Hammertramp Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 worst: I don't know and I'd rather never find out. Best: Bell's Oberon, from Kalamazoo's biggest little brewery. Nice to be able to go to most beer-serving eateries in the area and find they have Oberon when it's in season. But then 'best' is all relative when talking local brew: Bell's porter is a fave as well.
BP Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Worst:Piels Now I've thrown back quite a bit of beer over the years and have gotten sick after a night of boozing. But the *only* time I ever hurled on beer was after downing three quick lukewarm Piels while working as a lifeguard one summer. A local old coot who used to hang at our beach would discretely sip beer all day. One day he had a few left, I was parched, so I took the three cans and sat in the lifeguard stand for a few minutes after the work day. Before I made it 200 yards towards the lifeguard station with the equipment it was erupting out of me and I was on my hands and knees. I do like PBR though.
Matt Urbanski Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) I don't know whether I'd call it "best", but I developed a fondness for Belgian trappist stuff lately - Chimay, etc., and the Ommegang brewery in the US also makes some good "Belgian-style" beer. Tastes great, and the 9-10% alcohol content doesn't hurt either, as far as I'm concerned. Kinda expensive, though, and in a bar they have a tendency to serve them in one of those fru-fru "goblets" instead of a decent pint glass... As far as more standard stuff goes, I usually stick to either Bass Ale or Negra Modelo. Worst is easy - some Indian beer I tried once. Nearly flavorless aside from being bitter as hell, and damn near flat. Second place, Pabst Blue Ribbon, I couldn't make myself drink it while already three sheets to the wind at a college keg party. Third place, Corona Light, tastes like grain juice unless your taste buds are already anaesthesized. Edited July 5, 2007 by Matt Urbanski
TheSilentType Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Anything that comes in a 40 oz. bottle is guaranteed to be pretty wretched, assuming you even classify that as beer.
Typhoid Maxx Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Hit the Balkans (former YU); and grab hold of Niksicko in a 2l; about a dollar. Lav (blue with, with a Lion) about the same, dollar a pop for 2l. Of the Croatian beers, Ozujsko is pretty good.
BP Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Hit the Balkans (former YU); and grab hold of Niksicko in a 2l; about a dollar. Lav (blue with, with a Lion) about the same, dollar a pop for 2l. Rubberneck and I got pretty nauseous drinking Niksicko at the Brickskeller in DC the night NATO started bombing Serbia. "Huh, they have a beer from Montenegro on the menu?""Niksicko? Totally sick-o. . . "
Typhoid Maxx Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Rubberneck and I got pretty nauseous drinking Niksicko.... How come; too much beer or it just didnt agree? Heh. Funny thing, I got pretty drunk myself that night, as I recall...which aint much
BP Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 How come; too much beer or it just didnt agree? Yes. Actually, with something like 1800 different beers, i think the lack of rotation among certain stock at that bar hurts the beers.
Sardaukar Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) I think worst ever for me was Thailand-brewed Tiger Beer... I guess that's how tiger urine might taste... My favs are: Kilkenny during cold winter or Finnish Lapin Kulta during hot summer.. Reminds me of old joke: What is in common with couple making love in boat and Bud Lite ? Both are fucking close to water... Edited July 9, 2007 by Sardaukar
Christian Lupine Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Best, Red Tail, Blue Heron, Red Nectar, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, all from Northern California micro brewers. Worst, Becks Dark, ewwww. I like dark beers and regular Becks, but that dark Becks, yuck.
Corinthian Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Not a beer guy, prefer wine. But in those few times I've drunk San Miguel, the Pale Pilsen tasted better than their San Mig Light which tasted blech IMO.
savantu Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Best : Gösser Worst : Peroni ( italians do not know how to make beer , that's a fact )
Rubberneck Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 It's a little known but true fact that Peroni translates into English as "donkey piss." Oh god, the Brickskellar...how about the imperial sized bottles of Corsendonk...drank the place dry of them. Good buffalo burgers there as well.
Ivanhoe Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I don't believe in a best, as variety is the spice of life. One can come up with a top 20 or whatever, but even the beer you think is #1 would get stale if you were stuck with no other for a couple of years. That said, of the beers I've drunk so far, on my list I'd put St. Pauli Girl dark, Warsteiner, Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada porter, and a local microbrew from the Weeping Radish (can't recall the name, it was a seasonal that involved dropping a heated stone into the beer to partially caramelize it).
Sardaukar Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 You are right in that. When I was 20, I didn't like beer. Now that I'm almost 40, I love beer. Tastes change.
TSJ Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Best depends on category..... Heavy dark beer - Aventinus doppelbockunfiltered wheat - Franziskaner heffe vissen closely followed by Pyramid wheat (it's way less costly)nice powerful beer US made - Fritz Maytag Anchor SteamLocal Beer - St Arnold wheat When I'm messin' with the women folk - Bud light, Miller lite, Coors light, white wine spritzer
BP Posted July 17, 2007 Posted July 17, 2007 Best depends on category..... Yeah: free and cold, or not.
Typhoid Maxx Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) Yeah: free and cold, or not. Have you by any chance been to Serbia or had the opertunity to drink with a Serb yet? Edited July 22, 2007 by Maxx
BP Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Have you by any chance been to Serbia or had the opertunity to drink with a Serb yet? I've been lucky enough to drink with Serbs, but never been to Serbia unfortunately.
Typhoid Maxx Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 but never been to Serbia unfortunately.Something that should rectified in the future, my good man. I do believe you’d appreciate the local mentality, and would make an admirable good will ambassador. Your attitude does you credit.
John Dudek Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Something that should rectified in the future, my good man. I do believe you’d appreciate the local mentality, and would make an admirable good will ambassador. Your attitude does you credit. I had some truly marvelous Draft Weihenstephan Oktoberfest beer last weekend at an upscale watering hole. If I had the coinage, I'd love to bring home a half barrel of the stuff and keep it in the cellar. Good stuff!
120mm Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) I'm still a big fan of Winklerbraeu Lengenfeld's Kupfer Spezial. My local Netto finally agreed to carry it, and save me 25 km of driving to get it from the source. My first rack was delightful. Looking forward to my second. Kupfer Spezial is a dark, extremely smooth beer. Really don't have a bad thing to say about it, though sometime I like a hoppier beer, and get a Helles, instead. Edited October 8, 2007 by 120mm
Marek Tucan Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Not a beer person, so far found only two beers I did like, both from the same producer. Name's Bernard, dunno if it goes abroad, prolly not much. The beerts aren't pasteurised so have shorter shelf life but are excellent with barbecue Other than that, I don't drink too much, and if I do I prefer wine from Moravia.
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