Posted on 03/12/2016 6:05:35 PM PST by rickmichaels
There are 20+ breweries within 1/2 hour of here and only one makes a lager. It’s a constant battle of insults with my kids who like the hopped up crap of the brew fashionistas and call me a beer neanderthal for liking a good old fashioned and hearty lager.
Czech’s make a budweiser or made and sold when I was stationed in Italy that had a massive alcohol content ...... equal to a stateside six pack pretty much.
It was great !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Budvar_Brewery
my post #22...... just saw your reference. Love that stuff.
I read somewhere that lager came from the new world. The lager yeast that is. Tough not purposely.
Like wines and hard spirits, there are various brews that have distinctly different tastes if you care to experiment.
I’m not talking about those silly bottlings like ‘pumpkin pie beer’ that Sam Adams puts out to increase sales on a seasonal basis. I bought a 12 pack sampler of their various brews once and found most undrinkable, the worst being one that was meant to resemble the taste of char broiled grill. UGH!
Several years ago I found that the lowly Pabst Blue Ribbon went really well with a good steak. Who knew?
Don’t know for sure, may be because I’m so far south- eg, I’ve got a case of Rooney’s Irish out of Da Burgh for St Patty’s Day festivities instead of Guiness...too hot for the dark stuff— like the German Kolsch beers and Shiner Bock out of Tx. The Munich Helles style beers are also good hot weather beers. Everyday beer? Coors. Regular, not light. No respect for men who drink lite beers.
American craft IPAs are sooo good according to my taste buds. And there are so many excellent ones to choose from.
The waiter brought a tray
I have no idea why my two links at comment #30 did not show up as separate red, clickable lines. Will try again.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401672/Health-Benefits-of-Hops.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852439/
Can't happen...hops is related to marijuana.
Oh, a Heineken fan, I see. :-P
I wonder how many quips and puns I will be forced to BEER on this thread.
Beer puns are good for what ales you.
I see you are in good spirits.
Does Fiji have beer?
Hi, old FRiend!
“Oh, a Heineken fan, I see. :-P”
I spent several months in Oman last year. The only place to get beer was at the hotels. Though I should have been thankful I could get beer at all, the only stuff available was Heineken or Fosters or worse, ugggghhhhh
There are dozens of lagers that meet those specs, but Bud aint one of them.
ANYTHING from Germany or the Czech Republic should be tried.
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