Beer's and Ale's

[Addled Platypus]

I mainly drink ale's

but have been known to down a beer if reconmended by enough folks


Ale's I have enjoyed

Anchor Steam
Fat Tire
Ashai Black
Sierra Nevada
Kilt Lifter
Kilean's Red



Beer's I have enjoyed
Pilsners
Martzens
Steel Reserve


Any suggestions?
My limitations is what is in stock at BevMo

[MRT144]

you enjoyed steel reserve? a man after my own heart (although my brand is olde english 800).

Olde English 800
Redhook ESB
Redhook IPA
PBR
Mac N Jack African Amber

I really like beers that have hoppiness, or are bitter and have a decent amount of fizziness to it.

[Gangerolf]

Cerna Hora, it's a Czech ... ehm pilsener? but good

[Combat Ingrid]

I think Bishops Finger is a very nice ale, no idea how it compares to those in your list though.

[Stuie]

Beer thread!

I'm an equal opportunity drinker - lager, ale, porter, stout, lambic, etc. etc. etc.

Personal favorites:

Victory Hop Devil
Lord Chesterfield Ale
Dogfish 60 Minute IPA
Newcastle Brown Ale
Black Cat Stout

I'll keep it at five... I could go on and on.

[Dinner]

Taste the Highlands.

Failing that Orkney Skullspliter is pretty good as is AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout and Westvleteren Abt 12.

[chequita guevara]

All ales are beers. The other type of beer is a lager. It all depends on whether you use top fermenting yeast or bottom fermenting yeast. Ale = top, lager = bottom

[Dinner]

In fact the historic traditional ales of Scotland brewed by Williams Brothers Brewing Co of Scotland are some of the most interesting ales out there. I would call them innovative but they are completely traditional and have been brewed in Scotland for centuries if not thousands of years.

Grozet (Gooseberry)

From the Gaelic "Groseid", Since at least the 16th century Scots monks and alewives brewed indigenous drinks from cereals, wild herbs and ripe fruits. Tibbie Shiels green Grozet was immortalised by such Scots literati as Sir Walter Scott, Jas Hogg. (The Ettrick shepherd) and Robert Burns whoconsidered it a most convivial drink.

Brewed with lager malt, wheat, bog myrtle, hops and meadowsweet then secondary fermented with ripe Scottish gooseberries.

A pale golden beer, with a refreshing fruit aroma, clean palete, fruity wheat flavour and crisp finish. Recommended with, light foods, pastas and salads.

Drink well chilled in a tall glass. 5% abv

Alba Scots Pine Ale

ntroduced by the Vikings, spruce and pine ales were very popular in the Scottish Highlands until the end of the 19th century. Many early explorers, including Captain Cook, used spruce ale during long sea voyages since it prevented scurvy and ill health. Shetland spruce ale was said to "stimulate animal instincts" and give you twins. Alba is a triple style ale brewed to a traditional Highland recipe from Scots pine and spruce shoots pickled during early spring.Pure malted barley, is boiled with the young sprigs of pine for several hours then the fresh shoots of the spruce are added for a short infusion before fermentation.

A tawny brown strong ale with spruce aroma, rich malt texture, complex wood flavour and lingering finish.

Best drunk at room temperature from a wine goblet as an after dinner digestive. 7.5% abv

Froach Heather Ale

Brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. heather ale is probably the oldest style of ale still produced in the world. From an ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) it has been revived and reintroduced to the Scottish culture.

Into the boiling bree of malted barley, sweet gale and flowering heather are added, then after cooling slightly the hot ale is poured into a vat of fresh heather flowers where it infuses for an hour before being fermented.

A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt charachter, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish.

Recommended with : Rich and Spicy foods

Drink slightly chilled from a fluted glass. 5% abv

Ebulum elderberry black ale

Introduced to Scotland by Welsh druids in the 9th Century, elderberry black ale was part of the Celtic Autumn festivals when the "elders" would make this strong ale and pass the drink round the people of the village. The recipe was taken from a 16th Century record of domestic drinking in the Scottish Highlands. Elderberries were used for many natural remedies to cure sciatica, other forms of neuralgia, influenza and rhumatism as they contain tannins and fruit oils.

Ebulum is made from roasted oats, barley and wheat boiled with herbs then fermented with ripe elderberries.

A rich black ale with fruit aroma, silky soft texture,soft roasted flavour andgentle finish.

Recommended with stewed and baked foods.

Drink lightly chilled from a straight glass. 6.5% abv

Kelpie Seaweed Ale

At least four hundred years ago, the coastal & Island farmers of Scotland used seaweed beds to grow their cereal crops. This barley produced very interesting flavours in the ale and whiskey they produced. Including bladderwrack seaweed in the mash tun along with organic barley gives this wholesome dark ale a distinctive flavour.

Rich chocolate ale with an aroma of sea breeze, a distinctive roast flavour and a crisp salty finish. Perfect with seafood and breads.

Drink lightly chilled in a wine glass. 4.4% abv

http://www.fraoch.com/historicales.htm

[Verto]

Beer is gross.

Rum, vodka..

[chequita guevara]

Beer is wonderful. Rum and vodaka are quite nice also.

[SlowwHand]

Newcastle Brown Ale
St. Pauli Girl
Dos Equis

I like dark.

[chequita guevara]

Me too

In Cancun, it's almost impossible to get a Dos XX's Amber. At least there's plenty of Negro Modelo.

[dannubis]

dark

Chimay Bleu

[Q Classic]

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I tend to prefer Pilsners.

[Dauphin]

Hearing yanks like SlowwHand say they drink Newkie Brown gives me no end of amusement.