I like a variety of beers, though I stay away from the typical American lagers.
An unexpected package arrived here a couple of days ago; it was from Samual Adams Brewery! As a subscriber of "All About Beer" they sent me two of the new beer glasses they have developed to bring out the best of Sam Adams' lager. Very nice! I like Sam Adams, but don't have any in the house at the moment. I need to pick some up.
Cheers,
Tom
"One can’t stop progress, of course, but I’d really like to stick out my foot and trip it."
"A man either lives life as it happens-meets it head on and licks it. Or turns his back on it and begins to wither away."
I'm not fussy, either! Most of it tastes the same to me, anyway!
But since my husband is a fan I'm usually drinking Beck's. I also like Woodchuck Cider.
My favorite is Killian's Irish Red or Honey Brown.
Here we are in the cozy chair, picking on a wishbone from the Frigidare....
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I will drink just about any kind of beer, unless it's "light" beer. Right now I'm too po' to drink good beer, so will stick with Miller High Life or Budweiser. When I do have the money I like Stella Artois, Hacker-Pschorr...and others. When I have the money to do so I like to experiment by buying beers I haven't heard of.
My personal favorite has to be Guinness, but it doesn't travel well. After spending many a night in pubs in Ireland coming back to the states and tasting the canned equivalent was a let down, to say the least. Speaking of Ireland, Murphy's was great, but not too many pubs had it (at least the ones I frequented in Dublin and Galway). Beamish was equally elusive...
Oh, and almost forgot, I like the brews that come from the Lake Superior Brewing Company in Grand Marais, MI....but you can't find them in stores, alas, just at the bar there in town.
I'm not a drinker, nor should I since I'm still under the legal age in the US, however I have had some beer in Germany which was very good. Rather sweet, not too heavy, plesant after taste. However, I'm going to college. From what I understand, if it looks like beer, they'll drink it. Now, I don't intend to party like a maniac, but I could easily see myself being the critic, analysing the beer while others chug it as fast as they can.
I don't know why this beer thread died; it seems like it should be a perennial.
So I'll get the ball rolling again. Tonight's first beer for me on this Christmas Eve is Ommegang Abbey Ale, the flagship brew of Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York (a town which already had James Fenimore Cooper and the Baseball Hall of Fame going for it). This Belgian-style Abbey Dubbel is available in a larger 750 ml bottle with a cork. The label describes it "a rich, fruity and aromatic, burgundian brew," and the label ain't wrong. It's a terrific beer, a meal in a bottle.
started on Artois Bock at De Hems and ended on Mardesous 8' at De Hems. 'Tis but 11 pm. Eating is cheating . . .
Off 't' bed
bk
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Wishing I had some raspberry lambic about now. I have a little Jack and the makings for some mulled wine, but nothing beerlike in the place (the carbs, y'know...but screw carbs, it's Xmas).
No desire, no ambition leads me.
Maybe it's because nobody needs me.
We downed a bottle of Lindeman's Framboise yesterday, Fletch.
Tonight it's Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout.
Had a few pints of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale while watching the Bears pummel the Packers yesterday afternoon.
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