Best/worst Beers?

[X-Files]

France today may be renowned for its fine wines, but it has at least a 2,500-year-old history of beer-making, suggests an Iron Age beer operation recently discovered in the Provence region.

 

The early beer-making items, described in the latest issue of the journal Human Ecology, provide the oldest direct archeological evidence for beer brewing in France. The home brewery is also one of the most ancient in all of Europe.

 

There's a chance that beer then was about the same as it is today.

http://news.discovery.com/history/beer-making-brewery-france-110615.html

[Doug Kibbey]

I'm not much of a beer drinker anyway, but my neighbor gave me a Yuengling lager the other day that I brought home and had in an iced mug. It was excellent...made me go out and buy a six-pack just for these hot summer days.

[BP]

A phenomenal local beer store (entire little store, floor to high, high ceilings in craft beers, tucked away on a side alley) has a few kegs of Flemish sour ales they are tapping tonight. They can be a bit of an acquired taste, as they are quite tartand complex.But dayum. . .they're good.

 

Rodenbach and Rodenbach Grand Cru are both $29.99 for a growler. A little spendy, but what the heck- they are AMAZING BEERS.

[harryRIEDL]

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

A Particular favorite as well, also like Leffe blond as well. I personal prefer the German Wisse Beer the Belgium Witbeer. Erdingers particularly good.

 

Had some Fullers Honey dew forgot what a great beer it was

[Mike Steele]

I'm not much of a beer drinker anyway, but my neighbor gave me a Yuengling lager the other day that I brought home and had in an iced mug. It was excellent...made me go out and buy a six-pack just for these hot summer days.

 

I have a case of Sam Adams Noble Pils in the pantry for the winter. I will add Summer ale soon.

[X-Files]

ATTENTION, HIPSTERS

This is the proper way to drink PBR

 

Thank you, that is all.

Edited August 2, 2011 by X-Files

[Matt Urbanski]

I guess I have a new favorite - Fuller's ESB. My local supermarket started to carry it in pint bottles a couple of months ago, and I'm not joking when I say I've probably accounted for at least 50% of the sales during that period - I'm fairly certain I bought the entire first batch, leading to the subsequent re-orders.

[chino]

On a manliness scale of 1 - 10 (with 1 being sissy):

 

How do you guys rate drinking fancy fruit flavoured beers like Belgian Lambic "Kriek" etc? I'm drinking a bottle of Framboise Lambic made from raspberry. It is schtonkingly good.

 

(Please don't answer the question with "If you have to ask...")

 

As you can tell, I kinda like them (along with wheat beer).

 

What with articles titled: "Four Fruit-Flavored Beers That Won’t Cost You Your Man-Card..." Let's hear your expert advice.

[medicjim86]

On a manliness scale of 1 - 10 (with 1 being sissy):

 

How do you guys rate drinking fancy fruit flavoured beers like Belgian Lambic "Kriek" etc? I'm drinking a bottle of Framboise Lambic made from raspberry. It is schtonkingly good.

 

I'd give you a 9 (tough as nails, a touch off perfect due to demonstrable judgement issues )....drinking Lambic is to beer drinking as eating months rotten whale intestine is to food. Blech.

 

Beer is meant to be fermented by carefully selected yeasts focused on flavor....not random pond scum infectives IMO

Edited August 11, 2011 by medicjim86

[crusty]

The Brewery, Shepherd Neame is just down the road from me,

a couple of years ago I went to Stockholm, Sweden, and the first bar I went in had Spitfire on the bar which took me a bit by surprise,

 

I'm a bit curiouse just how far around the world it has been exported, so if you have seen it let me know please

 

http://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/our-brands/beers.aspx

Edited September 1, 2011 by crusty

[X-Files]

FARGO, N.D. - First there was Fargo, the movie. Now there's Fargo, the beer.

 

Four native sons are hoping that the name recognition generated from the 15-year-old Coen brothers flick will help launch their fledgling brewing company in North Dakota's largest city. Their first beer is called Wood Chipper, a whimsical reference to the famous prop from the movie.

 

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_18996619

[Mr King]

I am a huge fan of this brand of Lambics from Belgium but at nearly 7 bucks a pop I dont drink them but on special occasions.

 

 

There is a local bar that specializes in beer from around the world. I been working my way through their menu but after I tried Krusovice Cerne from the Czech RepublicI just cant bring myself to order anything else when I am in that particular joint.

 

 

I used to be able to get Erdinger Hefeweizen on tap at another local watering hole, but unfortunately they stopped carrying it and put a local micro brew wheat beer that tastes of nothing but hops in its place. I am not a fan of predominant hops flavor in my beer.

 

 

And when I am just sitting on a hot summer day with my good buddy shooting the breeze in our favorite dive I like plain old Budweiser in a frosted mug. Cant go wrong at a 1.25 a piece.

[Mike Steele]

I am a huge fan of this brand of Lambics from Belgium but at nearly 7 bucks a pop I dont drink them but on special occasions.

 

 

There is a local bar that specializes in beer from around the world. I been working my way through their menu but after I tried Krusovice Cerne from the Czech RepublicI just cant bring myself to order anything else when I am in that particular joint.

 

 

I used to be able to get Erdinger Hefeweizen on tap at another local watering hole, but unfortunately they stopped carrying it and put a local micro brew wheat beer that tastes of nothing but hops in its place. I am not a fan of predominant hops flavor in my beer.

 

 

And when I am just sitting on a hot summer day with my good buddy shooting the breeze in our favorite dive I like plain old Budweiser in a frosted mug. Cant go wrong at a 1.25 a piece.

 

Heretic! Blasphemer!

[rmgill]

On a manliness scale of 1 - 10 (with 1 being sissy):

 

How do you guys rate drinking fancy fruit flavoured beers like Belgian Lambic "Kriek" etc? I'm drinking a bottle of Framboise Lambic made from raspberry. It is schtonkingly good.

 

Depends on the kriek. Personally I like the Hansenn's brewery's offerings the most and don't really like the Timmermans or Lindemans offerings. Oud Beersel, Cantillon and Boon are also good. They're far better out of the cask too, but then I like them with the sediment as well.

 

 

My favorites are the Hanssens experimental cassis, their Oude geuze and their Scarenbecca kriek.

 

 

As you can tell, I kinda like them (along with wheat beer).

 

A mix of wheat and barley does seem to have a better comportment.

 

What with articles titled: "Four Fruit-Flavored Beers That Won’t Cost You Your Man-Card..." Let's hear your expert advice.

 

Personally I like beer with flavor. But I'm just over the bitter hop fests that many breweries seem to go on about.

 

Oh, and Mr King, at $7 a bottle of Lindemann's is nothing....Try $20 US for a 375ml bottle of the Experimental Cassis. I will say that the Lindemanns is great for a party in the summer where things are hot and a darker roasted malt beer would be too overbearing.

 

 

If you want to try something in the other veins of beer, the JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale is quite good. I've had a 10 year old bottle of this stuff and it was like a single malt version of beer. I don't like the Calvados aged version, but the regular ale and their Lagavulin Whisky Cask ale....oh that's tasty stuff.

 

Edited November 7, 2011 by rmgill

[rmgill]

I'd give you a 9 (tough as nails, a touch off perfect due to demonstrable judgement issues )....drinking Lambic is to beer drinking as eating months rotten whale intestine is to food. Blech.

 

Beer is meant to be fermented by carefully selected yeasts focused on flavor....not random pond scum infectives IMO

 

 

It's the ingredients that get you the flavors. The yeast's job is to convert those flavors from one to another.....What I can't get is why people like high quantities of disinfectant in their beer. Extra quadruple does of hops....blech.....If I wanted bitter, I'd get married and then divorced.

 

 

What's the matter Jim, you don't like the scent of moldy wet hay and horse blankets on the nose of your beer?

Edited November 7, 2011 by rmgill

[rmgill]

Oh, another point....

 

Frankly, I think various beers are wonderful for food parings. My own preference is a geuze for chicken or pasta, a tripel (La trappe/Konigshoeven) for steak and then a more subtle kriek, cassis or frambois with dessert. It goes amazingly well with chocolate.

 

Beer should counterpoint OR blend well with a meal. The belgian tripels go VERY well with a moderately cooked hunk of lamb top round, beef steak or bison. The sour of a Geuze counterpoints chicken and pasta, and fruit flavors and chocolate go exceedingly well together.

 

I've had a few dinner parties like this and everyone was quite neatly and pleasantly sloshed and fed at the end.

[rmgill]

I'll let Michael Jackson explain Lambics and their points....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jb0gnnDJnM

 

Part II

Part III

 

And for a bit of comedic relief....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqK12BJlfpE

Edited November 7, 2011 by rmgill

[Mr King]

Thanks for sharing those videos Ryan. The science and craftsmanship behind brewing beer and other alcohols is really fascinating.

[rmgill]

Thanks for sharing those videos Ryan. The science and craftsmanship behind brewing beer and other alcohols is really fascinating.

 

 

Sure thing. I got into beer as something more than just a random drink because I went to a beer tasting that Michael Jackson spoke at about 13 years ago at Emory University. It was interestingly a talk on Belgian Beers, which opened another door on beer.

 

This is Michael's last interview.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgDcgOItWrE

[Stargrunt6]

Beers I don't like: Coors and Rolling Rock

Beers I'm wild about: Corona, Abita Beer Purple Haze, Yuengling, Miller (esp in ponies).

[Hittite Under The Bridge]

Oh, another point....

 

Frankly, I think various beers are wonderful for food parings. My own preference is a geuze for chicken or pasta, a tripel (La trappe/Konigshoeven) for steak and then a more subtle kriek, cassis or frambois with dessert. It goes amazingly well with chocolate.

 

Beer should counterpoint OR blend well with a meal. The belgian tripels go VERY well with a moderately cooked hunk of lamb top round, beef steak or bison. The sour of a Geuze counterpoints chicken and pasta, and fruit flavors and chocolate go exceedingly well together.

 

I've had a few dinner parties like this and everyone was quite neatly and pleasantly sloshed and fed at the end.

 

You sir, need a visit from Windell Middlebrooks.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-H_-Fy3fYI&feature=related

[rmgill]

You sir, need a visit from Windell Middlebrooks.

 

 

 

[Mr King]

Hey Ryan have you seen the show Three Sheets? The shows premise is the host travels around the world sampling different indigenous alcohol in each country. Its quite entertaining while being informative. I'm not sure if its still on or what channel it would be on since I dont have cable but you can find it on Hulu.

[Rickard N]

Considering I just bought some stock... GO BREWDOG!!!

 

Seriously though, I like their Punk IPA.

 

/R

[X-Files]

Guinness gets a bad rap. I've heard many people say that they can't drink too much because it's such a heavy beer. Yet I was once told that Guinness has less calories than the most popular non-light beers on the market.

This led me to do a little research. I was surprised to learn that Guinness also has the second to lowest carbs and the lowest alcohol (that part was a bit disappointing I admit). So maybe it is possible after all to enjoy a full-bodied beer and (somewhat) avoid the dreaded beer gut. Alcohol Calories Carbs Budweiser 5.0 143 10.6 Coors 5.0 148 11.3 Guinness 4.0 125

10

 

 

http://www.mensfitne...ories-and-carbs

Edited March 20, 2012 by X-Files