What's your favorite BEER?

[jatoxico]

Crawl being the operative word if it's all 12% ABV beer.

 

[BrotherBart]

I indulge in moderation.

I moderate in indulgination.

 

[Ashful]

As my boss once said "I have spilled more on my tie than you guys will ever drink.".

Everyone assumed our old director of design was set to retire when they hired me as his replacement, but the old coot decided to stay with us on a part-time basis. He works three days each week, and we always go to the bar for lunch. Being 73 years old, and me 30+ years younger, I recently asked him if he thought it was healthy drinking beer every day. His response was, "My doctor doesn't like it, but I've known a lot more old drunks than old doctors." I couldn't reall

I'm folding clothes and organizing my closet while drinking this stuff. Wild behavior.

Joyful, we need to do A pub crawl. You have named some of my favorites

Amen, brother! I wonder how long it takes to crawl from PA to IL.

 

[aussiedog3]

You should have been better shoppers.

ETA: There is cheaper swill available these days.

Yep, 30 pack of Hamms at WallyWorld $12.99, pretty good for the price

 

[Ashful]

Franzikanner is my top wheat beer, especially the dunkleweiss

If you like Franz, you'll love Erdinger.

 

[jatoxico]

Love that funky monkey...

Piraat ale is another fine belgian.
Great Lakes brewing up your way has some good stuff, especially the Ed. Fitzgerald.
Brooklyn's chocolate stout, better than Victory storm king IMO
Terapin's rye is a neat "Lawnmower beer" for me
Franzikanner is my top wheat beer, especially the dunkleweiss
Starr hill dark star from down my way is excellent!
(don't forget to support the local guys.)

Have been getting Brooklyn's Winter on tap, very good. One of the exec's used to live in my neighborhood, great guy.

 

[Ashful]

One of the exec's used to live in my neighborhood, great guy.

My wife roomed with Dick Yuengling's daughter during college, so they always had free Yuengling on tap in their house. Now, she's not much of a beer drinker anymore, but she'll often take a sip off one of my expensive beers, when I pour myself a glass. Never does much for her.

What's funny is that when I crack a can of $20/case Yuengling (not even really beer, technically speaking) and pour it into a glass, she'll take a sip, her eyes will light up like she just drank liquid gold, and I'll get a, "Mmmm! What's that?!?" Yes... she's been permanently scarred.

 

[jatoxico]

My wife roomed with Dick Yuengling's daughter during college, so they always had free Yuengling on tap in their house. Now, she's not much of a beer drinker anymore, but she'll often take a sip off one of my expensive beers, when I pour myself a glass. Never does much for her.

What's funny is that when I crack a can of $20/case Yuengling (not even really beer, technically speaking) and pour it into a glass, she'll take a sip, her eyes will light up like she just drank liquid gold, and I'll get a, "Mmmm! What's that?!?" Yes... she's been permanently scarred.

My wife's a mozzarella stick and chicken finger girl too so I can sympathize. Her beer was...you guessed it Amstel light

 

[BrotherBart]

Her beer was...you guessed it Amstel light

I like Amstel Light. Had the first one in Rotterdam. Chicken's got fingers?

 

[osagebow]

Used to buy yueng stuff in gallon milk jugs in Shippensburg long before the growler craze hit. Liked them all, especially the Chesterfield ale.

 

[jatoxico]

I like Amstel Light. Had the first one in Rotterdam. Chicken's got fingers?

Not any more they don't.

 

[hydes2004]

Goose island brewery Bourbon county stout

 

[bag of hammers]

I need a program just to follow this thread...

 

[Jags]

I need a program just to follow this thread...

Naaa...ya just gotta drink faster.

 

[bag of hammers]

At first I thought some of this was a bit out of my league - got me Googling around a bit - first hit:

(broken link removed to http://brooklynbrewshop.com/themash/5-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-beers/)

I'm more than a bit out - the only 2 words I recognized there are Sam Adams. But a sample of any of the beers mentioned there and across this thread would be a treat I'm sure.

 

[mass_burner]

IBC

 

[nsfd95]

IBC

International Beer Coalition?

 

[mass_burner]

 

[Jags]

I'm more than a bit out

There is nothing that those beers can bring to the table that is worth those prices, IMHO. Unless of course you need something to wash down the gold leaf cloaked, chocolate cake that was made with cocoa beans picked by civets and berries only found on a 100 sqft patch on the side of a mountain in the Andes.

 

[Ashful]

Beer = water, barley, yeast, hops. Period. The Germans are so serious about this that they revised their old Reinheitsgebot purity law, reinstating the new text in 1993.

By this definition, most of our popular malt beverage products are not really beer:

Molsen, Rolling Rock, Yuengling - substitute corn for a portion of the barley, to reduce cost

Budweiser, Busch, Coors, lesser beers - substitute rice for a portion of the barley, to reduce cost even more

The least expensive honest beer you can buy most places in this country is Sam Adams.

 

[Jags]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot

(Ahhh - ya beat me to it with your edit including the Reinheitsgebot)

 

[mass_burner]

The least expensive honest beer you can buy most places in this country is Sam Adams.

Hey, I worked at the Boston Beer Company in S Boston (maker of Sam Adams) HQ for 2 weeks a few years ago. They drink beer at lunch time and have beer/wicked ale in the drink machines.

 

[bag of hammers]

the least expensive honest beer you can buy most places in this country is Sam Adams.

A long time ago I was in Boston and of course sampled a few (Boston Lager). Liked it a lot. I believe it's also available here in the frozen north now. I might have to pick up a 6 next time I roll by the beer store.

There is nothing that those beers can bring to the table that is worth those prices, IMHO. Unless of course you need something to wash down the gold leaf cloaked, chocolate cake that was made with cocoa beans picked by civets and berries only found on a 100 sqft patch on the side of a mountain in the Andes.

lol - then I see this (one of the "top 5")

http://globalnews.ca/news/981776/rare-115-bottle-of-samuel-adams-beer-hits-lcbo-friday/

LCBO typically carries a small variety of imported beer at a premium price, but I haven't seen anything like that (in my more remote neck of the woods anyway). Way too rich for me, but I guess there's some interest north of the border.

 

[simple.serf]

I usually drink either a porter or a stout from The Southern Tier Brewing Co. in the winter, and rolling rock or pbr in the summer.

One of my all time favorites was Icehouse. I think it had more to do with some of the crazy stuff we were doing when drinking, and I think a 6 pack is cheaper than Natty, but every time I have some, I still want to go do someting stupid. Like Ski off the roof, or ride a canoe tied to a car or something. Not that we ever did any...of...that...

 

[jatoxico]

I heard somewhere that this Trippel is real good so I picked some up on my way home tonight and a 12 pk of my current fav. I'll report back...tomorrow .