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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: est1895 on January 30, 2014, 08:47:23 pm
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discuss. ;7
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It's quite possible. The Germans are well known for their excellent selection of beers and I for one don't know why people would sacrifice the flavor of a German Weizenbock over a cheap Pilsner(Too many of these in the US).
To be specific, most of my favorite brews are either from Germany or German styled amber's to dark's.
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Snuffleupugus.
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from what ive had of german beer, id have to say its pretty good stuff. but i usually go for something irish, or sometimes mexican. i end up having to buy redneck beer most of the time because i cant afford the imports.
the other side of it is i dont think ive ever had a beer i didnt like.
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Belgium also has some good selections. I am partial to hefenweizen though.
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All bears suck
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All bears suck
burn the heretic!
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Why burn the heretic when he's right?
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My favorites are all either Belgian style IPAs and ales or Scotch style ale from US microbreweries. The only actual German beer I've had tasted like Corona, so I'm honestly not really impressed so far.
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German beer is good . . . it's hard to beat a hefeweizen when I'm in the right mood . . .
but Colorado has some good damn beer.
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The only problem I have with German beer is that it tends to be light in colour across the board. As someone who "grew up" drinking black ales and stouts, my palate tends to find lagers and pilsners too watery, even when they're proper brews straight from the tap. Sure, you get a few good German ales here and there, but I've never had a German stout that has me going back for more.
That being said, I drink a lot of Australian micro-brews. We have a lot of good pubs in Sydney that brew their own and with the exception of the Nelson's Blood porter I've liked everything I've tried. The porter tasted like coffee but the black ale was AMAZING.
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i'll just say that i'm kinda sick and tired of all the german style lagers and pilsners, having effectively grown up on them since thats basically all they sell here in croatia, few pleasant belgian exceptions aside.
after my trip to ireland, there aint **** that can hold a candle to the stouts for me.
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Me and a lady are currently pretty drunk on some German beers so I'm inclined to agree. Now back to the lady. Now back to posts. Now back to the lady
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Me and a lady are currently pretty drunk on some German beers so I'm inclined to agree. Now back to the lady. Now back to posts. Now back to the lady
Hello Battuta.
Look at your lady. Now back to HLP.
Now back to your lady. Now back to HLP.
Sadly, she isn't HLP.
But if she stopped watching those boring shows about shoes and started playing FS2 she could be as cool as HLP.
Look down. Back up. Where are you?
You're on a Raynor with the forum your girl could be like.
What's in your inbox? Back to HLP.
We have it. It's a recording for Olefumi's dialogue.
Look again. THE RECORDING IS NOW LORNA SIMMS!
Anything is possible when you're on HLP and not with a lady.
I'm on a Deimos.
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*Round of applause*
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I'd say Belgian beers : if you like Trappist style, Tripel or Quadrupel beers, most of them are awesome.
My personal selection (of supermarket beers) is : Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet, Westmalle Dubbel Bruin... Or even some Hoegarden if you need a refreshing (maybe a bit "industrial") white beer by a hot summer day (I usually take these ones to the beach). In case of emergency, I drink some Chimay Bleue.
If you can get fancy beers, go for : Straffe Hendrik, Saint Bernardus 12, or Kasteel Donker.
Most German beers are lager. Good quality, but "easy" to drink, their taste is not as interesting as most Belgian beers. Though, they have some smoked beers, like the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier, very good and unique.
Dutch people have the Trappe Quadrupel : it's lighter than most Belgian Quadrupel beers, but still very good. It has become my "party beer".
I also like some Breton spacial beers, as the Telenn Du (a dark buckwheat beer), the Bonnets Rouges (elderberry beer, never ever say it's a girl's drink because it's sweet), and the Chat Malo (a buckwheat, bitter, amber ale).
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I like most dark stuff and ales. A good pilsner or mexican lager every now and again is great. Other than that, i don't care for see through beers. Ipa's are a little different, they taste the same for the most part. A high quality ipa is nice once in a while for appreciating it (i don't hate ipa's, they've just been way to popular for everyone to over do). I recommend anything that stone makes.
For something great to try if you haven't had it yet is this.
(http://thefullpint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/winter6pk_ANGLEweb.jpg)
It's tasty.
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Hello Battuta.
Look at your lady. Now back to HLP.
Now back to your lady. Now back to HLP.
Sadly, she isn't HLP.
But if she stopped watching those boring shows about shoes and started playing FS2 she could be as cool as HLP.
Look down. Back up. Where are you?
You're on a Raynor with the forum your girl could be like.
What's in your inbox? Back to HLP.
We have it. It's a recording for Olefumi's dialogue.
Look again. THE RECORDING IS NOW LORNA SIMMS!
Anything is possible when you're on HLP and not with a lady.
I'm on a Deimos.
I bet you could have FREDed us up a mission in the time I know you spent adapting this old spice fantasy and marveling at your work but congratulations anyway
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I disagree vehemently and personally feel that good Belgium beers, such as Duvel, Leffe, or an Arabier, are of much higher quality then anything else in the world can possibly dream of producing.
And don't even get me started on the chocolate!
disclaimer: I have a Flemish heritage
And whatever you do, stay away from Heineken.
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I wouldn't consider Leffe and Duvel that good (to say the least). They are my average fallback beers.
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I like most dark stuff and ales. A good pilsner or mexican lager every now and again is great. Other than that, i don't care for see through beers. Ipa's are a little different, they taste the same for the most part. A high quality ipa is nice once in a while for appreciating it (i don't hate ipa's, they've just been way to popular for everyone to over do). I recommend anything that stone makes.
For something great to try if you haven't had it yet is this.
(http://thefullpint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/winter6pk_ANGLEweb.jpg)
It's tasty.
i used to live across the creek from the brewery. every one of their beers is top notch.
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None of it can hold a candle to Newcastle Brown Ale :p
The UK has some great small independant breweries that produce some great stuff if your more into ales, stouts and bitters over lagers. But the majority of pubs in this country stock mass produced "Brewed in the UK under license" Australian, German, Belgian and French lagers.
We also have some great ciders too btw.
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Kolsch Kolsch Kolsch
No umlauts :(
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@Wobble73 : I'm a big fan of Brew Dog breweries. 5A.M. Saint, Libertine Black Ale and Paradox Isle of Arran are really good.
I was a bit disappointed by most beers available in the UK (even some good IPAs or ales including Newcastle Brown Ale). Something is weird with their carbonation and/or they feel a bit "light", watery. The Old Crafty Hen was decent, though (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/203/45408/).
Nobody knew about Brew Dog where I used to live.
Let's not talk about cider, or we'll face a complete culture clash. (understand how i panicked when I saw cider in *cans*)
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Let's not talk about cider, or we'll face a complete culture clash. (understand how i panicked when I saw cider in *cans*)
I wasn't talking about canned cider (White Lightening, Strongbow etc. :shaking: ) I was talking more like bottled pear cider or even scrumpy jack cider!
Moorhouse (http://www.moorhouses.co.uk/site/) is a great independant brewer, (Pendle Witch Brew's are lush). You'll find many great ales in Freehouse pubs or anything CAMRA (http://www.camra.org.uk/) (Campaign for Real Ale) related
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Such a tragedy: http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post--is-america-facing-a-beer-crisis
I wonder what The E drinks?
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Such a tragedy: http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post--is-america-facing-a-beer-crisis
Not really, craft beers are really the only beers worth drinking from the states.
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We do have some excellent craft brews, though. Say whatever you want about the American mega-breweries, but do not confuse all American beers with those cans and bottles of urine.
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There are some decent mid-range beers here too. The local staple Yuengling isn't necessarily anything special, but it's pretty much my default fall-back beer.
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I absolutely love Yuengling Black & Tan and am very sad we don't have it on the West Coast. A lot of the mid-range stuff is pretty good though, with Samuel Adams and Shiner in there. Samuel Adams has excellent Oktoberfest and Winter Lager brews to their name, and the standard Boston Lager isn't bad either. When its on sale, Gordon Biersch stuff is also really good, depending on your tastes. They have the excellent Maerzen autumn beer (normally spelled with umlauts) and their Blonde Bock is a hell of a summer beer if you like your beers a bit on the hoppy side.
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And I don't think they have the best beer. They've got good beer yes, but all the local breweries around my place are pretty damned good
Course, I haven't tried some of the more local stuff Germany has. I'd imagine those to be similar in quality spike
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I bet you could have FREDed us up a mission in the time I know you spent adapting this old spice fantasy and marveling at your work but congratulations anyway
What, all five minutes?
I was at work and bored. :P
Anyway, still, not fussed about German beers. I haven't had one that's really stood out. At all.
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I bet you could have FREDed us up a mission in the time I know you spent adapting this old spice fantasy and marveling at your work but congratulations anyway
What, all five minutes?
A multiplayer dogfight mission would take about that long. :p
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A multiplayer dogfight mission would take about that long. :p
Less! Drop eight Ulysses, split them into two wings, make them all player ships, winner is when one side is dead. :P
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I quite enjoyed a bottle of "Forst" lager or two when I was holidaying in the Italians Dolomites, on the border of Austria, which I believe is a German Lager. (This was when I was sixteen, I am now nearly 41 years of age! :nervous: )
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Why burn the heretic when he's right?
He's not. You just never had a Belgian beer :P.
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Why burn the heretic when he's right?
He's not. You just never had a Belgian beer :P.
Meh, Stella Artois is alright, in a way!
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discuss. ;7
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