Favourite Beer

Which is your Favourite Beer

Gimme Traditional German Beer over the commercial crap anyday.Taste so good.

its quite difficult to get hold of in your local working mens club

Yeah,all the beer in the pubs in england are watered down im sure.Im not a drinker anyway in UK,just when i go to Germany,Licker

to be honest if its wet ill drink it

I bet you would.

at the minute all im drinking is Magners with ice chased with a pint of carling lol

I can't stand cider.Also rots ya teeth.

ill just brush them harder

Used to be Corona, but Budweiser now.

Nothing light, that's for sure.

Right now its Stella. Usually Beck's or St. Pauli Girl, whichever is on sale. Also like Dos Equis with Mex food, and if I am in the UK or Ireland, Guinness Draft.


Bud, Corona and Miller are watered down piss.

Is it only the English that call Stella Artios(wife-beater)

My husband was told that on a trip to London. He wasn't sure if his London colleagues were pulling his leg or not when they told him that if he ordered a wife-beater, the bartender would give him a Stella Artois.

A friend of mine was recently in London and ordered a different beer that was also an Artois, but not Stella. He couldn't remember the name of it, but he said it was very good.

I drink a lot of Stella and i have never raised my hands to my wife...well apart from trying to protect myself when she's had to much Stella

And lest we forget it was Marlon Brando's favorite beer. Remember his immortal line:

STELLA! STELLLLLLLLA!

I'd love to say Stella or Kirin or Moretti, anything foreign and eclectic, but the truth of the matter is, I've been drinking Coors Light for over twenty years. I seldom stray from it. When I do, it's usually for an ice-cold Becks or Heineken.

Well i won't be stopping at yours at the meet up.

Neither will i mate

In college my favorite was Molson Golden, eh.

In our broke 20's it was the cheapest shit my roommates and I could get our hands on, usually Old Milwaukee for $2/six-pack

Later, I acquired a taste for microbrews, foreign beers, and basically anything but American pilsners -- Sam Adams was my favorite for a while, plus Guinness, the best brew in the world.

During this period we would also brew our own - mostly stouts, porters, bocks, ales, etc.

But those didn't help my waistline any, so I switched to Miller Lite and have mostly been drinking that ever since -- just switching to Miller Lite I lost 15 pounds! Every other Light beer is wretched, BTW. I love Original Coors, but cannot stand Coors Light or any Bud product whatsoever. Miller or bust!

I'm also not a fan of bitter beers like Heineken.

My favorite Summertime brew is Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse and I'll indulge now and then. Delicious!


Boddingtons rocks, too...



...but as I said, the real winner is...

Staropramen or LCL. Possibly.

You have selected some outstanding ones here. A decent wheat beer is Blue Moon. It is made by Coors either in Canada or the US.

i enjoy blue moon but only a few as it starts to get a bit heavy

We had a lovely little brewery near us, but it went out of business. They made a copper ale that would knock you on your ass after two. I don't remember ever being that drunk off of beer, especially after only two.

I'm really not a big beer drinker. But I do remember being served this wretched German beer at a friend's house once. It was from this little town in Germany that counted on their hops harvest and brew for their income. All the hops were in one silo and it caught fire. Because the entire town counted on the harvest and the beer, they made the beer with the blackened hops. The people decided that this would be their "signature", so they made it that way every year from then on. It was awful.

Mountain Valley Brew Pub - makers of Ruffian Copper Ale.
Excellent brew; allegedly won awards. You're trying to make me homesick SB

I like lots of different beer. Mostly ales and lagers. Wherever I am I usually try the local draught. Don't care for light beer except when playing golf. 7 or 8 do help my game.

What annoys me is that it takes so damn long to get drunk on beer.

Is that the only reason you drink beer??

One of them, I'd have to say it's a major reason.

Then drink hard stuff... its quicker!

So why is your name "Longneck?"

Yeah, but it doesn't taste as good. Beer seems better suited for relaxing and liquor is for getting smashed.



I have a long neck!

Like Geoff, I have favored Molson Golden for many years, and feel nothing beats a cold Guinness. I also have drunk Blue Moon this year and enjoy it...even though it is served with an orange wedge.

The cheap beer when I was younger was Genessee, brewed in the Poconos. Of the commercial beers today I like Miller Light Draft, and I surprisingly like Miller Chill. I have long been a fan of Rolling Rock too, but Moosehead rates top on my list.

There is a local delicious microbrew called Troeg's, which comes in several varieties, including the "Mad Elf", which comes out around Christmas time. It's relatively expensive, but I keep a case on hand for parties or gifts. It's very good.

Hmmmm!
Mad Elf sounds an intriguing brew Klydon......
If you drink to much of it do you indeed turn into a Mad Elf?

... or what is Mad Elf made with??

Out here in the Great American West, there are just tons of "microbrews" available, one better than the other. I think the only state that has more microbrews than Arizona is Colorado. (I put "microbrew" in quotes because most of them are made to order by big breweries.) My favorites right now are Pyramid Apricot Weitzen, Modolo Especial, and New Belgium Abbey. Stella Artois is good, but it's often over the hill by the time it gets out here. Blue Moon is nice, too. Two of the restaurants in town brew their own, and all of their offerings (especially their red ales) are excellent.

when i was living in the us the first drink i had was blue moon i got to camp in new hampshire my boss showed me my living quaters then went back to his office they was two guys sharing with me there first words were wanna 'blue moon' after that we were the best of freinds!its a shame you cant buy it in the UK

http://www.troegs.com/beers_elf.htm

the above link should give a good description of this red ale. Yogi, it has surely turned many into mad elves.

Hey that looks great Klydon!
Could you send me a bottle?
I would love to try it!
Just pour it into an envelope and post it...
Most of it will get here..

last weekend we tried the polish equivalent of Budweiser it was called Budvar tasted exactley the same but it was cheaper and alot stronger

Yes Chopper,had Budvar before.
Good stuff!

Kly - you sure about Genny being brewed in the Poconos? I always figured New York State - Lake Genessee; one of the Finger Lakes?

I tried Miller Chill - OK, but too much lime if you're drinking more than one. Moosehead is a long way from Miller Light Draft. Rolling Rock in bottles only.

This weekend I had a couple of Anchor Steam drafts. The bartender said that it has 6.5% alcohol. I didn't really feel them that much. They were good though. Sat on the deck of Mike's restaurant in Riva, MD, on the South River (the other side of the river is Annapolis). Beautiful setting for enjoying any beer. In fact, I find the place where you drink the beer is almost as important as the choice of beer.

That's right -- The Genesee Brewing Company (now called High Falls Brewing Company) is in Rochester, NY...

JW Dundee Honey Brown! I haven't had one of those in awhile. I'm getting thirsty.

I'm always thirsty

Thats Northerners for you.

in the North Yorkshire lads are known for our beer consuption (hey if you lived in yorkshire youd know why we drink so much)

Us Geordies hardly touch a drop

When we're asleep.....

Was out last night!
Drank Fosters!
Cooking lager

It is though is'nt it mate?
Fosters on draught in the popular bars in the city centre is just piss

All Lager in City and town centers is shite,and overpriced when we go into Sheffield center you pay 3 pounds a pint and it tastes like piss i hate drinking out Bottles but when im in town i have to its the only way to get a decent drink

Hear,hear mate!
Hear,hear!

the further out of town/city you get the better the beer gets its weird and if you go into a working mens club like my local one (ill just plug the worksop miners welfare hopefully someone will read it and ill get free beer :D) the beer is great and cheap i dont understand why the pubs in the city center cant serve good beer

I'm a Miller man. My favorite beer was MGD but once they released Miller Chill, I have a new winner:

San Miguel Beer for me.

GoodFella

Hey Oggie! Wazzzup???

I just read that 100 years ago there were something like 30 independent breweries in Brooklyn alone, and that people would
go to the butcher, the baker, the greengrocer and the brewer on their regular shopping trips.

Apparently the giant manufacturers pretty much took over after WWII, but now they are in a panic because of the rise of microbreweries in the U.S. and abroad, as well as the superior products that are imported. Supposedly thats why Coors-Molson is now looking to take over Miller. They have to be huge to remain competitive.

hi Consigliere! i'm still browsing the forums but this time decided to post just to let you Fellas know i'm still here! haha! its good to see the number one BB is still going strong and growing bigger! take care SC! Ciao!

GoodFella

Great to see you Oggie. I was wondering where the hell you've been. If we had San Miguel beer here I'd drink a couple in your honor.

hi bestfriend Beth. i'm still here alive and kicking.
take care my friend.

GoodFella

My favourite beer is the one in my hands, the one I want to love, and kiss, and get naked and hug.

I have phases. Carlsberg has always been my generic 'go to' beer. It's the best for value you can get. However I will have San Miguel (good choice Oggie), or Stella. If my stomach is alright I'll got for German wheat beers - Hoergaarden etc. But my latest phase has been for Peroni and Stellas tamer sister - Peeterman Artois.

Sadly I don't drink much beer anymore. My livers enemies are wine, cider and cocktails when I see them on offer.

hey Turi! good to see you again Mate!
back to topic. hehe. another choice for me is Budweiser.

GoodFella

This evening i had my first beer in months and to be honest i don't know what the fuss is about its expensive and it doesn't taste very good.

What brand, DeNiro?

Beer can be expensive if you buy it in bars or restaurants. I usually stop at my beer distributor once a week because friends usually stop by Sunday evenings. I usually stock Miller Lites(about $21 a case) and Blue Moons and the winter brew, Full Moon. I have a case of Troeg's Mad Elf (see the top of this page), which runs about $46 a case, but this is produced in limited supply.

How much beer is considered a "case"?

24 cans or bottles.

You could also buy it by the woven things you take on a picnic, but you'd have a basket case on your hands then.

I was talking about the general taste of commercial beer,its not a nice taste ,i don't miss beer one bit..

Do you lie in bed at night dreaming up this stuff?

It helps if you have a couple of six packs of Coors in your fridge.

Fat Tire is the only "beer" I will drink, besides that I only drink Vodka or Scotch.

I'm on my way.

Stop off at Spumoni Gardens on the way and pick up a pie.

24 cans is a case

Slabs we call 'em

i think the aussies call it that as well

Echo?

sorry

Only the weak say sorry..

i didnt mean it though

Well, in THAT case.... yeah, yeah, I know. 24 cans.

I just got back from Lanzarote and was drinking a beer over there called Tropical, it was great especially when they served it in a frosted glass

What's the Full Moon like? I've also seen Rising Moon but I'd rather not spend $7 to see if it's any good or not.

Domestic - JW Dundee Honey Brown
Domestic cheap stuff - Coors Light
Import - Fosters or Newcastle
Seasonal Import - Seriously Bad Elf ( with a Punch Cigar )

Ron

My long-term regulars are Modelo Especial and Pyramid Apricot Weitzen. But, we get a lot of interesing microbrews in this part of Arizona, so I try all of 'em.

One of the things I did like about Vegas was the selection of microbrews. Could always find something new to try. Slim Pickins here in Georgia.

Ron

Been drinking a lot of Sol lately!

Not really a favourite but we had a Mexican night a few weeks ago and eveybody bought gallons of Sol. We could'nt drink it all, although we put up a heroic effort

Anyways loads was left and i am guzzling my way through it all!

Can't go wrong with Mexican beer.

Sol (and Corona; they're very much the same) is perfect for a hangover. Not too heavy, and the bottles aren't too big. The lime helps, too.

I've been drinking some 5.5% dry cider recently; and a lot of vodka.

Hey Chopper!!
Did you know "Chopper" has his own brand of heavy beer out now?

Still true today...

I gotta have a nice cold Mild or Guinness. A budweiser would be nice, but if nothing else is availible then Red Stripe does it nicely!

If I had to narrow it down I would say Molson Canadian or Carling but I also enjoy Labatt Blue, Budweiser and a few other beers.

Before Coors got national distribution, it was something of a cult item in the East. I remember a story in Newsweek during the Nixon Administration that said that it was Henry Kissinger's favorite beer, and that every time he traveled with Nixon to the West, he'd arrange for several cases of Coors to be loaded onto Air Force One. The story sounded like a plant, but it sure whipped up interest in Coors.

As an aside: Nixon developed a taste for Chateau Margaux, a Premier Grand Cru Bordeaux wine, during his years as a high-powered corporate lawyer in New York. At White House state dinners, he'd have the staff serve American wines to his guests. But he drank Chateau Margaux--the bottle was wrapped in a napkin as a disguise.

He always was a deceitful bastard!

I had some Miller Lite yesterday, it surprised me that it didn't suck. (It's a light beer!)

I still think Guinness is horrible.

Guinness will put lead in your pencil.

It's too thick, a whole meal in a glass... it's like drinking a big nasty steak.

I highly, highly recommend a Polish beer called Tyskie. 5.6%; it's lovely and lethal.

Two weeks ago I was alternating between pints of Stella Artois and a new discovery called Desperados, a 5.9% bottled beer with Tequila in, apparently. Later, I was kindly asked by a bouncer to leave a bar, after he saw me do a fully committed Klinsmann across the pool table. By the end of the night, I sat naked with friends in unwitting homoerotic harmony.

Excellent choices.
Desperados tastes a bit like Corona I find. Not very strong, and sweet. Perfect for when you don't want a hang-over.

Stella is the best beer to get drunk on. If you like it, also try Jupiler, Cristal Alken and Primus (if available in the UK).

Today I was also told that Malibu mixed with Sprite is really good. Anyone ever tried this?

You should try eating that steak AND swigging down a pint of Guinness at the same time!


It will put hairs on your chest....

Why ruin a perfectly good steak?

Why ruin a perfectly good steak? [/quote]


I thought it was a nasty steak?

Many restaurant/pub/bars are selling micro brews with their own name on it. Last night I had Ventura's Ale at Ventura's Off Shore Cafe in Northfield, NJ. Pretty good too.

Guinness is like drinking a big nasty steak, so why ruin a good one by combining them?

Real men don't eat quiche and wash it down with Coors Light. They eat steak, rare with fat on it and wash it down with a Guinness.

A pint o Guiness is like a 3 course meal

MC, can you wash a slice of quiche down with some Guinness?

I am back slurping Stella Artois.....truly my favourite beer/lager.

The beer of Kings!

My Local has just got Becks on Tap so im supping that at £1.82 a pint you cant beat the worksop Miners welfare

I'm not a big beer drinker, but my favorite is "Amstel Bright". It's only available in the Caribbean.

there's nothing like a cold glass of water

... NOW THAT'S ADDICTIVE!

Decent sup that at a good price mate!

You can't beat club prices

Spot on prices pal r lass cant moan about me spending to much money either

Getting cheap beer and not getting moaned at about it either must be like some sort of Utopia

Currently guzzling on a Carlsberg!

IMO American Beer "Sucks"


- Heineken
or
- Taybeh : a local beer we have here in Palestine,Taybeh means delecious in arabic and it's also the name of the village the beer's made in

Any beer that means delicious sounds damn good to me

it realy is delecious Yogi ! .. if you ever visit the Holy Land .. Don't hesitate to drink Taybeh !!

Jerry Lee Lewis - What's made Milwaukee famous (LIVE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaEV0gGV418&feature=related

I will my friend

I've been to Cyprus,which is quite close to the Holy Land!

Currently have a case or three of Kronenbourg in the garage!

It's French but is actually very nice lager.

330ml bottles which i affectionately call "minute bottles"

Because it literally only takes a minute to drink one....

You have to open 3 at once

I try to drink mostly light beers. I had a Labatt's Light the other night that was very good.

I drink mostly lights also Klyd. For some reason people look at us like we are wimps. Sometimes I think it is us that have good taste while everyone else "enjoys" a nice cold bottle of alcoholic garbage water.

Labatts is nice. I have a jacket with the logo on the back!

Just bought my Xmas beer. A special offer at the supermarket,3 cases for £18

The trick is,not to drink it all before Xmas gets here

You seem like a good boy, Yogi. Perhaps Santa will bring you some more.

You never know SB,you never know

Went for a Curry last night and about 6 bottles of that Tiger beer Yogi you know which i mean? My stomach is in bits this morning!

I bet it is as well.

How's your arse?

Sore

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS MATE WHEN YOUVE HAD A RUBY R LASS KICKED ME OUT OF BED MADE ME STOP ON THE SEATEE SMELT LIKE A SEWAGE WORKS AS SHE PUT IT OH WELL YOU KNOW HOW SUNDAY SESSIONS ARE LOL

Been there,done that,mate

I just read this thread and was reminded of a story:

About 12-13 years ago my dad was seriously ill with heart problems. I expected that he was going to die and my sister and I flew down to North Carolina (where he was living at the time) to see him. I thought that this might be the last time I'd see him alive so I prepared a little speech in my mind so as to say "goodbye".

I went out drinking the night before with some friends and had about two hours sleep before going to the airport. Got on the first flight and had about a 90 minute layover before catching the small airline that would take us to the small town where my dad was. OK, I had 90 minutes to kill, and I wanted a cigarette or two so I looked for a place to smoke. Only the bars in the airport allowed smoking (in North Carolina, the very heart of tobacco in America!) so I went into the bar and lit up. What the hell... I was already in the bar so I ordered a beer. The bartender (a hot-looking blonde) offered me a sidecar for only a dollar more, so I said "Sure, why not" (feeling very much like Frankie Pentangeli). OK... after three boilermakers I was feeling nice and the bartender looked at me, came over and asked if I'd like to try a Carolina blonde.

I almost fell off the stool... here is this gorgeous woman asking if I'd like to have her (or so I thought). I asked her what she had in mind (knowing that I only had about 25 minutes left before my flight - probably about 24 minutes more than I'd need). She laughed when she realized what I was getting at... I must have had a confused look on my face. She explained that "Carolina Blonde" was the name of a micro-brewed beer there.

Damn!!

(I tried it... it wasn't bad, but talk about a hardon killer).

Today i have purchased 4 cans of Guinness for my leisurely consumption tonight!

A similar thing happened to me, but I was offered a "Red-headed Slut" by a strawberry blonde.

Slurping on John Smiths bitter tonight. Tasty beer,the pride of Yorkshire,England....apparently!!

I saw this is in a Walmart in Florida, and it may be the most disgusting beverage I've ever encountered.

Budweiser produces a very decent ale, Budweiser American Ale, that I like.

I used to drink 'Bud Ice' once in a while. I don't think it's even around anymore.

I am currently quaffing bottles of Carlsberg Export.

Very nice!

What makes draft beer so much better than bottles or cans?

Don't know!

Good question though.

Stella Artois is back on the menu tonight......


And very welcome it is as well

Drank a few of those down in Florida. They were lovely.

Ah,a lady of discerning good taste

Stella is the top drink for sure. As we say over here,it is the "dogs bollocks"

Hee!! There's a restaurant/bar near us in Florida that has a drink special each night, like on Mondays they have Tequila Sunrises for $1. Quite nice. My personal favorite is grape-flavored Skyy vodka with cranberry juice, $5 for a double.

I have never been much of a vodka drinker,although Mrs. Yogi likes a drop of it.

To be honest i am not a great spirits drinker,gallons of beer and plenty of wine does me in general!

See, I'm quite easy-going. I like plenty of everything.

Oh i have drunk plenty of spirits in the past,it is just that they disagree with me the next morning,especially if mixed with rivers of ale

I can assure you that my husband and I will never drink gin again!

I don't blame you.....

It's not called "mothers ruin" for nothing

I bought a case of Sam Adams White Ale today, and thought it was very good. They've stopped the seasonal production of it, so I hear, as they are filling the distributorships with its Summer Ale. I think I'll grab another case tomorrow to have on hand.

A friend, who stopped over tonight, brought me a case of Guinness. That's what you call a friend for life.

Beer is good to have on hand but it is even better in your belly

Could you ask your nice friend if he wants to be my friend too?

That's why I call you Yogi BEER!

I'll have a bottle of Guinness while watching the Mich St./Carolina game with my boys tonight,
Saturday night I had a Smithwick's while puffing on a Cuban cigar. A friend of mine had military operations in South Korea a couple of weeks ago and brought some back. I'm not a big cigar guy, but this one was outstanding. I've had Cubans before, but the one Saturday night beat them all. It must have been from Fidel's private supply.

my favorite beer is budweiser. cause to tell you the fact, never tasted the other choices. hehe. but now that i got the list.. let my try the others so there would be a basis.. bud's fine though.. drinking is fun..

Now that i'm living in Germany I've got access to some great beers, my favorite being the Weißbier.Also Paulaner is pretty good as well...

Agreed. I don't even drink Blue Moon anymore.

Bud Light. I'm having one now!

I'll choose a bud light any day over one of these foo foo beers with apple or some other fruit in it.

Salute!

"Give me a woman who truly loves beer and I will conquer the world" was what my best friend's older brother used to say whenever we were drinking Meister Brau in the woods 20+ years ago. Anyone else ever hear that quote?

AG

Not my Fav but this is one of the better Holiday Brews I had this Season So far.

Very Tasty. I think i'll have another.

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r730/Edistsew/IMG_8026_zpscf037f45.jpg


DP

My main go-to's are:

Generic:

MGD(not the lite)
Beck's
Stella
Rickard's red


I often go for micro-brewery stuff too, mostly locals like "Maudite" or "Fin du Monde", both of which are strong beers though, if you can handle that.

I can do any of these Generics other than The Becks, years ago that was a main offering at stip clubs in NY but they get a little skunkie.

Also, not sure of the Rickard's but i will look for that.

The special brews are always interesting to me as well and I will look for those too. I enjoy the stong brew once in while, just had a Burbon beer called Backwoods Bastard, really good, its like drinking a Boiler Maker.

DP

Any homebrewers?

I tried once in college with a home brewing kit. It was "English Pale Ale"

Not much of a Pale Ale guy, but I assume I did it right; I mean it got me drunk.

The kits are pretty cool. Each brew makes about two cases each that you bottle and can even put your own logo on. I know some people that are really into it and can make the light beers, but you need refrigeration units and it has to kept a certain temperature throughout fermentation. Definitely something I am interested in.

I started doing all grain recipes of the summer but they take so long and the clean up is a hassle. Kits are just easier, time wise and with clean up

Luckily my basement has a pretty stable temperature, 55 degrees. Trying to cold ferment an Oktoberfest says you supposed to to decrease the temperature two degrees every day from 57 to 32 but I don't have that so I just put it in my garage hopefully it does the trick.



This is a Pale Ale started Thursday night. Make wine also, the picture quality is crappy but behind the beer, one red and one white Thursday also



The white fermenting bucket is a Scotch Ale. Three other wines I have going



Brown Ale in secondary fermentation

Looks like your doin a great job.

I brewed some beer last summer , a kit. It came out pretty good the first time but the second batch went down the drain, it was horrible.

I may try again.

You should do so more its a great hobby

I had the dump 4 batches (20 gallons) down the drain this fall definitely bummer. Where did you get your kits?

Mr. Beer. The brown barrel and 8 brown quart bottles after fermentation.

I followed instructions to the T.

If you remember what was wrong with the flavors check this out.

One of my problems was adding the yeast when the wort was too warm.

H

Very cool, I went thRough the info. My issue was the Cidery.
If I brew again ,maybe I will use honey or brown sugar rather then white.

Had a few Laganitas IPA on tap at a resturant this past weekend.

Those suckers are very tasty.

Lagunitas makes one of the best IPAs, you a hophead?

Some of my favorite IPAs:
Stone Brewery Ruination IPA
Dogfish Head 90 Minute
Alchemist Heady Topper- only had once at a Phish show
Uinta Hop Nosh

One I want to try is Pliny the Younger by Russian River Brewery, but I think they only sell them from the brewery in California

All sound Good, I will look for them, only one I have had in the group you listed is the SB Ruination.

I have been looking for Czech Beer, do you know of any particular types?

I was actually in Prague a few years ago and the beers I remember were Pilsner Urquell and Krušovice, we had others but I "acquired" the glasses of these two when we ordered them so that's why I remember them specifically. They actually have their own version of Budweiser it reminded of more like Heineken

Very cool.

I saw a Rick Steves episode that he went there and I have that on my list for sure.

My neighbor just got back from California and he gave me this

Nice, I will be enjoying some Goose Island IPA tonight

I really like Duvel, its a Belgian pale ale.

I also love Lindemann's lambic ale, which is like a dessert beer.

I am a fan on Belgian style brews, I plan on traveling to Belgium in a few years to check out the Trappist monastary brews.


I've never had a lambic ale it is a sour ale right? I think I have a recipe for a cherry lambic ale in a book I have

Yes, the regular lambic is sour. But the ones that have the fruit flavors are tart and sour at the same time. Its not something you'd want to drink all night, but its nice to have one after dinner or just on its own. Definitely not with food.


What did you think of the Pliny? Ive heard a lot about it, but haven't been able to try it yet. Its not available here.

I will have to pick on up I've seen them at the beer store by my house

I have to be honest with all the hype it wasn't exactly what I expected. It was good not as bitter as I thought it would be, it kind of had a fruity after taste which made it smoother finish than I thought. That being said I am not sure how old the bottle was so the flavor could have changed with age and I would love to try it from draught.

I think I liked Heady Topper better, just because I enjoy the bitterness in my IPAs.

Hop Nosh by Uinta Brewing is what I have in my fridge for the weekend, it is one of my favorites

Miller Lite

Miller High Life was my go to, 6 pack of 16 o.z for 2.99 can't beat that

Never had high life, but thats a hell of a deal.

Had a local Brew tonight....

Spider Bite IPA

OUTSTANDING

ABOUT SPIDER BITE
Spider Bite Beer Company was conceived back in 2008 by founders and friends Larry Goldstein and Anthony LiCausi after a summer of too many bug bites. During the past year Spider Bite has released a number of beers from the Pale Ale family, stouts, saisons and a very well received Wee Heavy. In their first year of business, Robert’s Spider Wee Heavy, coupled with their Eight Legged RyePA and Boris the Spider Russian Imperial Stout, earned them the 2012 FX Matt Memorial Cup for “Best Craft Brewery” in NY State.

Featured Beers:
Fundur Session IPA
Eye Be Use IIPA
Boris the Spider Russian Imperial Stout – winter release
First Bite Pale Ale
Eight Legged RyePA
White Bite Wheat Ale – summer release
Spider Bite Beer Company located in Long Island, New York.

Lately I've been buying all my brews at Trader Joe's. I like their Boatswain's ales and Plzner beer.

Just to throw in my favorites into the discussion my preferred brews are Stella, Sam Adams lager, Yuengling, Peroni, Newcastle and my all time favorite- Narragansett lager. I could drink Gansett all day watching baseball or whatever sport is in season

Come on Nicky you gotta have better taste than that. So many good brews out there that are way better

Sam Adams Rebel IPA, is pretty good.

Sipping on a few of those yesterday

Have never really tried any of the "craft" beers. Maybe I'll give them a try sometime.

What, Nicky... no Goose Island's for you?

Occasionally I do! Mostly Miller (like many Chicagoans).

I can only drink a few beers before getting tired of it. I'm more of a hard liquor guy. Which isn't a good thing

How about the official beer of Chicago?... Old Style! Every neighborhood bar had that, Hamm's, Stroh's and Schlitz on tap back in the day.

@Mark,

Duff beer is going to be sold in (real life) stores.(Ha,Ha)

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/the-...f-beer-20150712




Duff Beer, Homer Simpson's beverage of choice on The Simpsons, might soon be heading to real life coolers. The long-running show's media company, 21st Century Fox, has given the yellow thumbs up to brew an actual, officially licensed Duff Beer. However, as of now, the drink will only be available in Chile, the Wall Street Journal reports, though a worldwide release is being considered.
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Although Homer has been sipping on Duff for over a quarter-century, 21st Century Fox only decided to go into the beer business after countless Duff counterfeits popped up throughout Europe, South America and Mexico. While the company's lawyers have been successful in swatting down brewers hoping to capitalize on The Simpsons' worldwide recognition, because Duff doesn't actually exist in real life, 21st Century Fox have had trouble protecting the fictional beer's copyright in some countries, like Chile.

In that South American country, plenty of bootlegged Duff crept into the marketplace, and although 21st Century Fox filed an intellectual property complaint against those brewers, resulting in thousands of seized bottles, the demand for more Duff resulted in other bootleggers popping up in Colombia and Mexico. Rather than continue battling the copycats, 21st Century Fox instead decided to brew their own officially licensed product.

In 1996, an Australian company attempted to legally license the Duff brand but was rebuffed because a Simpsons-branded beer was viewed as "detrimental to children." The outbreak of bootlegged Duff, however, has changed the company's opinion on the matter. "Once you see enough piracy, you are faced with two choices," Jeffrey Godsick, president of 21st Century Fox's consumer products division, told the Wall Street Journal. "One is deciding to fight it, and the other is deciding to go out [into the market] with it."

Unfortunately for American Simpsons fans, the only place to drink a Duff currently is at the show's themed areas at Universal Studios parks in Orlando and Los Angeles. However, given The Simpsons' success, "I think there's potential to have Duff everywhere in the world," Godsick said, adding that the beer would be packaged without any mention of The Simpsons or a Homer Simpson endorsement. Sadly, that likely means Duff Man won't accompany the product into the real world.

On numerous occasions on The Simpsons, the series has joked about the questionable quality of the fictional Duff. In reality, however, British brewmaster Paul Farnsworth created a recipe for Duff that will make the beverage a "premium lager" with a "caramel aromatic."

In 2012, Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan revealed that his name was the inspiration behind The Simpsons' beer. Producers even sought McKagan's permission before using the name, and the bassist allowed it without asking for anything in return. "I knew nothing about branding yourself then or the royalties off it," McKagan told The Independent. "I just thought cool, they wanna use my name and boom, The Simpsons was born. Yeah, if I had a nickel for every time… but it's fine.”

@gets - lol! Thanks for the heads up. I'll bet it tastes as good as a Flaming Moe!

Now, they just have to figure out a way for Fat Tony and his boys to sell a cheaper bootlegged version...

Cold brew for the game

Nice, I would like that.

Blue Point makes a Grapefruit base brew, cant think of the name of it right now but its good.

Mossaic Ale

Blue Point Mossaic

Thats it.

I will check if they have it at my local beer store, Blue Point has some good brews. I was doing yard work at my aunt's house last weekend and she had Leinenkugel's Grapefruit Shandy which was really good also

Picked up a few new Guiness IPA nitro.

Very good.

A friend of mine's son took Beer tasting at Florida State University, its an approved elective course, and said that its best to buy beer in a can than a bottle. Cans are supposedly better protect and preserve the beer from the sun and the elements. I neber heard this before and personally I don't like beer in cans. I'm going to stick to Bud Light bottles.

I always prefer Beer from the Tap, but also from the bottle.

However, beer in tin cans from a loaded ice cooler in the Summer is really a treat, so cold.

I probably posted on this a few times. In Germany the Germans with money don't drink German beer they drink check beer.

I have not been able to drink beer since I was a kid. When the neighboor hood started to turn from Italian to Puerto Rican. These PR's began drinking beer in our hallways. Beside that they would piss and throw up in the hallway.

So I got that beer smell, with the piss smell and the throw up smell in my head. Every time I smell beer. So I can't be near the stuff.

I only drink beer with Pizza and when BBQ'ing!

I have notices beers especially IPAs taste better in cans. I was drinking Sierra Nevada 4 way IPA pack all good my favorite was 5 Hop IPA

Im looking for a Beer

Ommegang Three Philosephers

I heard its one of the best.

I had a Three Philosophers on New Years Eve, it was pretty damn good. Almost 10% alcohol though, its no joke. I'm sure there's a website where you can find places that have it.

I like Trader Joe's Plzner (correct spelling). Very dry, just the right amount of bitterness.

Anchor Steam.

I've been to the brewery a few times, cool place actually turned part of the property onto concert grounds. They grow a small amount of hops on the property. Good brews at concerts they sell beer for 5 dollars which pant bad considering prices at other venues

May have a place near by that will make it possible for the big game.



Like a good Pilsner, I'll try it if I get to Tj



Good brew, west coast, San Fran I think.



I have heard that place is great, it's upstate NY. I am on the island so that is doable one day.

For the past couple of years I've been drinking a lot of local beers. My favorite local beer is Good People Snake Handler. It's a double IPA with a 10 abv that is only canned a couple of times a year so it makes it hard to buy at the store or even specialty beer shops. I also tried and liked a beer out of Brooklyn by Sixpoint brewery called Resin. It's also a double IPA with a 9.1 abv that's really good but too expensive to buy on a regular basis. But when I'm watching a game with my father-in-law we typically drink Budweiser.

Sound like some really good beers.

Love the six point, they have a bar on Varrick st. In NYC, that has every six point brew on tap.

My brothers drink Bud as their swill beer, I prefer Miller lite for that in the yard BBQin on a hot day for a swill.

My current favorite is Lagunitas Lil Sumpin'.

It's summer. Those crisp wheat beers and Hefes go down good. I've really been in the Hefes in the past couple of weeks. Starting with Erdinger Weissbier, which was on sale at my store. Not to strong in taste but then again I'm not a fan of too much taste in the first place, especially in the hotter months. So, I'm not an IPA person, which makes me a minority these days. lol. Right now I'm drinking Widmer's American style Hefe, which also is a little light in the taste department but still a nice, smooth drink.

Also, what suggestions does anyone have for Italian imports? All that's available at my store is Peroni, which I thought tasted like most of the other popular euro lagers, like St. Paulie Girl, Stella, etc. Give me some recommendations so the next time I go to SF I can look for some, because I know I won't have much luck out here in Sacramento (Elvis Country) lol.

That stuff is popular as hell right now in Northern California, mainly because it's cross promoted with the SF Giants, even putting out orange and black bottles, packaging, etc. And yes, it is brewed in SF, alright. It's a bit too bitter for my tastes, but I like their California Lager.

Hops aren't for everyone, been drinking Corona's and a lager from a local brewery they aren't rich and heavy so very nice by the pool.

I've had the pleasure of visiting Bavaria the beer from the area would be right up you alley. I'm pretty sure my buddies and I started with beer instead of coffee lol

Nice dudes.. r u down w/ the Blue Moon??,,I think Bavaria has a spring involved w/ the same company..

Don't forget the white russians, Dude.

Trader Joe's has a really good house brand hefeweitzen with just the right balance. Only $5.99 for a six-pack.

I still like Pyramid Apricot Ale as a summer brew.

There's a Trader Joe's on the way home from my job. Might have to check that out. 5.99 a 6 pack. I can only assume it's too good to be true that it's that price in Cali. Still worth a try.

Never forget the "Caucasians"

5.99 a six pack is a steal will have to check that one out myself

Not my favorite beer but definitely a good one. Was enjoying this yesterday

Lately I'm into flavored ales. In addition to Pyramid Apricot, I really like Ommegang Rosetta and Hanger 24 Orange Wheat.

Corona and Heineken.

Heineken Light and Bud Light.

What’s up Beans........

Still drinkin those?

Try a Back Woods Bastard from Founders Brewery.

It’s like drinking a beer with a whisky shot in it.

Having one now.

I've been Fucking around with the IPA's for the last couple of years now. For the last few months I've been favoring Sierra Nevada's tropical torpedo. But, I can never turn down a Heineken or St. pauli girl.

Those SN beers are really good.
Over the Holidays I had Sierra Nevada Celebration ipa, good stuff.

I like many ipa’s. Lauganitas is another West coast ipa that is very good.

I like Ommegang also, very good Beer from Upstate NY.

German beers lately, but usually heinies. Also Corona in the summer.

I have been enjoying a local brew that has recently been widely distributed .

Blue Point Toasted Lager

Very good, anyone have it?

Henninger's German beer at Trader Joe's. $6.99 for six 12-oz cans. Not bad at all. I still like TJ's Plsner and Hefeweitzen.

Veltins Pilsener tonight.

I just had the New Sam Adams 76, its very good.

Enjoying some Sessions All Day ipa

Very tasty

My favorite beer is Sam Adams followed by MGD, which for some reason is getting harder and harder to find by me. I see Miller Lite and the High Life everywhere but MGD isn't as pervasive as one would think. As for Sam, I don't like IPA's or anything like that but I do enjoy the Boston Lager, Cherry Wheat, their seasonal beers, Porch Rocker and they used to make a Blueberry Witbier but I think they discontinued it. For me Sam has a lot of flavor which I love!

I probably posted this before I can’t drink beer.

When I was a kid in Italian Harlem it was changing into Spanish Harlem.

I would get home the Puerto Rican’s would drink beer in the hallways. So you go home and the first smell was beer, then they would throw up and then they would piss in the hallways. That smell is still in my head it comes back when someone drinks a beer around me.

I go to Germany to see my Grandson. My daughters ex in laws always offer me a beer I always turn it down. I don’t even keep beer in my house for my guests.

My local guy carries MGD, I have not had one of those in a long time. I like Sam Adams beers.





Yes, I remember you saying that, too bad those pricks put such a fucked up cemented memory in your head.

I gave up Beer for lent. It’s been 4 weeks.
Don’t miss it at all.

BlueMoon

Yes, I remember you saying that, too bad those pricks put such a fucked up cemented memory in your head.

I gave up Beer for lent. It’s been 4 weeks.
Don’t miss it at all.

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I remember a ton of things that happened to me as kid. That is why I am so well adjusted now.

Do you drink that with a Orange Slice.
I don’t usually drink fruity Beer but I did once get a Blue Moon with an Orange slice at a reassurance and really enjoyed it.




I remember a ton of things that happened to me as kid. That is why I am so well adjusted now.

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I like that you share those stories, its good for you and for me as well.

Thanks Foots

Yes, Blue Moon & orange wedge..wonderful on a hot summer day..preferably sitting on beach @ L.B.I. w/a fried softshell crab sandwich.

I did as well and I don't miss it much either but I will be drinking on Easter

Yes, I get dispensation for St. Patricks Day and any day or eve I go out with certain clients.

I have not had to do that yet but may tomorrow for Lunch, then I will get a few beers for Saturday’s festivities as well.
After that, not till Easter.

I typically only drink once a week regularly, out with clients once every two Months or so.
But I enjoy giving it up for Lent....somewhat.

I drink only in the weekends mostly lagers but this weekend Bacardi.

I had some really nice Homemade wine Sunday.

And a few beers planned for this weekend.

I have some Guinness Blonde chillin in the fridge.

Dues..can u relate 2 me on how 2 make homemade wine...if its not out of ur way u can pm me IF u want..or can I just google it?either way ,happy Friday.

Sure, I can certainly share what I know from assisting my good friend and neighbor who has been making wine for years and has outstanding equipment and results using his age old process.

I will put a list together with pics and send to you.

Just picked up Some Coney Island Mermaid Pilsner

Looking forward to having it this weekend.

Today Heineken in cans.

https://www.drinksupermarket.com/me...oom-premium-lager-4x-500ml-pack_temp.jpg

Both Sound good.

I had Shipyard Summer Ale today..
Very good.

Tonight a dutch lager called Hertog Jan one of my favorites.

Ommegang Pole Star Pilsner

Went on a beer tour today for Shiner beer. I enjoyed it. Only my 3rd beer tour I've done and I'm starting to seek them out as this was about a 2 hour drive (one way for me). They had free tastings (up to 4). Tour was only about 45 minutes long but enjoyable. Was glad to try the other varieties as well.

Not sure where you are but if you ever get Upstate NY Ommegang offers an outstanding tour and Blue Point Brewery offers a friendly local feel tour and sampling once a month on Long Island NY.

Not sure of any others but I hear most cities and states have really good brew tours as well as Wine in some areas.

I had a Blue Point Toasted Lager back in 2016 when at Yankee Stadium last. It was amazing! Found some in a store and it wasn't half as good. The best Guiness I've ever had was in the Audi Club at Yankee Stadium too. I don't know what is, the temperature they serve it at or what, but the beer at Yankee Stadium is delicious! I've been wanting to go to McSorley's for year's. It's in Manhattan and has the distinction as being New York City’s oldest continuously operated saloon (since 1854). They only serve 2 types of beer: light and dark. I'm hoping to go when I'm up for the holidays this year!

I get that... if the keg and tap during very cold most beers are at there best.

Been to Mc Sorleys several times, at one time it was a right of passage for locals but has become a tourist point on travel maps.
Not that anything change other than who visits and for how long and should be a destination for any beer person.

Another even better is on 7th ave & 19th St.
Peter McMannis, place is still in its original set and condition since proahbition.
Complete with Phone booths and all.

Tonight's dinner...post 4th o' july shit..U-15 (collasal).shrimp marinated in a kiwi & lemon pepper Key West peanut oil , then grilled over the coals outside next 2 the pool,.,..1 hr. later, & a couple bottles of Blue Moon later , F---ing Alaskan King Crab ,corn o' cob,& baby new potato's..plain & simple ,the way they do it up in Maine...clarified butter & maybe a squirt of fresh lemon.Ummmm!

Nice. Thanks, I'll have to look into Peter McMannis' Cafe.

Also check out a place called Cajun Sea, I think its 33rd between b’way & 7th.

I was there last week with a client for lunch to watch the Soccer Game, their signature drink is a Mule.
I thought of you I12 right away and thought this should be a stop for you when in town.

I took a shot of the Mule cups.

Nice! Thanks. How was it?

Ice Cold Corona Extra With a Slice of Lime

It was really good.
We started with Oysters, then had some shrimp and then some Lobster Mac & Cheese.



Those go down fast on a hot day.

Enjoy

It was really good.
We started with Oysters, then had some shrimp and then some Lobster Mac & Cheese.

Sounds great. Now you're making me hungry!

Heineken at the moment.

Maybe some Coney Island Pilsner Later after work.

I recently purchased the Sam Adams Summer variety pack and I tried the Rasberry Lemon Gose last night. Man was that good. I just recently had a Gose and have been getting in to them but Sam Adams always sets the bar for me. Unfortunately, you only get 2 in each pack and you can only get them in the variety pack. I wish they would allow you to purchase just them in a 6-pack.

They Sure do

Love the Holiday Variety pack by Sam as also.... The Old Fezzie Wig Ale is something they should sell separately as well, really good brew and look out for it every year, I think you get three in the Pak

Was back at Cajun Sea again last night, wanted to see if it held up or we just hit it right.

It was great again.

2 beers I've recently had that I really enjoy. The first was my first gose I ever had by 8th Wonder Brewery. The name of the beer is Haterade. The second is a fruit beer, called Raspberry AF by St. Arnold's. I recommend both if you're in to gose's or beer with a fruit flavor.

Haterade

Raspberry AF

I just polished off a half a case uv Bluepoint Summer Ale.

Looks like the Oktoberfest beers have been released as that was what I saw a lot of while picking up some beer earlier today. In addition to making my own 6 pack with a variety of beers, I picked up a 6 pack of Hofbrau Oktoberfest to try. I tried the regular Hofbrau last Sunday at a German restaurant and it tasted very similar to Spatan in my opinion. I really love this time of year with all the Oktoberfest beers plus the celebrations. The same German restaurant I went to last Sunday does Wurstfest every August, which is all you can eat sausage and they have 16 different varieties to choose from. It's a great way to try different versions to see which ones you like and which ones you don't and it runs all month long. Then they do Oktoberfest over a weekend in late September/early October.

Best time of the year, love the Fall when all these hearty beers and foods come out.

Wurstfest sounds great. We always do the Oktoberfest specials at our local haunts with several types of Knock, Weiss and other sausages with red cabbage, potatoe pancakes and outstanding choices of mustards.

Here's a look at the menu for reference. My favorites in order were the Wild Boar, Polish Sausage, Mountain Man, German Bratwurst

Those are awesome, all of them.

I’d go German Brat / scharfe kase wurst Spicey kielbasa

My favorite was the Wild Boar and my second favorite was probably the Polish Sausage. I liked that better than the German Bratwurst. I didn't get to try all of them but I plan on going again on Sunday so I'm going to try some of the ones I missed originally.

Recently I’ve liked this one called “Two Hearted” by Bells. I don’t drink a whole lot of beer though.

I like wild Boar , had it several times from the menu at Zero Otto Nouve in Manhattan




Is that a Brown Ale, I like brown ales.

Two Hearted is a well rated and liked IPA that isn’t super fancy, and can be found many places around the US.

I will be looking this weekend

Lately I've been drinking Ommegang Rosetta and Sour Ale (Belgium). Very good, though pricey.

I've been drinking Spaten (got a 12 pack recently for only $9.50!) and Hofbrau Oktoberfest

I plan on picking a bunch of Fall brews soon.

Will look for that

Grocery stores out here are putting up the fall brew displays. Still feels too much like summer. The Corona display looks better.

I get that....agree.

They rush everything. Too early, we need to finish summer.

MARKETING BITCHES

Let me know how you like them if you pick up either one.



I agree. They're always a season ahead. Let us enjoy summer while it's still here. It's not quite fall yet.

Veltins pilsener.

I've really been enjoying tequila flavored beer at the moment. But I think it may be better in small doses. Or maybe I just need to line my stomach better before I drink.

Moe, was that you walk-in

Can anybody recommend any good pumpkin beers? I'm not into the whole pumpkin craze per say as a lot of people get this time of year. The only one I've had so far is Shipyard out of Rochester. I'm still waiting for Sam Adams to put out their fall collections and I know they do a pumpkin beer or 2 that I've had in years past.

I enjoy the Shipyard, another good one is Rosemarys Baby.

Bluepoint makes a great Octerberfest. Not Pumpkin but very good.

I've only tried their Toasted Lager and it was great (at least at Yankee Stadium). I bought a 6 pack and it wasn't as good. I swear, I don't know what temperature Yankee Stadium serves their beer but that's the best Guinness and Bluepoint I've ever had was at their place. Thanks for the recommendation DuesPaid. I won't find it where I'm at but when I'm home for the holidays, maybe they'll have some left over?

I didn't have much success in tracking down pumpkin beers this year but I didn't look that hard either. I had the Harvest Pumpkin which was in the Sam Adams fall variety pack. Now I guess it's on to Christmas/winter beers. I enjoy Sam Adams Winter Lager and might see if anything jumps out to me this year to try.

I picked up one of those fall packs of Sam, it was really good, have the two coffee ones left, will try soon.
The black lager and leaf something as well as the Pumpkin was really good.

Also looking forward to the Holiday variety pack, The Fezzie Wig ale in that park is the best, I wish I could buys an entire case of that Stuff.

Same Adams is a great Beer, I always have and serve it On Thanksgiving every year.

Enjoy

Sam Adams if my favorite. And yes, I always get the variety packs as well. I wasn't crazy about the coffee one but I don't like coffee. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Same with the Black Lager as well. That didn't have a heavy bite to it which I liked. One of my favorites was the Porch Rocker which is in the Spring or Summer variety. They've started to release it in 6-packs as of last year.

Hoegarden tie w/Blue Moon

Saw the Sam Adams winter variety last night and I was unimpressed: Boston Lager, Winter Lager, Chocolate Bock, Holiday Porter, Old Fezziwig and Sam '76. Really!? Instead of creating something new for the holidays you stick in Sam '76? Disappointed. I'll still need to get some 6 packs of the Winter Lager though.

AGREE, the Sam76 was a bomb so they stuck it in the Holiday pak

The fall pak was good.

Yeah the fall pack wasn't bad. I tried Sam '76 but I wasn't much of a fan of it.

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Yeah, I thought it tasted tart, like a grapefruit.

At the moment Veltins pilsener.

Love a good Pilsner

Just ordered Pole Star Pilsner from Left Hand Breweries, I get it for New Years every year.

Good Stuff.

Over the holiday I grabbed Sapporo and Sam Adams Winter Lager (the liquor store I went to didn't really have anything that jumped out at me). I've had them both before and I was in the mood for the Winter Lager. The Sapporo I got just to have another 6 pack and I did have one of their pints again recently so I wanted some more. However, I did go to another liquor store and got some of the Sam Adams White Christmas. I tried this for the first time either last year or in 2016 and out of the 3 I picked up, it was definitely my favorite!

I also picked up a few of these. I thought they were kinda cool. They're 25.4 fluid ounces of Miller High Life and the bottle is shaped like a champagne bottle. Pretty cheap too. Only about $3 per bottle.

Wow, those are great. I hope I see those somewhere.

I love Miller High Life, that is the best summer Beer.

I hoe I find these.

High Life was actually the first beer I ever liked

Same, that and Kronenborg. Not sure why the ladder bit I thin it was the Logo, LOL

I made my own 6-pack this week to try some beers/liquors I never had before but didn't want to buy an entire 6-pack of in case I didn't like it. This is one feature that not a lot of places in New York don't have (at least in my experience) and one which I absolutely love! I picked up: Stiegl Gold (this is their lager but for some reason, the liquors stores around me only sell the Stiegl Grapefruit which I don't like. I much prefer the Gold!), Brooklyn Brewer's Winter Lager (it's described as having chocolate, roasted barley, and dark bread. I wasn't a huge fan of it as it tasted more like a stout and I'm not much of a stout fan), Duvel (which I've seen a lot of recently but have never tried it), Lagunitas Brown Shugga' (I've never heard of this but wanted to try it because they've added brown sugar to it), and finally Henry's Hard Soda both the Grape and Orange flavors. I'm currently sipping on the Orange now and it's not bad but you can definitely taste the alcohol. On mix drinks like this I usually don't like to taste the alcohol so much but want to feel the effects, if that makes sense. I'll go through the rest and see how they are.

Very interesting, with all that detail , I will keep in mind those points , to offer recommendations on beers.
I will first say recently I had a founders called Backwoods Bastard ( you will not like) - so I don’t recommend for you, it taste like a boiler maker, its beer fermented in whisky casts, I love it.

Here is one I think you may like... I just ordered a case of it for the Holidays.
It’s from the Left Hand Brewerey called Pole Star Pilsner, easy drinker with a punch.

Here is my first Beer for my advent beer of the day.
This is an outstanding German IPA

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to keep it in mind and see if I can't buy a single to try. I tried the Lagunitas Brown Shugga' earlier and I wasn't a fan. Didn't taste the brown sugar at all and tasted more like an IPA (which I'm not a fan of either).

I like to drink a lot when I drink, so pilsner is my favorite. Veltins or Heineken.

Drinking the Duvel right now and not a fan! Too skunky and reminds me of a Hoegaarden.

My favorite Belgian pils is Palm.

Not a huge fan of Belgian beers. Took a chance and got burned. The Stiegl was probably my favorite but I've had that before so I knew what I was getting. Overall, not a great bunch but glad I only had to buy 1 of each instead of being stuck with a 6-pack with some of this stuff.

Had this at work end of day, great Pilsner.

I went by the liquor store on the way home today and made another 6 pack although I didn't try any tonight as they weren't cold enough: the Budweiser Copper Lager with Jim Beam (I've had it before but wanted another), Not You Father's Fruit Punch, Not Your Father's Moutain Ale Citrus Brew, Harpoon Winter Warmer (they got me on the Cinnamon & Nutmeg ingredients), Harpoon Dunkin' Coffee Porter (which I'm expecting to be terrible but curious enough to try it) and one which I've never heard before, Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock

You Sir are bolder than me, I love how you branch way out and try beers you know you may not even like.

I like to try many varieties as well but stay in my lane.

I saw the copper lager bud, might try one. My distributor has them in large bottle in cedar case.

Thanks DP, I like trying new things. If I don't like it, I won't get it again. And, at least this way I'm only out a single rather than an entire 6-pack. The Copper wasn't bad actually. Tasted almost like a craft beer. I'm typically not a Budweiser fan as I don't like their lager or light (taste too watered down to me). However, they do have some that I do enjoy like Bud Ice and the Bud Light Lime.

Drinking the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock and I actually quite like it. It's described as a smokebeer which I've never heard before but obviously, it has a smokey taste to it. Not bad at all.

Well I was right on the Harpoon Dunkin' Coffee Porter, it's nasty. Beer and coffee, yuck! I'm not a coffee drinker, hence the reason I knew I wouldn't enjoy it, but I was curious enough to. Strong at least at 6% alcohol by volume

I had a few heinies tonight

More than a few.

Agree.



Sounds good




Do you like peanut butter? Try this one: Sweet Baby Jesus.



LoL , Enjoy H

LOVE Peanut Butter. I'll have to see if I can find that. Thanks for the heads up! Since my last post I've tried both the Not Your Father's Moutain Ale Citrus Brew and Harpoon Winter Warmer. I find the Sam Adams White Christmas has more flavor than the Harpoon Winter Warmer (they both have cinnamon & nutmeg) but the Harpoon was good. As was the Not Your Father's Mountain Ale Citrus Brew. It was what I expected it to be: an alcoholic Mountain Dew.

I think I found another you may like.

I just had this German brew,,,,, I did not know what it says on the can its a import.

THe taste is off the map...... caramel, woody, smoked nut flavor.
Really good, I thought, i12 would love this one.

What's the name of it?

RAUCHBIER......

Can you see the picture I posted?

Barely and it's sideways

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/d9Fh/heineken-holiday-song-by-dean-martin#

The size limit restrictions for uploads is ridiculous on this site.
It should be at least a few megs.

I think if you click it , the pic should load and be upright or clearer.

Which one do you like better: The Pole Star Pilsner or the Rauchbier?

Pole Star Pilsner ( Left Hand Brewery) for sure, I am picking up a case that I ordered tomorrow and will get some others while there as well including the Old Fezzie Wig ( Sam Adams) and Celebration ( Sierra Nevada) these are my Holiday beers. I will also get the Old Dirty Bastard ( Founders ) and Blue Point Winter Ale.

If you can get any of these, I think you would like them however keep in mind the ODB founders is a beer fermented in whiskey barrels and taste like a boiler maker ( Shot of whisky in your brew).

Enjoy i12, If you cant get any of these and want to try them , let me know ...I’ll send ya some.

Thanks DP. I definitely appreciate it! Enjoy

I did find this. Thanks for the recommendation. It wasn't bad. Never had a beer with peanut butter flavor in it before. I won't lie, I would have liked a little bit more but it wasn't bad.

Here's a good one that a guy who worked in the store recommended for me. I asked him if they sold McSorley's and he said no. I haven't been able to find it in years and the reason for that is because a few years ago they stopped mass producing it. So he recommended this to me as an alternative to their lite beer, which I find very comparable. It's not McSorley's but until they start producing it again, this is as close as you'll get.

Nice. Enjoy.

Here are some of my favorites I have for the Holidays,

Tonight I´m drinking Hertog Jan a dutch lager. Classy beer.

Currently trying a Brooklyn Brewery's Bel-Air Sour. Last year was the first time I ever tried a gose and even though this isn't advertised as one, I still wanted to give it a shot. I'm not a fan of Brooklyn Brewery honestly and at first taste I didn't care for this, but after a few more, it's kinda growing on me. But I still probably wouldn't buy a 6 pack of it. This was recently in another 6 pack I made for myself which consisted of: Sam Adams Cold Snap (I've had it before but wanted to try another again), Guinness 200th Anniversary Export Stout (wasn't a huge fan and didn't taste much of a difference compared to regular Guinness), Guinness Blonde (I think I had had it before but I didn't like it this time around), Guinness Extra Stout (which I would recommend. It has a little bit of a punch to it at 7.5% alcohol) and Ballast Point - Victory At Sea (I got this because it was another peanut butter beer. Wasn't bad but they're all porter's and I'm not much of a porter fan).

I try to read into some of your choices and Taste.....

Try the Sam Adams Noble Pils.... it comes out in Spring, best on Tap at Resturants or in keg.

Brooklyn Brewery beers are typically stronger pours.
Try the Brooklyn Brown Ale.

Try any English Style Brown Ale, this might be your happy medium in brew.

Have you ever tried Bass Ale, if not do so,, if so, try again and let me know what you think of that stuff.

I don't believe I've had the Sam Adams Noble Pils. I'm not sure how I feel about Pilsners but I know I'm definitely not an IPA man (and for some reason I feel IPA's and Pilsners are similar). I think I've tried Bass Ale before and enjoyed it. As for English Style Brown Ale, I've had Newcastle and enjoy that.

The Sam Pils comes out in Spring, it Good.

The Pilsner vs IPA...to me the pilsner is lighter and no heavy hop flavor like IPA.
I like both.

I have recently enjoyed a Austrian Beer, it was fantastic. so smooth and full flavor of light fruit / flowering taste.

Came in a variety pack over the holidays, hope I can find it again.... here is a pic.

Veltins tonight, my favourite German pilsner.

I picked up Brooklyn Brewery English Style Brown Ale.

Its great,

Enjoyed it so much I picked up some more.

So many nice beers around it doesn't really matter. To each his own. Cheers.

Yeah, you got the real stuff....enjoy.

Love a true Pils.

Some fine dutch pils tonight.

That looks and sounds really Good.

I like Ommegang Sour Ale and Rosetta Sour Cherry Ale.

I will have to try those, i love Ommegang... three philosophers is a fav.

Those actually sound good Turnbull. Are they Gose's?

Heineken today my first love !

Enjoy

Thanks.

Made another 6 pack recently and from one of the one's in it that I tried, I grabbed a 6-pack of: Shiner S'mores. It's a chocolate and marshmallow ale with hints of graham cracker and vanilla. Unfortunately, it's a limited-time, seasonal release so I might have to grab another 6-pack before theydo away with it. It smells good but wish it had more taste from the additives as it's just hints. I love a beer with a lot of flavor. This is mostly chocolate obviously, but would like more vanilla/graham cracker/marshmallow.

I think my local has that stuff and others like it.
Its not my type of beer but it does move off the shelf.

A friend runs and another owns our local Beer distributor so even though I’m not indulging for Lent I am in there often and find myself looking at all the choices a bit closer.
Some good interesting brews in there I must try when I get out of the Desert.

Veltins pils tonight. Maybe tomorrow I try a special beer Grolsch Kanon a bit stronger 11.6%.

You mean Grolsch Het Kanon. Not bad, its alright.

I came across this yesterday but dumb luck. Sweep the Leg beer (yes, the same as in the Karate Kid) out of Austin. It's a peanut butter stout. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm intrigued. I love peanut butter, not much of a stout fan, but the name hooked me completely!

My weekend already started.

Enjoy Hollander!



Yeah, this was terrible, stay away from it! No peanut butter flavoring at all. Just a straight stout. Was not a fan and actually, was quite disappointed.

That sucks i12, too bad.


Enjoy the Pilsner H

You win some, you lose some. Never know unless you try it. I'm just glad the store broke apart a 6-pack for me so I only was stuck with the single and didn't have to waste $10 on the entire 6-pack

The best tasting beer I remember drinking, was Red Stripe beer, that I had while in Jamaica in the 90's and it was irie!

I tried a bottle of Red Stripe in the States, a few years later, but it didn't have the same taste, the same smoothness as the beer I bought in Jamaica.

Yes, that’s good they do that. I am looking forward to next week to have a good beer and some wine on Sunday.



I get that, I feel the same way with Heineken Beer, here in the States its awful however if you get the real Dutch Heineken Beer, its glorious.

Probably because it's King's Day this weekend but Heineken is on discount 2 sixpacks for the price of one !
I have to work tomorrow but hey it's Heineken !

I had Red Stripe import a few times goes great with a spliff.

Lagunitas IPA

Found a 6-pack of Sam Adams Winter Lager still at my local joint. Discounted down to $5.99. You better believe I grabbed that!

Nice pick

Gotta jump on it when Sam's that cheap. Surprised to find Winter Lager in April!

I had Sam Adams Spring Fling at a Resturant on tap.
Very Hoppy and a bit sharp.

Not bad but not recommended

I've never heard of Spring Fling but I'm not a fan of hops and I know Sam makes a lot of IPAs.

Yes, just had it again...at the same restaurant. I think its a remake of their Noble Pils they would make every Spring.
I like the Noble Pils better.

I have something you may like coming up next, ( like right now) .
I will pop it open and take a pic and post remark.

Enjoy

This is a Lager / Heavy Seas

Its a very light hop with a strong Barley and Carmel flavor.
Its really good.

Not that I like to quote myself .....but...... I should add to this......
This beer tasted really good but Wife asked that I not have it often, man did I blow some Heavy Farts.
LoL

Years ago I spend a few weeks with some Americans in my town and they started with Heineken on their KLM flight to Amsterdam lol. Americans love the real Heineken.

Watching Liverpool - Barca with a few grolsch. Not bad at all.

1-0 Liverpool!

Had some Montauk Wave Chaser ipa last night.

Good Stuff.

Cigar City Jai Lei. IPA

GOOD BEER

Heineken three days in a row lol.

Went out a Chilies today, they had Montauk Wave Chaser ipa on Tap.

Awesome,.

Got myself some Warsteiner it's been a while I had this fine German lager. It is brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot.

Sounds great. I want some of this.



I had some Forsters Lager

I’ve been in the mood for German beers as of late so I stocked up on some today. Only ever had the Paulaner Oktoberfest, Hofbrau Original and Dunkel before. This will be my first time trying Ayinger Bavarian Pills and Celebrator as well as Paulaner Salvator. Prost!

Two thumbs up 👍 on these i12.

These are hearty Beers, I typically indulge in these for the Fall and Winter seasons but always enjoy anytime they are available

The Paulaner's are really good and I've had the Hofbrau's before. Kinda getting into dunkel beers but wasn't a huge fan of the Ayinger or Celebrator

Had A Paulaner's today, swithed right back to a Harpoon ipa, then a Stellar

Was at a great Resturant in Manhattan , Taven on Jane. They have a great selection.

Not a fan of Paulaner? What kind did you have?

I dont like it either but it was Pilsner and I found it to be very good.

Gotcha. If you can get a hold of it, try their Oktoberfest and Salvador. The Salvador is a double bock.

That’s sound perfect for the Fall .

Right now I’m enjoying a Montauk Wave chaser ips and Drift wood IPA

I hope you liked them. I'm not a IPA person at all. I'm pretty picky with my beers but looking forward to the Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers coming for the fall. I like flavor in my beer, hence the reason Sam Adams is my favorite because there's is always flavorful but I do dig the pumpkin beers as well. Also, some of the winter beers that add cinnamon and/or nutmeg!

Agree , love the fall & winter brews.

Tonight the Dutch beer Brand.

Brand Pilsener has a pleasant hop bitterness. However, the taste has changed since Heineken 's acquisition of Brand in 1989, because Heineken insisted on pasteurizing the beer.

Cigar City Jai lai ipa

It's that time of the year again! Taste testing some Oktoberfest and Pumpkin beers (most I've had before and a few new ones I'm trying).

I like the Shipyards, those are good.

Enjoy.

What is the Orange can next to the Blue Moon?

Wick for Brains. Never heard of it or the brewing company before (Nebraska Brewing Company). I gave it a shot and it was pretty good. The top was weird on it. You pull the tab and the entire top of the can comes off. Kinda cool actually.

Wow, never seen that. I will look for it and ask my guys if he can get it.

I had the Shipyards yesterday. The Ale was good but wasn't a big fan of the Smashed Pumpkin. The Ale I'd had before but not the Smashed Pumpkin. Could taste more of the cinnamon and nutmeg in the Ale (which I LOVE) as opposed to Munich Malts which are added to the SP.

Never had the SP
Will look.

I did hear of a Saranac Fall vieriety pack for the fall.
Will look for that as well and post pics and review.

Enjoy it and let us know!

Fucking hot and sweaty night, but nothing better than a cold can heineken now.

Nice, you got the good stuff there.

Heineken still comes in cans???...in this day & age??..shows u how much I keep up w/ the beer distributor thing..God I'm gettin' old...

At least in Holland don't know about the US taste is a bit different than the bottles I personally like the half liter cans lol.

It's available in both bottles and cans here in the US

Heineken beware !

The American beer giant Budweiser is coming to the Netherlands. The lager, lighter and softer in taste than the Dutch drinker is used to, must be available no later than October in the supermarket. The move is an attempt by the Belgian parent company AB InBev to make up for the worldwide declining volumes of the brand by finding new beer drinkers. Target: the young (culturally) diverse people who are active on social media.

One of my new favorites but I can't find it over here (had it while in Germany and this is what the locals love). Augustiner Helles. I've heard it's available in the states but might be in a different bottle, although I can't find it by me unfortunately. If you do come across it, I highly suggest getting it!

Will look for it.

Good luck! If you're able to come across it, let me know please. Not sure where it's available in the States. Just heard that it is.

Still Heineken, but I tried Budweiser and I like it !

Picked up Sam Adams White Christmas recently. One of my favorite Sam flavors! Also grabbed the Winter Lager but haven't had one yet.

Both Good, Winter Lager rich with malt and a bite of Cinnamon & Ginger. Very good

Lately I cannot enjoy any beer other than Blue Point Toasted Lager and it must be on Tap.

Right now I'm drinking Bud but only because I got 24 cans of that and cider for 20 in a deal.

If it gets you drunk, that's half the job!

I like the White Christmas more than Winter Lager, but both are good. First time and best Blue Point Toasted Lager I've ever had was at Yankee Stadium. Same with Guniess (best I've ever had). I don't know what temperature they sell it at but it's darn good!

Had some S A Winter lager Tuesday night, they were tasty.

Last night I felt like some wine... had a couple a glasses of red.


Tonight a few MGD’ s with a Brooklyn Italian Hero

MGD is my second favorite beer behind Sam Adams. I loved the Miller Chill when they had it years ago but have since discontinued it (it was to counter Budweiser Lime).

I had a huge selection of Brews offered last night on Tap..... i saw the Bluepoint Toasted Lager and just blurted it out without thinking of the other choices.

Ooooffah

Tonight Grolsch !

I was desperate for some lager after two weeks the flu still not 100% but I'm getting there !

Can't find Yuengling by me but I'm out of state and having some right now!

Get well. Love Grolsh, served round here only in bottles with the porcelain cap.





I am still on the Brown ale Blue point toasted lager and have not had a Penn Yueng in a while.

Haha I loved those bottles when I was young.

Do yo get it on tap?

Half liter cans !

I NEVER post in this column..but..the other nite my wife brought home a couple of bottles from my daughters house this stuff that had a # in it like Sheff75 or something like that..It was Deliciouso…..yum..anybody have any clues as 2 what bottles were thrown in the trash b4 I could identify it??

4 what it"s worth...they were 12.oz btls...some kinda chcolate almond , bark or some such shit but good weird beer...

Never had or heard of Toasted Point Blue Lager until my last Yankee game I went to a few years ago. Still the best I've ever had because of the temperature they served it at!

I will look around for something like that and take a pic If I see it.

I love it, Blue point Brewery originated right near me and Ive been to there old small brewery and now they have a much larger brewery and Resturant in town right near me.

Its really good.

Whereabouts? Bronx, Manhattan?

Patchouge, L.I. N.Y.

Happy Ballantine Day

Missing my Brew...... give up Beer for Lent every year.

OOOFAH

I have in recent years but not this year. Recently I've been more on a whiskey kick than beer so that's what I've been stocking up on and drinking lately.

Very nice, any particular brand you favor?

Blanton's is always the standard but I've been expanding to try new brands. My go to (and cheaper version) is Buffalo Trace. Eagle Rare isn't a bad poor either. Both bottles "should' be had for under $30.

Interesting, will check that out.

Good luck in your search. Eagle Rare is a harder bottle to find by me but maybe you’ll have better luck? Let me know if you’re able to track either/both down.

I entered a contest for rare bourbons at Total Wine and I won the right to purchase a Pappy 23. I went out the next day and dropped $364 which was their retail price. My wife wants to sell it, I want to drink it with friends. Part of me wants to keep it for a special occasion. I have five kids and the oldest is 14. Maybe save it for when he gets married of graduates college. I don't know what to do.

I’d hang on to it personally. Never tried Pappy as they’re hard to come by as well. Have you ever had it? If so, worth the price?

Never had it. My buddy had the 10 and said it slips down your throat like velvet. He's also a little fucking nuts. I checked the secondary market price and it can go for between 3500-4500 a bottle. Who would ever pay that much I have no idea

Keep it.

Hey guys try to get your hands on some Hertog Jan, drinking that now. After Heineken the best dutch lager around !

Do you have a picture of what it looks like?

Thanks. Never seen or heard of it before.

Don't miss it, Tuesday will be three weeks.


I go 47 days for lent , most people do 40.

Might night go back to the drink, we will see.

Good for you DP. Either way you go. I went dry to January to shed the holiday pounds I brought back with me. Was thinking of cutting back myself. We'll see (this time of year I always gain a little weight because of the girl scout cookies and Reese's peanut butter eggs). We'll see what it's like after Easter.

I hear ya..... Easter is a another huge food event around here. I will be ready for it.

Enjoy the cookies, I have some also.

Thanks DP. I stocked up for the season and I'll hit the girl scouts one last time before they close up shop to last me until next year (I keep them in the fridge and ration them throughout the year). They're still good. I don't care what the Sell By/Best Date says.

Agree, most sell by dates are bullshit.

I have a bunch of beer in the garage.
Not sure if I will indulge in any Tuesday, will see.

Indulge sir. You deserve it. Raising my glass to you now!

Thank you, I think I will.

Tomorrow is a typically a big day in my Family and Home.

Looks like we will celebrate but will be quiet and small group.

St. pATRICKS day is not a drunk fest for us, we would go to church , cook Potato leek soup, Irish soda bread , corned beef & cabbage with potatos.

I will have a few drinks but no one gets hammered.

Have a great day, be safe and enjoy.

Since I’ll be working from home for the foreseeable future like many of you, today and going forward at my residence, shall henceforth be known as Das Boot Sunday’s! Prost!

That’s great, enjoy i12

Thanks DP! 🍻

I had a few beers of 7,9% , pretty good after a few weeks sober.

Anything good Hollander?

Not bad, Perlenbacher Strong, a bit like a tripel.

Never had it (not sure if I’m heard of it either)

Just had two cases of my swill beer ( miller ) tow six packs of Coney Island Mermaid pils and two six packs of Brown dog ale delivered.

My local B D is owned by a friend of mine and he had one of his guys drop it in my garage.

Im good for a few weeks.

Ready to crack 'em open come Sunday I bet? MGD is your swill beer!? I like MGD!

It's some obscure german. Tonight the world's most famous Heineken.

Man , did I.

I ate really well so it was very balanced.

I drank pretty well myself yesterday. Had a little whiskey early on, followed by a new flavor of Leinenkugel's (Orange Shandy) plus their regular Summer Shandy (which I still think is the best), followed by some MGD's myself.

Very nice..... I used to enjoy that Lemon shandy on tap at my friends boat yard ( hate the term yacht club) but it actually is a hight falutant members only bullshit establishment.
For many a-hole reasons I always enjoyed being there and actually play and looked the part but so happy I will not even have to go there this Summer or hopefully ever again due to the COv19.

I PLAN ON GETTING OUT OUT OF A TON OF SHIT.

Change isn’t necessarily a bad thing

Yes it is.

And love checking off the list of horse crap I will not have to do this year.

Heineken tonight after a few dry weeks.

I’m stuck on Blue Point Toasted Ale, but man does it make me fart.... Wife is wondering if I have a prob.... I keep thinking ...no , its awesome.

First and best Blur Point Toasted Lager I bad was at Yankee Stadium. Never heard of it before but it was great. Also the best Guinness I ever had was at Yankee Stadium as well. It’s the temperature they serve it at. Goes down smooth!

Yes, agree... I always enjoyed the Beer at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium once they added more choices and tap craft beers.
First craft beer choice both parks offered was Goose Island IPA on tap.

Grolsch tonight pretty good !

Grolsch is a good beer. I like it!

Me too, can you buy it in the States?

Yes sir. Think it comes in 4 packs but I like the bottle it's in (unique here in the States the bottle).

Right,, four packs in bottle with the porcelain caps and metal fram.

Saw this today and had to grab it. Not much for pumpkin flavored stuff but I do love this time of year for the fall and winter beers. Love me some pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc. in my beer to give it some flavor. Going to crack open the Jack-O tonight to try (most curious about that).

Yeah Grolsch is famous for the resealable flip top bottles as a youth I drank them a lot haha. Now drinking Heineken though, not a fan of Amstel.

O man I really love my heineken outdoors now with this hot weather at night.

Another great summer night drinking Hertog Jan.

Having a Sam '76. Not a fan but it came in a variety pack I bought. Plus, at this point, I consider it swill because I've already had some whiskey and this is just to keep the buzz going. Nasty stuff though and I advise not buying it!

Yeah, taste like grapefruit juice.
I like spa's but not when they are citrusy

I'm not an IPA fan as I've never met one I've liked so I usually avoid them. But again, this came in the Sam Adams Fall Variety pack so I might as well drink it rather than pour it down the drain.

Elysian Star dust
Brew free or die Blood Orange ipa
Stella Artois
Philadelphia Yards Ipa
Goose Ipa

Tonight Warsteiner pilsner, you can never go wrong with the Germans.

Never been a big fan of Warsteiner. Spaten, Pauliner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbrau I'm all game for!

All my locals are boycotting Montauk Brewing Co. since they posted a sign and commercial for supporting progressive protests.

Law enforcement members Family and Friends found this as an insult.

The only good beer they gad was the Driftwood Ale and they discontinued it in favor of flavored brews.
No loss for me.

I have been enjoying Coney Island Pils.

Tonight will be Sam Adams October Fest & Cony Island Mermaid Pilsner.

Haven't had the Cony Island but I love Sam Adams. Although for Oktoberfest beers, I prefer Spaten, Paulaner, or Sierra Nevada. Give them a shot if you see them around and are in the mood.

Did not get to check on the options you mentioned above but will today or tomorrow.

I did find these and usually not a Pumpkin beer fan since they all just seem to be beer with cinnamon in it.

This one is from BPB so I thought I would give it a try....strong and pretty good.

Can you try reposting the pic DP? When I click on it, it takes me to the website but there's no image.

That sucks, I was just posting another and saw this.

I will try right now. let me know if it loads...I see it.

The one above is Blue Point Pumpkin

This one is Sierra Nevada Octoberfest you recommended.

I see it now. That Blue Point sounds good. I'd take a flyer on it. Unfortunately, I can't get any Blue Point by me, which sucks! Let me know how you like it and glad you were able to find the Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest. I hope you enjoy that as well. I actually purchased the one underneath it the other day (The Harpoon Dunkin' Dozen). I only bought it to try the Dunkin'' Pumpkin but I also liked the Jelly Donut IPA surprisingly (I don't typically like IPA's). I haven't tried the other 2 yet but I doubt I'll like them as they're a stout and the other a porter.

After 8 the stores can not sell beer anymore all cafes and bars are also closed the coming weeks. It sucks but still drinking Veltins in this partial lockdown.

This one is pretty good.

Gulpener Gladiator is a powerful 10% beer . It is a strong bottom fermented beer, a Lager.

Never heard of it or seen it by me unfortunately.

That looks good H.

i12 , surprised you do not like the porter being you are a whisky drinker.

I had the porter as well and wasn't a fan. I don't care for porters or IPA's, which was why I was surprised I liked the Jelly Donut IPA. Stout's I don't particularly like either save for Guinness. Actually purchased another 12 pack today so I could have another one on stand-by because my stores been terrible at restocking. I purchased a 6 pack of Shipyard's Pumpkinhead and when I went to go back to pick up another, they said they weren't getting any more until next year. I said are you kidding me!? One delivery and that's it for the year? I know this stuff is seasonal but they've always received multiple delivers (or at least always restock the shelf) when the items out. And this is Total Wine, a major retailer. Not some Mom & Pop shop. So I didn't take the chance and grabbed another Dunkin' pack today.

My local guy has tons of Shipyard Sam Oct and many others.

He spoils me.

Dang it! Can't even find it at other stores by me.

Grolsch Kanon is also nice once in a while, it is a lager with an alcohol content of 11.6%. Grolsch Kanon is a specialty beer with a sweet taste, a powerful and robust beer that owes its character to the double fermentation at high temperatures. Brewed since 1997.

Saw Sam Adams Winter Lager in the store today so I had to grab it. Eagerly awaiting for their White Christmas ale to drop as that's my 2nd favorite variety that they make.

Love the Winter and I love the Feziwig Ale that will come in the variety 12-pk.

The Feziwig Ale isn't in the variety 12 pack this year. I know, I was surprised too. Bought another Winter Lager 6 pack today and another of the Harpoon Dunkin 12 packs before my store ran out.

WTF...... are you sure........ the Holiday variety 12pk?

I have not seen them yet at my local but if the Fez is not in there I am canceling Christmas.

Yup, it's Boston Lager, Sam '76, Winter Lager, Holiday White Ale (New this year), American IPA, and Holiday Porter

So the Sam Adams White Christmas is now called the Holiday White Ale (probably because Christmas was "too offensive.") Grabbed a 6-pack today and I'll grab another tomorrow. Haven't had one yet, so don't worry but my usual spot's been running low on supplies so I'm grabbing them while they're there. Think the pandemic they're not getting as much as they have in the past and I've already made the mistake with the Shipyard Pumpkinhead to not wait too long if I want to grab another because once they're out, they're out until next year.

That is Fucked up.

I didn't take any chances and stocked up. Grabbed 3 6-packs of each!

Nice.... you are The Man.

This is what I stock up on in New York when I'm up for the holidays. But since I'm not going up now, might as well stock up here and not take the chance it'll all be gone. So this will last me at least into next month. But I LOVE these beers and look forward to them all year round so you can never have too much.

Hertog Jan again pretty tipsy

I found some of the last Coney iSLAND MERMAID PILSNERS till next summer... took them all.

Will miss Feziwig this year but will try to find something to replace.

I may be getting some nice Euro beers soon., look forward to seeing the batch ...they are random.

Did you ever track down those German beers? I'm surprised Sam didn't have the Feziwig in their variety pack this year. I'd give the "Holiday White Ale" (formerly White Christmas) a try from Sam Adams. I love it. The Winter Lager's good as well IMO.

I did, I think I took a pic of that German Brew, I do like the Sam Winter, will have to give the Holiday white another try.

Good luck, let me know what you think. What did you think about the German beers honestly?

Some are skunk, other are bold and full flavor.

I had Heineken from Holland and it tasted much better than the Heineken they sell here in the states.

I like Czech beer

Which German beers did you get? Curious which one's were skunky and which one's you liked?

I have a bunch of Euro beers that will show up soon for the Holidays, its an annual gift.
They are mostly very good.

The skunks beers I was mentioning are Becks and St. Paulie Girl.

Becks and St. Paulie Girl I've not huge on. Were you ever able to try Spaten or Paulaner?

Yes, both very good.

My local just got a shipment of Coney Island Mermaid Pilsner in and I will be getting those regularly now.
They also received a new batch of Montauk Driftwood Ale that was out of production for a while, I will post a pic when I get them while picking up some Sam Adams for the holiday.
Always drink and serve Sam Adams Lager on TGD at my house TGD.

Nice, enjoy! Sam Adams if my favorite beer (not the Boston Lager, the brewery as a whole). MGD's my second favorite.

COOL, when you say MGD...... is that Miller?
My fav summer swill beer is Miller High Life.

Yes, Miller Genuine Draft. I also like the High Life as well (my first beer I ever liked).

Same

Ive have not drank Miller in over 30 yrs. ..is the new stuff really that good?..cause I may switch because of u guy's opinion....just 4 a "house beer" of course...nuthin' can take me away from my real love of Blue Moon 4 good beer drinking...I know u guys r into all that IPA Pumpkin, different house brew weird shit ..cardomom , ghost pepper," local" crystal ball egg drop from this "great brewery "kinda stuff.."....but I'll stick w/ my Stella & Blue Moon 4 good drink...but looking 2 change from Bud 2 maybe something better 4 house "couch" beer...r u guy's the answer???...Dues or Irish please reply if u may....

It's personal preference really. I've always been a MGD fan. Never cared for Bud, Coors, etc because they tasted like water to me. If you haven 't had it in a while, I'd say it's worth checking out again to see if your opinions changed over the decades.

I recently started drinking again after many years of sobriety. Been lovin Heineken lately

Cheers Ralphie 🍻

I gotta pick up a case of Sam Adams, I aways have it for TGD,

What variation? I picked up a 4-pack of Prairie Artisan Ales - Seasick Crocodile. I bought a single recently to try it and liked it. It's a sour ale with Cranberries, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ginger. LOVE the beers this time of year with Halloween and Christmas so close to each other!

Nice, for TGD i like the old standard SA lager.

After trying all kinds of flavored beers and ales, I'm returning to basics: Kirin Ichiban and Trader Joe's Plzner.

Bavaria Premium Pilsener this time, not my favorite lager but not bad either.

I’m really diggin the Sam Adams Winter lager this year, just picked up another case.