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Favorite Brews

| Posted in General Discussion on December 22, 2001 05:51am

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Since this IS a tavern lets talk Beer!
What is your favorite Brew?
I tend to go for more flavorful Micro-brews
Anchor Porter is smooth
Sam Adams makes a Cranberry Lambic that is really different.
Wagners is a local winery(finger lakes) that also has a micro- brewery, their Sled Dog DoppelBock is awesome.
What do you all reach for to wash down the sawdust?

Mr. T.

Just typing this has made me thirsty, Lemme see whats in the fridge.

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  1. Mike_Smith | Dec 08, 2001 02:15am | #1

    *
    crushed, i was...

    two weeks ago in the packy.. the clerk told me that Falstaff has stopped brewing Narragansett Beer...

    damn texans...

    now i'm down to Ballantine Ale...another Rhode Island classic brewed only in San Antone....

    god help us....

    1. Daniel_Dunn | Dec 08, 2001 02:25am | #2

      *Do they still make Lucky in the 11oz bottle with the sayings on the cap? sure drank a lot of that for 2 or 3 bucks a 12 pack. I'll take a corona with a lime.

      1. Rich_Watkins | Dec 08, 2001 02:34am | #3

        *I stopped drinking over 10 years ago, but when I did drink......loved to sample dark brews at the local ale house. In the summer nothing tasted better than an ice cold Labbats Blue. True story: fell asleep drunk with a cigarette in my mouth once......good thing I was laying in my driveway!

        1. Dave_Riggs | Dec 08, 2001 02:35am | #4

          *Czech Budvar the true king of beers, not Budweiser, the US imposter.

          1. bobl_ | Dec 08, 2001 03:14am | #5

            *My favorite microbrewer (SIL) stopped brewing. Have talk him into starting up again.

          2. piffin_ | Dec 08, 2001 03:44am | #6

            *your sister in law is a him?Mine is Shipyard export aleBut in Summer a NIce cold Busch is OK

          3. Cloud_Hidden | Dec 08, 2001 04:24am | #7

            *bobl must be from WV...Fav here is Southern Highland's Brewery Gaelic Ale, followed by their St. Theresa's Pale Ale. And you have to pour them into a glass or mug, because their color alone is worth the trip here.

          4. Keith_C | Dec 08, 2001 04:34am | #8

            *Miller High life....got a 16 gallon keg in the frig in the garage at all times. Miller on Tap at this builders house...lots of friends. Man do I love beer.

          5. Daryl(Newf)_Ferguson | Dec 08, 2001 05:01am | #9

            *...Labatt Blue......Pig Pak......(i.e....24)......Glug...glug...glug......n...

          6. Rob_Rehm | Dec 08, 2001 06:24am | #10

            *Fat tire when I'm in Denver. Hosters because I can always get it. The Buckeye Brewery has started back up in Toledo. The beer we used to swipe from our Grandfather. I think it taste the same.

          7. Keith_C | Dec 08, 2001 06:29am | #11

            *The one thing I like about the Canuks...they know how to drink beer! Start early in the morning, quit early in the morning... the national pastime! Got a cabin, ok ,"cottage" on Fraiser Lake(south of Barry's Bay) Have a few friends...love to drink....good times....

          8. Lisa_Long | Dec 08, 2001 06:35am | #12

            *Anchor Steam. Then Pacifico and Moosehead (another thing to like about Canada) - mostly for the memories.

          9. allen_schell | Dec 08, 2001 06:41am | #13

            *Dave, Those Czechs have a way with pilsners, try Pilsner Urquell......liquid gold!

          10. Mike_Maines_ | Dec 08, 2001 06:53am | #14

            *Mr. T, in Maine I like Shipyard, Gritty McDuffs, Sunday River Brew Pub's beers....in Boston, Cambridge Pale Ale. Nantucket's Cisco brewers make some really good beers, Whale's tale pale ale is the best....mmm, beer....

          11. Kevin_R._Craig | Dec 08, 2001 08:37am | #15

            *#1 LUCKY#2 JOHN LABATT CLASSIC#3 THE BETTER THE HEAD THE BETTER THE BEER24 HOURS IN A DAY 24 BEER IN A CASE COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT!

          12. Dave_Riggs | Dec 08, 2001 09:59am | #16

            *Allen, I'll hurt you now. I had Pilsener Urquell fresh on tap in Prague! My wife doesn't drink much at all. She tried one and got all smiley. The Czechs have the best beer drinking customs. You order a beer and they simply assume you want more and keep it coming until you wave them off! What a civilized way to quaff. For any of you back East who can get it, try Trois Monts from St. Sylvestre in Belgium. I think someone in Philly imports it.

          13. SHGLaw | Dec 08, 2001 02:07pm | #17

            *Anybody remember Old Miss Frothingslosh, The Stale Pale Ale with the Foam on the Bottom? Had the fat naked girl on the can?SHG

          14. Rich_Watkins | Dec 08, 2001 04:00pm | #18

            *SHG: Old Frothingslosh was Iron City Beer in a joke can. Iron City, brewed in Pgh. has been a mainstay here in the 'Burgh since I can remember.

          15. allen_schell | Dec 08, 2001 04:37pm | #19

            *Dave, that did hurt but thanks anyway, there's a place here in St. Louis that has draft Pilsner Urquell but fresh from the tap in Prague....wow.

          16. Greg_Brown | Dec 08, 2001 05:34pm | #20

            *mirror pond pale ale out of Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon.simply stated, nectar of the gods...Fat Tire out of Fort Collins, Co is quite the tasty brew, too...

          17. Tara_Gabriel | Dec 08, 2001 06:28pm | #21

            *There was a beer made by Coors a few years back called Herman Josephs. It was 6.5% dark ale, and boy did it go down smooth!Must have been too smooth for 6.5%--it was retired quickly.

          18. BEN_NOTHSTEIN | Dec 09, 2001 03:48am | #22

            *Yuengling Lager brewed in Pottsville PA, it goes down smooth but has a Heck of KICK....

          19. phil_eves | Dec 09, 2001 07:15pm | #23

            *...Shaftebury Cream Ale from here in B.C., preferably with hot wings....hmmmmm,gotta go now and source some product........

          20. bobl_ | Dec 09, 2001 11:55pm | #24

            *spent some time (visiting) in WV, but, nope, but SIL made some nice tasting beverages, he hails from NY.

          21. David_Mason | Dec 10, 2001 12:53am | #25

            *Alaskan Amber out of Juneau , AK. and Woodchuck Green Apple Cider.

          22. Getch | Dec 10, 2001 06:58pm | #26

            *Green Duff!Local slang on a friends J-24 for Gritty's Best Bitter. A Maine Micro brew.It keeps the skipper mellow and the racing fun!

          23. Stray_ | Dec 10, 2001 07:25pm | #27

            *prefer my home brew to anything...usually a smooth scotch ale (6-7%) or, if I've picked my hops lately, a hopped up IPA. Prefer ales to Lager.When I've drunk my own brew, and have to tied myself over for a while between batches...Allagash Anchor's "Liberty Ale"Middle Ages' "Impailed Ale"Pisner Uquell is hard to beat as mentioned above. I can get it on tap locally, but IN prauge! Have to do that some day!When I'm on a budget:Labbatts Blue or Molson Canadian.

          24. Cloud_Hidden | Dec 10, 2001 07:43pm | #28

            *Ohhhhh, you mean THAT kind of SIL, as opposed to the other kind of SIL that's your wife's sister! Computer police, we need an arbitration hearing on distinguishing SIL (son in law) from SIL (sister in law) be/c of the potential for confusion and bad jokes.

          25. Dave_Riggs | Dec 11, 2001 06:40pm | #29

            *Beer is the most honest drink. You can't water it down at the tap. You always know what you get. Even a poor man can have one. What could be more honest save water?

          26. Dan_Metzcus | Dec 11, 2001 08:24pm | #30

            *Any form of German Hefe Wiessen.

          27. teo_ | Dec 11, 2001 11:14pm | #31

            *Chimay. The Belgian Monks...no sex but they can have beer and they make it almost as good as.

          28. bobl_ | Dec 11, 2001 11:49pm | #32

            *sister in law would have been sIL.....as he ducks and hides

          29. crosscutt_ | Dec 12, 2001 01:57am | #33

            *Long Trail Ale from Vermont, very tasty, I hate to admit it being a flatlander and all...cc

          30. Tim_Thompson | Dec 12, 2001 03:02am | #34

            *Used to drink Michelob Classic Dark, now that I can't find it I prefer their Amber Bock. Having been lucky enough to be born in west Texas, I still have a soft spot for Lonestar.Tecate or Tres Equies are both good Mexican beers. To tell the truth though, my tastes run more to Barrel Proof Wild Turkey Rarebreed or Old Weller Antique. Of course Glenlivet or Glenfidich are pretty hard to beat.

          31. Mongo_ | Dec 15, 2001 10:35am | #35

            *I've got a bunch of three kinds of Chimay in the beer fridge. Good choice, teo.I'm a fan of trappist brews, as well as a couple of german brews...Augustiner Weiss and Warsteiner are two of my favorite summer beers.Wintertime, in addition to the hoppy Belgian trappist brews, I do go heavy. SS Oatmeal Stout, Guiness.Year-round, Newcastle is good.I surely do like beer, and I like variety. I usually have about 20-25 different offerings on ice.

          32. kai_ | Dec 15, 2001 10:57am | #36

            *Hiya Mr.T, I rarely like beer except during hot summers, and w/a basket full of lemons or limes, plus coarse salt, but Karl Strauss's Oatmeal Stout (have you tried this Mongo? I'll send you some, if you like and can't get it) is hearty, as in harTAY!I actually posted this recommendation in Knots over a year ago when there was a car discussion going on. Recommendation stands, but I've never been to a brewery since.Ol' Karl has a going concern. He wandered by my table once, I praised his Oatmeal Stout, he smiled and wandered off.This stuff is rich, but not like motor oil at all. Y'all have ~6 months to figure out a better brew I'll like by then :-) TIA Cheers!

          33. gtwilkins_ | Dec 15, 2001 02:25pm | #37

            *Very lucky here in the Kootenays, we have a micro called Nelson Brewing Co. NBC, they make the best stout and ales I've had for years. Available at liquor stores in B.C. The oatmeal stout will make you whimper with delight.so long from the Kootenays,gtw

          34. Sandy_Winfrey | Dec 15, 2001 02:41pm | #38

            *37 messages and about 4 beers Ive heard of.......wow! Anybody else drink my brand?.....PBR

          35. Andy_Engel_ | Dec 15, 2001 02:49pm | #39

            *Yuengling Black and Tan, whose absence is the one down side to having moved to Connecticut.I've got a few bottles left of some great stout that I brewed up with some friends back in September. We never named it, but it's thick like pancake syrup, has a great, thick head and is hoppy as a three-legged race.Andy

          36. allen_schell | Dec 15, 2001 04:37pm | #40

            *Andy,Did you use malt extracts or do the all grain route? Brewing is great fun but it is oh so time consuming and hard work. Very rewarding when you get a good batch!Allen

          37. Keith_C | Dec 15, 2001 05:57pm | #41

            *Sandy, I'm with you! Leave it to these artsy-fartsy guys to overthink and analyze(see the first part of analyze is ANAL) something as pure and simple as beer. Merry Christmas to all.

          38. Mongo_ | Dec 15, 2001 06:41pm | #42

            *And there's the rub, Keith..."Beer, pure and simple" is what the europeans are best at. Especially the Germans, where law dictates the 4 ingredients. The beer actually tastes like what beer is supposed to taste like. Beer.The popularity of microbrews in the US has been a good thing, though whenever one reaches a certain level of populatiry it seems to be taken over by a corporate giant, and the once tasty microbrew soon becomes just another mass-produced, over-priced, average product.That said, there is a huge difference in a European beers brewed for consumption in Europe, and the same European beer brewed, then pasteurized, for export to the States.Happy holidays...

          39. Andy_Engel_ | Dec 15, 2001 07:16pm | #43

            *Allen, we used malt extracts, as well as some cracked grain that was boiled in the wort. In the end, it's about fun and that alone justifies using extact. Most of the guys I work with hung out in my kitchen for a couple of hours on two Saturdays for brewing and bottling. We did 15 gallons, 5 each of bitter, IPA and stout. The social aspect completely made up for the drudgery of sanitizing and bottling.Andy

          40. RuthAnn | Dec 16, 2001 02:32am | #44

            *I miss Iron City Beer. Can't find it anywhere in California. Have a few for me please, Rich. At least I have my Iron City Beer T-Shirt.I love dark beers too. Was drinking a Guinness one night and my brother said "Ewuch! How can you drink that stuff?"you don't know beer, I told him.

          41. Tim_Rice | Dec 20, 2001 04:26pm | #45

            *Gotto go with the homebrewers, here. Unless you infect it, it hard to make a bad beer!Off the shelf, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.Don't worry, be hoppy!

          42. Adrian_Wilson | Dec 20, 2001 05:26pm | #46

            *Breakfast is the most important beer of the day...

          43. Adrian_Wilson | Dec 20, 2001 05:30pm | #47

            *yeah....why make wheat into bread whenyou can make it into beer? Huh?Kolsch is great too. Actually, I'm pretty much okay with any German beer I've had.

          44. Andy_Engel_ | Dec 20, 2001 08:24pm | #48

            *I've been drinking Long Trail Copper Ale lately, which isn't bad for something not made in my basement. We've got a microbrewery just up the road in Watertown, CT that's pretty good too. Hammer and Nail is the name, which, when you think about it, might be the perfect "official" beer of FHB. Andy

          45. Bill_Richardson | Dec 21, 2001 12:41am | #49

            *How about "free beer" is the best beer.I have drunk a lot of different beers all over the world, but I have to say (I agree w/Sandy) that PBR was or is one of the best I have ever drank. There I was.....standing next to my humvee, enjoying one of those refreshing pauses, on some god forsaken road in the middle of nowhere in southeast Turkey a week approx. after the gulf conflict. Traffic is almost zero and another vehicle approaches, a Toyota 4x4 and its full of magazine reporters and gear, who stop to say hello and whats up? Lo and behold one of them hands a can of PBR to myself and the one other passenger with me. It was the only one they had and it was now "ours", it was luke warm and I hadn't had any type of alcohol for awhile, that was the best beer I have ever had. We drank it, said thank you and never mentioned it to anyone as alcohol was and is prohibited in many areas of the world like that. Don't know and don't care how they got it in country. After another month of fun in the sun, back to Germany and thats another beer story for some other time. Happy and safe holidays.

          46. AJinNZ_ | Dec 21, 2001 01:08am | #50

            *A few weeks ago I had some organic beer. Soooooo good. but at $5 per bottle not an every day drink.Next in line would be Montieths, brewed on the West Coast. Their limited run 'summer' beer is excellent.

          47. allen_schell | Dec 21, 2001 01:28am | #51

            *Organic beer? Lets see.... you have malted barley, yeast, hops, water....I guess the barley was raised without any chemicals. Are you sure this isn't a gimmick? like handnailing is better?That reminds me of the Reinheitsgehbot in Germany ( a 500 year old law that says beer can only be made of the basic 4 ingredients.....where would that leave US brewerys and their watery rice concoction?

          48. AJinNZ_ | Dec 21, 2001 03:19am | #52

            *Allen, yup, it really is organic. The hops and barley are grown using orgainic methods, also things used to 'purify' tanks, bottles etc are carefully chosen. A lot of 'factory' brews I call 'chemical beer'. They really do taste different and for me even a small over indulgence results in feeling quite hung over and ill far beyond what would be expected for the amount consumed.I once lived near a winery that sold fruit wines. This stuff not only tasted amazing, but even after a new year bash, no hangover. I can only think it is due to the lack of crap that other things have in them.

          49. allen_schell | Dec 21, 2001 03:25am | #53

            *AJ, Your right, sanitizing would involve some nasty stuff like chlorine or iodine....on the other hand maybe the organic folks use an oxy type sanitizer or maybe they boil, I can see more labor hence 5$ a bottle.....thats why you don't get a head ache, you can't afford it! :0

          50. Mark_"if_I_were_a_carpenter | Dec 21, 2001 04:42am | #54

            *The one thing I miss more than anything else since moving from Texas to Iowa is the weather. The second is the beer. What I wouldn't give for a Zeigenbock or a Shiner bock right now... Weather schmether! I really miss those bocks!

          51. Mongo_ | Dec 21, 2001 05:14pm | #55

            *Bill, Right on. When I was in the service, whenever we did an ocean-crossing, the person who met us on the ground at the destination always tossed a beer up to us right after we chocked in and popped the canopy. Great refreshment after spending 8-10 hours cooped up in the cockpit.MAXX Beer on Wake Island...probably the worst best beer I ever had.

          52. Mr.T | Dec 22, 2001 03:17am | #56

            *Adrian, One of my favorite T-shirts reads;Home Brew, Its not just for breakfast any more!got it at Harbor home brew supply in the Old Port section of Portland Maine. Great place to shop. Always at least a couple of kegs of their latest creations on tap for sampling. Lots of good advice and quality Ingredients. Gotta get the brew kit out of storage and cook something up!T (thirsty)

          53. Daryl(Newf)_Ferguson | Dec 22, 2001 05:51am | #57

            *...The stuff in the brown bottles, at this stage......Newf...

  2. Mr.T | Dec 22, 2001 05:51am | #58

    *
    Since this IS a tavern lets talk Beer!
    What is your favorite Brew?
    I tend to go for more flavorful Micro-brews
    Anchor Porter is smooth
    Sam Adams makes a Cranberry Lambic that is really different.
    Wagners is a local winery(finger lakes) that also has a micro- brewery, their Sled Dog DoppelBock is awesome.
    What do you all reach for to wash down the sawdust?

    Mr. T.

    Just typing this has made me thirsty, Lemme see whats in the fridge.

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