+1 for me, Westmalle double.

Great so see people from Australia (and pretty much all over the world) recommend Karmeliet, Duvel, Hoegaarden, .... Way to put Belgium on the map!

Dknight

United States5223 Posts

March 09 2011 12:03 GMT

#503

I love Magic Hat. But my favorite type of beer are porters. So good.

brum

Hungary187 Posts

March 09 2011 12:11 GMT

#504

MotherOfRunes

Germany2862 Posts

March 09 2011 12:15 GMT

#505

seriously guys....import some german or czech beer...or at least come to europe and try...
all those pics of american or canadian beer make me cry....
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Greggle

United States1131 Posts

March 11 2011 16:14 GMT

#506

On March 09 2011 21:15 gwaihir wrote:
seriously guys....import some german or czech beer...or at least come to europe and try...
all those pics of american or canadian beer make me cry....
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German beer has so horribly stagnated because of the Reinheitsgebot. German beer culture is dying, if you go to a brewpub in Germany you'll find few people under 50. In fact, most younger people in Germany drink this crap thats beer mixed with lemonade as horrible as it sounds.

Don't get me wrong, I love German beer, especially weizens, but you never see innovation from Germany. The American craft brewing scene is where all the experimentation and innovation has come from in the past couple decades.

Brauereisterben =(

http://www.slate.com/id/2286897/pagenum/all/

thirnaz

Sweden876 Posts

April 25 2011 18:59 GMT

#507

On March 08 2011 23:19 betaV1.25 wrote:
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I am from Belgium so ofc biased but ... god its good.

We have a winner, and I aint even from Belgium

TheStonedGuest

United States19 Posts

April 25 2011 19:18 GMT

#508

My favorite individual beer would have to be Schneider's Aventinus. Puts a silly grin on my face every sip :D
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/72/224

Favorite overall brewery though? That's a toughie, probably something of a giant tie between Weihenstephaner, Dogfish Head, Rogue, and the Berkshire Brewing Co (couple hours west of Boston, MA, makes some damn good stuff that's generally more affordable than most American craftbeers).

And agreed with all the pro-Belgian sentiments in this thread, that little place brews so much quality stuff. That being said I'd avoid Duvel's Belgian Pale Ale; had some at last October's Belgian Beerfest in Boston and perhaps it was just a spoiled batch, but it was one of those traps that smells nice and tastes awful : /

Tewks44

United States2032 Posts

April 25 2011 20:45 GMT

#509

very dark high gravity ale. Has a real nice almost vanilla wood flavor

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this is probably the best standard ale I've ever had

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This is just one particular brand of wheat beer I enjoy, but I enjoy a lot of different wheat beers.

Semtext

Germany287 Posts

April 25 2011 22:16 GMT

#510

On March 06 2011 21:57 PossiblyNotBob wrote:
I'm not someone who knows a lot about beer, but I tried this on recommendation from by brother and I love it-

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also aTn.Socke's choice, as heard on MrBitters PvZ training video. :D

I already posted my favourite, Flensburger Pilsener, but recently I've come to love Astra Rotlicht as well, which is kind of a strong(6% ABV/12 Proof) Pilsener. At least, that's what it tastes like to me.

LostBLuE

Canada188 Posts

April 25 2011 22:22 GMT

#511

AfecksN

United Kingdom53 Posts

April 25 2011 22:24 GMT

#512

There's a korean restaurant near me which is the only place i can currently drink OB lager, which is my favourite beer I've ever had. My second (more available, lol) beer would have to be sol with a slice of lime.

A question to anyone else who drinks sol: do you ever sometimes get a metallic taste near the end of the bottle? Most of the sols ive had recently have suffered from this problem D:

susySquark

United States1692 Posts

April 26 2011 02:31 GMT

#513

There's 2 beer threads on the front page! Consolidate, people o.o

zyglrox

United States1168 Posts

April 26 2011 02:42 GMT

#514

great divides oak aged yeti (imperial stout) bar close to me has it on tap....zomg

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dark horse - double crooked tree....from michigan get it pretty fresh and it smells amazing. little booze but i like it.

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founders kbs....holy fuck

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beats ruination for me...it's a black ipa which i've been fond of lately

living in michigan get a ton of good season stuff like hopslam, ect. and southern tier/great divide/stone make up what i like to buy outside of michigan stuff.

BatTheMan

Canada759 Posts

April 26 2011 02:44 GMT

#515

Quesadilla

United States1814 Posts

April 26 2011 02:44 GMT

#516

Sipping Stone Arrogant Bastard at the moment, but Founders KBS... Unreal.

I must join the hype/lamer tree and say that Black Tuesday is insane. Everything The Bruery makes is ridiculous.
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Barrel-aged BBA Cotton, Cherry Chocolate Rain, Marron Acidifie, Saison Rue... My favorite brewery.

chonkyfire

United States451 Posts

April 26 2011 03:49 GMT

#517

On April 26 2011 11:44 Quesadilla wrote:
Sipping Stone Arrogant Bastard at the moment, but Founders KBS... Unreal.

I must join the hype/lamer tree and say that Black Tuesday is insane. Everything The Bruery makes is ridiculous.
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Barrel-aged BBA Cotton, Cherry Chocolate Rain, Marron Acidifie, Saison Rue... My favorite brewery.

That looks brutally hard to drink