Beer!
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Beer's not really my thing - I'm more a wine guy - but I do like a nice wheat beer sometimes. I did try a few beers from a local microbrewery earlier this year. Their wheat beer was great; their stout, on the other hand, was so bitter as to be undrinkable in large quantities, despite some great flavours otherwise. That's one way of moderating intake, I suppose!
Four pack, but the bottles are 500 ml each, so I think you actually get more beer than in a typical six pack.
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Biersch's hefeweisen is pretty tasty too.
A friend introduced me to Shocktop the other day. This is an orange flavored beer very similar to Blue Moon. After trying this, I think I like it as well or maybe a little better than Blue Moon.
My other favorite is Newcastle Brown Ale. Not as heavy as a stout, bock, or porter, but not a complete waste of time like Natty Ice, Coors, or Bud. Pretty much perfectly balanced if you ask me.
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I like Killian's. 
Since 2001 when a friend introduced me to it I have been a huge fan of Alexander Keith's Indian Pale Ale. My favourite beer. I am also partial to Slemen's Honey Ale.
^ Keith's is okay, IMO, but I generally find it just inoffensive overall. It's good when you're at the bar and want to get a pitcher that everyone can agree on that isn't Labatt's or Molson.
Sleeman's is generally pretty good, though, and I do quite like the Honey Brown.
Sleeman's is generally pretty good, though, and I do quite like the Honey Brown.
Here is some great fun for beer lovers. Too late for this year but 2012 is coming up
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/
I only like "Malzbier", the beer for children 
... well, thats how we called it as children.
Vitamalz by real name. http://www.vitamalz.de/de/17/Zutaten#/?act=2
I have to say, though I am German, I have not tasted one real beer in my life. But many in my family are white yeast-wheat beer (or however the translation into English is) lovers.
TerokNor
... well, thats how we called it as children.Vitamalz by real name. http://www.vitamalz.de/de/17/Zutaten#/?act=2
I have to say, though I am German, I have not tasted one real beer in my life. But many in my family are white yeast-wheat beer (or however the translation into English is) lovers.
TerokNor
We just use the German name.
How Beer Saved the World.
A little documentary that claims beer is the foundation for all of civilization. Nice little watch and makes some good arguments.
A little documentary that claims beer is the foundation for all of civilization. Nice little watch and makes some good arguments.
I drink a lot of beer.
Some of my favorites are New Belgium's Fat Tire and 1554, any Samuel Smith stout, Newcastle, and Guinness.
Some of my favorites are New Belgium's Fat Tire and 1554, any Samuel Smith stout, Newcastle, and Guinness.
I'll have to try, but the LCBO tend to be really iffy on what it carries per location. It's hard to rely on it for anything specific unless they're big sellers.
I did find out what that beer was though, as I still have the bottle downstairs. It's Aventinus Eisbock.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=10514
I do like reds too as it's usually the best thing available in a restaurant up here, and I've come to like Alexander Keith's Red the best as it has more of a texture than the more popular Rickard's Red. I do wish I'd have a brewpub. nearby, but we don't. We don't even have a brewery up here anymore. Apparently they're still illegal in some provinces, which I thought was rather interesting, which has something to do with the Prohibition that Canada still hasn't fully removed itself from, as there are still some archaic practices and rules in place.
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Sorry about the late reply, been sidetracked.
We make a little bit of everything. Started off with a Scottish Ale. Current in my fridge is a wheat beer, a chocolate milk stout and a strawberry wheat beer.
I think we are making a Holiday Ale now, with coriander and nutmeg.
doubleohfive
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I'm not as big a beer drinker as I used to be, but I've got a few favorites:
Fischer Blondes, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, Guinness, Stella, and Chimay.
Fischer Blondes, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, Guinness, Stella, and Chimay.
I'll probably have to check this out when I get time. Reading that page also reminded me of something else I saw recently - looks like the whole article is available online:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Beer-Archaeologist.html
It appears there's also a movie tie-in of sorts. (Okay, it's cheesy and more than a bit silly, but not too long.)
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