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Like Yuengling's which has a following on these boards, Leinenkugel uses adjuncts in some of their brews. You can't safely assume that a non-major brand is real beer.

anything that Dan Carey makes (New Glarus)

Porch Swing (Saison) from New Belgium (Ft. Collins)

Alaska Summer (Kolsch)

most offerings from Midnight Sun Brewing Co (Anchorage, AK)

Hoegaarden

Point Bock (from the old days) and Shiner Bock

and a G. Heileman's Old Style in the bleachers at Wrigley (better when it was made in La Crosse, WI)

I haven't yet found a micro that nailed Kolsch, I'll have to try Alaska's if I see it.

Here's my reference standard:

Sierra Nevada brewed a Kolsch last summer that was outstanding. Need to take my growler down there and see if they have another batch for this year.

Toohey's New is an outstanding beer. I also really like VB, XXXX Castlemain and Coopers. Have drank some Carleton offerings that I really liked. Would love to try Crown Lager you mentioned.

Heineken and Amstel are two of the world's greatest beirs. Not the junk they sell here or even in Aruba ,which is run by the Dutch. You gotta go to europe or south africa to get the real thing. dern if it ain't worth the trip. Oh yeah, Tuborg, again brewed in europe-not the crap here- is also great.

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Phuggin Dutch beer?

I had a Fruh Kolsch pic in my post, but it has gone missing.

Edit: It's back.

Love Yuengling as an everyday beer. +1 on on Leinie. Its true of Sam Adams, too, though--some is so much better than others. Go to the Sam Adams brewery in Phillie, and I'll guarantee, they will make a covert of any beer lover.

For when you're really thirsty for a pint....and then some:

I just got back from the beer store. I even got a Grolsch ball cap. Here's what you do with the empties.

The one you have.

The best American beer I've had is Boulevard Wheat

For a store bought beer, I kinda like Ziegenbock.

In Germany, the choices of great beer are staggering , but I'm partial to Weisens and Crystal Weisens.

John

Enjoying a Sam Adams out here in the humidity while grilling BBQ chicken. Pretty tasty for an American beer...

Right now it's Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Crisp hoppy flavor without being overbearing, just right to cool off from an afternoon at the range where it's been 95 degrees and humid all afternoon.

That's a good one for a standard beer selection at a restaurant...

Instead of taps for all the major brand $hit beers, er I mean light beers, I'd be happy in a restaurant with Sierra Nevada Pale, Pilsner Urquell, Newcastle Brown and Guinness Stout. You know, the basics.

The most awful tasting stuff I have ever tried was called Porter, by Anchor Steam.

I sipped a bit from the first bottle, hoping it would taste better. It didn't, and I ended up pouring the remainder of the bottle, along with the 5 others in the six pack down the drain.

Another in the running for yucky is Moosehead.

It's Anchor Brewing. Steam is the name of one of their beers.

So what porter do you prefer?

BTW, beer is best consumed from an appropriate glass.

Best ever tasted: Hackerbrau from Munich. Not made anymore since Hackerbrau merged with Pschorr AFAIK. Creamy goodness.

Orval from Belgium. Very complex flavors, like a fine wine. Yum!

Corsendonk Blond - AFAIK only available in Belgium, but if you ever get a chance, try it. Delicious!

http://corsendonk.apluz.be/

Guinness Red - only available on tap in the UK. All the creamy smoothness and wonderful carbonation of Guinness without the excessive (to my palate) burnt flavor of regular Guinness.