Got to thinking bout beer - so what ya drinking and what do you give company so as not to use up your stuff. Anyone brewing their own?

I drink Leinies when home and here in TX I do not drink.
Usually have SKY Blue and Bud Light in the fridge.

Hard stuff: Kamakazi mix, Jack (jack and cokes) and Appleton Estate Jamacian Rum (make your own vanilla shakes and add a little - perfect in the hot tub when its 100 degrees outside.)

Summit Pale ale

vodka and Red Bull mix, good stuff



http://www.summitbrewing.com/extra_pale_ale.html

Maredsous for the religious and Turbo Dog for the heathens.

The best of both worlds.

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Switched from brewing beer to wine about two years ago.

Headaches have gotten worse.



Don't know if I'm doing it right or not. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Ask Logstove, I serve Guiness, Michlob Amber Bock and Heineken to company as well as being in stock for personal use. Actually I keep the Heineken for my son-in-law.

I'm not much on beer anymore, a Corona or Dos Equis will do fine.

I have fallen big time for single malt scotch from Islay. Can't go back now.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Nothing like a good scotch from Bowmore or Caol Ila distillers. Ardbeg when I am in the mood is good too.


Bill

Harp's and Guiness for the company (folks always like a black and tan) homebrew or miller lite for myself. As far as mixed drinks go...jack and coke, bourbon and ginger ale, or a good martini.

Teal,where are you in TX. ? The little brewery in Shiner puts out some very respectful brew. Stay away from Shiner Blonde and go with Shiner Bock, on ice. Also,I hate to admit this ,because I'm a Miller Lite man,but,if you see a Budweiser display that's pushing "Day Fresh Budweiser",at least but a sixer.The born on date is today and it is worth it.(I think that they only do this a couple of hours from Houston).This is my favorite subject(although my wife don't like it much),maybe it needs a separate forum....

I'm pretty boring. If I'm drinking beer its Coors light,and the harder stuff is Capt. Morgan and Pepsi.

Reminder to self...

Be nicer to TLee, he serves good beer. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Actually, I've stopped drinking beer (mostly) and prefer a Crown & Coke as it's less filling and zero carbs if you use diet Coke.

Guiness draft in bottle, harpoon winter mixes, rougues bitters and dead mans ale and several others of the like.....if the company don't like the ones I have ....oh well....
Woodford bourbon, Jameson 12 year old, and Laphroiag............Boots

Good man... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

for dutch beer I much prefer amstel over Heineken, even the dutch themselves prefer Amstel

Having sampled the brewer's art from Munich to Kathmandu and St. Louis to London my favorite remains "Moose Drool"... an unbelieveable beer!

www.bigskybrew.com

ya Moose drool is good beer, but hard to find fresh in my parts. the problem here is there are so many micro brews on the shelf that they don't sell fast enough and some are miss handled, warm cold warm cold. some beers should never be let to get warm just like milk.

New castle brown ale is good for change once in a while.

http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/
http://www.greatdanepub.com/
http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/
http://www.tyranena.com/
http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/

keep natural light and pabst blue ribbon for the company, but keep about every other kind in the fridge from budweiser to coors light and heiniken to rolling rock. as well as all the hard stuff mentioned above. usually the company gets the good stuff and i end up drinking the natty and pabst......blake

I don't drink alot of beer anymore. Got to the place that if I drank one I might as well drink 15 - I felt like crap the next day regardless.

But here in NC we do have some backwoods distilleries that turn out some pretty mean shine and apple brandy.

As far as company is concerned, I don't think I hate anyone enough to offer them a Pabst Blue Ribbon...

Mostly Coors light, but after the first 3 or 4, it doesn't really matter! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm a binge drinker. I'll go for months without even looking at it, then one night get with some friends.... you know the story.

Back when I was in the army, I'd get Miller Light in bottles. A friend always kept telling me that for the price of 1/2 case of Miller light, you could get a 30 rack of Strohs. My answere was always "When I can't afford to drink beer I like, I can't afford to drink at all".
7mm

Miller makes the best cheap plain american style mass produced beer. Icehouse if you want sweet, MGD or MGD lite is ya want a bitter.
I much prefer micro beer thou.

Sam Adams, Saranac (Black Forest, Pale Ale, Pilsner), Guiness, Tequeza (for my wife) NO LIGHT BEER !!! If you want light beer here, bring your own. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />



Rebel Yell & Makers Mark, Dewars scotch, Cuervo Gold, Baily's Irish Cream, brandy or B&B, Stoli or Absolut, dark rum.



Crowrifle, the local produce I've sampled from NC is outstanding. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I live in San Antonio - you can not live in TX with out seeing/hearing bout Shiner. The reason I do not drink down here is cuz of Navy policy - DUI (or any alcohol related incident) goes really bad. Now they are going to go with a "zero tolerance" policy - DUI you are out same as drugs. No problem with theat - I would just REALLY prefer to get an Honorable discharge with my VA benies - back to beer.

New Castle is good stuff too. Tries Hocher Schorr (spelling is wrong but pronounce phoneticaly) was ok , guiness is ok but I am really more of a hard stuff my self - I have to be in an unbelievably good mood to just drink beer. Leinies is ok but like I said - I can notjust drink a few for the sake of drinking- need a reason to celebrate.

I was thinking of maybe (when I get a house) of doin the home brew to see if I can find a mix I really like on a social/daily level.

I only drink two kinds of hard stuff. Blended-Haig Dimple. Single malt-Macallan elegancia.
That is Scot whiskey incase you dinna know!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the absolute best beer is...

Free.

JOG - thats rule no 1 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />



But occasionaly I am surrounded with cheap SOB's (usually the people I have known the longest as they know me best <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> read married wife syndrome)



and I am forced to procure my own - at which point I become the cheap SOB - its a horrible cycle. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Teal,

Hah! You're obviously a Free-Beer-Rookie. I could write a book on leeching freebies, but then all the students would equal the master - somebody has to buy.

Relatives on my wife's side used to own a large distributorship, but that was like taking candy from a baby - no satisfaction. I almost quit drinking. After they got out of the beer business the joy returned. There's nothing like sitting in the hot sun drinkin' somebody else's beer...

Well I have known these people for anywhere between 14 and 27 years - they know all the tricks and pretty much give me a response like the attachment.

Coors Light for me, make it ice cold.

For a drink in the afternoon: Maker's Mark, a little ice, and maybe some ginger ale. I like a good single malt occasionally.

Andrew,



Whew ... you were scaring me for moment! Live in Texas and not drink Shiner Bock?? Herasay I would think <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> When in Texas I drink either Shiner or Lone Star (good stuff!!) When visiting home in PA it nothing other than Yuelinging Traditional Lager ... very yummy stuff!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />



I remember my Navy days ... seemed I drove drunk about as much as I did sober ... not condoneing those actions mind U ... just the way it was in my young days (notice I didn't say young and dumb days ... still dumb <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />) It is amazing I never got caught, and consider myself lucky ... now if I'm driving there is a two beer limit and that's it. I could handle me getting hurt ... but I guess in my old age, it would really bother me alot if I hurt someone else 'cause I was stupid.



Ahh ... to be young and carefree again!! Cool Florida nites, top-down on the 442, a 12-pack and the back roads around Orlando ... many fun nites.

I too have done some stupid stuff while drinking - Its by the grace of God I never hurt someone or got hurt. I thank Him for that every day.

Man, I'm always late to these good threads!

I'm a dyed in the wool A-B guy, and always have Budweiser and Bud Light longnecks in the fridge, and Michelob Light on tap in the garage.

For those times when a craft brew is on the menu, my personal favorites include the beers from Anderson Valley Brewing in Northern CA (especially Boont Amber), Newcastle Brown Ale, Deschutes Black Butte Porter from Bend, Oregon, and if I'm really in an esoteric mood, Chimay Cinq Cents from Belgium.

I've always said that there are no bad beers, just some that are better than others. Anything from Miller may be the only exception!

anybody ever heard of or tried pete's wicked ale. he makes some great beer.......blake

I have heard of it but never tried it.



Michelob seems to be pretty popular - got a friend who's dad has a hot tub in the house - tapp plumbed right up to the edge with the 'lobe. Never even has to get out of the tub for beer!

that is what i call a succesful man. maybe one day we will all be fortunate to have a beer tap by the tub. teal if you ever get a chance try the strawberry blonde it is a great ale. michelob is a great beer also.......blake

teal, I also live in SA. I drink Leinies whenever I can find it, and I can always get it back home in WI when I'm home deer hunting from TX. I love the Northwoods Lager - especially when watching the Pack!



Do they ever sell it at HEB Central Market?

Yep - he is very sucessful - owns a machine shop. Had an awesome 69 YANKO camaro. Had the docs of being 1 of 5 know to exist.



He also has a full set of belgian browning shotguns 12,20,410 - those go to his future son in law - in fact I was preassured to be just that several times by him.



Cool guy -always offered us all everything he had - just that type of guy.



Spend his time now in a motorhome driving all over creation - biggest damn rig I've ever seen - then tows an explorer behind it.

Coors Light or Keystone Light. Rum and cokes,, captain and OJ, firewater or 99 bananas. When I used to go out with my friends in PA we would drink a heck of alot of tequila rose and snake bites. Designated drivers are wonderful people...lol.

mrsfisher

mrs

Leinies creamy dark is a very smooth hearty beer with just a little bite to it. A quite pleasureable brew somewhat similiar to Guiness for about $3.00 a six pack less. Guiness is of course an excellent choice and sometimes you just have to breakdown and get it ( a little arm twisting usually does it).

For the red beers, Killians and Leinies reds are excellent choices, both have a nice body and a good distinct flavor.

Probably the best beer I ever had was a Sprecher, a small brewing company in Milwaukee that makes beer the old fashioned way. I don't remember the type of beer it was, but it was a thick brew with a wonderful dark head that stayed with the brew until quaffed. A truly magnificent brew.

Chimay (from the Trappist monks in Belgium I believe) has quite a kick to it and will really knock your socks off if you're not careful. It's is one of the really heavy thick beers with a wonderful head, but it's somewhat bitter so you have to be in the mood for it. At $10.00 a bottle (similar in size to a champagne bottle) it is not a beer to serve to alot of guests.

Most of the small breweries in Wis turn out some good brews in small batches. I had some Mississippi Mud a few years ago and it was quite good, although I haven't seen it around lately.

As for the likes of Miller, Bud, and Coors, any of the three will do if nothing else is available, but only as a last resort. Coors is worst of the bunch, and Bud and Miller are almost interchangeable.

As far as the hard stuff, Jose Cuervo or a good mezcal tequila in a fresh strawberry margarita can't be beat on a hot summer day. Usually have a pitcher or two when the time is right. Jagermeister is our drink of choice in hunting season when the wind is biting and you need something to "warm you up". Of course, you can't beat a good sipping whiskey, or a whiskey sour anytime of the year.

Painless,
Pete's used to make some decent brews when they first started up. Now anything available from them is basically low grade goat piss.

One beer I forgot to mention that is one of my all time favorites: If anyone is ever in Bend, OR, stop by the Bend Brewing Company in old town down by the river. They make a spectacular IPA, one of the best I've ever had. Trust me, I've had one or two <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

cas, has it really gotten that bad? it has been awhile since i have had any of his beer. what are some of the more exotic beers you have had?.....blake

Blake, it hasn't gotten that bad.................. it's worse.

If you can name the beer, I have most likely tried it. I make my living in the beer industry and between trade association conventions, industry conferences, and just in general knowing a lot of the people in the industry, I have tried about everything at one time or another.

Last year in Las Vegas, there were probably in the neighborhood of 500 different individual brews available for sample. Of the ones I tried, and I tried a lot, two caught my attention for being very good, and I can only remember the name of one of them.

Most of the better exotic beers come from small shops, whether they be in the U.S. or Europe. The Belgian monks make some GREAT beers, including the Chimay family, Grimbergen, Tripel Karmelit, and Kwak.

There are lots of people that can make a decent beer, but most are technically proorly done, and the mistakes are covered by the hoppiness or maltiness. A lot of people will bemoan the large brewers for putting out "boring" beers, but I can guarantee you that there is not one single craft brewer in America that has the skill, resources, and equipment to brew Buidweiser, Coors, or MGD to the level of quality and consistency that the big guys do. It is much more difficult to brew a beer like Budweiser, that has very little bitterness or malt to cover mistakes than it is to brew any stout or porter.

i love my job, but can i have yours during those conventions. i work in the wholesale electrical supply business so when we trade back you will be ready to drink... alot.......blake

[quote] . . . . ,but,if you see a Budweiser display that's pushing "Day Fresh Budweiser",at least but a sixer.The born on date is today . . . "
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Bart185 suggests freshness is important. I agree. Some of the premium beers will sit for weeks before rotating the stock. Micro breweries usually have fresh stuff, but, their recipes can be so exotic as to the point of distraction. The top selling beer by a huge margin is Bud Lite. If Coors has been properly transported and is freshly dated, it is my brew of preference followed by MGD. Regardless, I always check the stale date.

Likewise, I don't by Copenhagen that is over two weeks old; big difference.

For the hard stuff, we normally stock some Knob Creek at our hunting camps. Great whisky and not outrageously priced. Sipping a bit after a hard days hunt is always a treat, especially when its cold and the wall tent wood stove is barely keeping up. Gusano Rojo is another favorite amongst the cognoscenti; its a full bodied mescal that offers unusal dreams. Especially if you eat the worm. We are close enough to Mexico to get the real stuff, instead of the imported crap with the plastic worm.

FRESH COPE "IT SATISFIES"

nothing goes better with hunting than a good dip of snuff........blake

Snuff.....RALPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I would rather have a 6 month old Newcastle than several "fresh" micros I can think of. Most of the high end import beers have some sort of preservative in them that will allow them to stay stable for much longer periods of time. Many micros also use live yeast, or at least employer lower standards of filtering that can lead to pretty quick deterioration of the product. Couple that with generally lower QC standards and much less stringent shelf life policies, and you are much more likely to get bad quality micro than you are to get a bad quality import or large domestic.

You'd be surprised at what many brewers/suppliers do not want you to know about code dates. There is a reason most are encrypted to keep the average consumer from actually knowing how old the beer is, or how close it is to expiration.

Just for a point of clarification, Bud Light is the largest selling beer in the U.S., but not by a "huge margin" (obviously it depends on the definition of "huge"). Budweiser is still the world's largest selling beer.

While the big 3 may put out amazingly consistent beer, it's like comparing chocolate and saying Hersheys and Nestle make amazingly good chocolate. Yes, it may be good, but it doesn't compare to some of the other small chocolate producers.

The same thing applies to beer. If you go to a good small brewery, you will find some truly impressive ales. You never will at Bud, Miller, or Coors.

Hunting camp rule number 24356.67 sub section c (Larry would be proud)

If and when you take a fine buck - you must then kill a bottle of Jagermeister that night. Provided it does not take you till next morning you are required to get up with the rest of the heathens there and make an attempt at cooking the rest of us breakfast - opening the box of donuts will do.

Green Bay Brewery makes some fine beers IMHO - I am by no means a professional like some here . I may not know art but I know what I like type of thing with me.

I would like to give it a stab at brewing my own even if it is just to say I did once. There are several things every man should be able to say :

I have killed my own food.
I can shoot a weapon.
I know how to use a chainsaw.
I can change my own tire thank you.

I would like to add - I made my own beer once.

Impressive is in the eye of the beholder. Being fascinated by the brewing sciences, I find it impressive that the big brewers can put out as consistent a product as they do considering the changing malt varieties, growing conditions for malts and hops, and the fact that they are dealing with a live "creature" in the yeast.

I don't have much of an argument with you that some of the craft guys put out some amazing beers, (and I sell MANY of them), but from a technical point, they can't compete with the big boys.

Part of the "charm" in craft beers is the variety, and the fact that you can taste mistakes. In fact, many of today's styles are the direct result of "mistakes" (including champagne, thanks Dom Perignon). The big guys don't have the luxury of making any mistakes.

It would also be a mistake to assume that the big breweries cannot make beers every bit as "crafty" as some of the smaller guys. The big brewers have the absolute best and brightest in the brewing industry working for them. They do in fact sometimes make limited runs of specialty beers, but simple economics dictates that large quantities of individual brands be produced in order to achieve the operational efficiencies necessary to make a profit.

Since the industry is darn near at max capacity, there isn't a lot of production time available for the big guys to do much beyond what they are best at.

by the way, I am much less impressed by a good ale than I am by a good lager.

Max capacity - we need to drink more <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well, I neither drink nor dance. OK, I lied. In fact, sometimes I drink while I'm dancing, so that's really bad. Anyway, for you guys who really like beer, I suggest you try homebrewing. It is so fascinating, and fun, and to drink the ones you loaded youself...its fab.

The neat thing, too, is you learn a lot about beer, when you delve into it. Now, you may not care if you think Lite and PBR, or Falstaff or the "water" beers is all you want out of life.

I'm very pleased to see so many Leinenkugel enthusiasts. That stuff is excellent for a production beer. That is all I've been buying lately (brewery is shut down). A few of the Canadian brands are excellent. Leinie Red is a much better every day beer than I deserve. Pour it into a frozen mug, most choice. (I like to use it at room temp)

The exotic Euro brands are widely available now. The trappist offering, arguably one of the first commercially produced beers, is amazing. It is bottle conditioned, meaning that it gains its carbonation naturally, after its bottled, by adding a bit of sugar at the end to kick the yeast into producing the alky and CO2. You will see a bit of sediment at the bottom as evidence of the process.

If you want to try the first lager (LAGER: light, bubbly, served cold, the forerunner of Amercan beer) ever devised, go and get the stuff sold in the green bottle from Pfilz, Czech Republic (from where the term "pilsener" is derived) Can't remember the name of it right now, but it is my fave, outside of the stuff I have made. Remembered: "Pilsener Urquel"

Enuff, already!!

Regards, sse

Pilsner Urquell is indeed a fine beer, but as you say, even the big boys make mistakes. Next time you drink one of these, see if you can taste the butterscotch flavor. Remnants of a very mild Diacetyl contamination. Still very good stuff though.

As for me, I live close to Chico, so I'm close to the source of one of the nations largest craft brewers. So I drink quite a bit of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, then Celebration Ale in the cool months. Maybe an occasional beer from what is one of the oldest craft brewers in the US - Anchor Brewing. Their Liberty Ale "IPA-like" beer is excellent, and it's very hard to find a Barleywine better than Old Foghorn.

And yes, home zymurgy is fun too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Regards,
Scott

ST - I've tried Sierra a few times. Very hoppy, which I like.

Regards, sse

CAS, I agree with you on the point that the brewmasters at the big boys breweries are some of the best in the world. The trade off in going to the big breweries is just as you stated, the run times and production rates, and operational efficiencies leave little flexibility.

It's not that they couldn't brew outstanding beers, it's the economics involved that tie their hands.

Seems I change favorite beers (most consumed) every month or so. Right now I'm on RedHook (IPA).Next month it might be Corona...Then switch back to Coors Light.
Am getting quite fond of single malt Islay scotch, on the rocks with a wee splash of water. Found one that fits my budget, McClelland's...$20. a pop. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Virgil B.

"... If you go to a good small brewery, you will find some truly impressive ales. You never will at Bud, Miller, or Coors."

That's because Bud, Miller and Coors produce lagers! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Kirt

Dad and I still brew a few batches every year. We gave up bottling and now we just keg it up in syrup kegs. Have a fridge set up and a bar mix of 75% nitrogen and 25% co2 to keep things right. My close friends drink what I drink. If I have to buy my brew I like Alaska Amber Ale, AK Summer Ale, Black Dog ale from Spanish Peaks brewing. For those other occasions Miller MGD does ok. There are lots of pretty decent brews out there but they are mixed in with alot of overpriced piss water.

When I'm out and the selection at the restaurant is limited I usually end up with Corona (or Dos Equis if it is a Mexican restaurant).
At home I don't drink much beer, but my son brings me over some imported German beers once in awhile. His favorites are Krystal and Franciscaner. I'm getting quite a taste for the Franciscaner, but at $2.50 a bottle, I can control my need for it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Guess it is a left over taste for German brews from my time in the Army stationed near Stuttgart. Nothing in the world like Oktoberfest in the Homeland! Even had a beerman that delivered beer right to our door every week just like the milkman used to here! Man, that was living!
The Portland area was just named the "Micro Brew Capitol of the World" by some "knowledgable" editor of a beer brewing magazine. There are so many microbreweries around here that I'll never be able to try all of their wares, but I'm getting pretty partial to a few Hefeweizen's that are a staple of this area. In fact, we served a keg of it for my son's wedding a couple years ago and I still get comments about it.

When I was in Colorado on vacation quite a few years ago, we visited the Coors factory in Golden. That fresh beer right out of the finishing vats was some of the best stuff I ever drank, and I drank plenty of it! Good thing there was a bus to take me back to the campground we were staying in- I surely couldn't walk there unassisted!

Never could get a taste for straight whisky, Bourbon, vodka, or anything hard alcoholic- even though I tried like heck when I was younger (Army days again). However, I really like some blended drinks once in awhile like Mudslides. Yeah, I know, those are sissy drinks- YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

My main drink anymore is wine. We have some of the best wines (dare I say it?) in the world around here these days and I love to stock up with a good vintage to have around when company shows up. Ask Pumpgun about the wines here. I think he took home 4 cases each of the last couple times he came up. He must be about out by now, Tom- time to stock up again, buddy! - Bob 'da Butcher

My uncle used to have a "wine guy". This guy would help them "find" wines he may like and then they would have them shipped to their house. Was some type of service they found on the net.

I think it was a monkey with a marker and a catlog as all the ones I tried tasted the same and really did nothing for me.

Well I just came in from working all day and then working till now on my car, and I am going to open a can of Labatt Blue, and will mix it with Clamato juice.
Don't do it often, but feel like it tonight.
I like quite a few beers, I used to like one called Brador, but they stopped making that quite a while back.
I enjoy a good beer but not a fanatic for it, used to buy a product up here that was just called "beer" it I guess was a generic type and not bad, used to drink Moosehead and heineken and old style.
Most are good when I am thirsty.
"I always say I don't drink anymore, I also don't drink any less." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Anyone ever have Straubs....brewed in St.Marys, PA? BARF

Can't drink beer. Unfortunate because I do love the taste but something in beer I am alergic to. All beer, of what ever brand swells me up like a poisoned pup. Not worth the price I have to pay.

One word. Gin



BCR

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!

http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/

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.

I don't think they make red, white and blue anymore, they may but i haven't seen it lately.

Mostly homebrew and guinness...the darker the better! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Yellow fizzy beer is for wussy's! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

not realy a beer fan. i like wine

MGD & Michelob.

When I'm out I have been turned on to Red Bull & Vodka. Great drink, but the Red Bull gets you so wired up you can't tell if you're drunk!
Dangerous, very dangerous.

Ended up with a case of BILLY beer about 20 years ago.......still have it in a closet!