Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:

John George Peppers wrote:It's rare, but it does happen. Someone hands you a beer or you deside to try a new brand/flavor and it's terrible.

Fuck Sam Adams. I have never once tried a Sam Adams beer that I enjoy.

They're always pushing the Boston Lager, which is totally average, but I remember liking the Boston Ale quite a bit. That was the only Sam Adams brand beer I cared for.

I like some of Boston Beer Company's brews. For a big American brewery they make some decent stuff. I also prefer the Boston Ale to their lager.

The Sam Adams Scotch Ale is an interesting beer. It's a specialty beer based on the Scottish style called a "wee heavy" (though a bit less strong for the style). The thing that makes it special is that it contains a quantity of peat-smoked malt, which gives it a hint of the smoky flavor of a Highlands Scotch whisky.

Another one I'd like to sample is the Utopias. At 25% ABV, it's the strongest beer in the world. It's very dark, and uncarbonated. I've heard that it has a flavor kind of like an Oloroso sherry. Maybe I'll pick up a bottle for the holidays.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:But the all-time worst beer I've ever had is Blatz Light, my dad's preferred brand in the twilight years of his alcoholism. He prided himself on how reviled it was--because nobody ever bummed beers off of him. "I'll drink what I bring" was his credo...

That's great. It kind of reminds me of menthol smokers who say to cigarette bums, "Sure you can have one of mine, but it's menthol" because they know it's going to discourage the moochers.

I like Rheingold.

that and miller High Life are the only two "cheap beers" I've found that I like so far.

Hoegaarden sucks but I drank like 8 of the Belgian white variety the other day because I was in the mood for Blue Moon and this bar didn't have it. I guess I just wanted an orange in my beer. It was thin and fizzy.

In weaker, poorer moments I've gone the bang-for-the-buck route and choked down some Steel Reserve. It tastes like shampoo and will give you a stinging-ass headache.

I lived in Chicago for 8some years and drank shitloads of Old Style. I seem to remember it having this nasty, slightly sweet taste to it. I would only ever drink it again if I was feeling nostalgic.

I like Sam Adams all right, but all of their varieties taste the same.

geiginni wrote:You Minneapolis folks are forgetting about Pigseye, and Schaeffer, and Landmark, and Grain Belt (but Primo is passable). Man, there are a great deal of shitty beer from the Cities. But Summit is awesome. In particular their IPA.

Pig's Eye was gone for several years, I guess it's back but who cares?

Schaeffer? Landmark? Where do you get that? Grain Belt is no longer a Minneapolis beer.

Summit is foul shit. Drink it up.

What about Meister Braü? Anybody remember that?

Or Falstaff, or Red, White and Blue?

Those were all shitty beers, but I drank 'em. Hell, I was 19 and they were like $2.50 - $3 a 6-pack. Of course I drank 'em!

I am with Yaledelay on the Guiness issue. Call me a pussy, what ever, but that shit is hard to keep down.

IMO, drinking that shit is merely a flexing of someone's machismo muscle.

Guinness? Come on. Guinness isn't strong or anything, it's only like 4.2% ABV. Even less than most American production lagers, which are about 4.5%. (Bottled Guinness however, is a bit stronger at 5.6% ABV)

Guinness isn't strong, it's just very roasty and kinda dry and has a very full mouthfeel due to roasted barley and crystal/caramel malts used in the mash.

It is very filling however (so it's really more of a sipper than a good session beer) and it'll put a gut on ya if you drink it a lot.

tw wrote:i hate beer with pumpkin or blueberry flavor or any of that bullshit.

AMEN! I see that on the label and I immediately know I want nothing to do with it.

Colonel Panic wrote:Guinness isn't strong, it's just very roasty and kinda dry and has a very full mouthfeel due to roasted barley and crystal/caramel malts used in the mash.

Yeah, I wasn't being a pussy about the alcohol content, just the vile taste aspect of Guinness. It's probably the same acquired taste folks need to enjoy black licorice or unprotected dirty butt sex with a tranny crack addict in DC.

zom-zom wrote:

geiginni wrote:You Minneapolis folks are forgetting about Pigseye, and Schaeffer, and Landmark, and Grain Belt (but Primo is passable). Man, there are a great deal of shitty beer from the Cities. But Summit is awesome. In particular their IPA.

Pig's Eye was gone for several years, I guess it's back but who cares?

Schaeffer? Landmark? Where do you get that? Grain Belt is no longer a Minneapolis beer.

Summit is foul shit. Drink it up.

Wow. Place has changed quite a bit then; lost all your shitty beers.

I haven't had Summit in a long, long time. Can't get it here in Chicago.