. Here's a pretty good beer site, http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/
I do love me a beer, got one now as a matter of fact!

Beers most often in the fridge:

1) Guinness "Draught" (bottles)
2) New Glarus "Fat Squirrel"
3) Michelob "Amber Bock"
4) Miller "High Life"


Favorite mixed drinks:

Brandy Old Fashioned Sour
Tequila Sunrise
Gin & Tonic
Bloody Mary

And I love those icy cold mugs of A&W Root Beer!

FWIW:

CAS is dead on. As I stated in a different thread, Deschutes Brewery makes great stuff. It Is fresh and local in these parts. Black Butte Porter is my "usual" but I pick up the stouts and ales from time to time. All of it if good stuff.

BMT

don't you know "Big Eddie Springs" is a horse.

I've tried the German imports but they don't taste as good as the beer did when I was in Germany.

Moose Drool
Fat Tire
Alaskan Amber

MGD or Icehouse for the cheap stuff.

Whatt'll I Have ---Pabst Blue Ribbon

From the land of sky blue waters, waters

Comes the beer refreshing, comes the beer refreshing.

Hamm's the beer refreshing, Hamm's

Da-da-da-dum.

walters "the beer that is beer"

fox deluxe

do they still brew, falls city or sterling?

http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/walter's.htm

Does the Miller Brewing Co. still make "Red, White & Blue" beer? I remember it from my younger days, ... wicked, wicked hangovers from that crap, but it cost less than $4 a case, IIRC. We had a slogan for it, too. :

"Goes down cold. Comes up smooth." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I used to work for Coors on my off months and Coors Light is my choice but it's so expensive nowadays,I get Keystone Light when the wife wants one too.

Nothing like a "Cold One" around the campfire.The fish get bigger and the Elk larger! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Best of luck...Jayco.