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A thread solely for the praise or non-praise to Heineken. What are your thoughts on this beer brand? Good, bad? Explain.
I personally find it... "decent" but not any higher than that. If not decent, less than average.
Meh, it's okay. If someone were to buy me a drink and ordered a Heineken without first asking if that's what I wnated, I would drink it. I usually don't drink them of my own volition, however.
Should I even post something on it?
No Heineken is not worth it
If you want beer drink something Belgian or from Limburg ... or Grolsch
I would never buy a crate of Heineken, but if they would have it in the bar I would be going I would drink it ... but then the pubs and bars I go to don't have Heineken, I live in a no-Heineken-area
Strike For The South
07-13-2007, 23:04
I dont drink.
Do you want to?
Do you want to?
I dont want to.
I dont want to.
That's ok. I'll take up the slack. :yes:
As for Heneiken, I like it. Not an earth shaking beer but certainly good. My woman likes it as well, most chicks do.
But it has to be cold. Otherwise, it's Gah!
Gregoshi
07-13-2007, 23:18
I dont want to.
~:thumb: Me neither and I'm 47.
To keep on topic, I do like the name - the "grab a Heine" line is pretty funny.
Tristuskhan
07-13-2007, 23:30
Strange taste of plastic, I do not like Heineken... As Stig stated, if you want good beer, get some Chouffe or another belgian local one...
Togakure
07-13-2007, 23:37
I voted 'Gah!' There was a time when Heineken was in. But that time is long past. I'll drink it, but I don't go out of my way to buy it. It does need to be very cold. I don't mind the flavor, but it doesn't have much character.
I'll choose Heineken over commercial American beers any day.
If I'm going to drink that kind of beer, Stella is just about everywhere around here these days. But my preference of late has been good ol' Guinness--unless I'm drinking tequila, in which case I'll have a Dos Equiis or the like.
Geoffrey S
07-14-2007, 00:22
Can't say I particularly like it or not. It's bland, cheap beer. Must say that it was delicious last sunday after half a year without alcohol though.
ShadesPanther
07-14-2007, 00:31
Don't really like it. I would drink it if a friend ordered it for me but not really what I would order.
Personally I would order Smithwicks or Stella or Guinness
Reverend Joe
07-14-2007, 04:10
Ale... gives me a headache.
:oops: I had to say it. Although it's not entirely fair, since I like a few ales for taste alone; but they do all give me a headache. So I think I'll stick to bourbon and cheap lager chasers. (i.e. Icehouse :hide:)
Anyway, I like Heine.
(Swearing - Beirut)
Ianofsmeg16
07-14-2007, 08:01
It's nice...
But gimme a crate of Carslberg Export, or even better, San Miguel..and i'll be much happier
Big King Sanctaphrax
07-14-2007, 14:43
Unpleasant, metallic fizzy rubbish. Why anyone in the UK would drink it when we have so many glorious ales available I have no idea.
Strike For The South
07-14-2007, 16:34
What about blue moon? they sell that stuff here
Kralizec
07-14-2007, 17:08
It's drinkable, but it's not my first choice. Or second, third or fourth...
Strike For The South
07-14-2007, 17:13
It's drinkable, but it's not my first choice. Or second, third or fourth...
lol we get all the crap then?
ShadesPanther
07-14-2007, 17:21
lol we get all the crap then?
Pretty much. American beer is horrible and so is the stuff designed for the American market.
Strike For The South
07-14-2007, 17:22
Pretty much. American beer is horrible and so is the stuff designed for the American market.
How stupid do I think the Americans are?:laugh4:
I drink Texas beer anyway
Tristuskhan
07-14-2007, 18:39
I drink Texas beer anyway
You're drinking oil?
Heineken is urine with bubbles.
Heineken is urine with bubbles.
Yup, and Bavaria is urine without bubbles.
Ever had it? (Urine or Bavaria, it doesn't matter they taste the same)
Heineken is urine with bubbles.
You can only make that statement if you tried them both.
Did you :inquisitive: ?
On second thoughts, please don't answer that question.
Heineken is urine with bubbles.
Oh, it's not that bad.
If the weather is very hot, and the beer is very cold, Heineken is fine. Overpriced to be sure, but fine. I prefer Becks but my woman prefers Heineken. Guess which kind I buy?
For my part I much prefer a dark beer, but if you've been working in the heat all day, guzzling a Guinness is not the first thing on your mind. This is where a Heineken does good duty, though a Corona with lime is much better.
Samurai Waki
07-14-2007, 22:11
I drink Rocky Mountain Ales and Lagers; with Micros there certainly seems to be a wide variety that spans a good bit in quality, everything from "This was brewed very well" to "Ugh. I can't stand sifting barley through my teeth". Theres a couple of note-able breweries in my Home State (Montana) that were started by Belgian and German Immigrants, though only one or two have kept within ownership of their founders, but the recipes are still there and for something brewed in the US (comparable) to something you might find in Germany or Belgium. Not that I'd take a Montana Micro over a top notch Belgian Beer. But the price for some of these Beers is quite excruciating outside of Montana Proper (in state the Price for a 6 pack usually goes for about $ 12.99) and in California the price is doubled, and on the Eastern Seaboard the Price can easily be tripled or quadrupled. So there obviously is a demand out there, but the Operations will always remain small time and therefore the quality will pretty much always remain top-notch.) However, this kind of Beer doesn't sell itself well to main stream, mostly because Americans drink beer to get thoroughly Hammered, and little else, and although one of these Beers is twice or three times the alcohol content of Budweiser or Miller etc. Its much nicer to have a Micro with dinner than to just chug it down and go onto the next (not to mention You WILL GET FULL) unlike the mainstream consumer Beers.
King Henry V
07-14-2007, 22:12
Like Monty Python's comment on American beer, Heineken is like having sex in a canoe: ****** close to water.
(Just the **** please - Beirut)
For my part I much prefer a dark beer, but if you've been working in the heat all day, guzzling a Guinness is not the first thing on your mind. This is where a Heineken does good duty
Don't you prefer Stella over Heineken? Or Jupiler (if you have that in Canada)?
[QUOTE=Wakizashi] Theres a couple of note-able breweries in my Home State (Montana) that were started by Belgian and German Immigrants[/URL]
Interesting. You have some more info about those?
You can only make that statement if you tried them both.
Did you :inquisitive: ?
On second thoughts, please don't answer that question.
Thank god that you said wrote that last sentence...~;)
Strike For The South
07-14-2007, 22:19
You're drinking oil?
https://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5203/lonestarww3.th.jpg (https://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lonestarww3.jpg)
uhhhhhhhhhhhh get you some
Big King Sanctaphrax
07-14-2007, 22:22
If you're looking for a refreshing lager, there's certainly better out there than Heineken. I enjoy Augustiner Helles myself.
Samurai Waki
07-14-2007, 22:29
Interesting. You have some more info about those?
http://www.lewisandclarkbrewing.com/beer/index.php
http://www.bayernbrewery.com/ (Best German Brewery in the US)
http://www.bigskybrew.com/ (Also VERY Good Beer) 6 Pack of Moose Drool (unappealing name I know) Cost me $29.99 when I found a pack by chance at a Local Grocer.
Adrian II
07-14-2007, 22:35
A thread solely for the praise or non-praise to Heineken. What are your thoughts on this beer brand? Good, bad? Explain.
I personally find it... "decent" but not any higher than that. If not decent, less than average.You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make the end product drinkable.
A right royal :thumbsdown:
Don't you prefer Stella over Heineken?
Honestly, I don't drink enough of either to really have a preference. I like Becks because that's what they served, mighty icily I might add, at a cafe I used to go. Al the light ales pretty much taste the same to me.
The real taste of beer evolves once the brew darkens. ~:smoking:
I voted good. Because it was the first beer I drank that didn't make me want to hurl as soon as it passed my lips. But there are better ones around. Like Sleemans (but only the cream ale). Or this Belgain white beer my brother got. Which he claimed was good, but not as good as the German variety.
EDIT: Forgot Corona. Mexican beer. I like it. As does my sister. But only the little sissy bottles. Which when I drink she gets pissed.
Commercial rubbish, just like Becks.
A neighbor gave me a Rock Island (http://www.pubcrawler.com/Template/ReviewWC.cfm/flat/BrewerID=102614) beer today, and it rocked. Heineken, on the other hand, has a severe rocking deficit. Not much character, not much flavor, not my kind of beer.
I never liked Heineken.... seemed too bland.
For widely available beer, it's tough to beat Yuengling Lager.... Other than that, I enjoy about any good micro brew- with a special soft spot for pale ales. :2thumbsup:
You've got to love Arrogant Bastard Ale (http://www.arrogantbastard.com/) too. :laugh4:
(if you have that in Canada)?
That's the problem, here in Holland we have Grolsch, Gulpener, Brand, Jupiler, Hertog Jan, Palm and more and of all the beers we choose to export Heineken.
scotchedpommes
07-15-2007, 09:32
I'm afraid Grolsch is the only way to go. [On the rare occasion I choose to.]
You guys get a different kind of Heineken, the dutch is pretty ok. Not the best, Brand and Hertog Jan in particular are much better. Grolsch is pretty good as well.
doc_bean
07-15-2007, 09:47
Heineken is why Dutch beer has such a bad name.
I'll agree that Grolsch is decent. I'm more into stronger beers though.
Heineken export is why Dutch beer has such a bad name.
Fixed it for ya. Heineken export has no taste at all, real Heineken is decent. Frag recommends
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/pilsner.jpg
Unsurpassed.
Omanes Alexandrapolites
07-15-2007, 10:31
By beer standards, which in my opinion are pretty low, it's vile. Something about it just doesn't taste natural or even like your average pint of beer. It's probably diluted or mixed in with something terrible along the production line. Then again, I dislike most beers anyway, so I'm not really an ideal judge.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/pilsner.jpg
Unsurpassed.
Funny you should mention this stuff. It's regarded as "the cheap beer no one likes" around here. I don't mind it. My buddy hates it but always has some in his fridge because his buddy always brings some over and inevitable leaves a few there. I always end up drinking them and sometimes he gives me the last few to take home.
When I see a bottle of Urquell I think, "Free beer!"
That's the problem, here in Holland we have Grolsch, Gulpener, Brand, Jupiler, Hertog Jan, Palm and more and of all the beers we choose to export Heineken.
Jupiler isn't dutch beer. It's made in Jupille, hence it's name.
Palm isn't dutch either my freind, unless you just annexed Antwerps. (Not that that province would be a major loss...) :clown:
Funny you should mention this stuff. It's regarded as "the cheap beer no one likes" around here.
Oh? You guys have no taste, nice to have it cheap though, it's imvho the best beer there is.
AAA
doc_bean
07-15-2007, 12:28
Fixed it for ya. Heineken export has no taste at all, real Heineken is decent. Frag recommends
I only drink heineken when in the Netherlands...and there is nothing else to drink.
doc_bean
07-15-2007, 12:33
unless you just annexed Antwerps. (Not that that province would be a major loss...) :clown:
Unless you're talking about the economy :laugh4:
Adrian II
07-15-2007, 14:31
Bring me your poor, huddled lager drinkers and I will treat them to a Jonge Genever, bottoms up, followed by a Wieckse Witte or Hoegaarden with a slice of lemon. Lengthens your day by at least several hours.
Unless you're talking about the economy :laugh4:
economy my ***.
And if our economy gets so bad we can always ask money from walloon...:laugh4:
Hoegaarden with a slice of lemon
Didn't know people did that... Do they?
Didn't know people did that... Do they?
Here in the Netherlands we do, makes it even more refreshing. These evil flemish noticed and trid to spam us with Hoegaarden lemon and it's terrible, tastes very artificial, like a lemon icecream. bleh.
Heineken is why Dutch beer has such a bad name.
I'll agree that Grolsch is decent. I'm more into stronger beers though.
Kanonnetje? ~D
Still got a Hoegaarden in the fridge at home, waiting for the right moment to be drank.
I only drink heineken when in the Netherlands...and there is nothing else to drink.
Depend on where you are, I myself come from the east and we only have Grolsch (we'd kill someone trying to sell Heineken). In the Groningen where I live now it's mainly Brand, Amstel and Grolsch.
Voted gah, b/c if nothing else is around, it is o.k...
I just came back from Bruges in Belgium....they have "Bruges Zot" which is one of the best [non-Bavarian] beers I ever had....Cheers....
Peasant Phill
07-16-2007, 10:50
Heineken is urine with bubbles.
Ah yes, this is widly accepted in Belgium. In my region we compare Heineken with cat piss and no I haven't tasted cat piss ( I did Heineken and I won't ever again).
I also liked and agreed with the statement the following statement: "Dutch beer is like sex in a cano: **** close to water". A lot of pils/ale in the Netherlands just doesn't have a lot of taste.
As a last comment it just isn't a compliment to a beer that it only tastes good when it is very cold. A lot of the taste dissapears when beer, wine or other beveredges are ice cold.
Stating that a certain brand of beer beer was the first beer you could drink without having a feeling you have to through up isn't a compliment either. A beer has to have some character to it or it is just some cheap commercial beer.
Ah yes, this is widly accepted in Belgium. In my region we compare Heineken with cat piss and no I haven't tasted cat piss ( I did Heineken and I won't ever again).
Heineken still sells good in Belgium, could it be that there is some chauvinism involved here :laugh4:
And let's be fair, your 'biggest' beer, Jupiler, has hardly any taste either. Not a bad beer at all, was madly in love with it for a while, but too light on taste to be a keeper, the doubles and tripples is where it's at.
Ah yes, this is widly accepted in Belgium. In my region we compare Heineken with cat piss and no I haven't tasted cat piss ( I did Heineken and I won't ever again).
I also liked and agreed with the statement the following statement: "Dutch beer is like sex in a cano: **** close to water". A lot of pils/ale in the Netherlands just doesn't have a lot of taste.
As a last comment it just isn't a compliment to a beer that it only tastes good when it is very cold. A lot of the taste dissapears when beer, wine or other beveredges are ice cold.
Stating that a certain brand of beer beer was the first beer you could drink without having a feeling you have to through up isn't a compliment either. A beer has to have some character to it or it is just some cheap commercial beer.
preach on bro'!
Stating that a certain brand of beer beer was the first beer you could drink without having a feeling you have to through up isn't a compliment either. A beer has to have some character to it or it is just some cheap commercial beer.
Exactly, only crap beer should be served ice cold to hide the taste of urine.
KukriKhan
07-16-2007, 14:23
Tried Heinie in the 70's; the stuff exported to the US. It was disappointing and had a skunky smell - I figured it just didn't travel well (I suspected: too much exposure to sunlight), and left it to others.
Fast-forward 25 years, when #1 son came of age, he raved about the brand, so I tried it again: same result. Maybe decades of drinking this yank swill has deadened my tastebuds; I cannot honestly testify to liking the stuff.
Peasant Phill
07-16-2007, 14:35
Heineken still sells good in Belgium, could it be that there is some chauvinism involved here :laugh4:
And let's be fair, your 'biggest' beer, Jupiler, has hardly any taste either. Not a bad beer at all, was madly in love with it for a while, but too light on taste to be a keeper, the doubles and tripples is where it's at.
Are you sure about that? But you may always make me review my believes by proving it to me.
And yes, chauvinism is involved. Belgians mostly stick to Belgian beers, French mostly stick with French wine and Dutch mostly stick with Dutch jenever I imagine. I try to be objective when tasting beer and I can honestly say that Heineken and Amstel just don't have enough taste (the '**** close to water' remark) but I say that about Cristal (Belgian pils) too.
I've never said that Jupiler was the summum of all beers. It is a pils and as such a category of beer it is a fairly light beer. It has however more character than a lot of other beers in the same category (again not saying that it is the best in this category).
Peasant Phill
07-16-2007, 14:38
Fast-forward 25 years, when #1 son came of age, he raved about the brand
In the land of the blind, one-eye is king.
Educate the lad (responsably of course) in what fine beers this world has to offer, I'm sure he'll revise his former opinion.
KukriKhan
07-16-2007, 14:49
In the land of the blind, one-eye is king.
Educate the lad (responsably of course) in what fine beers this world has to offer, I'm sure he'll revise his former opinion.
Yeah, he likes this stuff now:
https://jimcee.homestead.com/arroBasAle.jpg
though he hasn't had any in a year or so (he's deployed in Iraq).
If you think Heineken is a poor export product (yes it is), think about Buckler ... it's sold well in foreign countries, but here in Holland you can't even get it (due to a comedian who made some jokes).
Heineken makes good money with it ...
(Language - Beirut)
And let's be fair, your 'biggest' beer, Jupiler, has hardly any taste either. Not a bad beer at all, was madly in love with it for a while, but too light on taste to be a keeper, the doubles and tripples is where it's at.
Jupiler ain't bad if you want something light, but I don't like them light.
Also if heineke sells beer over here it must be used as rat poison... Honoustly I never saw anyone drink Heineken, in Blegium. Tough I could imagine a strange dutch guy'd do it.
Exported Heineken= Crap
Heineken found in the Netherlands= Very good
I toured the Heineken factory twice before. As part of the tour price you get 3 beers on tap. Delicious. I think I drank about 7 each time because people would give them to you if they couldn't drink them all. Each time I had a hard time making it back :laugh4:.
Heineken is a decent enough lager. Nothing special, but a good session lager.
Certainly if I'm drinking draught then it is better than Stella or Kronenberg which both give me belly ache. It is most definitely better than weak lagers like Carling. But then so many factors influence the enjoyment of draught products, including the cleanliness of the lines and glasses.
Personally I prefer San Miguel, Peroni or Grolsch if I'm drinking bottles if out and about and so paying premium prices. If buying for home then I'm open to buying Heineken if the price is competitive.
I'm worried to see people saying it is fine but must be cold. If you ever voluntarily drink lager that isn't chilled right down then you need shooting.
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