What beer ya drinkin'?

[Buffalo Soldier]

Is it true you can buy Leffe in the Netherlands for a euro or two? This is a claim by an American dude at my Beijing hostel who was doing his post grad there recently.

In Belgium, it's about 2,5 - 3,5 for a Leffe.

But next week I have a party planned with Leffe (tap) for 1 euro
I'm not a big Leffe fan, but for that price, i won't complain

What do you guys pay for quality-beers?

 

[L'arriviste]

What do you guys pay for quality-beers?

I think the most expensive+good beer I ever bought was a pint of Viking four or five years ago in Iceland. It worked out around €17 and it was just a regular pub. Everything was initimdatingly expensive there at that time, though I love the place and have been a couple of times.

I'll pay up to about €5.50 for a 25/33cl glass of good tap beer down at Moeder Lambic in Brussels. Those guys really know how to look after beer and the "little extras" you get like the plattekaas or the finger bowls of malted barley just make my day.

Off the shelf (rather than in a bar) that I can remember in recent times it was probably one of the special editions by Brouwerij De Struise like a Cuvée Delphine. Not the easiest stuff to find, so it can be quite steep. Say, €2.70 for a 33cl.

 

[craig1985]

You can't buy alcohol in the supermarket im Australia (typing with one hand is a nightmare), although in the local liquor shop, I can get a six-pack of Grolsch for $15 AUD.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

I think the most expensive+good beer I ever bought was a pint of Viking four or five years ago in Iceland. It worked out around €17 and it was just a regular pub. Everything was initimdatingly expensive there at that time, though I love the place and have been a couple of times.

€17??? I would really never pay that for a beer...
You can buy 48 jupillers for that in a store


Personally, i don't think any beer is worth more than €4 in a pub, even 3,60 might be the limit. Of course, that's the poor college student speaking

 

[kablebike]

Random comments

Granville Island winter ale.
Tasty vanilla but something about the rest of GI beer line turns me off. They have some nasty aftertaste to me that I cannot identify and thus I generally try to stay away from them (choise of hops or something else?).

Thumbs up to Howe Sound Father John's Winter Ale. Big bottle. Big enjoyment.

Also thumbs up to Bass Pale Ale. I am sure it is prolific elsewhere but I am having a hard time tracking it down on the West Coast in Cda. Second thumbs up to Anchor Steam Ale out of San Fran.

Worst beer I have ever consumed was some coffee flavoured beer. I don't drink coffee and should have known better.

Now for a random comment/twist: Bud. I have had it in the USA and didn't care for it. The Cdn domestic version is brewed by Labatt's, which (for me) is a good, cheap beer.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Chimay Triple for me today...

 

[krebs303]

Sometimes you just want to do it yourself
A high school friend of mine and his homebrew club in Humboldt
AHA Big Brew 2011-Humboldt Homebrewers, CA

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Sometimes you just want to do it yourself
A high school friend of mine and his homebrew club in Humboldt
AHA Big Brew 2011-Humboldt Homebrewers, CA

Nice vid Krebs. No COPPER though... arrrrrrrgh.
Those wooden paddles look like something I got spanked with for goofing off in middle school wood shop.

 

[craig1985]

I had this beer the other night, at 8.5%. It's not cheap though, a box of it costs $200! (FTR I only bought a single bottle)

Sorry if my kitchen looks messy, I cbf cleaning it.

 

[usedtobefast]

just got a bottle of the Imperial Russian Stout

 

[Anonymous]

just got a bottle of the Imperial Russian Stout

Two thumbs up. Have you tried Stone's 09.09.09 (Vertical Epic series)?

 

[craig1985]

just got a bottle of the Imperial Russian Stout

Oh no, that would be very bad for me

 

[usedtobefast]

Two thumbs up. Have you tried Stone's 09.09.09 (Vertical Epic series)?

i have some in my house right now. it was also on tap at my friend Steve's
pub. they make a great product...

http://www.strandbrewing.com/thebeer.html
also Scott, Strand Brewing is in Torrance. only available on tap. The Atticus is very good if you find it in your local.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

€17??? I would really never pay that for a beer...
You can buy 48 jupillers for that in a store


Personally, i don't think any beer is worth more than €4 in a pub, even 3,60 might be the limit. Of course, that's the poor college student speaking

meh at the university pub we pay 1€ a beer
I don't like the delirium tremens at all....
Love Westmalle and Stella Artois Guinness is pretty good as well

 

[craig1985]

When I was in China I spoke to a guy who is from Minneapolis and it turns out they have a bar there that has more then 150-200 beers on tap. I want to visit this place.

 

[Hugh Januss]

When I was in China I spoke to a guy who is from Minneapolis and it turns out they have a bar there that has more then 150-200 beers on tap. I want to visit this place.

Might not be the same but these guys are all over Cali and other states too now.
http://www.yardhouse.com/default.aspx

 

[bridgeman]

Had this one again last nite;
http://sergetheconcierge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf71853ef0120a60fc094970b-pi
My fav at the moment.

 

[usedtobefast]

not for the lightweights out there,fyi.

 

[craig1985]

Might not be the same but these guys are all over Cali and other states too now.
http://www.yardhouse.com/default.aspx

I want to visit this place. Have you been there, if so, is it any good?

 

[usedtobefast]

I want to visit this place. Have you been there, if so, is it any good?

california has a bunch of brew pubs now. many are great. the ones that are not, don't last.

 

[Anonymous]

california has a bunch of brew pubs now. many are great. the ones that are not, don't last.

+1

Particularly San Diego area. North County is home to some fantastic craft breweries (brewery's??)

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

meh at the university pub we pay 1€ a beer

I'm not talking about regular pils, but about trappist or other special beers of course...
For a regular 25cl pils, standard price apparently has become 1,50 or 1,60. Even 1,80 isn't an exception. And I've heard the price will go up again after the summer.
In my local jeugdhuis, it's €1,20. I can live with that

I drank a delirium recently and I surprisingly liked it. Was actually a lot better than I remembered. It's rather sweet, but I don't really mind that once and a while in a beer, especially since it's also a bit 'spicy' at the same time...

 

[DenisMenchov]

 

[knewcleardaze]

Anyone heard of Exit 4?
It's from a micro brewery in New Jersey, U.S.A.
It won the beer snob's taste contest in the local paper.
I think the alcohol content was 9.5 %.
I didn't much care for it. It tasted like it was trying to be too many things.
Too many flavors at once. I think it's quite pricy to boot.

 

[krebs303]

Hey Scott
Gastropub with a flare for monastic beer, style plans to open in Azusa this summer
Only seven Trappist monasteries in the world have monks that brew Trappist beer - six of which are in Belgium.

Now, one restaurateur wants to bring a bit of that to Azusa.