Favorite Beer By Far!
 

I have tasted ALL the imports. I like many German and English brands and even a few others but... my favorite by far is a brewer by the name of STONE Brewery.

Stone India Pale Ale - Strong and hoppy! Best i've ever tasted!

Stone Ruination IPA - Super good!

Arrogant Bastard Ale - The best!

Most days, I would prefer a lager to any IPA.

What about the Rogue brand? Smoked Porter and especially Dead Guy ale.

I love stone... best part is the brewery is right down the road from me :-)

Their ipa is amazing. They also have a double ipa that's supposedly pretty damn strong, but I've never tried it.

I like IPA's, however, I prefer them in warmer weather. When the temperatures are cold I much prefer imperial stouts.

you talkin to me??? you must be talkin' to me 'cause i am the only one here!! lol. stone brew is obviously my favorite as well!!! nothing like brewery fresh beer!!

Call me a moron or a rube, but what does IPA stand for?

India Pale Ale

Do they mail order? I'd have to drive like hundreds of miles to get some of this wonderfull sounding brew.

I love IPA's. Unfortunately, if I drink more than one or two I get bad gas the next day so I don't have them very often. When I do, I like Lagunitas more than most.

A Russian or Ukranian Porter is nice on cold days. Otherwise I like anything on tap, that's not 'lite'.

Stone Beer Finder!!
 

here is a stone beer finder, click the link and see if it is near you!!

http://www.stonebrew.com/find/

Munich Beer rules! :cool:

It's all about Kronenbourg 1664! I hope I spelled it right.

Hatt, is there a World Market in your area? They sell it there.

Many grocery stores carry at least a couple of their products. I buy My STONE brews at Trader Joes.

Anybody but me like Grolsch?

www.grolsch.com

I like grolsch....and I'm trying to stockpile the bottles for when I finally brew my own too.

nothing like fresh beer, last night my girlfriend wanted to go to Chilis, i looked on line to see if they have any Stone Beer,they did have just one Pale Ale. i ended up drinking 2 pints with dinner, and I swear it was not as good as the beer i get when i go to stone directly, just has a better flavor.

My favorites are Fat Tire from the New Belgium Brewery, Rogue Mocha Porter and Steinlager. I lived in New Zealand and could not get enough Steinlager.

Huck

I have 4 or 5 cases of the Grolsch bottles. They work great and have a thick rubber washer that can get used many times. I also use cobalt blue EZ cap bottles.

My brother and I like to get the darkest stout available and drink it with a shot of vanilla vodka. I made a homebrew batch where I steeped vanilla in the wort and that came out pretty good.:cool:

You are just begging for a visit by the SwampYankee.

Yes, I went 3rd person on ya! :D

I love me some me. You've been watching too much football Swamp, Jordan G thinks you sound like Chad Johnson.

Chad, you of course used an organic vanilla bean soaked in vodka, yes? We've been trying to make our own extract for like 10 months now and all I've gotten is vodka with a slight hint of vanilla. Which isn't all bad, I suppose.....but the kids don't like it their ice cream:D

You're welcome any time Mr. Swamp. I guess I could start another vanilla stout batch.:D My favorite homebrew is a an amber bock with extra spray malt although I recently enjoyed steeping fresh pelletized hops in another brew. They smell pretty amazing.

Did you simmer the beans in alcohol? They benefit from heat. I think its because of the oils.

I think if you just tossed a few beans in a bottle, it would take a very long time.:)

Hmmm...dunno, my wife organized this production, although I think she just soaked them in a bottle per a recipe (in a dark, warm place?). She tried one with vodka and one with rum....and scraped the seeds out in one of them?

Maybe I shall expedite the process though.....good point.

I like it. Truth is, there aren't too many beers I don't like - other than many of the regular domestic ones. Of those, I like Labatt Blue and Molson Export. The rest are drinkable but usually only at the cottage, where - by some inexplicable union of the improbable - crappy beer tastes better than fancy imports, eh. :D

Grolsch is great. I like their blonde and light...

There is hope! Off to Trader Joe's I go!:D

Ja ich gern Spatan.

While I thoroughly enjoy "good" beers and that's generally what I buy, I'm still able to slum around when the opportunity presents itself. Like when dad's buying. :)

Back when my buds and I were pre-kids and able to escape the then GF's wrath and go "fishing" for a week, nothing beat an ice cold cooler full of Old Milwaukee after a day in the sun! Quantity over quality was the word of the week and it just hit the spot. I don't know that I've had it since then. I ought to buy a 12pk for old time's sake.

We used to get 40's of Crazy Horse Malt Liquor. They were $1.50 each.

A friend's father used to buy beer in a white can that said "BEER". When he couldn't find that it was Piel's. He was all about quanity.:D

San Miguel Dark paired nicely with thin crust pepperoni pizza.

My father showed up at the house for Christmas dinner with a 6pk of Piels in his cooler. Somebody brought it to his house and nobody drank it. It says something about a beer if my father won't drink it. :D But he knew who the beer disposal was. I gave it a proper send off. ;)

I've had plenty of Schaeffer beer too. All the men on my mother's side of the family drove Big Rigs for F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company in the 70's. They were all loyal to their employer.:)

You haven't had malt liquor until you've had King Cobra or a knock-off I once saw called "King Snake." The slogan was "Get Bit by the Snake." :D:D If I remember correctly it was $0.80 :eek: for a 40oz, and this was in the early 1990s. Did not sample any of this fine brew, my guess is that it would have to be nearly frozen for one not to :pukeface: while drinking or soon after.

I also saw a malt liquor on the West Coast about ten (??) years ago. The name escapes me but the slogan was "Another Man Down." :D I think there was a stick figure cartoon laying on the floor somewhere on the label.

Never tried that one either. I'll stick to my Pilsner Urquell and similar styles.

This one is interesting but only in small doses
http://www.victorybeer.com/golden_monkey.html

Believe it or not, I actually discovered Grolsch when I lived in Japan.

I used to drink at a bar that carried it, and it caught my attention because of the unusual cap.

I am always pleased whenever I see it on the menu here in So. Cal, which isn't too often.

The next one.

I found beer regardles of what kind tastes extra sweet when someone else buys it.:D

That sounds really good! I'm going to try that the next time I go to the bar.

I've had Kirin and thought it was OK. What was the popular brew in Japan?

Skippy,

Not as good as the stout with vanilla, but have you ever tried a shot of Amaretto dropped in a mug of beer? It tastes like Dr. Pepper and the head is like soda foam. It's worth trying once.:D

The popular beers that most Japanese drink are:

Asahi
Kirin
Sapporo

Lol, that's exactly it. You go full circle. After drinking premiums in the fancy downtown clubs, you head out to the country/cottage and go fishing. Somehow a Stella doesn't look right next to the tackle box. But a Carling or Lakehead (Make'r a Lake'r, it's a buck a beer) is at home as a labrador retriever at an L.L. Bean photoshoot. Ditto Old Milwaukee or Pabst Blue Ribbon.

It's all about the place, the people, and the time. :D

Those are all pretty good.

If I'm in Japan I'm drinking Sake!:D

That's one thing I can't develop a taste for. I've had "good quality" sake and the whole experience is cool, but it tastes like hot beer to me.

I guess it's an acquired taste, like any alcoholic beverage, but sake is generally only consumed hot in the winter.

I love sake. Maybe too much. :o

But good sake is only drank cold.

And it's good to remember that there is no benefit to aging sake. In fact, it only gets worse.

So drink it fresh, right out of the bottle. :)

Alright, I'll give it another chance.:) If good sake is only drank cold, I must not have had the good stuff.:o

My father's favorite, "Free cold."

And another one of his favorite beer lines, "You know it's been a good day when you save 1000 calories just by drinking Lite beer."

If I lost a hair everytime I've heard that from him, I'd be bald. ;) Hey!...:eek: