On November 13 2011 01:45 Velr wrote:
Hoegaarden is seriously disgusting stuff that doesn't even taste like beer?

... I'm not really "original" myself but i love these:

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Guinness is only worth having inside of Dublin.... It really doesn't travel well. The farther it goes, the worse it tastes.

Hop over to the Eire! That is, if you want to taste the best pint o' plain!

SRopion

United States50 Posts

November 12 2011 17:28 GMT

#302

...Natty Daddy's and 32oz. High life tall-cans for me.

Kaozpanna

Sweden47 Posts

November 12 2011 18:46 GMT

#303

Personally I go with either Corona or Stella Artois. And on special occations one called "Jämtlands bärnsten".
A friend of mine also brews his own beer which tastes godlike. Kinda like an IPA with breadcrumbs

trias_e

United States520 Posts

November 12 2011 18:55 GMT

#304

It's sad that American microbrews aren't exported outside of the country, thus people have this impression that beer in America is terrible. As has been said, the major breweries ARE terrible. Outside of that however, America has the biggest and best microbrew culture in the world.

If you don't believe me that Americans brew some of the best beer in the world, check out this site and see how many of the top 100 beers are American. Yes, the site is biased towards American beers, but it shows how the American microbrew scene is simply epic in proportion. And American mastery of strong british style ale (imperial stout/ipa) is unparallelled.

I would guess that Sierra Nevada is exported outside of the country. If you can get your hands on it, try it. It's a solid and straightforward example of the west coast American microbrew style (cascade hops a plenty) and their pale ale/stout/porter are all classics.

Rowa

Belgium962 Posts

November 12 2011 19:03 GMT

#305

Tripel Karmeliet + Trappist Rochefort + Orval... Gotta love the land of Beer

For the french speaking "Connoisseurs" :

+ Show Spoiler +

Belgian Beers all the way guys, Here its brewed by monks !

Contagious

United States1319 Posts

November 12 2011 19:14 GMT

#306

My favorite beer to date.

Sina92

Sweden1303 Posts

November 12 2011 19:15 GMT

#307

i fucking love beer

Parsistamon

United States390 Posts

November 12 2011 19:19 GMT

#308

just had a "three philosophers" from brewery Ommegang. Delicious stuff!

trias_e

United States520 Posts

November 12 2011 19:21 GMT

#309

On November 13 2011 04:03 Rowa wrote:
Tripel Karmeliet + Trappist Rochefort + Orval... Gotta love the land of Beer

For the french speaking "Connoisseurs" :

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djh67352LZ4

Belgian Beers all the way guys, Here its brewed by monks !

Belgian beer is the best in the world. So good.

decafchicken

United States20074 Posts

November 12 2011 19:24 GMT

#310

On November 12 2011 05:29 Dbla08 wrote:
everyone should check out bell's brewery out of kalamazoo michigan, so very good <3

Can't wait to one of these days, in the meantime i'll just pick up a 6 pack :D

Bobbias

Canada1373 Posts

November 12 2011 19:32 GMT

#311

Had a bottle of Renaissance Brewing's Stonecutter Scotch Ale from NZ. Just picked it up at the LCBO (considering I live in ontario). It's nice that we have a decent number of microbrews in the mid-large LCBO stores. I've also got a bottle of La Trappe Tripel (Belgian Trappist ales are absolutely delicious.)

evo.

Germany46 Posts

November 12 2011 19:46 GMT

#312

I love this one. It's brewed in my hometown Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the most popular beers here, especially on the Kiez (a district with alot of clubs, bars etc).

OminouS

Sweden1343 Posts

November 12 2011 19:48 GMT

#313

I love beer. Basicly my whole diet. I tasted many beer and have so many I like I wont even bother listing them. Got a couple of tips from this thread though, thanks guys!

HoLeeSheet

United States4 Posts

November 13 2011 08:25 GMT

#314

I'm gonna make you guys super jealous...

I live in San Diego and I am not a big fan of Stone brewery.

BUT Ballast Point, another San Diego brewery is my favorite and is waaay better.

edit: Abita Purple Haze ain't too shabby either

Tazza

Korea (South)1678 Posts

November 13 2011 11:02 GMT

#315

Anyone know of any good mainstream beers in Korea. I don't have time to go to microbreweries, but from the major beers that I've tasted so far, Budweiser tasted the best. Korean beers like hite, cass, were pretty awful. Budweiser probably tastes awful too compared to the good beers. I've had guiness, hoegarden, asahi, heineken, and some others, but thats about it, and most of them were pretty bad. so, any good major beers that i can find in korea?

trias_e

United States520 Posts

November 14 2011 03:36 GMT

#316

My friend who is teaching english in Korea said that you can get Fuller's London Pride there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller's_Brewery. Fuller's makes some awesome beers.

yakitate304

United States655 Posts

November 14 2011 03:58 GMT

#317

I'm a huge beer appreciator and am in the midst of knocking down 100 different beers in 2011. However, I'm not sure that I'm going to make it by the end of the year.

Here's my list so far:

Dale's Pale Ale
Old Chub
Newcastle Brown Ale
Kona Pipeline Porter
Arrogant Bastard
Stone Ruination
Lagunitas IPA
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale
Rohrbach Scotch Ale
Guinness Draught

Harp Lager
Red Stripe
Troegs Nugget Nectar
Troegs HopBack Amber Ale
Blue Moon
Labatt Blue
Molson Canadian
Samuel Adams Winter Lager
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Budweiser Select :-/

Victory Helios Ale
Ommegang Abbey Ale
Michelob Ultra
Stone Smoked Porter
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Young Double Chocolate Stout
Middle Ages DragonSlayer
Spaten Optimator
Franziskaner Weissbier (Spaten)
Yuengling

Rolling Rock
Saranac Pale Ale
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Great Divide - Titan IPA
Brooklyn Oktoberfest
Brooklyn #2 Ale
Weinenstephaner Korbinian
Southern Tier 2x IPA
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Southern Tier Harvest Ale
Long Trail Imperial Porter
Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Southern Tier Matt & Phin's Extraordinary Ale
Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale
Lake Placid Barkeater Amber Ale
Lake Placid India Pale Ale
Lake Placid Ubu Ale
Troegs Troeginator
Troegs Sunshine Pils
Troegs Pale Ale

Southern Tier Un*Earthly
Southern Tier Choklat Stout
Miller Lite :-/
Southern Tier Pumking
Yuengling Black & Tan
Middle Ages Beast Bitter
Middle Ages Swallow Wit
Middle Ages IPA
Middle Ages The Duke of Winship
Ommegang Three Philosophers

Rogue Chocolate Stout
Rogue Imperial Stout
Harpoon IPA
Smuttynose IPA
Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale
Shock Top
Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

So "only" 31 left. Next up on my list is Troegs "The Mad Elf" Holiday Ale which sounds and looks delicious. "The combination of Cherries, Honey, and Chocolate Malts delivers gentle fruits and subtle spices. Fermented and aged with a unique yeast , this ruby red beer has significant warming strength that underlies the character of this Ale."

I also stream semi-frequently while drinking these beers on my stream "Yaki's Starcraft and Beer Show" but I don't advise tuning in unless you like watching really sloppy Platinum zerg play.

CCitrus

Canada164 Posts

November 15 2011 22:25 GMT

#318

On November 14 2011 12:58 yakitate304 wrote:
I'm a huge beer appreciator and am in the midst of knocking down 100 different beers in 2011. However, I'm not sure that I'm going to make it by the end of the year.
+ Show Spoiler +

Here's my list so far:

Dale's Pale Ale
Old Chub
Newcastle Brown Ale
Kona Pipeline Porter
Arrogant Bastard
Stone Ruination
Lagunitas IPA
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale
Rohrbach Scotch Ale
Guinness Draught

Harp Lager
Red Stripe
Troegs Nugget Nectar
Troegs HopBack Amber Ale
Blue Moon
Labatt Blue
Molson Canadian
Samuel Adams Winter Lager
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Budweiser Select :-/

Victory Helios Ale
Ommegang Abbey Ale
Michelob Ultra
Stone Smoked Porter
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Young Double Chocolate Stout
Middle Ages DragonSlayer
Spaten Optimator
Franziskaner Weissbier (Spaten)
Yuengling

Rolling Rock
Saranac Pale Ale
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Great Divide - Titan IPA
Brooklyn Oktoberfest
Brooklyn #2 Ale
Weinenstephaner Korbinian
Southern Tier 2x IPA
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Southern Tier Harvest Ale
Long Trail Imperial Porter
Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Southern Tier Matt & Phin's Extraordinary Ale
Widmer Brothers Drifter Pale Ale
Lake Placid Barkeater Amber Ale
Lake Placid India Pale Ale
Lake Placid Ubu Ale
Troegs Troeginator
Troegs Sunshine Pils
Troegs Pale Ale

Southern Tier Un*Earthly
Southern Tier Choklat Stout
Miller Lite :-/
Southern Tier Pumking
Yuengling Black & Tan
Middle Ages Beast Bitter
Middle Ages Swallow Wit
Middle Ages IPA
Middle Ages The Duke of Winship
Ommegang Three Philosophers

Rogue Chocolate Stout
Rogue Imperial Stout
Harpoon IPA
Smuttynose IPA
Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale
Smuttynose Robust Porter
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale
Shock Top
Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

So "only" 31 left. Next up on my list is Troegs "The Mad Elf" Holiday Ale which sounds and looks delicious. "The combination of Cherries, Honey, and Chocolate Malts delivers gentle fruits and subtle spices. Fermented and aged with a unique yeast , this ruby red beer has significant warming strength that underlies the character of this Ale."

I also stream semi-frequently while drinking these beers on my stream "Yaki's Starcraft and Beer Show" but I don't advise tuning in unless you like watching really sloppy Platinum zerg play.

Yaki, I think you might be my idol. That's a list to frame.

I've really been getting into Wheat Ales recently, could you recommend a good micro-brewed wheat ale? Right now I'm drinking some Yukon Brewing Cranberry Wheat Unfiltered Ale and it's just great, but I'm looking for something without the fruit as a good go-to wheat ale. The unfiltered part is sure nice though.
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If it helps I live in Edmonton, Alberta.

AwfulPlayer

249 Posts

November 16 2011 00:49 GMT

#319

On November 12 2011 10:10 icemanzdoinwork wrote:
Hoegaarden
When it first came here it was like $15 a 6 pack, but now it's around $10.
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o_O i've never seen that type of bottle over here. guess it's an export-only.

On November 13 2011 04:03 Rowa wrote:
Belgian Beers all the way guys, Here its brewed by monks !

indeed

trias_e

United States520 Posts

November 17 2011 17:36 GMT

#320

This is kind of cool for those in America (or going to America). A list of beer by state, picked by those in the state. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1102/beer-map/flat.html