Beer

[EdwardB]

My brother left some Molson Canadian in my fridge. I tried some and was pleasantly surprised. I'm adding it to my keeper list.

 

[Egon]

With all the small craft breweries springing up brand name comparisons are difficult to make. There are so many with keeper qualities.

Fourty years ago European Beers seemed to rank better than local brands. Today their seems little difference between imported and loca. Taste buds gone??

At present my preference is Corona Light from Mexico. It may be based on European brewing practices.

Of course Pilsner from Pilsen is till there.

 

[rgr33]

My go to beer is actually an ale, Widmer Hefweizen, brewed 20 miles from here. I never get tired of it, but in the summer I move to mexican beers, they are so refreshing and light in warm weather. I particularly like Sol, but it's hard to find around here, Modelo especiale and Tecate in the bottle are acceptable too and readily available. In the winter, Black Butte porter, brewed in Bend Oregon is very good.

 

[jerrybob]

There are so many good beers out there..........I love beer. Our area is famous for microbrews.....been to hundreds. Taste is up to the individual....I enjoy IPAs, porters, stouts, Scottish ales and reds. We have 10 microbreweries within an hour. Many good beers and great food. Ben Franklin said it best.....Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy. :drink:

 

[dickfoster]

I'm not really a beer drinker. I rarely drink beer for the sake of drinking beer. Yet I do enjoy it with supper in place of a soft drink, sweet tea, coffee etc. I have become partial to Shiner Bock from the good folks in Texas. My question is; is there something out there similiar in flavor/taste that I could try? Second question; What are different beers that go with different foods,ie pizza, fish, beef, pork BBQ. Yeah, I know I could look all this up on line but I'd like to converse with some one on it.

I think everyone has their own taste for beer. Mine is Paulaner Salvador the first doppelbock or double bach ever brewed. Salvator | Paulaner Brauerei Munchen
The bavarian monks came up with it to get them though lent. They called it liquid bread.

Next would be eisbock or ice beer. Eisbock
You have to be careful with this stuff because it really packs a punch. They bump the alcohol content up by freezing the water out so concentrating what's left behind. Traditionally available in Bavaria around Easter time. Because of its potency they serve this stuff up in smaller portions such as pints as opposed to the full mass or liter like their other beers.

I like German beers mostly because of their purity laws. They can use only hops, whatever grain they are basing it on (barley or wheat for example), water and yeast. Adding anything else is strictly verboten. As a result, you can drink their stuff all night long and the next day not feel one little bit worse off.

After German I like English beers, even at room temp the way they drink it.
Asia has the worst beer with American beer close to the bottom but we're getting much better. Before it was like pee. I don't too much care for the very hoppy IPAs but a lot of people here seem to like it but I don't think they know any better as most of em are young yet.
Our excuse for coffee used to be dreadful too but we've learned a lot in recent years.

 

[EddieWalker]

Ever drink beer with formaldehyde in it? When I was stationed in Cameroon, all the beer there was preserved with it. The beer tasted good, but sometimes the hangover had a real kick to it!!!!

 

[Dennisfly]

If you like Shiner Bock, you should also like Dos Equis, Negro Modelo, (both Mexican beers) and Amber Bock. They are all dark but not bitter and go down easy!

 

[/pine]

I mostly buy Moosehead...I like bottled over canned and don't buy anything with twist off caps (too many flat bottles)...!

 

[dickfoster]

Ever drink beer with formaldehyde in it? When I was stationed in Cameroon, all the beer there was preserved with it. The beer tasted good, but sometimes the hangover had a real kick to it!!!!

When in was stationed in the Philippines I drank an awful lot of San Miguel. That stuff was loaded with formaldehyde as many or most of the Asian beers. Funny thing is when you go to China these days you see a lot of Bud around, more than McDonalds or KFC even. And Coke seems to have been caught napping and let Pepsi get a jump on them.

 

[Bird]

I've only tried the local craft beer in one restaurant in this area, and I sampled all 4 of their beers. I bought one to go with the meal; good food, lousy beer. To me, Corona is the worst tasting beer I ever tried. The results I got from Schlitz many years ago led me to believe it was named by someone with a serious lisp. When they first starting selling Coors in the Dallas area, it was very popular, and one tastes good, but 2 in one day would give me a headache. On our first trip to Alaska in 1972, I was surprised to see that a "case" of beer wasn't priced much higher than beer in Texas, so I ordered a case on one of our gas stops. Of course I learned that their "case" was 12 instead of the 24 in our "case". I had the guy mix them up so I had several different beers and a couple of ales to try. They all tasted so much alike that I'd have never been able to tell the difference in any of them.