Of all of the beers I have tried, I think my favorite is Oberon. It's just a terrific taste. All of my friends have their own opinions, and everyone has their own favorite beer. What do you guys like? I enjoy getting a case of shitty beer for my guests, but a nice six pack of Oberon for myself.

Cold Hoegaarden on a hot summer afternoon.

Boddington's. It's damn good all the time. Perfect if you want something guinessy but aren't up for a darky.

Guiness if you just want something guinessy.

Sam Adams light if you're watching your carbs but love the shit out of beer.

Michelob ultra if you're in a bar, don't really love beer, and want to do sit-ups.

Goose Island Honkers christmas ale in about a month for me. Back to Chicago, enjoying local fantasticness with cool cats in the ole stompin grounds.


That Oberon sounds tastey. I'll keep my eye open.

Almost anything with the Leinenkuegel name attached.

uhm...

Totally.

But why is it that the only Leiny to have ventured outside of the midwest seems to be sunset wheat? That fruity weirdness is good sometimes, but it usually just makes me sad that the bar doesn't have more Leinenkuegel selection. A friend smuggled a bunch of the octoberfest out of wisconsin last month and we drank it on a boat near Catalina while listening to Marty Robbins on repeat. It was glorious.

I had this beer about a month back. AWESOME
Big fan of many a Bell's beer.
http://www.bellsbeer.com/index.php/brands.html

I bought a sixer of Sunset Wheat thinking it might taste like, well, wheat. Why did it taste like raspberries?

Used to get Leiny when I went to Ashland, Wi - I love a good local brewery. Grew up with one (Hudepohl-Schoenling) which Sam Adams bought and made into a fucking bottling plant. Life has never been the same since those beautiful 7 oz. bottles of Little Kings' Cream Ale went away.

My long going favorite has been the Dogfish Head 60 and 90 minute. I usually drink the 60.

Either 312 or Hackerpschorr.

My shit.

Correct answer.

I'm also partial to Dos Equis. And I quite like Blue Moon.

Dos Equis is great. I became good friends with him for three weeks in Guadalajara, Mexico this summer.

There was a long article in the New Yorker that I just got today that centered around the Dogfish Head brewery (and was specifically about something called "extreme beers", whatever the fuck that means). I finished reading it and was thinking I haven't had one of their IPAs in a while, so I went out to the corner store and bought some 60 minute IPA. Good beer.

312, Harp, Blue Moon, Spaatan, Spotted Cow, Magic Hat #9 is my dream tap.

I've only had Spotted Cow like twice. I will need to remember to buy cases of it next time I find myself in that dreaded state of WI.

Schneider Aventinus:

The best alternative, when I can't find any of my other favorite's:





Haha - holy shit, I just noticed the S- pattern.

I'll take a Bell's anytime, but right now my faves are Three Floyds.

Those look interesting. I'll have to remember those.

This is a pretty good beer.

usually am putting it into indie chicks after downing pbrs, which is something that i definitely enjoy so it sort of wins by default

as far as the beer itself goes, i was about to post the alpha king but sonicalligator seems to have gotten to it so i'll just second it and say that shit is some delicious black magic

I've been trying to grab some 3 floyds here on the west coast for a while now. Doesn't look like it's happnin'

I have no one favorite beer. It really depends on the season and my mood. If really pressed, my favorite might be any of the following: Bell's Two-Hearted IPA, Three Floyd's Dreadnaught, Goose Island Imperial IPA, and Dogfishhead 90-minute IPA. I'm still pretty partial to very hoppy beers, as you can tell, although my tastes are starting to shift a little more towards malty brews. Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock is particularly good with this cold weather. I've also always had a soft spot in my heart for Samuel Adams brews, especially the Honey Porter. Samuel Adams is what started me on my love of beer back in 1994 or so, and I will forever love that brewery for introducing me to good beer.

word to this

i genuinely laughed at "nut brown ale"

i'll never be hip.

anyway i like spatan and tecate and miller light

i like corona but i've been told it's a "college beer"

Not, so far as I can tell, beer.

Fuck that. Not many other beers are as great as Corona on a hot night/day.

I do not like Corona at all, but would probably drink it over keystone light, in all honesty

In a non-eat-free-chips-and-salsa-with-your-meal environment, corona doesn't totally do it for me. Though few beers rival it for Mex restaurant chill out and drink ability.
Rather than keystone, why not unleash the beast?

and the others they bottle and brew.

add me to the dogfish head ipa group. i'll splurge for the 90 minute.

also: young's beer is great. and guinness. i enjoy a handful of the new belgium beers. plus bell's. and 3 floyds.

Oberon is great.

Right now I'm loving Left Hand Milk Stout.

the one you have a 5 oclock on a friday.

Wonderful lightness + Flavor. My favorite anytime beer.

Anyone ever indulge in this beautiful drink? Dark as hell and delicious.

Does an orchid grow out of every glass?

I miss Bell's and the seasonal experiments they'd brew.

Not suprisingly this thread makes me want a beer.

There's some Allagash in the fridge at home, but that's 8 damn miles away, you bastards.

I've switched to pints of this after years of faithful devotion to Harp/Guinness - I think its tough on Lynard's Innards, though - most mornings after bending my elbow with a few pints of Allagash I find myself spraying like a grumpy skunk. Tastes real fine, though. You do the fruity accoutrement or no?

I was bummed to learn that Larry Bell recently cancelled Eccentric Day, which is always the first Saturday after Thanksgiving weekend. That's the Bells holiday spectacular where they always taps his most famous (or infamous) seasonal experiment, Eccentric Ale. The drunken debauchery always started at about 9 am, and lasted until 2 am. But last year things got out of hand and there was apparently quite a bit of property damage. Bummer, that was always an insane party.

I always feel weird ordering 'nut brown' anything. It's like the 'Rooty Tooty Fresh n' Fruity Breakfast' of the beer world.

The name is just a joke.





otm.

The closest I have to standbys:

The brewery seems too small for that kind of event. I guess Kalamazoo loves a party.

dogfish head ipa 60

also really like: goose island pere jacques, samuel smith oatmeal stout, and plain old guinness.

Belgian beer is the best!

Of course I also love Blue Moon, Harvest Moon,Honey Moon,Harp,Heinekin,Goose Island Oatmeal Stout,Hacker-Pschorr Weisse,New Glarus Spotted Cow Ale,Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,Warsteiner,Rolling Rock & Budweiser. I'll try any beer once. I'm a beer whore.

When I was a younger man, my friends and I hung out at the Import Tap. The owners didn't card us, so my underage friends were able to get in. I haven't touched a Old Style
since.