beer

[alva]

Can anyone give my some prices on imports/locals, just for comparison.

Here:

in supermarket :
Can decent lager (33cl): 0.6€
quality beer bottle ( 33 cl) : 1€

bar:
Tap (25cl) : €1.5
quality beer bottle ( 33 cl) : €2.5

Imports like Tuborg and such are are something like +10%,
Mexican beers x2,
and the few bars that sell Budweiser/similar : no idea but I guess x 2 will be close.

(those are averages off course )

[GePap]

Originally posted by Caligastia


If the problem with Bud (and it is) is that it's weak tasting, why would serving it extra cold make it passable? Surely that just kills whatever flavor there was to begin with. I only drink Bud when nothing else is available. Cheap lagers give me a hangover.

I don't know about their brewing process but this beer, while still loosing some taste, it is not that susbtantial, so that at some point, you get an equilibrium, were the taste is just storng enough to be noticed while cold enough for you taste buds not to care and your throat to appreicate the coldness.

[chequita guevara]

The problem with Bud isn't that it's weak. It's that it's bitter, skunky, swill. Making it ice cold is the only way it could be tollerated. Thank god it isn't stronger.

[GePap]

Originally posted by alva
Can anyone give my some prices on imports/locals, just for comparison.

In my neighborhood- sixpack of Yuenling regular used to be $4.99. Heineken, $7.99, which seems the standard price for American microbrews and imports.

A pint bottle of Russian Beer average $1.30

At bars-huge differences:

On average, a cheap beer $3.50-4. Finer imports ~ 6 a pint.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, cold Bud is tolerable, but Bud Ice? Nothing can save that bottle of crap!

[alva]

Cheap lagers give me a hangover.

Often because they are chemical beers (Stella is a example), you can still get a hangover with more natural beers but they usually are less persitent.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by GePap

The best single selection I have seen in the brickskeller on 22nd and Q street's in DC (I think)- worlds largest beer selection in the world- though there is a place in greenwich with 600 beers.

The only problem with places that have huge beer selections is that at any time 1/3 of them have probably gone off from sitting around too long.

Now, I keep telling myself I will take the Brooklyn Brewery tour but I never do....

You really should, it's well worth it. Go on a friday night with some friends. You'll get to taste some beers you can't get in the stores.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Beer - mankinds finest achievment and peacebringer as evidenced at 'poly.

[GePap]

Beer may have predated bread actually..

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
The problem with Bud isn't that it's weak. It's that it's bitter, skunky, swill. Making it ice cold is the only way it could be tollerated. Thank god it isn't stronger.

Perhaps the Bud you've been drinking was brewed back in the 1980's and left outdoors in the sun for 20 years. That's the only possible way to explain Bud tasting of anything.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by GePap
Beer may have predated bread actually..

Yep I heard that too. Postdated mead tho' IIRC.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by alva

Cheap lagers give me a hangover.

Often because they are chemical beers (Stella is a example), you can still get a hangover with more natural beers but they usually are less persitent.

[Caligastia]

NECTAR OF THE GODS!!!

[GePap]

I agree. Yesterday I made the mistake of drinking a 24 ounce can of Foster's at an event (forgotten really how low it is)-today I had a minor hangover.

The night before I had 1.5 liters of good German beer, and nothing.

[GePap]

That looks to me like a Bock or Doublebock.

[Caligastia]

My favorite lager:

[alva]

The only problem with places that have huge beer selections is that at any time 1/3 of them have probably gone off from sitting around too long.

You can keep good beers for long time though. Just be carefull with the bottom bit ( nothing wrong it, loads of energy in there but not so good for ,hum, your bottom )

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by GePap
That looks to me like a Bock or Doublebock.

It's not though. Here's the description:

INGREDIENTS
American Two-row, wheat, special roast, roasted barley, english crystal malt, honey, cinnamon, ginger and cascade hops.

FLAVOR
Renowned for its spicy flavor, this beer is brewed with cinnamon and ginger. Honey is added to deliver strength and complexity.

[Caligastia]

Best brown ale:

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Depends how much cinnamon and giner they put into it. How converted is it, is there a sweetness to it. Classify it as a dessert beer?

[Caligastia]

Best stout:

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Depends how much cinnamon and giner they put into it. How converted is it, is there a sweetness to it. Classify it as a dessert beer?

Oh no, it's definitely a beer beer. Not so sweet, but the aftertaste leaves you begging for more. If I had to drink one beer for the rest of my life, this would be it.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by alva

The only problem with places that have huge beer selections is that at any time 1/3 of them have probably gone off from sitting around too long.

You can keep good beers for long time though. Just be carefull with the bottom bit ( nothing wrong it, loads of energy in there but not so good for ,hum, your bottom )

Well it also depends on how they're kept. If it's not in a cool, dark place they'll go bad in less than a year.

[DanS]

Brewpubs are the best places to drink beer here, although there are some brewpub chains that I try to avoid. Capital City Brewing Co. here in DC has an excellent porter that tastes delicious at room temperature.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by DanS
Brewpubs are the best places to drink beer here, although there are some brewpub chains that I try to avoid.

Why? Bad beer?

[DanS]

Some brewpub chains add carbonation (or what seems like carbonation to me). I think this must be to appeal to the taste of those who drink Bud Light on a regular evening.

I can't remember whether it's Gordon Biersch or John Harvard's that is the culprit, though.

[Caligastia]

I'll keep Capital City Brewing Co in mind whenever I make it down that way.

[DanS]

Do.

They also have a Baltimore location, IIRC.

[DanS]

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[Caligastia]

As long as things don't get too fizzy I don't mind a bit of carbonation. Does it affect the taste?