Just thought I'd start a discussion about one of the most important things you need when watching Footy, or any other sports. I've recently had the misfortune of actually trying a "Chang" beer, it reminded me of oyster water! I really hope that those poor bitters at goodison aren't held hostage by their shirt sponsor and forced to drink such a foul excuse for brew. I must say that I don't really get the chance to try ALL the different beers of the world. I'm limited to whatever the liqour stores around me carry. As far as European beer, I love Carlsberg and Newcastle. If you guys can tell me of something else I should try let me know, I always want to try new things. As far as American beer goes, my favorite is Miller genuine draft, if I go somewhere that it's not available, then Budweiser will usually do as I prefer FULL taste. As far as Mexican beer is concerned, I think Corona has done a good job of marketing themselves, but cannot hold a candle to Dos Equis. Being Puerto Rican and going back there every few years I always jones for my Medalla beer, (If you're ever in P.R. you can't go wrong with that), and once in a while you can get the Dominican beer Presidente which is awesome. When I was in the Marines and spent a lot of time in Japan and Okinawa, I really didn't find any beer that's worth mentioning, I tried Asahi, Kirin and another one I can't remember. Well anyway, I look forward to you sharing your fave brew, so I can try new things when I get the chance! Cheers mates!
I'm mainly a lager man these days. I used to drink tons and tons of ales, stouts, etc, etc. But I normally stick to Harp, Stella, Becks, etc, etc now. I occasionally have a Guinness. Tecate is normally purchased at 2:15AM when no one wants to keep drinking and we're on the way to some sort of after party.
If I have my choice, I drink a lot of Belgian or Belgian style beers, but I don't like white beers. I also like Fin Du Monde, Delirium Tremens, those as well. But at the pub watching the match? Stella Artois all the way. Yum.
Fat Tire- I think it is easily one of the best beers in the world. Guinness- I think it speaks for itself. Got a few local Brew Pubs here in my small Illinois town that deserve a shout. The Uncommon Stout at Bent River Brewery. Ale brewed with copious amounts of coffee. Great after dinner drink.
Carlsberg and Newkie Brown are my faves. Also Fosters is pretty nice (and is what I usually end up having cause few places nr me have Carlsberg on tap). Sol is pretty nice, and so is Cobra (its an Indian beer I believe and its pretty strong). Oh and can't forget Erdinger or Hoegaarden. Theyre Wheat beer
A beer you may want to try from England is Old Speckled Hen, I have found it in a few stores and a pub I frequent had it as a special on tap, I did manage quite a few that evening. Boddingtons is a manchester brew that is very good on Draught but crap in a tin, even with a widget. Thekstons is a Yorkshire Ale that is very strong, if you can get Old Peculiar that is the best they do. One thing I have found on my travels is that English beer does not travel well and the only way to truely taste the different beers is to go there and drink as many different ones as you can. http://www.camra.org.uk/SHWebClass.ASP?WCI=ShowDoc&DocID=13034 I highly recommend this as a great couple of days boozing, free ale and food!!!!! I went to a smaller version a couple of years ago and don't remember much so it must have been good.
All we have on draft here in my local in sunny downtown Stanwood, Washington is Guinness and Newcastle Brown. It's nice when the barman sees you park your car and walk on in that he's already pulling your pint. When I travel I always carry my "Blood type card and this" Language - Beer Afrikaans bier Albanian birrë Arabic beereh (biræ) Azerbaijani pivo Basque garagardoa Belorussian piva Bengali beer Breton bier Bulgarian bira Catalan cervesa Chechenian jij Chinese (Mandarin) pi jiu Croatian pivo Czech pivo Danish øl Dutch bier English beer, ale Esperanto biero Estonian õlu Faeroese øl, bjór Finnish olut, kalja Flemish bier French bière Frisian bier Gaelic (Scotland) leann (lionn), beòir Galician (Galego) cerveja / cervexa German (High) Bier German (Low) Beer Greek mpíra (bira), zýthos Hawaiian pia Hebrew beera Hindi beer Hungarian sör Icelandic öl, bjór Ido biro Indonesian bir Interlingua bira Irish (Gaeilge) beoir Italian birra Japanese biiru Korean mek-ju Kurdish bîre Lappish (Sámi) vuola Latin cerevisia, cervisia Latvian alus Lithuanian alus Luganda bbiya Macedonian pivo Malay bir Manx (Gaelg Vannin) lhune, beer Neo biro Nepali biyar, jad Norwegian (bm & nn) øl Occitan (Provencal) bièra, cervesa Persian (Farsi) ab'jo Police Motu bia Polish piwo Portugese cerveja Quechua sirbisa Rheto-Rumansch biera Romanian bere Russian pivo Serbian pivo Sesotho jwala Slovak pivo Slovene pivo Spanish cerveza Swahili bia, pombe Swedish öl Tagalog (Pilipino) serbesa Thai bia Turkish bira Ukrainian pivo Vietnamese bia Volapük bil Welsh cwrw Xhosa ibhiye Yiddish bir Zulu utshwala http://www.geocities.com/mosvends/beer.html
Now here's a thread I can really sink my teeth in to! Stout - 'Beamish' or 'Guinness' Pilsner - The original 'Urquell' or 'Bitburger' Plain old Lager - Kronenbourg Ale - My favourite type of beer so it's tough to pick just one, but if I have to go with a more mainstream ale, then I'm with Stan - 'Old Speckled Hen' it is. Wheat Beer - 'Erdinger'. Sorry if you heard this one before, but here goes... How is American beer and having sex in a canoe the same? [result]They're both f*#king close to water![/result] Interesting fact - There are more calories in 12oz of Budweiser than in 12oz of Guinness.
Finally, a thread I actually can contribute something of semi-intelligence to! My credentials: I've been brewing all-grain beer since the late 80's. I have three kegerators in my garage, 24/7, one of which has my home brew in it. I go to homebrewing club meetings (which makes me a dork by association but I don't care) I have a Guinness tattoo on my arm My favorites: Spaten Optimator Dopplebock Paulaner Salvator Dopplebock Ayinger Celebrator Dopplebock Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout Aass Bock Mackeson XXX Triple Stout Gosser Dark Lager Mammoth Brewing Company Amber Ale A lot of people prefer Aventinus doppelbock, but it's made with wheat and I don't really care for wheat beers all that much. I understand why people like Newkie Brown, but having it side-by-side in my garage next to Optimator makes it taste like piss. Most of my guests say so as well. I actually have a sign over my Optimator tap that says "Hosts" and one over the Newcastle that says "Guests". I'm not a big fan of Mexican beer, but Negra Modela ain't so bad. I heard somewhere that German immigrants brought a dark lager recipe with them and started brewing it in Mexico back in the day. As for South American beers, Xingu from Brazil is pretty tasty. We have a lot of good macrobrews in the USA, Rogue being a pretty good example, and Anderson Valley as well. I'm in the process of finalizing my own doppelbock recipe, tentatively named "Re-animator". My label shows a goat (the traditional mascot of bock and dopplebock beer) with x's for eyes, busting out of a grave, to drink it from a bucket. The slogan is "So good, you'll come back from the dead for it!" If I ever get financing, I hope to distribute it worldwide. If you ever see it on the shelf, give it a try. And of course I intend to sneak some sort of LFC reference on my label. But that will be our secret. The link below is an excellent resource to hear about the world's "best beers", according to reviewers. I guarantee there will be 100's of beers you've never heard of, and they divide it into 90 or so different categories. It even gives you the worst beers of the world. Fun to browse. http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Ratings-Beer.asp Cheers!
Nice post, now we know why the name "Fat and Ugly!" Let me know when you distribute on the West Coast. Funny I used to drink Mackie Mixed back in my teens a couple of years ago. Mackie mixed was Half a pint of Walkers, Tetleys or Higsons Mild with a bottle of Mackies stout poured in a pint glass. It was pretty popular back then. The only larger beers we could get was to go to the American Bar on Lime Street and get Carsburg.....on ice. The did have Bud but it was for decoration only, no body drank that piss.
You mean the "Official Beer of the Premier League" and the only adult beverage available at the Nike Trafford Dome and Chelski Bridge? You wouldn't drink that?
When I was in London a few years back, that's what I mainly saw people drinking. I remember most corner stores having coolers with two rows of Newcastle, two rows of Becks, etc, etc and then like ten rows of Bud.
My time spent in England was mostly spent in the pubs. I remember drinking a lot of Bass, Worthingtons, and Guinness. Tried several others that I can't remember right now. Basically I tried everything I could find that had the hand-pumped taps. I like the Bass in England much better in the UK than here in the States. It doesn't have the creamy texture over here. I was just amazed at the amount of people paying more for a 12 ounce Bud in a bottle than a pint of something on tap. Since our chief exports seem to be McDonalds and Bud, I can see why the rest of the world hates us! Over here in the States I enjoy Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, and Gordon Biersch. And while most of the Mexican beers aren't that rich or flavorful, they can be refreshing in the summer when it's too hot to really enjoy anything too dark.
An interesting aside; Way back when I was 21, I went into Walton Hospital for an ear infection. (Never combine parachuting and scuba diving) Found out from a nurse I used to sneak out at night with, that the patients on the maternity ward got 2 bottles of guinness a day as part of their dietary suppliment. Made for healthy babies and healthy scousers. My friend made sure I got my share, had to keep up my strength.
Yeah, I know it's about beer ... but did anybody see the Brady-Pacquiao fight? A truly odd result-- "fix" is the word I'd use.
My move to Laramie, has brought me closer to good beer from the many breweries in CO....Laramie has two of their own (Altitude and The Library). Both turn out some decent brew.
