Beer. Where do you live and what kind of beer do you like?

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**gorgon**

Swan-of-War wrote:
Seattle, WA - lots of great microbrews in the Northwest.

My favorite is Menage a Frog, a Belgian Tripel made by the Issaquah Brewhouse. Probably a little fruity for most people but it's my weapon of choice.

Not into ambers or stouts, used to like IPAs until the local brewers went crazy with the hops. Although there's one with my name on it - Arrogant Bastard

Yeah, I'm not a fan of hop escalation. To me, over a certain level of hops it just becomes stunt brewing and the bite overwhelms the rest of the drinking experience. It's not unlike the stunt cooking you see with buffalo wings, where over a certain level of Scovil units you lose any actual flavor.

**Nevelon**

Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Northern Indiana. I prefer spirits to beer (later this week I'll be making some blueberry gin)

OK, flavored vodka I get, but what do you use blueberry gin for? It might make for an interesting martini, or add a twist to a gin and tonic, but I can't think of a gin drink that would get a lot out of a blueberry.

Genuinely curious. I like gin, and blueberries; I just don't see them together...

And to keep this kinda on topic, I've had some very nice blueberry beers. Other fruits in my beer I'm kinda "meh" on.

**Dreadclaw69**

rubiksnoob wrote:
Do you take debit?

Just doing a small test batch that should be ready for Christmas

Nevelon wrote:
OK, flavored vodka I get, but what do you use blueberry gin for? It might make for an interesting martini, or add a twist to a gin and tonic, but I can't think of a gin drink that would get a lot out of a blueberry.

Genuinely curious. I like gin, and blueberries; I just don't see them together...

And to keep this kinda on topic, I've had some very nice blueberry beers. Other fruits in my beer I'm kinda "meh" on.

Part of it is curiosity. I got a cookbook from back home that had a recipe for sloe gin, and we went blueberry picking on the morning of the wedding and we had a lot of blueberries and some gin left over so I thought I'd try it. Gin goes well with other fruit that has a little bite like lime so we'll see what comes of it.

**Dogface 76**

We drink Sierra Nevada Pale Ale out of Chico....

All other beers must bow!

**Lordhat**

My favorite beer is Newcastle Brown.

**mega_bassist**

Saint Louis, Missouri

Honestly, I love all types of beer, but two favorites are Stouts and IPAs. Normally, I stick to lager, especially since my uncle works at Anheuser-Busch

. Also, there's a local micro-brewery, Schlafly, that makes several different kinds of beer, and I especially love their Double IPA.

**Spacemanvic**

Pennsyltucky USA.

I like Yuengling, Newcastle, any pumpkin ale, and Bass Ale. I am very picky about my beer. Even in college, I brought my own instead of drinking the Coors/Coors lite, Budweiser etc that made the party circuit.

Now married and with children, I limit myself to one beer on Friday, maybe another on Saturday with dinner. Finishing off a case from the summer in order to get some pumpkin ale. Jacks Pumpkin Spice Ale was a pretty good brew, looking for that one now.....

Used to make beer with my cousin when I lived in NJ, but he hasnt made a batch in a while :(

**chapgrimaldus**

That picture of Dragon's milk makes my mouth water..does that mean im an alcoholic

**Inquisitor Ehrenstein**

Anything dark.

Schwarzbier is good. Koestritzer is one of the best kinds. I really want to get one of the kegs of it.

Rauchbier is also very good. It's expensive though. The dopplebock version is the only kind I've had where the alcohol improved the taste.

**Jehan-reznor**

Skinnereal wrote:
Another cider drinker.
"Fruit-based drink for" me too
I've never been one for beer of any type, it not being sweet enough, I expect.
After saying that, I'm not that enamoured on fizzy cider, either, preferring still 'scrumpy'-type stuff. The ale of ciders, not the Strongbow lager-types.

So, if I did convert to beers, what would you suggest I try?

Oh yeah, I'm in the Midlands, UK.
Close enough to the cider-growing capitals of the world

You Need sweet beer?

,

or

**Slarg232**

I'm allergic to beer. It makes me cough up blood :(

#postingaboutitondakka

**snurl**

Yukon Gold is a favorite. Moosehead is good too.
But my usual beer is Yuengling Traditional Lager.

**Dreadclaw69**

chapgrimaldus wrote:
That picture of Dragon's milk makes my mouth water..does that mean im an alcoholic

It just means that you have great taste

**Alfndrate**

Slarg232 wrote:
I'm allergic to beer. It makes me cough up blood :(

#postingaboutitondakka

In true Dakkanaut fashion...

Remember Slarg, 1492-2000 AD

**easysauce**

best beer,

seriosuly if youhave not tried it,

crabbies ginger beer...

tastes better then non alchoholic ginger beer, i didnt even realize it was alchoholic the first time i drank it....

cant hardly get the stuff though, limited supplies, and lots of demand for it.

**Talizvar**

Beer... mmmm...

My local favorites!

Waterloo Dark

Sleeman Honey Brown

I prefer whisky or scotch, but when I decide to drink beer, this is what I have.

**skyfi**

I'm a cider drinker myself. never had a taste for beer. I live in oklahoma city.

I like strongbow, fox barrel, will drink woodchuck, occasionally run into micro-brew ciders at restaurants around here that are pretty tasty as well.

So the above tips for beers that people who like sweet beverages is helpful to me as well! (I assume those were posted in seriousness and not out of a practical joke!) Grolsh and amstel from jehan?

**master of ordinance**

Lancashire, UK. But no bear. Just cider an mead FTW

**Reeniee**

I live in England, and enjoy stout and ale mostly.

Old Tom is probably my favourite

**mega_bassist**

Ah, another beer I really liked was Molson Brador. It's not available in the US, but the girl I was dating at the time would always bring some back for me when she visited her family that still lived in Ontario. So delicious!

Edit - Technically, it's not a beer (it's a malt liqour), but I'll lump it in this thread.

**Dreadclaw69**

master of ordinance wrote:
Lancashire, UK. But no bear. Just cider an mead FTW

You drink bear?

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easysauce wrote:
best beer,

seriosuly if youhave not tried it,

crabbies ginger beer...

tastes better then non alchoholic ginger beer, i didnt even realize it was alchoholic the first time i drank it....

cant hardly get the stuff though, limited supplies, and lots of demand for it.

Yes!!!! Crabbies is awesome! If you have not tasted it pick up a bottle next time you're buying beer

**NuggzTheNinja**

Currently living in Michigan.

I'm into IPAs mostly. Anything hoppy, really. My girlfriend is a huge fan of porters, which means that I often get to sample them. These days I find myself mostly enjoying cocktails though...

**Shadowseer_Kim**

I live in Oregon, micro brew capital of the world, and I do not like beer.

**boyd**

You can laugh at me all you want but my favorite beer just made its way to Florida last month (mid July). Fat Tire! Prior to that, I was only able to get it when I traveled for work. Then again when you're a public accountant, travel is close to 75% of your life... Now that I'm on the private side, I don't have to leave my state to get a good beer.

**chapgrimaldus**

boyd wrote:
You can laugh at me all you want but my favorite beer just made its way to Florida last month (mid July). Fat Tire! Prior to that, I was only able to get it when I traveled for work. Then again when you're a public accountant, travel is close to 75% of your life... Now that I'm on the private side, I don't have to leave my state to get a good beer.

Tastes better fresh right off the line as it were after the tour of the brewery

**Skinnereal**

master of ordinance wrote:
Lancashire, UK. But no bear. Just cider an mead FTW

Real mead, or the usual sherry-with-honey stuff most places sell?

I took a couple of bottles of 'mead' on my honeymoon, as a month of mead is where the name comes from, I'm told.

**master of ordinance**

Skinnereal wrote:
master of ordinance wrote:
Lancashire, UK. But no bear. Just cider an mead FTW

Real mead, or the usual sherry-with-honey stuff most places sell?
I took a couple of bottles of 'mead' on my honeymoon, as a month of mead is where the name comes from, I'm told.

The real stuff. Im getting the equipment to brew my own-basically several Demijons, some airlocks and lots of honey

**Ratius**

From Ireland but enjoy Becks Vier.

Can I ask the US peeps amongst us, do you guys drink/like Budweiser?

Over here, especially from pub/nightclub taps, its muck, utter utter muck imho and not much better from bottles.

Is it drunk much in the US or have we (in Ireland) just been swamped by Budweiser advertising (huge hoarding near where I live etc etc).

I loathe the stuff personally (and Miller is not much better).

**Alfndrate**

Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Miller Light, etc... are generally drank by people that want to get drunk and not spend a lot of money on it. It tastes like garbage (though Iron City Light smells like sewage), it's "cheap" and it does the job eventually... It's a mainstream beer with little to no flavor...

**Nevelon**

Ratius wrote:
From Ireland but enjoy Becks Vier.

Can I ask the US peeps amongst us, do you guys drink/like Budweiser?

Over here, especially from pub/nightclub taps, its muck, utter utter muck imho and not much better from bottles.

Is it drunk much in the US or have we (in Ireland) just been swamped by Budweiser advertising (huge hoarding near where I live etc etc).

I loathe the stuff personally (and Miller is not much better).

I will drink one bud, on the 4th of July, while grilling. This year I poured it into a guiness glass to see if it helped. It didn't. It's piss-water mainstream 'murican beer.