Beer Adventures

[Texas Ranger]

Probably told this story before, but, in a bar in North Carolina that boasted of over 100 beers, so being a Texan I asked for a Shiner Bock, What?  OK, how about a Dos Equis, What? OK, how about a Lowenbrau Dopplebock, What? After a while I gave up and asked for a dark beer, didn't recognize it, drank it, went on my way.

[Raider Bill]

I used to order a black and tan,  not the one in a can mixed.  A half glass of Bass ale, and then over a spoon near the top of the ale, is Guinness stout.  best if it is on tap with nitrogen for the gas so you get the tiny bubbles and foam that cascade back into beer, and then the stout is on top and a ale on bottom.  you can see where they meet.  after the stout you transition to the ale.  the joke is that the Irish and English do not mix.  or they will make it with all Irish beer in an Irish pub.  no English at all.  For fun order a black and tan next time you are in an establishment with 30 beers on tap.  

How To Pour A Black - YouTube

I used to order half and half which was Guinness and Harps drawn the same way.
Tuesday at the pub, Someone ordered a peanut butter coffee stout over a mango wheat beer. Yuck.

[B.C.C. Lapp]

Invite me to your place and Ill drink whatever beer you offer me and most likely Ill like it.  Come to my house and Ill offer you a "Straub" beer.  Brewed right here in St. Mary's Pa.   Good stuff, Im having one now and Im mighty glad.

[kantuckid]

We were travelling Ireland once and did first few days in Dublin upon arrival. We went to a big beer & food venue where you could try lots of beers, ales, etc., which I did. I recall having found only a couple that I liked out of many they offered and they were both something that you could see light through the glass. I'm sure not a Guiness drinker! 
After a few very dark trials our waitress knew what not to bring me to try out next. 
I just don't like what I'll call heavy stouts or similar beverages. At the other extreme, neither do I like flavorless beers or too much bite from hops. 
The beer I remember best is the very cold one I enjoyed recently after a hot day outside.
Interesting all the American beers that were once very popular but bit the dust in the past several decades. When I first moved to KY I became a fanboy of several Cincinnati beers that were brewed there, now gone. Remember the Stroh's guy crawling the desert in TV ads needing a drink? Thats wasn't long ago. Schilitz was once very popular as was PBR and many others now dead or mostly so. 
   

[Raider Bill]

Around here PBR is popular with the hipsters.
It's funny as I have drank at least 2 tanker trucks of Bud throughout but now I can't stand it.

I like ti use Fat Tire to cook with.

Here are a couple Hazy's I enjoy.



 

 
Sweetwater brewery out of Atlanta does a great job as does Sierra Nevada which started in Cali but also has a brewery in Ashville, NC
If you ever get a chance to tour the Ashville location do it as it's quite informative. They have a restaurant there that had some of the best short ribs I've ever tasted.

[sawguy21]

For years I didn't like the few American beers available here, they all tasted like dishwater. I have since had some I really enjoyed, one I particularly remember was an ale from Deschute's in Bend OR. Very unique flavor, I bought some to bring home. Another surprise was in Sioux Falls SD, a local dark draft that was really good.

[doc henderson]

Now this was a beer adventure.  We went to Omaha to see Vince Gill.  what a concert.  he played from 20:00 till 22:30, then returned after a standing ovation, and played another hour.  great concert.  for dinner before the concert we went to Smokin Oak, wood fired Pizza and tap room.  you get a bracelet, and it activated a tapper so you can draft your own.  the hard part is choosing from the 30 or so beers, and other drinks like wine, or an old fashion.  It keeps a tab and charges by the ounce.  Pizza was good too, and reasonable price.  you can put an ounce in your glass and take a sip to see if you like it.  



 

 

 

[sawguy21]

Cool ;D. 

[B.C.C. Lapp]

I agree. That would be a fun place to try out.   But I'd not be driving when I left.

[doc henderson]

It was nice to try stuff at 64 cents and ounce. do not need to order a whole glass to find out you do not like it..  some was 34 cents. 

[Machinebuilder]

I do like a good craft beer, I gave up on large mass produce beer a long time ago.

My current favorite is Bell's Light hearted ale, its a lighter version of their 2 hearted ale which I really like.

[aigheadish]

You guys have some winners! I have the tendency to drink around 1 good beer, typically an IPA, in the evening after work, then will switch to cheap beer or not have any more that night. Usually I have a glass of bourbon around 9p when the wife goes to bed. 

My favorites right now are Lagunitas Hop Stoopid (I haven't seen it around lately but it's very good) and Maximus Colossal IPA, a 9%er. I like some of the others mentioned above, Sweetwater 420 is a light IPA I think and it's a good one to drink several of, and there are a few local breweries I like between Dayton and Cincinnati we have more good beer than we can shake a beer can at. I try to pick up something I know I like and something different when I go to buy beer. I've also saved a lot of the 6 pack cartons which I plan to plaster all over the top section of my shop wall, up by the ceiling, some day. I no longer remember what all I've tried and what all I haven't, but tonight is stop at the liquor store night, so we'll see what comes home with me. 

My go to cheap beer, care of my wife, is a Rolling Rock, ice cold please, this has been her beer of choice for a long time now. I've been through the other cheap beers Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light, PBR, and going way back to Killian's Red and Icehouse, and I'm sure others I'm forgetting, but nothing is quite as good at this point in my life as an ice cold Rolling Rock in a bottle. 

[doc henderson]

Mickies wide mouth "skunk beer" just out of high school.

[kantuckid]

I have a beef about beers & I'll throw this out- Some beers I like get crowded out by these IPA's you guys mention, also by flavored alcohol drinks.
Not good!
Same thing happened to our ability to buy bags of whole bean coffee as the Keurig crowd and their little aluminum cups in a box took over shelf space.
Also not good!
 
I had to google Mickies skunk beer-never heard of that one. The website that came up first gave it a 61/100 poor rating.

 Colt45 was popular back when I was a young KS adult bought at a liquor store so the % was high enough to make it work.

[doc henderson]

skunk beer is what we called it.  well, the liquor stores carry what sells.  you can buy your beer at Wal-Mart.   :D :D :D it came in a glass bottle and the top was 2 inches across.  again, have not had one since shortly after high school.
had a patient say he only drank 3 beers.  His alcohol beat the record at KUMC.  he did not seem that drunk.  level 529.  I got my name on the record board.  they have to not die within 24 hours.  I said if you only had 3, what kind was it (1992).  He said, "mule kicker 44".  I asked why it is called that.  he said because each can is 44 oz. of beer.  lol

[Raider Bill]

SweetWater 420 [not g13] and Sweetwater IPA are go to's in my beer box. actually the 420 is what got me started on the IPA kick.
 I never liked the skunky beers like Heineken.
 
I figure I've drank at least 2 tanker trucks of plain bud before converting to ipas. Now I can't stand bud.

[sawguy21]

I will drink Bud (NOT Lite!) if that is all that is available but ours is brewed here under license and is not the same. Same with Coors, too light for my taste. Give me an IPA or brown ale such as Sleemans and I'm happy. We have a local stout called Back Hand of God (I'm not kidding) that is quite good but in small amounts, one is enough. I can't handle Guinness.

[Machinebuilder]

for a high alcohol, good tasting beer

Final Absolution, Dragonmead Brewery

Its a Belgian tripple ale.  28ibu 10.0%abv

I switched after the first one, I knew a second was too much

[doc henderson]

I drink Michelob ultra when hot and thirsty (chance of drinking more than one).  I also drink an occasional bud, Cholada.  we make our own with Zing Zang, which is a bloody Mary mix, but you have to like black pepper.  I took some to @customsawyer project one year (2018) and those grit eatin folks looked at me like I was crazy (they may have been right). :D

[chet]

How da heck did I ever miss this tread.     I don't consider myself a snob, I just like my beer.  Brewed at home for a number of years, but soon noticed I wasn't stayin' as slim and trim as I once was. So it was back ta da commercial watered down stuff.  :(  May have ta try again and see if it still wants ta make me look fat.  :D

[Ianab]

Just because You've got a taste for the craft beers, doesn't mean you have to give up on mainsteam brews.  ;)

Tui is a classic NZ beer dating back to 1889, although it's now incorporated into one of the 2 big breweries and made on several sites. It used to be labelled as "IPA", but since other breweries have been making actual IPA recipes, they have changed the label and just claim it's "Classic Tui Beer". 



 

Named after the Tui, which is a common native bird. Another example of smart branding. 

[Walnut Beast]

That's a neat little history 

[Walnut Beast]

Dogs want to get in on the action to 😂

Take your beer adventure in the shower 😂

I thought about getting the kids a can but sorry Bush corporate I wasn't three sheets into the wind at five bucks a can or twenty for a six pack. Gonna have to wait till it's on sale 😂

[Old Greenhorn]

My daughter bought me a bar of that soap for fathers day. I have to say, it works pretty good and I have it at the sink where I wash up when I come in. Has a nice smell too but a bit widespread. Either I am getting used to that or it is calming down a bit as it dries up. That bar is pretty good sized, should last quite a while.

[chet]

Do ya smell like stale beer after a couple days?  :D :D