Favorite beer

dooley_womack1 · Sep 14, 2010

My very favorites
--Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
--EKU 28
--Anchor Steam Christmas Ale
--Tecate
--Bass

Favorite basic beers
--Bud Light
--Michelob Ultra
--Bud Select
--Milwaukee's Best Light
--Bud Ice

Favorite rock-gut beers to gross out when I imagine ever having consumed them
--Schlitz
--Olympia
--Stag
--905
--Olde English 800

I'll never tell · Sep 14, 2010

Bob Cook said:

I've started to get into Sun King, which is out of Indianapolis and starting to take off like gangbusters. In part, that's because unlike a lot of new beermakers, it's putting a full-court press on getting on tap in restaurants, and it's squarely aiming at converting Bud drinkers, rather than just going after beer snobs. Sun King has events going on all the time in Indy, as well as weekly tastings at its brewery.

The most radical thing about it, for craft beer types, is how it's packaged -- in cans, something that's really taken off recently among craft brewers. Cans actually preserve the beer better than even brown bottles, but most canned beer is packaged cheaply, which is why you usually taste the aluminum. Sun King puts a liner in its cans that eliminates the aluminum taste. Of course, I normally pour it into a pint glass (the cans are pint-sized), so no matter. Plus, being in cans, you can take it into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with you, no small matter locally.

What you get in stores is normally the Sunlight Cream Ale and the Osiris Pale Ale, which are the lightest beers they make, and probably the most commercially viable. If you drink your normal commercially brewed lager, or even a light beer, the Sunlight Cream Ale won't be a radical change, but you'll noticed more flavor and depth of taste. A great warm-weather beer (or one to take to the Indy 500). For a craft drinker like me, Sunlight Cream Ale is a good "light" beer. The Pale Ale -- being a pure ale (cream ales have lager mixed in) -- will be a more familiar taste to craft-beer drinkers.

I hope as the weather turns cooler Sun King releases some heavier beers.
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I don't know where you're located, but if you can get your hands on Southern Star's Bombshell Blonde, it's a very interesting can beer. That's the only one I've ever had of their offerings, but I hear the rest are good too. Only problem is they're very limited in where they sell because they're so small.

I've also heard very good things about Oskar Blues, another can-only brewer.

I'll never tell · Sep 14, 2010

Mystery Meat II said:

OK, I posted my love for a bunch of frou-frou high gravity beers. Now I come to you with a request of a different sort:

Buddy of mine is doing (at my constant urging for nigh on nine months now) a Bad Beer & Boxed Wine Boogaloo. The crappy beer must be from someone other than the Axis of Macrobrews, and you can't spend more than 8.99 on a twelver. The wine must be measurable by large quantities -- no fancy schmancy 750 ml bottles. Jug wine is acceptable, as is malt liquor (except Mickey's) and wine coolers (not the neo-coolers and alcopops such as Bacardi Breeze and Smirnoff Ice, nor alcoenergy drinks such as Joose and Sparks).

Most original entry wins a $20 gift card to the beer/wine superstore in town. Worst entry means you have to drink everything brought in. I may not be certain about the last part.

So what should I bring?
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Does the malt liquor have a price cap?

Double J · Sep 14, 2010

HC said:

My regular beer is Canadian 67. Purists will scoff but at 67 calories per bottle it means I can still drink beer.
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67? Is it brewed by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment?

three_bags_full · Sep 14, 2010

Lone Star's not a bad crappy beer.

mjp1542 · Sep 14, 2010

Inky_Wretch said:

MM, I'd suggest Steel Reserve. but I'd worry that somebody would actually have to drink it.
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I second the Steel Reserve. And it is by far the worst tasting beer/malt I've ever tasted. It's even touted as a "high gravity lager"! So awful!

Oggiedoggie · Sep 14, 2010

Steel Reserve is the perfect beer.

If you hope to poop blood.

Iron_chet · Sep 14, 2010

Nice to see the love for my all time fave - 50 on here.

Last time I was in Quebec and ordered it the hot hippy waitress responded by laughing and saying "dat is wat my fadder drink!"
I am not a beer snob and find many of the craft brews undrinkable, seriously, I don't want blueberry or coffee beer.

My other faves:

Dos Equis
Rolling Rock
Grasshopper
Keith's IPA
MGD

Bob Cook · Sep 14, 2010

I'll never tell said:

Bob Cook said:

I've started to get into Sun King, which is out of Indianapolis and starting to take off like gangbusters. In part, that's because unlike a lot of new beermakers, it's putting a full-court press on getting on tap in restaurants, and it's squarely aiming at converting Bud drinkers, rather than just going after beer snobs. Sun King has events going on all the time in Indy, as well as weekly tastings at its brewery.

The most radical thing about it, for craft beer types, is how it's packaged -- in cans, something that's really taken off recently among craft brewers. Cans actually preserve the beer better than even brown bottles, but most canned beer is packaged cheaply, which is why you usually taste the aluminum. Sun King puts a liner in its cans that eliminates the aluminum taste. Of course, I normally pour it into a pint glass (the cans are pint-sized), so no matter. Plus, being in cans, you can take it into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with you, no small matter locally.

What you get in stores is normally the Sunlight Cream Ale and the Osiris Pale Ale, which are the lightest beers they make, and probably the most commercially viable. If you drink your normal commercially brewed lager, or even a light beer, the Sunlight Cream Ale won't be a radical change, but you'll noticed more flavor and depth of taste. A great warm-weather beer (or one to take to the Indy 500). For a craft drinker like me, Sunlight Cream Ale is a good "light" beer. The Pale Ale -- being a pure ale (cream ales have lager mixed in) -- will be a more familiar taste to craft-beer drinkers.

I hope as the weather turns cooler Sun King releases some heavier beers.
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I don't know where you're located, but if you can get your hands on Southern Star's Bombshell Blonde, it's a very interesting can beer. That's the only one I've ever had of their offerings, but I hear the rest are good too. Only problem is they're very limited in where they sell because they're so small.

I've also heard very good things about Oskar Blues, another can-only brewer.
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I'm in Chicago, and according to Southern Star's web site it has no distributor there. But I'm frequently in Indianapolis, and Southern Star DOES have a distributor in Indiana, so I'll try to find it next time I'm there.

The Oskar site says it's distributed fairly heavily in Wisconsin. So next time I'm on my way to Upper Michigan, I'll stop and grab some.

Thanks for the recommendations.

Huggy · Sep 14, 2010

Iron_chet said:

Nice to see the love for my all time fave - 50 on here.

Last time I was in Quebec and ordered it the hot hippy waitress responded by laughing and saying "dat is wat my fadder drink!"
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When I was staying at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal for the NHL Draft in 2009, I walked into the bar and ordered a Cinquante. The barman asked me if I wanted another one and when I told I did and that he could pour it in the same glass he said, "You want a dirty glass you go to de tavern! Not 'ere!""

Iron_chet · Sep 14, 2010

Huggy said:

Iron_chet said:

Nice to see the love for my all time fave - 50 on here.

Last time I was in Quebec and ordered it the hot hippy waitress responded by laughing and saying "dat is wat my fadder drink!"
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When I was staying at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal for the NHL Draft in 2009, I walked into the bar and ordered a Cinquante. The barman asked me if I wanted another one and when I told I did and that he could pour it in the same glass he said, "You want a dirty glass you go to de tavern! Not 'ere!""
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SACREMENTE!! et TABERNAQUE!!

funky_mountain · Sep 14, 2010

Bunch of good ones mentioned
Full Sail Pale Ale
Anderson Valley Boont Amber
Lagunitas Pils and Lagunitas Ale

I like a handful of Troeg's beers.
Wish I had more access to Russian River beers.
Love Bells -- Lager of the Lakers, Two-Hearted, Oberon
Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale
New Belgium beers
Bear Republic's Racer 5

Recently enjoyed Starr Hill's Festie Octoberfest lager

I am a sucker for seasonal beers, especially fall and winter offerings.

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