Best Beer Countries

[baba]

No love for the mexicans? There's nothing better to me than a cool corona on a hot summers day.

Just returned from 10 days near Guadalajara and enjoyed many beers:

Modelo
Negra Modelo
Sol Bravo (very malt liquor like)
El Presidente
Estrella
Corona Dark
Pacifico

...and endless tequilas.

 

[sensible68]

Then in the UK they are wrong. Lager and Ale are the two major divisions of beer and Stout is a subset of Ale.

not really, we have bitter beer aka best bitter (shortened to 'best') which is generally weaker and doesn't have such a strong taste as real ale. the bitters include IPA which is not seen as an ale.

in a pub over here if you asked for a pint of beer you'd generally get 'best' or 'bitter' (although people tend to ask for a pint of 'best' or a pint of 'bitter'. People ask for lager explicitly.

 

[Jared Lash]

not really, we have bitter beer aka best bitter (shortened to 'best') which is generally weaker and doesn't have such a strong taste as real ale. the bitters include IPA which is not seen as an ale.

in a pub over here if you asked for a pint of beer you'd generally get 'best' or 'bitter' (although people tend to ask for a pint of 'best' or a pint of 'bitter'. People ask for lager explicitly.

First off, rereading my post it comes across as antagonistic when I was just trying to be flip about it, so don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to argue. After all, I don't doubt that there has arisen a classification among British beer drinkers that is used in pubs and bars.

But what I described previously are the real classifications of beer from a brewer's perspective, regardless of what pub owners or patrons have chosen to call them or what has arisen historically in terms of nomenclature.

 

[baba]

But what I described previously are the real classifications of beer from a brewer's perspective, regardless of what pub owners or patrons have chosen to call them or what has arisen historically in terms of nomenclature.

...and you are completely correct.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Costa Rica is a great beer country too. They really only have two beers. Both are tasty and both go for about 75 cents each. The first night I discovered that, I went crazy. Like a kid in a candy store. Blew my first morning session in perfect 5 foot surf because of their silly good beer.

 

[sensible68]

First off, rereading my post it comes across as antagonistic when I was just trying to be flip about it, so don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to argue. After all, I don't doubt that there has arisen a classification among British beer drinkers that is used in pubs and bars.

But what I described previously are the real classifications of beer from a brewer's perspective, regardless of what pub owners or patrons have chosen to call them or what has arisen historically in terms of nomenclature.

no worries big O

 

[MakiSupaStar]

First off, rereading my post it comes across as antagonistic when I was just trying to be flip about it, so don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to argue. After all, I don't doubt that there has arisen a classification among British beer drinkers that is used in pubs and bars.

But what I described previously are the real classifications of beer from a brewer's perspective, regardless of what pub owners or patrons have chosen to call them or what has arisen historically in terms of nomenclature.

Just shut up and have a beer.

 

[sensible68]

There was a feature on 'Newsnight' recently that Stella Artois is being rebranded as 'Artois' to address a legal term known as 'the stella defence' used as a mitigating factor in GBH cases.

It'll never shrug off its 'wife beater' moniker though.

 

[Jared Lash]

Just shut up and have a beer.

I'm having a beer right now, a Lagunitas Censored (aka Kronic). I usually wait until noon on a day off, but since I was up at six, it feels later.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I'm having a beer right now, a Lagunitas Censored (aka Kronic). I usually wait until noon on a day off, but since I was up at six, it feels later.

I was drinking by 930 am yesterday. Of course, I was on the golf course. Time stands still out there.

 

[louieeadg]

I'm having a beer right now, a Lagunitas Censored (aka Kronic). I usually wait until noon on a day off, but since I was up at six, it feels later.

Noon? You've never enjoyed a Guinness with an omelette and plantains? Or a belgian wheat with smoked salmon and cream cheese?

 

[Jared Lash]

I make exceptions for brunch, though if its a hangover morning I'll take a bloody mary over a beer in that case.

It also depends on weather. During summer, when it's 95 degrees at 8:30 in the morning, I can start in a lot earlier.

Of course, in college cold pizza and beer was the breakfast of champions so maybe I'm just slowing down.

 

[louieeadg]

Of course, in college cold pizza and beer was the breakfast of champions so maybe I'm just slowing down.

I'm voting for "slowing down."

On a side note...I did a brief experiment where I drank a guinness with an apple every morning for a month. Oddly enough, that one beer(sometimes it was a german wheat)seemed to carry me over until lunch...

 

[Eublet]

I'm voting for "slowing down."

Or perhaps "growing up" I did it too, and I still like a beer in the morning from time to time. Used to drink Abita Purple Haze with my Saturday morning pancake breakfast every week.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I'm voting for "slowing down."

On a side note...I did a brief experiment where I drank a guinness with an apple every morning for a month. Oddly enough, that one beer(sometimes it was a german wheat)seemed to carry me over until lunch...

Beer is food is more than just a wives tale. There's truth behind that saying.

 

[Eublet]

On a side note, it's definitely better to drink during the day than it is before bed. Studies have proven that it's bad for your sleep, even if it's just a single beer.

 

[louieeadg]

Beer is food is more than just a wives tale. There's truth behind that saying.

I'm well aware, it's made from the same stuff food is made from...interesting fact: Winter Ales are commonly a heavier and more alcoholic ale than a typical irish ale or brown ale. The reason for this, and the spices as well, is that people tend to eat heavier foods in the winter time...stick to your ribs food, as it's called over here...and the higher alcohol content would warm them up as well as filling them up.

cheers

 

[Eublet]

I did a gig at a local brew pub last night. They had a very nice amber ale, and an excellent ESB. Oatmeal stout was quite good as well. Very soon they'll be cranking out some winter ale. I'd have been proud to show off their beers to anyone. Very good selection, and the temperature was perfect on each one.