Post #254,018
5/1/06 1:05:37 PM
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Beer.
Yesterday, I had lunch at an Irish pub (relatively) near my place. Food was excellent, the beer (as recommended by the waitress) looked like piss, and tasted much like I'd imagine piss to taste like. It was "Stella Artois", and it was on tap, not from a can or bottle.
Is beer just one of those things that you get into from drinking too much of it because every other frat boy thinks it's cool, or is there actually quality beer out there?
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Post #254,019
5/1/06 1:11:49 PM
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Stella Artois is not bad
for a mass market blonde.
It's still a mass market beer, though, and there are a lot of things that go with that.
Try a craft-brewed beer instead. As for specific recommendations in the US market, I'm not familiar with it, so I'll leave it to folks in your neck of the woods to tell you what's out there.
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Post #254,138
5/2/06 11:57:58 AM
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For a Belgian style, I like Allagash
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Post #254,023
5/1/06 1:27:27 PM
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If you are not a regular beer drinker,
beer is a beverage made out of yeast shit. The quality of the yeast shit depends on the hallucagens and burnt sugar and type of grain used to feed the yeast. Experiment until you find one YOU like. Me I like Heinekin on tap because it is cold and mild in flavor. Harp, Bass, Nevada Pale Ale.
thanx,
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Post #254,030
5/1/06 1:50:44 PM
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I much prefer dark beers
But it is an acquired taste. Up in the Northwest, you should have a pile of microbrewrys. See if you can find a brew pub and get a sampler set of various styles. There just might be something out there you like.
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Post #254,041
5/1/06 2:03:51 PM
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Agreed
Try [link|http://www.rockbottom.com/|Rock Bottom Brew Pub]. Location: 1333 Fifth Ave, Seattle. 206-623-3070.
They offer a flight of the five or six beers they're brewing. It's a great way to get a sampler of everything. They usually have quite a mix: a blonde, a red, a porter, a stout (oatmeal stout, usually). Give it a try.
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Post #254,038
5/1/06 2:01:11 PM
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It's somewhat of an acquired taste, like wine.
Find one you like. I prefer IPAs and darker beers. My favorite is a local brew-pubs IPA - nice and hoppy with a full body and clean floral finish. By comparison mass-markets *are* piss in taste and body.
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Post #254,042
5/1/06 2:04:52 PM
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Looks like you'll be drinking Harp at my party then.
S'ok, more Stella for me.
Its mass produced belgian. Hoppier than Heineken or Grolsch...its northern brethren.
It is by no means the finest belgium has to offer...but it is far beyond anything mass produced by AB, Miller Brewing or...(gasp) Coors.
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Post #254,043
5/1/06 2:09:09 PM
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No, piss doesn't taste like that . . .
. . as anyone who's overexcited his girl friend knows - it's a lot saltier.
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Post #254,045
5/1/06 2:16:39 PM
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Bravo
That one made me laugh out loud.
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Post #254,110
5/2/06 1:05:11 AM
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Reminds me of a scene in a book.
It's "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett.
The main character, Polly, has just enlisted in the army, disguised as a boy, in a tiny village where the recruitment wagon is. She and the other recruits are spotted a drink in what passes for the sole inn in the place. One of the other recruits says quite calmly "Thish tashtes like horshe pish." (he has a bad lisp) The bartender is obviously upset but after being persuaded by another new recruit and our hero(ine) to serve something better, the original speaker says a bit plaintively "I never shaid I didn't like it."
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Wade.
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Post #254,120
5/2/06 9:43:20 AM
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"moose turd pie."
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Post #254,166
5/2/06 2:05:27 PM
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Dang....
That's it.
Just dang.
Dang...
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #254,168
5/2/06 2:10:36 PM
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All in a day's work.
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Post #254,046
5/1/06 2:18:14 PM
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Try a Mac & Jacks
Its a pretty reliable kind of middlin' ale.
Beer comes in many flavors from thick black stout's that taste like they're made of coffee grounds to very light fizzy things like hefe's and belgian white's. In fact, you might like a Blue Moon belgian style white - often served with a wedge of orange. Great hot weather beer.
Stella lacks hops (as do many belgians IMO) and I much prefer ESBs, IPAs and Pale Ales.
For instance, you might go off in search of a Fuller's London Pride - lovely ale with a great carmel finish.
Its definitely an acquired taste. (Which I seem to have acquired at about the age of 5 when dad first gave me a sip of his Strohs).
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Post #254,058
5/1/06 3:15:31 PM
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They have that, I might give it a shot.
I'm going back on Wednesday night - they have a Celtic singer in there who's good and also kind of hot, so I figure I'll go back and watch.
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Post #254,362
5/4/06 12:46:34 AM
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That wasn't bad.
Singer was good to listen to, not so easy on the eyes in person. Beer was better, but still didn't approach wine.
OTOH, the company was something else... ;)
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Post #254,374
5/4/06 8:40:42 AM
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It's all about timing
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Post #254,378
5/4/06 8:55:05 AM
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Didn't need the beer. :D
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Post #254,054
5/1/06 3:06:16 PM
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Get some Leinenkugal's Red
Not too heavy, tastes great whether from tap or bottle. And it's Made In the USA (central Wisconsin).
Haven't had it in over a year. I need a road trip back home.
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Post #254,063
5/1/06 3:25:51 PM
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well thats good to cook shrimp in, but thane is drinking it
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Post #254,083
5/1/06 5:53:58 PM
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Leinie's Red IS for drinking
and it beats the flagship brands of the major breweries hands down.
lincoln
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Post #254,086
5/1/06 6:27:10 PM
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damning with faaint praise :-)
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Post #254,141
5/2/06 12:13:28 PM
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What kind of praise will you accept?
Maybe if I ever make it to BeepBash with a stopover in Wisconsin or northern Illinois, I'll bring some along for you to sample. Then you can taste it for yourself.
It beats that disgusting crap they sell all over Texas called Shiner Bock. Utter rotgut.
lincoln
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Post #254,143
5/2/06 12:29:32 PM
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I wont accept any because I dont like it :-)
bought a sixpack, swallowed one gulp and used the rest for cooking. Now chitown has a great beer, cant remember the name but has geese on the bottle. In texas I would prefer lone star, falstaff, pearl over shiner bock.
thanx,
bill
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Post #254,153
5/2/06 1:32:04 PM
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Goose Island Honker's Ale probably
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Post #254,155
5/2/06 1:50:09 PM
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thassit
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Post #254,094
5/1/06 8:11:54 PM
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Hoegarden
Beer for people who don't like beer.
Me.
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Post #254,096
5/1/06 8:23:05 PM
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Along those lines.... #185263
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=185263|#185263]. Also, [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=239903|#239903] if one wants to stick with beer.
Cheers,
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Post #254,106
5/1/06 10:56:28 PM
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I can't find it in Seattle - have to settle for Blue Moon
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Post #254,112
5/2/06 3:01:26 AM
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Staropramen or Budvar, for lager
But you have to come to Britain for the best bitter.
I had reasonable bitter in the US, but it was too warm and they don't know how to pour it.
In Philly and NYC, at any rate.
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Post #254,136
5/2/06 11:48:58 AM
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6X. If you can import it.
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Post #254,167
5/2/06 2:07:58 PM
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Forget beer
J\ufffdgermeister!!
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #254,169
5/2/06 2:13:00 PM
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J\ufffdger is evil.
Easy to drink, and the wallop doesn't hit until later.
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Post #254,173
5/2/06 2:19:05 PM
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I agree
Who needs gold-flecked vomit especially when it rips out your esophagus on the way back up.
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Post #254,183
5/2/06 3:20:18 PM
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No, that's Goldschlager (sp?)
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Post #254,186
5/2/06 3:30:29 PM
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Regardless,
doing shots of those liquers is asking for Punishment!
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Post #254,192
5/2/06 3:50:02 PM
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s/asking for/the
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Post #254,215
5/2/06 7:46:10 PM
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Oooo- I like that one, too
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Post #254,176
5/2/06 2:33:17 PM
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Its no even easy to drink
Its licorice flavored.
I can't stand the taste of licorice.
I definitely can't stand the taste of Yuckymeister
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Post #254,179
5/2/06 2:47:03 PM
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Austrians/Germans drink that...
...to help calm down their queasy stomachs.
Americans drink that to make their stomachs queasy.
What is wrong with this picture?
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Post #254,180
5/2/06 3:13:56 PM
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/me shudders
It is a decent cold medicine though. Tastes better than 44D
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Post #254,230
5/2/06 9:30:25 PM
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I think we have a special request for the beepbash
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Post #254,236
5/2/06 10:54:38 PM
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a running puke event?
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Post #254,238
5/2/06 11:05:22 PM
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No, a bottle just for Laura
It doesn't matter if nobody else wants it. I have a bottle of Drambuie at Bill's house that I've been tackling for the last few years...
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #254,242
5/2/06 11:23:06 PM
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Yeah, I was with you when you bought it
Yuck
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Post #254,244
5/2/06 11:35:22 PM
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It was a good purchase
It gives me something to look forward to each year.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #254,251
5/3/06 7:02:43 AM
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you sleeze!
I coulda been drinkin rusty nails all these years!:-)
thanx,
Bill
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Post #254,270
5/3/06 10:59:59 AM
5/3/06 11:00:57 AM
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I've pointed out that it was there, but nobody wanted it.
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Edited by ben_tilly
May 3, 2006, 11:00:57 AM EDT
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Post #254,265
5/3/06 9:57:40 AM
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That would otherwise be known as "Critter is Sh*tfaced"
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Post #254,990
5/10/06 4:35:00 PM
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Rogue
They're in the North West. Lots of different brews by them. I've had a few: Irish Kells, Dead Guy Ale, Yellowsnow, Half-e-weizen, Chocolate Stout. Out of that lot the Kells and Dead Guy are my favourites. I'm lukewarm on Yellowsnow. Didn't care for Chocolate Stout (not a stout fan) and hated the Half-e-weizen (don't like Belgian Wit beers, stupid corriander, bleah!)
I should hopefully be getting my hands on HazelNut Brown Nectar later this year.
Otherwise I suggest a look through ratebeer.com.
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Post #255,183
5/12/06 2:52:04 AM
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Never cared for them
I do like an Arrogant Bastard (You're not worthy) from time to time - but its a cold weather beer and very bitter.
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