Favorite Beers...

[Ian522]

I was wondering if there are any other beer connoisseurs around here. Lets talk beer and share each others favorite brews. (im talking REAL beer, not coors light or anything like that!)

Some of my favs:

Guinness: the only standby, nothing better than a pint from your favorite bar.

Sam Adams: I love all 4 of the seasonals, but especially the summer and winter ales. Also the Boston Ale and Black Lager are great brews.

Magic Hat: a smaller brewery from Vermont. All varieties are great but the "Blind Faith" is simply awesome if you are a fan of flavorful beer.

Long Trail: Another great Vermont brewer.

Bass Ale: A good substitute if the bar is out of Guinness.

[Shorts]

I don't drink beer, but out here I drink a lot of Asahi, a little bit out Sapporo. JPN beer is actually very good. Guinees is ok, but too heavy for a night out. I'll have one, maybe the half and half 'snake bite' we call it. But other than that, no.

[Ian522]

I don't drink beer, but out here I drink a lot of Asahi, a little bit out Sapporo. JPN beer is actually very good. Guinees is ok, but too heavy for a night out. I'll have one, maybe the half and half 'snake bite' we call it. But other than that, no.

Ill admit Guinness is an acquired taste. Im not familiar with the "snake bite", whats it in?

A good Guinness mix is the "Black and Blue"...half Guinness, half Blue Moon.

And you may know the old "irish car bomb." A shot glass filled with half Jameson's, half Bailey's...then dropped into a half pint of Guinness and the whole thing gets chugged. A couple of those and you had better hand over the keys.

[Scoutmedic]

Love Sam Adams when I'm out and about but, I prefer to try micro-brewery or "homebrewed" whenever possible.

[flynrider]

The best tasting beer is free beer. Never had a free one that I didn't enjoy

[shalihe74]

Mmmmmm, beer!

For me, as long as it isn't hopsy, I'll probably like it. Highlights from my loooong list of favs:

Mackesons that Stout: like Guinness, but a little sweeter. Good with DoublStuf Oreos.

Boddingtons: English ale, creamy, smooth and just plain yummy.
Tetleys: what to drink if you can't get Boddingtons

Youngs Chocolate Stout: smoother and less smokey than Guinness.

Pete's Strawberry Blonde: tasty with strawberries on the nose. Unlike a lot of "fruited" beers, I really can't taste the strawberry in this, which is good.

Warsteiner Dunkl: smoother than its not-Dunkl counterpart; highly recommended

Steinlager: from New Zealand, think Miller color, but a lot fuller and richer flavor. Haven't seen it anywhere except in... Fry's grocery stores in AZ.

And a couple that, if you have the chance to go to Australia, I'd recommend. Haven't seen 'em States-side:

Tooheys Extra Dry: mmmmmm, lived on this - when I could get it - when I was in the Queensland Outback.

XXXX (read: 4 Ex, not Ex-Ex-Ex-Ex): what I usually got stuck drinking in Queensland. Better than Fosters... marginally.


Eep, I really should be studying...

[NightNurse]

I love this topic!!

Asahi is a good beer, I drink it when Im out for sushi.

I go to our local brew pub a few times a week. I drink everything from the pale ale, to the coffee stout there.

When I lived on the west coast, I was a fan of a beer called Fat Tire.

I like Pyramid Apricot Ale as well.

I like Meades, and hard cider. Just depends on my mood. Rasberry meade over really good vanilla ice cream, is an awesome "beer float"

In the fall pumpkin ale is pretty tasty.

Dark stouts are great for baking brownies, or cakes.

My parents brewed beer my whole life, so I learned to appreciate good beers! My mom would slap me if she saw me with a bud light! Which I will admit to drinking on occasion .

[Ian522]

Boddingtons: English ale, creamy, smooth and just plain yummy.

I forget about Boddingtons! In the bumble bee can, great ale! Ill have to check out some of the other suggestions in here. Thanks ladies.

You can probably tell im partial to English style ales. "Old Speckled Hen," is a another great English ale similar in texture to Boddingtons but with a dark red hue and a bit more bite.

[Ninja Geoff]

nuff said. And guiness is the fallback of choice as well. Never had the Magic Hat stuff, odd considering they sell it EVERYWHERE here (seeing as I'm 30 minutes from VT). Sam seasonals are good too, Winter Lager was my favorite for a while.

[Nibblet99]

If you like Boddingtons, give Caffery's a whirl too, although Boddingtons does get a bit of stick over here for being a little weak
Caffery's does need to settle a bit though, like Guiness

Bass however is a top quality pint

and snakebite is half cider half lager (optionally with some blackcurrant cordial)