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I need a beer. nt (Original Post) onehandle Feb 2012 OP
Gotta go with a craft brew, then. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #1
Always. I'm having a 'Manayunk Monk from the Yunk.' onehandle Feb 2012 #4
Sounds nice. I always like a good Tripel. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #5
I suppose it says something about me.... T_i_B Mar 2012 #22
And the buzz is just plain better- digonswine Feb 2012 #8
I've found that, too. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #12
And it's in a glass, and it tastes good, and, when you are paying for it, you taste it and actually digonswine Feb 2012 #13
Precisely! arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #14
I absolutely cannot agree- digonswine Feb 2012 #19
Need or want? taterguy Feb 2012 #2
Both. Which is a rare thing with me. onehandle Feb 2012 #3
I don't waste time worrying about strangers taterguy Feb 2012 #6
Here you go.... OhioChick Feb 2012 #7
Beer is gross. Wait Wut Feb 2012 #9
Have you ever had an Imperial Stout? arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #11
I couldn't be sure. Wait Wut Feb 2012 #15
Actually, I have a standing challenge (that I have NEVER lost)... arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #17
Gin and tonic rocks. onehandle Feb 2012 #16
Cilantro tastes like chlorine to me. trof Feb 2012 #18
The mainstream beer is pretty bad chrisa Feb 2012 #20
and travel money??? Scuba Feb 2012 #10
Of course! kentauros Mar 2012 #23
Make it a good one. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #21

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
1. Gotta go with a craft brew, then.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:07 PM
Feb 2012

All the majors, even Bud "the Great American lager" are owned by foreign conglomerates. Only a US craft brewer will keep the money here.

AND it's just WAYYYYYYYYYY better beer.

Like Stone, Lost Abbey, Ballast Point, Bootlegger, Rogue, Lost Coast, North Coast, The Bruery, Dogfish head...

Oh well. You get the point.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
4. Always. I'm having a 'Manayunk Monk from the Yunk.'
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:37 PM
Feb 2012

Pennsylvania is a craft brew paradise:

MONK FROM THE ‘YUNK'
Belgian Style Tripel
This strong, golden colored ale is brewed with pilsner malt and noble hops, but it is the traditional Belgian strain of yeast that provides the complex aromas of fruit and spice. With a dry finish and relatively light body, you will find our Belgian Tripel very drinkable for the beer this potent.
9.0% ABV, 30 IBUs

http://www.manayunkbrewery.com/menus-details.php?catid=13

T_i_B

(14,738 posts)
22. I suppose it says something about me....
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 03:14 AM
Mar 2012

....that the Tripel I like the most is Darkstar Tripel, a cask ale from a UK brewery.

Darkstar also do my favourite Imperial Stout, and when it's available their Green Hopped IPA is magnificent!

Current Belgian favourites for me are Rochefort 10, Westmalle Dubbel & Cantillion Gueuze.

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
12. I've found that, too.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:29 PM
Feb 2012

Plus, a good high-octane craft brew means I don't have to drink as many to get that buzz.

That means less bathroom time. Which is important at age 45.

digonswine

(1,485 posts)
13. And it's in a glass, and it tastes good, and, when you are paying for it, you taste it and actually
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:36 PM
Feb 2012

care-

I drink swill, too. I sure as hell do not put Coors light(water) in a glass! I want it on my palette for microseconds.

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
14. Precisely!
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:40 PM
Feb 2012

Oh, and that's also why one drinks Coors ice cold; so you don't have to taste how fucking FOUL it actually is!

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
9. Beer is gross.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:13 PM
Feb 2012

I'm one of those people that thinks beer and cilantro taste like soap.

Gin and tonic, on the other hand, tastes like a little piece of heaven...until the next day.

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
11. Have you ever had an Imperial Stout?
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:24 PM
Feb 2012

Many of them taste much like a dry sherry. Saying "I don't like beer" if you've only had Bud/Miller/Coors or the fizzy yellow alco-pisswater that passes for beer to most people is like saying "I don't like wine" when all you've had is the stuff out of a box, or the efforts of Ernest and Julio Gallo.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
15. I couldn't be sure.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:43 PM
Feb 2012

I've tried several. Light, dark, warm, etc. My brother is a beer fanatic and was always telling me "this one is different". They all taste like soap. All tequila, even that really expensive shit they tried to give me a few months ago, tastes like gym socks.

Wine? I can take it or leave it. Price doesn't seem to be a factor. I've liked some really cheap ones and hated some very expensive ones. I did love the movie "Bottle Shock", though!

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
17. Actually, I have a standing challenge (that I have NEVER lost)...
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:51 PM
Feb 2012

that I can find at least one beer that a person will like.

I'd have to know what other tastes you have in beverages. But I could find a beer you would like.

Just off the top of my head, I;m thinking you'd like a Finnish Sahti, since you like gin drinks. Sahti is made with rye malts and juniper berries, and strained through juniper branches. It's the beer world's answer to gin.

There are some domestic versions available. New belgium's is actually quite nice.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
16. Gin and tonic rocks.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:45 PM
Feb 2012

Unless you get the bartender that thinks gin is a 'garnish.'

Got one of those recently.

trof

(54,256 posts)
18. Cilantro tastes like chlorine to me.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:56 PM
Feb 2012

Like swimming in a heavily chlorinated pool and you get water up your nose.
I'm OK with beer, though.

chrisa

(4,524 posts)
20. The mainstream beer is pretty bad
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 09:52 PM
Feb 2012

Examples - Budweiser, Coors, etc.

Dark and filling is the way to go! I'm one of those people that only drinks beer for the taste, so it has to be something that I can enjoy.

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