What's your favourite beer dudes?
I used to only drink real ale... (that's the warm watery brown stuff you Americans don't understand until after your third pint!) 8)
I could never abide Lager.... shudder... then I lived in Germany and was swayed by their purity laws and the taste of the golden nectar that is Warsteiner... or wobbly as we knew it!
On to Bitburger... and Jever pils and Dortmunder and Weis Beir etc....all excellent brews and worthy of the name beer.
I now live in England and although some of the beers mentioned above are available they are quite pricey and hard to come by. Therefore I drink that old stand by Stella Artois... (or Wife beater as it is known around the council estates of England) ... does the job and rather quickly too!
If out in my local then it's back to the real ale.
Would love to know what my fellow dudes imbibe....might even try a few if the recommendations are good enough!
Peace (hic).... ;D
I must say I'm more of a cider man than a beer man. And, if I partake in a beer I usually sup from the bottle, something like a Sol or Corona for your mexican beer, with lime, or something else light, like a Bud or Rolling Rock as an american alternative to the me-hi-can.
Not too much of a real ale fan, but being a Kentishman I do anjoy a good Bishop's Finger, or the occasional offering from the Wychwood brewery.
I've had a few Bishops fingers in my time. Ooooh errr! Must be my Catholic upbringing...I seem to remember kissing a Cardinals ring as well! :(
Anyhow enough of that! I detest American Budweiser...rice brewed headache making shit! Coors is good....love Corona (Mexican) and Sol is good too....but you don't need the poncy lime in the neck of the bottle! They do that in South America to keep the flies out and that's fine but not in UK!
I've never had that real cider stuff...scrumpy...I'm a bit scared of it to be truthful!
Quote from: Caesar dude on April 25, 2011, 05:09:35 PM
I've never had that real cider stuff...scrumpy...I'm a bit scared of it to be truthful!
Scrumpy can be a bit of a biter, but as long as you stay away from Strongbow! At the down-end of the scale, for cheap, mass-consumed cideryness I go for a Blackthorn, otherwise Green Goblin (formerly of Wychwood) is a nice one, or a good irish or sweedish cider works as a fruity little refresher.
Strongbow!!! ahh the memories! My parents: Or non care givers as I like to reference them used to buy a barrel of strongbow every Saturday....I was allowed to imbibe this.... I was under the age of ten....I'm actually shuddering as I write this!!! :(
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Here in the Northwest we have a plethora of microbreweries... take your pick on beer styles. I generally like porters or stouts, though our local brewery has an excellent Scotch Ale.
This may make this old monk a heretic (Dude-atic?) but I dont like beer..i used to drink it but it was more a product of peer pressure..also my taste buds are just not in tune with hops I guess. I only like the pale stuff..and cant abide by the stouts and dark shit.... I'm now more of a red-wine or gin-and-tonic guy..and naturally Caucasians are mother's milk...
Guess it takes all kinds of drinks and dudes to help keep this durn human comedy perpetuating itself.
Stout and Lager I classify as different beverages entirely.
I like Guiness and lately I've been digging Landshark Island Lager.
Great for hot summer days. Very light and refreshing.
The Guiness is good with dinner. Chicken wings and pub fare.
Oh and there are others. Many others.
Old Elephant Piss makes my trunk hard....
Quote from: 4weeddude on May 12, 2011, 03:21:07 PM
Old Elephant Piss makes my trunk hard....
And a big 420 to you dude!
Welcome to the forum...smoke em if you got em! 8)
My taste in beer is fairly worldly for a Yank, which is both good and bad. It's good because I get all the flavors I want from Stella Artois, Blue Moon, St. Pauli Girl, or Guiness; but it's bad because I work up one hell of a bar tab by the end of the day. When I'm really slumming, it's hard to justify paying for the imported stuff, but with a few exceptions, I really, REALLY dislike domestic beers.
Warsteiner Dunkel all the way man. I'll drink Coors Light if I'm a lil broke and Keystone Ice or Light if I'm really in a tight spot, but that stuff is piss water dude.. purely utilitarian.
I'm not a huge fan of beer myself. If I do grab a beer, I'm usually on a beach with a lime in it.
Quote from: BikerDude on May 12, 2011, 11:24:33 AM
...The Guiness is good with dinner...
Guiness is good as dinner!
A whole meal in a glass.
I know someone who makes real good home brew. Dogbolter, as I remember, is my favorite--real smooth. I believe she ups the proof substantially and adds her own this and that to each recipe.
Not big on beer here either, but we keep a case of 6oz pony bottles of Rolling Rock on hand. We have one every so often. I'm told it was my grandfather's beer.
We have tried a few others, but have to agree with granddad!
Quote from: meekon5 on May 24, 2011, 07:00:59 AM
Quote from: BikerDude on May 12, 2011, 11:24:33 AM
...The Guiness is good with dinner...
Guiness is good as dinner!
A whole meal in a glass.
I like your thinking, M dude; beer as a meal works for me! ;D
Quote from: Tripnastic on May 23, 2011, 12:07:59 PM
I'm not a huge fan of beer myself. If I do grab a beer, I'm usually on a beach with a lime in it.
I dig the lime thing too, adds a nice touch to many oat sodas. I drop some in Mexican beers. Seems to add the right touch, mang! ;D
I no longer drink, but when I did I liked most beer, was into Sam Adams before it was national, Bass and Guiness, apart or in the black an tan. I drank Bud as my utility beer, I couldn't go any lower to the Keystones or Ices(liquid crack).
I still drink near beers, not as often but on hot days or at parties, for that I prefer Hak Becks(sp?).