BS: Lager

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: G-Force
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 10:16 AM

Our son would drink nothing but lager until he was about forty. Then I managed to get him to have a taste of Badger Golden Champion, since when he only drinks bitter.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:57 AM

I drank a substantial amount of Shiner Bock during my stays in Houston TX on business trips. I thought it was rather nice - better than the usual American non-beers posing as beers.

I agree with you also about Bud (US version), Coors, and Miller.

But, as I’m no longer a partaker, it’s all immaterial AFAIC…

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:45 AM

Dark beers like Shiner Bock and Negra Modelo are my favorites. Bud and Coors and Miller and most of that is bleh.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Senoufou
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:28 AM

Ugh the lot of you! The only bottled ale worth considering is OLD SPECKLED HEN!(by Greene King) Okay?

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 06:39 AM

The tale is that the US version was named and made in honour of the original. How someone could so utterly screw up an excellent beer is beyond me :-D

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 05:55 PM

I think I had that genuine Budweiser in Prague in 2006 (it was urgently needed to wash down the terrible dumpling-led grub that obtained at the time...)

I haven't supped Stella/wifebeater for at least 25 years but remember it as OK on a summer night/drifting away. The Bude Morrisons has stacks of bottled beers of many varieties, usually near the front entrance, I suppose because of the hot weather.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 03:25 PM

"10% ABV is a silly strength for beer"

I agree. You'd be pissed as a fart before you'd had enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 02:49 PM

10% ABV is a silly strength for beer

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 01:58 PM

https://untappd.com/b/albani-bryggerierne-giraf-beer-10/550970
One is good, two and your face goes numb, three and you wobble, 4 and you fall down muttering about what upstanding blokes we all are.
There is a curious white powder that drifts about at the bottom of the bottle but it tastes light and bright.
Drinking six bottles is for medicinal purposes only.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 01:45 PM

Some of the new bottled pale ales are very nice cold too - Particulary a double dry hopped one called Kaihe that I tried the other day. Brewed by Donkeystone abd available in Lidl :-) Mind you, that was canned rather than bottled now I think on. Still, very tasty anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 12:06 PM

Moose Drool. Bitch Creek. Midnight Satin. Belligerent Ass. Irish Death. Bad Frog.

Many more.

Too bad that y'all can't sample them and you are force-fed Budweiser and Coors Lite. A nice Alaska White is great on a hot day.

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 12:05 PM

There's something about swigging from the bottle that appeals.

Erm? ..... nah! I'm with BWM on the need for a glass.

DC

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 11:48 AM

Budweiser Budvar - The proper stuff from the Czech Republic
Staropramen from the same place
Lost Lager by Brew Dog (Scotland)
A few good Spanish ones hitting the market too.

Cheers!

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 11:05 AM

Mrs Steve has taken to drinking alcohol-free beers at times. I drink the versions with alcohol for medical reasons ;-)

Hey, let's not turn this into a temperance/prohibition thread!

Subject: RE: BS: Lager
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 10:55 AM

Well, for medical reasons, I have to make do with the ‘alcohol-free’ version of Peroni but, as these things go, it’s reasonably palatable. But I insist on a glass - despite what some people believe, we aren’t savages out here in the Backwoods. ;-)

Subject: BS: Lager
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 10 Aug 22 - 10:10 AM

I'm not a massive fan of bottled beer in general, but in this unusually hot weather, and after   bit of overheated garden labour, I've found myself swigging large bottles of Peroni (found mysteriously present in cupboard, moved to fridge) and enjoying them bigly of an early evening. There was also a bottle of Moretti in there. It was fine but I preferred the Peroni. I remember that when we were in temperatures of 38 or 40 in Andalucía we drank beaucoup de little bottles of ice-cold CruzCampo, very nice too. I haven't seen that one here. There's a village poolside bar in the Alpujarras that had a gorgeous lager called Alhambra. I think that was my favourite. There's something about swigging from the bottle that appeals. This is going to be a hot summer weather habit only. I'm a novice at this bottled lager lark so tell me what you like. You are not, however, allowed to mention Budweiser, Carling or Fosters or zero alcohol, and it's useless if I can't buy it here.

Cheers!