Beer......got a favorite ?

I remember on fishing trips to Canada, when I was a kid, my father would always try to get Molson beer.

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I moved to dark beer and stouts about 10 years ago and that's all I drink now if available, among my favourites are Mud City and Foreign brewed Guinness
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but my real favourite by a long way is one brewed in Peru, but sadly it's not available here :(

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All these brands weren't around when I was drinking age. I remember Pabst, Schaefers, Schultz, Tops, Norvic, Budweiser and a couple more that were popular. I went into one of those giant beer coolers the other day and couldn't believe all the different beers available.
 
Ken I didn't know that they still made Hamm's till I went in the big walk-in cooler the other day and they had it in cans......maybe for old time sake I'll give it a try next time.

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My tastes evolved through the years from American to German to Canadian to microbrew IPA's. Some of my favorites:

Dogfish Head (DE) 90-Minute IPA
Elysian Fields (WA) Space Dust IPA
Saranac (NY) Hoppy Hour IPA
Bear Republic (CA) Racer 5 IPA
 
We like Miller High Life mostly, but will split an oil can of Foster's for special meals or BBQs. :cheers: When Foster's came in regular 12 oz. bottles, we mostly bought that. We always chill it in the freezer first, in summer we also chill the glasses.

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Aunt Bea said:
I only drink a couple bottles* of beer each year, out of nostalgia I'm partial to the locally brewed Utica Club.



*For Falcon!
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When we were renting in Utica, we had a place a stones throw from the brewery. Made the tour several times and got my free beer at the old tavern setup. I drank it some, but was partial to Miller and Coors.

In California, I was introduced to Hamms beer. They served it at the serviceman’s club.
 
When I lived in Hampshire, there was a family owned brewery a short walk from my house. Their premium beer was HSB - frequently voted one of Britain's best beers. Then after many generations, they sold out to a large London brewery - the end of an era.

My favourite beers are Belgian Trappist beers, especially Trappistes Rochefort 10. As for English beers, I like "Bishop's Finger" from the Shepherd Neame brewery. The name refers to the signposts pointing pilgrims the way to Canterbury.
 
writ about this awhile back (forgive me);


BEER

With fruit

Up until a couple decades ago I never really cared what kinda beer.
Cold beer was....better.
But one time, while team driving with a happening dude, we stopped for the night.
Found a bar.
Shot the breeze about the usual; politics, sports, economics, sports, ingrown toenails, sports, carburation vs fuel injection, sports, and....beer.
He seemed to know his way around several types and flavors; pilsners, stouts, lagers, ales, porters and on and on.
My main selection was 'wet'.

I noticed he had a piece of fruit in his beer.

'Corona with lime, good beer.'

I try one.
Actually, it was rather refreshing.

But just that one time.


Dark beer

While golfing, my club wielding hippy buddy offered one of his porters.
Black Butte porter
Man, that was gooooood beer.
Was
For awhile it became my beer of choice.
Then, like an old girlfriend...a flame that went out as fast as it flared up, my taste for it just disappeared.


IPA

After months of just getting whatever was on sale, my lady and I dropped by the Edgefield poor farm, one of McMenamins beer gardens just outta Portland OR.
Cool place.
One of our sometimes favorite haunts.
A quaint place on the grounds is called the 'little red shed'.
Cozy
Stone fireplace
Bowls of peanuts, of which you were encouraged to toss the shells on the dirt floor.
Short bar, rather up close and personal.
I asked the barkeep what his favorite beer was.

'IPA'

'I Pee what?'

'India pale ale'

He then went on with the IPA story about the Brits needing beer in India.
He drew one for me.
Not a lager
Not a pilsner
Definitely not a dark beer
Not any ale I'd ever had.
It was very good.
Distinctly good.
It became the beginning of a fascinating quest for me to find the best one. The best of the best in my opinion.
Up until last night, I'd actually hoped I'd never find it....traveling around, tasting, sampling.

But,

the hunt is over.

This beer, this medium dark beer....not dark, not amber, but a rich bodied color of....maybe mahogany, was capped with a glorious head.
A head that was not scraped off, but about two inches higher than the brim.
A head of tight little bubbles, bubbles so small they didn't really look like bubbles at all, but more like combed fleece.
This beer, this beer looked the epitome of the word 'quench'.

I knew I'd found it.
I hoped I'd found it.
I hoped it tasted half as good as it looked.

It tasted....better.

There is none other for me.

I cannot go back.

I refuse to go forward.

Why would I?

I have arrived at my destination.
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cheers
 
There are just too many good brands out there along with the mini brews. It's more of what I won't drink. Except for craft beers, I won't drink any of the major American brands. They all taste like flavored water to me.
 
retiredtraveler said:
There are just too many good brands out there along with the mini brews. It's more of what I won't drink. Except for craft beers, I won't drink any of the major American brands. They all taste like flavored water to me.
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I'm with you. Luckily, I spent a few years in Germany, and loved those stout German beers. When I came back to the States, and tried American beers again, they were Not that good...and I soon gave up that "habit". I drink an occasional "craft" beer at one of the casinos, which has a micro-brewery on site...but that is perhaps a half dozen times a year. The biggest incentive I have for avoiding beer is looking at those who live on that stuff...with their massive bellies, and the numerous health problems they are developing as a result.
 

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