The BEER thread!!

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:42 pm

I just realized that this is a more "adult" forum than certain other sites, and we don't have a thread devoted to the proper discussion of the fifth food group.

I wasn't sure if this should go under "Food," so screw off.

So, where to begin?

I'm not much for any major American beer myself. MGD is probably the best of the bunch.

English-speaking nations other than the US and Australia have the best: Guinness, Newcastle, Molson's.

Keep the discussion going, and give me more to talk about than listing a few good beers.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:51 pm

Dunno, I prefer MGD above all beers. If I have to choose a beer like substance, I will go with Cider. That is some good shit.

Post by **vynsane** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:18 pm

seamus and i will meet up and have a pint of guinness. anything else is just water.

John Madden · Post by **John Madden** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:25 pm

Now you're talking my language. There isn't anything like sitting next to a cold keg, eating Doritos and watching Brett Favres career highlights DVD.

Seamus ODoyle · Post by **Seamus ODoyle** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:42 pm

vynsane wrote:seamus and i will meet up and have a pint of guinness. anything else is just water.

Ain't that the Laird's Honest Truth! Oi've nae had anything but Guiness since Oi was a wee bairn. Anything else is just warm piss. So go fuck yuirself.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:55 pm

Nice to know I'm not the only person to think Guinness is easily the king.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:07 pm

Well, as long as it's cold... I would drink nothing but stout or porter style beers all the time, but the selection here is pitiful...

Lately I buy "bootleg" beer from a local establishment, 2 litres (half a gallon) for 5 bucks, and they have a bunch of different stuff on tap, usually a few deadly ones and a couple not so great, but even the "not great" ones are about as good as the horse-piss that gets bottled by the big breweries, fucking Molson Canadian is pure shit up here and I imagine since it got bought by a US company they found out how to cut more corners- I prefer beer that was brewed to the strength it gets bottled at, a lot of stuff gets brewed as strong malt liquor, shipped in concentrate form and then diluted and re-bottled elsewhere so that companies can keep the "made in" stuff sounding legit....

so yeah, I likes darker, REAL beers

A LOT

Slicker · Post by **Slicker** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:41 pm

Guiness is fucking nasty!

If I want to eat a loaf of fucking bread I'll choose the Wonder kind...

If I must drink beer it's gotta be Bud Light. The occasional Miller Lite'll do to...if I've had a ton of the former.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:47 pm

You and your pussy American beer. Less alcohol content than a frigging wine cooler....

Post by **vynsane** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:07 pm

a friend of mine who's a klepto when she's drunk pilfered a pint glass from a bar that brews it's own: "arrogant bastard ale" reads the glass, and on the opposite side "fizzy yellow beer is or wussies."

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:12 pm

I actually have one of those, vyn. It's from a brewery (Stone?) in San Diego, and they sell them at several spots locally.

The beer tastes like absolute horseshit, though. Not because it's dark beer, which I usually like, but because it's simply nasty stuff.

Speaking of such cool pint glasses--and this is mainly for KH, or for vyn when you make trips to NC--go to a joint called Macado's. It's a chain bar & grill in VA and NC. Order any non-beer mixed drink that comes in a pint glass, and you can keep the glass (or they'll give you a clean one). They're cool as hell, and they update them regularly with new artwork and the year. I've got a bunch of them. They also give away shot glasses, if you're sober enough after several shots to remember.

Okay, they did as recently as two years ago. I assume they still do.

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:24 pm

Slicker wrote:Guiness is fucking nasty!

Agreed, motor oil is for cars, not drinking.

Post by **vynsane** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:27 pm

anarky wrote:I actually have one of those, vyn. It's from a brewery (Stone?) in San Diego, and they sell them at several spots locally.

yeah, that's probably where she got it from - she was in SD visiting another friend of ours, who is also a drunk klepto...

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:34 am

Who isnt a drunk Klepto? I always took pinty glasses from bars. Most of the time unintentional as I walked outside with a drink, then went to my car and drove to get some smokes.

There is a place in the Village that will charge a $5 deposit on glasse, so if you take em, you bought em. But when returned, 5 bucks in hand.

Antropov · Post by **Antropov** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:57 am

I have different favorites for different situations:

1) If I'm getting FUCKED up, its Miller Lite
2) If I'm drinking for enjoyment and to get sorta hammered, its Molson Canadian (My absolute fav)
3) If I'm in a sipping mood, its Hobgoblin (imported from England. Expensive ass shit), Sam Adams Seasonal (either Oktoberfest or Winter Ale) or Bell's (a microbrew from the west side of Michigan. They do several different styles, their winter ale being the best).

My father-in-law brews his own and does it well. He brewed a Guinness-esque stout recently that was awesome. It was heavier and creamier than Guinness and each 12-oz. serving had (drumroll please) 525 calories. He also makes a fantastic Belgian.