I’ll second Samuel Smith (not Adams, fuck Sam Adams). Their, oatmeal stout, goooodayum.
I really can’t stand Guiness, I think it’s mostly name recognition and cultural fondness that makes people like it. Old Rasputin (American-made imperial stout) has a somewhat similar flavor with a much richer body; I’d go with that.
I like a porter with a strong balancing bitterness, like Smuttynose Robust Porter. Stone Smoked Porter is another of my faves, Fuller’s London Porter, Avery Old World Porter are a few more good examples. Definitely a fan of the bitter ales though, and even the barely palatable barleywines. Love 'em all. The most impressive beers, though, are the ones that are light bodied and still good. Nowhere to hide mistakes or off flavors in a beer like Old Speckled Hen, and it’s brilliant on tap, pairs with almost any type of food well, and is low enough in alcohol that you can have a few without falling off your stool.
/\Fuck yah! Amen to that
But I like bitter beer. I’d also second the Dogfishhead 90 IPA. And Rogue Brutal Bitter.
IPAs tend to be the most bitter of all beers. They are also quite high in alcohol, which makes them extra tasty.
Not to derail, but drinking beer regularly will make you a fat ass.
Come monday mornings at my school, everyone is getting all sweaty and grabbing their bellies from drinking so much on the weekend- everyone except me that is. I toke up on the sweet sticky superskunk and I do just fine.
Anyhow, if I had to reccomend something- try a Guiness. Be a man. Most dark lagers are pretty good. I also like red stripe, though, because I’m classy like that. Actually, it all tastes like ass. You’re better off with wine, or better yet- liquor, skip right to the drunken stupor.
Okay, Zendo, I’ll bite- where did you copy and paste that from?
Introducing, my new favorite:
Excellent Pilsner Kingston. Actually, it’s just called Kingston, and it’s fucking delicious.
Heretic!
Guinness is THE Beer. Or Murphys. Or Beamish,
Caffreys was pretty looney juice. Never a clear memory after that.
One of my brothers swears by Adnams. He used to drink Newquay Steam Beer (lager sent him loopey as we realised one night after he’d put the broom through the top of the freezer).
Another brother was rolling after 4 pints of Harp. I asked him what the problem was (we were in Ireland) and he said they hadn’t messed around with it.
Another was on the Smethicks - again in Ireland.
I miss Guinness.
From the drinks-menu (word-document) that i made for the bar where I work in the weekend ( I only alfabetished it first).
JP, Ming, Bob, and maofas I love you all night long.
Defiantly want to try out Unibroue, Pacifico, Dogfish 90 and all the other sexiness here (except arrogant bastard, fuck that shit, i’d rather go back to old english).
Also to Maofas: negro, where da store be at son!? Any good place you can find close to Sheepshead bay area of Brooklyn? Shit I’ll even go Park Slope if I have to (fucking rich yuppie cunts).
Also: can anyone reccomend a sweet bitch beer that isn’t main stream? My g/f is a newbie to teh drinking (and hopefully it’ll stay that way, I don’t need another repeat of last weeks shenanigans with her in my place) but she can’t really deal with dark beer. Darkest thing she can drink is red stripe but she doesn’t even enjoy it that much (Ming I love you so much more now that you like this stuff). Anything fruity, or just a light beer with a sweeter taste? Also, preferably a lower alcohol content? (Shes basically 100 lb.'s or some shit… yeah I know fuck you I wish she’d gain 20 lb.'s too but w/e her metabolism seems to disagree).
P.S. I feel this thread should be stickied simply because we have crap like ninja bomb up there and this thread is made of win.
Try her out with cider, but hopefully one of the other bullies can reccomend a good one, because I’ve only ever had good cider in France.
Now, for a sweet beer try her with a lambic. They’re brewed with fruit, girls love em and they’re even real beer.
Although I find the concept of fruit with my beer repellent, I know a coupld hard drinking ladies who love the stuff.
But I just re-read and saw that you’re looking for a lower alcohol content.
Just make sure she eats enough before drinking and then sip your beer. All of the beers mentioned should be enjoyed as a beverage, not as a means to getting assholed. So that right there is good incentive.
Oh, she may also enjoy any of the Magic Hat pale Ales, two to try are Magic Hat #9 and Fat Angel.
These are flavored IPA’s that are really quite tasty.
Luckily you live in New York so all of this stuff will be easier to find.
Not that this is a wine thread but she may like that better than beer. Just a thought.
Blue Moon
It’s an american brewed belgian white ale. Very light, hint of citrus.
He’s right. I’ve also heard that its good with an orange slice in it, but I just fucking refuse.
so what goes best with the green? The rastas seem to like the guiness, but I pair the mj with anything but.
Blue moon is a good drink. Nice and weak for the little girls in all of you. (I kid)
I realize as I type, I’m drinking a natural ice
goes to the corner in shame
I’ll one up the motherfucker who mentioned blue moon as a bitch beer and shout out: Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat. That shit tastes like fruity pebbles and rainbows.
That was me…and you still haven’t kicked me in the head…try as you might.
Get down to the mean in the bean thread…and post biatch.
Once again JP I fucking love you, you knowledgeable bastard.
Also, I’m totally fucking attempting to brew my own beer now. That shit sounds to awesome not to do. JP you ever tried it?
Someone asked for a beer that his girlfriend would like and I suggested Blue Moon. However, if it is considered a bitch beer, I’m Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Taken in my hallway, five minutes ago
Also, for those who want to brew their own: www.mrbeer.com
I’ve had good results.
Keith… damn.
Well, we won’t just how long it took me to pile them up like that, some of those bottles may have been there a few months.
Squerli, there’s got to be a beer emporium with a decent selection in Brooklyn, but so far all the ones Google has found for me suck. I did find this place though:
http://www.new-beer.com/index.htm
They’re don’t feel the need to list prices and are in Manhattan, which is a bad combination, but their selection is kickass. As far as Belgians go, they actually have Scaldis, which is awesome (and strong!) and hard to find. I also like Corsendonk and Val-Dieu Triple. They have quite a few I’ve never heard of tbh.
Also, they not only have Dogfish 90 Minute, but…they have the 120 minute IPA which I haven’t even tried myself yet (yet!) since I now live in the dirty South and our liquor laws are fucked (the 120 is too high an alcohol content for anything but an ABC store and ABCs only deal in hard liquor).
I’m looking at Google Maps and I THINK that bodega is 27th Street and Ditmars Blvd, but it’s been three years and a lot of weed so I could be off by a block or two. It’s on the corner and on the same block/side as a large laundromat. I like that place though because the Turkish guy who owns it is a beer lover and if you buy a few bottles at once and talk to him about beer he’ll probably give you a free beer glass each time. I got a whole bunch of Chimay and Duvel glasses like that. I’ll feel bad if you go searching and can’t find it though.
Oh that brings up a good side issue. This may sound lame as hell to you, but get yourself a pair of beer glasses; it really does affect the taste of higher alchohol beers with complex flavors. You don’t have to be fancy and get anything expensive. You just need something with a relatively wide mouth, kind-of like a brandy glass. It lets you smell them more which obviously affects what you taste.
Here’s an example: http://www.bevmo.com/115images/61231.jpg
P.S. Try Whole Foods, they’re becoming an omnipresent chain now and some have decent beer selections. For comparison, I’m getting large (3.5 servings) bottles of Unibrou types for $6.50 down here.
For your woman, I bet she’d like Unibrou’s (God, I’m such a fucking fanboi I disgust myself) Ephemere. It’s too sweet and fruity (tastes like an alchoholic green jolly rancher) for me, but it’s not bad. Definitely a hot weather beer and much lower alchohol content than their normal beers (stronger than supermarket stuff tho).
