Another Beer Thread

[AlexanderSextus]

I Love BEER! I even brew my own. My latest was an English Special Bitter. My friends literally JUST tried it and by all accounts it was a great beer. In a 5 gallon batch, I used 2 cans extra light malt extract, a half a pound of Aromatic malt, a half a pound of crystal 40L malt, a half a pound of victory malt, a quarter pound of special roast malt, and a quarter pound of crystal 60L malt. I used an ounce of East Kent Goldings hops (kentish hops are a MUST for english ales) for flavor and an ounce of Fuggle hops for aroma. I used a London ESB liquid yeast. It came out a nice pretty amber color. Bottled with 4 ounces of corn sugar for carbonation.

My Favorite Beers:

Yuengling Lager. It's not the BEST beer out there, but it's FAR better than the standard CRAP beer we have here in America. It's also quite affordable. This beer represents what was brewed in the US before Prohibition. Prohibition caused the smaller breweries that made good beer to go out of business. Only the crappy breweries, Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Pabst and Coors survived.

Originally, American beer was characterized by the fact that we had inferior malted barley compared to Europe, so we would add just enough corn to lighten the body of the beer and create enough enzymes to ferment the barley. We made good beer from crappy ingredients.

Nowadays beers like budweiser (yuck) use RICE as the main ingredient and pabst (meh) uses up to 75% corn in their beer. No wonder they suck so bad. Even Japanese rice lagers use more barley.



Czechvar is the American name for the original Budweiser Budvar brewed in the Czech Republic. Stupid greedy American beer companies prohibited them from using the name Budweiser in the US. This is one of the best beers I have ever had. Great smooth lager taste with a nice malty flavor and strong Noble Hop taste upfront. I encourage everyone to try this one. Not Cheap in the US.



Sam Adams Noble Pils is an American made version of a European Pilsner, and uses the same Noble Hops, imported from Europe. It's definitely up there with Czechvar, Although being an American version is much Hoppier than would be expected of a European beer. This one has a kick. It's not the same as Czechvar, it's less malty but it's a very drinkable beer. Strong Tettnang hop flavor throughout with some maltiness in the background.



I Love Love Love Love Guinness. This is what i mostly drink in the wintertime.

We've all had guinness, I would think. Super strong roasted malt taste, with noticeable hop flavor. Creamy head with a thick mouthfeel.