Your favorite kind of beer or ale

and of course, if I didn't list your favorite kind (and there are several different kinds of Belgians...) shout it out...

A crisp, clean lager really refreshes.

I could just sit back with a snifter (I dunno if that's the appropriate barleywine-to-mouth conveyance, it just *feels* right) of Old Horizontal or Blithering Idiot and feel...satisfied. (I have a Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen open in front of me right now though...not a bad summertime quaff.)

Especially Shiner Bock :beer::9

Which oddly is not being sold anymore around where we live. Whenever we find a bar that has it on tap, the joke has become, us betting on when that bar will get rid of it.

Superhoppy! i love it!

It does not fit into the poll.

Cask conditioned ale has been the popular choice among brews since long before prohibition. We continue this pioneer spirit with our Wisconsin farmhouse ale. Brewed with flaked barley and the finest Wisconsin malts. We even give a nod to our farmers with a little hint of corn.

Naturally cloudy we allow the yeast to remain in the bottle to enhance fullness of flavors, which can not be duplicated otherwise.

Expect this Ale to be fun, fruity and satisfying. You know you’re in Wisconsin when you see the Spotted Cow.

http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/beers/spottedcow.html

In fact, I enjoyed a Yazoo this evening.

I gotta say, even though it's summer, and an IPA or ESB or even a brown ale goes down rather nicely in the heat, that the Porter got my vote.

-app

Old Rasputin Imperial Stout by North Coast Brewing Company out of Fort Bragg CA. Makes Guiness seem like Coors light!

rated every eyar as one of the best brewers in America.

They also have my fave Belgian style with Brother Felonious.

They had liters of Old Rasputin - but cask conditioned for 2 years in Bourbon Barrels.

Fuuuuuuck - that stuff is good. It gets to 11%, but is so smooth you'd think you were drinking pure chocolate.

Did you try any othrs like the bro Felonious?

Good stuff good stuff!

I've seen that a few times in beer stores and always wondered about it. Will pick some up tomorrow.
:beer:

With the nitrogen supply. the cascade is woth the price of admission. Be sure to try any of north Coasts beer like red seal, Old #38 etc. one of the top breweries in the world acoording to beer people...

I remember being in the Yorkshire Dales back in the 80s and having 'Old Peculiar' in one of the pubs there. Thick, black, sweet, yummmmmm! When I got back to Chicago, I went in search of it over here. Found it in bottles. Not even close.

It's my favorite.

Rogue is one of my favorite brewers. Shakespeare is so good! Dead Guy too. A must when visitng Oregon.

I like dark beers.

A few more are (but not stouts) are Abita Turbodog, and Anchor Liberty Porter. Actually Flying Dog had a decent stout that I tried recently but I can't remember the name right now.

... Blue Ridge Steeple Stout? I've read about that one and it sounded pretty decent.

I'm having a hard time finding a beer style that I consistently like. I'll need to try more of these.

but I tried the Sam Adams Cherry Wheat and I must say I'm in lurve.

You'd think that they'd pay me every time I gave them a plug. Say a case of McEwan's. Especially with the dollar dropping, the price has risen.

Jamaica Red by Mad River Brewing outta the Humboldt nation. A HUGE hoppy unfiltered red.

Roland red by Butte Creek brewing. By the original brewer for Sierra Nevada. Again a Hop lovers beer.

Depends on my mood and the season really. I'm drinking a very nice IPA by Longtrail brewery tonight. I tend to drink a lot of IPA, pale ales and hefeweizen during the summer. I'm also partial to brown ales. In the fall and winter my consumption of porters and stouts goes up.

Ah, hells I'll just admit it. I just plain like beer, beer of just about any kind. :beer:

Not the strongest stuff in the world usually, but dark and full of flavour! From the CAMRA website

http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=240578

Mild is one of the most traditional beer styles which is enjoying a revival in today’s real ale market. Usually dark brown in colour, due to the use of well-roasted malts or barley it is less hopped than bitters and often has a chocolatety character with nutty and burnt flavours.

Cask conditioned Mild is a rarity in a lot of parts of the country, which is a crying shame, because Mild is a distinctive and tasty beer. Mild is one of, if not the, oldest beer styles in the country. Until the 15th century, ale and mead were the major British brews, both made without hops. Hops were introduced from Holland, France and Germany after this time. This also started the trend on reducing the gravity of ale, as the Hop is also a preservative, and beers had to be brewed very strongly to try to help preserve them. The hop also started the rapid decline of mead, which is only made in a very few places today.

So what is Mild? It is a beer which has tastes and textures all it’s own. Basically it is a beer that is less hopped than bitter, etc. The darkness of Dark Milds, such as Greene King XX Mild, comes from the use of darker malts and/or roasted barley which are used to compensate for the loss of Hop character. "Chocolate ", "fruity", "nutty" and "burnt" are all tastes to be found in the complexity of Milds. However, not all milds are dark. Yorkshire brewed Timothy Taylors Golden Best is one of the best examples of a light coloured mild, as is Bank's Original, the name changed from Mild to try to give it a more modern image. In Scotland, 60/- ale is similar to mild (Belhaven’s being a good example).

Milds today tend to have an ABV in the 3% to 3.5% range, with of course some notable exceptions. In fact, a lot of the Microbreweries who try their hand at mild are bringing the alcohol content back up somewhat! Mild wasn't always weaker though. In the latter half of the 19th Century, milds were brewed to about the same strength as bitters as a response to the demand for a sweeter beer from the working classes and in those days most bitters were around 6 to 7% ABV.

the hoppier the better.

yes...

It's liquid gold, son. Everytime i take a swig, I feel like I'm first across the finish line.

by good ole Samuel Smiths - tasted like a creamy whiskey! it was superb!

Herold black lager don't be afraid of the dark!
13% - Bohemian Black Lager
ABV: 5.3%
OG: 13.2 o
Hop varieties: Saaz hops from Zatec and Bor
Tasting notes: Dark brown to black. Good malt character and some vanilla creaminess. Dense creamy head. Oily richness. Flavors reminiscent of bitter chocolate. Long, cedary, dry, smoky finish. Have this one with a good cigar.
Brewing notes: Classic lager of Schwarzbier style, brewed from 4 malts and lagered for up to 10 weeks.
Food pairings: Excellent complement to a fine steak dinner, great with wild game, marinated meats like brisket in dark sauces (Austrian Tafelspitz or German Sauerbraten), or together with a rich chocolate dessert and with a after dinner cigar. Excellent without any of these too...


http://www.heroldbeer.com/beer-gallery-13.php

My newest fave is from right here in NC- the DuckRabbit brewery
makes a "milk stout" that's just amazingly good!

And possibly what I'm eating.

I like a good variety of beers, and what I select on any given day is anybody's guess. I have never met a Belgian beer I didn't like, though. If that helps.

Have you ever had any of the Unibroque Belgian Ales out of Montreal?

Tres Yummy - I personally reccomend "Terrible" - and it is anything but.

Fresh anything in Europe, on tap. Mmmm, trappist monk ale.