/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4204718]

Beer thread.
What's your favourite beer, /ck/?

Mine? It's Peroni's blue ribbon lager. Pic related. Absolutely delicious.

I also enjoy San Miguel and Stella.

What about you guys?

[Anonymous No.4204722]

tfw drinking old english again

tfw poor

[Anonymous No.4204723]

>>4204718

[Anonymous No.4204724]

My current favorite is Innis & Gunn Rum Finish.

[Anonymous No.4204726]

This is what I drink the most often, but I tend to be more of wine guy than a beer guy.

[Anonymous No.4204732]

>>4204724
yea, innis and gunn and a nice glass of rum, its like drinking candy

[Anonymous No.4204734]

I like Guinness.

[Anonymous No.4204744]

I love me some Newcastle brown ale.

But I've taken a shine recently to a local breweries beer, particularly their porter. Which I don't normally drink.

[Anonymous No.4204753]

>>4204718
> Peroni
I've actually had this before (not the blue-ribbon lager though), I've never tasted a beer like it before...not in a good way.

[Anonymous No.4204768]

i like pretty much all Brewdog flavours. 5am Saint is probably the one i buy most. not sure how available those are outside of scotland though.

inb4 2hoppy4me

[Anonymous No.4204793]

>>4204722
I can't drink those anymore. My mouth just rejects that shit. Tastes so awful it's ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.4204796]

Favorite would be anything by Surly really. Kinda spendy though, so usually I stick with grainbelt.

[Anonymous No.4204801]

I keep asking this question, and keep getting shat on for being a pleb.

Anyone know an accessible pale lager similar to Stella, that doesn't have that annheuser-busch pisswater aftertaste? I like the initial kick, but it tastes watered down and pissy

[Anonymous No.4204809]

>>4204801
Peroni

[Anonymous No.4204824]

>>4204723
Believe it or not, this is about 10% cheaper, just as stronger, and tastes just a bit better.

No where else in florida where you can get a gallon of 8.1% beer for 5 dollars.

[Anonymous No.4204826]

>>4204793
yeah it really is the worst

i prefer anything over it really but it's the only malt liquor the bodega by me sells

i'm not 21 and i'm poor so i don't have many other options because i want to get drunk

[Anonymous No.4204828]

>>4204722
Dude just get high life if you want that route, or at least some high gravity beers for the kick.

[Anonymous No.4204835]

>>4204828
oe is the highest abv they sell by me

when im back home i drink steel reserve

[Anonymous No.4204837]

What's the cheapest beer you can find? Just curious.

[Anonymous No.4204838]

>>4204835
I don't think that is even a high gravity. At least here they don't give the abv and from taste I'd say it is around 6.5%.

[Anonymous No.4204845]

>>4204718
>Italians
>Making good beer
You've got to be fucking kidding. As for belgian beers, Stella might as well be budweiser. Move up to something with a bit more character, like a malheur 10. Why the fuck are you drinking spanish and italian beers? The dagos make wine, not beer. I'm assuming you're some kind of european, why on earth aren't you drinking czech (Dat budvar), german (Fucking pick any towns local brewery, it's gonna be good), and decent belgian beer? Are you a new drinker or something?

[Anonymous No.4204850]

>>4204809
No, peroni is terrible beer made by a country that should stick to wine. It's piss, even more so than most mass-produced american beers.

[Anonymous No.4204856]

>>4204838
there is a high gravity one though it's not too common

[Anonymous No.4204868]

>>4204845
>>4204850
> duh hudurhrurr
> dudurrhhurr
> fuck you, I'm not typing out my reasoning
> duhhurhurhurrr
> I'm an American
oh boy let's get angry on the internet

[Anonymous No.4204870]

>>4204856
>the more you know

He should find one, or if nothing else get some cheap malt liquors.

[Anonymous No.4204888]

>>4204856
>>4204838
Is high gravity steel reserve really that rare? It's at every liquor store I go to round my parts.
Number one drink for the homeless.

[Anonymous No.4204891]

>>4204868
I'm sorry if you can't control your emotions when posting on forums, but projecting your failures on to others solves nothing son. I'm sorry that the knowledgte that you're paying too much for shitty beer upsets you so much, but there are healthier ways to cope. I'm a Canadian btw, thanks for asking!

[Anonymous No.4204894]

>>4204801
Just about any Kolsch style beer will fit the bill nicely, as will most good Pilsners. Ignore the wops pushing peroni, It's literally the laughingstock of European beer.

[Anonymous No.4204895]

>ctrl+f
>no chimay bleu

welp

[Anonymous No.4204901]

>>4204888
I think it was talking about the Olde English High gravity.

Steel reserve and Hurricane are everywhere, and both get the job done.

I like Hurricane because it is sweet, and of course makes me have shit taste.

[Anonymous No.4204911]

>>4204901
Olde English HG is available at almost all liquor stores here too. Most malt liquors sold here have a HG version. Haven't every found hurricane though. I don't really look too hard anymore though.

[Anonymous No.4204928]

>>4204895
>Good beer
>Unfortunately, for there are much better beers out there for the money.
The more you know...

[Anonymous No.4204934]

>>4204928
> but I'm not telling you what they are or why I think so
ho ho ho
he he he
look at me
and my faggotry

[Anonymous No.4204951]

Stop with the Stella stuff, it's sewer water. Seriously. Get Jupiler instead, should be in the same price category.

If it isn't or it's not sold where you live, get your local decent, simple, honest beer brand. It'll be better than Stella. Way better.

Dunno about my favourite beer. I like La Chouffe a lot.

[Anonymous No.4204965]

NZ fag.
>any Galbraith beer
>Garage Project IPA and Pernicious Weed
>Boundary Road
>any Hallertau beer except no. 2
>any Moa
>the list goes on

I haven't had an imported, megabrewery beer in months. Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.4204968]

<<<< Schwarz, Weizen, Porter.

Godly.

[Anonymous No.4204982]

only in the 330ml cans
tastes great, nobody complains, and it's Danish
also nobody has ever dissed me for drinking Carlsberg

[Anonymous No.4205000]

>>4204982

Carlsberg has an awful after taste.

[Anonymous No.4205011]

>>4204982
>>4205000
Yeah I noticed that aftertaste too, not the best if I'm honest.

[Anonymous No.4205014]

>>4205000
>>4205011
it's not great but it's not shit and you can get it around the world

[Anonymous No.4205029]

>>4204965

Boundary Road is a very low tier brewery in my opinion.

If you want good NZ stuff drink 8 Wired, 3 Boy or even Tuatara.

[Anonymous No.4205052]

Old milwakee

[Anonymous No.4205058]

>>4204718
>>4204718

For your health: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyroe's_disease

[Anonymous No.4205083]

Britbongs, what's the best beer I can get at say, Tesco? I don't mind if its relatively expensive, since I don't drink much. Just curious as to what's the best.

[Anonymous No.4205087]

>>4205083
Guinness

[Anonymous No.4205136]

>>4205087
Okay, except for Guinness (which I love, but for some reason doesn't feel right drinking when I'm watching LOTR and eating peanuts)

[Anonymous No.4205178]

>>4205136
Tuborg, maybe.

[Anonymous No.4205206]

Holy fuck this thread is full of pleb. If you cunts don't like beer, don't drink it.

Pic related, it's actual beer.

[Anonymous No.4205224]

>>4205206

>KBS
>Imperial Stout
>Breakfast Stout

Founders knows how to get shit DONE

[Anonymous No.4205251]

>>4205206
>Double chocolate coffee oatmeal stout

[Anonymous No.4205255]

Cheap and nice.

But beer is sugary piss in general so I don't drink it anymore.

[Anonymous No.4205257]

I suggest everyone try this at least one point in their lives. SO SO GOOD

[Anonymous No.4205259]

>>4205206
>>4205224
>>4205251
Stop samefagging.

[Anonymous No.4205270]

>>4205259
I only posted the screenfuck guy image.

If it upsets you that I genuinely want the beer that dude posted: You can fuck yourself for all I care.

[Anonymous No.4205272]

>>4205259
not that guy, but Founders is fucking excellent, quite possibly the best brewer in the country

I just bought a 4 pack of this a couple hours ago

[Anonymous No.4205283]

>>4205255
Are you actually retarded?

[Anonymous No.4205285]

>>4205206
god that sounds good. I don't drink beer often, but the only stouts I see in supermarkets are like, guinness. guess I'd have to hit up the local BevMo to get that?

[Anonymous No.4205287]

>>4205283

[Anonymous No.4205289]

>>4205272

Ratebeer released their annual top 100 breweries in the world and Founders came in at #3

[Anonymous No.4205290]

>>4205285
not sure where you live, but around here most grocery stores carry it

[Anonymous No.4205292]

>>4205287
>>4205283
>>>/b/

[Anonymous No.4205294]

>>4205289
http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBe/bestbrewers_012012.asp
Number 2 apparently

>dat upper midwestern domination

[Wumplord No.4205296]

I've become a big fan of this stuff recently.

[Anonymous No.4205298]

just curious, from a health standpoint which is better--pale lagers or dark porters?

[Anonymous No.4205303]

beer is for poor plebeians, drink scotch

[Anonymous No.4205304]

>>4205298
most pale lagers are filtered, and filtered beers generally are less nutritious than unfiltered beers as yeast has some good shit in it

[Wumplord No.4205310]

>>4205298
pale lagers have fewer calories. In general, beers that are darker and have a stronger flavor have more calories.

[Anonymous No.4205311]

>>4205303
>beer is for poor plebeians
Bud Light is, but good beer is as good as it gets for alcoholic beverages with whiskey in a close second and nothing else remotely close

[Anonymous No.4205315]

>>4205294

http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBe/bestbrewers_012013x.asp

That one is from 2012. The new list came out yesterday.

[Anonymous No.4205316]

Favorite beer? Probably St Bernardus 12 or Rochefort 10.

As for something I'd drink regularly, probably La Chouffe

[Anonymous No.4205319]

>>4205311
beer is overpriced compared to scotch

[Anonymous No.4205320]

>>4205310
>pale lagers have fewer calories
not necessarily

Guinness for instance is extremely light

Generally the more alcohol a beer has the more calories it will have regardless of how dark it is. (most of the calories come from the alcohol itself)

[Anonymous No.4205324]

>>4205319
>beer is overpriced compared to scotch
wait, what?

[Anonymous No.4205341]

>>4205324
Who knows what he means?

This being 4chan, I'm guessing he means in terms of alcohol content. Because he's 17 and that's all that matters, getting wasted XD party lol.

[Anonymous No.4205350]

>>4205324
Good beer is overpriced because there is less market for good beer, whereas whisky in general is a market in which there's intense competition for a good drink in general.

>>4205341
You're a dense moron

[Anonymous No.4205379]

>>4205320
>most of the calories come from the alcohol itself
>this is what broscientists actually believe
You don't get any energy from alcohol. The "calories" in alcohol aren't actually used by the body.

[Anonymous No.4205405]

>>4205379
> wat is ethanol metabolism

[Anonymous No.4205412]

>>4205350
>Good beer is overpriced because there is less market for good beer, whereas whisky in general is a market in which there's intense competition for a good drink in general.
that makes absolutely no sense

[Anonymous No.4205416]

>>4205412
That's because you're a communist.

[Anonymous No.4205420]

>>4205379
>You don't get any energy from alcohol. The "calories" in alcohol aren't actually used by the body.
um, you are misinformed, the vast majority of the calories in most fermented beverages come from the ethanol.

What else would you expect the calories to come from? remember that the yeast ferments most of the sugar into ethanol

[Anonymous No.4205429]

>>4205416
but good beer sells way better than top shelf whiskey these days, and part of the reason why is that it is so much more affordable. also there is way more competition in the craft beer industry

Sounds like you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about

[Anonymous No.4205446]

Can't go past Little Creature's pale ale.
Or really anything from littler creatures.

[Anonymous No.4205451]

what's the best budget beer?

[Anonymous No.4205458]

>>4205451
High Life

[Anonymous No.4205472]

>>4205451
I still haven't found a budget beer that's actually good.

[Anonymous No.4205484]

i shop by abv

this is a delicious flavorful 10% ipa
not very bitter at all, slight sweet taste from oak aging, also a gentle roasted taste from hops. plenty of flavor and spice. very rich and smooth.

got 4 for the game tomorrow

[Anonymous No.4205488]

>>4205451
whats your style or favorite expensive beer?

yuengling is great if you can get it

[Anonymous No.4205490]

>>4205484

Oh man this shit is good.
I almost got myself a Hellhound yesterday but realized I'm too poor for fancy beer.

[Anonymous No.4205492]

>>4205488
>yuengling is great if you can get it
I really don't understand why east coasters are so attached to this. It doesn't really taste different than the other adjunct lagers, but a lot of them act like its great

[Anonymous No.4205494]

>>4205490
i got the last box in town, but its 10 months old
hopefully it will still be tasty.

[Anonymous No.4205498]

Anchor, you so tasty. Why do people love the steam when you have so many tastier beers?

[Anonymous No.4205500]

>>4205492
crisp, clean, full body brew.
better alternative to sa boston lager imo
anything from ab is shit
miller is just too malty for my taste

[Anonymous No.4205504]

>>4205458
To this day, the best beer to go with a meal for me. It is the table wine of beers.

[Anonymous No.4205502]

Southern Tier Anything

[Anonymous No.4205508]

>>4205494

Don't expect it to be hoppy.

[Anonymous No.4205510]

>>4205500
>full body brew.
not exactly, its still full of adjuncts

I don't drink Sam Adams much, but I would certainly pick it over Yuengling

[Anonymous No.4205512]

>>4205492
>Not drinking the president's favorite mass produced beer

In seriousness it's a great lager with craft beer taste but at a cheaper price.

[Anonymous No.4205515]

>>4205512

>thinking the president has good taste

[Anonymous No.4205522]

>>4205512
>implying the president doesn't just pretend to drink whatever his handlers tell him will poll most favorably

[Anonymous No.4205526]

>>4205515
>thinking your taste is better
>implying taste is anything but subjective

>>4205522
A brew accessible by maybe 20% of the population? That's some shitty polling.

[Anonymous No.4205530]

>>4205522
>Implying the present doesn't pay someone on staff to brew white house beer for him. Obama enjoys stouts.

[Anonymous No.4205536]

>>4205526
>A brew accessible by maybe 20% of the population
I'm sure he pretends different beers are his favorite depending on where he is speaking that night

[Anonymous No.4205541]

>>4205530
I thought the white house's chefs made a honey lager

and by the president pays them, you mean taxpayers do

[Anonymous No.4205549]

>>4205536
>Gets in an international bet with the Canadian PM over who shall buy beer per results of hockey match
>localized choice

[Anonymous No.4205551]

>>4205541
Honey Brown and Honey Porter apparently.

[Anonymous No.4205552]

>>4205536

Pretty sure during that beer summit shit obama did back in 09 he drank Bud Light.

[Anonymous No.4205557]

>>4205551
what a bullshit beer
who would expect anything different from chocolateface
at least it isn't st, ides or colt45

[Anonymous No.4205563]

>>4205557
I'm sure (or I hope) that this is a dumbed down version, and the real one they do is All grain.

[Anonymous No.4205568]

>>4204718
Abita Purple Haze
Magic Hat No.9

Also, I honestly enjoy Natural Light. 12 pk of bottles is only about $8 at wally world and it tastes better than Coors and the gang. Perfect balance of shit teir price and drinkability.

[Anonymous No.4205576]

>>4205568
They sell natty in bottles?

Where do you live that such low tier beers are so expensive?

[Anonymous No.4205580]

>>4204734
I knew a woman whose favorite drinks were Guiness and Jameson. She drank the shit religiously. She was also very overweight.

[Anonymous No.4205583]

>>4205568
natural light is the undisputed best cheap light beer
cheaper and better than bud light, miller light, coors light, ect.

[Anonymous No.4205584]

No lie I love steel reserve. ive been drinking it since I was 19 im 26 now. i usually have a 40oz or 2 every night, im not ashamed of drinking it

[Anonymous No.4205586]

love this shit

[Anonymous No.4205588]

>>4205586
I used to drink this all the time, now it gives me heart burn

[Anonymous No.4205590]

>>4205586
I found the stuff in the bottles to be really, really good (4 bottles 3 flavors) . But I found the cans to be SHIT.

[Anonymous No.4205599]

>>4205584
I kind of wish we had 40's in Australia for the novelty factor.

Gotta try this baby, so delicious.

[Anonymous No.4205609]

>>4205590
Is it just me or does the bottled stuff taste more sugary than canned?

[Anonymous No.4205611]

>>4205586
thats good, if you are a high school girl

[Anonymous No.4205612]

>>4205609
I never had the bottled ones, but dont they have less alcohol content then the cans?

[Anonymous No.4205614]

>>4205611
really they are 12% and under 3 bucks. how is that a bad combo?

[Anonymous No.4205618]

>>4205584
I think I did edward fortyhands with that stuff

[Anonymous No.4205619]

>>4205612
Hm that's what I figured. I've sampled it a few times and it was like Kool Aid with a splash of liquor in it. Not my kinda beverage.

[Anonymous No.4205620]

>>4205614
didn't they change the formula a couple years back?

[Anonymous No.4205623]

>>4205620
yeah, Obama made them get rid of the caffeine

[Anonymous No.4205626]

>>4205029
I like Boundary because its always on special at countdown. When I get get it on tap at Hopscotch I'll always buy it. Never had 3 boy but for some reason I've always disliked Tuatara except for their pils.

[Anonymous No.4205629]

[Anonymous No.4205632]

>>4205623
Ya because he runs the FDA

[Anonymous No.4205642]

>>4205632
he appoints the people that run it

[Anonymous No.4205645]

about to have one or maybe even two of these, shit's gonna be cash

[Anonymous No.4205658]

>>4205632
>>4205642

FDA is corrupt as fuck. Everything they do is in the best interest of pharmaceutical companies. They're illegally seizing fucking Kratom now at customs.

[Anonymous No.4205687]

>>4205619
>>4205609
I think it is 8%, not 12%.

It tastes a hell of a lot better then HG beer though.

[Anonymous No.4205732]

>>4205272
just finished a 4-pack. it's a really great beer.

right now i've got central waters bourbon barrel stout. drinks smooth, creamy, lots of vanilla

[Anonymous No.4205739]

>>4205294
>>4205315
its nice to live in wisconsin, i guess i take for granted the access great lakes states have to good beer. i shudder to think of living somewhere the only stout in stock is guinness, holy shit.

that new list though. california stealing thunder as usual

[Anonymous No.4205742]

>>4205732
>right now i've got central waters bourbon barrel stout
good stuff

I picked up a 4 pack of their peruvian morning coffee stout today

[Anonymous No.4205744]

>>4205498
wtf.. how have I never seen this in stores? I'll be sure to try it in 5 months when I visit the brewery in SF.

[Anonymous No.4205749]

>>4205739
Yeah, having New Glarus, Founders, Bells and Three Floyds readily available at pretty much every grocery store is pretty damn awesome

[Anonymous No.4205750]

>>4205687

its 12

[Anonymous No.4205759]

>>4205742
how is it compared to fuel cafe or flying dog kujo, or any other coffee stout youve had?

i also have CW's bourbon barrel cherry stout right now. if you get a taste at a tasting it will be interesting, otherwise spend your money on something else. the cherry is overpowering.

[Anonymous No.4205766]

>>4205759
better than fuel cafe, not quite as good as breakfast stout, but few beers are

Off the top of my head, probably the 3rd best coffee stout I have had after Breakfast Stout, and Tyranena's Devil made me do it

[Anonymous No.4205768]

>>4205759
>i also have CW's bourbon barrel cherry stout right now
I had that last year, and didn't like it at all

but i really liked New Glarus's cherry stout released last year

[Anonymous No.4205773]

>>4205626

Yeah that's a bonus. Ah I've never visited Hopscotch, but I have heard about it. If you're ever in Wellington, make a trip to Hashigo Zake, one of the best beer bars I've ever been to.

[Anonymous No.4205780]

>>4205750
What I meant was this:

http://foodbeast.com/content/2011//16/four-loko-is-now-available-inlass-bottles/

These were the bottles that I thought tasted so much better, and now I see it is in part due to lesser ABV.

The 12% percent stuff just tastes like it still should have the caffine...or now that its gimick it is just not good.

[Anonymous No.4205791]

I've really been digging Sierra Nevada's Narwhal lately in this cold weather. Bell's Two Hearted Ale is a favorite of mine as well.

[Anonymous No.4205806]

Budweiser Budvar, Staropramen, Birra Moretti.

Those are some of my favourites.

[Anonymous No.4205849]

>>4204824
Hurricane is alright I guess. My go to cheap Malt is Earthquake though. It tastes like death, but it's also 12 percent booze.

I would also interject that my favorite alternative to regular ol Steel Reserve is Steel Reserve Black Label. You can only really get it at a couple of service stations in the town I live though. It is not to be had at grocery stores.

If I want something GOOD I get stout. The only stout I can normally find without driving two hours is Guinness though.

[Anonymous No.4205916]

>>4205739
>>4205749
Wisconsinites are always around in beer threads.

They will never know the glory. Don't listen to them brothers.

[Anonymous No.4206055]

>>4205773
I'll keep that in mind thanks - was just down there for Christmas and heard about the Gasworks in Mirimar so I popped in and was massively dissapointed. Hopscotch is always worth the visit though - they have amazing overproof rum and aged whisky as well.

[Anonymous No.4206076]

>>4205916
All we do is beer. No one can have fun without beer. If you try to have fun without beer (or worse, alone) people look at you like you're a freak.

> tell someone who asks where my friends are at a concert that I came here alone
> 'Oh...... drinking alone, huh?' with a grin (he was probs a bit sloshed)
> 'Nah, just here by myself having fun'
> stops and stares at me for a full minute before moving away
> see him talking to his friends a few moments later, says something and glances at me
> they all laugh

It's cool I'm just trying to cope with life without mind altering substances....... as for beers, I like a nice dark beer. They had a beer infused with coffee and a Swedish Ale that was excellent at a nearby brewery.... we do have lots of delicious breweries.

If I do drink in a bar I get MGD.

[Anonymous No.4206091]

>>4205350
>Good beer is overpriced because there is less market for good beer
You really don't have any idea of what you're talking about. Yes, please stick to scotch/whiskey.

[Anonymous No.4206092]

>>4206076
I can't imagine doing anything social that doesn't involve beer.

I used to like MGD because it's the same recipe as high life but not carbonated. Now I drink High Life when out and about or Miller 64 at home because I'm a big fat faggot.

[Anonymous No.4206104]

>>4205484
Dogfish Head releases a 18-22% abv IPA only on taps, so keep your eyes peeled on that one if you like stronger beers (called 120 Minute IPA).

Also, I think the highest abv "beer" atm is made by Brewdog from Scotland (Sink The Bismarck!) coming in at 41% Good luck getting your hands on it if you live anywhere outside of Scotland, shit's $150, mainly with the massive shipping cost.

[Anonymous No.4206123]

>>4206104
>only on tap
ahem

only shitty thing about this is it's like $12 a bottle at the stores I can find it at

[Anonymous No.4206126]

>>4206104

how is it "beer" if it's 41% abv?

once you get into distillation it seems to me another designation needs to be used.

[Anonymous No.4206129]

>>4206076
I love Wisconsin's drinking culture

I can't imagine how bad it would be to live in the south where baptists think drinking is a sin or something

[Anonymous No.4206130]

>>4206126
well that's the thing, it's not distilled, it's just brewed several times

[Anonymous No.4206137]

>>4206130

using what magical super yeasts? monsanto terminator yeast that thrives on pain?

[Anonymous No.4206141]

>>4206123
HOT.DAMN
well, I live in the west coast, so I haven't seen it bottled.
But yea, I had one of those without seeing the abv on an empty stomach. My light-weight ass was fucked early.

[Anonymous No.4206146]

>>4206126
Apparently, they used the Eisbock technique and froze the water out 4 times. But yea, at that point, its a malt beverage.

[Anonymous No.4206149]

>>4206137
>As explained in a cheeky video on the company's website (warning: the clip contains simulated penguin sex), the brewery was able to attain the high alcohol content by freezing the beer at a local ice cream factory, at temperatures as low as -6°C (21°F), for 21 days. Alcohol freezes at lower temperatures than water, and removing water from the solution increased the alcohol concentration.

[Anonymous No.4206150]

>>4206129
I recently learned some areas in Texas barely have places that sell beer/liquor, like you're better off making moonshine in your house.

Blew my mind.

[Anonymous No.4206152]

>>4206149

freeze distillation is still distillation.

[Anonymous No.4206153]

>>4206150
Where I was in Texas they had drive through liquor barns!

[Anonymous No.4206172]

>>4206150
>>4206153

There are places in Texas like both of these comments. I live in South Texas, which is apparently a very different atmosphere. I've been to Houston, Austin, Dallas, ...etc. and well it's not so different around. I guess you just went to a "dry county" and those are becoming less and less common as far as I've seen.

[Anonymous No.4206178]

>>4206172
I was in rural ass West Texas where they had these liquor barns.

But anyways, the thought of any dry county anywhere is horrifying to us as even the most desolate of towns will at least have a bar. There are unincorporated towns with 3 houses that have a bar.

[Anonymous No.4206186]

>>4206178
up here we have bars that don't even have towns near them

it will be just some rural intersection in the middle of nowhere and have 2 bars at it

[Anonymous No.4206191]

[Anonymous No.4206192]

>>4206172
My pal and his gf from Wisconsin moved down there, they definitely live in a dry county, had to drive an hour and a half to get to a liquor store.

And the guy's a hardcore alcoholic so I don't know how he's coping.

[Anonymous No.4206194]

>>4206192
why would they do that?!

[Anonymous No.4206292]

>>4206152
I don't think the producers nor consumers care

[Anonymous No.4206313]

Old Rasputin stout.

[Anonymous No.4206316]

>>4206146
Surely by that point the solids fall out of solution?

[Anonymous No.4206322]

>>4206316
I would guess most of the flavorful compounds are just as soluble in ethanol as they are in water

[Anonymous No.4206354]

>>4206322
sugars are WAY less soluble in alcohol

[Anonymous No.4206363]

>>4206354
the sugar is fermented into alcohol, so there should be very little sugar left

[Anonymous No.4206405]

>>4206313

This reminds me of a time I went to this tiny little Russian vodka bar run by some ancient woman and her teenage grandson.

I ordered Putinka and she started screaming at me until we left.

Getting thrown out of a place has never been as entertaining.

[Anonymous No.4206410]

>>4206405
>Not at least asking for Russian Standard

[Anonymous No.4206432]

Fuller's ESB

I rarely buy it because it is expensive and I try not to drink, but when I want something perfect. I go out of my way to acquire it.

[Anonymous No.4206442]

>>4205492

I know right? It tastes exactly like a Budweiser or some kind of Miller offering. It just isn't good.

[Anonymous No.4206444]

>>4205498

I love their Steam Beer. Its all I've had of theirs, but that alone is proof that nearly everything they make will be amazing.

[Anonymous No.4206452]

>>4206410

Honestly I was just getting it because Putin.

It was only one shot too for novelty purposes, afterwards I would've tried a selection of their best but oh well.

[Anonymous No.4206453]

>>4206313

Holy shit, gimme a brofist nigga. They got this stuff at the little local grocery store by my house. Fucking expensive for a four pack of bottles though.

[Anonymous No.4206463]

>>4206452
Considering a good 1/5th of the pop at least things he rigged elections, he isn't a safe bet for a tourist.

[Anonymous No.4206466]

>>4204718
MFW Italian 'beer' kicks off thread that acts as plebe magnet

Golden responses.

No really, keep 'em coming

[Anonymous No.4206471]

I cant believe Krombacher hasn't been mentioned yet

[Anonymous No.4206517]

what my beer fridge is stocked with right now.

[Anonymous No.4206543]

>>4206517
>7 nice beers
>Grolsch

[Anonymous No.4206558]

>>4206543
>dat forearm

i'm always impressed with the bodies of athletes

[Anonymous No.4206573]

>>4206543
lol i agree. but i live in a dry community where i can drive to a liquor store only 6 months out of the year and its 350kms away. all they stock for beer is Grolsch, Guinness, Sapporo, Newcastle and a bunch american/canadian glorified cat piss. i buy the Grolsch cause i keep the bottles and i want to use them to bottle my own beer in the near future.

[Anonymous No.4206600]

this shit

[Anonymous No.4206611]

>>4206104
Funny enough, they had a race with a german guy, and the german guy one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDr_eSgJ8

[Anonymous No.4206625]

>>4206573
>i can drive to a liquor store only 6 months out of the year and its 350kms away
>350kms away

Where the hell do you live?

[Anonymous No.4206673]

German Beer!

[Anonymous No.4206713]

Had this shit in paris a few weeks ago.

Fucking great.

[Anonymous No.4206734]

>>4206625
arctic

[Anonymous No.4206791]

I'm 24 and i don't ever drink beer. What should i start with?

[Anonymous No.4206795]

>>4206791
Don't.

[Anonymous No.4206833]

I enjoy this. I also loved San Miguel when I stayed in Alicante for a few months.

[Anonymous No.4206963]

>>4206600
can't stand that stuff
My friends all fucking love it, but it tastes like ass.

[Anonymous No.4206978]

Belgian here, I fucking love Palm. Together with Duvel, they are the best Belgian beers hands down. I also enjoy a nice pint of San Miguel and Corona.

[Anonymous No.4206979]

>>4206791
any craft brew

macrobrews are dogshit but if you reaaaaaally want you can start with swill like sam adams or sierra nevada, sierra nevada being the better choice
then go to a store with a beer selection bigger than two refrigerators full of pabst and just start picking them off the shelves

[Anonymous No.4207017]

I drink this every time I can get it. Unfortunately it's extremely hard to get. There's literally two pubs I know of where I can get it, and boy is it good.

UK btw.

[Anonymous No.4207031]

>>4206979

Sierra Nevada is not swill

but you're probably in the stage where you can't recognize that

[Anonymous No.4207094]

>>4206194
For a job. They have the same major and he just graduated, but she's the one who got offered a job. She's not a big drinker anyways and really, no matter what the guy has said, I know she has him by the balls and he likes it.

[Anonymous No.4207126]

>>4206978

Palm was my first entry into more complex beers. Whenever I'm in town for food and drink I usually order a Palm.

[Anonymous No.4207134]

>>4204718
>Drinking pepperoni flavored beer

[Anonymous No.4207203]

About to settle down for a fabulous evening in with some excellent stout from my local brewers.

What snacks should I buy before the shops close? Preferably something relatively healthy, yet salty.

[Anonymous No.4207225]

black ipa motherfuckerssssss

[Anonymous No.4207227]

>>4206979

Lol. I bet this guy thinks Weihenstephaner is bad just because it's popular in Germany, and Samuel Smith's is bad because it's popular in Britain.

Oh, and what about Stone? Are they just so popular you can't stand to let yourself like them anymore? Boo fucking hoo.

[Anonymous No.4207255]

>>4207227

Neckbeers need a way to feel superior, but even the most expensive beer is still quite inexpensive, and the most rare and exotic beer can be recreated by anyone with a homebrew catalog. So in order to create a much desired sense of exclusivity where, by definition, it cannot naturally exist,they fabricate distinctions like muh seasonal availability and muh growler only.

And now you know.

[Anonymous No.4207261]

I've garnered a liking for Shiner Prickly Pear

[Wumplord No.4207262]

>>4207261
I fucking love that shit. Dem family packs

[Anonymous No.4207267]

>>4207262
Hell yeah. If we're having a get together, a 12 pack of Shiners and a Shiner Family Reunion are must haves.

[Anonymous No.4207278]

I think OP's choice is mighty fine, too.

[Anonymous No.4207292]

Kwak is my favorite beer.

I'm not sure on ales though. They are a good kind of sameness. I'd probably go with Jenning's Cumberland Ale purely because it's my 'home' (it's fucking huge) brewery.

Ciders I actually like the supermarket own brand near me which comes in 2.5L bottles. I'm strange.

[Anonymous No.4207295]

>>4207225

>21st Amendment

I'm jelly man. I live in indiana and can't get that stuff out here. How's the Hell or High Watermelon?

[Anonymous No.4207304]

>>4206191

Americans don't really do drinking do they? If that was a British map it would be solid dark red. There is a fucking pub in every village.

[Anonymous No.4207312]

>>4207017

>YFW every fucking supermarket has that on the shelf.

[Anonymous No.4207316]

>>4207304
Most people drink at home or in restaurants.

[Anonymous No.4207585]

>>4207203
Just be straight with us. You drank a bunch of beer by yourself. Alone. Like you always are.

[Anonymous No.4207592]

>>4207316
That's not even remotely true.

[Anonymous No.4207598]

>>4207304
You live in a country the size of one of our states. There is no comparison.

[Anonymous No.4207606]

>>4207598
Do you not understand the "Per 10,000 households" bit? Seriously, how is there no comparison?

[Anonymous No.4207616]

>>4207606
Because there are pussy states where people don't drink and real states where people love to get fucked up.

[Anonymous No.4207653]

I like darker beers, recently I've been enjoying the Dunkels, in particular , this one. The Franziskaner Dunkel Weissbier

[Anonymous No.4207681]

>>4207304
Running a bar is a lot more feasible in densely populated areas.

[Anonymous No.4207689]

efes pilsen masterrace reporting in

[Anonymous No.4207714]

>>4207606
Learn how to population density. The U.S. is huge, and statistically it doesn't have a large population per square mile. You'll have at least one bar in or around every small population center, but in between a lot of these population centers (especially here in Texas) there will be 20-30 miles of just wilderness or farmland.

[Anonymous No.4207723]

>>4207714
basically southerners have shitty drinking culture, but northerners drink a shit ton

[Anonymous No.4207727]

>>4207723
I like how the tristate area looks like a bunch of nukes went off on it

[Anonymous No.4207731]

>>4207727
there it is more a result of massive population

the Chicago-Milwaukee stretch is the real power house

[Anonymous No.4207735]

>>4207689

either troll or retard. possibly both

[Anonymous No.4207770]

Duvel
Orkney Dark Island
This stuff

But they're all pretty expensive so my regular tipple is Tennents lager.

[Anonymous No.4207773]

>>4204868
only, he's right.
there are some good italian beers, like Del Borgo, but Peroni? you're better off with imported discount beer.
you just don't put fucking CORN in beer.

[Anonymous No.4207775]

>>4207723
most idiotic thing ive ever heard

[Anonymous No.4207787]

>>4207775
>most idiotic thing ive ever heard
What do you mean?

The main cultural difference is the majorit of southeners have super religious and baptsist.

Evangelicals (like baptists) frown upon drinking, there is a social stigma against drinking in much of the south.

Southerners are mostly descended from puritanical british people

Meanwhile in the north everyone is descended from germans and irish, and mostly catholic or Lutheran, cultures and religions that are completely ok with alcohol

[Anonymous No.4207788]

>>4207787
people still get shitfaced on the daily here

[Anonymous No.4207790]

>>4206471
they've recently brought it to my area. fucking fantastic beer. drinkable as fuck.

worked for the distributor at a beer fest, best festival of the year. me an' the rep sat at the back of the show drinking most of the kegs bullshitting about beer.

[Anonymous No.4207793]

>>4207788
some people do, but a much smaller percent of the population drinks in the south

I can't even comprehend how there are entire states, let alone most of the south, where less than half of adults drink in a month

[Anonymous No.4207915]

Shiner Bock from Texas.

[Anonymous No.4207941]

[Anonymous No.4208000]

Pic is the best beer I've ever tried. The Angel's Share by Lost Abbey (bourbon barrel aged version). Perfect if you like big, boozey, complex barleywines. Wish I could try the version aged in brandy barrels with cabernet grapes.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/lost-bey-the-angels-share-bourbon-barr/72798/

Second favorite is probably New Glarus Cran-bic.

[Anonymous No.4208443]

>>4207793
>going 30 days without a drink

disgusting

>>4207731
this picture always bring a single tear of joy to my eye

[Anonymous No.4208447]

Beer from this place in Fredericksburg, Texas. If it didn't contain alcohol, I would still drink it.

[Anonymous No.4208645]

fuck off with your german beers

they're shit nowadays

[Anonymous No.4208647]

>>4204718
leffe

[Anonymous No.4208676]

/ck/ I am a beer newfag. Until recently I'd only tried shit tier pisswater like bud and as expected I hated it. Recently I discovered that I enjoy Guinness draught, but I don't know where to go from there. People here have told me that Guinness is low tier compared to other stuff I could get, so tell me what's good to try based on what I've said here? What do I look for/what brands should I try?

[Anonymous No.4208682]

>>4208676
Just try anything and everything you can. Make a mental note of the styles and breweries that you particularly enjoy. Then try more and more. Even shit tier beers, try those too. Soon enough it will all make sense.

[Anonymous No.4208694]

>>4208682
But I am so poor :I

[Anonymous No.4208703]

>>4208676
where do you live?

[Anonymous No.4208706]

>>4208703
Southern Virginia

[Anonymous No.4209251]

>>4208676
find out what you like

>>4208694
then don't drink, dumbass