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16 Aug 05
16 Aug 05
I not a beer connoisseur - I don't drink beer if I don't have to actually...
I had Pilsner Urquell a few moths ago for the first time (I usually just drink some Black Label if I have nothing else or a Guinness once in a while in a pub).
FHM magazine here voted it the best 'beer' in the world and I gave it a try. It's sweeter than the lagers I'm used to and had a great flavour.
Have you guys had this before? What do you think of it?
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by CrowleyI like Pilsner Urquell very much so.
I not a beer connoisseur - I don't drink beer if I don't have to actually...
I had Pilsner Urquell a few moths ago for the first time (I usually just drink some Black Label if I have nothing else or a Guinness once in a while in a pub).
FHM magazine here voted it the best 'beer' in the world and I gave it a try. It's sweeter than the lagers I'm used to and had a great flavour.
Have you guys had this before? What do you think of it?
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by elohiym chananare you sure that you arn't looking for a real live bear?
Here's your chance to vote for my next beer adventure. Last night I enjoyed my first Boddingtons. A good time was had by all.
What brand should I try next? Of course I am somewhat limited in what may be locally available, but I'll make an effort to get some of the top vote getter.
Vote early! I'm thirsty already!
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by CrowleyNow you are talking, a fine beer indeed 😛😲
I not a beer connoisseur - I don't drink beer if I don't have to actually...
I had Pilsner Urquell a few moths ago for the first time (I usually just drink some Black Label if I have nothing else or a Guinness once in a while in a pub).
FHM magazine here voted it the best 'beer' in the world and I gave it a try. It's sweeter than the lagers I'm used to and had a great flavour.
Have you guys had this before? What do you think of it?
16 Aug 05
I like Hoegaarden, Creemore, Stella, Tennents, Guinness, several types from Unibroue (a Quebec brewery), Carlsberg, Alexander Keith's, and trying to spell funny beer names.
I hate people who pretend there's something intrinsically and objectively right about drinking uncommon beers from Belgium and something wrong with drinking Bud. People should drink what they like. If you happen to like a beer that other people think is cool, all the better for you. Eat that, snobbies.
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by PBE6You're free to like whatever you want. But that doesn't mean that what you like is a superior product. And Budweiser is an inferior product in every way. After all, it says so right on the label.
I like Hoegaarden, Creemore, Stella, Tennents, Guinness, several types from Unibroue (a Quebec brewery), Carlsberg, Alexander Keith's, and trying to spell funny beer names.
I hate people who pretend there's something intrinsically and objectively right about drinking uncommon beers from Belgium and something wrong with drinking Bud. People should drink wh ...[text shortened]... pen to like a beer that other people think is cool, all the better for you. Eat that, snobbies.
16 Aug 05
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Originally posted by jimmyb270Well Dishwater is another (genuine) beer from the Manchester area - although to be honest, I'd rather have a Boddingtons (more a comment on how poor the former is than the quality of the latter).
Just been thinking about this. I reckon we're advising all wrong. He tried and liked Boddingtons...maybe we should encourage him to start drinking dishwater or a pint of cat's urine perhaps...
And to answer the initial question.
Good local brewers can offer the best, and again, without knowing where your from it's a bit hard to offer too much advice.
If you're sticking to supermarkets, the best I can think of around are the aforementioned Adnams Broadside, Harviestoun Bitter & Twited, Thwaites Lancashire Brown and Black Sheep Riggwelter. Both Marston Old Empire and Rolling Hitch (can't recall the name of the brewer) are good IPA's too.
Thwaites can be quite mixed from experience, but the brewers above with Youngs and Fullers tend to be the only ones around to be doing readily available, and decent beers (and I'm deliberately missing Hop Back off this list through never having been overly impressed).
A good lager is hard to find, ditto for stouts and porters too. However, for the last ones, if you can ever find any, tend to be reliably good. Carlsberg aside (which is supposed to be pretty good too - making their decision to happily force crap on us all the more mystifying) none of the large brewers seem to have got round to making them.
But the best beers can only be found through searching, and getting lucky (a decent pub is a rarity). For every great beer, you'll get some good ones, some bad ones and some indifferent ones. Keep hunting.
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by rwingettNot to sound defensive, but define "superior" for beer. There's no way to do it without resorting to subjective judgements. That's my point. I'm not going to champion Bud, because I don't happen to like it, but I'm not going to bash anyone who says they like it. At least they have it right - taste is subjective.
You're free to like whatever you want. But that doesn't mean that what you like is a superior product. And Budweiser is an inferior product in every way. After all, it says so right on the label.
16 Aug 05
Originally posted by PBE6There are plenty of ways to classify beer, both in style and in quality. Try a search on 'objective beer tasting'. Or just have a llok at one example: http://www.nada.kth.se/~alun/Beer/Tasting-Notes/
Not to sound defensive, but define "superior" for beer. There's no way to do it without resorting to subjective judgements. That's my point. I'm not going to champion Bud, because I don't happen to like it, but I'm not going to bash anyone who says they like it. At least they have it right - taste is subjective.
Very unlikely that Bud would be ranked as 'superior'.