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Beer that are to my liking and recommend are as follows: Hacker Pschorr Hefe Weizen Franziskaner Weissbier Konig Ludwig Weissbier Berliner Kindl Weisse Schultheiss Ayinger Schneider Wiesse Spaten Hefeweizen Pauleaner Hefe Weizen Wittekerke Hoegaarden Blue Moon Widmer Pyramid Wheat Okanagan Wheat Granville Island Hefeweizen Victoria Weizen Liplock Summer Wheat Pyramid Wheat Yaletown Brewery Wheat beer That's the short list, yes I like wheat beer. Cheers, |
Hacker Pschorr Hefe Weizen Franziskaner Weissbier Konig Ludwig Weissbier Berliner Kindl Weisse Schultheiss Ayinger Schneider Wiesse Spaten Hefeweizen Pauleaner Hefe Weizen Wittekerke Hoegaarden Blue Moon Widmer Pyramid Wheat Okanagan Wheat Granville Island Hefeweizen Victoria Weizen Liplock Summer Wheat Pyramid Wheat Yaletown Brewery Wheat beer Do you live in a desert? PHP143 |
My favorite beer also happens to be a seasonal beer available only around Christmas - Lagunitas Sucks. Not the most charming name but there's a story behind it. Another terrific, seasonal find, but very limited distribution is Pliny The Younger from the Russian River Brewing Company. Otherwise, I keep Bell's Two Hearted Ale and Stella Artois around. When I want to splurge a little, I'll open a Stone Ruination but it's a little too expensive for an everyday brew for me. |
Went to a Super Bowl party and brought a 6 pack of Breckenridge Brewery Vanilla Porter. It was the beer hit of the party. Everyone agreed very drinkable, not too sweet like a dessert beer, but still a pleasant vanilla taste with an earthy but smooth finish. I would prefer to drink only in the cooler months and just a couple until I switch and finish with a malty Sam Adams Octoberfest or the like. Bill |
The best beer I ever had was a Schlitz Malt Liquor. My best friend and I were hitch hiking across the U.S. and neglected to fill our canteen with water. It was September and hot. It had been way too long between rides and we were getting desperate. There was a tepid pool of a green colored marsh nearby I was ready to quench my thirst with, not caring about how sick I'd become. Finally someone pulled over and had us hop in the truck bed. We were relieved. The driver opened the sliding window to ask where we were heading and as I was telling him, I saw his friend hand him a Schlitz. There was one left. I told them of our idiot mistake, and that my friend and I would really enjoy sharing that last beer. Since then I've never had a beer taste as good as that one! |
Newcastle has a seasonal beer out now called Werewolf (unfortunate name) but it tastes pretty damn good. Different hops and barley makes for an appreciably better tasting beer. I haven't drank beer for a few years now and only happened upon it at a Bevmo tasting for some wine. I even went and bought a couple of Libby Pilsner glasses and it seems to have the same effect as a good red or pinot glass in that it holds the smell and flavor differently than the standard straight walled glass (meant for domestic and the like). All the best, Nonoise |
i just got into the craft beer thing (i needed some new bad habits) and here's my take: 1. once you get into the microbrews, it's unfathomable you'd ever drink another miller or corona. even the premium mass market stuff like heineken and stella tastes insipid by comparison. 2. bell's (two hearted, oberon, amber)lagunitas and three floyds consistently put out a great product. 3. despite its size and ubiquity, sam adams is also excellent and quite a bit cheaper than the littler brewers. they really have kept up their standards. likewise sierra nevada. 4. keep hearing great things about pliny the elder but haven't found it locally--it's on my must-drink list. |
Of the super-hard to find, my faves are Heady Topper (VT only) and Pliny the Elder (CA or West Coast only). Of limited availability beers that still get fairly wide geographical distribution, I am in love with Bell's Hopslam. It was released a few weeks ago and is already getting hard to find in Chicago. But for IPA lovers, its release is the highlight of my beer year. |
It seems one can't go wrong with any of Fuller's brews. Like Mitch2 says, their ESB is fine and I really like their London's Pride as well. Right now I'm savoring some Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, a might fine ale if there ever was one. Oh, and Deschute's Obsidian Stout is quite tasty, imparting only hints of chocolate and coffee instead of bombarding you with them. |
Bells is from Kalamazoo Michigan (est. 1985) and the original location includes the Eccentric Cafe tavern, a music venue, beer garden and the original brewery where a wide variety of small batch microbrews are still crafted. Bells distributes beer, from their production brewery in neighboring Galesburg, MI, to 19 states, including NY. You can find it here; Bells Beer Finder If the snow ever melts, I can sometimes be found in the Beer Garden after a group bicycle ride, or at other times. |