Budweiser does it again

[Reschke]

I'm quite fond of Hoegaarden at the moment too.... the coriander and orange zest really give it an individual character.

I love me some of that beer as well. I have been trying to keep at least 12 in the refrigerator each week but for some reason the little beer monster that lives in my alter ego keeps drinking the dang stuff each night.

Oh BTW I can buy Shiner Bock in Publix here in the Birmingham, AL area. I will never, ever let Buttweiser or any variant of it cross my lips again.

[bongaroo]

Pisgah Organic Pale Ale.  Best beer I've ever had.  You'll have to take a trip to Asheville to get any though.   

[Fugita]

Real Budweiser from the Czech Republic is alright. Your abomination of it is awful. 

Our mass-produced, full of artificial nasties crap beer is better than anything American I've tasted.

The Germans slaughter both of us, though. They know how to make proper beer.

Have you ever had a Samuel Adams? It's brewed right here in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. Good stuff.

[grizz441]

Have you ever had a Samuel Adams? It's brewed right here in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. Good stuff.

Have you ever tried a Samuel Jackson?  It'll get ya drunk!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11903

[Denholm]

This is some funny stuff... Budweiser while their beer is nasty (I am proud to be an American, but NOT proud of our nasty beer LOL) their commercials are classic.

http://mreinhart.kicks-ass.net/good_dog.asf
Sol

Link isn't working for me.

[Xasthur]

Have you ever tried a Samuel Jackson?  It'll get ya drunk!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11903

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Hahahahahah. That's awesome! I want to buy that just for the sake of it.

Oh BTW I can buy Shiner Bock in Publix here in the Birmingham, AL area. I will never, ever let Buttweiser or any variant of it cross my lips again.

Don't write off Budweiser entirely... just don't drink the chite that is brewed in America... Czech Bud is the only way to go.

As a matter of fact, I'm yet to taste a Czech beer that isn't awesome. 'Kozel' is cheap, homeless beer there and it's fantastic compared to our local 'homeless man' crap.

[Reschke]

Hahahahahah. That's awesome! I want to buy that just for the sake of it.

Don't write off Budweiser entirely... just don't drink the chite that is brewed in America... Czech Bud is the only way to go.

As a matter of fact, I'm yet to taste a Czech beer that isn't awesome. 'Kozel' is cheap, homeless beer there and it's fantastic compared to our local 'homeless man' crap.

I agree with that and I have had the Czech Budweiser when I was in Germany last year and it was pretty good. Still not as good as a local brew that I had there in Munich or even outside of Dusseldorf but overall not bad and 200 million percent better than the Buttweiser brewed over here in the states.

[VonMessa]

Budweiser and a lot of American breweries substitute the "good stuff" in beer with rice, to make it lighter, but keep alcohol content.

Can't stand it.  Their "new" ale is somewhat palatable.

[VonMessa]

What exactly is a "hefeweizen"?

And could you give me somewhat of a description on how it taste?

A true hefeweizen is a beer using at least 60% wheat in the grain bill, and uses a top fermenting (ale) yeast.

Due to the unfiltered process, and the high amount of proteins (from the wheat, which does not have it's own husk and therefore depends upon the barley enzymes for saccharification)  it is cloudy.

It is usually light(er) in color, has a low hop bitterness, and normally in the range of 4-6% ABV. 

There are also no noticeable hop flavors or aroma, either.  There are often medicinal or clove flavors, produced by phenols from the yeast. Esters also produced by the yeast, can produce bubble gum, banana and vanilla flavor.

Most of the flavor in a hefeweizen comes from the yeast. 

German  Hef = Yeast      Weiss = Wheat

Most Bavarians like theirs "mit hefe" (with yeast) and will roll the bottle on the table (or otherwise stir up the settled yeast) before pouring to get the last dregs out of the bottle.

[sgt rock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH5zfKPN9tI

[Excel1]

"there can be only one"
its brown and tastes like beer


lots of posh beers in this thread, but nz steinlager isnt one of them - its way overated and the hangovers fron it are nasty if you thrash it. drunk heaps of it when i was younger  becuse it was trendy... slick advertising and fancy german name etc. then i wised up like every other beer drinker i know and switched to a less exspensive cat piss

[RipChord929]

I'm too old to really care about what beer happens to be trendy...
And I've never been fond of heavy thick beers, or too much bitterness..
Beer, should taste like BEER.. So that leaves out that citrus stuff too..

When I'm at the races, and its close to 100 degrees.. The track is drying
out faster than they can water it.. Just finished 2nd in my 250GP heat race..
I've been so close to the #1 guy that I have a mouthfull of his roost/dust..
Thick, heavy, bitter, or fruity beers just won't cut it man...

When I pull into the tent, I need something that goes down smooth and
fast, with that sweet BURN in the back of my throat.. AGGGHHHHH!!!
Mmmm, what a sweet sensation!!! It'll make your eyes roll up in your head...

Nothing else gives me that like Budwieser!!!  Kokanee is good too tho...

3 or 4 Buds, and I'm ready for the Open Class GP... Thats when I get
that crazy Kamikazi look in my eyes, LOL!!!  Holeshot city man!!!

RC

[Xasthur]

Most Bavarians like theirs "mit hefe" (with yeast) and will roll the bottle on the table (or otherwise stir up the settled yeast) before pouring to get the last dregs out of the bottle.

Good post, Von.

Rolling the bottle is good. If I'm back and forward from the fridge I try to give them a quarter turn (laying down) every now and then if I know I'm going to be drinking it soon.

After a gentle roll, pour 2/3s of the bottle into the glass (tilted as flat as possible) and the give the bottle a good swill (without shaking the beer up and frothing it). Pour half of that into the glass (again, tilted) and then swill the last part of the beer in the bottle around a little more vigorously.

Pour the last part of the beer in vertically.

If you do it right, all of the sediment mixes and goes into your beer and you get a perfect head on it every time. This is my perfected pouring technique and I think it is infallible at getting the best pour consistently.  

[Xasthur]

Kokanee is good too tho...

Kokanee has a pretty full-bodied flavour compared to Bud and other generic piss.

It almost has a pale ale character to it, from memory. Not bad.

It is too expensive to justify it in Australia. Over $20 for a 6-pack.

No thanks...  I'd rather buy German at that price.

[RipChord929]

Oh, Fosters is pretty good.. Little bit of a burned taste tho..
And Moosehead, just a little skunky...

Great stuff tho..

RC