Beer is PROOF that God loves you and WANTS you to be happy.

Benjamin Franklin.


Discuss.

(Please)

Me thinks Mr Franklin was a wise fella.

And they drank that swill pizz warm back then.

Cheap, domestic macros especially. None of that fancy, hi fallutin, proper and refined microbrew crap for this guy.

I drink beer and LOTS of it, because I enjoy BSing with friends, drinking beer. Those nasty, hoppy concoctions make me full and feel bloated after just 1 or 2, and then I want to go to sleep. If that was what I wanted, I'd just cut to the chase and drink whisky.

Pass the cases of Miller Lite. PROOF there is a god.

I’d agree. Today I accompanied most of my family (save
My wife) to a Reds game. I have imbibed of a good many Oz of this sweet nectar of the gods. A big hamburger sammich with the family. Now a fried egg over a slice of cheddar. I am warm, happy, content and in strong agreement with the afore mentioned Mr Franklin!

Sitting in the garage drinking one now. Our forefathers knew what they were talking about.

None of that watered down piss for me, full hops, Up-Hi IPA.

Drinking one of those Bud Light Cheladas right now listening to Warren Zevon.

Lawyers, guns and money

metal pint bottles is proof he wanted you to be mobile.

Did you see where Samuel Adams has cranked out some that is 28%.

Unless one can tell in the taste experience that could knock one's appendage in the sand.

I did the firearm safe handling training for youth day at our gun club today. It was hot and humid. When I got home a 1/2 liter of black beer sure was good!

You don't have to drink filling beer to drink good beer.

Excitable boy?

You’re off topic, Jim. This thread’s about beer.

chelada,

is that the beer with bloody mary mix?

I don't drink much alcohol, but I've heard that Leinenkumicgel's Hofbrau Collaboration Lager is quite tasty, as are their Oktoberfest and Summer Shandy.

I guess. It's got salt, lime and Clamato.

Send lawyers, guns, and money?

True.
Coors Original is good and not as filling. So is MGD. They just give me an atrocious hangover after 5-6, let alone 10 or more.

I’ve been on a natural light kick last few years told my wife it was natural nothing in it 😉

Jim is technically on solid ground.

#donottellthefundies
#Jesusmadewine

When I absolutely need to get a buzz RFN...a six of Natty Ice is pretty good.

If there was something cheaper with higher alcohol I would drink that.

PBR for the win...comes in Light, too.




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No ice required to enjoy it. Grins, MM

keystone light ice @ the DG

#yourwelcome

I am one of those lucky persons that can enjoy Keystone Light to Guinness.

Busch Light to Voodoo Ranger.

Highline to a Scotch Ale.

I fear no beer.

Wat?

PbR Light?

I have never seen either of those two things in the wild.

Old English...

It will make you want to get a tan and get a face grill of gold.

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I just switched to a Scotch Ale in fact.

Cold Smoke.

They are dangerous. I drank a bunch of them one night in Glasgow Montana.....and then ate the glass they were serving them in.

Saw a case at Bi-Mart....Hmm, better for the Beave’s waist line.

LOL

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Damn !


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Buddy used to always be able to tell if he had High Gravity 800 the night before.

He knew because he would always shìt his pants while being passed out.

I'm sampling a Yuengling Pilsner at this moment. It's new around here so I thought I'd try it out. IMO it's pretty good, not great.

Word.

I’ve ended up under tables, in lake water, and lost in my own backyard.

Had to stop drinking it.

Laffin

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I'll cull every single one. Especially if someone else is serving.

Humans are dumb as shìt.

No way another animal would do something like that to himself time and time again.


Booze should all be colored yellow and black in alternating bands.

I was caught trying to piss in the washing machine sleepwalking on that stuff.

I like Shiner when I can find it.

Want to try Yingling someday.


Whats the real tough one from up north?

Grain Belt?

I have become my grandfather...

When I was a wee lad we used to visit my aunt and uncle in Oklahoma. For the trip back, gramps would load up the trunk with case after case of Coors. I was terrified we'd end up in jail for bootlegging. Now I make an annual pilgrimage to visit my dad in Montana and bring back case after case of Moose Drool. My new fear is if I'll have the necessary travel papers for next years trip.

Just enjoyed the creamy brown ale with the weekly Boboli.

You’re definitely off the invite to a party list...LOL

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F N A, Conrad.


F N A.

Yuenling is Donald Trump beer.

its good stuff...

more $ than keystone light though.

Not sure, and I agree.....I like Shiner better by far.

One of my baseball teammates got hammered on Schaeffer one night in Reno. Don't ask me how, but he wound up driving a street cleaning machine back to the hotel from the Peppermill casino. When we got back it was in the hotel parking lot, still running, with the door open.

Good man!

I revisited rolling rock not long ago with a 12 pack thought I’d go back this tastes great till the hangover the next morning

Hate trendy microbrew. Bud light cans. I do love some red stripe though. I’ll grab 4 or 5 cases in the beginning of summer for the shop.
The old saying “a pistol is good for shooting your way to a rifle”?
“Beer is good for drinking your way to a bottle of bourbon”

Buddy got a call from the cops one night at 2:00am, asked if one of his employees had clearance to run his skid loader. He said, of course he does, why?
Cop says, like right now? Buddy says it’s 2am on a Saturday night, of course not, why?
Cop says, we’ll he’s driving it through town tweaking on meth.

Getcha ice-cold Hudepohl HERE!

The beer, peanuts, and bratwurst are usually the best things about going to a Reds game. It damn sure ain't the Reds.

Concur.

Yep. The Reds…well. They seemed to do what the Reds do today …the Dodgers win!!!

But all was not lost because of the beer, family and a day made good.

I “hopped” on the IPA train a few years ago but I’m a hobo no more. IPA had become like drinking electricity. There are a few good ones around but I’m getting to where they make me a little hot looking for a claymore (or angry cat) to swing around.

Lately I’m migrating back to good sound porters and stouts. Honest mellow and rich. I still like a good lager but lately want lager to be bright crisp and oh so cold. That’s where the joy is for me these days.

Mr Franklin would no doubt be pleased and join in the conversation but alas….

I can roll with PBR.

After one of my better nights and I don't remember the flavor, I woke op on a random couch in a random person's living room.

They made me pancakes that morning. It was awesome.

I try to live in accordance with the German Purity Order of 1516.

rolling rock

"glass lined......"


college bar / pool hall. $ 1 draft RR

(1970's Mannix episode announcer) - "Tonight's Special Guest Star...":

Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX. - 'Devil's Backbone', Belgian Style Tripel, 8.1%

I don't drink any more except on rare occasions, but if I am having a beer I'm pretty partial to Mexican beers. Modelo, Modelo Negra, Sol, Dos Equis.

Pilsner Urquell for the win.

Might not be the best I’ve ever had, but it’s the best I can get without driving for an hour….

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilsner_Urquell

I found every Shiner variety I've tried to be very filling. Bloat beer.

Except MGD. Nasty stuff.

I can drink Miller Lite just fine.
Dont mind it at all.

My 3 main beers:

Miller Lite
Trooper Ale
Double Crooked Tree ( only made in Feb )

Will do Zombie Dust or Voodoo Ranger off and on.

No Budweiser or MGD.

Yuengling is like Coors Light.....no thanks.

I'm pretty big into craft beer. And I'm a Hop Head, the higher the IBU's the better. I also like a good Porter or Stout during the cooler times of year. Barrel Aged is even better.

Before Covid I would take several beercations a year to visit different breweries or beerfest around the Country. I plan to go to Bavaria in 2040 when the oldest brewery in the world has its 1000th year anniversary. I'll be 84 then and a few of my drinking buddies will be in their 90's. Gotta have a plan!!!

At one time I probably had around 300 different beers in my beer fridge.Now days I try to keep it under 50. Different beers that is. I usually have "choir practice" most afternoons in the door of my shop. Anywhere from one to 3 or 4 of my buddies may drop by.

I've had the Samuel Adams Utopia that was mentioned. At the time it was about $150 for a, I think, a 20oz bottle. They make a different one about every 2 years.

I like Michelob Ultra Pure Gold the best.

I know...



shocker

Well, it isn't like your credibility in matters if taste had much to lose.

Busch ice.

That is a good beer. There is another Chech Pilsner that I like. Can’t remember the name but along with Urquell they often find a way into the fridge.

Mathman, please name a few really good beers that I wouldn't have to travel a hundred or 4 thousand miles to find or max out my card to purchase.

I would love to try some of them.

Staropramen was a decent Czech pils. Haven’t seen it in a while though.

Place called Chuckanut in NW WA makes some fantastic German and Czech style lagers. Lots of others as well but Chuckanut is a stand out.

What style do you like?

Alaskan Amber is really good.

I’m a Busch man myself but Busch ice is some nasty scchiit

It sounds like a "lady problem" for Alaskan natives.

Hey. Watch it, buster!

Lol

Free beer is the best beer
Miller Lite
Busch

Yep

I hope my taste for beer eventually comes back. Actually I hope all my taste eventually comes back. Throat cancer treatment has left me with a dull, almost non existent pallet. I was told at least a year or more for all of it to return, ifitall will return. Beer right now taste like crap to me. Enjoy it while you can folks.

To be honest, I can't tell many beers from another. All the USA commercial beers taste alike - except for a few like PBR, Sam Adams, Shiner, and one or two others. I do NOT do "light" beers that taste like fizzy air. Nor do I do beers that list hops as their primary ingredient.

I agree completely with the poster who quoted the German Beer Purity law, known there as Rhineheitsgebot: Beer must be barley, hops, yeast, water. That's all.

"Light" beers were invented to appeal to women. That's historical fact. If you drink stuff like Natty Light, you must have two X chromosomes.

Hey Jim, regardless, I’m happy that you’re still on this side of the ground. I hope you feel that way too...!

What about that manly Natty Ice? 😁

That purity law throws out all of the major American commercial brands.

I’m thankful every damn day, trust me.
I had in my own personal opinion an above average palette, you don’t realize how discriminating of taste you have until you loose it. A guy who has had 20/20 or better vision their whole life and then in a blink of an eye (pardon the pun) wake up one morning with way below vision ability then realize how well they saw. Sudden lost of Tastes is exactly like that.

Palate

C'mon man.

He had two shots at it.

Lagers that aren't too strong, but for my limited taste, Modelo Negra is a favorite. Dark Lagers do get my attention, containing roasted hops that give off a coffee or a slight hint of chocolate.

Wanting the best of many worlds, great flavor that's not too bitter& doesn't bloat as bad as some.

My test is not just a first taste or first glass impression, but a 6 pack. About 5 or 6 of any tend to change how ya feel about taste IMO.

Give Warsteiner dark a try.

Roasted malt by the way

You almost never see those things, Chelada’s, up here. Pal from TX turned me onto them. First time he was selling me onto trying one I had really low expectations. They’re delicious! Hard as hell to source up here though. I can’t imagine a hunting or fishing trip without them now.

Gross

When you get in the boat around 4 am, to be on your spot and dragging lead by sunrise, you’re going to be drinking by 9 am latest. Those cheladas and a bag of Snyder’s jalapeño pretzel bites make for fiiiine boat fare.

The Rhineheitsgebot is kinda retarded.

It had more to do with protecting grain for bakers and originally only had 3 ingredients listed as it predated any real knowledge of yeast. It really doesn’t factor at all.

If you want to try some great continental style beers, check out some local breweries. Many are turning out world class beers that aren’t shipped from Europe, warehoused, and trucked to hell and back with out refrigeration.

Check out winners of the World Beer Cup or the GBAF in styles you might like. Hopefully some of those are available in your local. Better yet the brewery.

I haven't yet found a US brewer that gets Kolsch just right.

Try Chuckanut if you can.

For a while I had a connection who got me cases of Kolsch flown straight from Germany on planes coming to his facility for maintenance. Climate controlled in the passenger area. I was spoiled.

And, there lies the conundrum. Not available for shipment to KY.

Hell, we couldn't get Yuengling here till 2018. And then it was a disappointment, to me any way.

I'll simplify it a bit, A decent everyday beer, lager style that might be available mostly nationwide.

Then maybe a weekend or special treat beer that can be found this side of Nashville.

Thanks.

That's what I thought I gave you.

Is KY that lame for beer?

Yeah. Hell, counties still dry to this day. It's changing, but just in the last decade.

Backward yes, & for the most part that's damn good. I'll take backward over so many of the recent modern problems.

The only thing I truly don't like are IPAs ... and some of the Asian imported "beer". I like ambers, porters, and stouts.

My favorite is Sam Adams Cream Stout. Haven't found it for sale here in over 10 years. Been calling around. Nobody in state seems to have it or can get it. WTF? I'm almost afraid now that if I found it, it couldn't live up to expectations and memories. Looking for a new favorite.

Guinness and Smithwicks.

My favorite domestic is a bottled Budweiser. The headache that accompanies it though is rough. Bud light is my go to treats me fairly well the next day, dependent on the amount.

I can’t fathom drinking enough Bud or Bud Light to get a hangover.

20+?

You just wake up with a hollow, sorta weak feeling.


Key is to eat some food with that wash belly chit.

I just now checked back on this thread and math man is correct so I gotta sit here and take the beating. I blame spell check.

10,000 micro breweries in the US and people extolling the greatness of a German beer and a beer produced by a German conglomerate. Is there a head shaking emoji.