Your favorite beer?

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Norm Apter
Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
Be it Pilsner, Ale, Stout, Lager, Black-n-Tan, Imported, Domestic, or Micro...what's your favorite brew?

Its been while (mid 1990s) since I've explored tasty brews, and I thought others may have particular selections they'd like to share.

Not having tried anything new in a while, I'll put down Newcastle Brown Ale as mine. (But I seem to recall one by the name of Blackened Voodoo -- if I'm not mistaken -- that I always meant to try, but never did. I just thought it had the coolest name, not having any idea what it might taste like).
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
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    Root bear, or birch beer.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
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    Norm Apter wrote: »
    Be it Pilsner, Ale, Stout, Lager, Black-n-Tan, Imported, Domestic, or Micro...what's your favorite brew?

    Its been while (mid 1990s) since I've explored tasty brews, and I thought others may have particular selections they'd like to share.

    Not having tried anything new in a while, I'll put down Newcastle Brown Ale as mine. (But I seem to recall one by the name of Blackened Voodoo -- if I'm not mistaken -- that I always meant to try, but never did. I just thought it had the coolest name, not having any idea what it might taste like).

    The world is full of some very good beer - as rich and complex and satisfying to the palate as a good wine (but seemingly doesn't get the same amount of respect...)

    I enjoy most every type - depending on the actual brewer.

    But - in general, my favorite type of beer is Porter - darker, richer than ales or lagers. My favorite Porter is Fullers London Porter.

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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
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    1) Smithwick
    2) XX
    3) Corona
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,808
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    Root beer.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
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    Stone Ruination IPA is one of my top favorites.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,712
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    My favorite beer? FREE!


    If I gotta pay, Yuengling.

    Favorite seasonal stuff is from Weyerbacher. It's supposed to available year round but I can't always find it. Their India Pale Ale is incredible. Beats out anything else I've ever had and even puts the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale that everybody raves about to shame.

    There is a brewery in Vermont called Shed and they have a Mountain Ale that I can only get if I visit my sister or she comes down and drags a 3 gallon growler with her. That lasts about a day and a half.

    Those are my favorites.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
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    Anything from the Rogue breweries
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
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    no two people in here will agree on the best beer. it's impossible.. just like the cable debate.. no one wins.

    with that said.. i like a medium bodied beer... I used to go with like Kokanee.. but I find that to light anymore.

    Right now I like Blue Moon

    The beer is orange-amber in color with a cloudy appearance due to the fact that it is unfiltered. It is also spiced with coriander and orange peel in addition to the hops found in most beers. Blue Moon does have a more pronounced orange flavor than many other beers of the style. The grain bill for Blue Moon includes malted barley, white wheat, and oats
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
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    dogfish head 90 minute IPA
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  • dcmeigs
    dcmeigs Posts: 707
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    Deschutes Mirror Pond, Deschutes Bachelor Bitter, Rouge American Amber Ale, MacTarnahan's, Walking Man Homo Erectus.
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  • ZOINKS
    ZOINKS Posts: 17
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    One of my Favorites
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
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    Guinness
    Blue Moon
    Sam Adams Winter Brew
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  • GMiller
    GMiller Posts: 123
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    Boddington's Pub Ale
    Harpoon Summer Ale
    SA Winter Lager
    Paulaner Hefeweizen
    Franziskaner Dunkel-Weizen
    Molson Brador
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  • mule
    mule Posts: 282
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    I have lost interest in beer, even with Victory brewing co 2.5 miles down the road.

    If this was 2 miles down the road I might be in trouble... vodkaguide_1980_19386589

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
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    My fav is Yuengling and then Sam Adams boston lager.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
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    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Anything from the Rogue breweries

    +10.

    Though, living on the East Coast, that's usually not available, so I'll usually stick with the Sam Adams Seasonals, or Corona in the summer.
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    george daniel Posts: 12,096
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    33 degree COLD
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  • Polkitup2
    Polkitup2 Posts: 1,620
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    I'm working my way through the New Belgium product line. All good stuff. Their Fat tire beer tastes a little funny at first but once you get use to it you'll like it :cool:
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
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    Hmmmmmmmmm. Right now, I'd have to say Lagunitas Censored & Sam Adams Black.

    Yummy!
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  • bikezappa
    bikezappa Posts: 2,463
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    The next beer.
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    danger boy wrote: »
    no two people in here will agree on the best beer. it's impossible.. just like the cable debate.. no one wins.

    The beer is orange-amber in color with a cloudy appearance due to the fact that it is unfiltered. It is also spiced with coriander and orange peel in addition to the hops found in most beers. Blue Moon does have a more pronounced orange flavor than many other beers of the style. The grain bill for Blue Moon includes malted barley, white wheat, and oats

    MMMMMMM Blue Moon on tap with a thin orange slice........yes quite a tasty glass of beer.........
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  • Jstas
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    Fireman32 wrote: »
    My fav is Yuengling and then Sam Adams boston lager.

    See dangerboy! Two people agree! We both like Yuengling!

    The rest of you should get with the program already! ;)
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
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    Way too hard for me to decide. I agree with the comment about anything by Rogue. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be Anderson Valley Brewing Company's Hop Ottin. At the Great American Beer Festival last year, Firestone Walker had some of the best beers I've ever had, but I can't buy any of their stuff in the midwest.
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    mule wrote: »
    I have lost interest in beer, even with Victory brewing co 2.5 miles down the road.

    If this was 2 miles down the road I might be in trouble... vodkaguide_1980_19386589

    :eek:

    Very good stuff! My favorite vodka.

    Most people don't realize that it's Polish though. Nothing Russian or Swedish about it.

    Nice thing about it is that it is a single grain vodka distilled from rye. Gives it a smoother body. On top of that, unlike alot of the Russian and Swedish "ultra-pure" vodkas, it's not excessively filtered. It's distilled for a fairly long time. I think it's distilled 4 times over. The distilling process mellows it out and make it smooth. It also strips a good deal of the water out which makes the alcohol really concentrated. So they blend it with water to get to a better proof rate somewhere south of gasoline.

    It didn't get here to the states until 1996 but the distillery is using the same methods for something like 600 years. My grandmother has bottles of vodka from the distillery that are a few decades old celebrating a 50th anniversary. Since she used to go back to Poland to visit relatives on a regular basis, it was easy to get booze that we couldn't get here.
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,206
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    I enjoy Sam Adams except when they try to fruit the beer. Major man law fubar. Pacifico is a pretty god brew also. The neighbor likes to grab all these odd named beers. I couldn't name them but most are very tasty.
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
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    Lately it's been Young's Double Chocolate Stout. and now I'm thirsty!
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  • polktiger
    polktiger Posts: 556
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    My favorite is Guiness.

    However, that could change we I go to Germany for vacation in a few years. Guiness has long been my favorite, but accoriding to my wife who lived in Germany for a time - we don't see anything with respect to German beer as the "real stuff" is not exported to the US.

    On a recent trip to Ireland I was surprised at the amount of Heiniken being sold. It was almost as common on tap as Guiness in the republic (Harp took its place in the North). Finding Heiniken generally disgusting in the US, I caved on night and had one on tap over there, and surprisingly it was pretty good. Nothing like the swill in a bottle you get here.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
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    Daily Driver - Miller Light
    Casual beer drinking - Blue Moon or Stella
    Festive beer - Guiness on St. Patty's
    Mexican beer - Pacifico followed closely by Dos Equis
    Fancy dinner beer - Amstel Light
    Canadian beer - Labatt's
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
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    Kronenburg 1664
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
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    Boddingtons (tastes like a milkshake)
    Victoria Bitter (just a different buzz altogether)
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