I never liked beer much... but lately have been developing an appreciation.

I very much appreciate the laws that prevent adding adulterants to German beers... so started there. Then a client, returning from Eastern Europe, had developed a taste for Pilsner Urquell whilst in Czechoslovakia. I find that Urquell's little dreamtime buzz slowly envelops me, rather than kick me in the head like some of the American beers (which I have never liked). And it has a classic pilsner body and taste.

Your favorites?

I generally prefer a "hoppy" beer such as an India Pale Ale. Three Floyd's 'Alpha King' is my favorite of this ilk. Of course, I'll never turn down a flavored Belgian Ale. It's interesting that the emergence of the American microbreweries and the availability of the world's best imports combines to give the U.S. the best selection of beers in the world. I've taken my European friends to some of our great "beer bars" and they've been stunned by the selection.

New Castle Brown Ale
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
or an icy cold Rolling Rock straight from the bottle


Many others on occasion.....Beck's Dark, St. Pauli Girl, Pilsner Urquell, Harpoon, Samuel Adams.....I like beer....

Know very little about beer. What is a 'hoppy' beer? I assume it's heavy on hops. How does this affect the beverage? btw: remember how Eve Harrington got her start, working in a brewery??

Armanis, you surmised correctly....hops add that "hoppy" character or bitterness to beer. I prefer mine without too much in the way of hops.

Favorite beers to me are those from/in the Munich style, such as Paulaner. It has a wonderful nutty aftertaste to me. When DH and I go out to the gasthaus near our home, we often share a pitcher of Franzikaner or Koenig (sp?). Goes so well with a snitzel or appetizers!:-)

I'm a Miller Lite gal myself. Although when in Mexico...Dos Equis

IPAs are my favorites, also. I've been drinking a lot of Harpoon IPA this summer.

I enjoy a good beer!

Faves...McEwan's Scottish Ale from Scotland.

A great seasonal beer from Samuel Adams but haven't found it in a while...Choc Boch a very chocolately beer. Rich and deelish!

Also Fat Tire from right here in the state where we live...

Rock Bottom Brewery in CA had a yummy Rag Top Red beer I loved!

Karen

Killian's Red, Bud Light, Coors Light, Corona, and when I can get it, a good hefeweizen! Also love Rollling Rock and Beck's. It's all good to me when it comes to beer!

Corona with lime, and Rolling Rock are my faves.

I don't drink much alcohol of any kind these days, but I do crave a beer from time to time.

In nostalgic moments, I crave a Dixie beer (aged in cypress barrels), but since Katrina, I wonder how they're doing? (based in New Orleans)

Other than that, I liked Labat Blue, I think it's Canadian.

I don't drink much alcohol of any kind these days, but I do crave a beer from time to time.

In nostalgic moments, I crave a Dixie beer (aged in cypress barrels), but since Katrina, I wonder how they're doing? (based in New Orleans)

Actual Guinness is in a league of its own, but kind of pricy.

Other than that, I liked Labat Blue, I think it's Canadian.



Hmmm ... wonder what happened to that post? Very weird.

I agree.

I really love Belgian Ales. But for dark beer I enjoy Nut Brown Ale and Guinness. For summer I love Heffenweizen, cold with a lemon slice. Autumn I enjoy Marzen, or an Irish Red Ale. If I am serving with foods for social occasions, I do try to pair beers up with food, much as one would do with wine. However, there are those who just prefer an ice cold Coors light or Bud.

Lately, I've been drinking Warstein Dunkel with sausage and sauerkraut and whole grain bread and butter.

I recently tried a glass of Kirin at an Asian restaurant, which I liked very much.

Usually I prefer a good Hefeweizen.

I do like Indian beer when I'm eating Indian food.

That's Warsteiner Dunkel.

Rarely drink, but I do like dark beer (dark chocolate, red wine, dark beer, I think I see a pattern here!)

What's in a Black and Tan? Guiness? I like that.

Also a dark Mexican beer - Negra dos Modelo or something like that I think it's called.

Don't like the pale colored beers generally. Had a raspberry wheat in St. Paul about five years ago that still makes me shudder!

Killian's Red is OK.

Negra Modelo...great dark beer, light and full flavoured but none of the meal in the glass stuff that Guiness boasts of, try Dos Equis Ambre too. Big Rock had a great rye beer: Magpie, the wheat beer, Grasshopper is a perfect ale.

Fruit-flavored belgian beers : http://www.lindemans.be/start/home/en/?PHP...9a6ddc4a3048802 My favourite brand ! Favourite flavors : kriek (cherry) and framboise (raspberry).

Staropramen (Prague)

I went to Lebanese Taverna yesterday and tried Lebanese Almaza beer. It was excellent.

Wikipedia: "According to the evaluation guides of beer in the world like "The Beer Lover's Rating Guides" of the Bob Klein American team, Almaza beer is one of the best pilsener beers in the world."

Other than watery, American mass-market beer, and the fruit-flavored stuff, I think it's all good--stout, lager, all of it. Old reliable Tsingtao is great with food, Red Hook ESB is a good one to have alone.

I'm really not much of a beer drinker, but I do enjoy a Corona with lime every now and again. I like mild, not bitter. Low on the hops for me.

Amjack, bite your tongue. BUD, of course, a draft beer, fresh at the tavern. Or, even better, an ice cold Busch Bavarian Beer.

Pilsner Urquell, that one is great Magadalene.

Sorry Joules. Shame on me for not having better appreciation of the local brewsky. :-P

Urquell of staropramen are great. When added to a czech meal, it's just dreamy. Nothing beats the czech kitchen!
I also really like pale mexican bear with lime.

I just adore Bavarian Weizen beers, either hell (clear) or hefe (yeasty). Also Belgian white beers can be just so wonderful if they are not too much spicy - they usually use coriander. Fresh, yummy!

Good old Guiness: dark liquid gold.....aaaaahhh.......

There really is no comparison.

I'm not much of a beer drinker, either, but nothing beats it on a really hot day, when you're really, really thirsty. Like you, my husband swears by the German Purity laws of 1623 (or whatever year it was, I'm just guessing) and Pilsner Urquell is a regular fixture around our house.







That Eve Harrington, what a lowlife! LOL You can dress her up and put her in the stage wings, but her true colors will always come through. Loved that movie, and it has one of my favorite lines: "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!"

Not much of a beer drinker either --- has to be in a Bavarian biergarten with white radish and coarse salt But having said that bless my dear old Father's heart (RIP) --- right after Zoe was born, he came to the loft (a four story walk-up !!) lugging a case of San Miguel Dark (cause he knew it was my favorite) to drink while nursing her .... still makes me smile. Miss him.

Ah, yes, I do remember San Miguel......and the very well-founded theory that beer consumption, in moderation, would increase your milk supply and make breastfeeding much easier. There was many a night when I downed a couple of Becks or Dos Equis (we didn't have access to Pislner Urquells then) in pursuit of the greater good of producing enough milk for little Paddy (and, then, Jimmy -- this formula really works!).

Seriously, I think beer is recommended for nursing because it helps you increase your fluid production overall, plus it provides quickly-metabolized calories.

and the babies love it, too :-) Cath Mmmm ... mother's milk -- laced with stout ;-)

the original czech budweiser budvar for a refreshing but much more flavoursome than the american beer of the same name.
the awsome spicey coriander infused belgian hoegaarden
the incomparable guinness of dublin for a truly smooth viscous dark beer
the old peculiar from theakstons of masham yorkshire for a strange dark winter beer made for sipping slowly in front of a log fire in an american werewolf from london style country pub.

Well, here in Seattle we really get into our microbrews, so I've tried lots of them and vary according to my mood that day or what I will be eating with it.

Having said that, I am particular to creamy stouts and porters and the best ones are seasonal rather than mass-marketed and sold all year, IMO.

There are some dam excellent German import beers out there but as far as domestic, I like bud-light or michaellobe (sp?).

Being a lady, I'm not as into beer drinking as many men I know. But I do appreciate excellent beers. I apprecate great lagers and ales, though. IMO, the best are Abita Amber and Warsteiner.

Heineken is my favorite.