OK, most of ya like beer, but check this out.

[Rustyt1953]

I wish Arik would chime in. He is a homebrewer and definitely knows beer.

 

[steveno]

Steveno,

I thought this was about that dark hair babe with the fine cleveage.

the only thing I can say is that there is a LOT of cleveage at Oktoberfest

 

[StakeOut]

Not a fan of much anything with added flavor, be it beer, hard liquor, coffee or tea. I drink mostly Shiner Premium and Shiner Bohemian Black Lager. The black lager is better at room temp than it is cold.

Of course, free beer is free beer.

Most beer is served too cold and the flavor is not fully present.

At 45F a nice hoppy lager should be served while the darkies like double bock,porter and stout are best at a higher temperature between 65F and 70F for all the flavor to be present.

Bud Light,who drinks that swill!

Texas craft beers rock!

 

[JH1951]

In a word:
Guinness (or a good substitute).

 

[Ogandydancer]

AB and Miller are now made by InBev, which makes Stella. InBev just sold Peroni last year . . .

Didn't know that.At least they haven't ruined those yet.

 

[Salty RI]

Not a beer fan.
Whiskey is my hobby. I mix it with an empty glass.

It's better right out of the bottle, in a brown paper bag.

 

[johngalt]

Back in the day, as in the Middle Ages, people drank beer because the water was undrinkable. Beer has just enough alcohol to kill the bacteria in the water.

 

[Muley Gil]

I spent two years in Kosovo and did a fair bit of beer drinking with my German and Austrian po-leece friends. I really like Paulander's wheat beer. I saw Austrian police and soldiers drinking beer mixed with cola. I didn't try that.

 

[Sevens]

Will beer snobs EVER understand that folks don't give a damn what they think?!

If you could design an item, advertise it, produce it and then sell and profit from it at even a fraction of 1% of what Budweiser did with their beer that you hate, MAYBE then would the ranting of a beer snob be worth listening to, if simply for the business lesson.

Beer snobs are amongst the most YAWN of any kind of snob.

 

[Muss Muggins]

The first thing to look at in my little corner of the world is "Is this on sale?" and "Do I need a 30 pack, or will an 18 pack do?" I'll never understand why a plain ole consumer would put the thought level described below into a beer . . .

Brewer's Friend - Homebrew Beer Recipes, Calculators, and ForumI'll park this here for those who might want a crash course in the untold world of beer.

Those who'd call anything not black as sin a girlly beer probably should lay your porter's along side a Belgian tripel and compare.

The first thing to look at is OG or SG (Original gravity / starting gravity)
This figure indicates how much sugar is in the wort before the yeast has its way with it. More sugar, more potential alcohol. Yeast selection fine tunes this a bit.
A Belgian tripel starts out 1.080 - 1.095. This is a big beer. this was my first home brewed beer .... I save this beer for the end of hard days.

An English Porter, there shouldn'd really be any other kind, goes between 1.045 - 1.070. It seems a bit less strict in this dimension.
While a much darker brew, it's not "bigger" by any means.
The lower gravity examples are largely in line with session ales.

Dissection of the two types reveals that the base malts are fairly similar.
be it called pilsner, 2 row, 6 row or maris otter .... these are all just some kind of malted barley.

Color and a large portion of flavor comes from the special malts ... same as the base malts, only toasted.

Belgians tend to use things ranging from lightly toasted grain in the 15L to 40L range .. kinda like a golden slice of toast.
Porters use 60L - 120L .... like toast of scorched earth, spitefully made with the finest napalm.

Those who might like to take a crack at homebrewing might find BIAB methods to be a good starting point.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Beer snobs are amongst the most YAWN of any kind of snob.

I put 'em right up there with vegans and people who only eat free range chicken . . .

 

[snubbyfan]

Will beer snobs EVER understand that folks don't give a damn what they think?!

If you could design an item, advertise it, produce it and then sell and profit from it at even a fraction of 1% of what Budweiser did with their beer that you hate, MAYBE then would the ranting of a beer snob be worth listening to, if simply for the business lesson.

Beer snobs are amongst the most YAWN of any kind of snob.

And cigar snobs.
The ones who say stuff like, "I only smoke Cubans." Or, "if it wasn't hand rolled in Cuba, it's not a real cigar."

 

[soFlaNative]

There's always room for trimmed bread crusts and lifted pinky fingers.
I'll just offer them a Bud and hope they'll sit down and shut up.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[venomballistics]

There's always room for trimmed bread crusts and lifted pinky fingers.
I'll just offer them a Bud and hope they'll sit down and shut up.

I'd take a Miller HighLife.
Bud I can't figure out past the most aggressive ad campaign in the history of alcohol. but all other mainstream brews ... they are popular market staples for a reason.
Meanwhile, homebrewing isn't all extreme craft with exotic grass seed from virgin forests of Zimbabwe. SMASH brewing is common ... Single Malt And Single Hops.
Even simpler ... skeeterPee ... it's fermented sugar water.

 

[The Big D]

Oh, my!

Some of you would be right at home in my 'hood...the home of what must be the highest number of beer snobs, per capita, in the entire world. And I live in a very blue collar city.

Seriously, my favourite beerroom here has about twenty (20!) craft beers on tap at all times...rather expensive ones, too. And they sell like hotcakes. A micro-brewery just opened; the cheapest stuff they sell is $6.00 (American) per pint. I go there only to enjoy the OUTDOOR ambiance and abundant sunshine! And smoke cigars! Last Saturday suggested they should have an ATM; they were not amused.

On the other hand, I am a 'consumer'...not a 'connoisseur.'

I daresay the majority of the folks sipping the yuppie beverages wouldn't be able to tell a Dogfish Head from a Miller Lite. But they want to impress, I reckon.

Me? I am sitting at the bar drinking 2 buck PBR pounders. (That's a 16 ounce can for those who may not be familiar with the term.) I am regularly asked if I cannot afford the high end stuff.

Be safe.

PS: Oh, I cannot wait to hear from the critics among us who will likely chime to accuse us of all sorts of bad stuff by having a gun whilst enjoying a legal pleasure.

 

[steveno]

I would like to see a blind taste test between the owners of the microbreweries and see if they could pick their own beer out of maybe 10 beers. I doubt it

 

[sigp220.45]

I tended bar for several years, before the craft beer craze. We had Oly, Bud, Miller, and PBR on draft. I was also in charge of changing out the kegs. While I made an effort to make the kegs match the tap handles, if we were out of one I would just hook up another brand. No one ever noticed, even the "my beer is great, yours is horse whiz" guys. If their eyes saw it come out of an Oly tap, their brain told them it was Oly.

 

[venomballistics]

The first thing to look at in my little corner of the world is "Is this on sale?" and "Do I need a 30 pack, or will an 18 pack do?" I'll never understand why a plain ole consumer would put the thought level described below into a beer . . .

Im just trying to show you whats under the hood, while pointing you to the parts shop so someone can build one themselves.

Like anything else one might build .... you have to measure something somehow

 

[Muss Muggins]

I miss Olympia . . .

I tended bar for several years, before the craft beer craze. We had Oly, Bud, Miller, and PBR on draft. I was also in charge of changing out the kegs. While I made an effort to make the kegs match the tap handles, if we were out of one I would just hook up another brand. No one ever noticed, even the "my beer is great, yours is horse whiz" guys. If their eyes saw it come out of an Oly tap, their brain told them it was Oly.