What is your favourite beer and why? Please answer with brand not just style.
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Since moving to the South near the Gulf Shores, I have tried the local favorite Yuengling and found it to taste, well... as the albanian would say "ordinary".
But I did find a southern beer (lager) that knocks my socks off...
Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager. I thought this lager would be lost after Katrina, but found some recently. The spices that I taste while sipping this magical liquid are enough to make this my best.
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M$Second choice would probably be something from Rogue. Morimoto Soba probably.
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Now, I drink Alexander Keith's again, not the ritzyiest beer, but when they are cold I could not ask for more. Keiths is labeled as an Indian Pale Ale.. but it tastes like a lager to me.
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I don't like beer that you can't tell if you are drinking beer or water.
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As much as I like Fat Tire, my absolute favorite is only available at the brew pub where it is produced, and that is the Java Porter at the Mountain Sun (and its sister pub, the Southern Sun) in Boulder. The rich sweetness of porter, with the strong flavor of the cold-toddy brewed coffee they add to every batch. I *love* the stuff.
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Having said that, my tastes vary.
White (wheat) beer - Blanche de Binche, Blanche de Brugges
Grimbergen - All their labels, they just have sooo much taste
Leffe - World known Belgian beer, slightly sweet but not too much, great for a patio after work.
Sleeman - Canadian beer
Rickers Red - God I miss this beer (Canadian), I love red beer but they don't have any here
John Adams - USA
BitBurger - German light ale
Grolsch - Dutch - very light, full tasting beer
Guinness - When in Ireland or UK and sitting in a pub!
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I know it's a light, maybe girlee, beer but when I want a beer, I want refresment, and that means cold. If my beer gets even a few degrees warmer than ice cold, I don't want it. Coors light allows me to be able to consume and be refreshed quickly with it's light flavor and drinkability.
Rocky Mountains
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I discovered the beer at Victoria's annual Great Canadian Beer Festival (a must-attend event for any beer coinosseurs; it takes place annually in early September).
I discovered a few raspberry beers at the festival. Although the combo of beer and raspberry may sound gross to some, pretty much anyone I've ever "forced" to try it has enjoyed it.
It's a great refreshing beer, especially after a long day in the sun. It's a little bit heavier than your standard lager, which I appreciate, and the hint of raspberry adds a unique fruity tartness to the beer.
Phillips Brewery Website below.
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M$Hmmmmmm love that great flavor and taste.
I also love Ruination, but this beer really kills my taste bud i literally cannot drink any other beer for the rest of the day/night after I have this.
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My current favourite is Velvet Fog put out by a local (to Calgary, Alberta) craft brewery - The Wildrose Taproom.
http://www.wildrosebrewery.com/beer/velvet-fog.html
An unfiltered wheat and barley malt which I resisted trying it for quite a while, but the flavour was amazing and it moved quickly to the top of my list.
But I really love sampling the product of local microbreweries whenever and wherever I travel. So many great beers so little time.
For a truly great Pilsener, it is hard to beat the original - Pilsener Urquel - a Czech beer.
http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library/backissues/issue5.3/urquell.html
*my apology to Will Rogers
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M$p.s. look out for the headache associated with this one too.....
personal experience
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M$Like George Washington, one of my favorite styles of beer is porter. It's one of the less seen varieties these days, and when one does see it the brew is often more of a stout or else something quite original. I happen to have recently bought a six pack of two of my favorite porters Anchor Porter and Fuller's London Porter. Good as the Anchor is, Fuller's clearly had it beat. There was just so much flavor, and it was the traditional kind. Maybe it's because they have access to the traditional hops, malts, and yeasts for this old British type of beer? At any rate, it is no wonder that Fuller's wins so many awards in its class.
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M$Why, because those beers taste the best to me (which is the most important critic in my book as they are my taste buds), and each of these beers hold sentimental value based on time and place....
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M$That said, I usually drink Rolling Rock or Bud Light because it's cheap.
Fat Tire, as mentioned by someone else, is great... so is boulevard.
Yes, I have a hard time deciding what to drink every-time I go to the store. haha
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M$http://www.stellaartois.com/
There has to be something to it since I am German and the beer is Belgian ;)
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M$Wittekerke-a great light beer, has a lightly sweet after taste
Sweetwater 420-great beer to have with food, not too light, not too dark
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M$In addition, I'm supporting the brewing pride of Indian-head country, and my neighbor State of Wisconsin. Hello Wisconsin!!!
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Leinenkugel, the beer that made Chippewa Falls famous!
They used to be a good regional; but, in my opinion they sold out. Or actually were bought out. Now they are mostly sweet, light shandy type brews. Must be because of that hot climate in Wisconsin.
Yeah, your right. I can only drink a little bit of beers like "Berryweiss," and "Summer shandy," which is more of a dinner beer of sorts. Let's see; interestingly enough, I like Heineken a lot, but it gives me a headache after 3 or 4. Not so when I drink most 5%ers.' One of my other favorites is Killian's. Actually, I think I'll buy a six pack next time I have money for beer!
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You didn't mention the category. That would be mass market ultra light American near-beer (2.8%). Possibly a new low even for Miller. If you are counting calories I recommend "The Beer Diet Book" by Metzger and Block, which explains that life is better if you drink smaller amounts of better beer.
I agree, Albanian. If you truly like MGD 64, you probably don't really like beer. It's (relatively) cheap and barely tastes at all, which satisfies a huge percentage of the population. But it's not good beer.
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M$For me, "National" brands, I gotta go with Sam Adams, and the seasonals they provide.
I live in Hawaii, and the best beer there that I've ever had was the Kona Brewing Company's Fire Rock. I like it, and wouldn't mind drinking it regularly.
Also best ever for me is Guiness, but only as an Irish Car Bomb.
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Rolling Rock is NOT a pale ale. It's firmly in the lager category. That doesn't mean it's a bad beer, just means it should be compared to Budweiser, PBR and Miller High Life, not Sierra Nevada.
Rolling Rock got me through college, so it has a special place in my beer memory book. But there is much better out there.
A skunky tast means it has been on the shelf too long.
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Havent had fire rock from Kona yet. At least if i did i dont remember it. I believe i had a summer beer from Kona that was pretty good, but dont really member that well.
Can't agree with you there. I happened to have a Kona draft (by mistake. I was in Alaska looking for local brews and didn't recognize the name). It was pretty ordinary.
Why is a home brew style beer the best? Home brewing your own beer is the very essence of what a great beer aspires to be. I mean to create an unique brew that is special for you and by you is what Samuel Adams and Jim Cook have been delivering for years.
Many other folks have also enjoyed the Samuel Adams experience. Take for instance the Long Shot Home Brew contest http://www.samueladams.com/promotions/LongShot/ I have tried for myself this experiment in home brewing and the winners should be very happy with them selves to be able to unleash these great creations into our brew shops.
Samuel Adams is the best brand out there and all the rest can follow right along and start to homebrew with the best of them
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For summer nights, I prefer to switch to 'corona', a light, fresh beer, combined with a slice of lemon.
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M$Sincerely Kevinr74
I brew my own beer at my house and I certainly know how hard it is to make a great beer let alone over 21 that I could sell to the public and become such a success as Jim Koch!
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I agree that Sam Adams makes a decent beer, but Boson Lager is not a wheat beer. It is, as the name implies, a lager. There's a really big difference in the two, both in how they're made as well as in the taste.
I did not mean to say wheat beer it is obviously a lager it's just that Sam Adams makes a lot of wheat beers and it was obviously a written mistake!
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www.samueladams.com
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Budweiser American Ale - This ale has hints of caramel, and coffeeish taste to it. goes good during the colder months.
Brahma - This brazilian brew finishes off a little sweet, but refreshing during the summer.
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You should read my page again. Not just because of beer; but, because of the attitude toward the world around you that you are implying. Drinking beer is not just opening a can, (in the USA hardly any decent beers are canned). It is a valuable experience to go out and explore what the world has to offer, to learn how to appreciate what is in it, to simply take the time to investigate instead of writing off what you have not really tried and do not understand.
I have tried beer and don't like it, none that I have ever tried have I liked. If other people like it, that's great, it's just not my thing.
I'd like to amend what Albanian said about canned beer. He's right that MOST canned beer is not really worth comment among serious beer lovers. However, one canned beer stands apart. That, of course, would be, Oskar Blues out of Colorado. What a phenomenal brewery. Sure, $10 for a 4-pack of canned beer might seem expensive, but you'll never taste beer quite like it.
I have had great canned beer from the US, but hardly any of the craft brewers have adopted it. It's not a technical thing, but Americans associate cans with cheap beer and apparently won't pay a premium for good beer if it's in a can. The same seems to hold for screw tops on wine, although those are gaining ground.
Yuengling porter is better than their other beers but I don't think that they brew it in their new Florida brewery.
Tragically, Dixie Blackened Voodoo is no longer really a southern beer. The historic Dixie Brewery in New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina flooding and looters. They have not restored the brewery, probably because there is a giant hospital project threating to demolish the entire neighborhood. Meanwhile, at first Blackened Voodoo was brewed under contract by Heiner Brau in nearby Covington. When demand exceeded small Heiner Brau's capacity the contract went to a brewery in Wisconsin.
Maybe the hospital project will founder, and Dixie will return. Maybe not. Meanwhile, you are only about an hour from Pensacola, so be sure to visit McGuire's. Great beer, and food too!
Man that looks great i got to get me some of these.
Poo... that makes me sad. I saw it for the first time in quite a while at a liquor store here in Mobile. It was good before the hurricane.