-
In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Strike For The South
My dear Strike,
There is nothing Irish about that girl and you should not let her anywhere near your precious bodily fluids.
Find yourself a pint of Murphys stout and dally awhile with a sultry, dark colleen. (Even exported, 'tis well worth the ride).
:bow:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Nothing personal but I find it simply outragious that americans are allowed to have an opinion on beer. Hertog Jan or Brand baby.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
My, the mods are slipping. To teh frontroom please :gah:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Stella Artois is about the only beer I actually drink.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Beer is beer is beer is beer. Anything goes, although Starbrno and Staropramen are personal favourites.
And yes, this thread belongs in the Frontroom.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Innocentius
Beer is beer is beer is beer.
Trust me, my friend: You would not say such things if you'd drunk some of the American swill SFTS and I have been subjected to. (Frankly, I can't even stand Corona.) :no:
As for myself, I've long been partial to a couple local/regional brands, particularly Leinenkugel and Summit. I'm also a fan of my namesake, although it depends on which style we're talking about (I enjoy the Light and some of the seasonal brews, not the regular or "extremes").
Finally, I definitely love me a lot of the Belgian brews, although offhand I couldn't name one to save my life. (One of my best friends is a home-brewer and fellow lover of Belgian ale, and so I usually rely on him for the *really* good stuff.) :2thumbsup:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Gah! I need beer. No beer for me here in the army. Can anyone smuggle some beer for me here?
-
Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Beer is for horses. Civilised peoples drink wine, blessed nectar of Dionysus. :book:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
See I could never go to Europe. I LOVE the beer I drink now. So if their is better tasting beer somewhere out there I dont think I could handle it. I wouldnt stop drinking
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
Beer is for horses. Civilised peoples drink wine, blessed nectar of Dionysus. :book:
communist
-
Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
Beer is for horses. Civilised peoples drink wine, blessed nectar of Dionysus. :book:
Actually, I believe the first "civilized" peoples drank beer, whereas even animals know to eat rotten grapes... so actually, it's beer that marks civilization, and wine that is fit only for savages, no matter how expensive and refined it may become. :toff:
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
Stable boy. :book:
Your mother doesn't seem to mind:book:
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Strike For The South
Your mother doesn't seem to mind:book:
That's quite enough of that, gentlemen. :beadyeyes2:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
What happened to my beer thread in the Frontroom? The first thing I did when I got back from my vacation was drink that blessed Belgian nectar, Leffe blonde. The fridge was empty except for a six pack. :barrel: Sooo good! Almost forgot to let it warm up a bit before drinking. It had been so long. :sad:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
I like Shiner...... other than that, I find your beer list to be lacking.:sweatdrop:
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Banquo's Ghost
That's quite enough of that, gentlemen. :beadyeyes2:
I'm not sure if you're aware BG, but here in North America "mom jokes" are now considered the height of humor, while at the same time completely on side and innofensive among friends. So, in Strike's defence, if he had said that to me, my response would have been something along the lines of "LOL!!! Strike for teh win!"
Knowing him as we all do, I'm sure Strike meant his comment in that spirit, and not one of true meanness.
:clown:
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Goofball
I'm not sure if you're aware BG, but here in North America "mom jokes" are now considered the height of humor, while at the same time completely on side and innofensive among friends and lovers. So, in Strike's defence, if he had said that to me, my response would have been something along the lines of "LOL!!! Strike for teh win!"
Knowing him as we all do, I'm sure Strike meant his comment in that spirit, and not one of true meanness.
:clown:
fixed
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Goofball
I'm not sure if you're aware BG, but here in North America "mom jokes" are now considered the height of humor, while at the same time completely on side and innofensive among friends. So, in Strike's defence, if he had said that to me, my response would have been something along the lines of "LOL!!! Strike for teh win!"
Knowing him as we all do, I'm sure Strike meant his comment in that spirit, and not one of true meanness.
:clown:
Thank you for explaining. :bow:
Apologies Strike; but maybe a smiley in future, for those of us ancients who still think insulting one's mother is grounds for gunning you down in the street like a dog? :wink:
-
Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
There's already an official Beer thread. Also people who say all beer is fine apparantly haven't the slightest clue have they?
Also Frag. if it's dutch beer you want, you shouldn't forget La Trappe. It's possibly the best beer you guys have, and it's a trappist which is very unique. As it's the only one that is't Belgian.
Anyway Tripel Karmeliet ftw!
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
If I want a real beer as in beer La Trappe just can´t compete with with flemish ones, I also feel that buying your stuff is the proper thing to do, beer comes from belgium basta. Dutch pils is lovely though.
-
Re : Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Goofball
in Strike's defence, if he had said that to me, my response would have been something along the lines of "LOL!!! Strike for teh win!"
Well in Strike's defense, a hot teenage college football player sounds exactly like the kind of toy my mother would seduce for a weekend's amusement and I was wondering which one was Strike and
Strike and I make friendly banter. Heck, if we'd like each other any more we'd have to get married. None of our mutual insults are ever mean spirited.
We should be a bit careful in our phrasing perhaps, lest people take us seriously and think ours is a proper standard of communication on the .org.
Back to beer: anything Belgian for me. When there, I'll have whatever local beer the bar has on draft. You just can't go wrong.:2thumbsup:
Beer brands can be deceptive. Recipies can be used globally. Some ingredients as well. But fully finished beer is too heavy and expensive to ship all over the world. So brands brew their beers locally. Most notably, they use local water. This accounts for the vast difference in taste and quality of the same brand in different regions and continents. Carlsberg, Heineken - they taste very differently in Europe than they do in America. For the real thing, one has to travel to North Europe.
-
Re: Re : Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
Beer brands can be deceptive. Recipies can be used globally. Some ingredients as well. But fully finished beer is too heavy and expensive to ship all over the world. So brands brew their beers locally. Most notably, they use local water. This accounts for the vast difference in taste and quality of the same brand in different regions and continents. Carlsberg, Heineken - they taste very differently in Europe than they do in America. For the real thing, one has to travel to North Europe.
True. And by the time your Euro-brewed beers make it over here by ship, they just don't taste very good. Someone needs to tell your breweries to bottle their imports in brown bottles like the Brits do, all the continental beers are skunked by the time I get them off the shelves. :no:
-
Re: Re : Re: Re : In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
drone
True. And by the time your Euro-brewed beers make it over here by ship, they just don't taste very good. Someone needs to tell your breweries to bottle their imports in brown bottles like the Brits do, all the continental beers are skunked by the time I get them off the shelves. :no:
I’ve found this particularly true with Stella Artois. The green bottle gives it a skunky taste and while, even though it tastes great with some food (e.g. scallops florentine), I won’t buy it.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
There are a few bocks that come in brown bottles, as well as some of the weirder Belgium beers, but pretty much all the pilsners are undrinkable. There's a place near me with a huge selection of imported beers, but it's pointless to buy them. Such a waste. :cry:
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
https://img391.imageshack.us/img391/613/duvelzs9.th.jpg
'Nuff said.
Edit: hold on, imageshack is ******* up.
Well, what you should be seeing there is an image of Duvel beer, THE best blonde/pale/golden ale ever.
Edit 2: there you go.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Duvel is like swallowing a sponge it just has too many bubbles.
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Xiahou
I like Shiner...... other than that, I find your beer list to be lacking.:sweatdrop:
Well could anyone give me a relatively cheap but good beer I could get? Im open to suggestion!!
-
Re: In honor of the Harvest. The Official Beer thread!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Fragony
Duvel is like swallowing a sponge it just has too many bubbles.
That's the way proper beer ought to be... nice and heady.