Best Beer Thread!

[RWebb]

was just at a freee wine tasting and a guy tasted a rose' and was talking about it making a good summer wine...

I said the BEST summer wine was a Heffewiezen or maybe a Belgian white beer.

HATE rose's! HATE!!

[krichard]

Originally Posted by Vipergrün

Stone Ruination IPA

I dare you to drink a six pack by yourself in the span of about 3 hours. I made the mistake of doing that the night of the UT vs. Texas Tech game. I have no recollection of anything after the end of the game.

[Stanley]

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[cantdrv55]

Back when I used to drink, I'd get hammered on OB beer when I was stationed overseas in Korea. I'd be sick for a day-and-a-half afterwards.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

Beer O' the Month for me has been Spaten Optimator:

Are you serial? I was given two six packs of that stuff a few years ago. I drank half of one, poured it out and tried to give away the rest. No takers. Ended dumping the whole lot, totally undrinkable IMO. The only value it had at all would be if I were trying to impress someone, which I wasn't.

[scottmandue]

Spaten makes a nice blond beer (pilsner?)

Taste is very subjective... take Guinness for example... people either love or hate it.

I could drink a gallon of Guinness as long as it is on tap, I think some people just can't get over the color. I don't think the alcohol content is higher than regular beer and I have had much stronger tasting beer.

The Anacapa brewery in Ventura makes some nice beers.

[afterburn 549]

Serious , Can Schultz really taste any good ?? I always thought they were in the order like Bud, or miller or Coors

[Hoots]

Thomas Kemper Hefeweizen

[Paul T]

Will be putting away some Stoudt's Fat Dog shortly...Mmmm

[id10t]

Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout.... yummy.

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Are you serial? I was given two six packs of that stuff a few years ago. I drank half of one, poured it out and tried to give away the rest. No takers. Ended dumping the whole lot, totally undrinkable IMO. The only value it had at all would be if I were trying to impress someone, which I wasn't.

You crazy.
Spaten's Optimator is the Chuck Norris of German double bocks. Maybe you are just a girly-man?
Seriously, maybe you had a bad one? Or maybe you didn't pour it in a glass? Or maybe you just don't like double bocks. I don't know, but Spaten doesn't make "undrinkable" beer. I guess if you are used to sex-in-a-canoe beer, it could be a bit of a shock to the palette. Oh, and at $14 for a 12-pack at the local beverage store, it's not uber-fancy either. So, I don't know who you would be impressing.

[Jims5543]

I just found this by the pint at a local grocery store. Great stuff but pricey.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

You crazy.
Spaten's Optimator is the Chuck Norris of German double bocks. Maybe you are just a girly-man?
Seriously, maybe you had a bad one? Or maybe you didn't pour it in a glass? Or maybe you just don't like double bocks. I don't know, but Spaten doesn't make "undrinkable" beer. I guess if you are used to sex-in-a-canoe beer, it could be a bit of a shock to the palette. Oh, and at $14 for a 12-pack at the local beverage store, it's not uber-fancy either. So, I don't know who you would be impressing.

I just picked up a 6 pack of Optimator last week, VERY good beer. I liked it a lot.

Don't worry about the other guy, he is is wine sipper.........

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by Jims5543

I just found this by the pint at a local grocery store. Great stuff but pricey.

Nice find!
As I have probably mentioned in previous beer threads, that is the Holy Grail of Belgian beers IMO. I suppose you could go to the Westvletern Abby in person and get the true non-commercial, label-less, Monastic-brewed (Trappist) version. Although St. Bernardus (formerly St. Sixtus) and the Westvleteren recipes are the same. It is just that it can't be called Trappist if it's brewed outside the Monastery walls.

They have another brew called "Grottenbier" that is great as well.

Cheers.

[serge944]

It'll get ya drunk.

[Jims5543]

Originally Posted by Eric Coffey

Nice find!
As I have probably mentioned in previous beer threads, that is the Holy Grail of Belgian beers IMO. I suppose you could go to the Westvletern Abby in person and get the true non-commercial, label-less, Monastic-brewed (Trappist) version. Although St. Bernardus (formerly St. Sixtus) and the Westvleteren recipes are the same. It is just that it can't be called Trappist if it's brewed outside the Monastery walls.

They have another brew called "Grottenbier" that is great as well.

Cheers.

I was told to find this:




It supposedly eclipses the regular stuff.

Thanks for the info Eric I am going to look for that Grottenbier.

[Rich Lambert]

Originally Posted by Vipergrün

Stone Ruination IPA

+1 for Ruination. It used to be my favorite till I had a (okay, more than "a") Scuttlebutt Industrial IPA.

[tiwebber]

Ales. IPA's are good because they tend to have stronger hops. Just had a killer IPA from California but it's name slips my mind - I'll make a trip to the store tommorow because thinking about it makes me want one. Hope they are still around. Drinking a great English ale right now call HobGoblin. Very good.

[Vipergrün]

Originally Posted by Rich Lambert

+1 for Ruination. It used to be my favorite till I had a (okay, more than "a") Scuttlebutt Industrial IPA.

Wow! That's saying a lot! Gotta go try the Scuttlebutt now

[boba]

Then there is always the party size Duvel.