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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: storch on March 15, 2005, 01:09:06 PM
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It would be for the beer. :( I just drank the last of my grimbergen.
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I'd move to Europe for million resons..
one is...no last calls !!!!:D
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huh?
Bars in Dubland close at 12am don't they?
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Originally posted by mosgood
huh?
Bars in Dubland close at 12am don't they?
Dubland? Did 43 get his own yuropean country? :D
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Yea, islanders don't count, they are not really europeans. :)
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Europe doesn't need last calls. If you keep drinking you'll fall down long before midnight, in which case they roll you out of the door onto the street. It catches a lot of Americans out, because they're not used to European beer strength, and consider anything stronger than 2% to be brain damage.
;)
Storch - you mentioned Grimbergen. My favourite Euro bar is one called the Grimbergen, right outside the Cathedral in Antwerp. In true Euro style, if the ladies wish to use the powder room, they have to walk past the men watering the dadffodils. lol I was working for an American fiem 1996/97, and took one of my American friends there. He was like a kid in a candy store!! We were given "a map of the beer" - the young lady serving us didn't know the word "menu". I had to ask her - what are these numbers (eg 12.5) next to the beer? That was the alcohol strength column. :eek: Hehe, too strong for me. I like a Euro beer to be about 5% or maybe 6%; anything above that is not a session beer. Between strong beers we had a fruit beer (~3%) - blackcurrant beer, or strawberry/peach/lemon/cherry :aok
So if you get over here, storch, we'll go there, and then we can meet Saintaw, as Antwerp is in France as you know. ;)
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Beer ain't drinkin'.
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I think a Brussel Lunch/Pissup is called for, 8.00am start, onto Eurostar, in the pub for 11.00, eat drink etc till 5.00, roll onto the train for the trip home.
Who's keen?
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Originally posted by Schaden
I think a Brussel Lunch/Pissup is called for, 8.00am start, onto Eurostar, in the pub for 11.00, eat drink etc till 5.00, roll onto the train for the trip home.
Who's keen?
any limit on the amount of watermelon we talk? :D
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Beer ain't drinkin'.
Incorrect. (http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/news/2004/09/08/Viewpoint/Real-Men.Drink.Beer-712577.shtml)[/b]
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When we say beer, do we mean that yellow urine coloured fizzy lager stuff in little glasses or riduculous oversize mugs? Or do we mean a proper pint of hoppy brown ale, bitter, or mild?
(http://www.mondobirra.org/sfondi/Abbot_Ale_3.jpg)
Abbot ale I could drink it by the pale ( though I'd suffer like hell the next morning! ):lol
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Beetle:
Find yourself a bottle of blue Chimay; it has 9% alc but it's smoother than silk...
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What the hell does a chick know about real men?
-SW
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
What the hell does a chick know about real men?
-SW
Man. (http://m1.mny.co.za/mnsbx.nsf/0/C2256B190030A017C2256E1B002A35BA?OpenDocument)
Sir Rupert wonders what the real dykes will be drinking though, as while the art of advertising is about creating a fantasy for all to aspire to, most of the lesbians Sir Rupert has met, well actually he has a friend who’s friend is a lesbian – are hefty (Except those in car rental for some reason) and probably will be more suited to a tankard of Captains and Coke or Black Label (The beer not the whisky – Spelt the Scottish way for the reader, who quite correctly, pointed out that the whisky preferred by a former Chairman of the exchange is in fact Famous Grouse and therefore not spelt whiskey!)
Soon the ads will feature the guys who will look longingly at each other and sales of the popular Miller Lite in straight bars will go limp as two mates out for a drink after a tough day at work will shy away from ordering the brands lest they send mixed signals.
:lol
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The first one is a chick, and now you have this guy named "Sir Rupert"?! Not to mention the last paragraph seems a bit like he's fantasizing to me.
I think you need to find better sources.
-SW
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Originally posted by Schaden
I think a Brussel Lunch/Pissup is called for, 8.00am start, onto Eurostar, in the pub for 11.00, eat drink etc till 5.00, roll onto the train for the trip home.
Who's keen?
I'm up for it.
Funked - in the USA, I agree with you - beer isn't drinking.
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Originally posted by beet1e
I'm up for it.
Funked - in the USA, I agree with you - beer isn't drinking.
yup. sadly even the european imports seem watered down here. something about more than 5% alcohol content not being legally permitted to be called "beer". hopefully my cousin will return soon with another care case. she lives in bruges which is also in France though for some unexplained reason speak walloon. silly Frenchmen. :D
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Beer ain't drinkin'.
Exactly. Well said.
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Originally posted by storch
It would be for the beer. :( I just drank the last of my grimbergen.
Je vais en piquer une a ma femme et la boire a ta santé :)
Et puis après je vais ouvrir une Rochefort pour chasser le goût de la Grimbergen :D
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So if you get over here, storch, we'll go there, and then we can meet Saintaw, as Antwerp is in France as you know.
heh... antwerpen , france..... heh im shure some of the flemmish wont be too happy about their latest annexing .... even though the french control most of belgium, (2 class system) at least they think they do and thats whats important for the french ....
BTW i second the suggestion of Chimay.. but a good Duval will also do the trick..... and it isn't real unless you get a custom glass to drink each beer.....
Im surprised noone has caught the storch dig yet. uncultured swine...
DoctorYo
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Originally posted by straffo
Je vais en piquer une a ma femme et la boire a ta santé :)
Et puis après je vais ouvrir une Rochefort pour chasser le goût de la Grimbergen :D
bah. here is a better idea I think. you drink the grimbergen and let her drink the rochefort. then post when the blessed event occurs in the coming months. :aok
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Lol :) 2 is more than enought.
Plus I know 1st hand champagne is more efficient than beer for this :D
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Originally posted by storch
yup. sadly even the european imports seem watered down here. something about more than 5% alcohol content not being legally permitted to be called "beer". hopefully my cousin will return soon with another care case. she lives in bruges which is also in France though for some unexplained reason speak walloon. silly Frenchmen. :D
Milwaukee's Best Ice had 5.9% IIRC. It was sold as a beer in Florida.
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Originally posted by DoctorYO
heh... antwerpen , france..... heh im shure some of the flemmish wont be too happy about their latest annexing .... even though the french control most of belgium, (2 class system) at least they think they do and thats whats important for the french ....
BTW i second the suggestion of Chimay.. but a good Duval will also do the trick..... and it isn't real unless you get a custom glass to drink each beer.....
Im surprised noone has caught the storch dig yet. uncultured swine...
DoctorYo
well .... you should know it's tongue in cheek ,Saw our local belgium citizen love being mistaken for a french you know :)
I've nothing against the annexion of Belgium
if we can do a little and insignifiant genocide on the flemmish side :D
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Originally posted by straffo
Je vais en piquer une a ma femme et la boire a ta santé :)
Et puis après je vais ouvrir une Rochefort pour chasser le goût de la Grimbergen :D
Tu as une bonne vie! Ta femme aussi. :)
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If I ever moved to europe... Europe would probably move to Asia. Bastards.
-Sik
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Originally posted by mora
Milwaukee's Best Ice had 5.9% IIRC. It was sold as a beer in Florida.
I don't think any American beer is above 5% in alcohol content. If they are they must be called "malt liquor". the "malt liquors" are very unrefined, in fact they are quite nasty. but I could be mistaken as I often am. ask the resident malt liquor expert Doctor Yo or one of his "homeys" I understand that's what he has for breakfast he will have much better knowledge on this topic.
just found this site http://www.taproom.com/beer/beerprf.htm
I usually drink Beck's, now I know why I like it better than other brands.
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Originally posted by DoctorYO
Im surprised noone has caught the storch dig yet. uncultured swine...
DoctorYo
move to georgia, we're taking broward next. :aok
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Hey what's the story behind "Proofs" in US liqueurs?
I was a bit disappointed when I got bottle of something with text "96 Proof" and... Well that didn't need any mixer.
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Originally posted by Staga
Hey what's the story behind "Proofs" in US liqueurs?
I was a bit disappointed when I got bottle of something with text "96 Proof" and... Well that didn't need any mixer.
As far as I know, "Proof" is simply % Alcohol x2. So 96 Proof would be 48% alcohol. And if you didn't need a mixer, it was either really good, or you're just that much of a man.
With regard to American Beer... meh. There are some regional breweries that I like quite a bit. Dominion here in Northern Virginia does some really good work (IMO of course), but I'm not really into the "Arms race" of Alcohol % either lol. AFter 5%, I'll just switch to Bourbon :p
-Sik
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Originally posted by storch
any limit on the amount of watermelon we talk? :D
Nope, next time you're in town lunch is on me, pick a city.
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Originally posted by Schaden
Nope, next time you're in town lunch is on me, pick a city.
Thanks, we were planning a trip to Spain in the late fall, my great aunt is not well and I would like to se her one last time. Maybe we'll fly up to London and take a trip to Plymouth. ;)
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Bring a gun so i can exterminate certain members of society and i'll buy you a beer, hell i'll buy you two!:D I'll even show you where to pick up fine women like that fine specimen i posted a photo of.
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Originally posted by thrila
Bring a gun so i can exterminate certain members of society and i'll buy you a beer, hell i'll buy you two!:D I'll even show you where to pick up fine women like that fine specimen i posted a photo of.
what is the nature of your visit??? who, me??? :D
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Originally posted by storch
she lives in bruges which is also in France though for some unexplained reason speak walloon. silly Frenchmen. :D
Storch, son... I'm a slap you when you get here...Bruges in France... what's next? ;)
You can find Orval beer in the US (Octavius got hold of some).
Shaden, I'm up for the pissup in Brussels!
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Ok so we got three...anyone else want to tag along?
I'm free during the week till mid April when my next contract starts so I'm easy on a day during the week but I presume you guys woulod prefer a weekend?
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Midweek would actually suit me better, but I'm away to the USA April 13-20. (Will meet up with Shuckins!) BTW Antwerp is only 30mins by train from the French capital - Brussels.
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If I ever moved to Europe I would seriously contaminate their gene pool....again...
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Originally posted by beet1e
BTW Antwerp is only 30mins by train from the French capital - Brussels.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
This is it! I'm calling the luxemburgish army, errr soldier to go and invade you!
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Shaden, Week ends are best for me as It's a 3 hour trip for me to get down there. We have bank hollidays end of the month and beginning of may though.
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Originally posted by beet1e
It catches a lot of Americans out, because they're not used to European beer strength, and consider anything stronger than 2% to be brain damage.
;)
Heehee. Beet I wiz more percentage than that. :D
Between strong beers we had a fruit beer
Errrrr ....Ummmmmm...... ......teehee.......errr...nev ermind, too easy. :lol
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Heehee. Beet I wiz more percentage than that. :D
I think it was Nexx who said he takes a can of budweiser with him to a medical exam to use as a piss sample.
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Lmao
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not all eurocountries have good beer.
Around here, we're lucky to get a bottle of Mythos. If I go to a pub I can get something decent, like a glass of Hoegaarden, but it costs me $8 US.
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Originally posted by Staga
Beetle:
Find yourself a bottle of blue Chimay; it has 9% alc but it's smoother than silk...
cept for the floaty thingies.
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I think it's called a "cork" 88 ;)
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
What the hell does a chick know about real men?
-SW
LMAO I have a buddy that was married to a chick that not only could drink like a real man but fight like and beat the crap out of one too. Even the ones that fought back.
He and her used to get into these brawls. And by brawls I mean man style fist fight and it was always a toss up as to who was gonna come out on top.
One of the more amusing relationships I've ever seen.
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Originally posted by Dinger
not all eurocountries have good beer.
Around here, we're lucky to get a bottle of Mythos. If I go to a pub I can get something decent, like a glass of Hoegaarden, but it costs me $8 US.
Mythos is not too bad...but you hava to drink it sitting overlooking the Med....it's all about location....
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F. Sot Fitzgerald gives it 4 stars. :D
http://www.alcoholreviews.com/BEERS/mythos.html (http://www.alcoholreviews.com/BEERS/mythos.html)
The comparison to Heineken is enough for me.
IMHO Heineken is horse wiz extract.
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Originally posted by Jackal1
IMHO Heineken is horse wiz extract.
I think the Heineken export beer is piss. I remember calculating that one could drink 6 pints of it, and still pass the breathalyser test.
The Heineken served in Holland is quite different - 5% alcohol.
But I prefer Oranjeboom!
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Yeah, but again, you have to look to get that stuff, and it is only slightly better than Heineken. Fostly it's Keo and "Cyprus Rules" Carlsberg (not even as good as US-brewed carlsberg)
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It's currently the Starkbierfest in Münich. Damn, this is seriously strong beer! I was at the Paulaner hall last week....
About Starkbierfest:
Starkbier is a "strong beer" which is consumed in Germany during Lent. You may think "stark" is refering to the alcohol content. Actually it's not. Instead it describes the concentration of disolved solids: the starch, sugars, proteins and minerals. The technical name for these solids is the "Wort".
This being Germany, the supreme land of rules and regulations, you'll probably not be surprised to learn there are laws governing which beers may qualify as Starkbier. There are two types of Starkbier: Bockbier and Dopplebock. Bockbier must be at least 16% wort whilst Doppelbock must be at least 18%. The famous "Salvator" Starkbier brewed by Paulaner weighs in at 18.3% wort. It's a Doppelbock. This means that for every liter of Starkbier, if you boil away the water and alcohol you have 183 grammes of solids remaining. Or, in layman's terms, one Mass contains roughly the same amount of "Stuff" as 16 loaves of bread. Hence: liquid food. For the monks, fluid doesn't break fasting rules.
Although the "Stark" in Starkbier is nothing to do with the alcohol content, the alcohol levels are indeed higher. A Bockbier is 7% whilst the Salvator Dopplebock is 7.5%. This is in comparison to the 5% for a normal beer.
Don't mention this to a Bavarian or they won't speak to you again, but Starkbier is not actually a Bavarian creation. The first Doppelbock was brewed in 1352 up in Hannover, North Germany (Einbeck Bock Beer). The monks at Munich's Paulaner monastery only caught on in 1773 when the famous Brother Barnabas invented with his Salvator receipe. This same brew has remained largely unchanged for the last two and a bit centuries. Originally the monks were forbidden to serve Salvator to anyone outside the monastery. This particular rule was quickly repealed in 1780 because the monks never obeyed it anyway.
Whilst the Palauner Salvator is the most famous of the Munich Starkbiers, the other breweries also have their own versions. Löwenbräu have a brew they call "Triumphator". The Augustiner have "Maximator". And the Airport brewery, can you guess? Yep... Aviator. Not kidding.
Nockherberg
The Starkbierfest is celebrated at many beer halls throughout Munich. The epicenter, however, is the Paulaner Keller at Nockherberg in Giesing. Here the festival lasts 16 days: from Friday 4th March til Sunday 20th March 2005. Their Festsaal has capacity for 3,500 pissed up punters and is decorated in the style of an Oktoberfest tent. A Mass of Starkbier costs €7.10. A Mass of any other drink costs exactly the same - even Spezi or table water! Entry is €1. After 5pm (3pm at weekends) entry is €7.80 Euro for which you also get a beer voucher.
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interesting read replicant. thank you for posting it. I'm enjoying a Beck's and missing the Grimbergen. This is one area where I sadly concede superiority to our German and French cousins, especially the ones around Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp.
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The Starkbier is actually quite sweet so it's very easy to drink. It then catches you out because you then realise that you're drunk after 2 or 3! BTW it's served in a Maß which is 1 litre (nearly 2 pints). I think the German's drink more beer than anyone else, which is a good trait IMO! :)
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Originally posted by beet1e
The Heineken served in Holland is quite different - 5% alcohol.
It`s 4.87 by vol here and it`s still horse wiz.
Heineken is Heineken no matter where it is. It`s not the alc content, it`s the indgredients and technique used for brewing.
Heineken is releasing, or has allready released Heineken Light here also. It will be horse wiz, light style.
There is another Yup beer craze here. It is Corona with a slice of lime. It is considered just too cool. Not but one thing wrong with it. I would classify it as donkey wiz. Crap shouldn`t be allowed for human consumption.
If I`m gonna drink Mex Cerveza, give me Carta Blanca. Ice cold this stuff totaly rocks.
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Hehe Nexx, sounds interesting... how far is that from Lululand?
Originally posted by storch
...This is one area where I sadly concede superiority to our German and French cousins, especially the ones around Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp.
Thank you Storch, I framed this, hehehe :)
If you ever make it down south (about 3 hours drive from Ghent) You'll find a lot of the beers you'd like are abbey beers in the south (Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Gaumaise, Cyney). They organise bus trips (So you don't have to drive) around those abbeys during summer (You can bring back some smelly cheese for the missus too). Let me know, and I'll gladly have a few glasses with you & talk sh*t :D
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Originally posted by Jackal1
There is another Yup beer craze here. It is Corona with a slice of lime. It is considered just too cool. Not but one thing wrong with it. I would classify it as donkey wiz. Crap shouldn`t be allowed for human consumption.
You live anywhere near 1990?
-Sik
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Try Czech Velvet....an amber with a head like guiness?? 5.9% alcohol...drink up!
smooth, moderately sweet finish....good stuff!
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Originally posted by Sikboy
You live anywhere near 1990?
-Sik
Sikboy don`t you need to be practicing your lines for your next Enyte commercial? :D
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Sikboy don`t you need to be practicing your lines for your next Enyte commercial? :D
I have no idea what you're talking about. Was Enyte also cool in 1990?
-Sik
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Heehee. You know what I`m talking about. C`mon , fess up you`re "Bob" from the Enzyte commercial.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1111035156_bob1.gif)
Bob
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1111035027_sikboy.jpg)
Sikboy
:rofl
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Heehee. You know what I`m talking about. C`mon , fess up you`re "Bob" from the Enzyte commercial.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1111035156_bob1.gif)
Bob
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1111035027_sikboy.jpg)
Sikboy
:rofl
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Hehe Nexx, sounds interesting... how far is that from Lululand?
It's close enough! :)
Even a Maß of helles or dunkel bier in the Hofbräuhaus is pretty potent (5.3% & 5.5% respectively). The fact that you're being served a 1 litre Maß surely helps too! The problem is that you tend to drink it like a normal pint; i.e. you drink it at about the same speed!
I normally drink dunkel Weißbier or Guinness here in Münich (5.5% & 4.2%).
Have a look at http://www.bierclub.net/bierlisten/bierrangliste.htm which lists quite a few different beers and their strengths.
I must say that British bitters/ales are as good as any, if not better. You can't beat a good strong ale! (I'm not one for 'lager', I see it a namby pamby - lager drinking poofs! ;))
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Originally posted by storch
something about more than 5% alcohol content not being legally permitted to be called "beer".
It's 6%. Different states have different regulations too. All that's required is that the product be labeled as malt liquor or malt beverage. The quality doesn't have to suffer. The problem is with the public perception of 'malt liquor'. Manufacturers believe that the stigma associated with malt liquor will keep any product labeled as such from being successfull.
Oh, mass produced American beer sucks prettythang.
There are many good small batch beers made here though. Ya just gotta find em.
The distributor I used to work for carried Mythos for awhile.
It is fairly nasty.
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Originally posted by Lazerus
There are many good small batch beers made here though. Ya just gotta find em.
Yep. Some of the mini and micro breweries put out some great stuff.
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Heehee. You know what I`m talking about. C`mon , fess up you`re "Bob" from the Enzyte commercial.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1111035027_sikboy.jpg)
Sikboy
:rofl
Rofl, damn, I forgot how pretty I am. And I can't deny it.... I am the host with the most. :rofl
-Sik
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Yep. Some of the mini and micro breweries put out some great stuff.
Oh! Well at least we can agree about beer! :aok
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Originally posted by Sikboy
Rofl, damn, I forgot how pretty I am. And I can't deny it.... I am the host with the most. :rofl
-Sik
ROFL. You will be getting a little well deserved respect around the ole clubhouse from now on.
:D