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No, it really doesn't.
It's a poor version of Carlsberg.
And Carlsberg is a poor version of beer.
Yes, maybe when I'm old I'll enjoy all those arty farty beers too.
Not really. Carlsberg isn't a premium lager like Grolsch.
It is a premium lager.
:yes: The Hofbrau had some of the nicest beer ive ever tasted - plus it came in litre glasses. And I had a large wurst to go with it. And there were drunken germans singing old drinking songs all around.
Damn I love Munich.
As for beer at home - Old Black Sheep when I can get it. Always ale - never lager. Especially Stella - that stuff is wrank.
You do live in a prime location for nice beer (well, beer that I'd call nice
Hard to find good stuff.
Has anybody heard of Jupiler or something? I remember having it in Belgium but I can't seem to remember if it was good enough to drink again. (then again i was also already quite tipsy by the time i had it)
I'm gonna have you, Andy, compile me a list of beers/wines i should try
I live Wiltshire - part of cider country!
I always wondered what other lagers there are in America because all I can think of is Bud, Miller, Coors, Milwakee Best, Rolling Rock and I think that's it.
I'm liking Red Stripe at the minute, but my local supermarket have stopped stocking it in favour of Brahma, which is overpriced and boring. Not a big ales person, but I do like banana bread beer. And it's Guinness when I'm down the pub.
Of the supermarket lagers, Heineken and Castlemaine XXXX will do nicely. Mock me if you wish but they go down a treat for me.
If I drank beer, it would be Killian's Irish Red which is a lager. And I'm mad that the local bars no longer have it on tap. Killian's is actually brewed here in America by Coors company I think.
I work in downtown and here, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a bar. If I were to walk into one, they would have an assortment of beers. The more upscale bars have more varieties of lagers and ales and imports.
I have seen commercials for Red Stripe here in America but have yet to come across it in a bar. We have Guiness but I've been told it's not as good as the Guiness in Europe and I believe that. Beyond the commercial mainstream beers, there are breweries throughout the country that the locals swear by.
Some people liek strong spirits.. others dont. Meh.
How are they not lagers? What would you consider them?
"A type of beer of German origin that contains a relatively small amount of hops and is aged from six weeks to six months to allow sedimentation."
It's ok to call anything and everything beer, because "beer" is the primative form of the beverage. What sets ale and lager apart from regular beer is the brewing process.
A lager being fizzy and light coloured and an ale being flat, heavier in consistancy and ranging in colour but no lighter than lager. Thus Miller, Bud etc would be lagers because they are both light and fizzy.
Unlike Champagne which must be from Champagne, or Feta cheese which must be from Greece.
I must say, I'd be very disappointed and heart broken if those cheap beers qualify as lagers. Don't get me wrong, I totally dispise Coors, Bud, and all the rest of the cheap American beers. You won't ever catch me drinking one of those, no matter how drunk I am.
I rush to sweep them under the rug lest you start to think there aren't any good beers here in America. But yeah, most of the good stuff here are imports and brews that were inspired by other countries.
This would not be the first time I got caught up in a beer debate. It always ends up with bunch of guys describing this and that and I never seem to get all the facts straighten.
Anyhoos, cheers. I'm having rum tonight
As my boss summed them up: bunch of beardy piss flaps
I so do
I'm a bit disappointed it has been side tracked to beer tho, smirnoff blue vodka all the way
CheeseOnToast I officially nominate you as the new starter of the Saturday night drunk thread for this week. It will be Drunk Part 3 and must include a drunken game, are you up to the challenge??
Granted no one can dislike Red Stripe, but like it? It has next to no taste at all.
In the US you have to go for local brews, any of the national ones are terrible.
You'd spit it out too, some of the real Ales over hear are disgusting. Served up warm and weak. :yuck:
Give me a cold lager anyday.
its good
Tiger isn't to bad. That's Chinese.
Wrong.