Thread: Americas favourite beer/lager

Hey guys - good evening...........it's not quite a hall pass but my wife has taken the children to her sisters for the night!

So, what's the first thing I do when I get home from work? Check what ales/alcohol we have in the house of course....... I check the pantry and find an eclectic mix (i'm an ale drinker) so naturally I have a couple of Theakstons or Black Sheep there) but I also find 2 Heiny's, a bud and bottle of kroney so I quickly whack a Bud in the freezer. 10 mins pass, pizza in the oven coleslaw on the plate, film downloaded, I crack open a bud....... as I am going to watch an American film, quick sip! pfffff, tastes very chemically !!! Give me an ale any day. So, my question to our American contingents is; is Bud really Americas best selling lager or do they just have the best marketing Dept? do you guys have any ales?

One of my favourites is Rickard's Red.. a dark ale by Molson Coors Company.

As far as international ales.. I used to love ordering an Irish beer called Caffrey's... a nice smooth beer... either I don't frequent pubs much anymore or they don't bring it here anymore.. I can't seem to lay my hands on it anymore

Other popular beers in Canada are made by Moosehead, Alexander Keith, Labatt and Sleeman... all have some pretty good brews... although, I don't really like Labatt beers all that much.

wow caffreys, thats a blast from the past........ I'll keep my eyes peeled and if I find some i'll send you a 4 pack, disguised as maple syrup of course!

Personally, I don't even consider Bud, Miller, or Coors to be real beer. They are merely beer-flavored beverages. The people that drink them are not interested in taste, but rather in drinking something, anything that has alcohol but won't get them smashed right away.

I have to give a plug to Molson; although I don't think it was an Ale, when I was in Canada a while ago I had Molson Dry, and it really hit the spot. They don't sell it in the US though. I also really enjoy La Fin Du Monde, which I believe is brewed in Canada.

We have some great beers here, but most wouldn't be internationally known. I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is the beer capital of the US, if not the world. Some of my favorite craft brews are Capital Island Wheat, Oso Rusty Red, and New Galarus Stone Soup.

Hi Dave - Sunday Monday .......... Tuesday Wednesday....... forgive me but i've always associated Milwaukee with the Cunningham's.!!

I think that I will check out Molson for sure, I reckon that you might enjoy a trip to belgium! they offer a world class selection of beers (blonde und braun).

Oso rusty red sounds good!! ummm

There are lots of small craft beers being produced in the states now. In Chicago, there is Goose Island. In Maine, there is Geary's and ShipYard. I mustn't forget Allegash. I ran into a Chocolate Stout in Montana a couple years back that was produced in a brew pub. Don't recall the name, but I can still taste it.

The big guys mass produce for the masses.

I don't drink too much beer and tend to stick to the light beers because I can drink more and keep up to the couple of 'drinkers' that I know. However, on two occasions I've had dark brown ale; the first occasion was horrible, the guy that gave me it had it really cold and it tasted quite bad. It took me about 1.5 hours to finish it (I didn't want to be rude and not drink it) but as time went on and it warmed up it seemed to taste better. I had another friend give me a glass (pint?) of dark ale that he kept in a cupboard under his bar. It was just a little cooler than room temperature and I loved it. All that being said, the best alcohol to ever cross my taste buds has been cognac, preferably Hennessy, mmmmm!

A friend had bought a case of Budweiser 66 when I went to see them at the weekend. Probably the worst beer I've ever had the misfortune to taste in my life! A couple of mouthfuls was about all I could stomach before I threw the rest away.

At least I don't have to work out what to do with the rest of them.

Dom

Originally Posted by Blake 7

I reckon that you might enjoy a trip to belgium! they offer a world class selection of beers (blonde und braun).

Ha , a true believer !

I imagine that it's true that Bud is one of the best selling beers but, as others have stated, it's not for its taste, more like lack of one (similar to Coors). Mini breweries are huge in the USA now and most good beers are coming out of them. Of the non-mini's, I think Anchor Steam ale is probably one of the best and Sam Adams (was a mini brewery but I think has moved past that). Yuengling is a surprisingly good beer for the money, I agree. I'd pick Moosehead and Molson from our neighbors to the north. From across the pond, I like Harp, Guinness, and Samuel Smith among others. From down south, there was a Brazilian beer from the Amazon called Xingu Black Beer. It looked like it came straight from the Amazon, totally opaque and mmmm, good.

Originally Posted by ChemistB

Mini breweries - Anchor Steam ale - Sam Adams - Yuengling - Moosehead and Molson - Harp - Guinness - Samuel Smith - Xingu Black Beer.

I'm thinking that you really love your beer if you have a 'like list' like that!

I don't drink much (any more) but if I'm going to have a beer, I like to enjoy it. I think my favorite on the list is Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout (although there's a good Oregon Oatmeal Stout also).

im a uk camra member,
http://www.camra.org.uk/
beer beer beer more than you can shake a stick at, went to a local beer festival a couple of weeks ago
32 beers + 12 ciders/perries, as well as bottled beers
tried 6 different brews the strongest was 5,2 % then tried an hecks perry at 7.5% bit strong that! so went back down to some reasonable 4% ones tnat i'd tried earlier, felt a bit dizzy so i left and went off to watch the champions league final instead, accompanied by several pints of youngs special, great day but i dont really remember much of the match or going home.