Favorite Beer?

[Sparky]

Christ - there are Americans answering this thread. I despair for humanity!

Guys, however good you think it is - go abroad. Anywhere. Trust me!

To the first... Phbbphbbt!

To the second... He speaks the truth. Needing to be shipped - especially overseas - does awful things to beer. You will never have a better Guinness than you'll have in Ireland. My husband and I kid about taking a pilgrimage to Montreal and visit the Unibroue brewery (Maudite, Trois Pistoles, La Fin du Monde) home of some of the best Belgian beers we've found. Outside the Chimay Red Label, of course.

If any of you all make it to Texas, we have a number of fine local beers - Shiner Bock is a good, solid (and usually reasonably priced) standard. Lone Star is swill, but it's the 'National Beer of Texas' and it's worth drinking one for just that. I'd also reccommend anything from the Real Brewery.

 

[Thotas]

Are there no Pacific Northwesterners replying to this thread??? No mentions at all of Deschutes Brewery? Especially the Black Butte Porter?

 

[Pielorinho]

I rest my case. I really, really do....

Were! Were! These days, you can't claim real beersnobbery in the US if you don't have a batch of your own homebrew in your garage.

Now don't get me started on cars too, or this could go on for ever!

Eh. I know nothing about cars, and probably drive the equivalent of a Bud Light.

Daniel

 

[diaglo]

Were! Were! These days, you can't claim real beersnobbery in the US if you don't have a batch of your own homebrew in your garage.

you've been spying on me again. i homebrew.

Eh. I know nothing about cars, and probably drive the equivalent of a Bud Light.

Daniel

1948 Studebaker Champion Businessman's Coupe. with a straight 6.

 

[WizarDru]

Ahem.

Chimay, all the way, baby.

Favorites: Chimay, Bass, Harp, Yeungling Black & Tan, Nut Brown Ale, Victory Hopdevil
Murphy's and Guinness are good, but often too heavy for me on a regular basis. I prefer a good IPA with a meal, but my fondness runs to Ambers, mostly.

What with the plethora of brew pubs in the area, I rarely have major labels, anyhow. I've got John Harvards, Victory, Iron Hill, Valley Forge, Rock Bottom and about a dozen other brewpubs within 15 minutes of me. And, of course, I only live about 2 hours from the main Yeungling Brewery (the oldest continually running brewery in the US, and possibly North America, I don't recall).

 

[Ferret]

Beer? Bleh hate the taste. Sorry.

 

[Krieg]

Are you sure? I was under the impression that in the eighties, alcohol tax laws changed in the states that made it plausible for small local breweries to produce product, and that those changes were in part responsible for the re-emergence of microbreweries.

The microbrewery's re-emergence is a relatively new phenomenom. However that is not entirely what I was referring to, the US was once covered with a multitude of small regional breweries which have slowly been gobbled up by the bigger companies (AB, Miller, Coors).

Sam Adams was like the creme de la creme

Well considering Boston Brewery's continual domination in international competitions, that is a pretty accurate statement.

Definitely we've got a strong tradition here, but it was a tradition in hibernation for awhile.

No doubt.

At any rate, I wouldn't care to stack our tradition up against Germany's. I may not like lagers much, but I know when a tradition's got me beat.

Notice I specifically referred to the diversity of the American tradition being unrivaled. The US is in the unique position of having immigrants bring their various beer traditions from all around the world with them to this country.
That diversity is an advantage when it comes to change and growth in the industry.

Now don't get me started on cars too, or this could go on for ever!

British...cars...start

Never happen.

 

[mikebr99]

Ahem.



And, of course, I only live about 2 hours from the main Yeungling Brewery (the oldest continually running brewery in the US, and possibly North America, I don't recall).

Not in North America... Keith's bests them by 9 years.

http://www.keiths.ca/man.html

Mike

 

[IronWolf]

Not in North America... Keith's bests them by 9 years.

http://www.keiths.ca/man.html

Mike

MMmmmm.... This is good stuff too! In fact I have a beverage key with their name on it on my keychain...

 

[Pielorinho]

The microbrewery's re-emergence is a relatively new phenomenom. However that is not entirely what I was referring to, the US was once covered with a multitude of small regional breweries which have slowly been gobbled up by the bigger companies (AB, Miller, Coors).

Well considering Boston Brewery's continual domination in international competitions, that is a pretty accurate statement.

Really? That's surprising to me: I think Sam Adams is pretty bland. 'Course, like I said, I'm not much of a lager drinker; aren't most of their beers lagers?

That's kind of my feeling about your first paragraph, too: it wasn't until I tried a light ale (specifically Widmer's Hefeweizen) that I understood why beer was superior to soda water.

Notice I specifically referred to the diversity of the American tradition being unrivaled. The US is in the unique position of having immigrants bring their various beer traditions from all around the world with them to this country.

Fair point; I'm not sure I'd stack the US against the EU, though .

Daniel