Lately, I've been drinking Samuel Adams Boston lager, but I thought I'd try something different. Way back in the day it was always MGD, and usually a lot of it. Tonight I got large single bottles of: Red Stripe, Dos Equis & Newcastle Brown Ale. I'm not even sure which one to try first. What does everyone here like & why? Sam Adams is slightly bitter, so it's different than MGD & other regular beers in that way. I don't even know what ingredients make it taste what way.
Pfft. Making me post this twice. I've had mostly lagers, but I've had ale once. I prefer lagers. My favorite lager is Old Style. A friend introduced it to me and it became my favorite rather quickly.
Sorry, I should have waited till I was drinking to post See, I didn't know Old Style was considered a lager, but I don't really know the difference. I went with the Newcastle Brown Ale first, since it's from England. Not bitter, and good, though I can't taste a huge difference between it and any regular beer so far. There is something I can't put my finger on just yet.
American craft brews: Dogfish Head - They focus mostly on IPAs, but they always go for something unique and different. My favorite beer from them is called Midas Touch, which is based on a 2500 year old Phrygian Beer (the people once ruled by the man who inspired the legend of King Midas). It's really unlike anything else. It was before hops were discovered, so it uses muscat grapes and honey in addition to barley. Their beers also tend to be more alcoholic. Their standard is a 60 Minute IPA (continuously hopped for 60 minutes), which is 6% abv. Midas Touch and their 90 Minute IPA are both 9% abv. They're basically just fun to drink. I'll also go for other standard IPAs such as Sierra Nevada or Victory's ales (Golden Monkey). "Cheap" Beer - Yuengling. A very drinkable lager with a nice malty flavor. It doesn't go for the watery nothingness of other macrobrews. It's technically the largest American beer company right now because Bud and Miller are foreign-owned and Pabst is manufactured in Mexico. I'll drink Sam Adams, but I don't go out of my way for it. It was great when I first discovered it, but it doesn't really impress me anymore. For foreign beers, I'm limited by availability. I'll often go New Castle Brown or Guinness (not the same over here, but still).
Old Style is considered an adjunct lager. I like it because, for me, it goes down smooth, doesn't have an aftertaste, it isn't bitter, it has good mouthfeel, and isn't expensive. I've yet to try Newcastle, but first I'd like to try Red Stripe, and Sam Adams.
I had many a Dogfish Head when I was in Washington DC a few weeks ago. Delicious! Chimay Blue is incredible. And at 9% alcohol, a real kick in the family jewels. Old Rasputin is a delightful Imperial Stout from the North Coast Brewing Company. The consistency of motor oil, with the flavor of a thousand beers crammed into one. Truly must be experienced. Lastly there is a microbrewery in Davis, CA called Sudwerk. They make a Marzen that I would kill any five of you to get my hands on. Luckily, it has not come to that. Yet.
I love the dark, German beer. Actually, anything dark because it's full bodied and slightly sweet from the molasses in it. Delish.
I usually drink Guinness, but once in a while I go for Belgian abbey beers. For a bitter, London Pride is quite good. I don't mind a Corona (or two) on hot summer days.
I work at a brewery, and I've gotten to a point where I don't like much other than what we make. There is a new microbrewery opening a few blocks from my house (owned by the former brewmaster of my current employer) that I am very excited to try. Generally, I am a fan of Pale Ales and IPAs, though this time of year I am a huge fan of hefeweizens.
I'm having this stout and some rye and jarlsberg right now. That's a bit of spring onion, I like a stripe of it on my cheese. This is the perfect dinner IMHO. The stout: http://www.4pinesbeer.com.au/beers/stout#Beer Off to watch BSG..
l'm a malt liquor kind of guy. Mickeys and Natural lce mainly. Good stuff if you don't mind a gut with love handles and back fat. None of that fancy foreign crap for me. Just the plain old 32oz. brews.
Guinness is my bread-and-butter drink. I generally drink stouts, though I would rather drink porters. Unfortunately, porters are bloody difficult to find. Anything that's light enough that I can see my hand through it isn't worth my taste buds.
Nothing nicer on a (rare) hot day in England for me than a nice pint of John Smiths, or a guinness to cool oneself down. I used to drink lagers but they are too gassy and bland.
Ipswich Ale, from Ipswich, Massachusetts, I like most of what they produce, in particular their Oatmeal Stout, and their Winter Ale are fantastic.
I drank a lot of Moosehead when I lived in New England. When I moved to California I discovered Sierra Nevada - love their Pale Ale! And Anchor Steam. Our local taproom was Firestone-Walker, and they make a great ale (the Double Barrel). But my personal favorite was their porter. They renamed it "Firestone Walker Reserve" a while ago because nobody in California knew what a porter was. Hubby is an Aussie, and he's very fond of Cooper's Ale (and Victoria Bitter, when we can find it ... not often in the US.) I like them both quite a bit. Dogfish Head is my favorite since moving back east. I'm eating a lot of Indian food, and IPAs are perfect with curry!