@cengland0 I used to think so, also. Made it well into my 30’s still thinking so. Turns out (in my case, I won’t presume to speak for you or anybody else) that’s only cheap domestics that my friends drank. I was introduced to some dark craft beers, and I really enjoy them.
I admit that I only drank one beer in 1983 and only half of it before I got disgusted enough to quit.
I later discovered beer was made from barley and I’m celiac so I cannot try it again. I only have the one drink as a reference. I can still smell it though and beer does not smell good to me.
@cengland0@smyle beer can be made from a variety of grain, kind of like vodka. Many Asian countries use rice predominantly, which may not affect your allergy at all.
I’m not willing to risk my health to drink a beer hoping it’s made from rice. I looked at some Asian beers and they do not list the ingredients on the can (neither do domestic beers). It’s not a good idea for me to trust it to be gluten-free unless it specifically states it somewhere on the bottle or can.
@cengland0
Then what you have tried is not actually beer…
[Edit- typed before reading your celiac comment, but still true nonetheless].
But I do totally understand your lack of motivation to risk your health to try something that you might not even like anyway.
Best always,
PA
@cengland0@smyle
This exactly!
I used to struggle to drink the beer my high school and college cohorts seemed to enjoy- it tasted awful.
Now, I look forward to my daily libation or 2.
@cengland0@jitc@smyle
My friend with celiac dz favors beer made from sorghum. But he really likes beer, so he was very committed to finding a palatable gluten-free substitute.
@yakkoTDI I suspect you’re gonna need a bigger trunk. That’s OK, I’ve got a MIG welder, and there will be abandoned vehicles nearby that we can raid for materials.
For me, the only good beer is one I don’t have to drink. There have been a few that I was willing to tolerate, but none that I would order in preference to room-temp unflavored water.
A good friend said that you can ONLY rent Beer or any drink for that matter! For that reason I have stopped buying any thing to drink. So. Now get the the free stuff.
@sjk3 I remember hearing that original joke when I was in college about 40 years ago. That was before the whole “craft brew” movement which led to huge varieties of beer styles made locally (like the ones in this poll). At the time the joke was pretty true.
You had to get something like Becks or Heineken (which weren’t great either). But it was beer and in college didn’t matter much as long as it had alcohol. We were allowed to have beer and even keg parties in the dorm but it had to be in your room and not spill into the hallway.
@pmarin@sjk3
Exactly- my all time favorite beer “Monster Ale” from Brooklyn Brewery is no longer available- it fell into the “malt-forward Barley-wine” category of beers.
I cannot stand highly-hopped or sour beers, so my best substitutes beers since the Monster’s demise are Scotch Ales- like Founders Brewery Dirty Bastard- very mellow and tasty.
![Founders Dirty Bastard][2]
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Victory Brewery makes a beer called Pretzel Bier and it is also quite good- and it truly does even have a slightly salty component in its flavor profile.
![Pretzel Bier][1]
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@blaineg I remember a place called Farrel’s in the SF Bay Area and they had that. I liked it. I assumed it was just an old-style root beer made with soda from syrup. I guess there is a subtle difference but the tastes are similar.
@blaineg@Cerridwyn My understanding is that it’s legal to make and sell locally within a single state in many places, but not legal to sell interstate. I’ve had what was represented as the real stuff at a county fair, many years ago. One was enough; upon taking a swallow, I understood why it was considered “medicinal”, and I got some weird looks for even wanting to try it. OTOH, nearly any beer is FAR nastier.
@blaineg@werehatrack could be. I just remember I used to be able to buy it and then I couldn’t. And real repair is very different than what you buy today. I am old enough to remember A&W being creamy and having this mouth feel that was just out of this world and it doesn’t taste anything like you did anymore. Sassafras which is what root beer was made from is not used at all anymore in the United States for soda
@blaineg@Cerridwyn Here’s an explanation of what’s going on, as per a manufacturer that still uses (some) sarsaparilla root in their product - which is marketed as “root beer” here in the US.
The FDA banned sarsaparilla as a major ingredient as noted, but apparently there’s a lower limit below which it can be present. I don’t know what the Bundaberg brew tastes like, but their ginger beer is not bad. (It’s not up to the level that Blenheim once was, but then, neither is the current Blenheim. [grumble gripe muttered imprecations]) Sassafras is just too damn expensive to harvest for the small amount of brew it produces, so you’re unlikely to see it used in root beer outside of someone’s homebrew. I had occasion to drop a small sassafras once, and I dug up as much of the stump and roots as I could, and made a stab at concocting root beer. It was amazingly awful.
Judging from all the responses from militant beer denouncers, meh better not expect too many sales today.
OTOH, I am a beer connoisseur - I drink beer from a glass, almost never from the can. So I would not have much use for today’s offering either.
I don’t drink beer often, my friends, but when I do, I prefer a Two X’s, crafted in the traditional way of the last century by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. That’s what the two X’s stand for, Amigo, the 20th Century.
Now hold my cigar, while I ski off the face of this vertical 2,000 foot cliff, bounce off the cables of a burning suspension bridge, fall to the water, and run along the backs of sharks, who have a week named after me, across the bay to the shore where I will complete a marathon because it is on the way to the Nobel Academy to give them an award from me, slowing only to let panhandlers give me money…
Beer tastes like piss water.
@cengland0 Stop drinking out of the toilets.!!
@cengland0 where are you sourcing your pisswater? asking for a friend
@cengland0 I’m told that there’s a large stable near St Louis that’s very popular as a source.
@spacemart just going by the smell of piss assuming that it would taste the same.
@cengland0 I used to think so, also. Made it well into my 30’s still thinking so. Turns out (in my case, I won’t presume to speak for you or anybody else) that’s only cheap domestics that my friends drank. I was introduced to some dark craft beers, and I really enjoy them.
@smyle
I admit that I only drank one beer in 1983 and only half of it before I got disgusted enough to quit.
I later discovered beer was made from barley and I’m celiac so I cannot try it again. I only have the one drink as a reference. I can still smell it though and beer does not smell good to me.
@cengland0 @smyle beer can be made from a variety of grain, kind of like vodka. Many Asian countries use rice predominantly, which may not affect your allergy at all.
@jitc
I’m not willing to risk my health to drink a beer hoping it’s made from rice. I looked at some Asian beers and they do not list the ingredients on the can (neither do domestic beers). It’s not a good idea for me to trust it to be gluten-free unless it specifically states it somewhere on the bottle or can.
@cengland0
Then what you have tried is not actually beer…
[Edit- typed before reading your celiac comment, but still true nonetheless].
But I do totally understand your lack of motivation to risk your health to try something that you might not even like anyway.
Best always,
PA
@cengland0 @smyle
This exactly!
I used to struggle to drink the beer my high school and college cohorts seemed to enjoy- it tasted awful.
Now, I look forward to my daily libation or 2.
@cengland0 @jitc @smyle
My friend with celiac dz favors beer made from sorghum. But he really likes beer, so he was very committed to finding a palatable gluten-free substitute.
@cengland0 sounds like you’ve tried mostly lager. Lager does indeed
I prefer good beer.
Ginger is also a good choice.
@xobzoo I prefer that to the Marianne beer. Though “both” is a valid choice.
@pmarin @xobzoo Mary Anne is superior to Ginger and I will die on this hill
@pmarin @smyle @xobzoo I will stand on that hill with you with my trunk wide open for all those that fall before us.
@yakkoTDI I suspect you’re gonna need a bigger trunk. That’s OK, I’ve got a MIG welder, and there will be abandoned vehicles nearby that we can raid for materials.
@werehatrack I also got the wagon running to use as a sidekick
session ipa
Proper Pilsner
I like birch beer personally but root beer is good too.
Don’t drink beer, so nasty!
@ragingredd Have you tried being less nasty? Beer can be tasty.
@yakkoTDI I have but what most people call piss water (Mexican beer) is palatable with lime.
Thank you for including root beer!
A nice fruit lambic
For me, the only good beer is one I don’t have to drink. There have been a few that I was willing to tolerate, but none that I would order in preference to room-temp unflavored water.
A good friend said that you can ONLY rent Beer or any drink for that matter! For that reason I have stopped buying any thing to drink. So. Now get the the free stuff.
@mycya4me Adam’s Ale is my go to. Ice cold, please.
Sour Ales
I was all hopped up for this thread, (I really could not wheat for some good ones) but there’s barley any jokes. Doesn’t seem rye-ght.
Now, excuse me, I have to Schlitz.
@Pavlov Vats OK. At yeast you won’t be around for much lager. Beerly got to know ya.
I’m glad I am neither the first, nor the only, non-beer drinker to post!
@andyw I don’t drink the stuff, NOT even the root stuff, for that matter not even drinks with CO2 in them.
I don’t drink beer. It’s gross.
@Pony yep! Don’t touch the stuff
Non-beer drinker. Cider much better, as long as it doesn’t try to be a beer.
@hchavers Putting hops in cider without adding a very clear warning label should be a hanging offense.
I like a nice, tall glass of ice water.
Belgian fruit beers, especially Cherry Kriek.
@Kyeh yes! Another lambic fan!
@Kyeh I agree, the one pictured is very tasty.
Hacker Pschorr Hefeweizen
/showme Howard the Duck drinking a tall glass of Cold Root Beer
@mediocrebot, I like that we’re sticking with the Howard theme.
Not a beer drinker per se. But when I do, I prefer the kind that’s like making love in a canoe.
@sjk3 This guy Americans
(Also, ewww)
@sjk3 I remember hearing that original joke when I was in college about 40 years ago. That was before the whole “craft brew” movement which led to huge varieties of beer styles made locally (like the ones in this poll). At the time the joke was pretty true.
You had to get something like Becks or Heineken (which weren’t great either). But it was beer and in college didn’t matter much as long as it had alcohol. We were allowed to have beer and even keg parties in the dorm but it had to be in your room and not spill into the hallway.
@sjk3 @pmarin Hmm, seems kind of unnecessarily dangerous climbing up into the rafters of my garage.
@pmarin @sjk3
Exactly- my all time favorite beer “Monster Ale” from Brooklyn Brewery is no longer available- it fell into the “malt-forward Barley-wine” category of beers.
I cannot stand highly-hopped or sour beers, so my best substitutes beers since the Monster’s demise are Scotch Ales- like Founders Brewery Dirty Bastard- very mellow and tasty.
![Founders Dirty Bastard][2]
[2]:
Victory Brewery makes a beer called Pretzel Bier and it is also quite good- and it truly does even have a slightly salty component in its flavor profile.
![Pretzel Bier][1]
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@PhysAssist @pmarin @sjk3 yekoP strongly seconds that Scotch Ale choice!
@macromeh
The canoe’s occupants need to be “…close to water”.
Overall, I would greatly prefer the simulation.
Sarsaparilla.
@blaineg Yep that is good!
@blaineg I remember a place called Farrel’s in the SF Bay Area and they had that. I liked it. I assumed it was just an old-style root beer made with soda from syrup. I guess there is a subtle difference but the tastes are similar.
@blaineg They sure don’t make it like they used to.
@blaineg yah know that’s illegal in the US. what they make and kinda call that now is fake
@blaineg @Cerridwyn My understanding is that it’s legal to make and sell locally within a single state in many places, but not legal to sell interstate. I’ve had what was represented as the real stuff at a county fair, many years ago. One was enough; upon taking a swallow, I understood why it was considered “medicinal”, and I got some weird looks for even wanting to try it. OTOH, nearly any beer is FAR nastier.
@blaineg @werehatrack could be. I just remember I used to be able to buy it and then I couldn’t. And real repair is very different than what you buy today. I am old enough to remember A&W being creamy and having this mouth feel that was just out of this world and it doesn’t taste anything like you did anymore. Sassafras which is what root beer was made from is not used at all anymore in the United States for soda
@blaineg @Cerridwyn Here’s an explanation of what’s going on, as per a manufacturer that still uses (some) sarsaparilla root in their product - which is marketed as “root beer” here in the US.
https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/the-difference-between-root-beer-and-sarsaparilla/
The FDA banned sarsaparilla as a major ingredient as noted, but apparently there’s a lower limit below which it can be present. I don’t know what the Bundaberg brew tastes like, but their ginger beer is not bad. (It’s not up to the level that Blenheim once was, but then, neither is the current Blenheim. [grumble gripe muttered imprecations]) Sassafras is just too damn expensive to harvest for the small amount of brew it produces, so you’re unlikely to see it used in root beer outside of someone’s homebrew. I had occasion to drop a small sassafras once, and I dug up as much of the stump and roots as I could, and made a stab at concocting root beer. It was amazingly awful.
@blaineg @werehatrack but the ones who used it well, man it was awesome (yeah, i’m old)
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
Beer smells and tasted terrible. Stale beer smells even worse.
A good Hefeweizen
@jitc JK, but- ?Oxymoron?
Judging from all the responses from militant beer denouncers, meh better not expect too many sales today.
OTOH, I am a beer connoisseur - I drink beer from a glass, almost never from the can. So I would not have much use for today’s offering either.
@macromeh Ka-ching!
@macromeh Exactly- even though the Pretzel Bier I posted above comes in a can, I drink it [and all beer] from a glass.
Belgium White Ale
Belgium Lambic otherwise I prefer my beer to be wine.
If, and only if, I am going to drink anything in the beer family, it is going to be at a British or Irish pub
At the Brit one it is going to be fish and chips with chocolate stout
At the Irish one it is going to be Guinness and Irish Stew
And only if they are on tap
@Cerridwyn I’ve never seen Irish Stew on tap, but I wouldn’t want to say that they couldn’t do it.
The best fish & chips I’ve ever had were at places in New Zealand. Honestly, nobody else comes close. (And now I’m really hungry.)
I love my barrel aged beers. I just wish they would sell them in 8 ounce package servings. Those 17% beers really kick my butt with 12 ounces.
@rancho Ha! I just picked up some this evening, before I saw your comment
I don’t drink beer often, my friends, but when I do, I prefer a Two X’s, crafted in the traditional way of the last century by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. That’s what the two X’s stand for, Amigo, the 20th Century.
Now hold my cigar, while I ski off the face of this vertical 2,000 foot cliff, bounce off the cables of a burning suspension bridge, fall to the water, and run along the backs of sharks, who have a week named after me, across the bay to the shore where I will complete a marathon because it is on the way to the Nobel Academy to give them an award from me, slowing only to let panhandlers give me money…
@Jackinga had the triple x once, it was a very dark beer, and never found it again, it was apparently a special one time brew
/image abbey ale
The thicker and darker the better
Has anyone tried this?
You can’t get me drunk enough to enjoy beer