What's your favorite Beer?

[Broark]

I think I read a few pages back that I shouldn't drink the Orval cold, correct?

[Seul]

Correct - serve at around 55F…

[Chris]

Glad you liked the Noble King, Giles.  I still haven't unpacked my beer yet.  Happily, it all made it safely back to Houston.

[Broark]

Got it, will report back tonight with my impressions!

[Megatron1505]

Interesting…..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2998149/World-beer-map-shows-country-s-popular-brew.html?ito=social-facebook

Also a powerful indicator that popularity is no guarantee of quality.

[Giles]

I've always wanted to visit Mongolia…..Not now....

[Megatron1505]

Did you try Bintang in Indonesia G? That stuff is completely indistinguishable from Heineken….not a good thing.

[Broark]

Funny you mention Bintang, wearing this today…

Cheaper than water most of the time over there, and not a terrible beach beer.
Or maybe it's just my fond memories (or lack there of) I have associated with it when I lived in SE Asia.

[Chris]

The fact that Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita is the 20th most popular beer in America has to be a sign of the Apocalypse.

[jdl1279]

I just died a little more inside…thanks Chris

[mclaincausey]

Chins up lads, that's not that bad if you think in terms of the big picture. Craft beer is positively exploding. The general public has always quaffed bullshit. Bartles & James wine coolers, Boone's Farm "wine," whatever the fuck Zima was. More quality beer from small and medium sized breweries is being drunk than ever before.

Also: more for us.

To wit:

This imperial stout, aged wildly in oak in southern Illinois, and served at 55F. Reminds me of a really bright coffee infused with sour cherries and a hint of the barn. A pronounced alcoholic burn (10% ABV) makes me wish it were chillier outside. A big beer that insists I linger. An outstanding sour ale er stout. I'm anxious to try their noted framboise lambic now.

[xtcclassic]

Good god… Not even a tolerable beer in the entire top 20. 90% of Americans are idiots.

[Broark]

Just a few really great beers tonight, in this order:



Can't say I was disappointed by any of these, all very good in their own right!

[Giles]

Launching Friday - I'll be there…..

[mclaincausey]

DIP(sour)A. Extremely sour and extremely bitter at 150 IBU. The sour and tart notes somehow work together with the extreme bitterness. Like an apricot, a lemon, and a grapefruit having a menage a tois in a pile of yeast. This is an interesting beer and eminently quaffable despite its size. Really love it.

[xtcclassic]

@mclaincausey:

This imperial stout, aged wildly in oak in southern Illinois, and served at 55F. Reminds me of a really bright coffee infused with sour cherries and a hint of the barn. A pronounced alcoholic burn (10% ABV) makes me wish it were chillier outside. A big beer that insists I linger. An outstanding sour ale er stout. I'm anxious to try their noted framboise lambic now.

This sounds amazing. I will be scouring the city of St. Louis tomorrow for this. But for tonight:

Sainte Adairius Cask 200. Very nicely balanced sour. Delicious

[jdl1279]

Given my love of the fruit and brewer, I am reservedly anticipating this release.

[Seul]

Sweet, complex, strong, beautiful. Low in carbonation but not an issue due to its sirup-y texture…

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/toccalmatto-bedda-matri-marsala-wine-barrel-aged/230735/

[juodek]

Franziskanner Weissbier which i had in Germany, really good.

Also have a crush on two belgian beers

Kriek cherry

and the belle-vue geuze

[Broark]

Just opened this up, pretty good!
I'll say I liked the Orval a bit more though.