DropBear Australia. November 11 2011 23:17. wrote: Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
This is an appreciation thread and cheap American lite pilsner deserves none. But the entire spectrum of American craft breweries, especially the small ones, produce some of the best beer in the world.
For example, I had the chance to try Heady Topper from the Alchemist Brewery for the first time a few weeks back. It's an American DIPA with tons of grapefruit, pine, and resinous flavors that stem from the overuse of delicious American hops. Easily one of the best DIPAs I have had the chance to try this year. If you have the chance to try one of these, I suggest you take it.
I don't get the charm, liquid marmite is what beer always reminds me of, I do like marmite though, beer not so much. Then again I don't even drink alcohol anymore so who cures, enjoy your beers.
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I had the Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head collaboration beer Life & Limb 2 on tap the other day. It was so ridiculously delicious. Oh man it was amazing. I think it might have topped Dogfish Head 120 Min IPA on my list of best beers ever.
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
Yeah, maybe I will try a cider or sparkling wine.
That sounds entirely made up to me. I'd accept it for cider, but beer?
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
Yeah, maybe I will try a cider or sparkling wine.
Try white beers as they generally have a lighter and are often "flavored" with herbs or fruits.
Stuff like Cheval Blanc doesnt "taste" beer as much so you might like it more and is widely available in bars in Montreal
The Blue Moon that you always see JP drink on SOTG is actually what is sold as Rickards White here and is indeed decent so you might want to give that a try too for a more "commercial" product!
On November 12 2011 03:56 Torte de Lini wrote: I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
Yeah, maybe I will try a cider or sparkling wine.
The people who talk about Candian beer being better are Americans, because Canadian Beer is generally stronger and better made than American beer. That being said, Europe is by far the leader of beer production on a global scale, but in the end it boils down to personal preference. Not being any sort of afficionado or anything, I like a solid domestic Canadian beer over European stuff that always just seems too bitter/heavy for my tastes (with the exceptions of European beers that Europeans are embarassed about creating for some reason ie. Stella, Heineken Hoegaarden, etc.)
Never been a huge beer drinker, but the one that is at the very top of my list of beers that I don't think has been mentioned has to be Desperado (tequila based beer, and really not too alcoholic at 5.7%) with a lime in it is the muts nuts. Also quite fond of Corona and Sol and can learn to cope with Budweiser now it is really cheap at the supermarket by me
I have recently started to enjoy sour brown ale's. New belgium had Kick for a few weeks before they sold out and now they have there seasonal La Folie which is fantastic. Its expensive but it is quite the treat. If you get a chance you should try some
I just watched this video and I feel that those of us who appreciate beer will appreciate this invention as well:
I've never seen this in action before, but my friend told me that there's a magnet on the inside and then one on top facing down, creating a suction, so as soon as the beer cup is pulled off the machine, the magnet clamps down and closes the hole.
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
Yeah, maybe I will try a cider or sparkling wine.
That sounds entirely made up to me. I'd accept it for cider, but beer?
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!, Unibroue, Microbrasserie Charlevoix, McAuslan, Les Trois Mousquetaires, Central City Brewing, Flying Monkeys all brew very good beer, and are mostly in Quebec. It's a common myth among those uneducated about beer that all North American breweries are not very good, when in fact there are many very good (micro)breweries. The macros are bad (Molsen, Coors, etc.), but that is true of every beer making country (Stella in Belgium, Beck's in Germany, etc). That said, Germany makes very good wheat and smoked beers (some of the bocks are pretty good too), but German beer is by no means the greatest in the world (unless you only drink lighter beers, in which case I guess the argument could be made).
Ahhh, I'm going to Boston's BeerSummit next week after some MLG Providence! Can hardly wait.
And today I picked up a nice 12 pack of Magic Hat Howl, their winter beer. It's a dark, malty, coffee, choclateyesque beer. I love it even though I dislike chocolate for the most part. I just love porters and dark beers in general. Great winter beer.
On April 26 2011 03:19 Torte de Lini wrote: Can someone explain to me what there is to appreciate when drinking beer? I don't drink beer at all, whenever I do, it tastes terrible, like really bad cough syrup.
I'm not asking with the intent of putting down beer (If I did, I'd be severely outnumbered), what I mean to ask is when I drink beer or try it, what kind of taste am I to expect? I don't like drinking to get drunk, I like drinking for the taste and potential feeling. However, I can only have maybe a glass before my mouth feels bland and maybe I'm just expecting beer the wrong way.
I drink a lot of soda and I love the strong taste and sugary feeling, will I just not like beer or should I just keep drinking until I eventually get comfortable with it. There are so many beers, so I don't even know which one to settle with (I don't even know that much about beers). Someone told me it's an acquired taste, so maybe that's it. I'm not a white wine guy nor heavy alcohol, I like red deep wine with a strong taste.
Thanks!
P.S: If it's any help, I'm in Canada, so suggest beers in Quebec/Canada.
Edit: If my post comes off condescending or poorly worded, please let me know and I'll fix it. I was trying to give an accurate portrayal of what I don't like and how it makes me feel to maybe give you guys a clue to tell me if this normal at the beginning or something that just outright tells me I'm not a beer guy
Your first problem is that you are in North America. Your beer sucks arse. It is chock full of preservatives and brewed poorly.
Go to Germany or Denmark if you want something tasty.
While that is certainly true of the major distilleries (Budweiser, Miller, Coors, etc), the US has a huge microbrewing movement that are producing beers that definitely rival the german or belgian brews. However, it is rare to get them outside of the USA.
As for Torte, I'd recommend trying Ciders. You can still have pints with the boys, but you'll appreciate the sweeter taste. Tends to be stronger than your average pint, as well.
I'm in QC, our beer is amazing (apparently, people always talk about going to Canada for beer).
Yeah, maybe I will try a cider or sparkling wine.
That sounds entirely made up to me. I'd accept it for cider, but beer?
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!, Unibroue, Microbrasserie Charlevoix, McAuslan, Les Trois Mousquetaires, Central City Brewing, Flying Monkeys all brew very good beer, and are mostly in Quebec. It's a common myth among those uneducated about beer that all North American breweries are not very good, when in fact there are many very good (micro)breweries. The macros are bad (Molsen, Coors, etc.), but that is true of every beer making country (Stella in Belgium, Beck's in Germany, etc). That said, Germany makes very good wheat and smoked beers (some of the bocks are pretty good too), but German beer is by no means the greatest in the world (unless you only drink lighter beers, in which case I guess the argument could be made).
Unibroue makes some of my favorite beers. They finish the brewing process inside the bottle, so you can age them for about 5 years or so, and the beer gets better and better. Trois Pistoles and Le Fin du Monde are excellent. I haven't tried any of their Ciders, but if their beer is any indication, you'll be in for a treat.
Has anyone here tried the Norwegian Nøgne Ø beers? They're really expensive (six to nine euros per bottle here) but very tasty. I'm drinking this one at the moment: + Show Spoiler +
Excellent stuff and totally worth the price. Apparently they also brew Sake, which I don't think is done anywhere else in Europe (might be wrong though).
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