Posted on 01/11/2005 9:16:33 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
I only drink the locally brewed microbeers or Guiness now and again. Bud and Miller have absolutely no taste.
Hmmm. I am a big fan of a good Belgian lambric, personally. I don't like beer in general. Give me a lambric or a Long Beach, if I'm going to drink something.
It seems there is no real middle ground between watery junk and motor oil.
As a young consumer, I find this hard to believe.
How can belching and excessive peeing be losing its appeal to the young ?
Try Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or a Belgian beer (like Chimay)... You might not like them, but they're certainly neither water (Pacifico) nor "motor oil" (Stone Russian Imperial Stout).
If you want a good drink, find a well made craft or micro brew, or a good, solid import like, say, Fuller's products from England. That adjunct-laden crap A/B, Miller and Coors put out is not beer.
Well, they sound like they might be worthy of a try, lol.
Is a Belgian beer similar to a lambric? I have only found it in one place (in Nebraska, if you can believe it) and have been looking all over for it since. Anything I've seen online refers to Belgian beer.
If I weren't quite certain that I mean lambric, I'd have to wonder if I were crazy, lol.
I rarely drink anything at all, but when I do, it's usually a porter or a stout.
Actually, I think for desert tomorrow night, I'm going to have a bottle of Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, and some Archway Dutch Cocoa cookies! No, I don't dunk them! And it's great with chocolate chip cookies as well!
"Cookies and Beer!" Yum!
Mark
I believe you mean lambic, not lambric.
I seem to recall having something by Fullers once, I think it was a "Creme Stout" maybe? It was OK, but I'm a big fan of Samual Smiths, especially their "Taddy Porter"
Mark
I'll bet this article isn't entirely accurate. I'm willing to believe that AB, Coors, and Miller are losing market share, but I'll give you dollars to donuts that at least half of that money is going to local microbrews.
Five years ago, I had a choice between Miller, Bud, and Old Style in most establishments in my area. If you wanted a 'premium' beer, you had Heinies or Becks.
Now I have at least half a dozen bars and restaurants within a couple of miles which give me a choice of at least 3 locally brewed products, a half a dozen micros from other states, as well as truly premium imports like Hacker Pschorr, or Stella Artois just to name a couple.
There are three separate pubs within 10 miles which serve nothing but 5 or 6 varieties of their own beers. You couldn't get a Bud Light there for love or money.
I know my beer purchases have gone down in the last year because we've begun brewing our own. With a minimal investment in equipment and a reasonable investment of ones time, you can brew in your own home beers that are vastly superior to anything that comes out of LaCrosse WI or St. Louis MO.
Just my two cents.
L
Sammy Smith's Taddy is good stuff alright, as is their Nut Brown Ale.
After making it to Munich a few years ago for Oktoberfest, it is pretty hard to ever "enjoy" beer in the U.S. again. :-)
Well, they should buy the necessary licenses from the Czechs; NENI PIVO YAKO PIVO - and Czech darks like Krusovice are the thing to behold and savor.
It took a while. My friends said the beer companies would go broke when I quit drinking in 1989...it's taken a while.
No, Ms Bonnie, there is an overall image crisis with beer drinkers.
An incredible brew. That and Paulaner are probably my two favorites. As you mentioned, it wasn't that long ago that most American beer drinkers thought Becks was a premium German brew. In fact, it's the Teutonic equivalent of Miller.
Don't worry beer companies... My HELP IS ON THE WAY... even as I speak.
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