Favorite beer?

[PeriscopeDepth]

Just curious about those that drink beer here. This is what it's been for me lately:
http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/images/m-plbeerb.jpg

[LoBlo]

Beer is for losers. Real men drink Kool-Aid:o :yep: :up:

[CCIP]

Beer is for losers. Real men drink Kool-Aid:o :yep: :up:

http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i177/emperorjim/th_Kool-AidMan.jpg

:rotfl:

[flintlock]

That red dude above has been drinking too much beer.

This guy's in better shape:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t287/idachs/subsim/c_man.gif

;)

[gdogghenrikson]

Warstiener for me

[flintlock]

In keeping with the spirit of the thread and to not totally hijack it, I enjoy a variety of good
beer, Pilsner Urquell being one of them:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t287/idachs/Pilsner.jpg

Na zdravi!

[elite_hunter_sh3]

http://www.nfo.sk/gallery-2004/niksicko-pivo.jpg Niksicko pivo!!

and BECKS!!!

http://www.touteslesbieres.fr/wallpapers/B/Becks.jpg

[FIREWALL]

For me the best beer is......

The next beer :yep:

[Tchocky]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Absinthe-glass.jpg

[TarJak]

Websters Yorkshire Bitter
James Squires Golden Ale:yep:

Yum!

[JSLTIGER]

Not 21...no beer for me until July.

[Zantham]

Kokanee Gold
Becks is good too
don't mind the odd Guinness

[Ishmael]

Red Tail Ale

Blue Heron Ale

Fat Tire Amber Ale

The first two from Mendocino Brewing co. The last from Frot Collins, Co.

[d@rk51d3]

Anything by "Coopers":smug:

[DanCanovas]

London Pride
Tetleys Smooth Bitter

[flintlock]

London Pride Ah yes, very good beer that!

[baggygreen]

Crownies, Tooheys New, Carlton Draught (http://www.bigad.com.au), and Cascade.. Sometimes a VB.

If ANYONE says Fosters, i will shoot you/:dead:

[Konovalov]

Anything by "Coopers":smug:

I assume you mean the South Australian compnay who makes (or used to make) Sparkling Ale, Pale Ale, Dark Ale, and a Stout. I must admit I have been out of the beer scene for many a year now. I'm a tea totaler. :D

[Morts]

Carlsberg :up:

[Takeda Shingen]

http://www.koff.fi/stc/images/docs/franziskaner.jpg

My beer of choice. :up:

[jumpy]

If I'm down the pub then it's usually Guinness,
but at home I get this French wheat beet stuff from my local tesco's, it's very drinkable indeed.
Never say never to a good brandy or cognac though.

Absinthe mmmm must get some :up:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Two beers produced in Poland:

- Okocim Palone,
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/5425/op15497om.gif http://www.okocim.pl/img/palone.jpg


- an Belfast. Didn't find any image of the bottle, only this:

http://kapsle_pl.w.interia.pl/PL%20Jablonowo%20Belfast%203.jpg

but I have found something more too:

http://www.colin2000.8m.com/logos/beer.jpg

[Boris]

Crownies, Tooheys New, Carlton Draught (http://www.bigad.com.au), and Cascade.. Sometimes a VB.

If ANYONE says Fosters, i will shoot you/:dead:
Hehe, not very Aussie of me to say this, but New and VB are the worst beers on the planet, bar maybe Bud or MGD.
Carlton is a good pub beer, and Cascade is up there with Australias best. They make the best Aussie beer in Van Diemen's land. In fact the best stock beer you can get in Australia, if only because of it's price to awesomeness ratio, is Tasman bitter. Apparently it's Boag's under a different label, and only 30 bucks a slab. Only available at Coles liquorland though.

@ Takeda... thats the stuff! :up: Franziskaner deserves to be ranked among the worlds top beers. I like Weissbier. Erdinger and Paulaner are pretty good too.

As for a good stock standard drinking beer... Becks is ok, I like the Bavarian ales such a Löwenbräu, Spaten etc...

Apart from Franziskaner, over here I drink Holsten, and when out on the town (because of it's cheapness) Astra, which I guess would be Hamburg's VB.

[Crow]

theres only one good beer in the world : DUVEL

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/9/9c/Duvelenglas0uj.jpg

all the rest is warm or cold piss :yep:

[Boris]

But the awesome thing about beer is the diversity of types! Without a doubt the best drink ever :up:

[baggygreen]

Hehe, not very Aussie of me to say this, but New and VB are the worst beers on the planet, bar maybe Bud or MGD.
Carlton is a good pub beer, and Cascade is up there with Australias best. They make the best Aussie beer in Van Diemen's land.

I support New because Its the cheapest beer to buy at the pub i frequent - and at least its drinkable unlike MB, or Tooheys Old. VB, well i drink that watchin me mates playin cricket - hard to beat a case of stubbys whilst wearing a beater and a pair of stubbies, sittin on a hill watchin cricket in the sun!

You're right about cascade, even their light is brilliant - for a light, anyway

[STEED]

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/thomasfark/guinness.jpg

[Polak]

Two beers produced in Poland:

- Okocim Palone,
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/5425/op15497om.gif http://www.okocim.pl/img/palone.jpg


Okocim Palone
True, true a very tasty beer.
But an other Polish beer I would like to put up on the list is Bosman.
http://bosman.byss.pl/_images/bramka_01.jpg
At a time EB and Gdanskie was good.;)
http://www.genx40.com/images/2004/gdanski1.jpg
http://www.zss.pl/~puszki/foto_e_polskie/013_eb_small.jpg

[Boris]

Nothing is more ridiculously romantic than the Löwenbräu wallpapers...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f152/Boris117/loewenbraeu_02_hintergrund.jpg

And theres alot more here:

http://www.loewenbraeu.de/5_fun_fans/5_4_hintergrund/5_4_1_plakatmotiv/index.htm

[SmokinTep]

Sam Adams:up:

[STEED]

And this onehttp://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk/beers/images/23.jpg




Right it's time to separate the men from the boy's who would drink this one?

World's strongest beer
A brewery in the States has launched the world's strongest beer.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/360498.jpg
The drink - at 25% alcohol - is six times more powerful than a normal beer and twice the strength of a bottle of wine.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm out-I can't drink alcohol.

[The Munster]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Absinthe-glass.jpg

Wot's this stuff, Absinthe ?
Favourite Beer = Bombardier
Favourite Lager = Stella Artois
Haven't had a drink for a Month [and it seems such a long long time ago !]

[flintlock]

I really enjoy a cold bottle of Staropramen, especially the dark. The Belgian beer, Stella Artois, is malt goodness too. Good beer that.

[SUBMAN1]

Best beer bar none:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/2360.jpg

[mr chris]

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/397/imgvbzu3.jpg

[SUBMAN1]

Right it's time to separate the men from the boy's who would drink this one?

World's strongest beer
A brewery in the States has launched the world's strongest beer.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/360498.jpg
The drink - at 25% alcohol - is six times more powerful than a normal beer and twice the strength of a bottle of wine.


I bet you that this beer is pretty bad. Probably more a Cru or barely wine since getting more than 10% alc is neer impossible unless using ice brewing methods where they freeze the beer and take the water out leaving the alc. The beer I post above is as close as you can get alc wise without turning into a pretty gross sryup without using ice techniques.

-S

[Polak]

This thread made me move my ass to the store and buy some beer, unfortenally I live in Sweden now, so all liquor stores are closed after 18:00.... :nope:
So I had to go to the local grocery store where they only sell beer no stronger than 3,5%. :damn:
Seriously this contry is tragic when it comes to alcohol.
- State monopoly on alocohol = Crazy taxes on alcohol
- Really bad opening hours Mon-Fri:10-18 Sat:10-13 Sun:Closed
- You actually need to go to special liquor stores, it's not to hard to find one in big cities but when you go outside them, that's where the problems begin.

[STEED]

This thread made me move my ass to the store and buy some beer, unfortenally I live in Sweden now, so all liquor stores are closed after 18:00.... :nope:
So I had to go to the local grocery store where they only sell beer no stronger than 3,5%. :damn:
Seriously this contry is tragic when it comes to alcohol.
- State monopoly on alocohol = Crazy taxes on alcohol
- Really bad opening hours Mon-Fri:10-18 Sat:10-13 Sun:Closed
- You actually need to go to special liquor stores, it's not to hard to find one in big cities but when you go outside them, that's where the problems begin.

There are still some places here in the UK still have similar times.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nip over to the UK and pick up a pack of beer Polak.

[SUBMAN1]

I'll see if I can buy a bottle of that Sam Adams strongest beer. I can't seem to find it. It is rather pricey, but I don't think one bottle is going to kill me. That is if it can be bought. I'll let you guys know if its a Cru or Barley Wine instead of a ture beer.

-S

PS. Update - Just found someone I know thats tried it - my suspicions are correct - its pretty gross. I still want to try it however.

[flintlock]

its pretty gross. I still want to try it however.
It doesn't even have any foam. Be kind to your taste buds. ;)

[snowsub]

James Squires Golden Ale
Montieths Red Celtic
Weihenstephan Traditional Dunkel

[MadMike]

Well, back in the day when I used to party in Deutschland it was Parkbrau Pils or Export. Also liked Hefeweizen with a lemon, Dos Equis Dark, Becks Dark, Molson, Molson Brador, and Czech Budvar. U.S. imports labeled as Warsteiner, Bitburger, etc. do not taste like the originals (check the labels).
Nowadays it's Mountain Dew or Hawaiin Punch... :cool:

Yours, Mike

[Tchocky]

Generally beers stronger than 7-8% are rank, and only produced for high ABV.

Mostly I'm a spirits drinker, but if beer is going I'll have an Erdinger. Or a good stout.

[d@rk51d3]

Anything by "Coopers":smug:

I assume you mean the South Australian compnay who makes (or used to make) Sparkling Ale, Pale Ale, Dark Ale, and a Stout. I must admit I have been out of the beer scene for many a year now. I'm a tea totaler. :D



Ooooooohhhhhh Yeaaaaahhhhhhhh.

Give me a dark ale anyday.

-- if there ain't any Jameson, that is.

[ReallyDedPoet]

For me the best beer is......

The next beer :yep:

:up: Is there a bad beer?

[MadMike]

A saying in Germany was "There are no bad beers, some are better than others". Of course, I think they never tried BBK (Bayerische Brauerei Kaiserslautern aka the "Bad Beer of Kaiserslautern").

Ah yes, the good ol' days of Binding bier, Pirminator, cola-schoppen's, meter biers, and those god-awful hangovers brought on by shots of Apfelkorn, Jagermeister, and who knows what other kinds of schnapps... :rotfl:

Yours, Mike

[d@rk51d3]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, Jagermeister. Now I know what I'll be buying tonight. Unless anybody knows of a good Kummelschnapps.

[flintlock]

Anyone here try Hobgoblin? It's a really good strong dark ale!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t287/idachs/subsim/wychwood.jpg

Other than Hobgoblin, I haven't tried any of the other Wychwood brews in the pic above, but I will as soon as I can find any.

[d@rk51d3]

:up: Is there a bad beer?


You obviously haven't had a West End Draught.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[HunterICX]

As a Dutchmen living in spain, there is one thing never will change:

my taste of beers:

1:Heineken

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_8_24_2004_16_16_05/botella%20copy.jpg29aa4e22-61f9-4d42-a35f-a5fa2434db2fLarge.jpg

2 : Grolsch

http://www.slijtergeschenk.nl/images/grolschxxl.jpg

[Dante80]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5005/33we6.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2803/14wk0.jpg

http://www.anime.gr/forums/images/smilies/drinks.gif

[Polak]

As a Dutchmen living in spain, there is one thing never will change:

my taste of beers:

1:Heineken

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_8_24_2004_16_16_05/botella%20copy.jpg29aa4e22-61f9-4d42-a35f-a5fa2434db2fLarge.jpg

I am boycotting Heineken, as of today Heineken owns the biggest brewing companies in Poland, so when I am home in Poland I am theoretically drinking Dutch beer...:stare:

But you guys know how to arange festivals, Heineken aranges a festival every year in Gdynia called Heineken open air festival. Lots of beer there. :up:

[Linton]

Mine would have to be this one:http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/photos/youngssla.jpg

[bigboywooly]

Normally I go for Löwenbräu
Other than that

http://www.newcastlebrown.com/images/pictures/token_bottom_promo.jpg

[SUBMAN1]

Generally beers stronger than 7-8% are rank, and only produced for high ABV.

Mostly I'm a spirits drinker, but if beer is going I'll have an Erdinger. Or a good stout.

Erdinger Dunkel (Dark) is one of my favs! That is such a good beer

I don't agree with the 7-8% limit though. SOme of the best tasting beers ever and highest rated (The Rochfort that I list above for example garners an unheard of 96 points) have very high alc contents.

-S

[SUBMAN1]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, Jagermeister. Now I know what I'll be buying tonight. Unless anybody knows of a good Kummelschnapps.

That stuff is gross!! How many people here know that it was designed to be cough syrup, and help digest your food better? Someone said one day that hey - "I wish this cough syrup was at my local bar", and here ya have it.

Next we will be seeing NyQuil at the local bar.

[STEED]

Anyone here try Hobgoblin? It's a really good strong dark ale!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t287/idachs/subsim/wychwood.jpg

Other than Hobgoblin, I haven't tried any of the other Wychwood brews in the pic above, but I will as soon as I can find any.

There not bad those I find them to be very refreshing. :up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8306/bottleci3.jpg

[lesrae]

Cider for me, current favourite is Addlestone's Premium Cloudy.

[Takeda Shingen]

:up: Is there a bad beer?


You obviously haven't had a West End Draught.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

To that, I would add anything brewed in the USA. I apologize, but I find [American] domestic brews to be utterly vile.

[ReallyDedPoet]

:up: Is there a bad beer?

You obviously haven't had a West End Draught.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
To that, I would add anything brewed in the USA. I apologize, but I find [American] domistic brews to be utterly vile.

You drink the bad ones later in the evening :up:

[Tchocky]

That's right RDP.

Canned Guinness isn't a great idea, but it's 4.20am so....shut the hell up! :D

[d@rk51d3]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, Jagermeister. Now I know what I'll be buying tonight. Unless anybody knows of a good Kummelschnapps.

That stuff is gross!! How many people here know that it was designed to be cough syrup, and help digest your food better? Someone said one day that hey - "I wish this cough syrup was at my local bar", and here ya have it.

Next we will be seeing NyQuil at the local bar.


Yes, that's correct. Just drink for medicinal purposes.
(i'm a very sick little boy):yep:

[Tchocky]

Oh, I do love Jager :D

A soothing, after dinner drink

[Chock]

My favourite, the Czech one, Pilsner Urquell. Very nice, especially when drunk in the Blues Bar in Prague.

:D Chock

[SUBMAN1]

I'm not sure if i should share this little tidbit, but I've been quite impressed by Dog Fish's 120 Min IPA. I've had a few of them lately.

Here is the part that will blow your mind - it is 20% abv, yet it doesn't even taste like it! Believe that?


120 Minute IPA

Availability: limited - 3 releases scheduled for 2007
Release Date: Jan, May, Sept. 2007

Too extreme to be called beer? Brewed to a colossal 45-degree plato, boiled for a full 2 hours while being continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month & aged for nother month on whole-leaf hops!!! Our 120 Minute I.P.A. is by far the biggest I.P.A. ever brewed! At 20% abv and 120 ibus you can see why we call this beer THE HOLY GRAIL for hopheads!
20% abv
120 ibu
In case you care... the average 12 oz. serving has 450 calories.

http://www.dogfish.com/media/beverage/large/120_Label.jpg

[Reaves]

My favorite 3 beers

Stella Artois - Belgium

Becks - German (Although it can be claimed as half American but that doesn't effect it)

Crown Lager - Australian



-I have spoken :rock:

[PeriscopeDepth]

What I'm drinking now while listening to the fireworks (can't see much from my new apartment :roll::

http://www.avenuevine.com/movabletype/archives/delirium_nocturnum_150-W.jpg

The Belgian Huyghe family brewery, this particular one is called Delirium Nocturnum. A good one, might have to get more of it and age it properly. I will finish this 750ml bottle after a day of drinking, oh yes, I will (at 8% abv).

Where did you pick that brew up Subman, is it local?

PD

[Smaragdadler]

http://www.1000getraenke.de/grafik/arnstaedter_ur_stoff.jpghttp://www.1000getraenke.de/grafik/arnstaedter_ur_weizen.jpghttp://www.1000getraenke.de/grafik/arnstaedter_ur_bock.jpghttp://www.1000getraenke.de/grafik/arnstaedter_ur_typ.jpg


Test of over 2000 beers (German):
http://www.1000getraenke.de/biertest.htm

[Reaves]

http://perso.orange.fr/nihonnoyan/Images/asahi.jpg

Another fine beer.

[d@rk51d3]

My favorite 3 beers

Stella Artois - Belgium

Becks - German (Although it can be claimed as half American but that doesn't effect it)

Crown Lager - Australian



-I have spoken :rock:


The problem with Becks here, is that it's "brewed under license in Australia"........ and tastes like it too.:nope:

[Reaves]

My favorite 3 beers

Stella Artois - Belgium

Becks - German (Although it can be claimed as half American but that doesn't effect it)

Crown Lager - Australian



-I have spoken :rock:

The problem with Becks here, is that it's "brewed under license in Australia"........ and tastes like it too.:nope:


So is Stella but it tastes the same as the stuff I had in the EU. Never had Becks from oversea though so I can't say if it's better or not. I still like it, not my favorite but it's a good lager.

[d@rk51d3]

I'm probably just too fussy.

Generally, a slab will last me about 12 months, because most of them taste like crap to me.:-?

I guess I'll have to try harder, and break through that pain barrier. :yep:

[Reaves]

Well it's cold now so i'm off beer and drinking Canadian Club.

[robbo180265]

Reckon I might have to buy some beer on the way home from work tonight!

My favourites?

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w181/robbo180265/p_theproduct.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w181/robbo180265/bcb_british_bishops_tipple_detail.jpg

:D :D :D

[P_Funk]

Usually in the pub I order a Guiness to start. Out here in Canada its luridly expensive but it is wonderful. Its very heavy, but as Inspector Morse said "its a meal". I don't buy much else since usually some fool gets a pitcher or two of cheap cheap Canadian beer. Thank god that in Canada the beer is pretty good even when its cheap.

*shakes head in shame at Americans*:nope:

But I did have a nice Belgian White once. At least that what I think it was. Very interesting.

[NefariousKoel]

If I were wealthy enough, I'd live on these two beers before many others:

Fraoch Heather Ale (unique taste, believe me)
http://www.marshrivereditions.com/~nicholas/PaF/fraochbottle.jpg

Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout
http://www.davebudd.org.uk/gifs/tadcastr.jpg


However, I normally just load up on massive quantities of 'domestic' beers. It saves much cash here. Imports are highway robbery.

[Willi Benz]

As a Dutchmen living in spain:rock:, there is one thing never will change:

my taste of beers:

1:Heineken

http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_8_24_2004_16_16_05/botella%20copy.jpg29aa4e22-61f9-4d42-a35f-a5fa2434db2fLarge.jpg

2 : Grolsch

http://www.slijtergeschenk.nl/images/grolschxxl.jpg Same here....

[Reaves]

Usually in the pub I order a Guiness to start. Out here in Canada its luridly expensive but it is wonderful. Its very heavy, but as Inspector Morse said "its a meal". I don't buy much else since usually some fool gets a pitcher or two of cheap cheap Canadian beer. Thank god that in Canada the beer is pretty good even when its cheap.

*shakes head in shame at Americans*:nope:

But I did have a nice Belgian White once. At least that what I think it was. Very interesting.


I had a Bud once when I was in America and although less alcoholic than an Australian beer it was just as bad. I'm sure some of the smaller micro-breweries in USA make as good beer as anywhere. That the case with our beers. For starters, no Aussie actually drinks Fosters... But then again the so called popular beers are a disgrace.

Anyone who has tries Victoria Bitter should agree with me on that.

[Von Tonner]

South African Breweries is the biggest brewery in the world. These are some of its brands.
Pilsner Urquell; Peroni Nastro Azzurro; Castle Milk Stout; Sterling Light Larger; Miller Genuine Draught; Hansa Pilsner; Carling Black Label; Castle Light; Castle Larger.

It was a sad day when thet stopped making "Lion Larger", but of the above 'Pilsner Urquell' is my favourite.

[XLjedi]

I like Yingling and Amberbock :()1:

[The Avon Lady]

South African Breweries is the biggest brewery in the world. These are some of its brands.
Pilsner Urquell; Peroni Nastro Azzurro; Castle Milk Stout; Sterling Light Larger; Miller Genuine Draught; Hansa Pilsner; Carling Black Label; Castle Light; Castle Larger.

It was a sad day when thet stopped making "Lion Larger", but of the above 'Pilsner Urquell' is my favourite.
We took a tour of the SAB museum in J'berg last year. Very interesting but I could not get hubby and boys away from the free beers at the bar the end of the tour! :roll:

[swifty]

With lime and salt in a can. Nothing better when I'm hanging out at the Peanut Island Sandbar.

http://cervezatecate.com/site_en/images/chicas_1024x768.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/2614/newcastlewoodsigngi9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[SUBMAN1]

What I'm drinking now while listening to the fireworks (can't see much from my new apartment :roll::

http://www.avenuevine.com/movabletype/archives/delirium_nocturnum_150-W.jpg

The Belgian Huyghe family brewery, this particular one is called Delirium Nocturnum. A good one, might have to get more of it and age it properly. I will finish this 750ml bottle after a day of drinking, oh yes, I will (at 8% abv).

Where did you pick that brew up Subman, is it local?

PD
A good Delerium is not a bad beer to have at times. I kind of like it. It does have an aftertaste that kind a brings a great beer down to a good beer though. Just my opinion of it.

The 120 min IPA is not local. It is out of Milton, Deleware. It is hard to find because of it's limited production (It's kind of rare and expect to pay $8 to $10 for a 12 ounce bottle). You have to find a place that sells rarer beers. I'm graced with them in the PNW - you can find good beer anywhere here! I bought my last two 120 min IPA's from a grocery store called Central Market! :D I take it you may need to find yourself a good beer store though that specializes in harder to find beers though. Assuming you found a store that sells Delerium, which is in itself if not very common, I think you should do OK in finding a 120 min IPA at some point.

-S

[Smaragdadler]

The historical background of the Beer Purity Law

Beer Purity Law - culmination of a long legal development

http://members.aol.com/carlaac1/private/victor/reinheit.jpg

The Beer Purity Law is the oldest currently applicable food regulation in the world.

It is also the outcome of a legal development reaching back several centuries in Germany, whereby the relevant legal authorities and bodies strove with their various decrees to improve the quality of beer, a staple item in the popular diet. Similar regulations are also to be found outside Germany and in the mists of early pre-Christian antiquity.

First documented beginnings in Germany: Augsburg 1156

The first documented references on German soil date from the reign of Barbarossa. In 1156 the Emperor gave the City of Augsburg a new statute, the famous "Justitia Civitatis Augustensis", which is the oldest German town charter. And it gets down to the business of beer: "A publican who serves bad beer or gives short measure shall suffer punishment ..." The punishment, incidentally, was quite considerable, in the amount of 5 Gulden. The licence was withdrawn on a third offence.

Nuremberg 1393

A further regulation is known from the City of Nuremberg. In 1393 the local City Council decided to use only malted barley for the brewing of beer. Some 30 years later, in 1420, Munich Town Hall decided to store or "lager" the brew before sale.

Regensburg 1447

In 1447 the good people of Regensburg engaged their Municipal Physician to inspect the locally brewed beer and to take particular interest as regards the ingredients used in the brewing of beer. His alarming reports led to a Brewing Regulation in 1453.

Munich 1363

The people of Munich were also concerned about the quality of their beer in 1363. They charged 12 members of the City Council with the task of beer quality assurance. And in 1447, they expressly instructed the brewers to use only malted barley, hops and water for the brewing of beer; "... und sonst nichts darein oder darunter tun oder man straffe es fuer valsch" - and neither add nor subtract any ingredient lest it be treated as a case of adulteration.
40 years later Duke Albrecht IV confirmed the demand of the Munich City Council, for he had seen that the beer trade in North Germany was flourishing mainly because the local brewers' guilds insisted on the production of good quality beer.

Weißensee (Thuringia) 1434

In 1998 mediaeval Runneburg in Thuringian Weißensee delivered up a hitherto unknown document on the subject of beer purity. Article 12 of the Tavern Law "Statuta thaberna" of 1434 states that beer may not be brewed except with hops, malt and water. It goes on to impose penalties for offences against the rules of the brewer's art.

Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut 1493

A little later, in 1493, Duke George the Wealthy followed suit and decreed this rule for his entire Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut, the old Bavarian heartland: "Brewers and others shall use only malted barley, hops and water for the brewing of beer; brewers, publicans and others adding any other ingredients to the beer are liable to incur physical and material punishment."
All these decrees were duly controlled: beer inspectors paid regular visits to the brewers, tasted and tested the beer. They themselves were bound by strict regulations and were not allowed to undertake more than six inspections in one day. On inspection days they were also not allowed to eat foods that might affect the taste buds, or drink wine or even smoke tobacco
source: http://www.beerandhealth.com/index.php/articles/en/cid=24/aid=2215/

[nikimcbee]

:()1: Diet A&W for me

[d@rk51d3]

Usually in the pub I order a Guiness to start. Out here in Canada its luridly expensive but it is wonderful. Its very heavy, but as Inspector Morse said "its a meal". I don't buy much else since usually some fool gets a pitcher or two of cheap cheap Canadian beer. Thank god that in Canada the beer is pretty good even when its cheap.

*shakes head in shame at Americans*:nope:

But I did have a nice Belgian White once. At least that what I think it was. Very interesting.


I had a Bud once when I was in America and although less alcoholic than an Australian beer it was just as bad. I'm sure some of the smaller micro-breweries in USA make as good beer as anywhere. That the case with our beers. For starters, no Aussie actually drinks Fosters... But then again the so called popular beers are a disgrace.

Anyone who has tries Victoria Bitter should agree with me on that.

I remember watching a program where a group of "experts" were travelling the world, looking for the best beers in each country. Australia almost failed to qualify, saved only by "Coopers" (and only just) if I recall correctly.

Also, Coopers is the only beer in Australia (that I know of), that is naturally brewed. All others are a chemically enhanced brew, and give me a major gutache.

[Jimbuna]

They probably failed the initial inclusion test:

1) Spell the word beer.......XXXX ;)

[Rhodes]

No portuguese beer here???Shame...

The best:
Sagres
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5127/sagrespraia2kp2.jpg

Sorry for the big pic,but I think that is better this way...ehehhe

[Rhodes]

Sagres: :()1:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5765/sagresc501sq1.jpghttp://img213.imageshack.us/img213/508/garrafasagressmall1pg8.jpg

SuperBock: :()1:
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3514/superbocklogo1al0.jpg http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8135/superbock1fq5.jpg

[Thniper]

If you ever plan to make a visit to Germany, try this one:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5305/gerandechsandechserdunkzv7.jpg

[SUBMAN1]

If you ever plan to make a visit to Germany, try this one:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5305/gerandechsandechserdunkzv7.jpg

Get me one!

-S

[PeriscopeDepth]

Mmmmm.

http://www.bridgeportbrew.com/ourales/featured/esb.php

PD

[Reaves]

Carlton Draught is a decent Australian beer. They also have a very BIG AD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZslkC4y2qY

[Heibges]

http://www.genx40.com/images/2005f/magichat.JPGMagic Hat

Becks

[Boris]

Carlton Draught is a decent Australian beer. They also have a very BIG AD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZslkC4y2qY

Yes, Carlton Draght is the lowest acceptable beer that is drinkable in Australia. Pretty much the only major Tap beer that you're not better off pouring down the drain.

[EAF274 Johan]

Belgium:
Best lager: Primus (one of the few still battling against the Inbev brewery monopoly)
Other:
- Palm Royale (very different, and better, than regular Palm)
- Kasteelbier Blond (a good blonde strong beer)
- Troubadour (an even better blonde beer, but not as strong :))
- Temmerman Gueuze Lambic (not everyone's taste, quite sour but very refreshing)

Germany: Reichelbräu Edelherb
Poland: Tyskie
UK: I can't remember the brand but I've had a few good bitter ales there.

[fatty]

My home-brewed Irish stout.

[sunvalleyslim]

With lime and salt in a can. Nothing better when I'm hanging out at the Peanut Island Sandbar.

http://cervezatecate.com/site_en/images/chicas_1024x768.jpg
swifty, Right on my man....I'm sitting down here south of San Felipe, Baja California enjoying the Sea of Cortez and my Tecate........:up: :up: :up: :up:

[micky1up]

local pub pint of 70 ember what a drink smooth with no after taste lol i could spend all day in there lol i have on numerous occasions




p.s this thread is about beer not larger or any other shandy drink

[The Avon Lady]

Have you seen what happens when you drop a Mentos into a Carlsberg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAcc8CPhlO4)? Tragic. :oops:

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://secure.cnlcanada.com/lboc/Keiths/catalog/images/custom/products/large/offglass.jpg

From Nova Scotia, Canada:up::up:


RDP

[fatty]

Because those who like it, like it a lot ;)

Can't stand the stuff myself.

[Happy Times]

Its an Estonian lager. Having one right now. :D

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6868/pilt999ss4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ReallyDedPoet]

I am a Moosehead lad myself, but like this some as well. Their an independent brewery as well, that' a good thing:up:


RDP

[ReallyDedPoet]

Its an Estonian lager. Having one right now. :D

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6868/pilt999ss4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There is never a bad time for a beer :D What's that saying, it's 12:00 O'Clock somewhere in the world:up:


RDP

[Happy Times]

There is never a bad time for a beer :D What's that saying, it's 12:00 O'Clock somewhere in the world:up:


RDP

16:34 here.;)

[swifty]

Quote:
Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

There is never a bad time for a beer :D What's that saying, it's 12:00 O'Clock somewhere in the world:up:


RDP


16:34 here.;)

The saying is it's "5:00 O'Clock Somewhere."

And yes there is a theme song: "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk).

The video was shot at the Square Grouper in Jupiter, FL. One of my many watering holes down here :cool:.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Quote:
Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

There is never a bad time for a beer :D What's that saying, it's 12:00 O'Clock somewhere in the world:up:


RDP


16:34 here.;)
The saying is it's "5:00 O'Clock Somewhere."



That's it, nice:up:

RDP

[swifty]

Actually what time is it? The Grouper has wi-fi so I might just finish the day at the beach.

[Jimbuna]

Have one for me :()1:

[The Munster]

Innis & Gunn ..

Edinburgh ale aged in oak barrels traditionally used to mature malt whisky

I usually buy this stuff with the proceeds from the Beach that I'm cleaning !
You'd be surprised what get's washed up here. :p

Anyway, back to the Beer, it has a lovely vanilla taste to it and makes you giggly.

[Morts]

1. Carlsberg
2. Turborg
:rotfl: :()1:

[Dimitrius07]

1. Carlsberg
2. Turborg
:rotfl: :()1:

Same for me :D ;)

[yankee-V]

Anyone post this one yet? It is brewed in Pennsylvania by Yuengling.


http://www.mylifeisbeer.com/beer/bottles/autopics/602.jpg

Should be stated that Lord Chesterfield is a definite acquired taste. As is Yuengling lager, according to some.

[Jimbuna]

Innis & Gunn ..

Edinburgh ale aged in oak barrels traditionally used to mature malt whisky

I usually buy this stuff with the proceeds from the Beach that I'm cleaning !
You'd be surprised what get's washed up here. :p

Anyway, back to the Beer, it has a lovely vanilla taste to it and makes you giggly.

So that's why your never over on TS ? :hmm:

[PeriscopeDepth]

Anyone post this one yet? It is brewed in Pennsylvania by Yuengling.


http://www.mylifeisbeer.com/beer/bottles/autopics/602.jpg

Should be stated that Lord Chesterfield is a definite acquired taste. As is Yuengling lager, according to some.

Yuengling is my uncle's favorite. I love visiting him, he has it on tap at his house. :)

PD

[The Munster]

Innis & Gunn ..

Edinburgh ale aged in oak barrels traditionally used to mature malt whisky

I usually buy this stuff with the proceeds from the Beach that I'm cleaning !
You'd be surprised what get's washed up here. :p

Anyway, back to the Beer, it has a lovely vanilla taste to it and makes you giggly.

So that's why your never over on TS ? :hmm:

Will figure out how to do the TS thing next time I'm sober :dead:
:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

I've posted the details over at The Den.....it's really quite simple :yep: ....even for a Dumbrian :lol: :up:

[The Munster]

I'll be over tomorrow complete with hanover .. hanover ? that's a place in Spain innit ? In other words, one of these :damn: tomorrow.
Goodnight zzzzzz :doh:

Oh BTW, am done with the 'other thing' :up: Thank you.

[Jimbuna]

Yer welcome mate :up:

[d@rk51d3]

Quote:
Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

There is never a bad time for a beer :D What's that saying, it's 12:00 O'Clock somewhere in the world:up:


RDP


16:34 here.;)
The saying is it's "5:00 O'Clock Somewhere."

And yes there is a theme song: "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk).

The video was shot at the Square Grouper in Jupiter, FL. One of my many watering holes down here :cool:.

Also the title of an album by Slash's Snake Pit........

Some .....uh,.....interesting songs in there.

Bought that a more than a few years ago, thinking they might be the next Gun's n Roses......... WRONG.:rotfl:

[MobyGrape]

Make mine a magnum
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3330/a2a1fmagnumsf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[namika]

Very fine beer from Transylvania.
http://www.ealimentara.ro/images/bere%20ciuc%201%20litru%20pret%203,5%20lei.jpg

But when you are home you just stick to the good ones made at home. :cool:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/13101.jpg

[STEED]

The Beer thread is back, happy days, happy days. :D :()1: :D

[JScones]

333 Premium Export Beer.

I fell for it when I went backpacking through Vietnam in 2000. Luckily it can be found in Australia.

http://www.333beer.com/bottle2.gif

Brewed from Australian supplied Hops and Malt on German supplied manufacturing equipment. :rock:

[STEED]

I was watching two fat bikers the other day on TV, for the benefit of the rest of the world two fat chefs riding motor bikes around the world and having fun cooking. Right moving to the point they were in Vietnam and they tried this beer that had chopped up scorpion in it and they got a real kick from it, flavor wise. :huh:

[Reaves]

Well i'm on my fourth Becks.

My favorites are still Becks and Stella, Becks is cheaper though... :know:

[Morts]

we all know that carlsberg is the best:rock:
thats just how it is:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

Don't believe everything you see on TV :lol:

[ReallyDedPoet]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Simpsons_the_homer_wo_hoo_duff_beer.png



RDP

[johnno74]

When I was in the UK I picked up a taste for Carlsburg and Kronenburg, when I moved back to New Zealand I discovered that they are brewed under license there and not imported, and they taste like ****e :cry:

My favourite NZ beer is Steinlager... Great stuff.
http://www.steinlager.com/getattachment/e9779d04-e692-45d2-a828-83d95d3cf089/beer-4.aspx

I've just moved to Australia this year, and I'm very unimpressed with the local beers. Victoria bitter and Melbourne bitter are ok if its hot and you are really, really thirsty. Tasman bitter isn't too bad, and is one of the cheapest you can buy!

Just started brewing my own though, and had great results :up:

[Steel_Tomb]

Keo, its a cypriot beer...absolutely lovely stuff!! :D:D:D

[Jimbuna]

Keo, its a cypriot beer...absolutely lovely stuff!! :D:D:D

Gotta agree there :yep: drank gallons of it in 84 whilst on honeymoon in limassol :rock:

I'll never forget the daily tours around the brewery where at there conclusion you were allowed an hour at their hospitality bar :()1:

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8665/cypruskeobeerol0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[ReallyDedPoet]

I'll never forget the daily tours around the brewery where at there conclusion you were allowed an hour at their hospitality bar



Nice ^^^ :yep::up:


RDP

[HMCS]

I have two. One premium, one just plain refreshing.
http://www.simply70s.com/otherimages/exp/52007s.jpgRefreshing....

and Premium.... when I gotta go with credibility, the Germans have never let me down...
this mom knows what I mean....http://www.ron-turner.com/firstimpression.jpg

[McBeck]

Ill tell you in a month or so...then my first brew will be ready :D

Nothing like making your own beer!

[swifty]

Anyone ever just have "BEER"? It's sold in a plain white can and is the rejected batches from the breweries. It's kind of like a mystery box you never know what flavor you will get.

[Dmitry Markov]

Hoegaarden or Blanche de Bruxelles!!! :rock: Or any German Weissbier

But during this very hot weather we have in Moscow this summer, most of all I go for a cup of bread kvass :rock: It contains practically no alcohol so you can drink it at workplace, It freshens like beer but doesn't put you in a sleepy state of mind ;) And of course if you'll drink too much of kvass you may go drunk also :rotfl: (if it's a natural kvass)

[Tchocky]

Ill tell you in a month or so...then my first brew will be ready :D

Nothing like making your own beer! Let us know how it goes!

http://www.figtography.com/Blog/Beers/Staropramen.jpg

[PeriscopeDepth]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/220/1372

Lagunitas is very high quality stuff. Never had one of their's I didn't like.

Sorry, I just had to bring my beer thread back to life.

PD

[SUBMAN1]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/220/1372

Lagunitas is very high quality stuff. Never had one of their's I didn't like.

Sorry, I just had to bring my beer thread back to life.

PDMy top 10 beers for every day drinking (does not include one off beers like Stones XI anniversary or Deschutes The Abyss!)

1. Rochefort 10 - Belgium
2. Dogfish 120 Minute IPA - USA
3. Flag Porter - UK
4. Erdinger Dunkel - Germany
5. Aventinus Eisbock - Germany
6. Stone Double Bastard - USA
6. Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Christmas Ale - USA
7. Maritime Pacific Imperial Pale Ale - USA (especially the double dry hopped version)
8. Dogfish 90 Minute IPA - USA

The last two of the top ten will be more normal and easier to find beers:
9. Deschutes Inversion IPA - USA
10. Widmer Hefeweizen - USA

Hope this list can help a few people find a decent drink.

-S

[PeriscopeDepth]

Well, if you'd replace your Inversion with Black Butte, your "session" beers are the same as mine. :)

PD

[SUBMAN1]

Well, if you'd replace your Inversion with Black Butte, your "session" beers are the same as mine. :)

PDThe Inversion is a good strong Ale. Black Butte, is pretty good, but I only had 10 options. And besides, next to Flag Porter... :D

-S

[Jimbuna]

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/220/1372

Lagunitas is very high quality stuff. Never had one of their's I didn't like.

Sorry, I just had to bring my beer thread back to life.

PDMy top 10 beers for every day drinking (does not include one off beers like Stones XI anniversary or Deschutes The Abyss!)

1. Rochefort 10 - Belgium
2. Dogfish 120 Minute IPA - USA
3. Flag Porter - UK
4. Erdinger Dunkel - Germany
5. Aventinus Eisbock - Germany
6. Stone Double Bastard - USA
6. Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Christmas Ale - USA
7. Maritime Pacific Imperial Pale Ale - USA (especially the double dry hopped version)
8. Dogfish 90 Minute IPA - USA

The last two of the top ten will be more normal and easier to find beers:
9. Deschutes Inversion IPA - USA
10. Widmer Hefeweizen - USA

Hope this list can help a few people find a decent drink.

-S

Do any of them get you inebriated after a gallon session ? :hmm:

:p

[SUBMAN1]

Do any of them get you inebriated after a gallon session ? :hmm:

:pHahahahaha! Most of them will 'kill' you if you did a gallon session, quite literally. That 120 minute IPA for example is about 40 proof! Not kidding!

-S

[Jimbuna]

Do any of them get you inebriated after a gallon session ? :hmm:

:pHahahahaha! Most of them will 'kill' you if you did a gallon session, quite literally. That 120 minute IPA for example is about 40 proof! Not kidding!

-S

Sounds like my choice of brew :up:

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/pasquarade/drunkcob.gif