Anchor Steam

Red Hook ESB

Red Hook Blonde Ale (my favorite summer beer ever)

Alaskan Smoked Porter

Velkopopovicky Kozel

Budvar

Krusovice

Newcastle

Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul makes a very fine pale ale.

Highly recommended.

sparky wrote:

kerble wrote:NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE!!!!! IT'LL KNOCK YOU ON YOUR BACK, LET ME TELL YOU.......

Newky Brown? When I was a teenager in Cheshire, we used to hang around the shops drinking this if we felt like projecting a more adult vibe.

If we wanted to be sophisticated, we'd be seen with Miller Genuine Draft. And we'd refer to it casually as "MGD", because we were that cool.

I was just quoting this.

In all honesty, I hate beer. I can't drink it fast enough or in enough amounts to get drunk, just enough to get chubbier. I do like Stella quite a bit, though. An guinness is nice, esp in french onion soup as part of the base.

lars wrote:Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul makes a very fine pale ale.

Highly recommended.

I just cannot stomach that sour apricot Summit taste.

I think one of the best I've ever had (bottled, anyways) has been the organic Pinkus stuff from Germany. Really amazing.

Full Sail
Negro Modelo
Peroni
Guinness
Tecate
Point
Red Stripe
Spaten

EDIT: Oh, and kerble IS right, Newcastle is great, too.

kerble wrote:

sparky wrote:

kerble wrote:NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE!!!!! IT'LL KNOCK YOU ON YOUR BACK, LET ME TELL YOU.......

Newky Brown? When I was a teenager in Cheshire, we used to hang around the shops drinking this if we felt like projecting a more adult vibe.

If we wanted to be sophisticated, we'd be seen with Miller Genuine Draft. And we'd refer to it casually as "MGD", because we were that cool.

I was just quoting this.

In all honesty, I hate beer. I can't drink it fast enough or in enough amounts to get drunk, just enough to get chubbier. I do like Stella quite a bit, though. An guinness is nice, esp in french onion soup as part of the base.

Heh heh, pardon my reminiscing... I was using your post as an excuse to bring up the era when I and my equally stupid friends thought we were badasses.

Splendid link!

I associate Stella too much with its (UK?) nickname (probably already mentioned) of wifebeater, but I guess it's not so bad.

I don't drink beer so much. Bitters with my dad (Hook Norton commonly in pubs near to the family home), Corona as Friday night disco juice, and Leffe when I can find it. I like Leffe a lot: friends in Paris got me onto it, weirdly.

Edit for half-arsed attempts to clear about a million typos in fifty words.

zom-zom wrote:I just cannot stomach that sour apricot Summit taste.

It's definitely bitter. Deliciously so. I don't get the sour apricots, though.

For rotten fruit beer, I suggest the horrible fermented banana aroma of Grain Belt Premium.

zom-zom wrote:I think one of the best I've ever had (bottled, anyways) has been the organic Pinkus stuff from Germany. Really amazing.

Just picked up the Pils. It's pretty good stuff.

If anyone is desparate for the aforementioned Westvleteren 12 or 8, pick up St. Sebastiaan. It comes in a goofy bottle that looks like stone. It's not as good, but it's pretty goddamn close.

Rochefort 8 or 10 is in the ballpark as well.

Drink that shit in the right glass, too.

If you like lambic style beers, the Wisconsin Belgian Red from the New Glarus Brewing Co. is delicious. Great on a hot summer day. Their Uff-Da bock is also really good.

thyklopth wrote:Tyskie(Polish pilsner- sold at Jewel/Osco for $5.99/six. They have no clue how good it is)

Tyskie is fucking awesome. Dry, fairly light and it's 5.6%! I tend to buy Polish beer now that it has become more available.