Whats Your Favorite Beer?

[Parche]

:woohoo: :hi:

[Richard Steele]

1. Guiness. If I was wealthy, I'd probably drink nothing else.

The Duck-Rabbit "Milk Stout" would be a strong runner-up.

Some of the darker "Brooklyn" varieties are very good.
They'd probably be in my "10-way tie for 2nd place" list.

[Roland99]

3. Hear! Hear!

Or the Belgians like Leffe and Duvel. mmmmm.

[rcrush]

11. I saw on TV recently that Guiness was made of Bog Water and Soap.

Is this true?

[Richard Steele]

22. You say "bog water" like it's a bad thing.

Did you know that if you seal a fresh fish fillet into tupperware
filled with water drawn from a peat bog, it will stay edible
for MONTHS at room temperature? It's a fact. Google it sometime.

And the "soap" thing is just a urban legend, based on the fact
that Guiness employees (unlike those dirty Limbaugh fans at Coors)
wash their hands before exiting the restrooms.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. Guiness, here too.

Love it. :beer:

[underpants]

2. Fuzzy Dog Amber new cool Boc sturgeon firewater toungue piercer

It's just so cool. Each and every bottle man

#2- COLD MILLAHS *



* "Cold Millahs" is my name for pretty much any kind of beer

[Parche]

8. run millers run

oh go pik those fukin weeds....:rofl::rofl::rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[trof]

4. I like some of the Sam Adams brews.

[CBR]

5. Red Stripe...

[Meshuga]

29. I am a Red Stripe person too

It goes nice with spicy food!

[DS1]

6. SAWA

http://justbeer.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/samuel-adams-white-ale/

[alfredo]

69. In a few weeks wheat beers will become available do give Bells Oberon

a try.

http://justbeer.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/bells-brewery-oberon/

I am currently drinking Bells Two Hearted Ale. If you like hops, this is the beer for you. You will notice the aroma of grapefruit.

http://ratebeer.com/beer/two-hearted-ale/1502/
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/1093

The writer at just beer was already snockered, so he probably couldn't really taste it.


If you live in the west, San Diego's Stone Brewery makes some good brews. Stone Pale Ale is not shabby at all.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/87

[Swede]

7. The stuff in a bottle.

That canned stuff is pretty good,too. Oh,that stuff on tap,yummy. :toast:

[Callalily]

9. New Glarus

Totally Naked (seasonal beer) then New Glarus Spotted Cow.

[Inchworm]

10. Black and Tans at the bar

Bud suits me well at home. It is always the same :)

:hi:

[flvegan]

12. Bottled? Ybor City Brewing Co. Calusa Wheat.

Best beer overall, is one of the ales at Tampa Bay Brewing Company.

[MajorChode]

13. It's hard to nail down a "favorite". It depends on what time of year...

What I'm serving it with, etc. In the winter I tend to gravitate towards dark and heavy beers like Murphy's Irish Stout. In the hot Texas summers I like a filtered weizen like Bischofshof Kristall. For meals like steak I like an American amber.

[XemaSab]

14. Heineken? Fuck that shit.

:grr:

[Parche]

16. heineken is the best

:woohoo: :hi: :hug:

[XemaSab]

19. Not according to Dennis Hopper...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4&feature=related

[fizzgig]

20. PABST BLUE RIBBON!

[BurtWorm]

60. I heard the same thing in my head.

"She wore blue... velvet
Whoa whoa whoa..."

[Bravo Zulu]

72. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,

he was coming around the corner
in a black and yellow ford,
one hand was on the throttle
and the other on a bottle,
of PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER!

[Bucky]

15. Shiner Bock. But Blue Moon runs a close second, if only because I need the Vitamin C

[coyotespaw]

53. Shiner Bock is pretty damn good in a pinch...

Though I prefer my Killians.

[CreekDog]

17. Unopened

:D

[skygazer]

18. Depends on my mood

But I like New Belgium's Fat Tire when I'm in the mood for dark and nutty and Rolling Rock when I feel like something pale. Oh, and a Corona with Mexican food (no lime, please). :hi:

[fizzgig]

21. i don't know that i could nail down just one

stella is certainly near the top of the list, but i love grolsch (drinking one right now), mothership wheat (an organic wheat beer from new belgium brewery) and the pomegranate wheat from one of the other breweries in town. flying dog also makes a damn good hefeweizen.

i'm not big on dark beers.

[CatholicEdHead]

23. New Glarus Spotted Cow

or any New Glarus brew for that matter.

[deucemagnet]

24. How can one have a single favorite beer?

I'm a fan of pale ales, and there are a lot of good ones out there, most notably Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Lake Effect Pale Ale from the Pearl Street Brewery. I also enjoy stouts occasionally, especially Guinness on draft or, if I feel like something really heavy, a Young's Oatmeal Stout. Most days, if I'm just stopping for a beer or two, I'll have a Yuengling Lager on draft, or if I'm buying beer by the case to fill the fridge, it's Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale.

[GrantDem]

25. Hazed and Infused

[Droopy]

26. My favorites are Heineken and Leinenkugels Honey Weiss

I know, not real sophisticated. I don't drink at all now days, though. It's helping me lose weight and keeping from embarrassing myself on DU. :)

[SoxFan]

27. Depends on the mood

Guiness
Bass
Harp
Sam Adams
Abita Purple Haze
Blue Moon
Stella Artois
UFO

[Generic Brad]

28. All my favorites have not been brewed for more than 20 years

I give up. It's mineral water for me from here on out.

[bigwillq]

30. Heineken!

:beer:

[bikebloke]

32. McEwan's Scotch Ale

My local supplier stopped selling it. Then suddenly stocked it again. So every chance I could get, I'd load some on the back on my bike to stock up. Smart move. They haven't carrried it again since the holidays.

[PBS Poll-435]

33. Seagrams

Oh wait. :dunce:

[BeachBaby]

34. YUENGLING!!!!!!!!!!!

[flvegan]

35. The Shock Meter is rating off the charts with this one.

:eyes:

[BeachBaby]

36. Don't you roll your eyes at me.

I love my local brew. Now, go find some Svedka and stop picking on me.

[flvegan]

38. You mean MY local brew, sistah.

[BeachBaby]

42. What? Ybor?

I'm gonna have to find out if they carry it up here - I want to find out if you have any taste. :hide:

[flvegan]

43. I mean Yeungling in Tampa.

[BeachBaby]

44. Ahem.

Yuengling - America's Oldest Brewery in Pottsville.....

PENNSYLVANIA.

You'd better brush up on your beer history, babe.

[flvegan]

45. With a better one in Tampa.

Someone had to say it. Last I checked, Pottsville isn't really your "local" brewery. They must brew something in Hoboken.

[BeachBaby]

46. My region (SJ) is called "Philly Metro".

Pottsville, PA is also Philly Metro. It's America's oldest brewery, my dear - and my local brew.

God - you need an ass-whoopin'. Or a Yuengling.

[old mark]

59. Best beer ever made in the USA!!!!! I introduced people from

Germany to Yuengling's and they loved it.

I haven't had a drink in over 21 years, but I still recommend it to anyone who drinks beer.

Absolutely the best.

mark:toast: :beer:

[BeachBaby]

63. The Germans have a nose for their own.

Mr. Yuengling was from Germany, after all. ;)

:beer:

[old mark]

73. They made ice cream during the depression to keep the factory

open and the people working.

mark

[sasquatch]

74. I need to go and get some of that one day

[charlie and algernon]

75. No other domestic beer comes close to Yuengling

Best Domestic beer. By. Far.

[cloudbase]

37. It's the one

I'm drinking at any given time.



Some GREAT local brews up in Port Angeles and Anacortes.

[GReedDiamond]

39. I'm an "Arrogant Bastard" kinda guy...

[Taverner]

85. AB is awesome! Ever have Double Bastard?

Twice the bastard!

[OmahaBlueDog]

40. I just got a 6 pack of a beer I haven't had in 3 years -- Point Amber

Made by Point Brewing of Stevens Point, WI.

Good stuff!

I also like Yuengling and Michelob Amber Bock

Around the house, or at a bar for mass quantity consumption, Miller Lite or MGD Lite.

[seemunkee]

41. DFH 60 IPA

[TroglodyteScholar]

47. That's my "reward beer"...

...for celebrating when I'm proud of myself. I definitely wouldn't drink more than 2 of them! Potent stuff...

My favorite all-around beer is Sweetwater IPA...which is unfortunate, because it's not available where I now live :(

[av8rdave]

62. I LOVE IPAs, but have never had a Sweetwater.

I'm now on a quest!

[TroglodyteScholar]

67. Brewed in Atlanta, only distributed in the southeast...

They do tours if you're ever in ATL

http://www.sweetwaterbrew.com/

[av8rdave]

71. I spend a fair amount of time in Atlanta

I'll check it out...thanks!

[seemunkee]

66. Its not that strong

6% is a lilttle outside the norm, but certainly not close to an imperial IPA.

They had the 120 on tap at the pub, now that is some strong stuff.

[TroglodyteScholar]

68. Oops, your pic is of the 90 Minute IPA

That's the one I was talking about, and it's more like 9.0 ABV... :beer:

[BanzaiBonnie]

48. Black Butte Porter

Good beer

[NightWatcher]

49. hey Parchemeister, long time no....Moon River Brewing Co (Savannah, Ga)

Swamp Fox IPA
Like its namesake, this ale is known for the sneak attack. Hop-heads will enjoy its assertive bitterness and huge floral, dry hop aroma. 7% abv
http://www.moonriverbrewing.com/beer.php


I just had 4 big ones ( 22oz) and I'm feeling kinda fuzzy, but it's cool.

[UTUSN]

50. Not "quality" -- the one that gets me DRUNK!1 n/t

[alfredo]

51. Bells Two Hearted Ale, Great Lakes Burning River Ale, and Their Conway's

Irish Ale are my favorites right now. Schlafly dry hopped APA is nice and smooth. Bells Oberon is a smooth Wheat Ale. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout always pleases Mackeon's Triple XXX stout, is excellent. It's a very smooth milk stout. Stone Pale Ale is a tasty offering out of Stone.

Dogfish Head makes some nice brews. Pricey

Good resource: http://beeradvocate.com/

http://www.ratebeer.com/


For you Rye Drinkers. Jim Beam Rye is pretty good. It's an easier drink than the 101 proof out of Wild Turkey. Both excellent and relatively inexpensive. Old Overholt is a no nonsense Rye. It's good too. Can't go wrong with any of the above.

[Aristus]

52. Currently: Black Butte Porter. Just can't get enough of it!

--------->:beer: :9

It's actually about that color, too!

[XemaSab]

65. .

[dysfunctional press]

54. i never developed a taste for any of it. i drank scotch.

now i take opiates and forego the alcohol.

[alfredo]

76. Whatever gets you through the night. For me it is Rye or Ouzo.

[dysfunctional press]

83. my opiates are of the prescription variety...

and i value what's left of my liver too much to mix them with alcohol.
especially when i've got plenty of weed.

[alfredo]

89. They put me on opiates for chronic pain. I hated it, and now take nothing.

I just embraced the pain and that removes the emotional charge that makes the pain much worse. It doesn't work all the time.

[dysfunctional press]

93. before i started with the opiates- i didn't know how much pain i was really in...

i'll probably take them for the rest of my life. i love them. i have no interest in 'embracing the pain'.

[alfredo]

94. They gave me terrible headaches. I found them unpleasant. I was

always more of a weed man. Now I'm on SSI and can't afford such luxuries. A shot of whiskey relaxes me, takes my mind off it. I also believe that endurance sports in my past has helped me manage pain. You learn what you can handle. That might have been the key to Lance Armstrong's success. He learned his real pain threshold over and above what he had experienced in his pre cancer career. He went in knowing he could endure pain, and he came out knowing that he can endure a lot more. Climbing the Alps and everyone is in pain. The most gifted are wilting from the pain, but the person who knows he can prevail wins.

[dysfunctional press]

97. that's too bad, as they've really done wonders for me...

i take methadone in 10mg tabs, 5-7/day so it's easy to adjust the dosage to suit the pain.

my condition(didn't you say you had spondylitis as well?) went un/mis-diagnosed for over 10 years, while i attributed the pain to the construction work, and self-medicated with weed. not know what condition i had, i left the union trades for a desk job- which, ironically was probably as bad or worse for my back than concrete work. but by the time i DID get a correct diagnosis- i was sol as far as my union disability benefits- which i would have been able to get had i not been given a mis-diagnosis about my condition in the previous years.

as the pain worsened(at the desk job, prior to a valid diagnosis), i continued medicating with weed and scotch, and the occasional ibuprofen. but as my condition is one that tends to progress/worsen fairly slowly- especially in the beginning, so does the pain- which makes you sort of like the frog put into a pot of water that's slowly brought to a boil, in that you don't really notice how bad it's getting, as you tend to adjust to each increment. but it does really wear on your mood, disposition, and outlook in general.

once i got a proper diagnosis, and some proper pain meds(oxycontin, for starters)- it amazed me just how big a difference it made, and like i had said earlier- it made me realize just how much pain i had really been in without them.(although it had still hurt a lot).

i gave up on 'winning' a long time ago- now i just want to enjoy the ride as much as i can, and get to the finish line with/in as little discomfort as possible. :shrug:

[alfredo]

103. It's been nearly ten years for me. I lucked out

because I had a real good neurosurgeon diagnose me. I then went to another neurosurgeon that just happened to be a big rival of the first. He agreed to the first diagnosis. That helped my disability case because those two surgeons rarely agree. A good friend is a physical therapist, my family doctor is a disgruntled "company doctor." He helped me negotiate the disability claim minefield. I was sitting pretty. My union helped me with paperwork and kept me informed of my rights under the contract and federal law.

[dysfunctional press]

104. i think that this is my 11th year since my finding of disability...

i was approved in 1998, on my second try. i tried to go it alone the first time, and got denied. i didn't have insurance, so neurosurgeons would have been out of the question. i went with a lawyer who specializes in disability cases- he used to work for the ssa. iirc- the cost was 25% of my first year and retroactive award(?- i honestly don't recall- i remember thinking that it was a LOT- but also it was worth missing the aggravation/frustration that would have ensued had i had to face another denial letter.) the day i got the award letter was one of the happiest days/feelings that i had had in many years prior.

however- i did get another bit of aggravation from 'the system'. when i went to the ssa to discuss my benefit amount- i discovered that a construction company that i had worked for for a couple years almost 20 years prior hadn't paid into fica what they had deducted from my paycheck over those years. and because my working years were cut so short- it represented over 12% of my earned/benefit wages. and by that time, they were long-since gone and bankrupt...and i had ZERO recourse. as a result, my monthly benefit check is that much shorter than it should be, let alone the lost disability from leaving the union early due to mis-diagnosis of my condition.

sometimes i can get very bitter about the whole deal, and life in general.

but it tends to pass.

[alfredo]

105. Had a boss do that to me with insurance. I ended up taking away his

business. Didn't get mad, I got even.

I think my years as a retail salesman helped me. To sell any product you first have to sell yourself. The product was my injury.

[Sebastian Doyle]

55. Obsidian Stout

Actually, I have yet to find a truly bad beer from any microbrewery on the West Coast, but I'll always come back to Obsidian Stout. :beer:

[RebelOne]

56. I'm not a beer drinker, but the rare times

that I do drink it, I prefer Guiness Stout.

[Rambis]

57. Guinness in Ireland

In the sates

[bif]

58. Pilsner Urquel & Guinness

[BurtWorm]

61. I've been drinking lots of white ales lately.

Allagash, Blue Moon, Hoegaarden, Sam Adams. Don't know if they're my favorite beers of all time, but I've been liking them a lot lately.

Two of the very best beers I've ever had:

Radegast, a Czech pilsner that was dirt cheap in the early 1990s, but which I haven't seen at all since.

Warsteiner, the German king of beers.

[fizzgig]

79. ooooh....hoegaarden

i haven't had one of those in years. i should get some :9

[Broken_Hero]

64. George Killians Irish Red

its better on tap, but good in bottles too.

Also, a shout out to Michelob Amber Boch

[applegrove]

70. Sleeman's Cream Ale

[TheMightyFavog]

77. Fuller's London Porter.

Great beer. Discovered it when i was in the UK a couple years back.

:beer:

[datasuspect]

78. OE

[KamaAina]

80. Red, White and Blue

:sarcasm:

:puke:

[progressoid]

81. oooh, I remember getting sick on that stuff in college

[Forkboy]

82. Free

[Taverner]

84. What day is it?

I honestly can't choose just one

Right now I'm drinking Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel. It's an Imperial Stout brewed with Civet Coffee. Weasel poop or no weasel poop, this is one mighty fine beer!

But yesterday when I had a Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale, I loved it too!

[kwassa]

96. Snake Dog IPA, but my favorites do change.

[taught_me_patience]

86. Honestly - Miller Lite

Tastes great and doesn't fill you up. I hate the bloated feeling that stronger beers give.

[tekisui]

87. The one in my hand.

I drink mostly IPAs, Pale Ales and Pilsners, depending on the temperature and my mood.

The one I turn to most is Sweetwater 420 Pale Ale, out of Atlanta.

[arbusto_baboso]

88. Chimay Premiere.

Or any of the Trappist ales, really, whether they be Orval, Westmalle, Chimay, Rochefort, et al. They're just yummy.

[MadMaddie]

90. Mac N Jacks

http://www.macandjacks.com/index.php

:toast:

[Release The Hounds]

91. Sprecher Pub Brown Ale

[name not needed]

92. I've been living on Negra Modelo as of late

[Wapsie B]

99. I love that one too!

Also Samuel Adams Brown and Black Ales

[LuckyTheDog]

95. Atwater Vanilla Java Porter

http://www.atwaterbeer.com/beer.asp



Yummy.

[Xipe Totec]

98. For special occasions, Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence

An award winning chocolate stout.

For every day, Harpoon's Hefeweissen UFO (UnFiltered Offering).

[JimWis]

100. Miller Lite.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

101. I couldn't possibly pick just one

But for today, I'll say Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

[ornotna]

102. Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale

It's tempered over burning witches. :toast:

http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/Beers/BottledBeers/HolyGrail.aspx

[Wetzelbill]

106. Michelob Light

I actually like lots of different kinds. Guinness. Various types of Sam Adams. Brewery beer is some awesome stuff. Arrogant Bastard Ale. I used to like Coors Light. Foster's Lager.