favorite beer?

All time favorite is Guinness. But I do love pbr and miller light in the summer.

Sam Adam's Summer Ale closely followed up by Sam's Octoberfest. Otherwise it's Miller Lite  

Stella Artois is my absolute favorite!!!!!! my runner up is Raging bitch ipa, by flying dog brewery

Modelo....yummy

Octoberfest is good and I always get modelo at the mexican restaurant.

Chimay Grande Reserve is my absolute favorite. Runners up are Hoegaarden, Lumberyard Red Ale, and Franziskaner. Have to mention Leinenkugel Summer Shandy for the AZ heat.

Damn it whizzups you beat me to it. Greatest beer in the world. Other's in the running are Aventenus, Duvel, Le Fin Du Monde, and Dogfish head 90 min IPA.

P.S. anything labeled Budweiser isn't beer.

I'm a big Le Fin Du Monde fan as well!

I also agree with your closing statement, haha. Chilled piss water.

Mirror Pond by Deschutes Brewery, but I drink Bud Light or Coors Light everyday.

whistlingmick27 wrote:

All time favorite is Guinness.  But I do love pbr and miller light in the summer.

This.

Otherwise, Stella is good too.

deadmyt wrote:

Dogfish head 90 min IPA.

P.S. anything labeled Budweiser isn't beer.

This and this! As a craft brewer myself (hobby) I can't understand how they can make a "beer" taste so very horrible. You can make a low abv session ale for dirt cheap. Commercial brewers just use junk.

My favs are (in no order)...
Flying Dog - Snake Dog IPA
Round Guys - Hop Farm Saison
Artisan Ale (me and my buddy's "brewery") - Saison Du Bomb
Any good craft IPA or Irish Stout

Abita

Sam Adams Boston Lager, Blue Moon Belgian White, Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat. And a Blue Moon with an orange slice goes great with a burger and fries in the summer.

And no fair gun, you live in PA with all the local microbrews

The first time I ever really tried microbrews was back when I was driving a truck right out of college, I had to pick up a load of Rolling Rock in Latrobe and had to wait a day to get loaded, so I walked down to the local pub for a meal and a beer....I ended up getting pretty loaded at the bar that afternoon, They decided to load me late that night(or early next morning), so they knocked on my truck door about 3am so I could back into the dock...that was the most difficult time I ever had backing up a truck.

bluehound000 wrote:

And no fair gun, you live in PA with all the local microbrews  

Haha sorry man... i so do! There are sooo many good craft breweries in my area of SE PA. I even have two a few blocks from my place that i walk to weekly to drink and chat with the brewers. I can't stomach normal beer anymore lol... if i HAVE TO... it's Coors Light or Mic Ultra... because they taste no different than city water haha.

The wife and I went on a New Belgium tour last summer and a bartender gave me a bomber from their Lips of Faith series, a Cocoa Mole Ale. I returned shortly after to buy a dozen more for the cellar and as gifts. Here's a link.

Unfortunately, it is no longer available as this series is usually a one-time batch. It's the kind of beer you make best friends with. No kidding.

And demerits for the Budweiser haters. I can't afford to drink Ale on Lees beers every night, much as I would like too!

^^^^Very cool beer! There's a good clone recipe floating around HBT... i'll throw it up here for anyone interested. I'll have to brew up a batch after i get done all the fall beers. I'll send you a few bottles Horst and you can compare!



Recipe: Moly! Moli! Mole! (Cocoa Mole Clone)
Brewer: Martin
Asst Brewer:
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Didn't transfer chili peppers to primary - 2 ancho, 4 chipotle
Add 4 oz. cocoa nibs + vanilla bean to vodka for a few days then into secondary for about a week

OG ended up at 1.057, and FG at 1.020, for about a 5% beer

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.12 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.72 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.058 SG
Estimated Color: 30.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 73.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 72.3 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 12.8 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (400.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.3 %
4.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.1 %
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 6 38.0 IBUs
1.00 tsp Cinnamon (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 10 -
2.00 Items Ancho Chile (dry) (Boil 1.0 mins) Spice 8 -
2.00 Items Chipotle Pepper (Dried) (Boil 1.0 mins) Spice 9 -
4.00 oz Cocoa Powder (Boil 5.0 mins) Flavor 7 -
1.0 pkg Safale American Ale (DCL Yeast #US-05) [ Yeast 11 -
1 lbs Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 5 8.5 %
4.00 oz Cocoa Nibs (Secondary 0.0 mins) Flavor 12 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 12.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In 155.0 F 60 min

Sr Slampiece wrote:

Sam Adam's Summer Ale closely followed up by Sam's Octoberfest.  Otherwise it's Miller Lite  

The Octoberfest is out!!!!!!! I bought two 12-packs last night.

There's too many beers out there to have a favorite, but right now I'm a big fan of Red Brick Wee Heavy Ale and the Brooklyn Brewery Brown. Yum!

I don't like the dark and heavy stuff. Give me a Mic light and I am happy, but I would really rather just stick with my scotch or burbon.

I can't drink beer because of the wheat but i do drink the ciders some time but most of the time it is Rum (captain, kraken or sailor jerry's) and coke, dr. pepper hell i have even drank it straight just because it was one of those days! ;o)

^^^I'm gluten free (minus beer lol the one gluten i allow) but by choice... mostly a Paleo/Primal diet. My younger brother (GT: im sweet - few of u guys know him) found out he's gluten intollerant and does the gluten free beers... i can't stand them. They don't even taste like beer lol. I feel for you guys!

You into mead at all? I need to try my hand at making some mead next.

gun fer hire wrote:

 I'll have to brew up a batch after i get done all the fall beers.  I'll send you a few bottles Horst and you can compare!

If you do indeed give it a shot, I'd be more than happy to do a comparison. Perhaps we could be beer pals, exchanging brews via mail. That is, once I start. I've had my parts list for years now and have not ponied up the cash yet. I do have a good beer cellar, though. It also includes some mead as my brother brews wine and mead. Can't wait to try his Maple Mead. Bought him a half-gal for Xmas last year with this agreement in mind

I'm a Becks, Stella, Heineken guy.
I spent some time in Barcelona Spain and Estrella Damm will always hold a special place when i can find it.
There are a quite a few local Breweries around here (Yeah thats right...in UTAH) so keeping up with the micros is tough. but a favorite is Wasatch Winterfest (Wasatch Beers, Park City Utah) unfortunately Its seasonal only, but awesome all winter

I get gout when I drink beer now. But when I used to drink, my beers of choice were Miller Lite, Shock Top, and Fat Tire. Octoberfest is pretty delicious as well. Now, I'm a Cap'n and Dr. Pepper guy now.

I don't always drink beer, but if i must.........I'll have a jack n sprite.

Ibc is my favorite though barqs has bite and I like that too.