Beer "Whats your Taste"

[rockybcn]

Tequiza used to be my favorite...its was so refreshing when ice cold! I think they took it off the market. Then my favorite became Kilkenny (Irish beer)....smooth like buttah! Since I cant get it in Spain,I usually drink Estrella or Mahou. But there is nothing like an ice cold beer in a frosty mug!

[morningstar55]

Originally Posted by rockybcn

Tequiza used to be my favorite...its was so refreshing when ice cold! I think they took it off the market. Then my favorite became Kilkenny (Irish beer)....smooth like buttah! Since I cant get it in Spain,I usually drink Estrella or Mahou. But there is nothing like an ice cold beer in a frosty mug!

hmm... taking notes .. wonder if i can find that here somewhere... but may not be as fresh ..

[Okiebug61]

Just G and Strapie have volunteered to host the beer tasting party in their "Suite". I'm game if everyone else is. I just want to make sure everyone is welcomed and comfortable with it all. Everyone that wants to participate please just post here and let us know.

Shout out to Just G and Strapie for volunteering to host the first annual beer tasting party. :-)

Red and I bought 4 new 6 packs to try today. We will let you know the results of our private tasting party.

On another note: We are going over to my Dads house tomorrow to cook him home made crab cakes with all the fixings.

Peace!

[morningstar55]

Originally Posted by Okiebug61

Just G and Strapie have volunteered to host the beer tasting party in their "Suite". I'm game if everyone else is. I just want to make sure everyone is welcomed and comfortable with it all. Everyone that wants to participate please just post here and let us know.

Shout out to Just G and Strapie for volunteering to host the first annual beer tasting party. :-)

Red and I bought 4 new 6 packs to try today. We will let you know the results of our private tasting party.

On another note: We are going over to my Dads house tomorrow to cook him home made crab cakes with all the fixings.

Peace!

i am not sure at this point if i will be able to attend the get together... BUT .. if i do i wil be sure to bring some Labatts blue if i dont .. maybe i can find a way to get some down to all of you who will be there

[Okiebug61]

I want to throw this out there and hear back on what everyone thinks. I think in all fairness we should probably have a beer exchange instead of a tasting. I started thinking that it may not go over well if people start showing up only to taste beer and having nothing with them to exchange.

What does everyone think about this?

[ruffryder]

I think we should have something to exchange if we are going to participate?

IMO one doesn't need to drink a whole bottle to taste.. or get drunk over it..

Just my thoughts..

**cheers to getting through Monday fellow beer drinkers!!

[morningstar55]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

I think we should have something to exchange if we are going to participate?

IMO one doesn't need to drink a whole bottle to taste.. or get drunk over it..

Just my thoughts..

**cheers to getting through Monday fellow beer drinkers!!

Fine ..... then i'l keep the whole12 pack 4 myself...... pphhffttt....... lol

[Ranger Butch Force]

Guinness drinkers - try making a Guinness float. It's not for everyone though. You have been warned.

[Okiebug61]

It's going to 98 here and I have a 6 pack of Murphy's Red Chilling down.

Hoping the taste will cool me down this afternoon.

[ruffryder]

interesting while at this latin and international store I saw brews from Dominican called Presidente, Jamaican beer, and a Cuban one. I think I will try them and if we do this beer tasting / exchange at the reunion I may bring some!

[SweetJane]

I prefer lagers. There's a brewery in my town---Rio Grande & Sierra Blanca Brewing Company--that has a line of ales, including their Alien Wheat and Alien Amber (yeah, it's a NM brewery). They also have a Desert Pilsner and an IPA. But it's their Outlaw Lager that I do enjoy. It's smooth and crisp without bitterness.

It's hard to find in bars and restaurants. So I'll get a Shiner Bock or Fat Tire. They're both pretty hoppy but a lime will smooth out any beer.

Just don't offer me a Bud or a Coors. I only drink one, maybe two with a meal and a loooong conversation. I want my beverage experience to be as interesting and adventurous as the food and the company I have.

[Okiebug61]

It's going to top out at 106 today 108 tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, then the cold front moves in and we drop to 106 on Wednesday then back to the heat on Thursday at 108. My beer cooler is at 38 degrees and the beer is warming up quicker than I can get the koozie on her. Ughhh.

[weatherboi]

Tonight i am drinking a big flats 1901. It is really light with not much after taste at all. It is hot and humid so it sounded good. Not bad and cost effective if that is important. Smells like a miller high life.

A few nights ago i had SweetWater 420 Extra Pale Ale. It is nice and hoppy with a strong after flavor and smell. It goes well with all kinds of seafood.

i love beer!!!

[DapperButch]

I kept forgetting to come back to participate in this thread.

I love beer.

Stouts are my favorite. To be specific, I prefer an Imperial Stout with chocolate and/or coffee notes. This will always be my number one choice.

I also love Porters. It used to be that Porters were different from stouts, but now it is hard to find differences.

IPAs, I have become a fan of these, lately. Currently, I am all about a craft beer made by Dogfish Head, 60 minute IPA. I really, really like this beer. I especially like it on draft. In a pub/restaurant, I will choose draft, first. I prefer my beer in a frosted pint glass. So, lately, when we have been out to dinner, this is my choice. I have been happy to find IPAs because they have the bitter taste of the stouts, yet aren't as heavy.

Typically, if I am in a bar (much rarer nowadays) hanging out with friends/dancing, I will drink a Corona Light with lemon. It doesn't fill me up and is refreshing.

Outside of the Corona, I have never been a light beer fan. But, I have been trying to lose same weight recently, so I have looked for a lighter beer to have in the house (one that is cheaper than Corona). I came upon Michelob Ultra, Cactus Lime. It is quite good. So, I have been picking that up to keep in the fridge. Hopefully, I will still like it in the winter. Typically, I will buy one or two individual stouts I haven't tried before when I am at the store picking up the Michelob.

Originally Posted by weatherboi

Stouts go really well with cold seafood, such as, raw oysters, crab, shrimp cocktail, and clams. There are many out there brewed with warm climates and food in mind. I love a good milk stout.

I don't know why, but milk stout is the one type of stout I don't like.

Originally Posted by Okiebug61

Glass, can or bottle?

Bottle. Unless I am drinking Coors Light, then it is a can. I would only be drinking Coors light if I was at some sort of cookout or whatever and then my high school/poor college student years would kick in and I would want the can. Just tastes better than the bottle to me after always drinking it in a can. If a Coors Light is really, really cold, than I can enjoy it, immensely.

Originally Posted by ruffryder

I never heard of or seen yuengling till I came out to FL. It is pretty popular here. I tried it and didn't really like it.

Yuengling is brewed 10 miles south of where both of my parents grew up and all of my extended family still lives. It is the oldest brewery in the U.S. and almost closed down at one point, long, long ago. Growing up, the surrounding area saw this beer as "shit beer" (no doubt because it was brewed in their area), while Coor Light was heralded "the good beer" to drink. It was so humorous to me when 20 years later, everyone was drinking Yuengling and the price was MUCH higher than when no one was drinking it! I am not too keen on it myself. But, I am not keen on most lagers.

I tend to not like whites, reds, or bock beers.

Originally Posted by weatherboi

i love beer!!!

This thread has actually motivated me to head out the door and pick me up a stout or two!

[morningstar55]

Milk stout ??

[Okiebug61]

This could be fun. I am going to post a beer that may or may not be available in your area. If it is and you have time to try one, let the rest of know what it was like and if you are coming to the reunion maybe you could bring a few bottles to exchange.

Let start with this one.

Bombshell Blonde made by

http://www.southernstarbrewing.com/

[Martina]

I love stouts too, especially Imperial Stouts. Unfortunately, they are expensive.

My favorite is Bell's Expedition Stout:

[lusciouskiwi]

Not much point in talking about it detail and actually I don't know the type of beer I like. I drank Corona (with lime) and Sierra Nevada when I lived in the States. Liked both of them.

Here's an article about NZ beer: http://www.beer-pages.com/stories/new-zealand-beers.php

An old-school brand is Tui Beer and a brand I discovered when last home is Monteith. Monteith has nice beer!

I had two cans of Carlsburg tonight with my dinner.

[Martina]

The last stout I had was a microbrew and not good.

Chai stout -- from Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. You only tasted the spices the first few sips, and after that it was thin and tasteless.

[Okiebug61]

Originally Posted by lusciouskiwi

Not much point in talking about it detail and actually I don't know the type of beer I like. I drank Corona (with lime) and Sierra Nevada when I lived in the States. Liked both of them.

Here's an article about NZ beer: http://www.beer-pages.com/stories/new-zealand-beers.php

An old-school brand is Tui Beer and a brand I discovered when last home is Monteith. Monteith has nice beer!

I had two cans of Carlsburg tonight with my dinner.

I really like Carlsburg. I drank a lot of this on tap when I lived in Scotland. I was glad to see it was available in Oklahoma. I use this when I crave a snake bite. :-)