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Community => Recreation Commons => Topic started by: Metaliturtle on July 20, 2015, 12:19:09 AM

Title: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Metaliturtle on July 20, 2015, 12:19:09 AM

What beers do you drink?

I'm drinking a Point Special right now.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 20, 2015, 12:40:29 AM

I'm drinking coffee - that is why there's none in my postbit, despite Geo's gift yesterday.

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Post by: Rusty Edge on July 20, 2015, 03:40:05 AM

It's July. I'm getting thirsty for a Sam Adams Cherry Wheat.

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Post by: Yitzi on July 20, 2015, 03:42:32 AM

I do not drink beer.

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Post by: Eadee on July 20, 2015, 06:17:47 AM

A thread about beer. You really leave the bavarian no chance but to post here.

Well. My absolute favourite would be the "Flötzinger Wiesenmärzen" but its only available a short time in the year when the "Wiesn" of Rosenheim (like the  Oktoberfest just smaller) takes place.

Rest of the year it is "Flötzinger Hell", followed by "Augustiner Hell" (called "Gustl" in slang) and "Original Hofbräu".

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 20, 2015, 06:42:43 AM

Y'know, I have a theory that Bavarians are all right; it's the Prussians that gave the rest a bad name...

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Post by: Eadee on July 20, 2015, 07:27:04 AM

Quote from: BUncle on July 20, 2015, 06:42:43 AM

Y'know, I have a theory that Bavarians are all right; it's the Prussians that gave the rest a bad name...

Well, I think most Bavarians would sign that. I mean there's a pretty common swear-word for non-bavarian Germans here in Bavaria. Its "Saupreiss" and literally means something like "prussian pig". But its used on all Germans not only Prussians.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Metaliturtle on July 20, 2015, 06:33:02 PM

Love how the traders are the keen alkies here.

Personally the Bavarian style brews I've tried have had more hops than I like and an odd flowery aftertaste that isn't very pleasant to me, although I've never been to Bavaria and something could be lost in the importation.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Rusty Edge on July 20, 2015, 08:46:26 PM

I was to Bavaria in the 1990s, when the border was open, and the Russians hadn't left yet.

I only tried a few, but recall the Spaaten as a stand-out.

Even compared to the other provinces I visited and drank the local brews- Hesse, Thurengen, the one around Cologne, and the Black Forrest/ Stuttgart province.

Well, in Cologne I tried something  that sounded like Frue Kolsch that was served in odd glasses, more like juice glasses than beer glasses. That stands out in my mind, more for being weird than enjoyable.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Eadee on July 20, 2015, 09:02:26 PM

Quote from: Rusty Edge on July 20, 2015, 08:46:26 PM

I only tried a few, but recall the Spaaten as a stand-out.

Even compared to the other provinces I visited and drank the local brews- Hesse, Thurengen, the one around Cologne, and the Black Forrest/ Stuttgart province.

Well, in Cologne I tried something  that sounded like Frue Kolsch that was served in odd glasses, more like juice glasses than beer glasses. That stands out in my mind, more for being weird than enjoyable.

Spaten is probably the only beer you tasted there I'd acknowledge being a real beer. In Bavaria we also drink either  "a Maß" 1L or  "a halbe" 0,5L. Beers served in smaller glasses and/or bottles are not to be taken serious. and Kölsch, I don't wanna talk about it. xD

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Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 21, 2015, 02:39:59 AM

Why do they always embarrass us all feeding the tourists crap?

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Post by: Rusty Edge on July 21, 2015, 03:45:27 AM

To be fair, I was visiting Hessian relatives, and they drove or escorted me around, and I strived to try the local stuff wherever I was for lunch or dinner. I detested all American beer I'd ever tasted at the time, so I was a real newb. But I much preferred fresh to pasteurized!

While in Munich, I stayed with the Spaaten. I didn't try the others.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Buster's Uncle on July 21, 2015, 03:48:54 AM

Mylochka once did western Turkey with a native guide.  I imagine that's the way to go if you want to begin to know a place, especially the people.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Rusty Edge on July 21, 2015, 06:03:58 AM

I toured western Turkey in 74'. It was supposed to be a church tour of the Holy Land, but a war happened. So we wound up visiting new testament  sites in Greece and Turkey. Greece was amazing for it's age and history. Rural Turkey- as one of the people on the tour exclaimed- "they're a thousand years behind us, they'll never catch up!". I don't know about that, but we saw a camel train.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: gwillybj on July 21, 2015, 03:30:51 PM

Mostly Busch, sometimes Foster's. Never lite.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 03:27:16 AM

Tonight my niece was sick, and she wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. She and my wife are partial to American and Cheddar. I made myself one with provolone and turkey breast. Really nailed the crunchy/chewy on all of them.

I wanted a cold beer to go with it. Beer is supposed to be better at cleansing the palate of cheese, on account of carbonation. I knew I had some Guinness in the fridge, but I pulled out a Sam Adams Cold Snap, left over from winter. I got it as part of a mixed case, and it's not something I'd buy again. It's made with orange peels, plums, and coriander.

But you know what? It really hit the spot!

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Eadee on July 24, 2015, 07:37:38 AM

Quote from: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 03:27:16 AM

[...]It's made with orange peels, plums, and coriander[...].

A violation of the Bavarian purity law! Call the Inquisition! Prepare the stapling! Ready that planetbuster!  ;)

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 04:06:43 PM

Quote from: Eadee on July 24, 2015, 07:37:38 AM

Quote from: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 03:27:16 AM

[...]It's made with orange peels, plums, and coriander[...].

A violation of the Bavarian purity law! Call the Inquisition! Prepare the stapling! Ready that planetbuster!  ;)

Why is it that beer must be pure, but it's ok to add stuff to wine? Because monks made the wine for "medicinal purposes", and beer was a dietary staple?

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Eadee on July 24, 2015, 08:25:49 PM

Quote from: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 04:06:43 PM

Why is it that beer must be pure, but it's ok to add stuff to wine? Because monks made the wine for "medicinal purposes", and beer was a dietary staple?

There was a time when brewers brewed very bad beers because they added cheap ingredients to it instead of the pricy heap and malt. Bood the Bavarian people demanded a good beer that doesn't make you sick... so finally the "Bayrische Reinheitsgebot" was created. It originally regulated ingredients and pricing as well.

Title: Re: Favorite beers thread!
Post by: Rusty Edge on July 24, 2015, 08:47:41 PM

That makes sense.
Did they regulate sausage, too?

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Post by: Eadee on July 24, 2015, 08:54:59 PM

Not that I'm aware of it. Sausage was usually made from the parts of animals you couldn't use in other ways, so the usual ingredients were relatively cheap in comparison to other meat.