Where the BEERS are !

[sanjuro_ronin]

A thread about our favorite beers, need I say more?

[sanjuro_ronin]

The only light beer I can drink:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5nTwhfwsCpo/Tg01SSRipkI/AAAAAAAAAAo/JOs_nsMNdXA/s1600/bud_light_lime.jpg

[sanjuro_ronin]

One of my fav "pretensious" beers:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uxidVI00o7o/TSEa3YRCJuI/AAAAAAAAAZE/0kWxkpputGo/s1600/Innis_and_Gunn_Rum_Cask.jpeg

[sanjuro_ronin]

Being an ass man I must therefore enjoy:
http://uploads.veryvietnam.com/2011/05/heineken_bottle-10276.jpg

[Brule]

The only light beer I can drink:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5nTwhfwsCpo/Tg01SSRipkI/AAAAAAAAAAo/JOs_nsMNdXA/s1600/bud_light_lime.jpg

yikes, you fell into the hype did you? For me, it's Sleeman Original Draught. I was so expecting you to post Sagres.

[GeneChing]

http://www.wcgardenrail.com/guinness-strength.jpg
http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/g/guinness-10267.jpg
http://speckyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/guin2.jpg




P.S. Guinness:Innes & Gunn; Wookies;Ewoks. :p

[Dragonzbane76]

My fav. Is BODDINGTON HONEY BROWN DRAFT good winter beer.

Im also a fan of hefeweizen, great summer beer.

[sanjuro_ronin]

yikes, you fell into the hype did you? For me, it's Sleeman Original Draught. I was so expecting you to post Sagres.

Neither Sleemans nor Sagres is a light beer dude.
For Sleemans Ilike their cream ale:
http://www.bravo.garysbeerlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/p_2048_1536_98A623A6-76B0-4368-B7E5-0E85331ED762.jpeg

And Sagres is only good as a draft and not that good in the bottle.

[sanjuro_ronin]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbrctamdKU1qakev8o1_500.jpg

and because I am the most interesting man in the world:
http://www.mexico.vg/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mexican-beer-dos-equis.jpg

[GeneChing]

I'm also a huge fan of Smithwick's. Hop Gar master Chris Heintzman turned me on to it and for that, I am forever grateful.

http://beerandamovie.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/3498868847_cdfdc0e2ed.jpg

[GeneChing]

One of the brewmasters is a good friend. Anchor is the pride of S.F.!

http://images.forbes.com/media/2008/07/01/usbrewery_7.jpg

[ShaolinDan]

My standby:
(Beers are like martial arts styles though, it's great to have such a variety available. :))

[wenshu]

http://www.glunzbeers.com/ProductImages/15010_Chimay_Premier_Red.jpg

http://wallpaperforiphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20091517153182877801.jpg

http://ciceronito.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/singha.jpg

http://rockthelist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/oe1.jpg

http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com/images/cases/crazyhorsecase.jpg

[Brule]

Neither Sleemans nor Sagres is a light beer dude.
For Sleemans Ilike their cream ale:
And Sagres is only good as a draft and not that good in the bottle.

I wasn't clear. I didn't mean Sleeman Original or Sagres INSTEAD of Bud Light. Just saying that i enjoy a Sleeman's now and then.

[David Jamieson]

http://www.oakleatavern.co.uk/images/kronenburg.jpg I favour these

http://theoutro.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/stella_artois.jpg I like these

http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20081127/bc_600_sleeman_beer_bottles_081127.gif (the front two!)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Chimays.jpg(any of these with curry or garam masala is awesome!)

http://kd59.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/spitfire.jpg Not a bad one.

http://www.united-nations-of-beer.com/images/el-presidente-beer-21354995.jpg
Great summer beer, seems you can only get in the DR though. :-(

http://www.homedouglas.com/bbc/collection/d/dos-equis-special/dos-equis-special.jpg this one is the closest you can get to el presidente. another nice summer beer.

Big rich beer in Canada is this one though:
http://www.bienmanger.com/images/genre/3129-0w0h0_Monde_Biere_Quebecoise.jpg

and this one:
http://web.mit.edu/~tcarlile/www/images/blog/051maudite.jpg

Notice le petite voyageur on each bottle. :)

anyway, that's all I got for now.

[Fa Xing]

P.S. Guinness:Innes & Gunn; Wookies;Ewoks. :p

My good sir, you have clearly won great respect and admiration from me.

"Cheap" beers like budweiser, miller, coors, etc. are absolutely disgusting and completely disrespecting to the real, true beers in the world!

[Hebrew Hammer]

Beer is a chaser or perhaps in my case, a mouth wash.

[Fa Xing]

I'm obviously a Guinness fan because of Irish heritage, and anything German is just amazing especially in Germany.

This is my favorite restaurant beer:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOOFXOWIvk/R0HkObzVqzI/AAAAAAAAA34/QVe7QFHk1Xk/s200/2592.gif

[sanjuro_ronin]

KIAI !
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Sapporo_beer.jpg

[@PLUGO]

http://beersforbreakfast.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dsc03679.jpg

Discovered this little ******* while visiting Holland.

[Reality_Check]

My current favorites (in no particular order):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/4094820579_56d3ff8850.jpg

http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/reissdorf-kolsch.jpg

http://www.zyzyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Yuengling.jpg

Had this a few years ago and loved it:

http://lbccomputers.com/fp-content/images/10/12/Victoria-Bitter-1.jpg

[Fa Xing]

Yum, Sapporo. Great with sushi and tempura.

[sanjuro_ronin]

http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/10/75%20Sexy%20Beer%20Babes.jpg

[sanjuro_ronin]

http://www.theblogoflists.com/images/beer111.jpg

[Fa Xing]

I'm more of a brunette man myself:

http://lars.toomre.com/sites/lars/files/pictures/german-brunette-hoists-beer-mug.jpg?1291600242

[sanjuro_ronin]

Nice jug of beer.

[Dragonzbane76]

http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/boddingtons-pub-ale.jpg

http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/stephenwright/szTxSboUxE9Jghaim65YBH8jR0e7ff6XLalwsqQ5Jxp6Bw1riI f23ImckeiQ/MURPHYS-IRISH-STOUT.jpg

http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/media/hefeweisen.jpg

[SoCo KungFu]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-86J_DwevK5o/Tby08k7AweI/AAAAAAAAAys/jVimerrIr9E/s1600/IMG_3052.jpg

[Hebrew Hammer]

Nice jug of beer.

Its pronounced JUGS...nice Jugs.

[JamesC]

Ewww. Bud Light Lime is the second worst beer i've ever had.

The first is Blue Moon. If someone lists that as their favorite i'm putting them on ignore.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Ewww. Bud Light Lime is the second worst beer i've ever had.

The first is Blue Moon. If someone lists that as their favorite i'm putting them on ignore.

Hater gotta hate...
:p

[Dragonzbane76]

ronin that is some nasty sh!!t. i would rather drink antifreeze than budlight lime. how could u degrade yourself to such? :)

[sanjuro_ronin]

ronin that is some nasty sh!!t. i would rather drink antifreeze than budlight lime. how could u degrade yourself to such? :)

You gentlemen have the boorish manners of Yale men !
:mad:

[Dragonzbane76]

I've always thought myself more of an oxford type, but hell still of the same boorish tree.:):)

[David Jamieson]

To be fair...that BL lime is pretty unmanly, kind of like riding a moped or screwing a fattie. It's ok until someone you know sees you...

[sanjuro_ronin]

To be fair...that BL lime is pretty unmanly, kind of like riding a moped or screwing a fattie. It's ok until someone you know sees you...

The sheer manliness of my uber-manliness is far beyond the comprehension of you mere girly-mortals !!

[GeneChing]

I think I know why s_r is into them however - see Bud Light Lime: Ultimate Fantasy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpfcNinGLE).

To be fair, I'll give it a taste next time I get the chance....which might be a long time from now... bud light gives me gas. :o

[sanjuro_ronin]

I think I know why s_r is into them however - see Bud Light Lime: Ultimate Fantasy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPpfcNinGLE).

To be fair, I'll give it a taste next time I get the chance....which might be a long time from now... bud light gives me gas. :o

**** it, the secret is out !!

[Brule]

http://www.geekologie.com/2012/03/08/coors-light-iced-t.jpg

[sanjuro_ronin]

Maybe this weekend, but last one was Inns and Gunn rum cask ale !

[Brule]

has anyone tried the iced tea beer? If so, what are your thoughts?

[GeneChing]

What is America coming to when you can get an honest beer? :mad:

[sanjuro_ronin]

What is America coming to when you can get an honest beer? :mad:

I'm sure you can find Old Milwakee somewhere, :D

[sanjuro_ronin]

http://www.yumdrop.com/i/360x540/4815-Beer-Dress-Old-Milwaukee.jpg



http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jCBGfnHuSMk/0.jpg

[Lucas]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Craft_Breweries_Per_Capita_%28US%29.png

[GeneChing]

I must score that one to sanjuro. Sorry Lucas.

[Lucas]

dude i score that one for sanjuro also!

i just wanted to show how many drunks we got in the northwest

[sanjuro_ronin]

dude i score that one for sanjuro also!

i just wanted to show how many drunks we got in the northwest

Beer connoisseurs

[Lucas]

thats what i meant!!!!!

lol i think portland or ranks like 4th nationally of breweries per capita

[jdhowland]

thats what i meant!!!!!

lol i think portland or ranks like 4th nationally of breweries per capita

Well, sure. Portland has Deschuttes Brewery, probably my favorite large production "craft" brewery in the west.

[SoCo KungFu]

Yesterday, some friends and I made it out to Westbrook Brewery (Mt. Pleasant, SC) for the barrel aged Mexican Cake reveal. If you're not familiar, its an imperial stout brewed with cocoa nibbs, vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks and habanero peppers. These special release were wine barrel aged, apple brandy barrel aged and bourbon barrel aged.

Before the reveal, we hit up House of Brews. Got my hands on a Westbrook Poppin' Pils (3 out of 5), COAST Brewing's Belafonte (3.5), and Green Flash Hop Odyssey Imperial Red Rye IPA (4 of 5).

At Westbrook, had the Mexican Coffee Cake (core recipe with coffee addition) which was good (4 of 5). Evil Twin's Imperial Biscotti Break DeCicco Version (with chili peppers and hazelnut). This was great, I rate it 4.5 of 5. Westbrook's Brett & No Mices was great as well. Finished off with Cap'n Skoon's Wench (3.5), Mini-Growler with Cardamom (not good) and Vanilla Weisse Baby (also not pleasant at all).

Followed that up with a small sampler at Holy City Brewing. Had their barrel aged Bowen's Island oyster stout with was great. Yes, oysters make a good beer. So do Rocky Mountain oysters as well, but that's a different story. Their Fishbowl 2 IPA was pretty good, not wowing, but good. They had 2 versions of their Slanted Porch pale; 1 with centennial and citra hop and 1 with warrior and amarillo hops. I preferred the 2nd version with warrior and amarillo. Both were good and low alcohol as well. Closed out there with a plate of spicy chicken adobo and rice and washed it down with a Washout Wheat.

Topped the trip off with a bottle share were we popped one of the 3 Mexican Cake varieties (red wine barrel aged). This was excellent. It tasted like black forest cake. Got to try a Deschutes Jubel 2010 which was amazing (4.5 of 5). The highlight of the trip though was the 2011 Saint Lamvinus; straight 5. Such a perfect Belgian lambic.

[Syn7]

You're right, Lucas. The NorthWest is full of em!
We have so many small craft breweries here that the competition has brought the price down so much(I assume that's why, anyways). You can get a nice case of quality craft for the same price as a case of Lucky's or PBR!!!

I'm no connoisseur, but I'll take a good craft beer over a lucky any day!

[TaichiMantis]

Grand Rapids MI was voted beer city USA two years in a row! Founders is the best!

[SoCo KungFu]

Grand Rapids MI was voted beer city USA two years in a row! Founders is the best!

Founders is good. But those polls are always lame. This past year Asheville, NC won. The people in the real beer cities never bother to vote. San Diego and Portland, everywhere else is fighting for 3rd place.

Tonight a buddy of mine cracked open a tradebox he got. Hill Farmstead's Susan IPA and Abner Double IPA. Man, there's not much out there that can beat those beers. Except until he opened a Lawson's Double Sunshine. One of the best, if not the best, double IPA's I've ever had.

[Jui heshang]

I'm more of an IPA guy but Upslope brown ale is absolutely awesome.

I love living in one of the mecca's of craft beer in north america

[SoCo KungFu]

Tonight after unpacking a moving truck I tried a Fat Head's Headhunter IPA. Was pretty good.

[ShaolinDan]

Where the beers are?
They're not in China, that's for sure.
Right now I'm drinking a "Kingstar Draft Beer." Which comes in a can, of course. :rolleyes:
Craft beer is one of the things I'm looking forward to most about going home. Very jealous now.

[Brule]

Not much of a beer guy as I have no idea what you guys mean by IPA. Tried Innis & Gunn last week and didn't mind it. It's got an oak/honey hint to it. Totally different than what i'm used to. Considering i'm used to the typical Coors/Canadian/Bud type bers, I really need to get out more.

[SoCo KungFu]

A lot of craft brews are shifting to cans. Not the crappy paper thin ones that the **** beer companies use. They're thicker and have an internal lining that protects the contents from the metal can. Also, cans give the best protection against light. Plus they stack better, take up less space and so reduce shipping costs and fuel use (more per truck). And are easy to recycle.

IPA is India Pale Ale. I don't know how things are in Canada. In the states its evolved to be super hoppy and bitter, which I actually like since it contrasts the super spicy food I usually eat. If it tastes like a pine tree drop kicked you in the face, I'm all about it. British style tends to be more malty/sweet.