The best beer

[Nissanaddict]

In response to the beerfest thread (and I hope that some attendees pipe in after the festival) what is your favourite beer (or 2 or 3)? Mine:

Czechvar/EuroBudweiser/Budvar Budejovice....same thing. Great beer, the original Budweiser. It's so good, some American decided to brew crap and put that name on it so it sells....it worked.
Zywiec: Have to give a shoutout to the Polish, since I am. Not as good as Czechvar, but if I get a little bored of Czechvar, that's the first place I turn
Stella Artois: The other place I turn. Maybe a bit too much alcohol taste to it, but sometimes, you want that. If I'm planning to pound back a ton of beer outside a bar, that's where I go. I can't get drunk off the other 2, as they are beers to savour, not chug.

[accordboi_02]

Hoegaarden is my fav beer.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I like Afflighem and stuff from Trappist. Also St. Bernardus (sp?) is really good too. I go to the willow park liquor stores and try new stuff all of the time. I find they have a great selcection and very knowledgeable employees. I will be at beerfest as well, never been before!

[teggypimp95]

IM not a huge beer fan. But i do love a corona with a lime! :thumbsup:

[Super_Geo]

Originally posted by accordboi_02
Hoegaarden is my fav beer.

Fuck. Yes.

God damn it, it's hard getting through a Friday afternoon when the only thing on the brain is...

http://www.rikthib.com/faves/hoegaarden.jpg

Also, Pilsner Urquell on tap in Prague was amazing, and so cheap! During happy hour you could get a liter (or 2 pints for you imperial-thinking bastards) for $1.50CDN at the bars. I can't wait to go back...

[bulaian]

Hoegaarden, really? The last time I tried it, it seemed pretty bitter. Maybe my memory is bad, I'll have to try again.

I love Keith's mmmm

http://keiths.oakleys.ca/images/bottles/regular01.jpg

[wjjeeper]

The new Rickard's White with a little squeeze of orange is an awesome beer!!

[bulaian]

Anyone know of some liquor stores up in the north with a good selection of beer? Willow Park stores are kinda far to go from Panorama

[01RedDX]

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[legendboy]

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[theken]

mgd

[KoukiS14]

Originally posted by bulaian
Anyone know of some liquor stores up in the north with a good selection of beer? Willow Park stores are kinda far to go from Panorama

Go to the Coop Liq Store beside Kincora. One of the better selections available in calgary and very close to Panorama.

[GTS Jeff]

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[pinoyhero]

Hoegaaden is pretty damn good but I'll stick with my boring ole Guiness

[natejj]

You can never go wrong with Kieths, but if I'm not feeling cheap, NOTHING beats an ice cold Heineken.

[Ajay]

Originally posted by natejj
NOTHING beats an ice cold Heineken.



:werd: :werd: :werd:

Heineken is my all time fave beer.

[n1zm0]

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[sabad66]

Heineken, Bavaria or Rickard's White if they have it on tap.

[ken-gsr]

Originally posted by theken
mgd

oh sweet mother yes!!! alright now I have to go to the liquor store!

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by Nissanaddict
Czechvar/EuroBudweiser/Budvar Budejovice....same thing. Great beer, the original Budweiser. It's so good

That's what I drank during my time in Europe, it is great! :thumbsup:

[civic_stylez]

HARP, Guinness, and kokanee gold......

http://www.yuhreka.com/archives/images/Guinness.jpg

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by natejj
NOTHING beats an ice cold Heineken.


:werd: :werd: :werd: :werd: :werd:


I'm shitfaced right now after pounding back some Heineken's.... too early but JAGER BOMBS HERE I COME!

[ashee]

Heineken is my fav, I never used to like beer until I tried Heineken....

[l8braker]

I try and keep it local and drink Big Rock (LOVE Grasshopper and traditional). Also Sleemans Cream Ale, Kokanee Gold.

mmm, gotta hit the liquor store. brb

[vadeit]

Boddingtons is good. Keith's is damn good on a hot day.

Shiner Bock is freakin amazing but it isn't available in Calgary. If you are ever in Texas do yourself a favor and try it.

http://www.shiner.com/beers/beers-bock.html

[toyboy88]

Heineken, Keith's, or Corona. :D

[thrasher22]

You don't know tasty until you've had erdinger weissbier drunkle. I can't find it anywhere, but it was at beerfest tonight...
http://www.erdinger.com/images/biere/dunkel.jpg

[REFLUX]

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[94SSEi]

Originally posted by thrasher22
You don't know tasty until you've had erdinger weissbier drunkle. I can't find it anywhere, but it was at beerfest tonight...
http://www.erdinger.com/images/biere/dunkel.jpg

Erdinger is not bad, really common over here, I prefer stuff from the Furstenburg or Paulaner breweries though.

Berg Braurei Ulrichsbier and Hefe Weizen are great too.

Hell any weizen beer is the shit, I prefer Kristall over Hefe though.

[Mr. Burns]

Originally posted by thrasher22
You don't know tasty until you've had erdinger weissbier drunkle. I can't find it anywhere, but it was at beerfest tonight...
http://www.erdinger.com/images/biere/dunkel.jpg

Bottescrew Bills has it on tap.


As for me I like Moosehead, and Stiegl.
http://www.austrianbeer.co.uk/images/stieglbeer.jpg

[eb0i]

Originally posted by pixxie2000
The new Rickard's White with a little squeeze of orange is an awesome beer!!

Agreed! I can only find this served at the Yardhouse...is there anywhere else in Calgary that you can get this at????:drool:

[lamp_shade_2000]

^^^ Rickards White you can get at the toad and turtle off barlow as well.

[Nissanaddict]

I can't believe I forgot about Hoegaarden. I have been meaning to try Erdringer. I think Willow Park has it. If you live in the Midnapore area and like a beer, go to Olympia liquor store, and ask them to get it in. They're pretty cool about that. They've got Czechvar now to save me the drive.

[Euro_Trash]

MGD baby
My dad said when he was in Houston they had this MGD that was brewed with lime and salt in it, and it was the best beer he ever had, so I am hoping they bring it to Canada soon

[slammed_cb7]

Newcastle is my new found love. I love guiness, kilkenny, rickards red, but newcastle brown takes the cake :thumbsup:

[ninjak84]

Some of you have an astounding enthusiasm for the worst piss you can find in a bottle.

[Euro_Trash]

Not everyone has the same taste, thanks for coming out though :thumbsup:

[natejj]

Originally posted by slammed_cb7
Newcastle is my new found love. I love guiness, kilkenny, rickards red, but newcastle brown takes the cake :thumbsup:

Newcastle is great, I cant find it on tap here, but everywhere in ontario had it on tap when I was there.

I haven't Tried Rickard's white, can anyone describe it?

[eur0]

Originally posted by accordboi_02
Hoegaarden is my fav beer.

Agreed, I love the cup you get it in too.

http://photos-505.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v71/141/117/869655532/n869655532_356505_2463.jpg

[slammed_cb7]

Originally posted by ninjak84
Some of you have an astounding enthusiasm for the worst piss you can find in a bottle.
Clearly you are wrong because there has been NO mention of Axe head, Big bear, Colt.45 etc... I haven't seen one 'low quality' beer yet.....

[slammed_cb7]

Originally posted by natejj


Newcastle is great, I cant find it on tap here, but everywhere in ontario had it on tap when I was there.



Kilkenny in Brentwood and i think Seanachie does too

[RaptorGJC]

Originally posted by slammed_cb7

Clearly you are wrong because there has been NO mention of Axe head, Big bear, Colt.45 etc... I haven't seen one 'low quality' beer yet.....

Hey, I love those beers:rolleyes: j/k

But budweiser and stella has my vote

runner ups, kokanee gold, brahma, corona, heineken o wait, any other kind of beer would be a runner up for me heh heh

[l8braker]

Some other good beers are from Granville Island brewing. Created right in the harbour in Vancouver.

:drool:

[seer_claw]

If you guys haven't tried Innis and Gunn then you haven't tried a good beer. I've never had a better beer but they aren't cheap.

Innis and Gunn (http://www.innisandgunn.com/)

:drool: :drool:

[msommers]

Crown float kicks ass

[jdmakkord]

Everyone has a different palate, what I think is amazing would taste like crap to others. My personal favs:
Guinness, steam whistle, maudite, la fin du monde, trois pistoles, red stripe, newcastle, and if I'm slumming stella :)

[hjr]

ive become quite partial to Castle Lager recently.

[Gravy_83]

Originally posted by accordboi_02
Hoegaarden is my fav beer.

hahah thats what I was going to post and 2nd post in it's allready there heheh

:thumbsup: to Hoegaarden. But Red Stripe is also good.

Anyone try any of the asian beers? Any good???

myself am drinking a Rickard's Taster pack right now. Their honey Brown is soooo good. The india Pale ale is good too....

As far as the best beer I have ever had was back in Nova Scotia place called paddy's pub. They brew all their own beer. I had one that was called chimney sweep. Was so dark and black you couldn't see a finger dipped inside the glass. They also had a beer that was brewed and stored in wodden barrels like they did back in the day and you could taste the wood flavour in the beer. Very expensive but worth every glass I had

[bluecheeze]

Originally posted by Gravy_83


Anyone try any of the asian beers? Any good???




Asahi for me is amazing! definately would recommend it to someone who enjoys lagers

[ZorroAMG]

MOOSEHEAD!!!




:D


Throw it!!!



On a serious, non-zorro-plugging-his-commercials note, I dig Stella, Heineken and Kronenberg

Legendboy,

Have you ever had La Fin Du Monde, from that same brewer as La Maudite? 11% alcohol....brutal!! hahaha

[De Dutch]

I like Hoegaarden when I need to enjoy the taste, but I would have to say Kokanee or Kokanee Gold is the most durable. I can always drink some Kokanee.

[2BLUE]

I won't touch canned beer.

kokanne bottle.

[eur0]

Originally posted by Gravy_83


hahah thats what I was going to post and 2nd post in it's allready there heheh

:thumbsup: to Hoegaarden. But Red Stripe is also good.

Anyone try any of the asian beers? Any good???

myself am drinking a Rickard's Taster pack right now. Their honey Brown is soooo good. The india Pale ale is good too....


I picked up a tasters pack this evening and to my suprise (and somewhat delight) they removed the pale in place of the new white. Seems to be a new marketing push and because everyone recommended white I figured I would give it a try.

Granted there were only four, I found it to be pretty damn good. For some reason it still tasted somewhat like red to me.

Red stripe is also a great beer. It seems all the honda-tech fanboys have associated red-stripe for their rim rape :dunno: ...Not sure if anyone knows what I am talking about but yea...

[johnyboy11]

Stella Artois, Heineken, Tiger, and Kokanee Gold is always good.

[meilleur24]

Stella, Steam Whistle, Wellington S.P.A. ....and Rickards Red

[eb0i]

Originally posted by eur0


I picked up a tasters pack this evening and to my suprise (and somewhat delight) they removed the pale in place of the new white. Seems to be a new marketing push and because everyone recommended white I figured I would give it a try.

Granted there were only four, I found it to be pretty damn good. For some reason it still tasted somewhat like red to me.

Red stripe is also a great beer. It seems all the honda-tech fanboys have associated red-stripe for their rim rape :dunno: ...Not sure if anyone knows what I am talking about but yea...

Try the white with an orange wedge next time :drool:

[gatorade]

corona, sol, heneiken, tried Zywiec before.. pretty good, but my favorite is strongbull haha

[ken-gsr]

Originally posted by bluecheeze



Asahi for me is amazing! definately would recommend it to someone who enjoys lagers

i have to agree.
it is amazing!

[slammed_cb7]

Sapporro is pretty good too. I love the mega strong super can too

[PINOY-X]

meh guiness goes down very smooth but the taste isnt the greatest!

[breen]

brewhouse

[Rocky]

Originally posted by ashee
Heineken is my fav, I never used to like beer until I tried Heineken....
x2

the colder the better, of course

[thinmyster]

Originally posted by eur0


Agreed, I love the cup you get it in too.

http://photos-505.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v71/141/117/869655532/n869655532_356505_2463.jpg

I dare someone to photoshop this haha

[legendboy]

Originally posted by slammed_cb7

Clearly you are wrong because there has been NO mention of Axe head, Big bear, Colt.45 etc... I haven't seen one 'low quality' beer yet.....

i'll rock some old mill or olympia or pc beer :thumbsup:



Originally posted by ninjak84
Some of you have an astounding enthusiasm for the worst piss you can find in a bottle.

:werd: like MGD and Corona wtf :rofl:




Originally posted by ZorroAMG

Legendboy,

Have you ever had La Fin Du Monde, from that same brewer as La Maudite? 11% alcohol....brutal!! hahaha

oh hell ya i like all of unibroue's line up :thumbsup:

its actually 9% but still damn strong

i think fin du monde translates into " the end of the world ", maudite is " the damned one" lol u know ur drinking good beer when......

[KRyn]

Steam Whislte is my new favorite.

Stella and Heineken are always good.

[drew_goring]

Originally posted by thrasher22
You don't know tasty until you've had erdinger weissbier drunkle. I can't find it anywhere, but it was at beerfest tonight...
http://www.erdinger.com/images/biere/dunkel.jpg

:thumbsup:

I have only ever seen the gift pack with the 2 bottles and the cup. Steamwhistle is good as well.

or


http://www.greatwesternbrewing.com/jpegs/bottles/bottles.jpg

[swak]

my Fav w/ 100% certainty is "Viking" can only get it in Iceland, to import a 6-pack its $100 but DEFINATELY worth every penny.
Def not for chugging for that price, but amazing beer.
And for a cheap beer my fav is Keiths.


http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/be/VikingBeer.jpg

[pints]

Originally posted by eb0i


Agreed! I can only find this served at the Yardhouse...is there anywhere else in Calgary that you can get this at????:drool:

Woody's on Southland do pitchers of Rickards including Rickards White for 8.88 on Wednesdays. Love the corriander taste to the beer, thought it would be weird but it's strangely refreshing.
My personal favourites are Rickards White, Murphy's, Guinness, Steamwhistle, Keith's, Grasshopper and Heineken.

[Anton]

Big Rock.

[TKRIS]

Road Dog Scottish Porter, Trois Pistoles, St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout and among my current store-bought favs.

If you're ever in Jasper, stop by the Jasper Brew Pub and try their Lifeline Cream Ale. All their beers are great, but that one is my favorite by far.

Of course, between the new house and a baby on the way, my budget has limited me to Old Milwakee (my favorite dirty cheap greaser beer).

[stevo 27]

Originally posted by slammed_cb7

Clearly you are wrong because there has been NO mention of Axe head, Big bear, Colt.45 etc... I haven't seen one 'low quality' beer yet.....

3 1.8L BIG BEARS $14.40 :D
peter jackson 20 $6.50
knowing you got totaly smashed for under 25 bucks
pricless
:D

[mdeluxe]

Guiness and Kokanee Gold

[Hi-Psi]

Duvel from Belgium and Desparado from France!

I tried a ton of different beers in Europe and nothing compared to those in my opinion.

Jay

[Nav13]

Not my favorite, but when I was in England I had this beer called Bitta(sp) anyone heard of it or no where I can find some localy? It was the first dark beer I ever had, it was so smooth and tasted so good. I never could find it here so I thought maybe guiness would be similar, but it wasnt even close. Guiness is smooth but I can't stand the taste. Anyways I havent experimented with alot of beers so right now my fav it stella.

[3g4u]

Best beer i have had is Belhavens Best in Scotland. Ohhh its sooo good, if your into darker beers. Other then that i drink the real pilsner from Czech on a semi regular basis.:drool:

[pints]

Originally posted by Nav13
Not my favorite, but when I was in England I had this beer called Bitta(sp) anyone heard of it or no where I can find some localy? It was the first dark beer I ever had, it was so smooth and tasted so good. I never could find it here so I thought maybe guiness would be similar, but it wasnt even close. Guiness is smooth but I can't stand the taste. Anyways I havent experimented with alot of beers so right now my fav it stella.

Did you just order bitter while you were there?
The taste of Guinness has a lot to do with how it's poured from the tap, if they pour it wrong it tastes like ass.

[canadianskyline]

Stella is good.

Love Grasshopper.

Corona is good.

Yeah, im not really picky, ill drink whatever, i probably drink more kokanee than anything.

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by legendboy


oh hell ya i like all of unibroue's line up :thumbsup:

its actually 9% but still damn strong

i think fin du monde translates into " the end of the world ", maudite is " the damned one" lol u know ur drinking good beer when......

Is it?? I thought Maudite was 9% and Fin Du Monde was 11%..

I spent 11 years in quebec so those beer brands made their way to enough lake parties!! LOL

EDIT: on their website...Maudite is 8, FDM is 9..you win :D

Check out "Terrible" 10.5% haha

[5.0]

http://web.telia.com/~u51402515/images/beer/tuborg.jpg

[l8braker]

Originally posted by stevo 27


3 1.8L BIG BEARS $14.40 :D
peter jackson 20 $6.50
knowing you got totaly smashed for under 25 bucks
pricless
:D

Dude, you forgot TNT :barf: :rofl:

[Nav13]

Originally posted by pints


Did you just order bitter while you were there?
The taste of Guinness has a lot to do with how it's poured from the tap, if they pour it wrong it tastes like ass.

No, my cousin took me to a bar and ordered it for us, he ordered a bunch of different ones, but Bitter is the one I remember and liked best.

[forced14]

I was just in Munich and the name of the beer is slipping my mind. Several nights we went to the Hofbrauhaus and just asked for large beers... so it might have been the house beer. Has anyone been there and know what this would be called? It was NOT a dark beer. If you know what it is, are we able to get that anywhere in Calgary?

I hope someone knows, because it was soooooo damn good.

--forced

[bulaian]

I was just down south so I decided to head to Willow Park to try some different beers but unfortunately I couldn't recall most of the names of beers mentioned in this thread except rickard's white, which they didn't have, and la fin du monde so I picked up a 6 pack of that, as well as 2 more beers from the same brewery. A white beer, Blanche de chambly and Ephemere framboises.

I'll write up a review when I try it.

Edit: Just finished up the 26oz bottle of ephemere framboises
-nice darkish red colour
-overall pretty smooth going down, the raspberry taste is subtle while drinking and leaves a nice after taste

Edit #2:
Tried the blanche de chambly - pretty pale, sorty of milky colour, also very smooth and pretty much zero aftertaste, would buy this one again
la fin du monde is some pretty strong beer, 9% has a bite to it but still one of the better beers i've tried :thumbsup:

[a social dsease]

Originally posted by forced14
I was just in Munich and the name of the beer is slipping my mind. Several nights we went to the Hofbrauhaus and just asked for large beers... so it might have been the house beer. Has anyone been there and know what this would be called? It was NOT a dark beer. If you know what it is, are we able to get that anywhere in Calgary?

I hope someone knows, because it was soooooo damn good.

--forced

I was at the Hofbrauhouse a couple weeks ago, if you got the one in the 1L mugs it was probably Hofbrau Dark or Original, they were both very good.

heres the menu

http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/01/Speisekarte_standard_en.pdf

In Munich I liked the Paulaner Pils i think it was the best.

But I really love
http://www.davidcantwellphotography.com/images/AWARDS/COPYRIGHTED/Amstel350H.jpg

[kertejud]

Oh Guinness, so absolutely delicious, I can drink so much and not get a hangover, its just...magical.

Though it isn't exactly a summer beer, when I'm sitting on my porch on a warm July evening, I do love a lice chilled bottle of Keiths or Kokanee. I also enjoy the Big Rock brands, Trad mostly.

And though I'm not a fan, I'm pretty sure I saw Rickards White served at the Seanachie a couple wings nights ago, so I'm assuming that Dixon's, Limericks and Killkenny serve it as well for those that want to know.

[1990nismo]

Originally posted by accordboi_02
Hoegaarden is my fav beer.

It's my favourite lighter beer! As for a dark brew, I love Newcastle Brown Ale!