The Favorite Beer Thread

[cmlancas]

Yes, I know, I brew beer myself. But adjuncts are just that... ADJUNCTS. You add them to beer. An alcoholic beverage, made almost entirely of corn. With no Malt. Is not a beer.

And a sentence without a subject and predicate is not a sentence. It's a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.

 

[croaker69]

About as artsy fartsy as I get in my beer is Sam Adams or Yuengling.  Otherwise, I'm good with Coors Lite or Corona.

Kinda partial to Red Stripe, as well.  Also, never underestimate the power of the PBR.

I'm not a beer snob.  I'm not going to try to impress anyone with my gastrointestinal prowess by drinking a loaf of bread (Guiness).

yea dude, but none of those things you just named are "Beer"
You can't make beer from Corn. (well, Sam Adams is a real beer I guess)

You can make beer with anything (provided the basics are there). You can make beer with pumpkins, honey, bananas, and freakin jalapenos and brussel sprouts if you wanted to. They're called adjuncts.

Yes, I know, I brew beer myself. But adjuncts are just that... ADJUNCTS. You add them to beer. An alcoholic beverage, made almost entirely of corn. With no Malt. Is not a beer.

Germans make the best beer Nazis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

Anything else results in 

[CmdrSlack]

local Two Brother's Heavy Handed IPA

I cannot say enough how much the beers that come from this brewery rule. They're just hands-down excellent.

[rattran]

local Two Brother's Heavy Handed IPA

I cannot say enough how much the beers that come from this brewery rule. They're just hands-down excellent.

I've had poor luck with their "Bitter End" and "Domaine DuPage" About half the time I get the bitter, and probably 20% of the French, they're off tasting. Doesn't seem to matter where I get them either.

On the plus side, when it's a good 6pack, it's a treat.

[CharlieMopps]

I must again mention: If you like stouts, you HAVE to try Lion Stout. It's the best in the world.

[Teleku]

About as artsy fartsy as I get in my beer is Sam Adams or Yuengling.  Otherwise, I'm good with Coors Lite or Corona.

Kinda partial to Red Stripe, as well.  Also, never underestimate the power of the PBR.

I'm not a beer snob.  I'm not going to try to impress anyone with my gastrointestinal prowess by drinking a loaf of bread (Guiness).

yea dude, but none of those things you just named are "Beer"
You can't make beer from Corn. (well, Sam Adams is a real beer I guess)

You can make beer with anything (provided the basics are there). You can make beer with pumpkins, honey, bananas, and freakin jalapenos and brussel sprouts if you wanted to. They're called adjuncts.

Yes, I know, I brew beer myself. But adjuncts are just that... ADJUNCTS. You add them to beer. An alcoholic beverage, made almost entirely of corn. With no Malt. Is not a beer.

Germans make the best beer Nazis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

Anything else results in 

As somebody who loves wheat beer, I have to disagree.

Actually, as somebody who loves good beer in general, I have to deeply disagree.

It was a retarded law.

[NowhereMan]

And all of you "claiming" Guinness is your favorite... Guinness comes has around a half dozen versions. The best of which (imo) is "Guinness Extra Stout"

By Guinness, we mean Guinness. You can call it draught if you want. We mean the stuff that Irish people have been drinking for generations, before modern marketing pressures forced the company to come up with other beers. If you need us to specify which beer we mean when we say Guinness, you don't know enough about Guinness.

Actually although Draught is certainly the biggest selling Guinness it's only been around since the 50's, the Extra Stout is the Guinness that's been sold since the 18th century. That said I prefer Draught myself.

[voodoolily]

Hard to pick a favorite, but currently:

Spatan Optimator.

Been all over that lately.

There's a little German deli in our neighborhood where you can get the very best reuben, a side of German potato salad and a pint of Spaten for less than $10. I might need to head over there this weekend. 

My favorite is Paulaner Salvator doppelbock. Love me some doppelbocks and hefedunkels.

[Simond]

Porter:  Fullers London Porter

Hurray!

And all of you "claiming" Guinness is your favorite... Guinness comes has around a half dozen versions. The best of which (imo) is "Guinness Extra Stout"

By Guinness, we mean Guinness. You can call it draught if you want. We mean the stuff that Irish people have been drinking for generations, before modern marketing pressures forced the company to come up with other beers. If you need us to specify which beer we mean when we say Guinness, you don't know enough about Guinness.

Actually although Draught is certainly the biggest selling Guinness it's only been around since the 50's, the Extra Stout is the Guinness that's been sold since the 18th century. That said I prefer Draught myself.

...and they stole the recipe from Londoners!

My 'generic' drink is either Strongbow or Scrumpy Jack, but I go for real scrumpy whenever I can.

[Oban]

Has anyone tried Utopia?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/sfl-flcostbeerbrnov29,0,5291591.story

I need to see if I can convince the LCB to import this.

[Teleku]

That certainly looks interesting, but being poor, I probably wont be able to try any for awhile, heh.  It probably taste nothing like beer, but I would really like to try it, since it sounds pretty damn good.  Seems like that would have to be a pretty unique drink, as I don't think anybody else in world makes something like that, do they?

[Oban]

Not that I know of...