Spent a week traveling in Belgium on Uncle Sugar’s dime, drinking beer in seriously off the beaten path locals whilst reconning our staff ride for the Ardennes offensive. Didn’t realize it at the time, but drove the same roads that pro bike racers ride in the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Ahh, to be able to do that all over …
@MehnofLaMehncha@miko1
My very favorite beer is Belgian dark ale Gouden Carolus Classic. Had it at the Cheeky Monk in Winter Park, CO (now closed ). Really hard to find, at least here in N TX. Supposedly available in Wichita, KS, sigh
@compunaut@miko1 My best friend and I are both all about the sours, and our go-to is the Duchesse de Bourgogne. I host beer tastings every now and again, and did one that was all sours. We both picked out the Duchesse readily, though that familiarity likely skewed how we rated it. I think it was at the absolute bottom of everyone else’s list. Too vinous.
Germans still make the best beer. Provided you happen to be within 50 km of the brewery. Just doesn’t make much sense to ship the stuff across the ocean these days.
Funny beer story. But too long for tonight. Or maybe not.
Readers digest version, used to live in Germany back when we still had tactical nukes. (I say “used to,” as far as anyone here needs to know.)
And the nukes had to be kept in undisclosed locations. But the troops had to train on them. So we moved them around under cover, in trucks disguised as beer trucks.
My best friends dad was the commander, and he was in charge when they stopped that particular practice. They had run an exercise in the middle of the night, all secret squirrel stuff, and everyone thought it went well. But the next day, a bunch of his neighbors (Germans, not affiliated with the military) all asked him about moving the nukes in the middle of the night.
Now, no one was supposed to know there were nukes there in the first place, and especially that they were moving. But, after grilling his neighbors, turned out, everyone knew everything.
He asked them all, how’d you figure it out?
Because we were using trucks with beer brands from all over the country, and back in the '70s and '80s, Germans rarely drank beer that wasn’t brewed in their own province. You drank local, period. There weren’t many national brands, and they were 90% for exporting, 10% for the highway imbiss.
So there was no reason for a Schwabisch beer brand to be seen on the road outside Bremerhaven or a Hamburg brew down in Bavaria. So the locals had figured it out years before.
Eons ago, I was not that picky. Then I started brewing beer and learned the difference between a good beer of a particular style and a meh beer of that style. While I can find something to like about any good (or better) beer, I tend to drink lighter beers (think lagers) during the warmest months and heavier beers the rest of the time. Belgium-style ales, especially Abbey ales are among my favorites but it is rare that I find a (good, as in well made) beer I do not like.
Stouts are good, but what I really like is anything except a wheat beer. Pale Ales are the best bet if I don’t know what I’m ordering specifically. Porters are my favorite if I can pick the brand.
Though in all seriousness, I love me some heavy duty Belgian ales. St Bernardus Abt 12 is heaven in a glass, Or, better yet, a goblet, which makes you feel like some kind of God King as you drink. Strong stuff, though. 10.5% ABV, if I recall.
I like most styles, but stouts and sweet ones are not for me. Big on Belgians right now. Homebrew is always available at my house Can’t go wrong with a PBR or Lone Star on a hot winters day, though.
Beer is Good!
I voted whatever whatever Belgian, because of the sours, but I’ll throw goses in here for good measure. Union out of Bmore does a great straight-up gose, and during summer the Anderson Valley Blood Orange never fails to hit the spot.
Root beer
I liked IPAs before it was cool to like IPAs.
@jsh139 I liked em when I was a teenager, now they give me heart burn.
@jsh139
Why did the hipster burn his mouth eating a pizza?
Because he ate it before it was cool.
@jsh139
How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
It’s an obscure number … you’ve probably never heard of it …
@MehnofLaMehncha
@MehnofLaMehncha @jsh139
/youtube every hipster ever smosh
OPB
@2many2no
Second only to “free”
Down with hops! Down with hops!
Excessive hops, that is.
Kilkenny Irish red
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/drink-beer
Porter (how could you leave out Porter!!!???)
@WaltC I answered stout, but the real answer is porter.
Triple bock
Belgian sours
@miko1
Spent a week traveling in Belgium on Uncle Sugar’s dime, drinking beer in seriously off the beaten path locals whilst reconning our staff ride for the Ardennes offensive. Didn’t realize it at the time, but drove the same roads that pro bike racers ride in the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Ahh, to be able to do that all over …
@MehnofLaMehncha @miko1
). Really hard to find, at least here in N TX. Supposedly available in Wichita, KS, sigh
My very favorite beer is Belgian dark ale Gouden Carolus Classic. Had it at the Cheeky Monk in Winter Park, CO (now closed
@compunaut @miko1 My best friend and I are both all about the sours, and our go-to is the Duchesse de Bourgogne. I host beer tastings every now and again, and did one that was all sours. We both picked out the Duchesse readily, though that familiarity likely skewed how we rated it. I think it was at the absolute bottom of everyone else’s list. Too vinous.
Barleywines, Tripels, doppelbocks, and winter warmers. And also pretty much anything where the malt flavor is more pronounced than the hops.
Imperial stout.
Anything brewed by German monks on a mountain with the suffix “ator.”
Germans still make the best beer. Provided you happen to be within 50 km of the brewery. Just doesn’t make much sense to ship the stuff across the ocean these days.
I love me a strong malty bock. It was a tough call to go with that or American porter. Went with bock.
Funny beer story. But too long for tonight. Or maybe not.
Readers digest version, used to live in Germany back when we still had tactical nukes. (I say “used to,” as far as anyone here needs to know.)
And the nukes had to be kept in undisclosed locations. But the troops had to train on them. So we moved them around under cover, in trucks disguised as beer trucks.
My best friends dad was the commander, and he was in charge when they stopped that particular practice. They had run an exercise in the middle of the night, all secret squirrel stuff, and everyone thought it went well. But the next day, a bunch of his neighbors (Germans, not affiliated with the military) all asked him about moving the nukes in the middle of the night.
Now, no one was supposed to know there were nukes there in the first place, and especially that they were moving. But, after grilling his neighbors, turned out, everyone knew everything.
He asked them all, how’d you figure it out?
Because we were using trucks with beer brands from all over the country, and back in the '70s and '80s, Germans rarely drank beer that wasn’t brewed in their own province. You drank local, period. There weren’t many national brands, and they were 90% for exporting, 10% for the highway imbiss.
So there was no reason for a Schwabisch beer brand to be seen on the road outside Bremerhaven or a Hamburg brew down in Bavaria. So the locals had figured it out years before.
@MehnofLaMehncha
I just laughed so loud, I made several people jump.
/giphy laughing space penguin
@MehnofLaMehncha Thanks
I have never drank beer in my life.
@Ignorant - Like last time, I’m purposely not tagging @therealjrn
Eons ago, I was not that picky. Then I started brewing beer and learned the difference between a good beer of a particular style and a meh beer of that style. While I can find something to like about any good (or better) beer, I tend to drink lighter beers (think lagers) during the warmest months and heavier beers the rest of the time. Belgium-style ales, especially Abbey ales are among my favorites but it is rare that I find a (good, as in well made) beer I do not like.
My favorites are the Leinenkugel’s flavored beers and Shock Top.
For y’all around the Metro area…
Bastards. I love stout and always wanted to brew my own beer but had to give up alcohol recently for medical reasons.
This was posted just to torment me.
A delicious, yeasty, unfiltered hefeweizen please!
Wee Heavy!
@Bingo Oh my God, I am a doppelbock fiend but I have been drinking Old Chub recently like it is going out of style.
Anything not hopped at the beginning of the brew cycle making them bitter. Hops later in the cycle is okay.
Local microbrewery
Cold
Stouts are good, but what I really like is anything except a wheat beer. Pale Ales are the best bet if I don’t know what I’m ordering specifically. Porters are my favorite if I can pick the brand.
Though in all seriousness, I love me some heavy duty Belgian ales. St Bernardus Abt 12 is heaven in a glass, Or, better yet, a goblet, which makes you feel like some kind of God King as you drink. Strong stuff, though. 10.5% ABV, if I recall.
@sanspoint Whisk(e)y is concentrated, usually oaked and aged, beer. I’d say that counts.
I love a good Hefeweizen, or a nice monked-up Weissbier. In the summer, I’m also on the lookout for local sours, gose, and saison.
A nice hoppy IPA (late addition aroma hops, not crazy bitter) with home made chocolate chip cookies on the side. Heaven.
I like most styles, but stouts and sweet ones are not for me. Big on Belgians right now. Homebrew is always available at my house
Can’t go wrong with a PBR or Lone Star on a hot winters day, though.
Beer is Good!
Amber ales. If one of those isn’t available, then a pale ale.
My favorite beer is…
IN MAH BELLY!!
I voted whatever whatever Belgian, because of the sours, but I’ll throw goses in here for good measure. Union out of Bmore does a great straight-up gose, and during summer the Anderson Valley Blood Orange never fails to hit the spot.