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Top 5 Favorite Beers?
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:13 pm
by Cardinals
Well...
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:40 pm
by Pirates
Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout
Brother Thelonious
Sam Adams-Octoberfest
Spotted Cow
Blue Moon
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:41 pm
by Guardians
Well, I'm pretty simple.
In no particular order...
Sam Adams
Miller Lite
Yuengling Lager
Molson
Rolling Rock
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:49 pm
by Royals
Good topic...
In no particular order:
90 Schilling (no affiliation with Curt)
Fat Tire
Sam Adams
Sol
Guinness (not really a beer, just goodness in a glass)
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:52 pm
by Athletics
Budweiser
Miller Lite
Narragansett Beer
Bud Light
Sam Adams - Boston Lager
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:55 pm
by Cardinals
No order except for #1:
Coors Light, cannot beat the bullet
Guinness
Magic Hat
Blue Moon
Miller High Life
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:57 pm
by Tigers
Ahhhhhh........a non-political thread.
Much needed around here.
1. Deshutes Brewery - Mirror Pond Pale Ale
2. Red Hook ESB
3. Guinness Extra Stout
4. Pike Brewing Company- Pike Kilt Lifter
5. McMenamins - Hammerhead
6. Kilkenny Irish Ale
7. Newcastle Brown Ale
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can count. There are just too many great beers in the world.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:58 pm
by WhiteSox
I had 90 schilling for the first time last week in vail Colorado. Fantastic!
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:04 pm
by Royals
JP, Coors Light? Are you serious? The only beers I can think of that are worse would be PBR and Steel Reserve...
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:07 pm
by Tigers
That reminds me.....I need to add a couple more.
Was stuck on a layover in the SLC airport once.........found the Wasatch Brewery located there. If there you gotta try the....
Polygammy Porter
&
The Devastator (Double Bock)
Surprisingly good beers from the mormon state.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:10 pm
by Cardinals
RedSox wrote:JP, Coors Light? Are you serious? The only beers I can think of that are worse would be PBR and Steel Reserve...
Absolutely serious. It's the king.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:12 pm
by Pirates
I actually like Coors light, i forgot that if its not in bren's elite repertoire then its not allowed.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:30 pm
by Royals
Sam Adams and Fat Tire are hardly elite, ditto Guinness (it's just damn good stuff) unless your idea of 'elite' means 'costing more than $.50/can'. Coors Light is just so... tasteless (I'm talking about flavor, not class).
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:37 pm
by Padres
Sebago Midnight Porter
Shipyard Blue Fin Stout
Storyteller Doppelbock
Red Hook Black Hook Porter
Stella Artois
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:44 pm
by Nationals
1. Grizzly Wulff Wheat
2. Live Oak Hefeweisen
3. Fransikaner Weisbier
4. Dreher
5. Shiner Hefewisen
Yes, I'm not a dark beer person...
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:11 pm
by Astros
I'm not much of a beer guy, I prefer bourbon and girly drinks but since that's not what this thread is about
1. Bud Light
2. Bud Select
3. Guiness
4. Coors Light
5. I don't know the name of the last beer, but its only brewed at a local brewery and I've only had it once
Sam Adams tastes what I assume that piss tastes like
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:13 pm
by Yankees
1. Sierra Nevada
2. Smithwick's
3. Sam Adam's Summer
4. Newport Storm
5. Magic Hat Hocus Pocus
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:34 am
by BlueJays
Oh what luck.. I just decided to take a hiatus from my IT career and started working for a couple liquor stores 3 months ago. Since then I've just been trying every brew conceivable. I've had some immense favorites lately.
Here we go, in no particular order.. just whats my current favorite right now. Like a mp3 playlist, my top beers are subject to change, and always dynamic.
Kona Brewing Company's Pipleline Porter brewed with REAL Kona Coffee.

Dark complextion, thicker beer. Smooth, with a nice subtle coffee finish that leaves you wanting more.
Paulaner's Oktoberfest

Wow. I dont know why I like it so much, but I do. I down this stuff like its water, but its so much more. I can't begin to do it justice describing it, but I've gotten several 5.0L mini kegs of it since trying it.
O'Dell Brewery's 90 Schilling

As a native of Colorado and the state with the most microbrews on the planet, I've had the fortune of drinking this beer for the last 7 years. Its always fresh, always good, and always filling. Its just awesome.
New Belgium's Trippel

From the makers of Fat Tire, which I also love... But this one, is just up my alley. In bottle fermination still going on.. You pour half of it, give the beer a nice swirl or two, then finish off the glass. What you have is a blissful belgian style ale.
Sam Adams' Winter Lagar

I drank this beer all last winter, and I've been waiting for its release again this year. I can't get enough. It goes down smooth, with a fantastic finish. Hints of Caramel and Chocolate, but subtle enough that it doesn't overpower the taste of the lager. Its almost perfect, I wish it wasn't a seasonal.
Other brews I drink and recommend regularly:
Guinness - thick, creamy, delicious.
Stella Artois - in the bottle beer. When you pour, it gets skunky, unless fresh from a tap.
Heineken - in a bottle, its the best. Again, don't poor in a glass.
Fat Tire - epitome of a good Colorado Brew.
Modelo - in a can. Awesome, cheap, mexican beer.
Chimay - the champaign of beers. Really.
And for my domestic, I pick MGD.
I'm waiting to try the re-release of Schlitz original brew. Its only in small markets right now, but reviews are positive. The Schlitz brewing company is an interesting story. Its hard for me to fathom that for nearly 100 years they were this country's #1 brewer. They lost that title to Budweiser during a strike in the mid 50's and then changed their recipe.. they kept changing it, and making it worse. They lost their share. The original recipe is being used again, and the response is overwhelming from what I hear. I want to know what all the fuss is about, but I'm hyped.. I dont know why. I guess I want to know the what the beer the majority of americans from generations past used to drink, what all the buzz is about.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:57 pm
by Phillies
Nate i couldnt agree more with the winter lager, its wonderful. I also love the fact that its seasonal, it gives you something to look forward to.
1. George Killians Irish Red - drink of choice
2. Sam Adams - Winter Lager/Octoberfest
3. Dog Fish Head - either IPA or Indian Brown Ale (Delaware!)
4. Molson Canadian
5. Stella Artois
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:25 pm
by Tigers
There are some great beer choices mixed in through this thread. Some I haven't thought of in awhile and some I haven't heard of. Going to have to do some sampling this winter and work my way through the thread. Always a good goal......must try one of everything on the list that I haven't heard of.......or tried before.
Some of the generics I'll just have to pass on.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:58 pm
by Rays
GREAT THREAD!
1. Hop Devil ---Victory
2. Halloween Ale ---Gritty's
3. Best Bitter---Gritty's
4. Hampshire Special Ale---Geary's
5. Steel Rail Ale---Berkshire Brewing
90 minute IPA---Dogfish Head
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:41 pm
by Pirates
90 min IPA is on a whole other level
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:55 pm
by Padres
Padres wrote:90 minute IPA---Dogfish Head
Oh yeah - very good ... can't believe I forgot to list it.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:02 pm
by Rockies
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA is even better, only make it around certain months though.
Newcastle
Shipyard Pumpkin Ale
Guiness
Yeungling
Miller Lite, best of the light's
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:05 pm
by Royals
nate, haven't seen Trippel before, I'll have to check that one out.