cool cool...I'm trying to compile a list of beers to try for when I go back to the States, and I plan on making a trip to the East Coast when I return to the States so if I can find it, I would certainly be interested in trying it.
my roommate from grad school said he tried it while he was doing an internship in Maine and said he liked it too. I am interested in cherry wheat beers, but I am cautious on berries after a bad experience during college with Berryweise from Leinkugel Brewing Company...
@gdubbs66 - If you ever find yourself near Brunswick, Maine be sure to stop by the Lion's Pride Pub, Seadog's Brewery, and Shipyard Ale Brewery. Good places with great beers. Plenty of great micro-breweries and wineries in the Finger Lakes region of New York as well. Two of my regions on the East Coast.
@Badmass- thanks for the info. If you ever hit the Wisconsin/Illinois/Iowa/Michigan areas here's what I suggest: Two Brothers Brewing Company (IL), The Grumpy Troll (local microbrew in Mt. Horeb, WI), Millstream Brewing Company (IA, their wheat is awesome), Keweenaw Brewing Company (MI), Bell's Brewery (MI), Leinekugel Brewing Company (WI), and New Glarius Brewing Company (WI).
I may have to see if I can find that Cuvee des Jacobins somewhere before I leave this part of the world...though oddly it sounds like a wine I saw in the store earlier today.
One of my favourite's is 1664 out of France, Alexander Keith's IPA and Steam Whistle out of Toronto. Had some good local stuff in a pub in Oxford, but can't remember what it was called (the ale or the pub). I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as a reference point.
@gdubbs66 - You too huh? Just pulled in from a very dry 44 days out to sea and now in Dubai! Sadly stuck on the ship for the first day here... Alas. Beer will be had tomorrow!
@Badmass - Luckily I am connected to a lot of Christian communities so there is actual beer, but the variety is limited. I have to wait until July 2013 to experience a variety of beers. In the mean time, I need to explore my choices of wine. Wine is very cheap here in Palestine, as I am currently drinking a bottle of 35 NIS wine ($8.25 or so) that is from Australia and probably would cost $25 in the States. I am a homebrewer and beer lover though, so wine does not always satisfy my tastes
@Krypteia -hmmm, I may have to try that Czech Budweiser since we get it here down in Palestine. When I am back home in the United States, I usually avoided the US Budweiser unless I was using it to make beer brats, but I'll take you up on your advice since there is only one Palestinian beer in existence (Taybeh). I can get the Czech stuff for about 10 NIS (roughly $2.50, sorry I don't know the conversion to Euros) per 500 ml bottle.
That's not bad at all, price-wise. Then again, my barometer for "overly expensive" was set during the time I was working in Switzerland, where it could easily cost up to $12 for a beer in a bar. I felt really sorry for my American co-workers, as the dollar and Swiss franc were worth pretty much the same on the exchange rates at the time...but a dollar in America went far, far further than a franc in Switzerland.
Some friends and I had a little beer-tasting evening yesterday, where we tried out 5 beers, 3 of them being more winter/christmas-oriented. We tried: Jòlabjór (icelandic dark lager, really meaty), Hibernation Ale (dark, dark, DARK ale. Really good though, but heavy), Landsorts Lager (Swedish light lager, it was good to have a lighter one in between the heavies), Liefmans Glühkriek (gigantic cherry-beer, belgian I believe. Tasted better than I thought it would, strong cherry taste, but not in a "OMG-cider-what-is-this-shit kinda way) and Sigtuna Midvinterblot (another Swedish one, this one a porter, super dark but really tasty!).
I don't recall the name but I had this amazing CRAZY sour cherry beer a few years back at the ole pub. Say what you want about fruity beers but this thing would knock you on your arse.
I think I've had that one as well. A friend of mine gave me a bunch of beers for my birthday this year and one of them was a bastard sour cherry beer... One of those that tastes better going up than down! ;p
Innis & Gunn: My favorite is the Original, but I don't mind the Rum Finish every now and again. I've not tried the Whiskey version.
Edit: And I couldn't be ready like that - I'm at work, and we have a policy against booze in the workplace . I don't think there is a policy about playing video games at work though. I'm going to see if I can change that today.
I too am a fan of Belgian Wheats. I normally pick up a different one every Sunday when my friends get together and cook out as a group (yes we do it every week). A few that I enjoy in no particular order
-Hoegaarden (the kid in my loves it because it is fun to say) -Bell's Oberon (local MI beer, nearly identical to Blue Moon) -Goose Island's 312 (I believe this is a Chicago made beer) -Frankenmuth Hefeweizen (another local MI beer with banana undertone)
I'm fond of the range of the 'Wychwood Brewery' beers, they all have interesting themed names like 'Hobgoblin' ale with Grimm's fairytales-esque bottle labels and range from really dark and gritty brews to blonde beers and pale and slightly fruity ales. They have them in the states (usually at Aldi) as well as in the UK, worth checking out!
Weird discussion.. It's like having a 8% stamp on a bottle makes it beaming to other planes easier than a regularly beer.
Ppl in other countries might have the tendency to think so, but I swear, that I can get everybody of them down with German beer. It's not the alcohol stamp...it's the original wort, that makes up a good beer. Even if my favorite one is only 4.8; I can guarantee you, you'dnt stand against me; nor would 'your' 8% satisfy me.
Good example of stuff that calls itself beer 'd be 'Heineken' or 'Budweiser' (NOT the czech one)..it's like drinking water. Same applies for having a very good ol' 'special x-mas' or 'October-fest-beer' .. they do have "real" 7-8%..but you wish for on your next day, you never have tried them.
But then again, am from germany, beer is a natural by-product....you won't even getting drunken from.
I had no idea this thread existed. New favourite thread!
I'm a big fan of the wychwood brewery range as my dad used to drink them when i was a kid.
My favourite at the moment is Old Peculier, which is good because it's on at £1.25 a bottle at aldi. I also quite like Coniston Old Man and Fursty Ferret. Unfortunately I'm only 18 so I haven't had much time to drink beer in pubs I'll have to keep visiting pubs.
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I may have to see if I can find that Cuvee des Jacobins somewhere before I leave this part of the world...though oddly it sounds like a wine I saw in the store earlier today.
I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as a reference point.
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However, I wouldn't drink Dragonhead without good Meat or fish. Even beef jerky would do.
EDIT: Oh snap, I did mention it in my last post a few pages back, but... I hope that'll be forgiven!
How is Taybeh beer?
Love beer!
Edit: And I couldn't be ready like that - I'm at work, and we have a policy against booze in the workplace
-Hoegaarden (the kid in my loves it because it is fun to say)
-Bell's Oberon (local MI beer, nearly identical to Blue Moon)
-Goose Island's 312 (I believe this is a Chicago made beer)
-Frankenmuth Hefeweizen (another local MI beer with banana undertone)
It's like having a 8% stamp on a bottle makes it beaming to other planes easier than a regularly beer.
Ppl in other countries might have the tendency to think so, but I swear, that I can get everybody of them down with German beer. It's not the alcohol stamp...it's the original wort, that makes up a good beer.
Even if my favorite one is only 4.8; I can guarantee you, you'dnt stand against me; nor would 'your' 8% satisfy me.
Good example of stuff that calls itself beer 'd be 'Heineken' or 'Budweiser' (NOT the czech one)..it's like drinking water. Same applies for having a very good ol' 'special x-mas' or 'October-fest-beer' .. they do have "real" 7-8%..but you wish for on your next day, you never have tried them.
But then again, am from germany, beer is a natural by-product....you won't even getting drunken from.
This one is from Denmark, but ill guess some other countries have it to :P
Cheers
I'm a big fan of the wychwood brewery range as my dad used to drink them when i was a kid.
My favourite at the moment is Old Peculier, which is good because it's on at £1.25 a bottle at aldi.
I also quite like Coniston Old Man and Fursty Ferret.
Unfortunately I'm only 18 so I haven't had much time to drink beer in pubs
I'll have to keep visiting pubs.