BS: Beer

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Alice
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 01:21 AM

There is one here called Moose Drool.
I'm not much of a drinker, but I do like a brand called Grasshopper, from just north of the Montana border in Canada. The best beer I had was in El Salvador. I loved the label on the bottle, too, so I brought an empty bottle back to Montana. The label is an Ace of Hearts, and it just says Pilsener Lager Bier. This is from back in 1978, so I don't know if the brewery still exists.

Alice in Montana

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Amergin
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 01:29 AM

I wouldn't call myself a poser. I like the strong beers and I like to drink many of them during an evening. Nothing like drinking until I'm tripping over my tied shoelaces. In Astoria, Oregon there's a brewpub called the Wet Dog Cafe. Great wonderful beer they have there. Used to drink this one called Peacock Spit, was so good and the damn thing would knock you on your ass. Ahh the times I would stumble a couple of miles or so back home singing at the top of my lungs. Only got stopped once. The cop after making sure there were no warrants out on me told me to party on as he laughingly crawled back into his car and drove off. Astoria was a great town to live in...

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: WyoWoman
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 01:54 AM

Sorry to disappoint, Terry K, but I just like the flavor of the darker beers, generally the stouter the better. But I also like to sample other stuff at whatever brew pub I happen to visit. I just did a half-century bike ride a couple of weeks ago and had my best time ever. I credit this to my training regimen, which was fiendishly simple: I drank a lot of beer for three nights in a row before the ride and stayed up dancing until the clubs closed. Before, I had followed the recommended regimen and avoided alcohol, ate pasta and got a good night's sleep before the ride. I much prefer the beer/dancing regimen. I might try smoking a lot of cigarettes before the next ride, just to see how far this technique can go...

Anyone here ever tried Chimay ale? Mmmmm.

Is Fat Tire a local beer here in the Mountain states? I think it's dependably good.

WyoWoman

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: IanC
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 04:27 AM

I've never been one for strong beers either, except under exceptional circumstances (e.g. Speckled Hen after bellringing for a wedding on a Saturday afternoon).

One of my favourites is McMullen's AK. Called a bitter, but more of a bitter-coloured mild. Only 3.7% alcohol. You can drink it all day!

Cheers!IanC

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Ringer
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 05:31 AM

So, IanC: another bellringing folkie who sticks (usually) to the less strong beers? And I thought I was the only one! Where do you ring (I don't recognise McMullens, so no clue there), and what? My home tower is Old Whittington near Chesterfield, a 5cwt 6, pn Friday. At the prompting of my son, a much more accomplished ringer than me, we rang a quarter of Trinity Sunday TB Minor there last Sunday Eve (which was Trinity Sunday).

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: IanC
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 05:40 AM

Hi BE. Perhaps we should start a bellringing thread - it's folk music after all.

I'm from Ashwell, Herts. 19cwt 6. Don't have much scope for fancy methods. Plain Bob, Reverse Canterbury, Little Bob, St. Simons and some Stedman & Kent.

McMullen's is a local brewery in Hertford. Been around a while. Produces nothing flash, but beers generally excellent.

Cheers!IanC

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Ulli
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 07:23 AM

Well, what about this beer which is brewed in a little mountain village in Austria? Something extraordinary!

http://www.brauerei-egg.at/

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Mooh
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 08:01 AM

Alice mentioned Grasshopper which we occasionally get here in Ontario. It's from the Big Rock Brewery in Alberta where other good beers are born, my favourite of which is Warthog. They've got a pale ale called Chinook which I haven't tried but should.

Drink up! Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 12:42 PM

Petr, I've just gone out and bought a can of our UK Bud. It says on the label "Beer brewed by Budweiser Stag, brwing company Ltd London" so I assume it is brewed over here. It also says "Brewed by our origaal process from the chociest Hops, Rice and best barley male Anheus-Busch, Inc, St Louis, Mo, USA". All I know is that I wish I hadn't decieded to give it another try, it is horrible IMO.

TerriK, I have to dissagree with you over your thoughts on strong beers. I generally go for flavour. If I go out, I normally drink Guiness (and I like other stouts) which is 4.1. When I drink bitter, I tend to find the weaker ones a little bland - most of the ones I like tend to be around the 5 mark. This vile Bud I have just bought is 5.0, a similar strengh to the bitters I like, is very heavily marked but is IMO crap.

If I really wanted to get pissed out of my brains on a beeer, I would be advocating something like Carlesberg Special brew at around 9% - I've done it and believe me it is potent stuff but I don't think that is anything to be proud of.

Jon

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Fiddlin' Big Al
Date: 23 Jun 00 - 04:18 AM

Guinness - like drinking pumpernickel bread - also provides the ability to tell one celtic fiddle tune from another and the power to see the little folkies - health food beer at its finest Bud - you gotta know why they have those big beerwagon horses Hamm's - ditto the big beer bear Schmidt's - ditto whatever wildlife appears on the can - walleye whiz? Moosedrool - now there's a concept

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: WyoWoman
Date: 23 Jun 00 - 12:11 PM

I certainly view drinking beer from a health-food perspective. The darker the beer, the richer the nutrition, I always say. And after a long bike ride, you simply MUST replace your selenium with a good, long draught of beer.

Now, here's a thought: A friend sent me one of those e-mail quizzes in which you were asked to name your favorite beverages, etc. And then it "typed" you according to your choices (it was for women). Because I said I enjoy beer, it put me in the "low-maintenance" category, which is fairly accurate. Women who chose lady-like little drinkies or bottled water only were high maintenance. Those who only drink champagne or vintage wines were labeled "Fugedaboudit..."

So is there a relationship between whether one likes beer, what kind of beer one likes and one's relative degree of prissiness? Hmmm? What do you think?

ww

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Jun 00 - 04:54 PM

Much to the dismay of the Heineken drinking college students who recently invaded my hoe, I go for quantity before quality. Hence Wicked Ale at $1.99/six pack and Genesee Cream (which is not half bad) for $2.99.

I'd rather have Jack Daniels on the rocks.

Despite my dislike for the golden brew, I would like to recruit one of our more knowledgeable guzzlers to plan and price a micro-brewery for The House of the Setting Sun Rest Home. It will probably work out cheaper in the long run than lithium and we can still count on an occasional if sloshy performance from imbibers.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Jun 00 - 04:55 PM

That's HOME not hoe. Freudian slip. With all the bedrooms full I feel like I am running a cathouse.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 18 Jul 00 - 07:12 PM

I recently discovered a very flavorful pilsner at my local liquor store. Called Czech Rebel, it has similarities to Pilsner Urquell, but without the underlying sweet taste. I highly recommend it if you like a refreshing and tasty beer on a hot summer day.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: WyoWoman
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 03:31 PM

And I just discovered "Salvator Double Bock" a knock-yo-on-yo-ass dark one. I sat on my porch last evening as the sun was going down, playing my guitar, drinking my almost-vile black stuff and having a delicious fin-del-dia experience.

Nummy.

WW

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Susie
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 03:47 PM

Only available locally in Cumbria - a tiny brewery (guided tours on Wednesdays), now owned by the village of Hesket Newmarket (nothing to do with me.)They make CAMRA award beers (U.K. Mudcatters will understand), all named after the local Lake District fells e.g Great Cockup. One exception in name - Doris' 90th - a special recipe made for the brewer's wife's mother's 90th birhtday (since died, RIP Doris), (all apostrophies in the right places, I hope?) - it takes a strong stomach to drink more than a couple of these.

I tried a half pint of Doris' 90th once - never again. Those with stronger stomachs will enjoy.

Susie

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Irish Rover
Date: 19 Jul 00 - 04:29 PM

ah the old days when you got booze instead of tips. the black stuff and a tully chaser. none of it tastes the same anymore even the big G I had in Ireland didnot taste the same. what happened to it. did they sell out the brewery? or just sell out? I know why it tastes poor here, never been very good out of the bottle(even in Ireland) but this stuff was out of the tap.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: John J
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 01:13 PM

Black Sheep, more black Sheep, Timothy Taylors Landlord, Burton Ale, and a strange brew I had while singing in a pub in Derbyshire (that's in England you know, Honeydripper. Very nice falling over juice. There's loads more but I'm off to the pub for a play and a sing (The Railway in Heatley, near Lymm, Cheshire, if anybody fancies a trip out).

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: GUEST,Ezdel
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 01:46 PM

I second Yuengling Lager as the best American Lager. Did anyone mention Rogue Dead Guy Ale. They make a bunch of great beers (forget the chocholate beer.)

I've had good luck making beer but stay away from any kits that used dry powder extract. I wouldn't use the beer for slug bait.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Fortunato
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 03:49 PM


Piss heads,Bugsy? Is that a compliment? What does it mean?

Pissup, Gervase? Piss up what?

Brendy, I entered the contest, only to find out it's only for those who live in the UK! Anyway, for whom would 365 beers be a year's supply? NOT THIS BUNCH OBVIOUSLY.

I confess a preference for beers from the UK. This fall I will finally reach the UK. I plan test the common opinion that the REAL BEERs taste better on home soil.

I plan a full investigation. I'll be calling for investigative support as B-day approaches.
All seriousness aside, Fortunato

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 04:09 PM

No beer suits every circumstance. The season, the temperature, the food, the occasion all play a part in the experience, of course.

I've never really had a stout I enjoyed as much as the over-the-bar Irish brands. I drank a fair amount of Beamish last weekend in France with a combined force of Irish, Welsh and American singers and drinkers. The Tara Bar in Brest also had Guinness and Murphy's on tap but Beamish pleased everyone most.

I spent a lot of my life in the Midlands of England where mild (ale) is still drunk. I still like mild when I want to find my bed on my own at the end of the night. There are a lot of good bitters mentioned above. I usually call for the lower alcohol ones nowadays.

My favorite Canadian ale is O'Keefe's.

Of Continental beers, I like Tuborg Green and Gamle Carlsberg in Scandinavia, Spaten helles and just about any German alt beer. There is so much good beer around Belgium and in Pilsen that I wouldn't know when to stop writing about it.

There is plenty of good beer in America now too... and some awful stuff swilling out of brew pubs as well. Of the old line manufacturers, I like 2 of America's oldest in Wilkes-Barre and Potsville, Pennsylvania. Max and Bert do too.

But what beer do you drink with pizza... give me a Coors... tastes most like Perrier.

All the best,
Dan Milner

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Jul 00 - 04:22 PM

Embarassing but true: I had my FIRST Guiness draft last night. Life is good.

Subject: RE: BS: Beer
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 21 Jul 00 - 01:42 AM

Root beer?

---Lepus Rex