Favorite Beer?

[Zaruthustran]

Smithwyck's.

It's... a beer for drinking. A tasty, good-looking beer.

It used to be only available in Ireland and England, then it spread a bit, then to Canada, and now it's starting to turn up in Irish pubs here in the US of A.

Good, GOOD stuff.

-z

 

[drakhe]

What to choose...

First off, I'm from Belgium, and since in Belgium we have 300+ different beers choosing is tough.

Just to name a few:

I guess my all time favorite is Orval (a beer brewn in a Monastery)

When I can find it, a close second would be Cantilion Kriek, a pretty unique beer made from Lambic and wild cherries. The Lambic is a very unique beer brewn by means of spontanious fermentation (as opposed to fermentation by adding yeast)

Some other beers I like a lot: Duvel, Hoegaerdse Witte, Kilkenny, Antwerpse De Koninck, McEwwan's Scotch Beer and not realy a beer but nice none the less, some Adam's smooth Cider

 

[James Heard]

If Dixie Blackened Voodoo is around I won't drink anything else, when it runs out then I usually go for a pilsner. Drinking another sort of dark beer feels like cheating.

 

[Allanon]

...
I guess my all time favorite is Orval (a beer brewn in a Monastery)
...

That's the one, I'm sure of it. Now to locate it here in The Netherlands

 

[BigRedRod]

Hoegaarden, I'll never pronounce it correctly but I do love it.

Leffe makes a nice change too

Real men drink wheat beers and none of this lager/stout/bitter/ale crap

 

[Pinotage]

Samual Adams is my favourite, but I'm also fond of the regional or other hefe-weiss beers from Germany.

 

[bloodymage]

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

I'm not from that far north here out west, but I read through the thread to your post to see if anyone would mention that little gem. I've tasted beers around the world and I would put Bend, Oregon's Black Butte up against any porter and for me, any other beer. I've given it to folks who don't like beer and they like this stuff, especially on tap. One day, I'll visit the brewery.

And you couldn't give me a Buttwiper! I won't drink that nasty chemical-tasting piss water.

Black Butte Porter rules!

 

[Arknath]

Another Texan putting in his vote for Shiner Bock. Recently started drinking beer regularly (I know, i know...I'm Irish AND from Texas, no excuse) and this beer is the ONLY one I could make it through a bottle of...and still want to drink more!!

Beer is like anything else, though. Everyone has their favorite and some are better than others, but Old World or New World....there are billions of people, we all have different tastes.

 

[Black Omega]

Shame there's no love for the wee heavies. McEwan's Scotch ale is my current fav. Though I won't turn down a Guinness or a good bock.

 

[Veritas]

Guiness, Sleeman Honey Brown and Dark, Kirin Ichiban, Sapporo.

Tenants was pretty good too, but we can't get it here.