Best/worst Beers?

[BP]

Recaps some of the beers discussed earlier in the thread:

 

Battle for the Strongest Beer in the World

http://www.mademan.com/battle-strongest-beer-world/

[X-Files]

IS it a beer? Is it a whisky? Or is it a torpedo from HMS Dorsetshire? It looks like all three – and it is.

Sink the Bismarck! is a 41% alcohol-by-volume beer that’s as strong as spirits with an impact like a seaborne missile.

Winston Churchill famously gave the order to sink Hitler’s favourite battleship in May 1941. The Royal Navy obliged, sending the Bismarck to the bottom of the North Atlantic, heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire finishing her off.

 

 

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/24/paul-routledge-braves-the-world-s-strongest-beer-sink-the-bismarck-115875-22944529/#ixzz1EzGhhg4E

[BP]

 

These are on sale today at my local Piggly Wiggly for $1.99. And I am going camping tomorrow night with some buddies. The shopping cart was stocked. . .

[X-Files]

Anthropologists have found that thousands of years before the 1928 discovery of penicillin, people in ancient Nubia were using beer as an antibiotic to treat everything from gum disease to infected wounds.

 

It has been known for some time that the kingdom of Nubia, located south of Egypt in present-day Sudan, valued its brewers. More recently, however, scientists began to suspect that Nubian beer may have been brewed to contain more than just alcohol.

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_17494393?nclick_check=1

[Mike Steele]

Anthropologists have found that thousands of years before the 1928 discovery of penicillin, people in ancient Nubia were using beer as an antibiotic to treat everything from gum disease to infected wounds.

 

It has been known for some time that the kingdom of Nubia, located south of Egypt in present-day Sudan, valued its brewers. More recently, however, scientists began to suspect that Nubian beer may have been brewed to contain more than just alcohol.

 

http://www.mercuryne...?nclick_check=1

 

"When we talk about this ancient Egyptian beer, we're not talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon," Armelagos said. "What we're talking about is a kind of cereal gruel."

 

Pretty obvious that hes not talking about beer either.

 

 

[BP]

"When we talk about this ancient Egyptian beer, we're not talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon," Armelagos said. "What we're talking about is a kind of cereal gruel."

 

That's because hipster douche bags didn't come along until the reign of Ptolemy XV.

[Cyber_Ghost]

I feared I may have to add my first homebrewed beer to the worst list, but I opened the first bottle today (still has a week to go though) and so far the taste is not bad at all.

It's a rather sweet (not much hops) wheat beer.

[X-Files]

TANKNET PSA : RATIONALIZATION

 

MANNHEIM, Germany—Older adults who consume light to moderate amounts of alcohol a day may decrease their risk of dementia by 29 percent as compared to non-drinkers, according to a new study published in the journal Age and Ageing.

http://www.foodproductdesign.com/news/2011/03/moderate-drinking-lowers-dementia-risk-by-29.aspx

[Rubberneck]

I'd fucking kill a battalion of Haqqani assholes with an e-tool to get a 12 pack of London Pride, Dogfish Head, or Victory Lager right now.

[harryRIEDL]

Ive been going though a real ale phase it helps that their a excellent brewery 20 miles down the road from uni

http://www.penlon.biz/ I rather like their IPA

Also I like the Batmans range such as Combined Harvest and Victory

http://www.bateman.co.uk/our+beers/bottle+beers

Lastly http://www.marstonsbeercompany.co.uk/our_brands/marstons/oldempire.asp really like the taste

[Detonable]

I paid $8 for a beer in Georgetown (DC) once, and was disappointed they didn't have it when I went back later. I think it was a German or Austrian beer call Landsberger. Great malty aroma, almost like honey.

 

Recently had London Pride on draft (not cask) and it was amazing how wonderful it was.

 

As for bad beers, anything with "Bull" with some sort of color, red or blue, is bad. Also, homebrew from breewers with inadequate sanitizing of equipment will teach one the meaning of sour beer.

[John Dudek]

A couple months back, my two sons took me out to the pub for a few beers. The one that caught my eye was "Dirty Bastard Ale," so we orderd three pints of the dark beer. Damnation! That was some tasty ale! Lots of malt and hops and it weighed in at around 8 or 9% alcohol. It was definitely something to warm up with after a long, winter's day.

[Rubberneck]

I'm headed to Mons, Belgium for a week in May.

 

Belgian beers galore...cannot wait to try out some of the local craft beers that never make it out of the country.

[BP]

I'm headed to Mons, Belgium for a week in May.

 

Belgian beers galore...cannot wait to try out some of the local craft beers that never make it out of the country.

 

The Miracle of Mons 2: Rubberneck makes it up the stairs of the bar.

[X-Files]

The Walt Wit is brewed with grapefruit and chamomile, giving it a light, citrusy taste.

 

http://www.philadelphiabrewing.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=3&Itemid=7

 

[Rubberneck]

LMFAO...Uh, can I have that fucking enormous bottle of Corsendonk please?

 

 

The Miracle of Mons 2: Rubberneck makes it up the stairs of the bar.

[BP]

LMFAO...Uh, can I have that fucking enormous bottle of Corsendonk please?

 

"But that's $63, sir."

 

"And that's why God invented credit cards. Now bring me a champagne bucket full of ice and two glasses."

[John Dudek]

My Son took me out for my Birthday yesterday to the Arbor Brewing Company and Brewpub for a few pints. They had a number of kegged beers, but also feature two British style, traditional, hand-pulled, cask conditioned ales, an India Pale and an Imperial Stout. Most importantly, they were served at the proper celler temperature to bring out their maximum flavor. We had several pints of both and they were fabulous! And to think, beers of such flavor, strength and style were practically extinct here in the US ten years ago.

[Harold Jones]

I've been drinking a fair amount of Coors Colorado Native lately. It's more malty than most beers I drink but the hops comes through the malt so it's not cloyingly sweet.

[chino]

Not in any particular order, I love:

 

 

- Guinness

After you've tasted a good pint off the tap at a reputable Irish pub, you wouldn't touch Guinness out of a bottle or worse - a tin can. I can recommend one great Irish pub in Shanghai called Blarney Stone. The owner and barkeep is actually Irish.

 

- Kilkenny

The opposite number to Guinness, equally great. Again, best from the tap, still acceptable if bottled or can. Blarney Stone serves a good pint.

 

- Hoegaarden

My first introduction to wheat beer. If I have a choice, I will always pick wheat beer over lager. Again, best out of a tap but acceptable bottled. Again, Blarney Stone in Shanghai serves a good pint.

 

- Coedo

A recent discovery that's "taken my fancy"... Though I'm not sure if I'll continue to like it after a while. It's a Japanese "designer" bottled beer - Czech Pilsner style - and has a range of interesting taste. Rather expensive, but well worth every penny. Apparently has won some taste awards.

http://beer47.com/2010/05/coedo-kyara/

 

Other brands I don't mind include Qingdao, Tuborg, Corona and Heineken. The last one because I tell myself that if I hold a Henineken bottle (as opposed to, say, a Qingdao) at pretentious bars in Shanghai, the chicks may eventually pay attention.

 

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See how your favourite beer rate at this website:

http://beeradvocate.com/

[DKTanker]

One of my favorite beers is St. Georgen Brau Keller Bier, brewed in the small burg of Buttenheim about 10 Ks south of Bamberg (At one time very convenient for me, I lived about three ks from Buttenheim). That is one tasty beer, if a bit hoppy. Beer afficionados that have to have a good frothy head on their beer, stay away from this one. This beer is all about flavor with very little CO2, hence very little foam.

 

Best local beer, Shiner Bock and Shiner Black Lager. These two beers from the Shiner Brewing company, just outside of San Antonio, remind me of the beers from my time in Germany, Upper Franconia to be exact.

 

 

 

 

[m1a1mg]

- Hoegaarden

My first introduction to wheat beer. If I have a choice, I will always pick wheat beer over lager. Again, best out of a tap but acceptable bottled. Again, Blarney Stone in Shanghai serves a good pint.

 

I was introduced to this beer last summer. Very good.

[John Dudek]

I've been drinking a fair amount of Coors Colorado Native lately. It's more malty than most beers I drink but the hops comes through the malt so it's not cloyingly sweet.

 

Coors Native is made from an old pre-prohibition recipe. I'm looking forward to trying it when it finally gets to Michigan later this year. Strohs tried that a number of years back by contract brewing its old pre-prohibition recipe in Ontario Canada at the Sleeman Brewery in Guelph. It was some fine tasting beer then, but I don't know if Sleeman still brews it or not.

[Harold Jones]

Coors Native is made from an old pre-prohibition recipe. I'm looking forward to trying it when it finally gets to Michigan later this year. Strohs tried that a number of years back by contract brewing its old pre-prohibition recipe in Ontario Canada at the Sleeman Brewery in Guelph. It was some fine tasting beer then, but I don't know if Sleeman still brews it or not.

 

 

The pre-prohibition beer is called batch 19, it's similar but seemed sweeter than Co Native. I tried them side by side at the brewery last summer when some friends who had never done the tour came out for a visit and I thought the Co Native was better. I just wish they didn't sell it in the microbrew section of the liquor store.

 

http://www.batch19.com/landing.html

 

http://www.coloradonativelager.com

[John Dudek]

The pre-prohibition beer is called batch 19, it's similar but seemed sweeter than Co Native. I tried them side by side at the brewery last summer when some friends who had never done the tour came out for a visit and I thought the Co Native was better. I just wish they didn't sell it in the microbrew section of the liquor store.

 

http://www.batch19.com/landing.html

 

http://www.coloradonativelager.com

 

I must have read the advertising write ups wrong. In any event, I look forward to trying it!