Your top 3 beer picks and why

[Ele'ill]

This is also stickyable as 'what are you drinking?"

First on the list- I love the flavor- I have not disliked anything from this brewery yet- it reminds me of Autumn in PA- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's 'Punkin' Ale'- It's an ale brewed with pumpkin and spices.

http://legalbeer.com/images/dogfish%20head%20punkin%20ale.jpg


Next on the list also reminds me of Autumn- From Germany Paulaner Brewery's 'Oktoberfest Marzen'

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u05_9OEU3b8/SuEsRyF0SnI/AAAAAAAAATc/xa59v1sAMhE/s320/100_5873a.jpg


I'm going to cheat here- the third place spot rotates- anything from Chimay to 'Three Philosophers' to Weyerbacher Brewery's 'Blithering Idiot' Barley Wine Style Ale.
Right now it's two- for their inexpensiveness to flavor to alcohol content because let's be honest- nobody wants to drink a beer and not feel the alcohol.

http://articlesofmastication.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sheaf-stout.jpg

And

http://diversioncansafes.com/otherimages/exp/52012s.jpg

[progressive_lefty]

Mine are all aussie beers.

1. Victoria Bitter
2. XXXX Gold
3. Carlton Mid

[anarcho-communist4]

I'm more of a vodka man.

[Raúl Duke]

I like

Murphy's Irish Stout (or most imperial stouts really)
Sam Adams (or Brooklyn Brewery Craft Beer)
Presidente (and Peroni, but Presidente is cheaper and similar)

for a variety of reasons including taste

[The Douche]

1) Yeungling traditional lager, America's oldest brewery, decent taste, affordable.
2) National Bohemian, from my state, iconic, cheap, and tastes good enough.
3) PBR, duh.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

1.) Sam Adams
2.) Amstel
3.) Asahi

I also like Dos Equs. This is a bit pathetic because I'm drinking a Labatts Blue-its the cheapest good beer we could find, w/out descending to Old Milwaukee territory.

bTW, what's the situation with Coors? Still not cool to drink? (not that I do anyway)

[leftace53]

Keith's
Rickard's
Amstel

[F9]

1 none
2 none
3 none

there ya go

[Vendetta]

Bud Light,
PBR,
Keystone

'cause I'm a cheap drunk.

But I welcome all beer, any beer.

[Revolte_Wolf]

I'm more picky now, something about keystone light has just gone gross and I wont bother with it anymore.

1. Miller High Life ( taste like memories )
2. Heineken
3. Coors
I really wont drink anything else unless maybe here and there blue moon, or mickys and four loco, if those two would count.

[Raúl Duke]

I really dislike keystone (I bet natty ice taste better...but I wouldn't know)...but bud light is fine and I bet even PBR is better. Miller High Life is ok, I've had it a few memorable times as well.

Although I don't like Heineken (and I'm not alone, some dutch members here call it shit) or Coors (but both aren't as bad as Keystone).


1.) Sam Adams


:thumbup1:


3.) AsahiThat has a particular taste...a very particular one. It was one of those taste where you can't really say you like but it would be a lie to say you don't
Although I only tried it once in New Jersey

[Jazzratt]

I can't ever pick a favourite because there is too much of a variety of beer for me to be able to sensibly point at three and say that, yes, without a doubt those are my favourites. However, by approximate volume consumed my favourites are as follows:
1) http://www.leatherssmithy.co.uk/images/bombard.jpg Well's Bombardier. It's what's on tap at my regular and fairly cheap there.

2) kronenbourg 1664 http://beeradvocate.com/im/beers/3970.jpg It's six for a fiver at my offie and not terrible for the price. I do live in fear of CAMRA lynch mobs coming for me whenever I buy it though :lol:

3) Harveys Best Bitter. http://www.thepublican.com/Pictures/Thumb/j/r/v/Harveys_Sussex_Best_Bitter.jpg Available in nearly every pub I've ever been in. Very, very drinkable (although by far not the best drink by the brewery [that would be the Old Ale or the Tom Paine Ale)) and usually reasonably priced, although the days are long gone when it was two quid for a pint at my local.

[Rusty Shackleford]

well i can list what i hate

1:Budlight Lime - disgusting
2:Coors - water
3:Keystone - water

What i like but still havent found the god beer:

guinness -smooth, delightful
new castle brown ale - strong flavor great texture
pbr - flavorful, cheap, and not so watery

[Invincible Summer]

I don't drink anymore, but when I did I especially liked:

- Young's Double Chocolate Stout
- St-Ambroise Apricot Wheat Beer
- Cannery Brewing Maple Stout

[The Douche]

Beer snobs are 1000 times worse than hipsters.

[BuddhaInBabylon]

lol, this thread is awesome.

Like Jazzrat so eloquently said, it's hard to pcik only three favorite beers. but on the top three for me are
http://www.jposullivan.com/uploads/images/newcastle_brown_ale.pnghttp://images.picturesdepot.com/photo/y/yuengling_beer-18160.jpgandhttp://www.irishpubchandler.com/views/images/beer/Boddingtons.jpg

[Widerstand]

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/desperados-large.jpg

http://www.bier1.de/images/rothaus.jpg

http://bestesbierdeutschlands.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/augustiner.jpg

[Panda Tse Tung]

1. Jupiler
2. Hertog Jan
3. Bavaria.

[Wanted Man]

It's hard to pick three that are simply "the best" in my estimate. There are many great beers that I've only ever had once or twice, but which are still great. However, there are also a few that I repeatedly go out of my way to get, so I'd say that's my top 3 (in no particular order).

http://toddisrad.com/resources/Weihenstephaner.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RytVxp2Jmn0/SVmHnE9cumI/AAAAAAAAAJw/hi_4PbA1BiM/s400/Guinness+Especial+Export+2.JPG

http://blackwithblue.free.fr/IMG/jpg/Westmalle_Tripel_Portrait_small.jpg

Also, an honorary mention for being the best everyday lager:

http://www.bosnieuwemedia.nl/images/user/commercials/grolsch.jpg

[Lenina Rosenweg]

Most Chinese beer is lousy but Tsingtao is really good. Hans Beer, made near Xi'an in northwest China, is surprisingly good. Baoji Beer, made by the same company I thing, is also good.

[Mindtoaster]

http://almostathletes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Natty.jpg

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/naturalice-thumb.jpg

http://www.thebeverageking.com/images/best.JPG


I'm the king of class

[Revolte_Wolf]

http://almostathletes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Natty.jpg

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/naturalice-thumb.jpg

http://www.thebeverageking.com/images/best.JPG


I'm the king of class



Oh man you have just as much guts as TAT does for wanting to jump out of a flying machine.

Whatever you do though, do not start drinking Milwaukee's Best Ice, I promis you it just isnt worth it, in any way, and your tounge will go numb.

[The Red Next Door]

O douls
i am not much of a beer drinker, just wine and rum,

[Mindtoaster]

I feel really dirty now, so just to clarify - my last post was a joke

[Mindtoaster]

Oh man you have just as much guts as TAT does for wanting to jump out of a flying machine.

Whatever you do though, do not start drinking Milwaukee's Best Ice, I promis you it just isnt worth it, in any way, and your tounge will go numb.

I can't even drink natty ice to be honest!

[Hoggy_RS]

1. Saint-etienne (from aldi but still lovely)
2. Carling
3. Heineken

Although i'd drink warm beer from a boot if in the right mood:lol:

[Quail]

I'm not a fan of beer. I drink cider :blushing:

[Vanguard1917]

http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/5532/beer/old-peculier.jpg


My number 1 at the moment.

(Note: beer should not be drunk from wine glass-type things; it's not my photo.)

[bailey_187]

Leffe - good taste, fairly cheap from WeatherSpoons considering the alcohol %
Red Stripe - good tasting lager
Tuborg - cheap

[Revolte_Wolf]

I can't even drink natty ice to be honest!


I've never had it but everytime someone says its name everyone else around kinda cringes, so I'm assuming its pretty gross.

[bailey_187]

Why is American beer so shit and taste like dirty water?

[Qayin]

Mindtoaster (http://www.revleft.com/vb/../member.php?u=16414) hit it

[BuddhaInBabylon]

Why is American beer so shit and taste like dirty water?

hahahaha, THAT is a good question. For truly, the majority of beers known to be american like coors and budweiser, and old millwaukee and all that garbage, are straight up junk. But this country does have a thriving brewing community of independent brewers dedicated to real beer. If anyone is ever in the PA region looking for a fantastic brew, check out Troeg's Nuggect Nectar, or any other brew by Troeg's. It's one of the gems in my area for sure.

[Ele'ill]

hahahaha, THAT is a good question. For truly, the majority of beers known to be american like coors and budweiser, and old millwaukee and all that garbage, are straight up junk. But this country does have a thriving brewing community of independent brewers dedicated to real beer. If anyone is ever in the PA region looking for a fantastic brew, check out Troeg's Nuggect Nectar, or any other brew by Troeg's. It's one of the gems in my area for sure.


I loved Troeg's 'Rugged Trail' brown ale.

There are tons of decent breweries in PA.

Allagash Brewery in Maine produces some delicious stuff as well- which would have been my third choice.

[Jazzratt]

I don't think I've ever had an american beer (discounting all the Bud and the gulp of Miller I've had for obvious reasons) but a brewery down my way do an "American Pale Ale" which is quite nice. I've heard that yanks tend to make reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly hoppy beers, though [tbf I quite like my beer hoppy so...].

[bailey_187]

also why do you Americans drink beer in those tiny cans?

[Jazzratt]

I went to sweden and they sold beer in those tiny cans too. I'm really not sure what all that is about.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Why is American beer so shit and taste like dirty water?

A lot of American microbreweries and smaller companies put out decent beer.

But yeah.

Anyway:

1) PBR (it's just a given. The ironic thing is that I used to loathe it.)
2) Red Stripe (I too like Red Stripe.)
3) Mickey's Malt Liquor

[Raúl Duke]

I never had this pbr...
yet many people here are mentioning it.

When I get back stateside maybe I'll try it.
I'll either praise you or curse you all depending on how it goes.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I never had this pbr

http://tribewithted.mlblogs.com/shocked-1.jpg

[Rusty Shackleford]

http://tribewithted.mlblogs.com/shocked-1.jpg

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:: laugh::laugh:


I only hated PBR because i didnt like hipsters which is a stupid bias but then i drank PBR.

http://cdn.guyism.com/wp-content/uploads/jesus-pabst.jpg


of all the cheaper beers, this one is definitely a good one.

[Os Cangaceiros]

It's certainly a lot better than the other cheap beers (Bud and Miller...I can't stand either).

I like how they brag on the PBR can about an award they won back when Grover Cleveland was president.

[Raúl Duke]

:laugh:

[synthesis]

I've recently developed a taste for Budweiser. I actually don't think it's that bad.

I couldn't really list a top three, but most of my favorite beers have a cork in the top. They're usually $6-10 for 750ml, though, so those are for celebrations and such.

[Zeus the Moose]

http://almostathletes.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Natty.jpg

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/naturalice-thumb.jpg

http://www.thebeverageking.com/images/best.JPG


I'm the king of class

:ohmy:

That makes me hurt inside. It really does.

As for me:
Victory Hop Devil IPA
Weyerbacher Old Heathen Imperial Stout
Sam Adams

I freely admit that I am very much of a beer snob.

[Mindtoaster]

Sam Adams

I am very much of a beer snob.

Pffffffffft

http://www.opus-photography.net/smilies/bigsmug.png

[Qayin]

Im hip.
I drink PBR.

[The Douche]

I never had this pbr...
yet many people here are mentioning it.

When I get back stateside maybe I'll try it.
I'll either praise you or curse you all depending on how it goes.

Welp, somebody's gettin kicked out of RAAN. Come to Maryland, drink PBR with a whole crew of RAAN hipsters hahaha.

[the last donut of the night]

1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/OE_800.JPG

2. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/707.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/tags/vietnam/page2.html&usg=__Cf1nv7UjXzx7WNjR4vm0-YSrLJ4=&h=809&w=240&sz=72&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=xo_4w5pXXhL7CM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=41&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcoors%2Blite%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cli ent%3Dhp%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D697%26tbs%3 Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=416&vpy=116&dur=401&hovh=400&hovw=118&tx=94&ty=222&ei=BhNiTK-NAY30swPnsqDEBw&oei=BhNiTK-NAY30swPnsqDEBw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0


3. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/bud-light-logo-bottle.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/02/03/bud-light-suck-one.aspx&usg=__JfAhKj0UBzI5pF0IJUu3PB6rqkA=&h=310&w=215&sz=12&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=i-n8JOUaAaGSdM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbud%2Blight%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26clie nt%3Dhp%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D697%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=634&vpy=200&dur=453&hovh=247&hovw=171&tx=75&ty=112&ei=GxNiTICoBY6esQPg4ozJBw&oei=GxNiTICoBY6esQPg4ozJBw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0

[Raúl Duke]

Welp, somebody's gettin kicked out of RAAN. Come to Maryland, drink PBR with a whole crew of RAAN hipsters hahaha.

:thumbup1:
hahaha
One reason perhaps why I haven't gotten around to try it was because I didn't want to be seen or labeled as an obvious hipster.

But now I think about it...not many people buy it at my college...maybe I can get people on the bandwagon.

[Bright Banana Beard]

Corona
Port Royal
Miller Lite

yes, im shitty.

[piet11111]

1) Duvel
2) grolsch
3) amstel

[The Red Next Door]

1. Saint-etienne (from aldi but still lovely)

I haven't seen that in my local Aldi

[Steve_j]

Mine are all aussie beers.

1. Victoria Bitter
2. XXXX Gold
3. Carlton Mid

Well they all sure to the job, but how can they touch a coopers pale ale? Yuuuuummmmmm!

1, Coopers pale ale
2, Belgin wheat beer (cant pick a favourite)
3, ?????

Alright, for third place, someone give me some suggestions.

Im in south london, need something that shouldnt bee too hard to find in a offlicence but no largers

Eagerly awaiting your suggestions

[Zeus the Moose]

Pffffffffft

.

Touche, comrade.

[Ele'ill]

:ohmy:

That makes me hurt inside. It really does.

As for me:
Victory Hop Devil IPA
Weyerbacher Old Heathen Imperial Stout
Sam Adams

I freely admit that I am very much of a beer snob.


Are you from PA?

Wow, Lehigh Valley- that's relatively close to one of the places I used to live.

Weyerbacher's Blithering Idiot (barley wine) and their 'Merry Monks' were two of my favorites.

[Hoggy_RS]

I haven't seen that in my local Aldi

For one thing i had no idea they had Aldi in the US! I hope for yer sake ye get it soon. It the bizness

[An archist]

1: Tripel Karmeliet, because it's really good
http://www.bestbelgianspecialbeers.be/downloads/karmeliet_packshot.jpg
2: Gueuze, because it's got a really special taste, you love it or hate it
http://brouette-de-bieres.com/images/bieres/bouteilles/bois/Mort%20Subite%20Gueuze%20Original%20-%20375ml%20-%20210X330.jpg
3: Stella, because it's what I drink most of the time
http://www.pattaya-discover.com/images/stella-artois.gif

[Mindtoaster]

Stella is so gross

I really don't know why its so popular

[Ravachol]

Welp, somebody's gettin kicked out of RAAN. Come to Maryland, drink PBR with a whole crew of RAAN hipsters hahaha.

Haha, now why do I get the impression RAAN is full of faux-hipsters who do Communism just because it's "ironic"

Also:

http://luekensliquors.com/store/zen-cart-v1.3.8a-full-fileset-12112007/images/guiness-big.gif

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYP4ACQ7V9zm910dI-H-kkGBfBNshOAWPhWD8_t74y-VTyPbI&t=1&usg=__1WwaYEGXTNGUO_Cp_ZHWa5VT2D8=

http://www.leerwiki.nl/images/0/06/Jupiler.jpg

[Pirate Utopian]

Sam Adams
I'd rather have a Samuel Jackson.

rtdFRHQwF2I

[Tavarisch_Mike]

I think i like all beers, frome cheap watery lagers, to strong and posch belgian ales. And about the micro breweries in the Unite states i recomend the documentary "Beer wars"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-Bg5Odi0M

Oh and when it comes to lagers (ore more correctly pilsners) the czechs makes the best!

[Steve_j]

1, Coopers pale ale
2, Belgin wheat beer (cant pick a favourite)
3, ?????

Alright, for third place, someone give me some suggestions.

Im in south london, need something that shouldnt bee too hard to find in a offlicence but no largers

Eagerly awaiting your suggestions

Im gonna bump this, suggestions please, im feeling antisocial and feel like sitting in for the night with a couple of good ones.

[Pavlov's House Party]

http://www.unibroue.com/media/assets/Maudite.jpg

Unibroue beers and PBR up in here. Seriously, PBR is not that bad for a beer you can get 12 for 12$ for and brews made by Unibroue are harder and tastier than most American/Canadian stuff. Also I dislike it when people make it sound like they're hard as shit drinkers because their favorite beer is Guiness, it's got like 4% alcohol or something.

[leftace53]

Also, Faxe. That shits hardcore man. Fucking hardcore.

[BeerShaman]

1.) Sam Adams
2.) Amstel
3.) Asahi

I also like Dos Equs. This is a bit pathetic because I'm drinking a Labatts Blue-its the cheapest good beer we could find, w/out descending to Old Milwaukee territory.

bTW, what's the situation with Coors? Still not cool to drink? (not that I do anyway)
Amstel? That's a greek beer!
Mine:
-Budweiser
-Lucifer
-Stella Artois

[Scary Monster]

Steel Reserve- 211, baby

That, or Four Loko ;D

[MarxSchmarx]

1. http://bp1.blogger.com/_GKS5BBe41ls/R_10b4D_U-I/AAAAAAAAAO4/j7xrb6iN_Ps/s320/steel+reserve+beer.jpg

It's union made, and advertises this fact.

Here is a well thought-out review by a critic named foxxyy16 (http://maltyhops.blogspot.com/2008/04/steel-reserve-211-blue-collar-working.html):


I think this beer should be taken off the market & outlawed for sale. My husband can drink any other brand of beer without any issues or concerns. However after drink just one of this " CHeap Steel Shit", he becomes alcohol induced phychic to the point that he is mental unstable. I experience fear & uncertains for him when he drinks this "Shit". I think this cheap shit was designed as another means of keeping a poor man down. Fair warning to those who even think about drink this stuff it cause sever distortion & hallucinations. I just hope nothing bad happen to my husband under the influence of this bad product.
2. TBA
3. TBA

[Rusty Shackleford]

ive taken a very strong liking to Strongbow Cider.
and of course the frothy deliciousness of guinness.
i had a few snakebites/blackandtans.
made with strongbow cider and half guinness.
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A0wwTOyQyz8VrM:http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m38/Belialith/SnakebiteOrBlacktan.jpg&t=1

Heres Strongbow

and yes, its English. and yes, i drank English alcohol with Irish alcohol.
(if anyone here is an national-alcohol chauvinist/ hardcore republican)


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Mex_251.jpg/170px-Mex_251.jpg

Deeeeeeeeeeelicious.

its like drinking the apple cider you get as a kid.

fuck.

yes.

[Pavlov's House Party]

ive taken a very strong liking to Strongbow Cider.
and of course the frothy deliciousness of guinness.
i had a few snakebites/blackandtans.
made with strongbow cider and half guinness.
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A0wwTOyQyz8VrM:http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m38/Belialith/SnakebiteOrBlacktan.jpg&t=1

Heres Strongbow

and yes, its English. and yes, i drank English alcohol with Irish alcohol.
(if anyone here is an national-alcohol chauvinist/ hardcore republican)


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Mex_251.jpg/170px-Mex_251.jpg

Deeeeeeeeeeelicious.

its like drinking the apple cider you get as a kid.

fuck.

yes.

fuck i love cider, but that shit sneaks up on you. last friday i was able to down like 5 pints of the stuff in a row because it tastes like apple juice before throwing up

also, english style cider like strongbow is unavailable where i live, all we have is crappy "ice" cider :(

[Sasha]

Amstel? That's a greek beer!



eeeuh, i guess you don't know that the amstel is the river that flows through amsterdam (wich in it self is an abriviation from "amstel dam")? so amstel is an dutch beer silly boy.

anyway, best beers? to much to mention but this is my current favorite:

http://www.globalbeer.com/Images/Beers/BrugseZot/BrugseZotgamma.jpg

brugse zot, an awsome belgian beer coming in blond at 6 or double at 7.5%.
the same brewery also got an excelent triple called straffe hendrik wich is 9%.

next on my list of beers i really want to try is the "sink the bismarck"
http://thefullpint.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/brewdog-sink-the-bismarck-bottle.jpg
wich comes at an whopping 41% and apperntly is still very nice to drink.

[An archist]

Westvleteren is overrated.
I just had one, it was good, but not spectacular.

[Rusty Shackleford]

fuck i love cider, but that shit sneaks up on you. last friday i was able to down like 5 pints of the stuff in a row because it tastes like apple juice before throwing up

also, english style cider like strongbow is unavailable where i live, all we have is crappy "ice" cider :(
yeah, i was very drunk the night i had cider. and im usually able to control my drinking but its just far too delicious!

nothing negative besides a hangover the next morning though:lol:

[Incendiarism]

40 oz. Steel Reserve put hair on my chest