Posted on 08/15/2006 12:44:08 PM PDT by Hydroshock
[Why did I just know for sure that this thread would go over 100 replies?]
It hasn't yet. Oh wait... Now it did.
And just for the record IMO a well hopped IPA is good any season.
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Every beer has it's place, but my favorite beer is any beer that didn't come out of a 12 oz can. (Those big Foster's oil-cans are my only exception to the can rule, thus the 12 oz size limitation.)
Hmmm...that's tough.
In the morning I like a good, fruity hefeweizen or a Belgian golden ale.
Afternoon's I like an overhopped IPA if I'm having spicy food or maybe a traditional english bitter.
Dinner I like any Belgian again, from abbey's to alts. Any golden ales, bitters, ESB's.
Late night a nice dry stout or maybe a milk stout like Mackesons XXX.
I like Ales. Not a big fan of Pilsners and/or lagers.
Pilsner-Urquell.
Sounds like a most pleasant day to me!
As for my favorite beer, there can be only one.
Schmidt's went under, so no more Pig's Eye. But I think Schell's owns the recipe?
Tetley's Bitter
what i can recall being great recently
3 floyds - dreadnaught, black sun stout have never had dark lord
Great divide oak aged yeti
fantome - 90% of what i have had, though he changes recipes constantly
abbaye de rocs - tripel imperiale, montagnarde, their grand cru's (2)
de dolle brouwers - most of their beers are top notch
chouffe - houblon doubel is great, their N'ice chouffe is too
rochefort 6/8/10 - i like these better with at least a couple of years of age on them, ditto westvleteren 8/12 ( i dont like westvleteren blond)
for bottle-conditioned bitters, hopback summer lightning is very tasty though there is a bad batch running around (2 bottles from diff states recently).
dogfish head makes both some excellent and some mediocre beers
lambics, pretty much anything from 3 fonteinen or cantillon
this is a top of the head list, and ignores cask/real ale.
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