In celebration of my first full term as MoDB, let's talk about the "B".

What beers do you like, which ones don't you like, which ones have you heard of and would like to try, but haven't gotten a chance to try yet?

Here's the ones I've tried in my lifetime:

Labatt Blue - This is what they have on sale at Blue Jackets games. Stretching back in my memory to when they actually played a game I saw, I remember it was a decent and easy-drinking beer.

Molson Canadian (in a can) - Tried this once at my favorite bar when they were out of Killian's. I remember thinking it was pretty good.

Killian's Irish Red - My absolute favorite. Goes down smooth, and the taste is neither too bland nor too bitter.

Leinenkugel's Red - A brew that originates from Wisconsin and isn't widely available outside of that state (though I can find it here in a store where the supply is wide), this amber is somewhat sharper-tasting than Killian's, also very good.

Yuengling - An amber microbrew from somewhere in Pennsylvania, I've never seen it here and I'm just one state over. Somewhere between Killian's and Leinie's Red in taste, and of course very good--I've noticed I'm very high on ambers in recent history.

Anchor Porter - Specialty brew from San Francisco, also not widely available here. I tried it for the first time recently and found it to be sort of "high contrast"--I could actually taste sweet along with bitter while drinking it. Not bad, although the price tag ($8.99 here) is a little high for something that isn't "great".

Samuel Adams - Another amber, this is a little harsher than Leinie's and thus I don't drink it very often. But I still prefer it over the American macrobrews....

Michelob AmberBock - A decent effort, a little bit more on the bland side than Killian's. Cheap at another bar I go to, so that's what I choose to drink there.

Guinness - Very heavy, very bitter. Not a beer I'd drink often.

Christian Moerlein (can't remember the variety, but it was probably Select Lager) - Microbrew from Cincinnati, tried it at a Reds game. By far the best beer available at the Great American Ballpark, and I'd recommend it if you ever take a visit to the Queen City.

Dirty Dick's Ale - English brew, inoffensive to the palate. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Miller Genuine Draft - My favorite of the American macrobrews, though that isn't saying much.

Budweiser, Bud Light, Coors, Coors Light - Grouped together because they fall into the same category: "I'll drink it if it's free." Not exactly a glowing recommedation but lots of folks I know buy the Bud brands (we're a Bud town, there's a plant about three miles from my house).

I've also tried Beck's Dark, Warsteiner, Bass Pale Ale, and (I think) Heineken. I don't recall much about them because it was so long ago--I was obviously unimpressed at the time, though I don't know how I'd feel about them today.

I've got a couple on my list I'd like to try: Stella Artois, Erdinger, and Mythos. Stella Atrois seems the most easily available around here so that's probably what I'll try next.

Stella Atrois - hubby liked it, I didn't.

Today is the first day of 'no alcohol of any kind for a while'.

'Nuff said! :cry:

:lol:

None? How come? And how long is a "while"?

Because I feel like 'cleaning up'. A while will probably be a few months - ish...lol.
Time will tell. :)
Maybe out to dinner every once in a while I might have a drink or two, but I've been sitting on my ass drinking too many beer for a few months now.


Oh - and it's been 3 years as of yesterday that I quit smoking! (Cigarettes) :P :D
Not even one puff, as I know through experience it only leads to half a smoke and then "just one", etc... <_<
I still chew Nicorettes, but I cut them in four and use them less and less.
Except some days at work. :P :lol:

The best beer I've ever had is Keith's India Pale Ale, out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've had Killian's too, and it was good, but I think Keith's is a little better. ^_^

Never had beer. ^_^

... oh, um, I mean, me either. Yes. That's it. I'm a good little boy. Honest. :angel:

:lol:

I can understand the feeling--I ought to cut back, myself.

So what *do* you like to drink?

Hey, congratulations! Always good to get rid of the ol' cancer sticks--I have some friends who have stopped in the time that I've known them and it would be nice if everyone I knew could quit. With the new smoking ban in effect as of the end of this month, that may not be very far-fetched...

Oh, yeah! I drink Extra Old Stock.
I do believe that anyone who has mentioned it hasn't liked it much.
I started drinking it way back when it was one of the stronger beers. Mid 70's.

Thanks for the congrats! :)

Provincewide public smoking ban in effect as of Jan 1/2005.

Go team! ^_^

It it's banned indoors here....they're still working on the "in all public places" part.

The lobbying websites:

Ontario Gov't: www.stupid.ca
Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council: www.mychoice.ca

(I love that the ON gov't has a website called stupid.ca :P )

lol. And we get the Stupid.ca ads here in Alberta... my parents always swear at it when they see them. It's humorous ^_^

That's a good site.

I have to sympathize with the smokers, though - they are the new 'scum of the earth'.

Aw man, I thought we'd all be talking about me.
Oh well, my 2nd favourite subject then.

Guinness is the all time fave. As for Canadian beer, any and all Unibroue, which has already been discussed at length but am always willing to chat more. Current favourite draft selection is McAuslan's Apricot Wheat Beer. Hard to come by on tap.

Many, many, many, many more, alas no time at the moment. Will check back soon.

Great start, Red

Would the nation of the Minister of Doughnuts and Beer tell this assembly if they have introduced Labatt WildCat and or Molson XXX as a beverage and how their nation took it if they did?

Personally, I wouldn't refer to them as beverage. But I'm known among my friends as the one who never drinks cheap beer. For me, Molson, Labatt, Anheuser-Busch (well written? Unsure...) are like the McDo's of beer, so I don't drink them. What's funny is most of those friends shouldn't accept drinking them either for the same reason...

«Labatt WildCat: quand t'en bois une, t'en pisses quat'.»

My favourites are: most beers by Unibroue (Trois-Pistoles way first), and I'm also a big fan of Belgian beers, most of all Chimay Bleue and the Duchesse de Bourgogne... And when I go to the Café du Temps Perdu, close to the University, I often take a pint of Saint-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout (from McAuslan) with my "European" hot-dog... Hmmm...

Great experience of my life: drinking a «chevalier» (1 liter glass) of Mort Subite Gueuze in a pub downtown Brussels... ^_^

As far as I've been able to discern, they're not available here. Obviously I haven't tried either one.

They are cheap drinks.
But having a small economy (aka Student Budget living on own) Beer Is Beer! lol

.......even if it tastes god awful or not to standards with "the norm."

I've had Wildcat, it's OK for a "Summer" beer. Summer beers are those which are fine for popping and draining before they drop 1/4 degree of temperature, usually used when it's just too hot to care what it tastes like.

Of course now that we have a beer rep on our soccer team, we get some pretty nice beer for the post game recovery session. B)

That's true--and one of the reasons I almost exclusively drank Budweiser when I was still in college--but if you look in the right places, you can find budget prices on good beers. My favorite bar serves Killian's at two bucks apiece ((and this is a place where a Bud is 1.75...)

Being a student too, my advice is as follows:
put your money on more necessary things before "wasting" your money in beer... as far as I'm concerned, WildCat and such are a waste of money anyway. I'd rather have one Trois-Pistoles per month than 30 Budweisers per day.

Seriously, I'm always amazed when I hear fellow students saying they wonder how they'll find the money to eat for the last week of the month, between two bottles of beer in parties.
I suppose that's part of being a real student... ^_^
I'll see next year when I'm in apartment and I really start needing money.

Well, one of the things when I was a student was that I wasn't *buying* the beer.

Rest assured, if the beer is freely offered, I'll take whatever they have--but if I'm buying, I buy the good stuff (even if I'm on a budget)

Ah, let's resurrect an old thread...

Over the weekend I went to a bar where they had beer for pretty cheap prices--only $2.50 for imports and specialties--and they actually served Stella Artois.

I liked it a lot--it reminded me of the Yuengling I had mentioned in my initial post. It's definitely worth it at that price.

I don't fancy myself as much of a beer conneseur. But when I was in Germany, it seemed every little town had its own brewery and those were definately the best beers I've ever had and a LOT stronger than this domestic stuff.

Stella is a nice beer - the feel of an ale with lighter flavor

We have lots of great microbrews in northern colorado. And apparently I will go off the wagon to take sample now and then.

There used to be something called the Tommyknocker brewery, which I think was from Colorado. They had a great Maple Beer. I heard that the Tommyknocker brewery went bankrupt soon after I purchased some of their beer. If one of the Canadian beer makers were smart, they'd drape themselves in the flag and buy the Maple Beer recipe, and release it here in Canada. It could be Labatt's or Big Rock's counter to the Molson Canadian brand.

You can still get Tommyknocker rootbeer and gingerbeer around here. Not sure about the alcoholic products. My suspicion is that another brewery just took over the kiddie drinks.

The mayor of Denver - John Hickenlooper - has a brewery in lower downtown Denver and he makes some wexcellent stuff. Ever near Coors Field, be sure to try out Wynkoop's.

its been probably a good year since ive drank. im gonna keep it that way. consumption of alcohol is against my beliefs. enjoy your beers.

Living in Yuengling territory I'd have to say it's over rated. It's an okay beer and the fact that it's a little cheaper makes it a good beer for a summer gathering. I don't recommend going out of your way to get it.

If you would like a good tasting lager at a good price point I recommend:

JW Dundee's Honey Brown.

https://www.highfalls.com/default.html

I actually like it a lot--I probably wouldn't go out of my way to get it, either, though, because it's still not as good as Killian's, my personal favorite--which is available everywhere. I tried the Yuengling after my sister brought some back following a trip to Pennsylvania about a year ago (in fact, I believe the trip was for Pennsic, which any member of the SCA should know about...)

Update:

Tommyknocker still in business. Maple Ale and Wheat Ale still available widely. They are based out of the restaurant by the same name, in Idaho Springs, CO.

Chocolate Stout on tap..... check it if you can

i swear this is the best stuff ive ever had.

Guinness milk shakes, and that's all I'm sayin'.