I recently started trying different beer. I started with budwieser light and thought it was good, but not extremely smooth. Then I tried Coors light Very tasty much more smooth. I bought heiniken last night and tried it. Probably the smoothest of the 3, but the taste just isn't for me! I read the last thread on beer and am wondering if beers from the same area tend to taste similar? Since budwieser is from bush should I stay away from others from this area? Since I like samual adams and st pauli girl both from the highlands should I look for others from the highlands? What other beer might I like from my findings thus far?

i don't drink very much beer but i like miller's beer the best if i'm going to have one..... oh and the best beer is a free one!!

Try one of the Spaten brews - I like the Opitmator- its a dark beer- The Octoberfest is good and the Special. Hell, beer is GOOD

1 "budweiser" is NOT beer .. its fermented rice sugar in beechwood, with some hops and the LIGHTEST barley every ..

I've seen what they put int he brews here in the houston brewery .. its LESS than 10% barley ... NOT BEER ... ever


Rules for beer
1: wet
2: colder than room tmep

EVERYTHING else is variable.

Go get a bass, a harp, a bud american ale, and a shocktop .. all of these are at walmart, everyday.

put them in the fridge for 24 hours

pour a full glass of each, trying to not head it up ... at the same time

if you like none of these, then you don't like beer, you like american light beer ..

which aint beer

and NO, only grossly homogenized american overly commerical, no flavor, no hops, not nothing but MILD flavored "malt beverages" taste the same.

perfect temp for beer? between 50 and 38 degrees.

Boulevard makes several excellent beers. I found this one at the Walmart in Sidney, Nebraska. Easy to find around Kansas City. I have tried three or four of their other offerings. All are top-notch. Microbrews (less than 50,000 barrels a year) are always better than the horsepiss that leaves the plant as a syrup in a tank car. It gets the water put back into it and its carbon dioxide gas forced back into it at the local "brewery" in the nearest large metro area. "Tank car" beers are Bud and Miller, and the like. I don't bother drinking such crap, although I do like Keystone Red for slammin' down just for fun-- it's cheap at 50 cents a can. Good beer is a buck or more per bottle...

I suggest any of the Sierra Nevada brews, Negro Modelo Dark, Fat Tire Ale, Red Hook beers, Alaskan Amber Ale, Black Butte Porter...

I agree with Homebrewer on the pisswater that passes for beer that the major breweries peddle to the masses. Hell, the masses voted for Obama! Shows what they know. No wonder they'll buy that shit they call beer.

I used to do a lot of all-grain homebrewing myself but don't have the time anymore. He's right about the processing of their "beer". They save the CO2 that comes off the wort during the fermentation process ship it out in bulk, add water, then force carbonate with the CO2. You only have one liver, why waste it on that piss?

Try the Ommegang ales that are brewed in upstate NY, fantastic if you like Belgian style ales. Also you might try Warsteiner and Bischoff (Germany), Fischer d'Alsace (France), Staropramen (Czech Republic, goes well with CZ rifles ), Duvel and Leffe (Belgium), Bass (England), etc.

Happy Drinking

Another vote for Miller High Life. Not the lite or genuine draft, try the original high life in bottles, very light and smooth!

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Originally posted by JD Miller:
I recently started trying different beer. I started with budwieser light and thought it was good, but not extremely smooth. Then I tried Coors light Very tasty much more smooth. I bought heiniken last night and tried it. Probably the smoothest of the 3, but the taste just isn't for me! I read the last thread on beer and am wondering if beers from the same area tend to taste similar? Since budwieser is from bush should I stay away from others from this area? Since I like samual adams and st pauli girl both from the highlands should I look for others from the highlands? What other beer might I like from my findings thus far?

PLEASE stop drinking light beer, it's unrepresentative swill.

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Originally posted by John Frederick:
PLEASE stop drinking light beer, it's unrepresentative swill.

If you notice I just copyed the "scotch" post and switched beers from scotch.
I dont drink any of that Rock gut, dizzy, nasty stuff, or yupy beer

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Originally posted by JD Miller:

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Originally posted by John Frederick:
PLEASE stop drinking light beer, it's unrepresentative swill.

If you notice I just copyed the "scotch" post and switched beers from scotch.
I dont drink any of that Rock gut, dizzy, nasty stuff, or yupy beer

What's your point then? To waste everyone's time by getting them to respond to troll bait?

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Originally posted by buckeyeshooter:
Another vote for Miller High Life. Not the lite or genuine draft, try the original high life in bottles, very light and smooth!

had a can of that with a good friend friday night.. traded him a lonestar for it ... the friend's company was great, including sharing a beer with him

however, if you HAVE to drink by the tanker beer, DO drink lone star ... it at least has taste

Sierra Nevada -- not a beer i suggest to anyone who only drinks american beers ... the hop profile is pretty strong ... i've only tried 4 or 5 of their brews, and their bittering hops are in WAY too long...

Shiner Black, Bock,

Budweiser American Ale

and my latest favorite
Negra Modelo

GWB

Costco has a case of 4 different brews that were made up for them that is kind of fun.

4 distinctly different beers from hoppy to not.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by buckeyeshooter:
Another vote for Miller High Life. Not the lite or genuine draft, try the original high life in bottles, very light and smooth!

had a can of that with a good friend friday night.. traded him a lonestar for it ... the friend's company was great, including sharing a beer with him

however, if you HAVE to drink by the tanker beer, DO drink lone star ... it at least has taste

Sierra Nevada -- not a beer i suggest to anyone who only drinks american beers ... the hop profile is pretty strong ... i've only tried 4 or 5 of their brews, and their bittering hops are in WAY too long...

I've tried Lone Star and it was not to my taste.

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Costco has a case of 4 different brews that were made up for them that is kind of fun.

4 distinctly different beers from hoppy to not.

I drank one of those cases. In the Kirkland box. Very good beer. Made in upstate New York. 24 bottles for twenty bucks. A good deal on good beer. Costco has several other cases of specialty beers in boxes marked other than Kirkland. There's one that's mostly black with neon printing on it. Check it out...

Let's start back at square one.

Four kinds of beers: Lager, Pilsner, Ale, Stout. Let's see if I can get this right. Lager and Pilsner are top fermented. Ale and Stout are bottom fermented. That affects fermentation temp and alcohol content.

What passes for "beer" in America is blonde pisswater. It's sort of a Pilsner or Lager but so processed that it may as well be colored soda water.

WWII, when women in the US were working in factories and stopping for a beer after work led to light, watery American beer.

If you want "real beer" find a micro brewery and get it fresh, on tap. Also, develop a repertoire of beers. It's not like a marriage. You can have more than one beer that you enjoy.

I'm big on the dark, malty, heavy stouts, followed closely by hoppy ales.

Google "beer." Also, History Channel has a program in "Modern Marvels" that discusses beer making.

Good beer doesn't come in a can for the most part.

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Originally posted by JD Miller:

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Originally posted by John Frederick:
PLEASE stop drinking light beer, it's unrepresentative swill.

If you notice I just copyed the "scotch" post and switched beers from scotch.
I dont drink any of that Rock gut, dizzy, nasty stuff, or yupy beer

Yeah that was my post. Piss off!!! Scotch is expensive and I'd prefer to not buy stuff I don't like. That said I like most any type of beer aside from the Belgians. Stouts are my favorite. Murphy's, Samuel Smith's, and Young's are pretty hard to beat.

Brett

Fuller's ESB, closely followed by London pride as far as beer goes, in terms of lager a nice san miguel, corona, becks or stella ( if feeling tacky) goes a long way towards curing the thirst.

Guinness is separate and holy.

GHube says,

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Guinness is separate and holy.

One thing is for sure-- it's acquired taste...

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Originally posted by homebrewer:
GHube says,

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Guinness is separate and holy.

One thing is for sure-- it's acquired taste...

I do actually understand this view, having hated it myself to begin with.

The usual conversion route is to be invited along to a saint Patrick's day piss-up of one description or another and to try the stuff actually brewed in Ireland.

It's a cliche but the proper Irish stuff is like cream and further more perfect with pork scratchings.

Do you guy's get a Fullers or other British Ales, beers, porters or stouts over there?

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"Despite an expensive and lengthy education I still can't spell!"

"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way" ... Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

I ordered a Guiness once at a brew pub locally. The bartender sort of looked over his glasses, "You realize Guiness is served at room temperature?"

"Of course I do. Do you realize what a patronizing remark that is? Just bring me the beer."

He's probably French.

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Originally posted by homebrewer:
GHube says,

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Guinness is separate and holy.

One thing is for sure-- it's acquired taste...

my wife and her best friend say "its okay, for a diet beer .. do you have a true stout, rather than a dark porter?"

guiness IN THE OLD STYLE BOTTLE -- is bitter .

WHy?
guiness is meant to have nitrogen as the gas, NOT co2 .. and certainly not the old style bitter bottles.

draft or drought, the only way to drink it .. then it's creamy, sweet, and mild.

yes, i said creamy, sweet and mild when desribing guiness

My favorite beers are brewed in Shiner, TX and Mexico, dark & light. Not being trendy, it's what I prefer.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by homebrewer:
GHube says,

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Guinness is separate and holy.

One thing is for sure-- it's acquired taste...

my wife and her best friend say "its okay, for a diet beer .. do you have a true stout, rather than a dark porter?"

guiness IN THE OLD STYLE BOTTLE -- is bitter .

WHy?
guiness is meant to have nitrogen as the gas, NOT co2 .. and certainly not the old style bitter bottles.

draft or drought, the only way to drink it .. then it's creamy, sweet, and mild.

yes, i said creamy, sweet and mild when desribing guiness

You sound like man who has had a proper pint or two of Guinness in his time.

Ghubert
Thank you sir, I have .. i love guiness, deeply and truely .. like one's first real sweetheart .

Quite a few years ago I visted the British Virgin Islands with my ex-wife and her family. We went into a pub and ordered up pints of Guinness. None of us could finish, was like drinking straight bourbon whiskey as I recall. Didn't get much sailing that afternoon.

Just a few I like
(the BIG list is TOO long)

Baltika No. 6 Porter

Spaten Optimator

San Migel Dark

Warsteiner


Kwak


Pilsner Urquell

Taj Mahal

Beers to consider:

http://www.wbb.com.au/review2.html

http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers.php

http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Ratings-Top50.asp

http://www.imbibemagazine.com/...s-Best-Bottled-Beers

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Originally posted by 0X0:

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"Despite an expensive and lengthy education I still can't spell!"

"I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way" ... Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

I ordered a Guiness once at a brew pub locally. The bartender sort of looked over his glasses, "You realize Guiness is served at room temperature?"

"Of course I do. Do you realize what a patronizing remark that is? Just bring me the beer."

He's probably French.

Nice!!! I love it!!!

Brett

My favorite....

African: Kilimanjaro
Alaskan: Glacier Brewhouse Stout
American: New York Brew Co Black Chocolate Stout
Australian: Fosters (I haven't tried anything else. Please advise!)
European: Hoegarden
Indian: Taj
Japaneese: Kirin Ichiban
Mexican: Pacifico
UK: Murphy's Stout, Telley's Ale, Old Speckaled Hen, or Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout (Hard to say!)

Brett

No one drinks any of the many fine varieties Sam Adams has to offer? The Hefeweiser, Coastal Wheat, Winter, and Oktoberfest Lagers are great just to name a few.

I'm with Brett i love Hoegaarden. I also like Shropshire Lad and Timothy Taylor's.

When i go to Africa i like the Castle lager.

Mike

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Originally posted by Norton:
No one drinks any of the many fine varieties Sam Adams has to offer? The Hefeweiser, Coastal Wheat, Winter, and Oktoberfest Lagers are great just to name a few.

I like the Boston lager and Oktoberfest. Don't care for the wheat beers of any kind. Haven't tried any of the others. Sam is actually a distant relative of mine.

Brett: VB is a good Aussie beer. Victoria Bitter is what the VB stands for IIRC. Not sure if you can get it in the states, at least I've never seen it anywhere, so a lot of good this will do you.

I was in Hawaii a couple of Decembers ago on my 30th anniversary. For some reason the food store near our timeshare had Sam Adams Oktoberfest for something like $5.00 per six pack. I was only in this location for four days so I bought six sixes. Only thing "inexpensive" I found in Hawaii
GWB

Beer is somewhat like women, various ones are better for various occasions. For instance, the one who cooks the best might not be, and probably isn't, the one who is best in bed. Of course, the same goes for the man as well. Also, what is gold to one person may be brass to another. A man's ex-wife I slept with a time or two years ago comes to mind........he swore she was the best ever, not even close IMO.

That said, for a light refreshing drink when I'm thirsty, or for instance, with sushi, I like Budweiser of all the commonly available US national brands. I don't give a damn if it doesn't meet jeffe's definition of beer, I'm drinking it, not signing a contract. I've tried Lone Star lately, and it is not bad, as a matter of fact a helluva lot better than it used to be, but how it won a prize is amazing to me.

I've tried and rejected at least a dozen wheat beers, here and in Germany out of the tap. Some were better than others, but none of them suited my tastes.

I tend not to like sweet flavors in my beer.

I don't like most Stouts, I prefer to eat my dinner, not drink it. I don't like beers that pretend to be wines, which includes many of the Belgian brews.

Corona is a blot on the good name of Mexican beers. Among the good ones are Negra Modelo, Dos Equis, green and amber, Leon Negra, Tecate, Bohemia and Superior. I also don't care much for Carta Blanca but it's much better than Corona or Sol or Pacifico IMO. There are at least 3 Mexican beers I haven't tried that I'd like to, Indio, Victoria, and Montejo but I haven't run into them either in my travels in Mexico or in the States. Femsa, the biggest beer producer in Mexico, was just this month purchased by Heineken, whether that will affect the quality of some of their excellent beers remains to be seen.

I tried all the commonly available beers in Namibia and I found Tafel to be several notches above the rest.

Beck's Dark is a fine, middle of the road darker beer which is drinkable without a tooth strainer.

I like most IPAs IF they hold the hops down to a dull roar.

Fat Tire makes some good beers. I like some of Sam Adams products, including their standard. I recently tried Sierra Nevadas "Celebration" which is a good aperitif type beer. I like but don't love most of SN's beers.

I like Mickey's Pale Ale if you get it fresh.

One of the few downsides to living here in God's Country is that Yuengling beer is not available. A very fine brew.

There are some very good brews coming out of Texas, lead by the old standby Shiner Bock, but there are many others on a much smaller scale.

I find most brewpubs brews to be decent, but not as good as they claim them to be or think they are.

The list is just too long, I like most of them, especially if you're buying.......

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pint or two of Guinness

A light beer is good now and then ...

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
my wife and her best friend say "its okay, for a diet beer .. do you have a true stout, rather than a dark porter?"

that's what i said, jay

i'm still tasting and trying

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Originally posted by Norton:
No one drinks any of the many fine varieties Sam Adams has to offer? The Hefeweiser, Coastal Wheat, Winter, and Oktoberfest Lagers are great just to name a few.

Sam Adams advertising puts me off. They all look like East Coast metrosexuals.

+1 to what CAT said,
I'll have what you're buying.

Or as a friend, when asked his choice, was heard to retort "Cold".

GWB