Official Beer Review and Reflection Thread

[He Man]

Where in the country are you in that they carry it?

Brooklyn N.Y.

Yuengling is easy to get on the east coast i guess. though only half the bars ive ever been to have it on tap. Id usually drink Stella or blue moon since thats what most bars carry, but always yueng if they have.
Isnt Yuengling the oldest american beer?

[SKOM]

My all time favorite:



Close second would be the Newcastle or Newky Brown as the locals call it.

[madmax178]

Brooklyn N.Y.

Yuengling is easy to get on the east coast i guess. though only half the bars ive ever been to have it on tap. Id usually drink Stella or blue moon since thats what most bars carry, but always yueng if they have.
Isnt Yuengling the oldest american beer?

Suppose to be, but not in the midwest I guess.  Closest we can get it is nashville

[stateprez]

IPA's are definitely my favorite....Magic Hat #9 and Redhook Longhammer most of the time.  I was in  Montana this summer and had one of the best I've ever had....Tamarack Brewing Hat Trick Hop IPA...


I'm also a big fan of Victory Golden Monkey for summer, and for winter Highland Cold Mountain seasonal from Asheville, NC.

[SacDuc]

Another favorite is Young's Double Chocolate Stout.

I tried to convince myself that I like that stuff back when I went through the enevitable male beer snob phase of "I only drink the darkest or hardest to find beers on the planet" (which of course is the next logical step after the, "all domestic beer is horse piss phase"). The problem I had is that drinking this stuff is like being raped in the mouth by flavor. There is too much of everything. Too much chocolate, too much toasty malt, too much alcohol.

I generally shoot for the simple and satisfying now.

Hot sunny day = Pacifico (and keep 'em coming!)
Drinking = Bass, Fat Tire, Boddington's Anchor Steam, etc.
Mooching off of the Inlaw's = Spaten or Whitbread
Back Home in the Brew City = Lake Front Brewery tour (best EVAR!)

[Grampa]

I keep it simple (much like me...a simpleton)

[Vindingo]

For some reason every Heineken I have ever drank tasted skunked to me.  Maybe this is how they taste?

[cmorgan47]

For some reason every Heineken I have ever drank tasted skunked to me.  Maybe this is how they taste?

no.  it's cause every heineken you have ever drank was probably skunked.
green and clear bottles are bad at filtering the UV.

i remember reading once, that if you have a friend who only drinks "imports" to pour him 2 beers.  both identical, but mix a bit of the nastiest, skunkiest, left over bear you have into one glass.  they will inevitably identify that one as the "better" beer cause they're used to skunked beer.

also, it's my firm belief that other countries only export their most mediocre beers to us; i.e., i believe that Bass is the bud of england

[Airborne]

[Howie]

My choice of beers vary with weather and food.  High on my list is any IPA from Stone Brewing and pretty much any non wheat bear from Belgium.

[sno_duc]

I tried to convince myself that I like that stuff back when I went through the enevitable male beer snob phase of "I only drink the darkest or hardest to find beers on the planet" (which of course is the next logical step after the, "all domestic beer is horse piss phase"). The problem I had is that drinking this stuff is like being raped in the mouth by flavor. There is too much of everything. Too much chocolate, too much toasty malt, too much alcohol

After you drink "big beers" for awhile suddenly anything less is to quote Stone "IZ_ yellow wussy beer"

My choice of beers vary with weather and food.  High on my list is any IPA from Stone Brewing and pretty much any non wheat bear from Belgium.

Any thing from Stone, right now I'm enjoying a Stone Russian Imperial Stout. 

[DRKWNG]

and pretty much any non wheat bear from Belgium.

Here here!!  All must pay homage to the glorious Trappist Ales!

[krolik]

I had a Langunitas Hop Stoopid IPA at the Oregon Brew Fest yesterday that was outstanding.  It was 110 IBUs.

[Gator]

I keep it simple (much like me...a simpleton)

heineken make the beast with two backs that shit pabst blue ribbon!

[Xiphias]

Duvel