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Title: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Rich46yo on April 08, 2014, 12:21:51 PM
I like wine but I dont go for it like Beer. I like a dry Red, a Merlot, a Cabernet, a zinfandel. Dont know a whole lot about wine, only what I like.

Beer I do know a lot about. Ive tried a zillion including many micros. Funny but my favorite goes for $8.99 a 12 pack and tastes delicious. I think to many Beer and wine drinkers listen to snooty reviews instead of their taste buds.

But to each their own. (http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/Rich46yo/schlitz_beer_zpsb690c4e7.jpg)
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: lunatic1 on April 08, 2014, 01:02:27 PM
i used to drink schlitz back in the 80's--but i hardly drink anymore--if i do it's budlight--or kentucky bourbon----i had 1/5th bottle of jack as christmas gift it took me almost 3 years to drink it all.when i lived in louisville,ky i drank falls city--and falstaf---and colt45---and earlytime wiskey.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: homersipes on April 08, 2014, 01:47:48 PM
yuck beer is gross  :bolt: when I turned 16 I thought it would be cool to get drunk, so I stole some of my moms Schaefer beer, took a sip and puked.  Now it doesnt matter what beer it is it all tastes the same.  :lol
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Curval on April 08, 2014, 02:03:17 PM
I don't like wine and the only way I really drink beer is in a "shandy"...mixed with sprite....and after a round of golf.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: bagrat on April 08, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
yuck beer is gross  :bolt: when I turned 16 I thought it would be cool to get drunk, so I stole some of my moms Schaefer beer, took a sip and puked.  Now it doesnt matter what beer it is it all tastes the same.  :lol

dare ya to drink an open refrigerated day old steel reserve... dammmmm it's nasty
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: BluBerry on April 08, 2014, 02:16:20 PM
Wine with the right food.
Beer with the right people.
Brandy on the right evening.

 :cheers:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: JimmyC on April 08, 2014, 02:19:18 PM
Depends what time of day..depends what you are eating..depends who you are with...depends if you have just done the lawns or at a celebration. ..
horses for courses..
I love it all :cheers:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Baggy on April 08, 2014, 05:45:39 PM
Beer, accept no substitute!
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Spikes on April 08, 2014, 06:29:03 PM
Wine with the right food.
Beer with the right people.
Brandy on the right evening.

 :cheers:
Truer words have never been spoken.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Arlo on April 08, 2014, 06:41:17 PM
(http://cn.dk.com/static/cs/cn/11/nf/features/beerwine/images/hesaidshesaid_book.jpg)

Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: quig on April 08, 2014, 06:54:30 PM
Franky can't be wrong....

(http://www.nashvillescene.com/binary/21b4/1338858437-jack_daniels_bottle-10208.gif)
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: USRanger on April 08, 2014, 06:56:24 PM
Wine with the right food.
Beer with the right people.
Brandy on the right evening.

 :cheers:

Well said my friend. :cheers:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Plazus on April 08, 2014, 07:09:01 PM
I'm downright a beer lover. I do enjoy the occasional glass of wine though.

PS: Mead is also a good drink too.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: BFOOT1 on April 09, 2014, 01:03:58 AM
I like both, it all tastes good too me but I prefer beer. Yngling, budlight, miller, fortune, dos Equis, corona, and so forth.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: zack1234 on April 09, 2014, 06:28:26 AM
My beer 6.7%

What has taste to do with Ale?

I  drink until I lose the ability to sit up :old:

Colonial beer is usually 1.2% and made of road :old:

Jack Daniels is very nice :old:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: NatCigg on April 09, 2014, 07:04:41 AM
dare ya to drink an open refrigerated day old steel reserve... dammmmm it's nasty

oh my  :uhoh imagine if it got warm  :bolt:



My saying..."You can tell hard youve been working by how smooth the first shot of whiskey goes down"tm  :salute  beer too   :cheers:
"Wine only if it is as red as the blood on my plate"

dont drink and whine  :old: drive also  :angel:

 :salute
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Heater on April 09, 2014, 10:52:20 AM
30 Year old....

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-2111.aspx
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Rich46yo on April 09, 2014, 01:46:40 PM
Franky can't be wrong....

(http://www.nashvillescene.com/binary/21b4/1338858437-jack_daniels_bottle-10208.gif)

I just saw at the store Jack with honey added to it. I dont drink fire water anymore, used to love sour mash, but I'd bet this new Jack with honey is quite good. I always liked honey Beer.

Back to Schlitz. My old man drank it and used to give me sips as a little kid so it was the 1st beer I ever drank even if it was just a sip. Well in the early '70s they got greedy and changed the formula while fermenting it a shorter time. All in the name of greed, producing more and making more money. Well Schlitz went from owning Chicago to losing all its customers and becoming a lousy brew. Old Style did the same thing.

In the last year or two they "Pabst bought the brand" came back to their senses and brought back the old method that made them famous and damn if the stuff aint delicious again. Just like I remember. I prefer it to Beers that cost twice as much. It reminds me of the '60s a time when fathers used to bring their sons to neighborhood taverns to watch a ball game on a Saturday. They drank their Schlitz while we drank orange pop and played pin ball. They were great days, much simpler and far less laws and rules strangling the working guy.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 09, 2014, 06:08:53 PM
I drink Leffe or Franziskaner when I can get it, Erdinger is also a good beer, prefer the unfiltered stuff.

Only enjoy red wine really, white is a headache waiting to happen :cheers:

Nevertheless I would opt for beer ebbry thime :banana:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 09, 2014, 11:40:12 PM
Beer and wine both have their places and times. A good pint of Stella Artois can be really good in the right moment and a nice bottle of Chateuneuf Du Pape may hit it perfectly with a steak dinner. Then a shot of 30 year old single malt in the evening while having your nice fat Cuban cigar with friends. And no, I don't smoke but do enjoy a good cigar once or twice a year  :old:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: zack1234 on April 10, 2014, 01:47:59 AM
Your not allowed Cuban cigars!
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: mbailey on April 10, 2014, 05:54:23 AM
30 Year old....

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-2111.aspx


I just found a bottle of 12yrold Jameson in my wifes grandfathers barn that is probably 25yrs old.......Wonder how it will taste?
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 10, 2014, 10:51:15 AM
Your not allowed Cuban cigars!

Heh, no. YOU are not allowed them, they're perfectly legal for me  :devil
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 10, 2014, 11:53:03 AM
I just found a bottle of 12yrold Jameson in my wifes grandfathers barn that is probably 25yrs old.......Wonder how it will taste?

Send it to me and I'll let you know :devil
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: ACE on April 10, 2014, 11:55:03 AM
I just found a bottle of 12yrold Jameson in my wifes grandfathers barn that is probably 25yrs old.......Wonder how it will taste?
Unopened?
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Heater on April 10, 2014, 11:58:02 AM
I just found a bottle of 12yrold Jameson in my wifes grandfathers barn that is probably 25yrs old.......Wonder how it will taste?
If unopened it will still be good...
if the seal has been broken and air has got in ... who knows...

Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Brooke on April 10, 2014, 02:42:38 PM
Red wine is better because it's good for you (at a glass or less per day).  :aok
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Brooke on April 10, 2014, 02:45:37 PM
Colonial beer is usually 1.2% and made of road :old:

Only some of it!

Not my hometown brew:
(https://store.macandjacks.com/mjwebstore/images/productphotos/2003_f_m.jpg)
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: mbailey on April 11, 2014, 06:16:39 AM
If unopened it will still be good...
if the seal has been broken and air has got in ... who knows...



Yep its unopened.......I would think it wouldnt have matured anymore once its bottled....
Send it to me and I'll let you know :devil

 :rofl  If your ever in the Pennsylvania area......I just finished up building my bar.....stop by.....the first round is on me  :aok
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Heater on April 11, 2014, 07:13:23 AM
Yep its unopened.......I would think it wouldnt have matured anymore once its bottled....
 :rofl  If your ever in the Pennsylvania area......I just finished up building my bar.....stop by.....the first round is on me  :aok

Correct, once bottled it stops....
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Bizman on April 11, 2014, 11:50:54 AM
Beer? Wine? There's been both available here plus something more. Trying all of that makes me dizzy...  :cheers:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: FLOOB on April 11, 2014, 12:39:32 PM
Never been a fan of wine, to me it taste like spoiled fruit. I guess Schlitz is technically a beer, but I think it's one of those that says "Malt Beverage" on the label  :lol

A couple of my fav's are New Belgium's 2 Below ale and this one.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Unibroue_-_La_fin_du_monde.jpg/400px-Unibroue_-_La_fin_du_monde.jpg)
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: BoilerDown on April 11, 2014, 04:45:59 PM
Craft beer all day.  Wherever I go there's something new I've never tried before.  If they don't have any draft microbrews, I go with Sam Adams, and if they don't have anything other than the Light beers, I go with Lite.  But I hate it when that happens.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 11, 2014, 04:54:16 PM
Yep its unopened.......I would think it wouldnt have matured anymore once its bottled....
 :rofl  If your ever in the Pennsylvania area......I just finished up building my bar.....stop by.....the first round is on me  :aok

Currently looking for a Honeymoon destination, maybe we'll just head your way  :aok

Will they allow me to bring my Lagavulin on the plane? :uhoh
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 11, 2014, 04:57:17 PM
Never been a fan of wine, to me it taste like spoiled fruit. I guess Schlitz is technically a beer, but I think it's one of those that says "Malt Beverage" on the label  :lol

A couple of my fav's are New Belgium's 2 Below ale and this one.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Unibroue_-_La_fin_du_monde.jpg/400px-Unibroue_-_La_fin_du_monde.jpg)

Despite all the jokes about 'murican beers being like sex in a canoe, there are few things better, after a hard day's graft, than an icy cold Miller Draught, mind you they are both brewed under licence about 10 miles from my house :banana:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: BuckShot on April 11, 2014, 06:42:21 PM
I just saw at the store Jack with honey added to it. I dont drink fire water anymore, used to love sour mash, but I'd bet this new Jack with honey is quite good. I always liked honey Beer.

Back to Schlitz. My old man drank it and used to give me sips as a little kid so it was the 1st beer I ever drank even if it was just a sip. Well in the early '70s they got greedy and changed the formula while fermenting it a shorter time. All in the name of greed, producing more and making more money. Well Schlitz went from owning Chicago to losing all its customers and becoming a lousy brew. Old Style did the same thing.

In the last year or two they "Pabst bought the brand" came back to their senses and brought back the old method that made them famous and damn if the stuff aint delicious again. Just like I remember. I prefer it to Beers that cost twice as much. It reminds me of the '60s a time when fathers used to bring their sons to neighborhood taverns to watch a ball game on a Saturday. They drank their Schlitz while we drank orange pop and played pin ball. They were great days, much simpler and far less laws and rules strangling the working guy.

Honey brown beer is decent and inexpensive
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 12, 2014, 02:04:06 AM
Never been a fan of wine, to me it taste like spoiled fruit.

Try fresh wine. It's alcoholic but tastes as an extremely fresh fizzy drink. Yes, it even has bubbles in it naturally.

You'd think fermented grapes would taste horrible but they are better than 7-up.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Lab Rat 3947 on April 12, 2014, 03:06:10 PM
Quote
Wine with the right food.
Beer with the right people.
Brandy on the right evening.

Merlot
Coors, Dos Equis Amber, Guiness
Presidente Brandy

LtngRydr
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Rich46yo on April 12, 2014, 03:20:53 PM
I always liked Millers draft, the only Millers I would drink.

Theres a lot of snootiness amongst the "so called" beer elite now. I quit hanging out in beer forums due to all the condescension and waxing poetic. Most posters just repeat what everyone else says anyways.

Ive always veered toward lagers and Pilsners tho I will go Ale on occasion and like a lot of micros. Drink what you like. And if it sells for $8.99 a 12 pack so much the better.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: mbailey on April 12, 2014, 07:10:15 PM
I really like micro brews..... With one exception

There are few things in life better than a grilled hotdog and an ice cold Rolling Rock pulled out from the bottom of the cooler of ice

Actually had a great Lager a few weeks ago when I was in NY.  Brooklyn lager.   Very. Tasty

Winter time is Guinness. I can drink it nonstop.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: branch37 on April 13, 2014, 02:15:04 AM
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Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Arlo on April 13, 2014, 03:36:32 PM
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Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Rich46yo on April 14, 2014, 12:40:13 PM
To be frank theres very few Beers I dont like.

I go in stages. I probably have 10 different ones in my fridge right now. Great Lakes Brewery makes a Dark beer Im very fond of. Lagunitas makes several I like but their Pilsner may be my very fave pils. They are opening a new brewery/tavern in town this summer so their offerings will be much easier to find.

There are just so many. There has never been a better time to dunk one or two on occasion and experiment.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Brooke on April 14, 2014, 01:48:57 PM
IPA's are very popular here in the Seattle area.  I don't like those, though -- too bitter for my taste.  I like hefeweisens, porters, etc. that are sweeter.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: mbailey on April 14, 2014, 03:51:22 PM
To be frank theres very few Beers I dont like.

 

Im the same way, not many beers i can say i do not like..... The only one i can honestly say i do not like is Budweiser....
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Widewing on April 14, 2014, 06:42:55 PM
As to beer, I consider myself a connoisseur, with the emphasis on the seur part....
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: JimmyC on April 17, 2014, 04:22:24 PM
I like beer
and beer likes me
Amen
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: DaCoon on April 17, 2014, 10:53:59 PM
whiskey      :cheers:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: ghi on April 19, 2014, 07:05:18 AM
7 Beers That You Should Stop Drinking Immediately; :noid
http://www.bodymindsoulspirit.com/7-beers-that-you-should-stop-drinking-immediately/
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: FLOOB on April 19, 2014, 11:10:23 AM
HAHA! They're all made out of corn. I always wondered what that crap was made out of. Now I know why they can't be sold under the label of "beer" in some countries.

Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 19, 2014, 11:39:16 AM
Great. Something else that'll do me in :bhead
Better get some tofu and spring water inside me rapidly  :old:
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Widewing on April 19, 2014, 02:10:06 PM
HAHA! They're all made out of corn. I always wondered what that crap was made out of. Now I know why they can't be sold under the label of "beer" in some countries.



Not just corn.... Barley, hops, wheat and other grains.

That website did crack me up where they stated that there may be grain in the beer..... Worse, some beers may cause vegans to violate their diet. God forbid! Suicide watch!

These paranoid folks are frightened by caramel coloring, GMO corn, propylene glycol (could be a health issue, but probably not), corn syrup and God knows what else. They are into organics. What they don't realize is that organic foods reflect what is in the soil and water... Not using pesticides and fertilizers does not mean that the veggies and fruit don't contain chemicals or other non-organic substances.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: FLOOB on April 19, 2014, 02:22:03 PM
That's true, some good beer makers use fish bladders as a fining ingredient to map the beer not cloudy.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: Brooke on April 20, 2014, 01:31:02 AM
7 Beers That You Should Stop Drinking Immediately; :noid

Can't trust them.  They have Newcastle on their list, which is one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Beer is good, wine is good, which is better?
Post by: danny76 on April 24, 2014, 02:34:05 AM
7 Beers That You Should Stop Drinking Immediately; :noid
http://www.bodymindsoulspirit.com/7-beers-that-you-should-stop-drinking-immediately/

Sponsored by the Organic Beverage Institute :old: