What are the best beer you've ever had?

[Rena]

I've only started to drink couple years ago but I found myself liking beer the best (compared to liquor, mixed drinks, wine etc). I've only tried a few like corona, heffeweizen, killians, newcastle etc. I'd like to try some new kinds out there but there's just so many to choose from! Any good recommendations?

[motardmom]

My fave? Root. :lol:

[quixotedlm]

beer? the drink that gives people a 'beer-belly'? umm..no thanks :p

[SPratt74]

Icky... I can't stand beer. But I do like mixed fruit drinks though! ;)

[Beto]

beer? the drink that gives people a 'beer-belly'? umm..no thanks :p
Only to those who don't practice moderation and exercise regularly. We dancers have a way of being able to drink (beer and/or mixed drinks, but never in the same night) and not have it show on our bodies :D

[Swannie]

Beer. What a great subject.

I like good beers, not a fan of larger though. I have no idea what decent beer you get in the US. Personally I think most beers do have a correct time and place. Bud is definately a summer beer, no doubt, out of the bottle with BBQ'ed food. Corona should only be drank with lime, it's a poor substitute for a decent continental beer (like a Peroni Nastro Azzurro), but with a lime it's a reasonably *******ing beer, I guess.

However, I will take the opportunity to advocate local breweries. The ones here in the UK produce the best beer in my opinion. Try and find out what are your local beers and search them out. The drinking establishments in my area which stock the best variety of small brewery beers are the best places to drink.

[Joe]

My fave? Root. :lol:
+1

[Peaches]

Root beer, beer-beer...blech.

I prefer birch beer.

[fascination]

guiness of course...but I rarely meet a beer i don't like...most any local beer consumed while in the carribean works nicely

[Peaches]

Used to LOVE Guiness...but then I got drunk (and sick) off it, so no more Guiness for me.

Have you tried Smithwicks, F? It's similar to Guiness, IIRC, but not quite so...thick.

[Joe]

Ah, liquid bread.

[DancePoet]

My fave? Root. :lol:
I'm with ya.

And if I'm up for alcohol, I'd rather do wine. :cool:

[LucyDiamond]

Most any lager will do for me.

[DancePoet]

Root beer, beer-beer...blech.

I prefer birch beer.
Oooh! Birch beer is good, too. :D

[LucyDiamond]

How about ginger beer with vodka and lime juice, it's called a Moscow Mule and is quite good.

[mamboqueen]

Used to LOVE Guiness...but then I got drunk (and sick) off it, so no more Guiness for me.

Have you tried Smithwicks, F? It's similar to Guiness, IIRC, but not quite so...thick.

Smithwicks is my FAVORITE! It's actually made by the same makers as Guinness...and I believe has only been legal in the states for the past couple of years. I have some Irish friends who used to *ahem* get it for us.

[DancePoet]

How about ginger beer with vodka and lime juice, it's called a Moscow Mule and is quite good.
Haven't tried one.

[DancePoet]

Smithwicks is my FAVORITE! It's actually made by the same makers as Guinness...and I believe has only been legal in the states for the past couple of years. I have some Irish friends who used to *ahem* get it for us.
Ok ... if MQ like Smithwick's, then I guess can find it and try it. :car:

[samina]

Have you tried Smithwicks, F? It's similar to Guiness, IIRC, but not quite so...thick.

my local watering hole has smithwicks ("smiddicks" ;)) on tap... niiiice, peach!
up my alley... nice color, warm flavor... i tend to like it on the bitter and not-to-dark side...

i also love spicy jamaican-style ginger beer...:rolleyes:

[samina]

How about ginger beer with vodka and lime juice, it's called a Moscow Mule and is quite good.

oh, wow... i could SOOOOO love this!!!!

:D :D

[Rena]

I'll definite go try a smithwicks now... I don't know what ginger beer is but I'll go try that too... and maybe make that Moscow Mule mixed drink!:cheers:

[mamboqueen]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the DWTS thread or here, so I opted for this thread:

This is a quote from Cliff Clavin (Cheers):

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

[Sagitta]

blue moon. That's my current fave.

[tj]

I'm not much of a beer aficianado, so I'd say the best beer I ever had, was because of the circumstances rather than the actual product.

Just out of college, I had never lived outside the East Coast before, and had just moved out to Colorado. Being a typical ignorant kid, :wink: I had heard all about how the weather was going to be (again from ignorant folk who had never lived west of the Mississippi, lol), and how I'd constantly have to deal with snow and cold.

Anyway, it was mid-January, sunny and about 60 degrees, and I was having a beer at lunch with some friends outside on the patio of the Rock Bottom Brewery on the 16th Street Mall. Meanwhile, my home town in NJ was suffering thru the worst snowstorm since 1888.

Makes me smile still while thinking about it...

[samina]

best beer for me is always the cold two i drink after a long day of moving, especially in summer. accompanied, obviously, by pizza out of a box whilst sitting on a crate.

[mamboqueen]

my local watering hole has smithwicks ("smiddicks" ;)) on tap... niiiice, peach!
up my alley... nice color, warm flavor... i tend to like it on the bitter and not-to-dark side...

i also love spicy jamaican-style ginger beer...:rolleyes:

It's pronounced "smithicks" here. Funny! :cheers:

[samina]

maybe i'm pronouncing it wrong... wouldn't be the first. ;)

[Joe]

Eh, prolly depends whether yer from Joizy or Bwahsten.

[mamboqueen]

LMAO! Actually I heard the pronunciation from the friends of mine from Ireland who first introduced me to it. So, probably completely different than any way we'll here it in the states.

[fascination]

lol, the correct pronunciation is whichever one makes the server go get it

[samina]

LMAO! Actually I heard the pronunciation from the friends of mine from Ireland who first introduced me to it. So, probably completely different than any way we'll here it in the states.

"smithicks" it is, then!

dang... was so looking forward to a little smithicks-n-corned beef on st. patty's day... missed out on that one

[mamboqueen]

Too funny....I ran into an Irish lady while waiting for the train this morning...and she said "Smithicks", too. She was actually heading back to the motherland to visit her nieces, which are "Irish twins", an expression she first heard here in the states.

Ehhh...don't think it matters what one calls it in order to appreciate it.

[samina]

agreed!

[Peaches]

When I heard it pronounced in Ireland, the first "i" was pronounced more like a short "e", and the "th" was like a soft "d". Hard to describe. Sort of like Smeddicks, but the d's were lispy.

[samina]

I ran into an Irish lady while waiting for the train this morning...and she said "Smithicks", too.

hang on a tic... you ran into somone on the train and found yourself talking about Smithwicks beer...? what... you ran out or somethin'? :rolleyes: