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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: AKDejaVu on December 28, 2000, 11:44:00 AM
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My cousin came up to visit for a few days. He's going to school down in Las Vegas. He's about 21.
When he, my father and I were sitting talking, the subject of beer came up. My cousin has been to several cities in Europe (east and west) and feels that he has tried enough beer in his lifetime to be an expert on it. I have to laugh (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
As he spent a half hour explaining why a beer that he had in Prague was the best beer in the world, I was thinking about what the best beer I'd ever had was. I mean, I don't have as much experience as this young man.. but I was in the military for 8 years... but nobody really does much drinking there.
As I tried to pick my favorite beer, I began to realize that the exotic weren't really moving me. All of my favorite beers were a result of the situation.. rather than the beer. When the beer drinking was the main priority, I enjoyed it less.
I simply chose the times when the right beer hit the spot. Like once when I was out pulling a stump at my father's house. It was about 90 degrees that day and we were sweating like a couple of stuck pigs. We took a break and dad asked if I wanted to try a new beer... "Tequiza". I'd seen it advertised and thought "why in the hell would he buy a budweiser product?". As we sat on the deck, the light-weight of the beer combined with the subtle lemon-lime-tequilla taste really hit the spot. Beer doesn't usually do it for me when I'm dehydrated.. but this one hit it.
I have to say I have a fondness for three beers in particular: Guinness, Black Butte Porter and Widmeer Hefeweisen.
Guinness intoduced me to nitrogenated beer. It is still one of the smoothest, creamiest beers you can have. The only downside is that you don't burp when you drink it. Well.. that's a downside if your drinking with buds... not so much if you are on a date.
Black Butte Porter (for you Euro's.. that's pronounced "bute or beaut" not "butt") is a local beer that is somewhat generic of a porter. Not too nutty.. nor is it chocolatty... its just plain good. The downside is that I don't really like to drink much of it and it doesn't go well with food. It also makes me do things later that makes my wife say "go outside if you have to do that!". But, if you want a very good go-to porter... it will always be at every bar in the area.
Widmere is another local brewery. Their Hefeweisen got most people in Oregon turned on to Micro-Brewery beers. Its cloudy appearance draws alot of looks and comments from those around... but it also gets their attention. Throw a slice of lemon in there and it is quite good. This one I enjoy to drink with any beef selection. Something about combining a wheet beer with beef that really hits the spot for me. Its a close second to a decent merlot.
So.. lets hear about other people's experience with tasty beer.
AKDejaVu
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Oh Hell this place is soon gonna be full of FDB stories for sure.
My most favorite kind of beer is the one in my hand when the question is asked.
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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?
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It is difficult to pick just a few,
Alaskan Amber Ale eating Dungeness crab at the Crab Shack at Dungeness WA.
Anchor Steam at the Fog City dinner after being in wine country for a week drinking nothing but wine.
At the Free State Brewing Co in Lawrence Ks drinking a 1/2 lemonade 1/2 wheat beer after mountain biking all day in July.
Working cattle all day, that first luke warm Coors tastes like heaven.
and who can forget,
Bridgeport Brewing Co.
"Great Firkin Beer"
Dont get me started on Wine, I will get nothing done at work today,
Like dad said,
Lifes to short to drink bad beer, bad wine, or bad coffe.
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Milo
3./JG2
"Swager's Angels"
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As far as beers tied to occasions go, Stuttgarter Hofbrau will always have a warm place in my heart. It was the beer of choice at most of the fests I went to while living in Germany. Nothing quite compares to a good German fest, whether it be a bier fest, wine fest, or Oktoberfest. Drinking a good beer with a crowd of folks from all walks of live, and all ages while having a hell of a good time just can't be beat.
My favorite beer is Paulaner Hefeweizen served only slightly chilled. Only wish I could get it on tap (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Btw, hefeweizen shouldn't be served with lemon. The citrus oils kill the head, and ruin some of the flavor. Lemon is best served with a kristallweizen.
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LJK_Raubvogel
LuftJägerKorps (http://www.luftjagerkorps.com)
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[This message has been edited by LJK Raubvogel (edited 12-28-2000).]
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I think its the situation or location more than the beer itself.
At home, during the winter months, its Guinness and Bass Ale.
Growing up, working on my family's farm in Kansas, I'm with Milo, it was and is Coors.
Over the past few years, I travel to Asia many times a year so, when I'm in China visiting factories and having dinner its Tsing Tao (I really like this one for some reason, but I think it's because of the locale).
When back in Hong Kong, it depends on where I'm dining....German Food, German Beer, and so on, although I'll drink San Miguel. But I always stop in at Ned Kelly's Last Stand off Nathan Road for a pint of Fosters.
Cobra
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Hehe, I got beer of the month for XMas, now that's a way for a girl to get my undivided attention. It's hard for me to find a beer I really dislike, short of the fad fruit-flavored nonsense a few microbreweries came up with.
Guinness is great when I want to sit down and savor a beer for a while (Dowding, the cold guinness fad still going on in UK? Was funny to see all the signs "Cold Guiness Here!" while I was over there a year or two ago, after hearing from my old brit roomie how much we yanks were sissies who couldn't handle warm beer (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)), otherwise I tend to favor a medium weight beer. Amber lagers pretty good, ciders a bit sweet for my taste but not bad, but as long as it's not some rasberry special I'm not going to refuse anything you put in front of me. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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Btw, hefeweizen shouldn't be served with lemon. The citrus oils kill the head, and ruin some of the flavor.
LOL! And what's wrong with killing some of the head on a carbonated beer? Come on... wheat beer head is nothing like Guinness. One is good.. the other makes you burp (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
I do have to side with those anti-fruit beer comments above. A Californian thought this up.. I'm sure of it.
As for Japanese beers... I was drinking an Asahi Dark and talking with my cohort in corperate crime when something began to grate on me. I'd take a sip of the dark beer and get a perplexed look on my face. When asked what was wrong, I said "I don't know.. the beer tastes good, but something is missing." Then it dawned on me. No aftertaste. Zero. Nadda. The taste disappeared as soon as the beer was gone. At that point I decided the Japanese were just too precise to make a good beer (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
AKDejaVu
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Beer ain't drinkin'.
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Fatty - I think it's still pretty much a continuing fad over here. Cold guiness, my arse. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Warm beer is good on a cold winters evening, whereas I drink cold lager in summer. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
I don't really like Guiness; it turns your s**t black for a start. And it's quite pricey.
Newcastle Brown ale was all I drunk for a while (I studied up there for 4 years), but I had a bad episode with it and haven't touched it since. It still sends shivers down my spine. I was arrested for urinating in an alleyway, which was unfortunately right next to the police station. I was a little worse for wear, but got a cooked breakfast after a night in the cells, which was nice. Still haven't told my parents. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
It's a very dark, strong tasting brew - god knows what's in it.
I like John Smith's stuff, because it's cheap. Samuel Smith's stuff is even better, but not as available.
French and Belgian lager is nice (Stella Artois is tres bon), especially on a hot summers day watching the cricket. Having said that, I've got 4 crates of the stuff in my garage, and it's snowing outside. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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OK, you knew I would pipe into this subject ("Sudz", after all).
First off, I completely agree with DejaVu - it's all about the scene when you drink the beer. Any party-er knows that beer is an accessory: who's there? who's having a good time? what women are there?
That said, on a purely taste basis I'd have to go with homebrew. Granted, I haven't been on a pilgrimage to Oktoberfest (tho I will), I feel that fresh brew is always the best.
A corollary would be that you can judge the best bread on the shelf, but the loaf that you do at home always tastes better. My favorite - Sudz's Hellfire AH con beer. Poured like a genuine pilsner, smooth tasting - not too bitter, and got you drunk.
-Sudz
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Sudz's Hellfire Beer kicks ass.
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"Zywiec" is my fav beer...i'm sure you can get it in US and UK (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
the greatest Polish beer! you really schould try it hehe
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"I do have to side with those anti-fruit beer comments above. A Californian thought this up.. I'm sure of it."
That's how they serve it in Holland and Belgium..you know..the people who invented the stuff (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Daff
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Becks
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Beks
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Coffee & Advil (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Some of these are pretty good: www.bigwig.net/silicon/sillyness/beer_quotes.html (http://www.bigwig.net/silicon/sillyness/beer_quotes.html)
BEER = (http://www.twc-tampa.com/mdisalle/tummy2.jpg)
Eagler
[This message has been edited by Eagler (edited 12-29-2000).]
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1. Any cold Canadian beer (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
2. Any Canadian beer.
3. Warm piss.
4. Weakass American beer that Fatty likes.
The best beer I ever had was when I was 18. Was woking for a pipeline company then and the foreman bought a cooler of beer and filled it with ice. That beer was so cold it hurt my teeth. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Good beer is cold beer..........
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A frosty pint (or two) of Saranac Lake Black Forest in the ski lodge with a Pastrami/Swiss melt with Horseradish and Diced Pepperocini.
Now we are talking.
Sour
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Hmmmm.. Beeeeeerrr
Lets see
bud
keystone
old milewake
miller.
Hehe, sorry that wasn't funny . Seriously here's my picks .
Paulaner Oktoberfest hefeweisen
Pilsner Urquel
Youngs Oatmeal Stout
Many Aussies and NZ'ers swear by Victorian Bitter, but I've never tried it. There is also a Chinese beer that is actually pretty good called Tsing Pao or something . And although I don't recommend it I have alot of fond memories being pissed drunk on Salva Vida, that and aguardiente, but I don't remember anything after drinking that .
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I always hated the taste of beer, but recently i have tried Ziegenbach (sp?) it is the only beer i can actually say "gee i really want a ziggy" insted of saying "what kinda toejam do i have to drink to get my stumble on"
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this days i'm with Allgäuer Brauhaus Weihnachtsbier, nothing special
but a very smooth taste (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Usualy i like Jever Pils, and LJK Raubvogel you sound like a proffesional
in Weizen Biers (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)) I love Kristallweizen with a Lemon, strange thing is
i preffer it mostly during the hot summer days only (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
greets Gh0stFT
*Happy new Year !!!*
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ding ding ding! we have a winner! and yes it is skernsk!!! also to be noted: one time i had this 6 pack of molson canadian beer in my car and left my car running in the winter. The beer was right by the heater and there it sat for like an hour. So anyways... i went to drink it (no i wasnt driving) and it was almost the temperature of a hot coffee. fediddle was it good! Think everyone should try a hot beer once, yo umight be suprised. Also fatty, this local brewpub made this blueberry wheat ale,,, i musta drank 100 gallons of that stuff last summer and cried when they stop making it.
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There can be only one. Guiness. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
I like most quality beer, with the exception of the fruit toejam. The rare one can be tasty, but 95% of the time they make me gag.
Now, Guiness is like a desert beer... a snack...a Beer Milkshake. It's great by itself, but in certain situations you want a lighter beer.
Local microbrew has a nice red ale I like just called "Garrison Red". Another local micro has "Black Pearl, which is a dark ale and is pretty good. On a hot day in the summer on the sailboat, a cold Corona with a slice of lime hits the spot. The Aussies have one up in Queensland called XXXX that I like too.. a lager, great in the heat.
But the best beer ever? Guiness... no contest.
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Lephturn - Chief Trainer
A member of The Flying Pigs http://www.flyingpigs.com (http://www.flyingpigs.com)
"A pig is a jolly companion, Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt --
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!" -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
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Best beer is going to the beach with my gf, sitting watching other chicks while nodding to her constant talking, I open my freezer, I dig with my hand till I can find the coldest, almost freezing CORONA EXTRA or HEINEKEN, and as it goes down my throat I can feel my whole body cooling down, my brain getting numb, and after a few more beers, I'll be either making out with my gf, or arguing about something stupid.
Or sitting in my balcony at night with my pals, watching the night, and talking about random things guys talk, and drinking our VERY cold.. beers.
Or at the disco, the music is kicking, I'm very horny, but thirsty, so I take a moment to go to the bar, buy two cold beers drink one in the bar, and the other as I walk back to my gf.
or as I am driving to work early in the morning, drinking my beer while speeding on the interstate because I'm late thanks to last nights beer party at a friends house.
Or as I do my preflight inspection on the Cessna, that cold beer sure makes flying by the Puerto Rican countryside fun, and the .04 alcohol (no more than that for flying!) really helps me appreciate how beautiful the Arecibo Radio-Telescopy is.
Or as I come back home drunk as hell, log on to AH, and see my pal Creamo put a few niki rounds on a chute, and hear Fatty and Skernks call my girlfriend a slut and some other things on Roger Wilco, I just sip my mug of beer to enjoy the moment.
Beer.
I love you.
Animal
Ps: My friends make fun of me because I like to drink my beer from a mug rather than from the can or bottle. It just tastes better to me, and you drink it faster = more beers.
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Fat DRUNK Bastards.
Nothing feels sweeter than facing a powerful enemy 1 on 1, the battle is tough, but you emerge victorious. As he types <S>!!! on channel one, you open fire on his chute.
[This message has been edited by Animal (edited 12-30-2000).]
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In Ontario Canada u can bay Magnat Beer, it is from Poland. It is very strong - 7% and u pay for 0.5L $ 1.85. If u like strong beer, this is for u. Three beer, and u can't walk;-)
feniks
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Hey Animal
Check out AA (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
(and it's not anti-aircraft or American Airlines)
Here's a beer question;
Did you drink a beer or "shotgun" a beer first?
Me, couldn't stand the taste at such an "early" age so we shotguned them. You know, when you flip it over, hit it with a can opener, suck the bottom til the vac crushes the can, then pop the top and try to keep up.
Eagler
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Dowding, you get Abbot ale there? Think its a London brew. Had a case of it at the Pennsic Wars one hot dry August and after a day in plate armor, it was completely beautiful (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Also like the Northern Brown at my local microbrew pub here in NC.
Good cheap beer up towards Pittsburgh was Yeungling (sp?)
Get alot of good Canadian beer at Pennsic also from my Quebecios camp mates.
Ketil (who will be back in the air soon he hopes)
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Well being a newly turned Republican I must say my favorite beer is BUSH lite. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by bike killa:
"Zywiec" is my fav beer...i'm sure you can get it in US and UK (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
the greatest Polish beer! you really schould try it hehe
Yep I love the glasse used to drink it fun especially at the end (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
And the real beer the "Trappiste Rochefort" it make you believe that the Guinness is a lager (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Slurp (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)