The Beer Thread

Thy Serpent · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:06 am

I am not much of a drinker although beer is one of my fav drinks. I drink every alternate weekends. I enjoy it a lot more when I wait for the weekends to have it. Lot of names here that I haven't heard about mainly cos I didn't look around enough. I have Haywards 5000 or Knock Out when I need to have strong beer. For Lager, I have Kingfisher Blue, KingFisher Premium and Royal Challenge. Don't like Foster's much. I did have Hayward's Black and it looked like coke. Loved it. Is there a special name for those dark coloured beers?

Thrashtildeth · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:10 am

Not really, no.

There are many different types of dark brews.

cry of the banshee · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:21 am

Goat wrote:

It's the first beer my father would ever let me drink, back in the day. He has allergies now so can't have it anymore, but yeah, memories...

My first taste of beer was Lowenbrau.
They still make that stuff?

Got no time for beer, though I do enjoy the taste... scotch and vodka for me, as stated earlier..

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:27 am

Brahm_K wrote:

Goat wrote:

The trouble is with this thread that I've not heard of/tasted most of yon Canadian beers, so there's ultimately not a great deal to discuss. Anyone that likes Stella, however, can GTFO. Disgusting weak piss it is. Budweiser >>>>.

If you're ever in London, go to the Maple Leaf pub near Strand street (around Trafalgar's Square)- you can try some Canadian beers there, though the prices there are admittedly a bit high. Still, you can get Mooseheads, Keiths and Sleemans there... and watch hockey! Pretty necessary for any bar.

It would be like never leaving Canada!

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:29 am

Adam wrote:

cry of the banshee wrote:

Haha, I know, or rather, knew a dude that would only drink Hamm's, by choice. Wierd.

Haha, we used to have a saying in college, "There's only one thing worse than Hamm's...warm Hamm's".
I don't usually drink beer to get drunk since I can't burp, but when I'm just relaxing and kicking back I few its usually one of the following:

Bass
Coors Original
Sam Adams (generally the seasonal stuff, especially Octoberfest)
Michelob
Killian's
Becks

We had a saying college to: It's all pink on the inside.

IronDuchess · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:51 am

cry of the banshee wrote:

Goat wrote:

It's the first beer my father would ever let me drink, back in the day. He has allergies now so can't have it anymore, but yeah, memories...

My first taste of beer was Lowenbrau.
They still make that stuff?

Hell yes, they still make Löwenbräu! One of my favourite beers, though not really the Original (you know, light blue can). Löwenbräu dunkles and Triumphator are the best they have to offer, imo.

Karmakosmonaut wrote:

IronDuchess wrote:

Quote:

Anyone that likes Stella, however, can GTFO.

Really never been a fan of Belgian beers as whole, actually.

Are you serious? Have you ever tried the decent beers and not the so-called 'Belgian' exports? The fantastic variety of abbey breweries we have, that's the real deal.

Since I've never been to Belgium I probably can't say I've had a fair sampling of the beer, but what I've tried I didn't like. From memory I've tried Stella (though I guess we can ignore that), Leffe, Chimay, Duvel, a really shitty cherry-flavoured beer that was horribly disgusting and a few more that I can't recall the names of at the moment. Perhaps part of the problem was that I don't like very many light beers, and nearly every Belgian beer I've tried was a blond beer.

Adam · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:40 pm

DevotedWalnut wrote:

We had a saying college to: It's all pink on the inside.

I don't really care to know how you rationalize buttsecks DW.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Brahm_K wrote:

Goat wrote:

The trouble is with this thread that I've not heard of/tasted most of yon Canadian beers, so there's ultimately not a great deal to discuss. Anyone that likes Stella, however, can GTFO. Disgusting weak piss it is. Budweiser >>>>.

If you're ever in London, go to the Maple Leaf pub near Strand street (around Trafalgar's Square)- you can try some Canadian beers there, though the prices there are admittedly a bit high. Still, you can get Mooseheads, Keiths and Sleemans there... and watch hockey! Pretty necessary for any bar.

It would be like never leaving Canada!

It pretty much is. Hey, I was in London during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and you're crazy if you think I'm going to miss the best hockey of the year just because every other bar in the UK plays rugby (which is awesome, true) and football (not so much).

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:58 pm

Adam wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

We had a saying college to: It's all pink on the inside.

I don't really care to know how you rationalize buttsecks DW.

just remember Adam, take no prisoners and take no shit.

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:00 pm

Brahm_K wrote:

DevotedWalnut wrote:

Brahm_K wrote:

Goat wrote:

The trouble is with this thread that I've not heard of/tasted most of yon Canadian beers, so there's ultimately not a great deal to discuss. Anyone that likes Stella, however, can GTFO. Disgusting weak piss it is. Budweiser >>>>.

If you're ever in London, go to the Maple Leaf pub near Strand street (around Trafalgar's Square)- you can try some Canadian beers there, though the prices there are admittedly a bit high. Still, you can get Mooseheads, Keiths and Sleemans there... and watch hockey! Pretty necessary for any bar.

It would be like never leaving Canada!

It pretty much is. Hey, I was in London during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and you're crazy if you think I'm going to miss the best hockey of the year just because every other bar in the UK plays rugby (which is awesome, true) and football (not so much).

I'd go nuts if I was away during the playoffs and I missed a lot of hockey. Good thing to know that there are some Candian bars in other places than Canada.

Ness · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:37 am

Had some Moosehead last night, and picked this up tonight:

Thrashtildeth · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:57 am

Oh my god.

That packaging is worth the price alone. And the beer itself looks rich and tasty. I want me some!

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:05 am

So many where to start ?

Sleeman - Honey Brown
Alexander Keiths - Red ale
Guiness
Kilkenny
Coup de Grisou (Spice beer, Brasserie RJ)
Hoegaarden
Unibroue's Blanche de Chambly (White Beer)
Boréale - La D'orée
Unibroue's Raftman (whisky malt)
Smithwick's
La Vitale (Blueberry beer)
Cap Espoir (Caramel flavoured, Brasserie RJ)

Ness · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:28 am

Thrashtilldeth wrote:

Oh my god.

That packaging is worth the price alone. And the beer itself looks rich and tasty. I want me some!

Indeed it is. Dark, thick, but not overwhelming. Great!

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:00 am

metalNESS wrote:

Had some Moosehead last night, and picked this up tonight:

Christ, someone needs to learn how to pour.

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Goat wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

Had some Moosehead last night, and picked this up tonight:

Christ, someone needs to learn how to pour.

Actually, that's just a sucky glass for that beer.

And great pick Nessie, Gulden Draak is a fine brown beer! Now try to find St. Bernardus 12:

Now this is a great and rich beer

:dio:

The_Voice · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:33 pm

I had a few of these last night:

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:41 pm

Ooh, Hobgoblin, nice.

IronDuchess · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:59 pm

The_Voice wrote:

I had a few of these last night:

Fucking great beer. I got the Christmas package for it last Christmas that included a beer and a glass in a nifty little container. Hobgoblin ftw.

heatseeker · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:20 am

I've drank beer like twice and only ever had Coors Light, so I'm kinda of the opinion that beer sucks, but this thread makes me want to sip a Guiness.

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