Beer

[donteatpoop]

I have recently discovered that I am not the only beer snob on the site.

What beers have you tried that you would recommend or caution against?

If any of you are interested in comparing more detailed notes, I recently joined beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com; I joined both to see which site I like better and I'm seriously leaning towards beeradvocate. Feel free to check them out and stuff; I'm donteatpoop over there too.

[apotheosis]

I'm not a beer snob, so I couldn't tell you what beers are good, but I can tell you what beers are terrible from college experience.

Never drink:

Natural Ice
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Milwaukee's Best

For the love of god, do not drink those.

I'm partial to flavorless beers, hence rolling rock is one of my favorites. Heineken is good to if I have one with a hearty meal. haven't really tried very many though.

[Leblanc4prez]

Here's another Never drink.

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Imagine horse urine served chilled. now times that disgustingness by ten. now your getting close.

As a beer conosuir I can recomend a good drop.


Australian: VB (Crisp, refreshing, all around brill), Crown Lager (Stronger, but much more expensive.

If you ever come to the good ol' Aus, I'll treat you to an Aussie Beer-Fest!

[ChubbyTeletubby]

I'm not a beer snob, so I couldn't tell you what beers are good, but I can tell you what beers are terrible from college experience.

Never drink:

Natural Ice
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Milwaukee's Best

For the love of god, do not drink those.

I'm partial to flavorless beers, hence rolling rock is one of my favorites. Heineken is good to if I have one with a hearty meal. haven't really tried very many though.


HAHAHA!! My step-dad drinks Milwaukee's Best lite. That stuff shouldn't even be considered beer!!!!

Others on the 'do not drink' list:

Old Milwaukee, anything 'Ice brewed' (while the alcohol content is higher, because alcohol doesn't 'freeze', the taste suffers). Um. I'm sure there's more but Seinfeld is on and I must compulsively watch it at least once a day.

EDIT: Okay, I'm back. Other beers on the do not drink list: MGD, Budweiser (although I can tolerate Bud lite in the summer months), any form of malt liqour (although because I AM a raging alcy I DO partake of this insidious serum).

Pale ales are generally my favorite. IPAs, ect. The reason IPAs were created is because when beer was transported from Britain to India it tended to spoil during the LOOONG voyage by sea. However, by adding a generous amount of hops, they found it served as a natural preservative. Soon people developed a taste for hoppy beer and the rest is history.

Did you know hops are a member of the cannabis family?

One thing I miss about Colorado was the HUGE beer selection out there. Here in Kentucky it's a virtual Beer wasteland.

I enjoy just about any beer or ale or stout or porter or lager or whatever. I just ADORE a pale ale, though. And also Newcastle...mmmm...newcastle.

DAMMIT!!!! All this talk of beer leaves me wanting some!!! And I don't have any! And I don't feel like going out right now.

DEP, you a bastard.

[Leblanc4prez]

I've got a nice tall glass of VB right now!

[ChubbyTeletubby]

But it's 10 AM in Australia...

[Leblanc4prez]

Beer knows no bounderies... that and I had a whopping hangover and was trying "Hair of the dog".

[donteatpoop]

Speaking of Australia, I recently had the displeasure of visiting Outback Restaurant. The highlight of the evening, however; was Coopers Sparkling Ale. It was the first time I've had it and it was a pretty good drink.

[Leblanc4prez]

Coopers is a nice drop indeed. And what is this "Outback Restaurant" of which you speak?

[ChubbyTeletubby]

It's a steakhouse that specializes in "Aussie" cuisine.

The commercial goes, "Let's go Outback tonight." The announcer guy has a really fake accent. It's a pretty decent joint though. All the servers dress up like kangaroos and their mascot is this drunken crocodile dundee looking guy, wrestling his wife from the jaws of a croc.

[Leblanc4prez]

DAMN! I wanna start An Amercian resteraunt... where all the servers are uncle Sam. And all the tables are shaped like a state.... Mabey i could make a franshise?

[Usoki]

That sounds all well and good, until you get stuck sitting at tables like Florida, Hawaii, or Oklahoma. Or pretty much anything in the Northeast.

[Leblanc4prez]

hmmm.... I must rethink this... Ambey all the tables could be shaped like the good ol' US?

[donteatpoop]

That sounds all well and good, until you get stuck sitting at tables like Florida, Hawaii, or Oklahoma. Or pretty much anything in the Northeast.

I don't know, the florida table could be like a conference table, and the hawaii table would really be like 20 or so small tables all together. But yeah, rhoad island and delewar would suck, total table for one's.

[Usoki]

Well, and then you've got tables like Alaska and Texas with worthless space in the middle. Maybe Florida could be the bar? Tennesse'd be the one that's the conference table.

[donteatpoop]

Well, and then you've got tables like Alaska and Texas with worthless space in the middle. Maybe Florida could be the bar? Tennesse'd be the one that's the conference table.

I don't know, I think California would make the best bar.

Hawaii could be like the kids section or something.

And Canada could be the patio. (come on, you know it secretely wants to be a state)

[Usoki]

Ooh, good call on California. Maybe you could turn some of those itty Northeast states into server stations? I bet Rhode Island could hold a soda fountain.

[donteatpoop]

Ooh, good call on California. Maybe you could turn some of those itty Northeast states into server stations? I bet Rhode Island could hold a soda fountain.

And the island territories could be oddly mishapen bar stools.

[Leblanc4prez]

My Idea is growing... Now I just need cash... make all checks out to me!

And back to beer!
I'm knocking back a bottle of "Sheaf" at the mo. It's an Auzzy stout.

[donteatpoop]

My Idea is growing... Now I just need cash... make all checks out to me!

And back to beer!
I'm knocking back a bottle of "Sheaf" at the mo. It's an Auzzy stout.

I don't generally like stouts. It's like the kryptonite of beer for me. I don't mind an outmeal stout every now and then, and sometimes a traditional stout will strike me as good; but generally stout is just not me thing.

And at the other end, I'm not overly fond of Pale Ales either. Of course there are a few that I like, but for the most part I don't like Pale Ales or Stouts.

[Locke]

I love stouts. I'm with you as far as most pale ales go, but if you were to select a random beer from one of the different types, I'd have the best chances of liking the stout. One of the local microbreweries, McGuire's, makes a really good one, too.

[Leblanc4prez]

I love hoe Guinnis cans have a little ping-pong style ball in them to give the apearance of your beer having just been poured from tap. How does it work?

[Locke]

A friend of mine was buying tonight, and his preferences being closer to yours than mine, we got a pitcher of Rolling Rock while bowling. It does taste better on-tap and is "quaffable," as you say, but I still prefer darker beers.

[donteatpoop]

It's kind of like I don't like the extreme ends of the spectrum. Pales and Stouts.

Everything else I love.

And LeBlanc, I don't understand how the little ball in the guiness works either. But it's fun. I like how it bobs around in there, and how I'll sometimes develope an irrational fear that it's going to break free of the can/bottle and lodge itself in my throat.

[apotheosis]

Last night was horrible. I didn't get the vodka I was promised and I had to suffice on PBR, Keystone, and bad tequila. I didn't even get drunk, I just got a really bad stomach ache.

[donteatpoop]

Last night was horrible. I didn't get the vodka I was promised and I had to suffice on PBR, Keystone, and bad tequila. I didn't even get drunk, I just got a really bad stomach ache.

You need to stop drinking just to get drunk. There's so much more to it than alcohol content. With bad tequila, PBR, and Keystone; you were asking for a stomach ache. It's your own damn fault, quit your bitching.

That's like throwing yourself down a flight of stairs and complaining about the pain. STOP THROWING YOURSELF DOWN FLIGHTS OF STAIRS!!