beer acquisition syndrome

[James_B]

Well stay away from Motto's clamatto's. I found Motto's Clamatto's to be gross and I will stick with the Motts apple sauce. No pun intended.

If your just under age and have no money I say Lakeport, its cheap.

 

[Baryonyx]

Hoegaarden, it's amazing.

 

[Snarf]

I dig Blue Moon, Guinness, Smithwick's, Sam Adams.

 

[joninjapan]

Is this Talkbass, or what?






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+1 I'm with him.

They used to say that "'Foster's' is Australian for beer"... I never met an Aussie who would admit to saying that....

 

[Naveed Afzal]

hmm.. I drink St. Pauli Girl

 

[nateo]

Beer is not something you "Acquire", it's something you drink! Scotch is something you acquire!

As far as recommendations. go to Canada. That appears to be the only thing the Canadians export and produce in massive quantities. And from what I can tell (not a beer drinker), They are very good at it.

Yeah, we Canadians do love our beer. I'm a big fan of the imports (from anywhere, even some from the USA) but for regular football drinkin' I have to go with Bohemian (a Molson product, I believe). Unfortunately for anyone who's not me, I don't think you can buy it anywhere except Saskatchewan and Ontario (luckily I moved from Saskatchewan to Ontario, so life is good). If anyone can correct / confirm that I'd appreciate it.

As a much wiser man than I once said, "The best financial decision a man can make is learning to drink cheap beer."

-Nate

 

[Baryonyx]

I do favour a Canadian Brand, Moose Lager. Very good stuff!

This stuff here is probably my favourite beer, though...

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This stuff is tricky to get hold of but tastes amazing.

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Also, Bramha beer is very good. As is Tiger...

And Tsing Tao is good stuff, as is Asahi Super Dry and Black.

 

[EunosFD]

As far as recommendations. go to Canada. That appears to be the only thing the Canadians export and produce in massive quantities. And from what I can tell (not a beer drinker), They are very good at it.

Very true about Canadian beer. There are some fantastic brews that come from our friends to the north and they're world class in quality. One of my favorite brands of all time, Unibroue, is from Quebec. Their brews are not surprisingly Belgian in style, all of them are just flat out good, and on top of it their labels are some of the coolest out there. La Fin Du Monde is my personal fave and is one great tripel:

www.unibroue.com

 

[dave_p]

Amen! I bought a 6'er of Hoegaarten last night as a matter of fact. Had some of that, Anchor Steam Beer, and Anchor Liberty Ale as well, but I don't care for them too much as just like a majority of other American microbrews they're over-hopped like crazy. As far as real Belgian whitbiers go I prefer Manekin Pis over Hoegaarten, but it's rather tough to find; moreso than Hoegaarten that is. Lambics are nice this time of year as well as they're tart, crisp, and fruity. I also dig Berliner weisses too since they're on the tart side and are good with woodruff or raspberry syrup or just a little lemon wedge.

Anyway, for the money and as it's readily available I'd suggest trying some Blue Moon Belgian White. It's not as good as a true Belgian whitbier, but for what it is I definitely dig it. Nice & cold with a little orange slice and it's perfect for this time of year. And it's not crazy over-hopped like most American microbrews (although I think it's owned by a major brewer now; Miller maybe?); I rarely if ever drink American beers because of that. I mean what good is it to brew a beer if it just tastes like liquid hops and nothing else?

ill do the blue moon on occasion, you are 100% right, its not too shabby for a domestic, big company beer.

I also agree about some micros being overhopped, theres this beer from yakima washington, cant remember the brewers namel(but it was the guys name) he made a lot of what would be really good beers if they werent so overly hopped. dont get me wrong, i like hops. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is an example of a great hoppy beer thats not overdone.

I dont know if anyone remembers, but Ballantine used to make an awesome India Pale Ale.