Best Beer?

[salty mud]

I do not like/consume alcohol.

Same here. Alcohol is just nasty in general.

 

[sonorakitch]

Pilsner Urquell and Kronenbourg 1664 for me.

I do love Kolsch too, particularly Dom Kolsch.

 

[carmen510]

Don't drink beer, but occasionally wine.

 

[shortguy]

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat. Ball of linen.

That's not the name of the beer, that's the name of the Brewery.

I don't know what you're trying to imply, exactly. Some Germans immigrated to the US and at some point started making beer. Go figure.

 

[eastsidebagel]

That's not the name of the beer, that's the name of the Brewery.

Sorry, didn't get that straight from the beginning. BTW, what's the biggest German brewery in the US?

 

[Godwynn]

Sorry, didn't get that straight from the beginning. BTW, what's the biggest German brewery in the US?

I can safely say Anheuser-Busch.

Insert joke about it not being real beer here.

 

[illram]

Any of you ever tried Boont? I love it, I think it is only available out West though.

A lot of Humboldt/North Coast breweries are pretty good. Mad River brewing company, North Coast Brewery... Arrogant Bastard is pretty good...

I also like Anchor Steam, which is an SF brewed beer. There are so many good beers for so many different occasions and tastes, it's like trying to say what your favorite food is. I could go on and on.

I will also not pass on a 2$ tall can of PBR at a bar, or a pint of stella if I just want something cheap.

 

[scherbchen]

A lot of American beers tend to have German names. Can this be coincidental?

marketing ploy. German beer has a very good reputation. It is what we are good at other than participating in World Wars, after all. I will bet you that none of those beers use Sütterlin as a font, however. that would be too 1930s

hmm, wait... I will have to check how Fürstenberger is sold overseas. after all they had that moronic slogan a couple of years ago... "Exportiert in fünf Kontinente" (exported to five continents).

think about it for a minute, you will get it...

impossible to find foreign Fürstenberg labels with my google skills btw.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I can safely say Anheuser-Busch.

Insert joke about it not being real beer here.

Its not German, its American.

 

[eastsidebagel]

My 2 cents (I have no experience in foreign beers)
Like: Sternburg, Warsteiner, Urkrostizer
Hate: Heinecken, Becks (much too sweet), beer mixed with coke or an energy drink

 

[Godwynn]

Its not German, its American.

I was under the impression that he wanted German names. Leinenkugel's is American too.

Wisconsin I believe.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I was under the impression he wanted German beers imported into, or manufactured in, the US.

Yuengling is a German name, but the beer is wholly American.

 

[Annex]

Same here. Alcohol is just nasty in general.

This is what I thought not too long ago, but the taste has slowly grown on me.

Unfortunately I am not of drinking age where I live (not for another 5 weeks, that is.)

But I did legally purchase alcohol for myself once. It was a brand called Belikin (the unofficial beer of Belize!) and it was pretty good.

 

[eastsidebagel]

I was under the impression that he wanted German names. Leinenkugel's is American too.

Wisconsin I believe.

You're right, because I thought that every brewery with a German name was neccesarly also German by itself, so-to-say in German ownership. Now it turns out that I erred. But why are there so many American breweries with German names anyway? Just for commercial reasons? Does the average American beer consumer automatically associates a beer with a German name with one of superior taste? If that's the truth in deed, then I'd be flattered.

 

[Berzerker]

dos equis dark

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

You're right, because I thought that every brewery with a German name was neccesarly also German by itself, so-to-say in German ownership. Now it turns out that I erred. But why are there so many American breweries with German names anyway? Just for commercial reasons? Does the average American beer consumer automatically associates a beer with a German name with one of superior taste? If that's the truth in deed, then I'd be flattered.

There are lots of German immigrants and descendants of German immigrants in America.

 

[Irish Caesar]

There are lots of German immigrants and descendants of German immigrants in America.

My understanding is that German immigrants popularized lager in this country and that before that (1848-ish?), most American beer was of the British-inspired ale variety.

Your historical knowledge of this country, Germany, and beer is probably far better than mine, though... is that roughly accurate?

 

[Shekwan]

beer mixed with coke or an energy drink

Never heard of anybody putting coke or an energy drink into their beer. That sounds horrible.

As for the best beer, anything from Belgium is usually great. Belgian beer tends to be strong enough to knock an elephant out too, which is never a bad thing. I'm talking 7% volume or more. They sure like their alcohol, none of that light beer crap that seems so popular in North America and Australia.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

My understanding is that German immigrants popularized lager in this country and that before that (1848-ish?), most American beer was of the British-inspired ale variety.

Your historical knowledge of this country, Germany, and beer is probably far better than mine, though... is that roughly accurate?

Admittedly I don't know the historical timeline of alcohols well enough. There exists a popular myth that the nationial language of the infant United States was almost German; while this is not true, the basis for it lies in the extremely large percentage of German immigrants and speakers present in the United States at the time. Remember that one of our favorite strategies for dealing with the Hessian mercenaries sent by King George was to simply offer them lots of land in the middle of nowhere. Now I have no idea how many Germans or German-descendants were around in 1840s America, but I think we can assume, without researching it, that the number was sizable.

 

[Kal'thzar]

I did an erasmus year, and the belgians introduced me to some very good beers (Chimay, Duvel, Kwaq - awesome drinking glass btw), and looking at Merkinballs old advice I might look some of those things up.

A note, I've tried Sam Adams, and it was....normal, better than a commericial beer, but nothing special.

I've recently been "experimenting" with ales, but I need someone who knows more about them to point me in the right direction its a bit hit or miss at the moment.