Beer poll

[Quackers]

whats wrong with japanese tourists? i thought austrians liked japan

 

[Borachio]

Is there such a thing as tourist pollution? There ought to be. There's only so many tourists one particular site can safely absorb, without seriously derailing the inhabitants' quality of life.

 

[Disgustipated]

dont get me wrong, i seriously like beer, but tens of thousands of japanese tourists paying exorbitant prices to listen to incredibly bad music while drinking it makes me wanna puke, not discuss beer.

no idea what it's like over there. Sounds like a tourist trap.

Here where I live it's just an excuse to drink beer- as if you need one.

 

[holy king]

3. Rahr & Sons Buffalo Butt

no question i'd buy it for the butt, but i is it good as well?

no idea what it's like over there. Sounds like a tourist trap.

yeah. i was talking about, you know, oktoberfest.

 

[Disgustipated]

Well I know what the best beer commercial is, that's for sure


Link to video.

funny how beer commercials always show men doing "manly" jobs and work. You never see a male hairdresser at the end of a long hard day, go for a ice, cold beer in a commercial.

 

[holy king]

anyway:

1.

2.

3.

 

[madviking]

1. Hofbrau Light
2. Yueng
3. Heine

 

[dutchfire]

dont get me wrong, i seriously like beer, but tens of thousands of japanese tourists paying exorbitant prices to listen to incredibly bad music while drinking it makes me wanna puke, not discuss beer.

Hmm, in my experience it is pretty decent. There also don't seem to be that many real touristy tourists (the Japanese kind, only taking pictures), but many foreigners coming to enjoy the party.

Prices aren't much higher than on comparable large (music) festivals, are they? €2,20 for a 250 ml glass is not unusual in the Netherlands, even in normal bars, and the Oktoberfest prices are <€10 per liter.

But yeah, the music is peculiar.

 

[classical_hero]

What's that joke about American beer being akin to having sex on a boat?

It's f ing close to water.

Well you are the one who posted a VB commercial.. I hope you drink that rubbish. Even as a teetotaller I know that is the beer of bogans aka, people with no style.

 

[Quackers]

An Ozzy who doesn't drink alcohol?
Think I may have seen it all now.

 

[holy king]

who needs style when you can have victoria bitter?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Well you are the one who posted a VB commercial.. I hope you drink that rubbish. Even as a teetotaller I know that is the beer of bogans aka, people with no style.

You're not seeing any irony as a teetotaller stating that it's rubbish?

Actually, drinking or avoiding a certain type of beer due to it's perceived cache or lack of is distinctly unstylish. The only style worth a damn is your own.

Yes VB is a fairly sweet, fairly flavorless, generic faux bitter. But when it's sweltering hot and I've been out in the sun working, playing sport or back from a surf, that's the kind of beer I want.

 

[Borachio]

A sweet beer wouldn't suit my oh so unrefined palate at all, I'm afraid. Good advert though. And I'm with you on the anti-style style too. I'm not about to sacrifice having what I like simply because someone tells me it isn't the right thing to do. I go with what's authentic.

Shame that's it's sweet. But if it's very cold perhaps that's not so noticeable. No, on second thoughts I would notice and wouldn't like it.

 

[del62]

You're thinking of Watney's Red Barrel, likened to making love in a punt.

1. Wells and Youngs - Directors

2. Batemans

3. Fullers ESB

Beer in England

You kind of confused me with number 1.

I had always thought of as Courage Directors, a very nice brew indeed, which they have on in a pub I sometimes frequent, but you put up a picture of waggle-dance originally by Vaux.

 

[Borachio]

I know, I got confused, I thought Directors was originally made by Courage too. In fact I'm sure it was.

But then it seems Courage got taken over, including the name, by Young's, which at some stage amalgamated with Bedford brewery Wells. Anyway, something like that. I got confused and bored before I'd sorted it out.

Courage features all over the place in brewing in general. For example, IIRC, Greene King had their yeast one time from Courage. And the yeast is what largely determines the character of the beer. Losing the yeast is considered a real disaster for a brewer.

(Lovely pint Directors, went down a treat and before you realized you'd drunk 4 or so.)

(The image for Waggledance clearly says Youngs. The first image under 1. clearly says Courage Directors - brewed by Youngs and Wells.)

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

A sweet beer wouldn't suit my oh so unrefined palate at all, I'm afraid. Good advert though. And I'm with you on the anti-style style too. I'm not about to sacrifice having what I like simply because someone tells me it isn't the right thing to do. I go with what's authentic.

Shame that's it's sweet. But if it's very cold perhaps that's not so noticeable. No, on second thoughts I would notice and wouldn't like it.

Sweet as in a lack of bitterness and hoppiness as opposed to sugary. It is the best selling beer in Australia and does the bloody job.

 

[Borachio]

A beer without hops is an ale. I think. And yes, I suppose without hops it wouldn't be bitter.

I don't know what I'm talking about to be honest.

I think beer is mostly a matter of what you grow up with. And it's most certainly, at its best, a local thing.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

A beer without hops is an ale. I think. And yes, I suppose without hops it wouldn't be bitter.

I don't know what I'm talking about to be honest.

I think beer is mostly a matter of what you grow up with. And it's most certainly, at its best, a local thing.

On the contrary, you seem to know you're beer well. I'd have one with you any time, you'd be an amiable drinking partner.

 

[Borachio]

Good health to you, sir.

Cheers, mate.

 

[JohnRM]

If purely rated on taste...

1. Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel


If rated on overall taste, price, and availability...

2. Löwenbräu


Favorite seasonal beer...

3. Spaten Oktoberfest