find me the perfect beer

[jabumbo]

i am looking for new beer suggestions. when i go out, i like to try new stuff whenever i can, and i am not sure what i really like yet...


so discuss, and don;t forget to give more than just a name. i need to know why i should be trying such and such kind.




side note: coors is the shittiest beer alive.

[GetYourWarOn]

sam adams.

it's kid tested and mother approved.

[i'mcrafty]

zip it peter!!!! :mad:

[Lindsey_1535]

Sleemans my man. Do it now. I'd give you my last one but then agian....its my last one. HONEY BROWN.

[Medellia]

I've already told you...cider is the way to go. Look for Sam Adams cider if you're at a restraunt. If you go to a liquor store then K or Hornsby's. Also, I once had a really good strawberry beer, but I don't remember what it was called. :/

[zorra_chiflada]

boags (http://www.boags.com.au/Files/00047_OurBeers.asp?flash=true&) is the best beer in the world.
it's been scientifically proven. i don't know if you can get it over there.

cascade is the other tasmanian beer. it is almost just as good.

[GetYourWarOn]

oh right...a reason to try samadams. let's see...



well every year, the ceo of the company heads over to europe to hand pick the hops for that particular season...and every year he brings them back to the U.S. in a suitcase that he has to have checked through customs. the only propblem is that hops have the exact same look to them as weed, so you can imagine the hijinx that ensue.

[GetYourWarOn]

I've already told you...cider is the way to go. Look for Sam Adams cider if you're at a restraunt.


let's get married.

[Lindsey_1535]

SLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMANS......sleemans.

[jabumbo]

i have a sam adams variety pack right now. i've tried most of them so far. the black lager and the other darker ale were both pretty good i thought

[i'mcrafty]

yeah if your a fatty

[GetYourWarOn]

i have a sam adams variety pack right now. i've tried most of them so far. the black lager and the other darker ale were both pretty good i thought


yeah yeah, their seasonal brews are real good. the summer brew is w00t.

[zorra_chiflada]

can you mail beer? is that allowed?

[jabumbo]

can you mail beer? is that allowed?

i can;t see why not? its not illegal or anything...

[Lindsey_1535]

I'd mail you my last beer then. I hope it doesn't break, one already broke today. :( MAN DOWN

[zorra_chiflada]

i can;t see why not? its not illegal or anything...
will it last? i'm not sure of what the procedure is if you want to mail alcoholic beverages, particularly fizzy ones.

[jabumbo]

will it last? i'm not sure of what the procedure is if you want to mail alcoholic beverages, particularly fizzy ones.


careful packing i guess? and you could always try to send it in a jug or something instead of bottles...

as far as lasting, it depends on how long the shipping would take, and what kind of aging time the beer has. i know most american brews have more preservatives in them so they will last longer, but that also takes away on some of the flavor, so its not something that you want to add if you can help it

[zorra_chiflada]

careful packing i guess? and you could always try to send it in a jug or something instead of bottles...

as far as lasting, it depends on how long the shipping would take, and what kind of aging time the beer has. i know most american brews have more preservatives in them so they will last longer, but that also takes away on some of the flavor, so its not something that you want to add if you can help it
hmm. i wanna mail you some australian beer, but by the sounds of that, it's gonna be hard. i'm not sure how long australia to the US airmail takes, i think it's about 2 weeks if you're lucky

[Lindsey_1535]

Brown bottles are betta cause they don't let as much light in. Word. Take it to the grave.

[QueenAdrock]

I've heard Magic Hat #9 is pretty awesome. It's beer with a slight aftertaste of apricots. 6 pack at Shopper's = $7.88 (y)

[Documad]

Hey, I'm no expert, but is beer that tastes of strawberries or apricots really beer? :p

I have some serious doubts about your beer credentials.

[Lindsey_1535]

apricot beer? SWHHHHAT!!??!

[Documad]

I don't know how good it is but Schells (http://www.schellsbrewery.com/brewwithsub.php) is a sentimental favorite. Family owned since the 1800s.

P.S. I love brewery tours! I've always meant to do theirs.

[Medellia]

Hey, I'm no expert, but is beer that tastes of strawberries or apricots really beer? :p

I have some serious doubts about your beer credentials.
Depending on how it's brewed then yeah, it's beer.

[minton]

i'm not sure how long australia to the US airmail takes, i think it's about 2 weeks if you're lucky

It takes a few days end to end.

You won't be able to send beer in the mail internationally though, I think. I'm pretty sure it's against the law.

[zorra_chiflada]

You won't be able to send beer in the mail internationally though, I think. I'm pretty sure it's against the law.

i thought as much. :(

[Documad]

You know what also sucks? I was only allowed to bring ONE bottle of lovely Australian wine home with me. :mad:

[QueenAdrock]

The strawberry beer I tasted didn't taste a damn thing of strawberries. More like lighter beer.

[avignon]

corona with lime

[Rancid_Beasties]

Okay heres a few beers, I'll start with Australian because I am more qualified on that topic. Plus we have some of the best beers in the world.

Boags Premium:
Probably the best Australian beer going around (except for some microbrewed stuff thats expensive as).
Boags St George:
You wont be able to get this outside tasmania, other than at my dads bottleshop because we are the only one who has it outside of tassie for some reason. Slightly citric, corona style except a bit more expensive and a bit better in my opinion.
Boags Draught:
Probably the best draught beer in Australia by a fair bit.
Cascade premium:
Very tasty but slightly behind boags i reckon
Cascade 4 seasons:
Limited release, all of the beer in this series are good but I particularly like the summer blonde
Cascade draught: only just started being available outside tassie, pretty good but once again just behind boags
Carlton Draught: I maintain that the carlton draught on tap at the Radisson hotel in melbourne is possibly the best beer I've ever tasted. Usually its just an average beer.
Coopers: The pale ale is a great tap beer, and the sparkling is awesome out of the bottle (its bottle fermented so theres a whole technique to drinking it where you have to role it first to make sure theres no sediment)
Beez Neez: My mates bag me for liking a beer with honey in it but I reckon its interesting (y)
International beers
Leffe: Man everything about these beers, especially the radieuse one, is good. Right from the smell!
Carlsberg Elephant: Strong, tasty beer. Basically a strong ass carlsberg.
Becks: Cheap, easy to drink, little after taste
Corona/Cantina/ any light cerveza style beer: pretty much all taste the same so if you have had corona dont bother with the other ones i reckon thats about as good as you can get unless you can get some boags st george.

[QueenAdrock]

Oh, yeah. My best friend <3's Blue Moon.

[Lex Diamonds]

1. Budvar
2. Grolsch
3. Holsten Pils
4. Kronenbourg
5. Stella Artois

[jabumbo]

a lot of them sound good, too bad i can't get most of them


i tried a corona once, it was ok, but i didnt really care for it that much. i'm not sure why...

[CrankItUp!]

ice cold - malt :cool:

[like2_drink]

Honestly, if i drink beer, the only thing i will drink is keiths, it's delicious.

if im drunk then i might buy some alpine, i've never regreted it much.

[GetYourWarOn]

amstel light is my favorite light beer.

[JBernas]

Fruity beer (n)
My favorites are Yuengling and Tucher (http://www.tucher-usa.com/new_page_5.htm). Tucher is a Heffewisen and is yummy with a squeeze of lemon. Yuengling is not available everywhere, but it's brewed in PA so you should be able to find it.

[scotty]

Both Zorra and Rancid have beaten me to the punch here. Jim Boags Premium is the best, closely followed by Cascade. Rancid neglected to mention Cooper's Stout, the only dark other than Guinness worth considering. Special mention to the Grand Ridge Brewery's Gippsland Gold. All are awesome beer for summer drinkin'.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Both Zorra and Rancid have beaten me to the punch here. Jim Boags Premium is the best, closely followed by Cascade. Rancid neglected to mention Cooper's Stout, the only dark other than Guinness worth considering. Special mention to the Grand Ridge Brewery's Gippsland Gold. All are awesome beer for summer drinkin'.
Grand Ridge Brewery's supershine looks insane! I've never tried one of their beers but I intend to ASAP. Haven't tried coopers stout, but i know we've got like 2 or 3 types of it, like coopers best extra stout, coopers regular stout and something else.

What about James Squire's? They are ok in my book. But I must say I prefer boags varieties of various beers to pretty much anything, but sometimes you just get a craving for coopers sparkling (y) :)

Anyway I still stick to Guinness as far as stout goes because of my Irish roots (thats my excuse anyway :p). I've had a few interesting beers lately. One was a microbrewed pale ale with like a fish on the bottle I can't remember the name but it was very good, and another was this beer called Heidi which is like an Altbier it was kinda meh.

[scotty]

Grand Ridge Brewery's supershine looks insane! I've never tried one of their beers but I intend to ASAP. Haven't tried coopers stout, but i know we've got like 2 or 3 types of it, like coopers best extra stout, coopers regular stout and something else.

What about James Squire's? They are ok in my book. But I must say I prefer boags varieties of various beers to pretty much anything, but sometimes you just get a craving for coopers sparkling (y) :)

Anyway I still stick to Guinness as far as stout goes because of my Irish roots (thats my excuse anyway :p). I've had a few interesting beers lately. One was a microbrewed pale ale with like a fish on the bottle I can't remember the name but it was very good, and another was this beer called Heidi which is like an Altbier it was kinda meh.

The Coopers Best Extra is the one I was talking about. Good for making Black and Tans. James Squire's is good, but I feel like I'm pissing my money up against a wall when I get it. Coopers Pale Ale is on tap at the uni bar so thats what I get there. I used to drink heaps of their Sparkling Ale but got kind a sick of it after a while. I had some the other night, though and it was tops. Guinness is the only non-Aussie beer I get really, most everything else tastes weak. To me, at least.

Get some Gippsland Gold, it'll do ya the world of good

[wanton wench]

1. Guinness
2. Theakston's Old Peculiar (aka OP)
3. Shiner Bock
4. Bass Pale Ale
5. Abita Turbo Dog
6. New Castle
7. Chimay
8. Corsendonk Brown Ale
9. Boulevard Dry Stout
10. Orval Trappist Ale
11. Mackeson Triple Stout
12. Red Stripe
13. Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
14. Pete's Wicked Ale

just to name a few :D

[synch]

You could always try not drinking beer and trying something else.

For once this isn't a "beer sucks" post from me ;)

Just a suggestion to broaden your horizon. Can you handle liquor?

[Rock]

One was a microbrewed pale ale with like a fish on the bottle I can't remember the name but it was very good
Was it Dogfish head?
They have a nice "aprihop" beer that I tried at a beer festival a month or so ago. It was good enough to buy when it was later sighted at a store down the street. I think they are from Deleware or something like that. Their 90 minute IPA is pretty good too.

But I'd have to say the best beer is Old Dominion's Oak Barrell Stout. I love Guiness...a lot, but the Oak Barrell Stout blows it away. It has a very very slight hint of a chocolate flavor that just makes everything oh so good. Even though that might not sound too appetizing.
If you like Stouts, you have to try it. Not now, but right now.

[Dr Deaf]

plenty of decent suggestions in this thread. it's best to just experiment with different brews whenever you go out, or are picking up. in canada we have the ability to mix a 6 of imports in talls or bottles. singles range from $1.80 for warsteiner or lowenbrau to $2.95 for leffe blonde & brun. i think you'll find you'll appreciate entire regions.

leffe
hoegaarden
pilsner urquel
three horses
maudite

[CiaoBellaXO]

Blue Moon
Liene's Red
Killians Irish Red
Harp
Miller Light-an oldie but a goodie
Hacker Pshorre

PS
Cider will give you a terrible headache the next day because it is WAAAY to sweet.

[Rock]

Anyone know if they still make McAffees? I probably butchered the spelling there.

[CrankItUp!]

Some people say to me that malt liquor is nasty and shit ! - but ya'll fellas know that pussy can taste nasty some times too ! ha ha ha !!! You know I'm right cause some women needs to simply wash n' trim that shit ! (y)

[Rock]

Some people say to me that malt liquor is nasty and shit ! - but ya'll fellas know that pussy can taste nasty some times too ! ha ha ha !!! You know I'm right cause some women needs to simply wash n' trim that shit ! (y)
Thats why you gotta check the oil before you go travelling.

Oak Barrell Stout

[CrankItUp!]

Old English 40 oz is a great fucking brew and I can out drink any motherfucker here or way tha fuck over thair ! (y)

[zippo]

you go to your nearest Goya selling minimarket and you tell me Cuzqueña or Pilsen isnt incredible ice cold


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/zippo79/4dfb9826.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/zippo79/42d4a14f.jpg

[jabumbo]

You could always try not drinking beer and trying something else.

For once this isn't a "beer sucks" post from me ;)

Just a suggestion to broaden your horizon. Can you handle liquor?


i do allright with that stuff. i'll probably pick up some things once i get situated and just keep it in my closet for the light personal usage...



My favorites are Yuengling and Tucher. Tucher is a Heffewisen and is yummy with a squeeze of lemon. Yuengling is not available everywhere, but it's brewed in PA so you should be able to find it.


yuengling is a good local brew that runs pretty cheap for us here. that and rolling rock are always solid bets if your low on cash. and the occasional iron city, but that isnt as good as it used to be according to my grandmother

[QueenAdrock]

I've got about 14 beers in my fridge right now, all Corona, Corona lite, and Yuengling. I don't drink beer, but I had a BYOB BBQ a few weeks ago, and they're the remenants.

I also have Smirnoff Twisted Apple. (y)

Which reminds me, does anyone else find it screwed up that a friend said "she didn't like beer" so she brought over coke and vodka to my party when I specifically said time and again "NO HARD LIQUOR"? Just a wee bit disrespectful in my opinion, not to follow house rules. Yes, I don't think I'll invite her back.

So who wants free beer?

[jabumbo]

free beer is always the best beer

[Medellia]

PS
Cider will give you a terrible headache the next day because it is WAAAY to sweet.
It's never given me a headache. And no, it's not because I drink it at least once a week. :rolleyes:
Probably due to the fact that as a Southern lass I grew up drinking sweet tea, so maybe all that sugar is why I'm used to it.


I don't know if they do this in other places, but my favorite liquor store here lets you build your own six pack. You can get any six bottles you want for about seven bucks. Maybe they have something similar so you can try a bunch at once. (y)

[Medellia]

Which reminds me, does anyone else find it screwed up that a friend said "she didn't like beer" so she brought over coke and vodka to my party when I specifically said time and again "NO HARD LIQUOR"? Just a wee bit disrespectful in my opinion, not to follow house rules. Yes, I don't think I'll invite her back.

So who wants free beer?
Next time just buy some cheap wine coolers for her if your beer isn't good enough.

And yes please. :D

[HEIRESS]

HEY BOBBY GUESS WHO GOT THEMSELVES A FREE PILSNER URQUELL BEER GLASS JUST LAST NIGHT

HUH HUH GUESSSSSSSSSS

canadian beer just cant be beat
and if its from BC im an even bigger fan

kokanee gold ye ye kootenays
thas some smoove booze

granville island india pale ale is a great one, fun place to visit as well

all tbe bear brewery brewskies that come from my hometown are pretty fantastic
specially the Albino Rhino Ale ehehehehe oh makes me giggle

Thirsty Beaver eheheheeheh (http://www.treebeer.com/thirstybeaverbox.jpg)
the tree brewing company also makes one of the skunkiest beers Ive ever tasted, dutch beers aint got nuttin on it
Pepe le PEEW (http://www.treebeer.com/hopheadbox.jpg)
I mean it is called HopHead so you are forewarned :/

[jabumbo]

I don't know if they do this in other places, but my favorite liquor store here lets you build your own six pack. You can get any six bottles you want for about seven bucks. Maybe they have something similar so you can try a bunch at once. (y)

i'll have to check, but PA has the funkiest liquor laws ever so who knows how they will have it. basically there is a store for beerm and a store for liquor, and nothing is sold in the convenience stores and grocery stores...

[QueenAdrock]

Hey Heiress, what the hell is that Beaver doing on the box? Is he trying to drunkenly grope the name, or what?

[Rancid_Beasties]

HEY BOBBY GUESS WHO GOT THEMSELVES A FREE PILSNER URQUELL BEER GLASS JUST LAST NIGHT

HUH HUH GUESSSSSSSSSS

canadian beer just cant be beat
and if its from BC im an even bigger fan

kokanee gold ye ye kootenays

We have normal kokanee in the bottleshop i work in. Its damned expensive though, like 18 bucks (australian) a six pack and I'm pretty sure its not a super premium beer (you can get pilsner urquell for about 12 bucks a six pack or 40 bucks a slab here, same with becks, stella, corona (sometimes), carlsberg green etc)).

Anyway working in a bottleshop I get free stuff all the time. Free wild turkey watch, free beer glasses (asahi, trumer pils, crown lager, heineken, singha etc), free cooler bags (y) :D

[HEIRESS]

Hey Heiress, what the hell is that Beaver doing on the box? Is he trying to drunkenly grope the name, or what?

I think its riding a log down the river ifyahknowwhatimeannnnn

:/

[JBernas]

iron city

Iron Shitty! My late father-in-law was from PA and I'm forced to drink it on our annual trip to a Steelers game.... (y)

[Rock]

Which reminds me, does anyone else find it screwed up that a friend said "she didn't like beer" so she brought over coke and vodka to my party when I specifically said time and again "NO HARD LIQUOR"? Just a wee bit disrespectful in my opinion, not to follow house rules. Yes, I don't think I'll invite her back.

So who wants free beer?
I think its screwed up that you said "No Hard Liquor". What the fuck is that? Inviting someone to a BBQ and regulating what kind of drinks they choose to have is weird.

I can understand if you cut them off from drinking if they got out of hand...but from the get go? Ungooder.

[jabumbo]

i ended up getting a case of yuengling bottles for $18. i didnt have much more moeny to spend, and i think i might use this beer for a party when i move in for good to my new apartment. well, at least a start