Which is the best beer?

[Delano]

Which is the best beer?
























I'm looking at the comely lass from St. Pauli, Germany right now...

[Nailzberg]

1. Newcastle!

But from the list I'll order a Hienie

[Delano]

2. I used the top 5 selling brands

and added 5 more.

I was amazed that "Milwaukee's Best" is in the top 10! Ecch.

It also amazed me that Bud sells so well. It's piss.

[Nailzberg]

3. RE: Milwaukee's Beast

Hey, there's a lot of poor college students out there spliting Dad's check between rent, beer, and weed. The Beast serves them well.

[Delano]

5. I'm dirt poor myself.

And I'd rathher drink half as much and enjoy it than drink crap beer. But then again, college IS all about quantity...

[Nailzberg]

6. In college I was ridiculed

My roommates would tear into me for "wasting money" on two four-packs of Guinness, rather than buy a case of Busch Light as they did.

Well, it got me just as drunk, since they drank basically beer flavored water all night. And it tasted a hell of a lot better.

Quality makes up for quanity anyday. But most drunk college kids will never understand that, until they graduate.

[BeerEngineer]

74. Guinness is less potent than Busch Light

Guinness actually has the less alcohol as busch light...

http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=1267

http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=493

So you couldn't get just as drunk on less beer...

[Nailzberg]

104. Not by my math.

Men A & B buy a case of Busch Light (12 12oz cans a piece)
I buy two four packs of Guinness (8 16oz cans)

While A & B drink 6 cans of Busch a piece, I have consumed 4 cans of Guinness.

A & B's stomachs both force the retched horse piss from their stomachs. They have only had time to absorb the alcohol content equivalent to 1 can apiece.

The stomach of our third subject, me, is quite satisfied with the tasty Guinness, and absorbs the full alcohol content of my 4 cans.

This repeats.

That's why you get more out of your good beers.

[Langis]

8. The Beast! that's what we called it in high school

you could get a 24 pack for like 4$!

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. I'm a "bud" man, but that's CANADIAN Bud, not the same as US bud

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Canadian Bud is brewed by Labatt's here in Canada

(I remind guys up here that downgrade bud saying that "Blue" is better than that bud "piss" - Blueis also ade by Labatt's)

Oh, and our Bud has 5% alcohol.

A bit more "kick' than the American bud.

of course, our "BC" bud has more "kick" than US bud too!

:evilgrin:

:smoke:

[dedhed]

32. Young's Double Chocolate Stout

.. I know... sounds like a dessert drink.

Only a hint of cocoa. Very creamy and...

... smoooooooooth!!

:toast:

[kaitykaity]

4. Fosters (Australian for beer)

Henry's Private Reserve

[Teddy_Salad]

39. Fosters is actually Australian for "Crap"

As an Aussie, I have to say that Fosters is the worst of the Australian beers.

Not too many in Australia drink it, hence the reason they export it around the world, I guess.

[kaitykaity]

72. It's a direct quote from their ad here.

I know it's not great. I lived in Germany and have had real beer. Of what we can buy, Fosters is light years better than Bud or any of the other weaklings.

[rjbcar27]

7. Old Speckled Hen or 6X or any IPA etc

real ale trumps all.

[German-Lefty]

9. Hefeweizen - I'm in Germany I get a better selection.

The main brand I see here is Schöfferhofer:
http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/index.html?beerid=185

I love the way the stuff tastes, I don't love the way I feel the next day if I've had 3 or more.

[Frederic Bastiat]

29. I agree with you

I spent 2 years in Germany (Bavaria) and I miss the taste of Heff

[ROC]

58. Hef

Loved that beer, but 2-3 and I went to sleep. Can you still get home delivery like milk?

[Guaranteed]

10. I'm drinking a Beck's, my beer of choice.

Smooth, clean aftertaste, gets ya real drunk, quick.

Just the way I like it. :)

[Dead_Parrot]

11. Old peculier or Snecklifter...

...Although having recently discovered the effects of Chimay Blue on the human nervous system, I've decided that fizzy stuff might not be so bad after all.

http://www.chimay.com/www/chimay/site8/dynamique/en/preview/fiche_b.cfm?p_b_or_f=B&p_langue=EN&p_id_produit=298

9% abv? Goodbye, Mr. Brain Cell...

:beer:

[caledesi]

13. Beck's nt

[MichaelUK]

14. Caffrey's

A REAL man's drink.

I once said that in a pub in Scotland. You have no idea how much trouble it got me into!!

[smada]

28. LOL

I have a similar story. I was in a pub on High St. in Edinburgh. I'd never heard of Caffrey's, so I asked the bartender about it. He didn't say a word, just looked up at me, sort of closed his eyes and gave a slight shake of the head.

[Alpharetta]

15. Bass Ale is my standby. It goes great w/ food.

in the summer I tend to drink lighter lagers. Grolsch is nice and crisp.

But really I like smaller breweries.

Sweetwater Brewing here in Atlanta makes a very tasty Porter.

[chimpymustgo]

17. Bass Ale, baby. Any season, any time of day.

nt

[Kellanved]

19. ouch

Well, it tastes good, but my head the next morning ... never again :P .

[Catshrink]

86. Absolutely-- Bass is best

and microbreweries in general.

Four Peaks here has "Kiltlifter" a Scottish style ale that's pretty good. Ballard Bitters in Seattle was always awesome. Full Sail, Fat Tire... all good.

[NewHampshireDem]

16. Whichever was brewed closest to home by

the local brewery, rather than some giant factory.

For me, those are
Redhook, especially the hefe-weizen http://www.redhook.com/
Portsmouth Brewery, especially the weizenheimer and Black Cat Stout http://www.portsmouthbrewery.com/

Sadly, since I've been on the Atkins diet, I've had to cut my consumption from "once in a while" to "once in a great while."

[BeerEngineer]

73. Redhook is owned by Anheuser Busch...

...that sure is some local brewery...

[leanings]

18. The one in front of me.

I don't discriminate. If I'm buying good beer I look for Stella Artois, then maybe some Blue Moon. Or I might be in a Kirin mood, or want some Red Stripe...but mostly what I end up drinking is canned Budweiser.

[cleofus1]

20. I stopped drinking about 7 years ago....

But I still recall the pleasure of St. Pauli Girl dark beer...chilled on a hot summers day.

[mrfrapp]

21. Dent's Aviator

is a particular favourite. Coniston Bluebird is another.

[RebelOne]

22. Guiness, you forgot Guiness.

I even made a trip to Ireland so that I could sit in an Irish pub and drink Guiness on tap.

[smada]

27. Slainte

[IronLionZion]

41. I second Guinness

:toast: :beer:

[POed_Ex_Repub]

83. I drink it... oh... and I third it too. ;-) n/t

[bif]

45. Guinness in the tall cans

I could drink a million o' those. (And I'm working on it.)

[1gobluedem]

79. I'm a Miller Lite drinker

....my Guiness-loving boyfriend refers to it as 'water with beer splashed into it.' But I love it anyway.

[stilpist]

23. I can't pick a best.

There are just too many fine beers. And what tastes best to me on one day may not be the same on the next day. Right now, my day-in, day-out preference is Allagash White, a Belgian-style white beer. Tastes much like the gold standard Hoegaarden, an actual Belgian white, but it's local, and so, fresher. Less pricey also.

Other fine choices include Sam Adams, imported Loewenbrau (not that piss from Miller) light or dark, anything from Dogfish Head, and others too numerous to name.

[tigereye]

101. DOGFISH

DOGFISH DOGFISH Great stuff!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

24. OH MY GOD EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHICES IS SWILL AT BEST!

Ugh!!!

Those "beers" give beer a bad wrap!

Guinness, Wolaver, Otter Creek, Sierra Nevada, New Castle, Anchor Steam, Boddingtons, Harpoon, Beamish, Mackisons, Chimay, Duvel, Sam Smith, Brooklyn, Negro Modelo, Ipswich, hell even Sam Adams.

I might drink a Heinie if there's nothing else.

[TXlib]

36. Agreed. Delano, you need to try some real beer.

None of the beers in your poll is fit to be the piss of a homebrewer.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

53. Amen to that - UGHH!!!

Man St Pauli Girl is the quivalent of chilled carbonated badger piss!

[JVS]

60. See #59

[smada]

25. Why the bland choices

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Guinness, Red Hook ESB, Leinenkugels

[LDS Jock]

26. A&W Root Beer

YUM!!

[Frederic Bastiat]

30. Quebec beers are great tasting strong beers

I highly recommend La Maudite and La fin du Monde

http://www.alcoholreviews.com/BEERS/lafindumondemaudite.html

[TXlib]

33. Unibroue has some excellent belgian-style beers!

Have you tried Quelque Choses?

[Frederic Bastiat]

37. Not yet, great idea

I'll try it this weekend. BTW did you know that Unibroue just got bought out by Ontario's Sleemans? I hope they don't make any drastic changes.

Another good one is Éphémère if you are into fruity beers.

[TXlib]

42. I haven't seen that one. I love fruity beers.

Is it lambic-like?

[Canuckistanian]

84. Unibroue! Yes!

Like Maudite and Fin du Monde?
Excellent.

[LWolf]

31. Homebrew.

second choice: a nice stout or porter.

third choice: wheat beer.

[TXlib]

34. I agree, except with your 2nd choice.

my second choice: Belgian style strong ales

Good baltic porter or imperial stouts would place a close fourth after wheat (sp. bavarian hefeweizen of belgian wit. You can keep your nasty american wheat...)

[LWolf]

92. I don't think I've ever had

a Belgian style ale. Always something new to look forward to! I included the hefeweizen because I had some at a little microbrewery in Reno once that was incredible; I can't remember the name of the brewery or the beer, but I've looked for it ever since. The others are fine, but don't measure up.

[johnnie]

35. Bud...

I guess drinking a standard beer is not the "in" thing to do, but I will drink a Bud, Bud light or other beers like that well before I would drink any lagers, darks, malts or any other "exotic" beers. That's just my taste though. It has nothing to do with the cost. I just could never develop a taste for the bitter taste of a lot of the beers mentioned here.
To each their own, and I wouldn't say anything about what other people enjoy when it comes to their beers. Drink up, kick back and enjoy what ya like.

[TXlib]

43. A lot of the beers i like aren't so bitter.

Hefeweizen typically has less bitterness than american light lager, as does belgian wit.

Many of the heavier beers have more bitterness, but also have so much malty sweetness that you don't notice it.

[Teddy_Salad]

38. In the US.....

....Iron City Beer out of Pittsburgh.

But the best beer I've ever had is Czechoslovakian beer.
The beer in the Czech Republic is amazingly beautiful.

[rangerfan]

40. I voted other.

Best beer (bier) I've ever had was when I was stationed in Germany in the early 80's. Made at a monastery near Fulda. Kreuzberg Bier went down like water. Some of the smoothest beer ever.

[wysimdnwyg]

44. Whoo-boy, does your list need some improvements

I'll give you my top five, in no particular order:
Anchor Steam
Sierra Nevada (any flavor, kind of depends on my mood and the time of year)
Bass
Harp
Amstel Light (Really good when you want something with just a little heft)

[ACK]

46. Bass Ale/Guiness

Black and Tan baby... Black and Tan.

[AngryAmish]

47. Old Style

[DonP]

48. Newcastle Pale Brown

Served cooled but not cold, so you can appreciate that great smell.

best beer/ale in the civilized world.

[Catshrink]

87. Oh yeah, Newkies. Yum!

[tigereye]

102. there you go

one of my favorites

and Brooklyn Brown Ale is pretty good too

[AntiCoup2K4]

49. First 6 options don't even qualify as Beer

...and the last 3 are watered down versions of their European originals.

Guinness gets my vote for "big label" beers, even though it also is a weakened version of the Irish original.

Usually prefer a regional microbrew these days. Or if I want it fresh from the tap, I go here:

http://www.fishbrewing.com/index.html

[Kazak]

50. You're kidding, right?

I don't see any beer listed there. :crazy:

[Minstrel Boy]

51. These are a few of my favourite things:

Canadian:
Creemore :beer:
Waterloo Dark :beer:
Granite Brewery Dry Hop Special Bitter :beer:

Irish:
Guinness :beer:
Kilkenny Cream Ale :beer:

UK:
Double Diamond :beer:
Newcastle Brown Ale :beer:

[ProfessorGAC]

52. Oh, I'm Sorry, You're Wrong. The Answer Is:

Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout. (Assuming we're talking about readily available bottled beers only.)
The Professor

[LynneSin]

54. I thought you said "Which Beer is Best"

That list is "Which Beer most taste like pisswater"

[Hemprus]

55. The one and only

Guinness!

[elfwitch]

56. Shiner Bock Baby!!

Only one on tap in most places that I will drink.

[LuLu550]

57. They all suck!

try Harp, Pilsner Urqell,(spelling?)Dinkle Acker, ANYTHING but that crap.

[JVS]

59. I must point out that that is poor form in the arena of beer.

You are never supposed to tell anyone that their beer choice sucks. The proper thing to do is offer them one that you think is better and bring them around to good beer through kindness. After all, we are not wine snobs.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

61. Ah, Delano, I see you love beer. Interesting tastes but, may I offer you a

taster of this Wolaver Pale Ale. There you go. Good isn't it? I knew you'd like it. Here have a pint on me!

How's that?

[JVS]

63. Much better. Sharing good beer with good people is good living

:toast:

[Delano]

89. As I said earlier, I started with the top-selling brands, not my favorites

Out of these, I only really like Hinie, St. Pauli, and Michelob.

The poll was about standard American beers, not dark beers, ales, stouts, etc.

I've gotten so much input from beer snobs, I just gave up on participating.

"I'm too good for swill like that. I drink ONLY McGillicuddy Soap Factory Microbrew #7"

I've had some dark beers that were okay. None of them hits the spot like good old American beer. I'm amazed at how few people have come forward to defend these "pisswater brands" After all, they all outsell the dark beers and microbrews far and away.

[tigereye]

103. sorry

Rolling Rock is good from that standpoint. And I have drunk a few Heinekins in my day.

It is just that I drank a lot of the typical beers in my youth and now cannot abide most of them. And I don't drink a lot, so I want something new and interesting and very flavorful when I do. So I love all the stouts, porters, ales, wheats, microbrews. Those beers spoil one for the other stuff. And if that is being a beer snob, oh well. :)

[mobuto]

66. Well, I'm a wine snob

and I like good beer. My wine snobbery qualifies me to say that all the choices above taste like cat urine.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

67. I'm an amature wine snob. A full blown coffee snob and have been called

a beer snob. And I think cat urine is too good for these choices.

However I see JVS's point.

[AntiCoup2K4]

70. Do I dare ask how you know what cat urine tastes like?

:evilgrin:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

71. A snifter of room temperature cat urine as a night cap hits the spot!

MM mm good!

[Mr.Green93]

62. cold/free

[Canuckistanian]

64. Holsten Maibock #1

Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale #2
Guinness (not the bloody cans) #3
Youngers Double Chocolate Stout #4

[Arger68]

65. Great White

I used to live in Redding, CA. and they had a beer from that area (Eureka, I think) called Great White. It has a slight citrus taste or something. Best I've ever had!!!

[Van Helsing]

68. Coors and Coors light!

drool...

[T_i_B]

69. Real Ale by the gallon!

I am a member of the Campaign for Real Ale when all's said and done. :-)

My current favourite is Blanchfield Raging Bull but I'm also fond of Barnsley Bitter, Black Sheep, Mighty Oak Maldon Gold, Gales Winter Brew, most old ales and milds, not to mention Continental brews such as Erdinger and Paulaner.

[pdx_prog]

75. Chimay...

It's hard to find, and costly. Made by Trappist monks in Belgium. They have three main beers....a red, a blue and a triple. Stuff starts at 7% and goes up to 9%.

It's like food...:)

[Canuckistanian]

85. Not food. Nectar. Nectar of the Gods themselves.

oops, sorry, drooling all over myself

[Zorra]

76. Beer is good but I like ale. Pike St. Kilt Lifter Scottish, and Pyramid

Snow Cap Seasonal are my favorites.
Yum.:beer:

[Misunderestimator]

77. GUINNESS Stout!!

... how could that be missing?

[puerco-bellies]

78. Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout

Closely followed by Sam Smith's Taddy Porter

[Martin Eden]

93. What about Sam Smith's double chocolate stout?

I'm also very fond of a brew called Old Peculiar.

When I'm not splurging, my standard beer is Warsteiner Dark.

[BluePatriot]

80. What? No Sam Adams? (n/t)

[sus]

81. GUINNESS

[asteroid2003QQ47]

82. The selections leave a lot to be desired...

Sam Adams Boston Lager
beats them all by a mile.

[galadrium]

88. That list sucks... bunch of mass-produced crap

Try a Sierra Nevada pale ale, or a Goose Island Honkers Ale.

[Delano]

90. I'm beginning to think these replies are mass-produced

"Old Speckled Hen or 6X or any IPA etc - real ale trumps all."
"Caffrey's - A REAL man's drink."
" Bass is best and microbreweries in general. - Four Peaks here has "Kiltlifter" a Scottish style ale that's pretty good."
"OH MY GOD EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHICES IS SWILL AT BEST! Ugh!!!
Those "beers" give beer a bad wrap! (sic) Guinness, ...(lots of obscure brands)..., hell even Sam Adams.I might drink a Heinie if there's nothing else."
"Agreed. Delano, you need to try some real beer. None of the beers in your poll is fit to be the piss of a homebrewer."
"Amen to that - UGHH!!! Man St Pauli Girl is the quivalent of chilled carbonated badger piss!"


And on and on and on.

It was a simple poll to rate AMERICAN-STYLE BEERS, but nothing but snotty comments, mostly including the word "piss". Do dark beer/microbrew aficionados get some sort of superiority kick by drinking that stuff?

I've tried quite a few dark beers, and NONE of them are as delicious and refreshing as a St. Pauli's or an Asahi Super Dry, at least to my palate. But I wouldn't go out of my way to attack others for "having lousy taste and drinking beer that tastes like castor oil"

Whatever.

[galadrium]

91. Sorry about the beer snobbery... no offense

Its really whatever YOU like best... honestly who really gives a crap what anybody else thinks...lol. I guess we beer afficianados are hell bent on trying to "educate" the world into our tastes.

Peace

[Hand]

94. Jack Daniels...

Har!

[Kellanved]

95. Why the "St Pauli Girl" option?

It is fake - there is no German beer "St Pauli Girl". It might be brewed in Germany, but it is an American beer.
And the label is so obvious, a Bavarian woman serving a beer brewed in Bremen, while name of the beer implies Hamburg :wtf:
It is sad that almost all German beers available in the US are in Germany what Bud is in the US. Especially Beck's (noticed the English apostrophe?) and Wahrsteiner are what Bud and Miller are stateside. Spaten is another story: it is not present as a brand outside Bavaria.

[TX-RAT]

96. Corona

But it has to be with lime and salt. Tecate is another good Mexican beer.

[benburch]

97. Goose Island!

Especially their Bock.

[Commendatori]

98. Almost any British bitter

I drink Boddington's and Tetley's because they're widely available here.

[rucky]

99. Don't make an "other" category on polls like this

out of the choices, I voted for St. Pauli Girl.

but that is by no means the best beer in the world.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

100. Delano, my friend...

You really need to check out this thread from the archives:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=990938

Make a copy of it, and start exploring a most amazing world...
:toast:

[marigold20]

105. currrent fave - Newcastle Brown Ale

But summer is coming - then it's Leinie's Honey Weiss.

[TroubleMan]

106. Guiness

My favorite hands down.

I like Sam Adams a lot, too.