I had the best beer I've had tonight - What's your favorite beer?

[fujiyama]

I had a Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Since I'm a big chocoholic, I loved it.

Does this mean I'm becoming some kind of obnoxious snobbish uppity beer drinker or does this mean my tastes have well...ummm developed?

After all, my usual buddies order the usual beers I can't stand (and I'm not gonna name names ;) but you know what I'm talkin about - crappy beers made by RW/GOP donating companies )....

[imenja]

1. does it taste like chocolate?

I'm not going to say which is the best, but I'll tell you what I tend to buy: Beck's, Fosters, and Boddington's Pub Ale. The Guiness in Ireland is amazing, but they sell different formulas for export because of issues of preservation, so they are not as good.

[fujiyama]

9. It did have a definite chocolate taste in there

I've got used to Stouts so I can't say if a regular person (lol, my friends think I'm nuts for liking stouts but dammit they're drinkin Miller Lite and Labbats) would find it bitter but I liked it a lot.

If I ever go to Ireland I'll make sure to get a Guinness. That's always my fallback drink. It's amazing that they've been brewing that stuff since the 1700s.

[Richard Steele]

2. American beer is like 'making love' in a canoe....

...cuz it's "fucking close to water"!

Your not a SNOB until you care about the PRICE.
Until then, it's all about taste, and HANG the cost!

I personally like Guiness, fresh and warm....

[imenja]

13. there are many good American beers. Though not the major brands

The good ones come from micro-breweries.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. One American bar I was in listed Budweiser, Miller etc.

as 'domestic' - and Sam Adams as 'imported'. Must be because it's actually a decent beer with a taste. I'd agree that, as a rule of thumb, the smaller the brewery in the USA, the better the beer.

[imenja]

16. in the higher price category

that's no doubt why.

[H2O Man]

20. Cooperstown

has a great one. It produces great beer. I think one or two really good beers beats the heck out of six okay beers.

[huellewig]

3. Mine..

Second:

[fishwax]

50. Sierra Nevada makes a great pale ale

and I think I've liked all the other SN brews I've tried, too. (Couldn't really get into the Fat Tire, though.)

[Abelman]

4. Yes

Hey man, if you want a union made beer that's not pisswater, have a Pabst Blue Ribbon. Some will say I am wrong, but I dring those hoity toity brews as well. I don't know it's donation patterns, but I do know it's union made and they don't advertise it with half naked women getting on dudes.

My favorite beer is Pacifico, but that and Corona always make me crave nachos. Not a joke. Many times I've cracked one open to relax and I can't resist melting some cheese on tortilla chips with some olives and jalapenos. We keep it simple in the Abelman household.

Myself, I am not a fan of the stouts. I do enjoy a tasty wheat beer, preferably Bell's Oberon from Kalamazoo, MI as well as a variety of tasty microbrews. I love the Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss.

I used to drink lots of Coors until I realized to my horror their political agendas.

Also good are Canadian brews.

But if you really want good good good dark stout, there's a place in Anchorage, Alaska (road trip!) called Midnight Sun brewery and they have Mammoth Stout. I hate stout, but I love this stuff.

[huellewig]

5. PBR rules...

I'm drinking The Beast right now.

And The Beast is not PBR:

it is:

It is just as nasty as it looks.

My edit was directed at others that lack the grace to critique the fine beverages produced in Southern Canada. Red state Googlers: Take fucking note. PBR is not The Beast. I never said it was. OH my: time to put the keyboard in the lock-box. This town is a bore.

[Abelman]

8. Whoo, can't do the Beast

PBR is about it for the major domestics and me. For some reason I just love the stuff.

To quote Jeff Rowland, "Milkwaukee's Best" and "ICE" are two things that should never be on the same label.

[Melynn]

17. Hey, that looks good. I think I might try that this weekend

I don't care how a beer taste. I just like a good cheap buzz.

[fujiyama]

6. I've had some of the Bell's brews

and I liked 'em quite a bit. I'm from MI and try to get local brews when I can. I've gotta give me state some credit for havin some good brews out there :) One I really liked was Stoney Creek Vanilla Porter. I'm a fan of stouts.

I've had the Pabst and it's a decent cheap beer. It's very watery, but I'll agree that I'd rather get something like that over Coors or whatever.

[Abelman]

10. I think

I've had the Stoney Creek, but I'm not sure.

I also from MI, and boy, there are a lot of good microbreweries and breweries in the state. Maybe something to do with the water? I don't know.

http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/

That's a good site. I don't know how the other state's fare with their smaller breweries, but I know MI has some great ones.

[fujiyama]

12. Thanks for the link

I try to get local brews at bars whenever I go out. Unfortunately many bars don't even carry any and just have crappy mass marketed ones on tap.

[Abelman]

14. Sometimes

which is a shame because hole-in-the-wall types are my favorite kind of bars.

[Joe Power]

34. Bell's is an incredible brewery

I moved from Toledo to Houston and I can no longer get Bell's. I miss that stuff. Their dopplebock and the Two-Hearted ale, especially.

[northzax]

40. sorry, Pabst is not union-made

the AFL-CIO has called a boycott. It used to be made in Milwaukee but Pabst, but is now made by subcontractors (including Miller) When Pabst bought Stroh's brewery in Seattle (Rainier Beer) it broke the union.

There may be some plants that are union, but it's all about the lowest bidder. (on the east coast, your Pabst will come from a brewery in Pennsylvania owned by Guinness, also non-union.

[Abelman]

43. The last bottle I had

said union made right on it. That is a horrible thing to put on your bottle if it is not true.

[Robeson]

7. My favorite are the Trappist style beers from Belgium and the....

...Netherlands, especially La Trappe. They can get pricey though. For an everyday beer, I like Becks, Sierra Pale, or Guiness. :beer:

[khashka]

11. Guinness

Nothing else compares. It fills your mouth with taste and texture, it slides down your throat like a long anticipated lover. Drinking Guinness isn't drinking beer - it's an experience in and of itself. Unique, perfect.


And it's a damn good beer as well.

Khash.

[dbt]

21. Let every knee bow. Let every tongue confess!

Guinness is a FOOD GROUP. More's the pity that it does not travel well!

:beer:
:smoke:

[Enraged_Ape]

26. Guinness is truly the nectar of the gods

It's liquid candy for the soul.

:beer:

[DeaconBlues]

27. Another vote for Guinness!

American beer just tastes like horse piss to me.

[RebelOne]

29. And yet another vote for Guinness

Believe it or not, I traveled to Dublin, Ireland just so I could set in an Irish pub and drink Guinness on tap.

[dbt]

30. I am SO jealous!

You MUST now describe the evening. It's the LAW.

[RebelOne]

55. Actually, it was sort of funny.

I was with a friend who traveled with me. It seems at that time it was frowned upon for women to be alone in pubs because I saw a few signs that said "No Women Allowed," which made my blood boil. Anyway, we ordered Guinness on tap and the bartender brought us tiny little glasses of beer. I looked around and saw that all the men were drinking from big mugs. I told the bartender that I wanted a mug just like those men were drinking from. Well, he reluctantly brought us mugs.

[Misunderestimator]

39. I spent two months in Ireland...

and nearly every evening in a different pub having a Guinness on tap. Heaven.

[Misunderestimator]

38. Ditto

and fewer calories that most regular beers. :)

[adwon]

18. Shiner Bock

Unfortunately, it's not distributed in KY. Second is Negro Modela.

[GreyPilgrim]

19. Chimay - Red Label

Mmmmmmmm.... I'm drooling thinking of it......

[Joe Power]

32. Mmmmm...Chimay...

I'm having a similar pavlovian experience.:toast:

[priller]

22. I've had it, too. Good!

I have to admit I'm not a big beer drinker, much rather have wine. But I did like the chocolate stout. I think the same company makes an Oatmeal stout also, which was interesting, too.

[swag]

23. I like a lot of Oregon Micros, but Fat Tire from Ft. Collins, CO is my

favorite:

[dbt]

24. Props to New Belgium Brewing!

Their 1554 is righteous.

[swag]

25. Thanks for the tip.

I'll give that 1554 a try.

[dbt]

28. If New Belgium makes ANYTHING that ain't great,

I just haven't tasted it yet--and they use wind power!

:toast:

[Nye Bevan]

31. Young's Double Chocolate Stout is my favorite too!

I had it for the first time at the restaurant in the Hotel Hershey at Hershey Park (PA) a couple of years ago and loved it ever since. (My wife bought me a case as my Christmas present). I guess chocolate beer fits in with the whole chocolate theme at Hershey.

Guinness is a good alternative (and easier to find) when chocolate stout is not available.

And can anyone tell me the deal with Bud/Bud Light? To me, they both taste pretty much like seltzer-- so are there really people for whom Bud is too heavy and they need to drink Bud Light instead?

[flvegan]

33. Flying Dog Pale Ale and one I can't find anymore

Ybor Calusa Wheat Ale

[Joe Power]

35. Flying Dog is another of my favorites

Interesting labels on even more interesting beers.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Lots Of Stouts Have Chocolated Hops & Malts

Sam Adams stout does, so does Bell's. (Little brewery in Kalamazoo, MI that makes great beer.)

I think(!) that is also the difference between Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout and their Imperial Stout. But, that could be wrong.

It does impart a nice chocolate aftertaste and smooths the beer out quite a bit. I like them too!
The Professor

[kwassa]

37. Only microbrews will do ..... no chocolate or fruit flavors, please.

And no spices. I like beer that is beer, ale that is ale.

Tupper Hop Pocket Ale from Old Dominion is wonderful.

I like most of the Saranac beers, too.

Most American lagers now taste like water by comparison

[auburngrad82]

41. Rogue Shakespeare Stout

[Ron Green]

47. I'm with you on that one. I also like their Dead Guy ale and their

Hazelnut Brown. I drive past the brewery twice a day on my little commute to work and back.

[Brewman_Jax]

42. Too many good ones

there are some excellent microbrews in town, like Dogwood Pilsner and Pale Ale, Sweetwater 420, and Terrapin Cream Ale (Athens).

I like Newcastle, Guiness, Bass (Black & Tan, :9 ), Sierra Nevada, the Trappist ales (the beer laws were updated in GA last yr to allow the high-gravity beers)

Hail, beer! :beer:

[bigwillq]

44. Heineken

:beer:

[the Princess]

45. Corona with Lime

[phusion]

46. Stone IPA

Probably my favorite...Anything by Stone is usually excellent.

I wish I lived in San Diego. Stone is building a new brewery w/ a huge beer garden and a restaurant, etc.

[keithjx]

48. I gotta go with my friends above and say

Trappist brews. La Trappe, Chimay, unbeatable. When I am feeling like giving myself a treat, these are the ones I seek out.

But a Guinness a day keeps the doctor away! BRILLIANT!

:beer:
KJ

[jandrok]

49. Here's my review of Young's DCS from beeradvocate

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/rate_results/152/73/latest/0/Dubblebock/

Gooooooood stuff.

[fishwax]

51. this has been a favorite for the last several months

which is an unusually long time for a single beer to hold the crown, since I like variety in my beers:

[leftofthedial]

52. Rogue Brutal Bitter

O'Dell's 90 Shilling
Left Hand Black Jack Porter


Bass
Guinness

[Fenris]

53. Belhaven Scottish Ale

[Kellanved]

54. I'm am drinking a Flensburger right now

I have to say: it is rather good. No chocolate for my beer, please.

:toast: