Beer

[mbohuntr]

My SIL got Me into craft beers, Mannys summer ale in Seattle,WA, White UFO and Blue moon are my favorites. Having a Blue right now...

 

[teg]

Bourbon barrel aged... anything, Nut Brown to stouts. I'll drink it... Just came back from two breweries that are a mile from home.

 

[KennyG]

Since we're getting into warm weather, my choice for a refreshing beer is Leinenkugel Summer Shandy. Just the right amount of citrus, not too much fruit like a lot of the flavored beers.

 

[PhysAssist]

Bourbon barrel aged... anything, Nut Brown to stouts. I'll drink it... Just came back from two breweries that are a mile from home.

My nemesis- if I wanted to drink whiskey, I' d buy whisky, and since a really bad night my freshman year of college in Kentucky, drinking their signature bourbons to serious excess, I jave been unable to stomach anything that has a whiskey or bourbon character without booting immediately.

 

[IslandTractor]

Guinness has to be frosty cold or a person can't stand to chew and swallow the stuff.

= blasphemy

You'll never get a refrigerator chilled Guinness stout or any other stout in Ireland or GB. Drink them at "cellar" temp which is about 55F.

Stout/porter is not something to chug down quickly to quench thirst, that's what chilled lagers are for. Stouts are wonderful for sipping. Drink them like red wine or even good whiskey.

 

[IslandTractor]

Just discovered this thread. Beer and tractors, two of my top three pleasures in life!

I like lots of beers. It's my beverage of choice except at breakfast. My daily beer is typically Sam Adams Boston Lager, Stella, Harpoon IPA or Heineken simply because they are good and available by the case at my local Costco.

I can't stand any of the US mass market beers...too little flavor and too much carbonation.

My favorite mass market beer is Pilsner Urquell and my favorite beer and beer hall/beer garden is the Augustiner Kellar in Salzburg (where, as a six year old I was introduced to beer and radishes by my father). I also like British ales and bitters but only drink them at pubs when traveling.

I most always drink the premium local beer when traveling and am rarely disappointed. Of course most non European beers are brewed by German or Dutch trained brewmasters (at least in Asia) so there isn't a huge difference between Bintang (Indonesia) and Heineken or Singha (Thai) and German brews. Only foreign beer I really never learned to like despite years of practice is Baltica (Russia) which has an unpleasant after taste to me.

I hate all "lite" beers on principle though I wouldn't commit suicide if I could only drink Sam Adams Lighthouse. I would simply end it all if I were limited to Bud Light or Miller Lite. I'd rather drink water and I hate water (Fish pee in it and worse).

 

[Mud Mechanik]

A really good summer seasonal beer is Abita strawberry lager, it has the perfect amount of strawberry taste, my usual beer is natural light in a can, bottled beer can get skunky when exposed to sunlight even for just a few minutes.

 

[Bird]

A really good summer seasonal beer is Abita strawberry lager, it has the perfect amount of strawberry taste, my usual beer is natural light in a can, bottled beer can get skunky when exposed to sunlight even for just a few minutes.

I know the sunlight is supposed to be bad for the beer, but I'll chance it. Natural Light was a favorite of mine for some years, but no matter what beer, or what soda pop, or even V-8 or other juice, I don't like drinking it from a can anymore when I can either pour it into a glass, or preferably buy it in a bottle to start with. So anytime I buy any drink in a can, it's only because I couldn't find it in a bottle.

 

[dickfoster]

A really good summer seasonal beer is Abita strawberry lager, it has the perfect amount of strawberry taste, my usual beer is natural light in a can, bottled beer can get skunky when exposed to sunlight even for just a few minutes.

Strawberry? What's with all this orange, lemon and fruit business anyway? Beer is supposed to taste like beer, not kool aid or fruit punch. Verboten in the fatherland for sure.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

It does taste like beer, very good beer.