Beer thread

[Unorthodox]

hmmm, we clearly have differing tastes in video games.

[Rusty Edge]

I avoid all Anhieser-Bucsh products.

What I have available:

Rolling Rock. This was even lighter than the Blue Moon and MUCH, MUCH lighter than even Bud Light, but smoother and more polished than Bud Light. I have kind of a memory from this one. An ex-gf of mine visited her dad and step mom. He and his partner were indie programmers and he had quit his job at a bank to work for himself. hey had just sold a piece of software to a medium sized company ad celebrated with this. It, too, is very light. A bit light for my taste being New Orlenians tend to have taste buds that lean towards heavier beers.

Uh-oh. I think Rolling Rock was and still is an Anheiser Busch brand.

When I lived in PA, it was the cheapest bar beer in the town of State College, ( Penn State University ), maybe because it was brewed and bottled in the state, and it was sold in 7oz and 12 oz bottles( to be more affordable for the working man ).  Then it turned up out here. It made me scratch my head. Why haul that bargain brand stuff out here? Why place it as some kind of premium craft brew ?

Well, I guess Anheiser bought them and figured they could capitalize on the unique bottles and history and market it. Never mind that they relocated production to New Jersey, so it's not made from the actual mountain stream with the rolling rocks in it.

[Vishniac]

Lately, due to being in a very proletariat area, I have merely decided to rotate between what is available.

What I have available:

Hieineken
Blue Moon (blue label)
Rolling Rock.
Corona
Dos Equos

Hum, that's not  much!
And they all seem to be on the very light side.

I don't know much about American beers but 2 breweries exporting good ones are:
- Samuel Adams, from Boston
- Anker, from San Francisco
Good choices from either. You'll probably want to start with the Boston Lager. Anker has some creamy beers too. Delicious.
They may not be directly available but it's worth exploring your options and getting a pack further away.
Speaking of Samuel Adams, a picture when I was younger...and already appreciative! 

We have a beer festival once a year in my region since 1998; beers were grouped by stands of nationalities or geographical affinities: Belgium, France, Germany-Czech, Britain Islands, North America. I always started my festival at the North American stand and was never disppointed; the waitress was really knowledgeable and brought each year new specialties. The best one, and one of the best beer in my life, was this one (it was 2001 I think, and I still remember its name! ): http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/saranac-adirondack-amber/545/

[Unorthodox]

Nice pentacle.

[Rusty Edge]

Sam Adams  :win:

[Geo]

Mmm... two revolutionaries in the same pic?

[JarlWolf]

Too much revolution, will attract the British.

[Green1]

Pentacles were all the rage back in the day for gamers. A lot of folks had them.

I think at one time, about half the folks I knew were Wiccan or Wicca sympathizers. To this day, I do not but maybe 2 or 3 actually knew about circles and calling quarters and only glossed through cheesy Llewellen books and used it as an excuse to dress Renfair every day. (You could get away with that in New Orleans)

Sam Adams is good beer.

Lately I have been trying to hunt down some St. Pauli Girl dark to celebrate when I move to my new place.

[Unorthodox]

Pentacles were all the rage back in the day for gamers. A lot of folks had them.

I think at one time, about half the folks I knew were Wiccan or Wicca sympathizers. To this day, I do not but maybe 2 or 3 actually knew about circles and calling quarters and only glossed through cheesy Llewellen books and used it as an excuse to dress Renfair every day. (You could get away with that in New Orleans)

But most people's pentacles (the shape associated with the term among the ignorant) are not actual pentacles (the talisman, which can take many shapes).  It is my personal assessment that the one displayed is the latter, despite being the most common shape.  At the least, it is capable of being the latter, but this is not the place to get all technical like why. 

[Geo]

Too much revolution, will attract the British.

But, that's been since, like, '82?

[Vishniac]

Last week-end in a bar with a  good choice of beers I found (and tasted) this one:
Anker's Old Foghorn
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/anchor-old-foghorn-ale/4728/

Very enjoyable 
Don't say they serve it in the Alps and not in Louisiana!

[Geo]

Bell's Brewery Planetary Beer Pack.

Now, in which States of the Union does this brewery deliver?

[Vishniac]

Pluto is missing

[Geo]

Well, so is Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake...

[Vishniac]

And Sedna.

But you know I am old-school.