Favorite beer

[imjustagirl]

I'm partial to the coasters.

 

[Fly]

Stuff I can regularly get:
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Samuel Adams Imperial White
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
Founders Red Rye
Dieu Du Ciel Aphrodite
Dieu Du Ciel Peche Mortel
Founders Cerise
Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Russian Imperial Stout
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Trappists Rochefort 10
Bell's Hopslam
St. Bernardus Abt 12

Seasonals/Otherwise sporadically available:
Founders Breakfast Stout
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Paulaner Oktoberfest

Rare:
Trappist Westvleteren 12
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout

How are the KBS and Canadian Breakfast Stout? Can't get the latter, and the only place that carries the former sells it for like $13 per 12-ounce bottle.

St. Bernardus ABT 12 is my go-to right now. My best friend and her boyfriend turned me onto Belgians fairly recently, with Gulden Draak. I searched out a Belgian to introduce to them, and the beer guy at the beer place in town came up with that. So ****ing good.

Other favorites:

Southern Tier Pumking
Southern Tier ... well, pretty much all their stouts (Chocolate is best, followed by Mokha, Oat and Jahva, with Creme Brulee a once a year thing).
Stone Russian Imperial Stout
Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Dogfish Head Theobroma
Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy Stout
Oskar Blues Gordon Ale Double IPA
Terrapin Wake 'n Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

I'll think of others

Southern Tier leaves me with an artificial sweetener aftertaste, which is highly off-putting.

I much prefer Founders CBS to KBS. The maple bourbon just mellows out the stout's heavy coffee base taste.

 

[Machine Head]

Tonight, Newcastle is just fine.

Agree on the New Glaus Brewing Company products. I plan on doing a brewery tour there is winter.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

The next one someone pours me for free.

 

[User 1019]

Moose Drool (only had it three times, but a buddy is bringing me some from the Springs for R&R)
Guinness
SA Boston Lager
Anchor Steam
Red Hook ESB
PBR (for those hot, Southern days)

 

[cjericho]

1. Free
2. Free Lite

I remember this being said/written somewhere about sportswriters favorite beers, but I can't remember where.

Excellent. and I like to smoke OPCs. Other People's Cigs.


i have several favorites for different occassions.

summer time at the beech -- kalik (well i guess only at bahamas), landshark, or dos equis

thanksgiving or christmas -- bass, sam adams or dogfish (not sure which kind, but these holidays my brother or uncle always bring one of these beers so i drink them)

getting f'd up and acting like a jackass in the shortest amount of time -- Crazy Horse (wish they still made it)

at home watching a game -- amstel, molson ice, yuengling

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Fat Tire
Harp
Guinness

 

[JackReacher]

So many to choose from...not sure I could narrow it down to just a handful.

When in doubt, I'll take a cold Miller Lite, though.

 

[Drip]

1. Free
2. Free Lite

I remember this being said/written somewhere about sportswriters favorite beers, but I can't remember where.

Excellent. and I like to smoke OPCs. Other People's Cigs.


i have several favorites for different occassions.

summer time at the beech -- kalik (well i guess only at bahamas), landshark, or dos equis

thanksgiving or christmas -- bass, sam adams or dogfish (not sure which kind, but these holidays my brother or uncle always bring one of these beers so i drink them)

getting f'd up and acting like a jackass in the shortest amount of time -- Crazy Horse (wish they still made it)

at home watching a game -- amstel, molson ice, yuengling

Are you down with OPP too?

 

[mustangj17]

Regular beer - Labatt Blue
Light beer - Bud Light
Change of pace beer - Rolling Rock
Seasonal beer - Lienenkugel's Summer Shandy or Goose Island Summertime
Ale's -Goose Island 312
Fruity Beer - Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat or Harpers Raspberry Wheat
Lager - Moosehead Lager
Stout - Guiness (of course).

I also have to give a shout out to the beer that started it all for me: Busch Light.

 

[mustangj17]

Bell's Batch 6000 is Biervana for me, especially the Barrel-Aged version poured by Larry Bell himself from a 3L bottle at the 09 Great Taste of the Midwest.

Goose Island Sofie
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (especially with about two years' age on it)
Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout
Surly Two
Surly Smoke
Surly Darkness
Surly Bitter Brewer
New Glarus Moon Man
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Jolly Pumpkin Bier de Mars (this year's batch was tremendous)
Jolly Pumpkin Weizen Bam
Founders Black Biscuit
Short's 5th Anniversary Blood Orange Wheatwine
Short's Bourbon Wizard
Short's Hangin' Frank
Short's The Woodmaster
Capital Autumnal Fire
Ballast Point Sculpin
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Blind Pig
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Cascade Cuvee de Jonguelier
New Belgium Eric's Ale
Bell's Hopslam
Bell's Wild One
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Deschutes The Abyss (just had an 07 last month, absolutely stunning beer)
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Town Hall Masala Mama IPA
The Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme
Fantome Saison
Boulevard Saison-Brett

Off the top of my head...

No Oberon? That's the best beer Bell's makes!

 

[cranberry]

I like a lot of the usual suspects: Pilsner Urquell, Stella, Becks, Guiness, Sierra-Nevada and some of the not-so-usual suspects like Labatt 50 and Presidente.

But here's one I tried for the first time at a cookout on Saturday night and really, really enjoyed. In fact I liked it too much, according to my wife:

Flying Dog. It's brewed in Maryland now but apparently has Colorado roots. The "Doggie Style" ale won an award at the GABF and Ralph Steadman (you've seen his art on Hunter Thompson bookcovers) does the label and advertising creative.

 

[Huggy]

1. Pacifico (I LOVE this beer)

Man, I love this stuff. Drank plenty of it in Cali a few years back and forgot all about it until I saw it in New York in the summer. Wish it was available here in Toronto.

Some of my faves:

Labatt Blue
Keith's
Carlsberg
50 (hi JJ!)
Creemore
Sleeman's Dark
Waterloo Dark
Anchor Steam
Molson Stock Ale
Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Chocolate Stout (mandatory for me on Christmas Day)
Tiger (from Singapore)
Cobra (a beer from India I found in our local liquor store)

 

[micropolitan guy]

Any list that does not include Genny Cream and Utica Club is inherently flawed, mine included. Almost everyone I knew as a kid lost his/her beer virginity to the Green Death or a UC.

 

[Fly]

Bell's Batch 6000 is Biervana for me, especially the Barrel-Aged version poured by Larry Bell himself from a 3L bottle at the 09 Great Taste of the Midwest.

Goose Island Sofie
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (especially with about two years' age on it)
Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout
Surly Two
Surly Smoke
Surly Darkness
Surly Bitter Brewer
New Glarus Moon Man
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Jolly Pumpkin Bier de Mars (this year's batch was tremendous)
Jolly Pumpkin Weizen Bam
Founders Black Biscuit
Short's 5th Anniversary Blood Orange Wheatwine
Short's Bourbon Wizard
Short's Hangin' Frank
Short's The Woodmaster
Capital Autumnal Fire
Ballast Point Sculpin
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Blind Pig
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Cascade Cuvee de Jonguelier
New Belgium Eric's Ale
Bell's Hopslam
Bell's Wild One
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Deschutes The Abyss (just had an 07 last month, absolutely stunning beer)
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Town Hall Masala Mama IPA
The Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme
Fantome Saison
Boulevard Saison-Brett

Off the top of my head...

No Oberon? That's the best beer Bell's makes!

Ummmmmm no.

 

[93Devil]

1. Free
2. Free Lite

I remember this being said/written somewhere about sportswriters favorite beers, but I can't remember where.

Like my women - ready to pass out.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but, at near $8 a six-pack, not that often

Stroh's Lite is $15 for a 30-pack. If you drink the first three quickly enough, you don't really taste the next 27.

 

[93Devil]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but, at near $8 a six-pack, not that often

Stroh's Lite is $15 for a 30-pack. If you drink the first three quickly enough, you don't really taste the next 27.

Do they let you finish the last one in the patrol car?

 

[JackReacher]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but, at near $8 a six-pack, not that often

Stroh's Lite is $15 for a 30-pack. If you drink the first three quickly enough, you don't really taste the next 27.

Do they let you finish the last one in the patrol car?

That was funny.

 

[JR]

Cobra (a beer from India I found in our local liquor store)

They sell beer from India in Brampton? What a surprise.

At our local liquor store Żywiec, a Polish beer, is apparently one of their top sellers.

I drink mostly Amsterdam Blond at the Goose but I'm partial to the Mill Street Organic.

Big fan of Molson Stock Ale but there are hardly any places that carry it and you can only buy it in two-fours at The Beer Store.

Had a nice Pilsener from the Stratford Brewing Company when HC & I were down there on the weekend.