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A spin-off from the thread about Fuller's being bought by Asahi. Someone said a beer appreciation thread would be a great idea. I agree.

Not everyone likes Fuller's, which is fine, but we all like some beer or other. Put down your recommendations here, and help to bring the world into companionship and harmony by the divine magic of malt and hops...

I will kick off with the Wild Beer Company's Millionaire Salted Caramel + Chocolate + Milk stout.

Although only 4.7% alcohol, this stout is unctuous and sweet. Definitely a pudding beer which needs to be taken in small doses and sipped. They recommend it with red roast meat too, which I haven't tried yet.

https://www.wildbeerco.com/item/220/Millionaire.html

(Also available in tins.)

The Wild Beer Company is based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

That stout dounds good! Your description reminds me somewhat of Yorkshire Blackout, a very chocolatey porter I enjoyed a lot.

Hmmm. UK perspective to follow.

For fairly widely available beers, I have to go for Ghost Ship. It is a fine pale, and really superb if you ever find it on tap.

I am also extremely fond of La Trappe Tripel. The others they produce are good, but the tripel hits the spot for me. It is strong though! I find I prefer La Trappe to other monk breweries in the Low Countries. It is pretty tricky to find in the UK.




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I also rate York Brewery's Guzzler, Bateman XB, and Timothy Taylor's Landlord very highly.

I am very fond of pales

And sometimes, average beers taste amazing because of what you went through to be able to drink them.

Can I say my least favorite Beers? Around 1996 I tried my first Zima, because it was all the rage back then. First sip was also my last sip. Corona is awful, especially when lemon is shoved in. The less said about Dos Equis the better.

Now, some of my favorite beers are a little eyerolling. Smirnoff Ice (although lame) is a nice sweet drink when you're just hanging out. Angry Orchard has a good bite that I like. Stella Artois is decent, but my favorite variety is their Apple cider.


As bad as it was panned, has anyone here ever tried Michaelobe Ultra Dragon Fruit Peach?

Can i mention that for some reason i never liked alcohol and think it taste awful and don't get why people like it.

I'd drink almost any beer you put in front of me. To even begin trying to pick favorites would take too much time and mental energy.

I'm a simple man, and my #1 choice is Miller Light. I'll never turn down an Amber Bock though. If I gotta go foreign, it's gonna be Tuborg.

A local brewery Twisted Spike makes a number of my Faves, Dirty Blonde, A cream Ale style, and Holy Beer, A Belgian quad that sits between 9.5 and 10% and is so smooth you can finish one and start another before the alcohol from the first hits you.

For "mass market" beer, I like Genesee Cream Ale. Even my friends that say they don't like beer much have enjoyed this one.

Guiness.

Guinness, Duchesse St. Bourgnone (Belgian sour stuff. . . pretty good), Ayinger Urweisse. . . . and quite a few more besides, my "favorite" beer tends to change seasonally.

Typically in the winter, ie, now, I drink Guinness, and as the temps get warmer, I go for "lighter" beers (not light, just, ya know. . .guinness is a bit heavy sitting)


One I will occasionally knock back over the winter is Belching Beaver's Peanut Butter Milk Stout.

This is the great thing about proper proper Beer - there's one for every palette.

Me, I like a Stout, and other malty beers. I find IPA and hoppy beers taste soapy. But that doesn't mean they're bad beer - just not to my taste.

I absolutely love it when there's a local Beer Festival, and will regularly book a week off work just so I can indulge (halves only, as whilst I can drink 10 pints and still be dandy, I want to enjoy the beers rather than get smashed).

The main thing is that the Pub knows how to keep a Beer. You. Do. Not. Chill. It. That just hides the flavour, By all means keep your cellar cool - but don't actively chill the Beer. You ruins it, precious! RUINS IT!


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As for my Chosen Tipple? You cannae whack a Pint of Timmy T's.

It's just a good beer. Nothing special. Nothing fancydan. Just competent, consistent, and a good balance between malty and hoppy.

Other than that, when I can get it, Tonbridge Brewery (local lads) do Firebrick, which is quite, quite divine.

Indeed, Tunbridge Wells is getting a rep for pretty decent beer festivals - sometimes shared across different pubs. Why not come down to my neck of the woods and have a few with me? We would love to having you!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
This is the great thing about proper proper Beer - there's one for every palette.

Me, I like a Stout, and other malty beers. I find IPA and hoppy beers taste soapy. But that doesn't mean they're bad beer - just not to my taste.

I'm not a fan of hoppy beers either. Don't enjoy the current popularity of IPAs and super hoppy beers at all.

I absolutely love it when there's a local Beer Festival, and will regularly book a week off work just so I can indulge (halves only, as whilst I can drink 10 pints and still be dandy, I want to enjoy the beers rather than get smashed).

The main thing is that the Pub knows how to keep a Beer. You. Do. Not. Chill. It. That just hides the flavour, By all means keep your cellar cool - but don't actively chill the Beer. You ruins it, precious! RUINS IT!

Unless the beer is something like Coors light or Fosters Then you have to chill the stuff to hide the flavour as much as possible!

Coors? Fosters?

We're talking about Beer, Good Sir. Not unadulterated child's weewee!

I do like a good pint of stout in the winter.

Another winter warmer is the Bamberg Schlenkerla Rauchbier from Germany. The marzen, darker and stronger, is my favourite. It's got a wonderful smoky-sweet flavour.

From what I understand, American beer has more carbonation in it than European beers, so we need to chill ours more. If I'm drinking Guinness or Spitfire, I'll only stick it in my fridge for an hour or so before beginning to drink it.

First up is my go-to, which is Magic Hat #9. As advertised, not quite a pale ale (IPAs are not my thing), price is good, and the flavor is there. Next up is Victory Golden Monkey . This has a bunch of added spice, and its 9.5% ABV, so you feel pretty good afterwards. If I'm getting a growler of something, its going to be Sly Fox Black Raspberry Reserve. This is probably the most refreshing beer I drink, but they only make small batches, so its hard to find outside of going to the brewery (which is 10 minutes from me, but costs more).

And I'll never turn down Guinness Extra Stout, just below room temperature.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


The main thing is that the Pub knows how to keep a Beer. You. Do. Not. Chill. It. That just hides the flavour, By all means keep your cellar cool - but don't actively chill the Beer. You ruins it, precious! RUINS IT!

Weird. . . I was told by a pub owning friend of mine that Guinness can/will pull his tap if they test their beer and find that it is served at a temperature above 34F degrees.

I'm a big craft ale fan. And am very lucky in having some amazing on my doorstep - Northern Monk, Kirkstall Brewery, North Brew Co, Wilde Child, Anthology are all within a couple of miles (seriously, check out Wilde Child beers if you see any!).

My favourite tipple is Kirkstall Brewery's Black Band Porter. And its even better around November when they do a smoked version - it's delicious.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

The main thing is that the Pub knows how to keep a Beer. You. Do. Not. Chill. It. That just hides the flavour, By all means keep your cellar cool - but don't actively chill the Beer. You ruins it, precious! RUINS IT!

That completely depends on the style.

I brew a lot of my own beer, some I chill, some I cool.

Porters, Stouts & Proper bitter is only ever kept in a cool part of the kitchen. IPAs get put in the fridge.

Always liked Wadworth 6X. Living reasonably near the Badger brewery we see a lot of their stuff in the shops, and Blandford Fly(er) is very good - bit of a ginger hit to it. Brewdog's Elvis Juice is lovely, but it knocks me sideways.

I love me some beer.
As I said in the other thread, Belgian special beers are the best in the world, bar none. My personal favorite is Leffe, especially as an introduction to the Good Stuff. It's affordable, readily available most placesand has a very nice, distinct flavour that's npt overwhelming. For more experienced palates, Karmeliet Tripel and Corsendonck are personal favorites of mine.
Just across the border, where I'm from, we have some of the best lagers in the world. Do NOT speak the "H" word. It is not beer. It's what you flush down the toilet after drinking real Dutch beers like Hertog Jan, Brand or another actually decent lager. German lagers (pilzner) are very good as well, but tend to be very samey due to the Reinheidsgebot. German (and Swiss/Austrian) wheat bears or Hefeweizen like Paulaner or Erdinger on the other hand are a very close second to aforementioned Belgian monastery beers.

Final tip: if you find yourself in Brasil, and have a hankering for a good special beer, try one of the many different Baden Baden brewery beers. It's what you get when you remove the Reinheitsgebot's constraints from German brewing skills and let them experiment. Their Weizenbeer with a hint of cinnamon flavour is especially lovely.

Beer factoid:

The colour of beer used to be assessed by the Lovibond Scale, invented in the 1860s.

http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/04/29/beer-color-understanding-srm-lovibond-and-ebc/

The modern incarnation of the Lovibond Brewery still exists in central Henley-on-Thames, about 100 yards from my front door, where they do their test brews. Though it's owned by an American who obtained the rights to the name by promising a lifetime of free beer to the Lovibond descendants.

Dr Lovibond, the direct descendant of the original Lovibond brewer, was my daughter's chemistry teacher.

Henley Dark is a really nice, dark porter style beer produced by Lovibonds.

https://www.lovibonds.com/henley-dark/

Sorry.

You lost me at lifetime of free beer.

How exactly do I go about this, and how do I ensure it’s not some confidence trick where I sell my soul for the same, and get nowt but eight cans for fizzy pish everyday until I feel compelled to top myself?

Bran Dawri wrote:
I love me some beer.
As I said in the other thread, Belgian special beers are the best in the world, bar none. My personal favorite is Leffe, especially as an introduction to the Good Stuff. It's affordable, readily available most placesand has a very nice, distinct flavour that's npt overwhelming. For more experienced palates, Karmeliet Tripel and Corsendonck are personal favorites of mine.
Just across the border, where I'm from, we have some of the best lagers in the world. Do NOT speak the "H" word. It is not beer. It's what you flush down the toilet after drinking real Dutch beers like Hertog Jan, Brand or another actually decent lager. German lagers (pilzner) are very good as well, but tend to be very samey due to the Reinheidsgebot. German (and Swiss/Austrian) wheat bears or Hefeweizen like Paulaner or Erdinger on the other hand are a very close second to aforementioned Belgian monastery beers.

Final tip: if you find yourself in Brasil, and have a hankering for a good special beer, try one of the many different Baden Baden brewery beers. It's what you get when you remove the Reinheitsgebot's constraints from German brewing skills and let them experiment. Their Weizenbeer with a hint of cinnamon flavour is especially lovely.

I absolutely agree on the monastic beers from the Low Countries, but my favourites are actually from the De Koningshoeven brewery in the Netherlands Same tradition though.

I'm not a "beer person". I couldn't tell you the difference between an IPA or a stout. I couldn't tell you what beers go with what kinds of food. I couldn't tell you what flavors I taste in a beer other than "it tastes like beer".

So, what do I like? Well, I like Shiner Bock. I like Chimay Blue. I like Smithwick's. I like Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier (copy-pasted that one from Google to get it right).

Also very much a fan of Belgian strong beers. The best one so far was a local (Spanish?) brand called "Te Deum Red" I tried in a Belgian style restaurant in Madrid (for locals: it's a 5 min walk from La Latina station, if it still exists that is).

I do also enjoy the other end of the spectrum, with very light what I'd call summer beers, especially italian ones. The Pilsener of french Brasserie Fischer also fits that bill.

Here in Germany I really enjoy alcohol free Weißbier from time to time, and normal Weißbier accompanying meals. I've also come to enjoy Lammsbräu, who advertise organic production. It's a tad bitter and watery, but in a good way as far as I'm concerned.

I've been drinking a lot of New Belgium's Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA. I think it's about 9% and bitter as feth.

Good stuff, and not nearly as expensive as you'd think it would be.


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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
I'm not a "beer person". I couldn't tell you the difference between an IPA or a stout. I couldn't tell you what beers go with what kinds of food. I couldn't tell you what flavors I taste in a beer other than "it tastes like beer".

So, what do I like? Well, I like Shiner Bock. I like Chimay Blue. I like Smithwick's. I like Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier (copy-pasted that one from Google to get it right).

My dad always has a case of Shiner Bock when I come to visit. It's pretty good, though I prefer their black lager.

Haufbrau Dunkel rocks my world.

I like porters and stouts the most but can’t really pin point a single favorite, I like too many. Possibly Old Rasputin since people say I look like him.

 djones520 wrote:
I'm a simple man, and my #1 choice is Miller Light.

That's what I drink more often than not and I don't really care what people think about. I'm also a fan of Sam Adams Oktoberfest, but that's a seasonal beer so I don't get it very often.

I like other beer as well and I'm fortunate to have a lot of breweries (and wineries!) really close to my house, but when sitting at home on the couch watching a hockey or football game, I'll most likely be drinking a Miller Lite.

I've been getting into lambic beers recently - they're beers that brew by collecting wild yeast in usually very old buildings.

Loving some of the peach beers at the moment - Timmermans especially. Sweet and yeasty at the start, smooth and sour at the end of the mouthful.

Batemans is my local brewery, and they do a lot of nice brews, but there are plenty of microbreweries round here. Lincoln Golden Ale is another favourite.

Wheat beers too - I do like Erdinger.

Leffe too!

I don't have a favorite, but I try almost anything.

On a recent (but cut short) trip to Kansas I picked these up:



Toured the brewery on a previous trip, liked everything they made.

This was fantastic:



I do like IPAs,and this from a veteran owned/run brewery in Savanah is pretty good:



I can go on and on and on....

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
. I'm also a fan of Sam Adams Oktoberfest, but that's a seasonal beer so I don't get it very often.

Sam Adams is an anomaly for me. I loathe their Boston Lager (I live less than an hour from the Yuengling brewery, so that's probably part of it), but I like most of their seasonals.

honestly, I don't think I've had an Oktoberfest/Marzen style beer I did not like.