Author Topic: What beer are you enjoying right now? (Read 11009 times)

Pretendo · « **on:** Wed, 28 September 2011, 22:40:18 »

Assuming you're of age, of course...

I'm sipping on a Yuengling Traditional.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 28 September 2011, 23:03:58 »

I had a Stella Artois with dinner.

vils · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 01:36:14 »

Anchor Steam's Liberty Ale.

fossala · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 01:51:16 »

When I drink, boddingtons.

Bilbin · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 03:23:27 »

Can't stand the taste of beer, but when I do, Guiness.

cactux · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 04:54:47 »

ginger beer =)

paat · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 07:10:01 »

Drinking beer that is not brewed in Germany is a deadly sin. Ok there a few exceptions. (e.g. Budweiser the Czech one of course, the us "version" tastes like soda) but in the most cases thats it.

One of my favorite German beers is of course the Kölsch. A regional beer from Cologne. Maybe its my favorite because i am living near Cologne and i kinda grew up on it

. But there are tons of good German beer brands.

So guys drink more German beer!

fohat.digs · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 07:27:37 »

It is early morning here, so it is orange juice time.

But tonight I will enjoy a Terrapin Rye Pale Ale, one of the best beers brewed in Georgia. Well balanced with plenty of hops.

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itlnstln · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 08:05:07 »

Quote from: vils;423209

Anchor Steam's Liberty Ale.

This is yummy.

I've been enjoying some of the Samuel Smith's lineup. I love their IPA.

Hydroid · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 08:11:23 »

I am drinking age here in Australia, but I don't drink.

JustCallMeCrash · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 08:26:49 »

I have some Sarnac black and tan and an Abita, the type of which is escaping me at the moment, that I'll be enjoying tonight.

reaper · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 08:35:21 »

Japanese beers ftw. Kirin, Sapporo, Asahi, etc.

itlnstln · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 08:42:11 »

I'm not a huge fan of Japanese beers. Last time I drank a Japanese beer it was in the form of Sake Bombs. It also included a night of partying with an off-duty stripper, throwing up in a Denny's and a 2-day hangover.

tablepad · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 09:01:51 »

oh I had a local beer..hahaha oh my!

reaper · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 09:07:44 »

Quote from: itlnstln;423320

Last time I drank a Japanese beer it was in the form of Sake Bombs. It also included a night of partying with an off-duty stripper, throwing up in a Denny's and a 2-day hangover.

Sounds like a fun night to me. lol =D

itlnstln · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 09:17:38 »

Official stance: Sake bombs are horribly dangerous. Several weeks later, a couple of friends and I went back to that same bar to hang out before we were to meet up with some ladies. I made the fully-conscious decision to not drink bombs. One of my friends did not share the same wisdom. We had to carry him up 2 flights of stairs to his apartment. He proceeded to strip down to his underwear and lay face-first on the floor of his bathroom. His GF ended up hanging out with my other friend and me that night. His GF told me later that my friend slept on the bathroom floor that night and make a "vomitous mess" of the toilet.

Good times.

woody · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 09:56:23 »

Quote from: paat;423301

Drinking beer that is not brewed in Germany is a deadly sin. Ok there a few exceptions. (e.g. Budweiser the Czech one of course, the us "version" tastes like soda) but in the most cases thats it.

Czech beer >> German beer, whether your pride accepts it or not. Take a trip there and enjoy.

Also, since someone mentioned Asahi, the one distributed in Europe is actually brewed in Czech Republic.

itlnstln · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 10:06:52 »

I'm a fan of UK and Irish beers myself. I'm not much of a German beer fan. Czechvar (Budvar's Budweiser in the US) is a good Pilsner, but I prefer Ales and Stouts.

Aseral · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 10:11:29 »

Not a big fan of beer but when I drink its Hertog Jan Grant Prestige.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 12:15:09 »

My preference is lager > pilsner > ale.

Malphas · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 12:56:29 »

Tennent's Super. "Enjoying" is a bit of a stretch though, but it's alright.

Pretendo · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 29 September 2011, 17:22:54 »

My current top list consists of:

-Yuengling Lager - Probably my favorite go-to Lager. Hard to find outside of the eastern US though.
-Guinness on tap / in can. Bottles suck for some reason.
-Brooklyn Lager
-Stella
-Blue Moon
-(for cheap beer) Rolling Rock

Ink`Eyes · « **Reply #22 on:** Fri, 30 September 2011, 19:27:05 »

I'm enjoying one of these right now
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I enjoy really hoppy bitter ales

This is my default always in the fridge beer
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Sometimes I get a craving for Belgium ales like this one

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But I can only have one or two of those before they taste too sweet

Fuzzy Dunlop · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 30 September 2011, 20:36:06 »

Wonderfully smooth. 9% alc./vol. leaves me pleasantly mellow.

JustCallMeCrash · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 30 September 2011, 22:06:15 »

It's New Beer Friday in NC, *****es. Just had some of this:
http://www.brewbound.com/top-features/uinta-brewing-releases-oak-jacked-imperial-pumpkin-ale/
10%ABV and smooth as a Topre board.
A couple of these: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3/35134 (not as smooth... tastes like pecan hull. :-/ meh)
At least 2 of these: http://beernews.org/2011/07/here-comes-shock-top/ Tis the season to drink pumpkin beer, after all.

We were a member short, so the selection was pretty limited (there are only 4 of us on a normal NBF night)... but we made up for it by going to a little place behind somebody's house (my friends know them... they're kinda hippy-ish) with a brick oven and a TON of pizza. They make all their own dough, grow all the spices, make all the sauces and most of the cheeses. They make lots of bread, too... they said they can make 40 loaves at a time. It's been a good evening!

Bilbin · « **Reply #25 on:** Sat, 01 October 2011, 03:39:36 »

Any cider fellows?

bootstrap · « **Reply #26 on:** Sat, 01 October 2011, 06:10:04 »

In order of preference (favorite first):

1. Blue Moon (USA)
2. Little Creatures Pale Ale (Australia)
3. Cascade Amber (Australia)
4. Coors (USA)
5. Tiger (Singapore)

mian2222 · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 05:34:35 »

Breckenridge Autumn Ale.

Malphas · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 13:05:24 »

Quote from: Bilbin;424499

Any cider fellows?

Yes, I'll sometimes drink an industrial sized bottle of Frosty Jack's when I want to get smashed for £2.50.

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RC-1140 · « **Reply #29 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 13:13:33 »

Flensburger Dunkel. Or any other Flensburger Pilsener. Just great! Luckily I'm living in northern Germany, where it's available nearly everywhere. And in Germany one is allowed to drink beer at the age of 16 :whoo:

Urglifast · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 15:12:50 »

Magic Hat #9

Bilbin · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 15:23:20 »

Quote from: Malphas;425572

Yes, I'll sometimes drink an industrial sized bottle of Frosty Jack's when I want to get smashed for £2.50.

Reminds me of 4L~ bottles of beer for $2 in Romania, I'm guessing it tastes like piss compared to more "expensive" cider.

Malphas · « **Reply #32 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 16:02:10 »

It tastes of chemicals and death.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #33 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 16:15:34 »

Quote from: Malphas;425693

It tastes of chemicals and death.

For 2.5 quid it damn well better!

dorkvader · « **Reply #34 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 23:17:17 »

Quote from: paat;423301

Drinking beer that is not brewed in Germany is a deadly sin. Ok there a few exceptions. (e.g. Budweiser the Czech one of course, the us "version" tastes like soda) but in the most cases thats it.

One of my favorite German beers is of course the Kölsch. A regional beer from Cologne. Maybe its my favorite because i am living near Cologne and i kinda grew up on it . But there are tons of good German beer brands.

So guys drink more German beer!

Belgium is better to my taste, though I really enjoy German.

Quote from: keyboardlover;423456

My preference is lager > pilsner > ale.

Ale > lager > pilsner

My toplsit(can never have too much of these):

Rochefort 10
Chimay Blue
Schneider Aventinus
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Dominion oak barrel Stout
Augustiner (forgot the name, but it's their munich lager)
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
Oskar Blues Ol' Chub.
North Coast Old stock ale (almost 13%)
Basically any Quadrupel.
There's more.
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My fav. Cider is the Etienne Dupont bouche brut de normandie, though I often prefer tart ciders to sweet. I prefer most unalcoholic cider to the sweet alcoholic ones.

Also, Apple Lambic > most cider.

Right NOW I'm having a crack at a Yards Saison out of a Chimay Goblet. It's good, though a bit lighter than I generally prefer in my saison. Excellent for the price, though.

turbocharged · « **Reply #35 on:** Mon, 03 October 2011, 23:23:54 »

Brooklyn Monster Ale and Dogfish Head Punkin' Ale here tonight.

Also, lager>pilsner or pilsner>lager doesn't make much sense since a pilsner is a type of lager.

bionicroach · « **Reply #36 on:** Tue, 04 October 2011, 00:49:05 »

Usually something from Oskar Blues or Stone. Oskar's Gubna and Ten Fidy are both delicious. Arrogant Bastard and Sublimely Self Righteous Ales are my favs from Stone.

St. Lupulin from Odell's is pretty darn good too.

Bilbin · « **Reply #37 on:** Tue, 04 October 2011, 01:30:33 »

Those wine bottle ciders are so dear over here, ever tried scrumpy? Man that's some horrid stuff, well, Weston's Old Rosie anyway.

Urglifast · « **Reply #38 on:** Tue, 04 October 2011, 01:34:52 »

http://www.toronadosd.com/iWeb/Site/On%20Tap.html

whatever of their beers i feel like at the moment. $3 for every beer in the place on monday nights.

and their list of beer on tap is greatly shadowed by their list of bottled beer

Bilbin · « **Reply #39 on:** Tue, 04 October 2011, 06:39:54 »

Just polished off a Herrljunga +46 apple cider from Sweden, it recently got imported here.

One of the better ciders that I've had, a sweeter cider, not overpowering or syrupy, very strong apple taste and the alcohol taste is welcoming to the palate.

aynjell · « **Reply #40 on:** Fri, 07 October 2011, 17:12:48 »

Kirin Ichiban Sake Bomb!

Pretendo · « **Reply #41 on:** Fri, 07 October 2011, 23:46:10 »

Not exactly beer, but earlier this night I had "falcon punch" in honor of the F-Zero character:

1.5 oz spiced rum
1.5 oz triple sec
1 oz peach schnapps
1 oz lime juice
12 oz fruit punch

Pour it all in a 16 oz cup and stir.
(recipe is from drinkmixer.com)

keyboardlover · « **Reply #42 on:** Sat, 08 October 2011, 08:32:17 »

While Pilsner is a type of lager, I think it's unique enough that it makes sense to keep it separate.
Plus, Lager came from Germany and Pilsner came from the Czech Republic.

Czech out my beer knowledge!

dorkvader · « **Reply #43 on:** Sun, 09 October 2011, 13:11:54 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;427477

While Pilsner is a type of lager, I think it's unique enough that it makes sense to keep it separate.
Plus, Lager came from Germany and Pilsner came from the Czech Republic.

Czech out my beer knowledge!

Yeah, that's really what I meant.

I mean, I could have said that I prefer ales generally, but I don't like IPA's (which is still an ale), so I can further qualify my statements by saying I prefer malt to hops. There's really too much variation between types of ales or types of lagers to classify them all as one.

I mean isn't the real difference in how the hops are added, and at what temperature?
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I'm planning to enjoy a can of Oskar Blues ol' chub in the near future. Scotch ale is great.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #44 on:** Mon, 10 October 2011, 20:33:00 »

Tonight's menu is Greek beer. I don't recall having Greek before, and since it was a special sampler on sale, I decided to give it a shot. $9 for a 6pack of 500ml isn't a bad deal. Two of them I'm not sure what they are called as I am not that familiar with Greek and I'm feeling too lazy to look it up, so we have the other 4 which are Vergina, Alfa, Aris and Keo (which is actually Cyprus but whatever). I'm into my 3rd and so far I can say 2/3 aren't bad. The Alfa was kind of bland and reminds me of mostly flavorless Italian beer like Peroni. The Aris and Keo were quite nice on the other hand, and as good as quality German and Czech beers in their own way.
Also on deck, if I am feeling up to it, is a 2l Arsenalnoye from Ukraine. Sadly it was not 65 cents like in Ukraine, but I have fond memories of getting blitzed and getting lost in the left bank of Kiev near Livoberezhna around 3 and running into a pair of D'n'B dj's and thier pack of strippers... good times.

CaptainChaos · « **Reply #45 on:** Mon, 10 October 2011, 20:41:19 »

Woo Hoo Cyprus!

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #46 on:** Mon, 10 October 2011, 21:06:03 »

You seem pretty exited. Are you a Cypriot or something?

CaptainChaos · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 10 October 2011, 21:12:32 »

Lol yeah I am. Not often I read a post on a forum and see Cyprus mentioned.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #48 on:** Mon, 10 October 2011, 23:25:05 »

Cool. I have meant to go there a few times when on Europe trips, but something always comes up and I have to change my schedule and go elsewhere. Unfortunately I can say the same for a lot of places. Which is odd, since from what I have heard it's quite picturesque and would be a good location for photo shoots, though I hear it is quite expensive.

turbocharged · « **Reply #49 on:** Tue, 11 October 2011, 07:43:30 »

Quote from: dorkvader;427970

I mean isn't the real difference in how the hops are added, and at what temperature?

Actually, the difference between an ale and a lager is in the yeast and how they are fermented. Ale yeasts need to be fermented in the 62-72F range. Lager yeasts need to be fermented in the 48-58F range. That is why most beers are ales...it is harder to control temperature (and costs a lot more) for the small brewery or home brewer to make a lager.

Also, I do believe that all ales are ales (even belgians) and all lagers are lagers (even pilsners). Just because two beers taste different or come from a different country doesn't mean that they aren't in the same category of beer that is characterized by the yeast/temperature temperature. That is why we have extra categories like IPA, PA, ESB, Brown Ale, Indian Brown Ale, Porter, Stout, Milk Stout, Imperial Stout, Belgian, Belgian Trippel, Pilsner, Schwartzbier, etc etc. They are there to further divide the beer into their respective categories.

Think of beer like plants and animals with biological classification. Lets take the Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout for example. Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout would be the "species" because it defines the actual beer. Sweet Stout would be the "genus" because that is the category of beer that it is in (much like wolves, coyotes, and dogs are all considered canines and in the genus canis). Then Ale would be the "family" of beer that it is in.

Probably went a bit too far with that one, but maybe someone got something from it.

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Author Topic: What beer are you enjoying right now? (Read 11009 times)

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