Favorite beer

[Truth Detector]

[QUOTE=Truth Detector;3004978]Gotta be Bud Light Chelada






Nobody is going to call me out on this? I've never had it but its got to be the worst tasting beer ever.

[Jed]

[QUOTE=Truth Detector;3006728]

Gotta be Bud Light Chelada






Nobody is going to call me out on this? I've never had it but its got to be the worst tasting beer ever.

Clamato is very Canadian. I had one and it was actually not terrible, it's hard to call it a beer though.

[BADGER]

I'm happy with mild American beers like miller lite and Coors light. I'm not into local brew much. We have a local Gordon Biersch nearby that has their own brews and every one is awful.

[MD-IRLFAN]

There's so darn many good 'craft brewed' beers out there now, it's difficult to pick just one or two.

Agree %100. I'm lucky enough to live right in the middle of Flying Dog, Dogfish Head and Troeg's country. All offer top notch brews. And like another poster has stated. When I do travel I make a point to seek out the local craft brewers.

Right now enjoying a Lagunitas Imperial Red Ale

Good stuff!

[window]

What hops do you brew with for the grapefruit? I'm still working on IPA recipes, just bought a pound of Citra and can't wait to use it. Brewed with Columbus and Centennial last weekend, should be good by Indy.

I got the types (not amounts) from Central Waters: Galena for bittering, Cascade and Ahtanum for aroma. (I've yet to get Ahtanum). I also admit to not quite achieving the actual taste of the Brewery. But it's fun to try. We've also used Centennial, but all this (as you know) depends on IBU, amounts, and boil.

[Neshaminy]

I got the types (not amounts) from Central Waters: Galena for bittering, Cascade and Ahtanum for aroma. (I've yet to get Ahtanum). I also admit to not quite achieving the actual taste of the Brewery. But it's fun to try. We've also used Centennial, but all this (as you know) depends on IBU, amounts, and boil.

Timing is everything with hopping......and look into a hopback for the green, floral flavors and aftertaste of grassy notes in hops. Basically a hot wort filter filled with green hops which does amazing things to the taste.

[CrewChief]

But for a regional brewer, they've done a pretty good job I think. They're never going to compete with a well-made micro, but they blow away the mass-produced swill.

I wouldn't really consider them regional anymore, it's available pretty much up and down the entire east coast and they have a 2nd brewery in Tampa that covers the south.

[mattndallas]

[mattndallas]

Agree %100. I'm lucky enough to live right in the middle of Flying Dog, Dogfish Head and Troeg's country. All offer top notch brews. And like another poster has stated. When I do travel I make a point to seek out the local craft brewers.

Right now enjoying a Lagunitas Imperial Red Ale

Good stuff!

I remember there was a Texas-themed rest/bar in Bethesda that would sell Lone Star on tap for like $9/pint. It was like an import.

We were used to getting them for $1/can at Adair's...

[akh_v2.0]

I wouldn't really consider them regional anymore, it's available pretty much up and down the entire east coast and they have a 2nd brewery in Tampa that covers the south.

Really, I don't work for them...but I am passionate about them as a PA homeboy...they actually have 3 breweries, but two of them are in Pottsville, PA. They made an offer to buy a shuttered brewery in Memphis, but couldn't close the deal. That would have really opened up more of the country to them.
From their FAQ's:

The Yuengling Brewery is a regional brewer that has manufacturing plants in Pottsville, PA and Tampa, FL. Currently we distribute our products over a fourteen state area plus the District of Columbia along the eastern seaboard. While there is significant interest for our products nationwide, unfortunately we do not have the manufacturing capabilities to service customers across the United States. As a result, our focus and efforts continues to be on our loyal customers and markets that are logistically feasible to our production facilities.

Lots more interesting info at (somewhat obviously) http://www.yuengling.com/

[FishBurger]

Leinenkugel's Original Lager for me.

[Neshaminy]

Really, I don't work for them...but I am passionate about them as a PA homeboy...they actually have 3 breweries, but two of them are in Pottsville, PA. They made an offer to buy a shuttered brewery in Memphis, but couldn't close the deal. That would have really opened up more of the country to them.
From their FAQ's:



Lots more interesting info at (somewhat obviously) http://www.yuengling.com/

Takin' that stuff across the Mississippi is bootleggin', much like Coors was eons ago coming the opposite way. Now, where in the world did that term "bootleggin'" come from? Ice come in to play with it.

[dog-ring]

I started drinking Black and Tan when we were racing in Nazareth....I understand that Yuengling is the oldest brewer in the US now....We don't have it here in Indy but I usually stock up when the wife makes me drive her over to Jungle Jims in Cinn.

[Neshaminy]

[QUOTE=Truth Detector;3006728]

Gotta be Bud Light Chelada






Nobody is going to call me out on this? I've never had it but its got to be the worst tasting beer ever.

OK, you're called out..... http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bud-light-chelada/75444/ read it and weep, leave it to a guy from London to give it a 3.3

[Frank Capua]

OK, you're called out..... http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bud-light-chelada/75444/ read it and weep, leave it to a guy from London to give it a 3.3

Maybe it's better served warm?

[Jakester]

Now, where in the world did that term "bootleggin'" come from?

I was always under the impression it came from the days of prohibition when the practice of stashing your whiskey for an evening of partying in the 'leg' your boot was common. And that's why smaller bottle of whiskey still tend to come in flattish, curved bottles.

[Neshaminy]

I was always under the impression it came from the days of prohibition when the practice of stashing your whiskey for an evening of partying in the 'leg' your boot was common. And that's why smaller bottle of whiskey still tend to come in flattish, curved bottles.

Very close.....it did come from the days of Prohibition and during the cold winters when the river froze people would "leg it" across the river between Windsor CAN and Detroit with the bottles in their winter boots.....nature's little cure for the vehicle which made organized crime a money making machine.

And MD- Lagunitas Imperial Red is a great beer, just tried it two weeks ago myself.

[Davydd]

Maybe it's better served warm?

I've quaffed all kinds of ales and Guinness in England and Wales in over 20 pubs including some of the oldest dating back to the 11th Century. Not once did I have a warm brew. This is a myth that ought to be put to rest. England has joined the 21st Century in terms of refrigeration.

[Neshaminy]

I've quaffed all kinds of ales and Guinness in England and Wales in over 20 pubs including some of the oldest dating back to the 11th Century. Not once did I have a warm brew. This is a myth that ought to be put to rest. England has joined the 21st Century in terms of refrigeration.

Cask conditioned ales are still served in the fashion of "warm" brews.......they are served at basement temps without the push of CO2......so to a degree, the old English method is still in use today.

[MD-IRLFAN]

I remember there was a Texas-themed rest/bar in Bethesda that would sell Lone Star on tap for like $9/pint. It was like an import.

We were used to getting them for $1/can at Adair's...

$9 Pints? That's criminal.

Looks like the girl on the left is saying 'you paid how much?'

[Sleepcheap]

I've quaffed all kinds of ales and Guinness in England and Wales in over 20 pubs including some of the oldest dating back to the 11th Century. Not once did I have a warm brew. This is a myth that ought to be put to rest. England has joined the 21st Century in terms of refrigeration.

"Why do the English drink warm beer?

They have Lucas refrigerators."

Maybe they're able to get GE's now.

[Jed]

Cask conditioned ales are still served in the fashion of "warm" brews.......they are served at basement temps without the push of CO2......so to a degree, the old English method is still in use today.

You are correct. I had the misfortune of ordering one such ale in London a couple years back, and I got through about two tepid sips before I ordered a different beer.

But Davydd is also correct in that the reputation for Europeans drinking warm beers is largely bogus. I've never found a pub in Europe that didn't serve cold beer, and that is what most people seem to drink.

[Davydd]

I'm preparing for my May RV trip that culminates at the Indy 500 where you can only bring in can beer. So, for this trip which will require me to share quite a few with my son-in-law in northern Virginia, I bought...

Surly Furious
Surly Bitter Brewer
21st Amendment Brewery Bitter American
21st Amendment Brewery Brew Free or Die IPA
Tallgrass Brewing Company Oasis Ale
Big Sky Brewing Co. Big Sky I.P.A.

The only one I've had before is the Surly Furious.

I also have a left over can in the fridge of Butternut Beer & Ale Porkslap Farmhouse Pale Ale that I could save to have with a track loin.

[MD-IRLFAN]

I've liked everything I've tried from 21st Amendment Brewery. In fact, the Live Free or Die IPA will probably make the trip to Indy with me this year. Been doing Dale's Pale Ale the last couple of years.

[PDC]

I had a Carlsberg at the Norway pavillion in Epcot Sunday night. Might have had the smoothest taste yet for me.