Be a Beer Connoisseur

[swak]

Name some great beers.
Not for price, but for taste, hoppiness, and just all around greatness in beer.

I'll start off with
'Pilsner Urquell'
(Its a Czech Beer)
If you dont really like beer, this isnt for you, it has the bitter taste and has the real hoppiness to it.
But it is one of my favorites as of late.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/pilsner.jpg

[beyond_ban]

Classic Corona and lime or a ice cold Heineken do it for me.

[ercchry]

check here

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/248060/your-favourite-beer/

[Super_Geo]

Pilsner Urqell is a great beer, especially in Czech! I couldn't get over how cheap beer was in Prague. You could get a liter of Urqell during happy hour for 1 Euro.

Needless to say, unnecessarily drunken debauchery ensued.


My favorites: Steam Whistle, Hoegaarden, Kilkenny.

[Dave P]

Originally posted by Super_Geo

My favorites: Steam Whistle.


:thumbsup:

I think ive been on there brewery tour about 11 times haha. i always hit it up when in T.O!

One of my favorites for sure

[legendboy]

#1

http://www1.planete.qc.ca/nettie/images//bouffe/Verres01.jpg (all unibroue)

#2

http://www.belgianstyle.com/mmguide/example/hoegaarden.gif

#3

http://www.stationhousenorthiam.co.uk/images/Guiness_Draught.gif

#4

http://www.unitedforce.com/Images/AlexanderKeithsRedLabel.jpg

[Canadian 2.5RS]

I'm loving Brahma lately. it's a Brazilian beer so it's a little sweeter and is very refreshing on a hot day. They go down so easily you could get yourself in trouble pretty quickly.

[Weapon_R]

http://ivettedeleon.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/stella-artois-bottle.jpg

A good beer for almost every occasion :)

[D_2K]

Granville Island Winter Ale......cant get it until next year now :(

[mac_82]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/112080742/paulaner-hefe-weizen_bg_normal.jpg

http://cottinghamtaiwan.com/images/image/Hoegaarden.jpg

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Blanche_De_Chambly_L.jpg

http://www.thenewspaper.ca/site/thenewspaper/assets/images/9.jpg

http://www.beerstore.com.au/beerstore/uploads/beerImages/Wychwood_Hobgoblin_Ale_L.jpg

[BigDaftAL]

Cheap, Great, Canadian. Criminally overlooked.

http://www.halfpintsbrewing.com/images/brew/philspils.gif

Winnipeg's finest - Great pils, really drinkable.

Good introduction to this:

http://www.halfpintsbrewing.com/images/brew/scrapper.gif

Phils pils' bigger brother, great example of one of the most popular styles of Beer amongst beersnobs- India Pale Ale.

Another great Canadian Microbrew is Tree's HopHead.

http://www.treebeer.com/files/1231788658.jpg

All below $12 per six pack, you have no excuses.

[ekguy]

Unibroue for sure as mentioned above.

Also a great tasting beer would be Innis and Gunn Oak Barrel Aged Beer.

[nonlinear]

i drink way too much beer, and have been drinking dark, heavy microbrews religiously since about 1997 haha. well now that i'm getting older i started to get some little love handles growing, and a belly. i'm not overweight by any means (i'm about 6'1" and about 175?), but i figure this is from all the beer i'm drinking. so i tried to switch to light beer, and unfortunately all light beer tastes like the same watery crap. i've been buying sleeman's light, and also the co-op light beer (half the price and tastes just like sleeman's), but it kinda sucks. does anyone know if there are any low-calorie lagers or ales or at least something with a taste to it?

[ercchry]

bud light is by far my favorite light beer, sleeman's clear is like water

big rock make a really light beer too, it is call jack rabbit

[VWEvo]

Two interesting facts you may not know

1. The country with the most beers in the world - Czech

2. The number one selling beer in the America's- Brahma


I still don't quite believe #2, but last weekend I was at a beer tasting and they had Beer trivia for bonus prizes and those two questions came up.


BEERFEST FTW!!!

[nonlinear]

^^i don't believe number one, either. i've traveled through czech and there wasn't a huge diversity of beers there... it's all pilsner, and mostly all you see is pilsner urquel, staropramen or budvar.

a great beer from slovak republic is zlaty bazant (or golden pheasant). they sell it at superstore for like $2 for a pint can. good shit, but $2 seems expensive because this shit is cheap as hell in slovak.

http://files.adme.ru/img/news/6508/zb-04.jpg

[nonlinear]

stiegl is pretty good (despite the Nazi-style artwork):

http://www.austrianbeer.co.uk/images/stieglbeer.jpg

but for austrian schwag beers, i prefer gosser:

http://www.austrianfood.net/i/goesserbier.jpg

[nonlinear]

Originally posted by ercchry
bud light is by far my favorite light beer, sleeman's clear is like water

big rock make a really light beer too, it is call jack rabbit

bud light... ummm yea.... but no thanks haha. i'll give jack rabbit a try - shit is only 3.8% though (insert jacking off emoticon here)

[ercchry]

see i hate regular bud, but bud light is pretty good for those nights when you are playing poker or whatever and need to keep a little more focused (as in it is 4%) definitely better then sleeman's clear and coor's light...

[Thomas Gabriel]

I like my beer dark. Black if possible. Anyone tried espresso stout?

[ercchry]

Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel
I like my beer dark. Black if possible. Anyone tried espresso stout?

mmm... the black stout at Brewster's is pretty damn good

[nonlinear]

Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel
I like my beer dark. Black if possible. Anyone tried espresso stout?

is that from big rock? haven't tried it cause i'm not really a fan of big rock.

IMO the best local stout by far is the "Black Pilsner" from brew brothers/amsterdam rhino. :drool: :drool: :drool:

they have it on tap at the hop in brew (which, coincidentally, is one of the best local pubs for pizza and a dope microbrews poured correctly).

[1slw4dr]

red stripe!!!! its good stuff but only comes in a shitty small bottle

[Thomas Gabriel]

Originally posted by nonlinear


is that from big rock? haven't tried it cause i'm not really a fan of big rock.

IMO the best local stout by far is the "Black Pilsner" from brew brothers/amsterdam rhino. :drool: :drool: :drool:

they have it on tap at the hop in brew (which, coincidentally, is one of the best local pubs for pizza and a dope microbrews poured correctly).

Pimp. I'll be going there.

Naw, espresso stout isn't a brand. It's dark stout with actual espresso in it. My favourite coffee and favourite beer in one drink haha.

[msommers]

Originally posted by 1slw4dr
red stripe!!!! its good stuff but only comes in a shitty small bottle

You might like Carib then

[BigDaftAL]

Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel


Pimp. I'll be going there.

Naw, espresso stout isn't a brand. It's dark stout with actual espresso in it. My favourite coffee and favourite beer in one drink haha.

Midnight sun by Yukon Brewing Company is great, widely available, pretty strong at 6.8% alcohol and cheapish ($12-14). More importantly it is MUCH better than Big Rock Espresso Stout which manages to taste nothing like coffee or stout, quite an achievement.

http://beerblog.genx40.com/images/files/original/976.jpg

And don't drink light beer. The companies that make them have nothing but contempt for the purchaser, take a look at the advertising. Try vodka straight from the freezer or a nice whisk(e)y. Or have a nice strong belgian style beer like Maudite or Trois Pistoles, at 9% alcohol there's no way your going to drink enough to get love handles.

[cityhunter2501]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2866480634_03a8989d63.jpg

anyone tasted The Lingnan Pi Jiu beer, loved it...too bad can only be bought in Edmonton.
pretty tasty since it has a slight hint of Ginsen in it

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by nonlinear
http://www.austrianbeer.co.uk/images/stieglbeer.jpg


yeah steigl is pretty good, its like a caramel kinda taste too.

for me it'd be :

#1 http://newasiancuisine.com/newsletter/aug08/tiger.jpg

#2 http://www.slosar.com/list/uploaded_images/Asahi-33-cl-799614.jpg

and a cold one of these on a hot summer day, idk why lol it just is: #3
http://www.morbidmtb.com/uploaded_images/steinlager-753454.jpg

[Sailz]

Blue Moon and their Honey Moon Summer Ale are AWESOME!

http://chaosinthekitchen.com/images/bluemoon2.jpg

[ExtraSlow]

I can never find fresh steinlager in Canada. Every time I've bought it here it's always skunky like it's been on the shelf for years.
Used to love CD when I was in NZ
http://www.lion-nathan.com/Great-Brands/NZ-Beer/Canterbury-Draught.aspx

[mix123]

http://www.dudebeer.com/images/index_01.jpg

[Fivewayradio]

Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel


Pimp. I'll be going there.

Naw, espresso stout isn't a brand. It's dark stout with actual espresso in it. My favourite coffee and favourite beer in one drink haha.

Big Rock has a seasonal called Espresso Stout. The brewmaster describes it as a stout that hints at coffee, as opposed to a cold bubbly cup of coffee. I've been drinking Mill St. Brewery Coffee Porter lately. It's more coffee than Big Rock's Espresso Stout, but good also.

[GQBalla]

Originally posted by cityhunter2501
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2866480634_03a8989d63.jpg

anyone tasted The Lingnan Pi Jiu beer, loved it...too bad can only be bought in Edmonton.
pretty tasty since it has a slight hint of Ginsen in it

gross..

[cityhunter2501]

Originally posted by GQBalla


gross..

die matt :guns: :guns: :poosie:

had a Stella Artois for lunch, pretty damn good..weird though as before I dindt like it

[legendboy]

Originally posted by Sailz
Blue Moon and their Honey Moon Summer Ale are AWESOME!

http://chaosinthekitchen.com/images/bluemoon2.jpg

i wish i could find that in calgary

[legendboy]

Originally posted by nonlinear
i drink way too much beer, and have been drinking dark, heavy microbrews religiously since about 1997 haha. well now that i'm getting older i started to get some little love handles growing, and a belly. i'm not overweight by any means (i'm about 6'1" and about 175?), but i figure this is from all the beer i'm drinking. so i tried to switch to light beer, and unfortunately all light beer tastes like the same watery crap. i've been buying sleeman's light, and also the co-op light beer (half the price and tastes just like sleeman's), but it kinda sucks. does anyone know if there are any low-calorie lagers or ales or at least something with a taste to it?

i feel ya man, i am 5'9 and 175 :rofl:

I am carrying like 25lbs beer fat :facepalm: