What's your favorite beer, OT?

I guess it's because Coors and the like are all imported - plus taxes. There's likely incentives in the pricing to encourage people to buy beers brewed within the province (although I would do it anyway because they taste a whole **bleep**-ton better).

If someone's really concerned about pricing, though, brewing your own beer is absolutely dirt cheap, and with minimal effort it can taste fantastic. I'd just avoid the powdered kits, as there are surprisingly good liquid wort kits for about $25 for about 23L. That works out to less than 40 cents a bottle (ignoring bottling costs, though you can reuse glass bottles yourself), and you're free to add whatever you want.

So if you get a stout kit you can throw in some toasted oats, or coffee, or chocolate, or whatever. And best of all, you get a really unique perspective on the beer brewing process.

Another Boulevard great, Tank 7. It's heavy, being somewhere around 9% I think, but it's amazing. A smooth ale with all kinds of citrusy notes, most notably grapefruit.

Maredsous, specifically 8 and 10.

As far as American beers, I used to love Red Rat. But that's no longer brewed... pity.

Guinness, Sam Adam's Boston Lager, and Blue Moon.

I'm actually not a big fan of beer (I prefer hard liquors and mixed drinks mostly). But I do like Blue Moon, Corona and Sam Adams. Bud Light, Keystone and all that other cheap crap just makes me feel sick if I drink more than 2 of em.

Shandy Bass. Yeah i'm hardcore like that.

Guinness, Yuengling or if I just want to get snookered Rolling Rock. (Yeah I'm from Pennsylvania)

I do like craft beers especially Wheat beers, but none come to mind as a favorite.

My all time fave

What i normally drink now, cause im unemployed :( (its better than most budget beers)

And, when i want a treat.

My all time fave

What i normally drink now, cause im unemployed :( (its better than most budget beers)

Chogyam

Fuller's London Pride is fantastic.

do they even sell regular Keystone in the US? I only see Keystone Light.Pirate700

they do up here in canada.

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My all time fave

What i normally drink now, cause im unemployed :( (its better than most budget beers)

Pirate700

I worked at a liquor store for two years while I've been going to school, and I've never seen regular Keystone.

Stone IPA and Guinness Extra Stout are what I get 90% of the time.

Love wheat beer. Blue Moon is awesome.sthadji

If you're in the Midwest and can find Boulevard Wheat, get it! You'll love it if you're a Blue Moon fan.

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My all time fave

What i normally drink now, cause im unemployed :( (its better than most budget beers)

KSU-Wildcat

I worked at a liquor store for two years while I've been going to school, and I've never seen regular Keystone.

Yeah I've been regularly buying alcohol for 5 years now and have never in my life seen regular keystone either. Ever. I just assumed there was only light.

Pirate700

There's basically no purpose to non-light Keystone. It's a dirt cheap party beer meant to be consumed in large volumes and as quickly as possible. Flavor isn't even remotely an important factor.

Am I the only one that likes Natty Ice? It's decent, it's cheap, it's got 6% alcohol instead of the standard 5%. It's got everything going for it. >.>

Talking of beer I'm off for some right now at my bosses party:P Have a good day all!

Guinness is the correct answer. Not only is it good for you, it's the perfect food. Low in calories, high in iron. Guinness is the correct answer. It's also a proven fact that the group at the bar drinking Guinness are the happiest group.musicalmac

Guinness is the correct answer. Not only is it good for you, it's the perfect food. Low in calories, high in iron. Guinness is the correct answer. It's also a proven fact that the group at the bar drinking Guinness are the happiest group.musicalmac

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]Guinness is the correct answer. Not only is it good for you, it's the perfect food. Low in calories, high in iron. Guinness is the correct answer. It's also a proven fact that the group at the bar drinking Guinness are the happiest group.DavidianMH

Yeah way too bitter, IMO.

Guinness is the correct answer. Not only is it good for you, it's the perfect food. Low in calories, high in iron. Guinness is the correct answer. It's also a proven fact that the group at the bar drinking Guinness are the happiest group.musicalmac

Nope... Maredsous makes people the happiest. They just don't usually remember it.

Not if I'm part of that group. I find Guiness to be repulsive. I don't mean that as an insult to the beer though. I just really don't like ales. I like to go the refreshing lager rought.

Pirate700

I don't think I cared for it all that much the first time I had it but now it's one of my favorite beers, plus I like to buy it because it helps the Irish economy.

Acquiring a taste for something is literally training your brain to be tricked into enjoyment. You have to tell yourself you like it and eventually you will (in my experience). I'm now trying to develop a taste for good whiskey, which is basically 10x harder than beer.

I do not drink beer. Mainly because I am still a minor. :P

[QUOTE="DavidianMH"] Too bad I don't like the taste :lol:Pirate700

Yeah way too bitter, IMO.

I actually find Guinness really bland. I love porters and stouts and to me Guinness tastes like cold coffee with the slightest hint of carbonation (well, you know what I mean).

Even the one I brewed myself (my first batch of brewed beer, ever) was better than Guinness, as it was richer, creamier, and you could actually taste the grains. Making a low calorie, light stout seems kind of counterproductive, although for some reason Guinness is insanely popular. It also reminds me of Corona in that it's a beer that barely tastes like a beer.

edit - the alcohol content of Guinness is a joke as well, though that's probably also a factor in it being somewhat tasteless.

I actually find Guinness really bland. I love porters and stouts and to me Guinness tastes like cold coffee with the slightest hint of carbonation (well, you know what I mean).

Even the one I brewed myself (my first batch of brewed beer, ever) was better than Guinness, as it was richer, creamier, and you could actually taste the grains. Making a low calorie, light stout seems kind of counterproductive, although for some reason Guinness is insanely popular. It also reminds me of Corona in that it's a beer that barely tastes like a beer.

edit - the alcohol content of Guinness is a joke as well, though that's probably also a factor in it being somewhat tasteless.

DJ_Lae

Are you talking about the mass-market "Guinness Draught" they sell at bars and most stores or the original extra stout variety?

On that note, I once went to an "Irish pub" near me in California and asked for Guinness Extra Stout, the bar tender didn't even know what I was talking about. I left and never went back.

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Not if I'm part of that group. I find Guiness to be repulsive. I don't mean that as an insult to the beer though. I just really don't like ales. I like to go the refreshing lager rought.

superfluidity

I don't think I cared for it all that much the first time I had it but now it's one of my favorite beers, plus I like to buy it because it helps the Irish economy.

Acquiring a taste for something is literally training your brain to be tricked into enjoyment. You have to tell yourself you like it and eventually you will (in my experience). I'm now trying to develop a taste for good whiskey, which is basically 10x harder than beer.

I never had to acquire a taste for lager beers. Not even when I had sips of my dads beer as a kid.

The beer with the the white and red design,I can't remember the name Bucked20

[QUOTE="Bucked20"]The beer with the the white and red design,I can't remember the name Pirate700

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[QUOTE="Bucked20"]The beer with the the white and red design,I can't remember the name Bucked20

I never had to acquire a taste for lager beers. Not even when I had sips of my dads beer as a kid.

Pirate700

Neither did I, because it's much more simple and palatable. Mass produced lagers are heavily filtered and contain little barley and no hops. Though I will say that some lagers like Keystone are actually repulsive to me because they don't even taste like beer.

I like craft beer because it's just more interesting to drink, every one has a little different mix of ingredients instead of being homogeneous like mass market beers.

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I never had to acquire a taste for lager beers. Not even when I had sips of my dads beer as a kid.

superfluidity

Neither did I, because it's much more simple and palatable. Mass produced lagers are heavily filtered and contain little barley and no hops. Though I will say that some lagers like Keystone are actually repulsive to me because they don't even taste like beer.

I like craft beer because it's just more interesting to drink, every one has a little different mix of ingredients instead of being homogeneous like mass market beers.

Chimay Red

Hands down O'Douls since April 1996.Dracula68

The only lager I've had that I truly didn't like was Carona. It's absolute crapola. Lager is supposed to be golden but Carona somehow manages to actually be yellow. :?

Pirate700

I'll agree with you on that one, Corona is awful.

[QUOTE="Dracula68"]Hands down O'Douls since April 1996.Pirate700

Hey, when I take so many meds that the best I can do :lol: