RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem. Careful with that .1%
I was constantly spilling the real thing all over my shirt, so I had to make the switch.
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RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem. Careful with that .1%
RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem. Careful with that .1%
elapid said:In my fridge right now: Sleeman's Honey Brown Lager and Creemore Premium Lager. Other Canadian favourites include Alexander Keith's IPA and their new Premium White, and especially Mill St. Brewery's Original Organic Lager.
cody_57 said:Do I detect some serious beer snobbery here?
What on earth's wrong with Guinness? Okay, I know it doesn't travel as well as some of the others, but won't swap a good pint for anything else, except the odd Murphy's.
From the bottle? Anything cold!
cody_57 said:Several things:
1) It's brewed under licence in many countries. The resulting beer tastes significantly different to Irish Guinness, so I'm told. In any case, I don't think the stuff they call Guinness down on this side of the equator tastes that great.
2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
3) If I want a drink that tastes like coffee, I'll drink coffee, thanks
rgmerk said:Several things:
1) It's brewed under licence in many countries. The resulting beer tastes significantly different to Irish Guinness, so I'm told. In any case, I don't think the stuff they call Guinness down on this side of the equator tastes that great.
2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
3) If I want a drink that tastes like coffee, I'll drink coffee, thanks
cody_57 said:Do I detect some serious beer snobbery here?
What on earth's wrong with Guinness? Okay, I know it doesn't travel as well as some of the others, but won't swap a good pint for anything else, except the odd Murphy's.
From the bottle? Anything cold!
elapid said:I drank Guinness in Ireland (including straight from the brewery in Dublin) and it was damn good. Still drink it here in Canada, especially in winter, but it is definitely not as good as it was on home soil.
rgmerk said:2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
pedaling squares said:Funny how that is. It's brilliant in Ireland, and just good elsewhere. Even in Fishguard, right off the boat from Ireland it seemed different. Still bloody good though.
In Ireland many pubs serve a second tap for Guinness extra cold. I haven't seen that at home. But I found that if the 'tender poured it right it was all the same temperature by the time he was finished.
pedaling squares said:Funny how that is. It's brilliant in Ireland, and just good elsewhere. Even in Fishguard, right off the boat from Ireland it seemed different. Still bloody good though.
In Ireland many pubs serve a second tap for Guinness extra cold. I haven't seen that at home. But I found that if the 'tender poured it right it was all the same temperature by the time he was finished.
Bag_O_Wallet said:Has anybody out there tried Orval?
I tried really hard to like it, but I just didn't happen. Perhaps I'm too simple to enjoy its "complexity", but I thought it was like somebody tried to cover up cat wizz with perfume. Not that I've tried cat wizz or perfume!
franciep10 said:I like Stella artois, Weihenstephaner and when in the US I drink miller high life.
Scott SoCal said:Oval is one of the Trappist beers brewed by Trappist Monks. There are only seven Trappist monasteries that brew beer. While not my favorite Trappist beer I do like it. Part of the deal with Belgian beer is serving it at the correct temperature. Too cold changes many of the beer's characteristics. Never drink it from the bottle and try not to pour the entire bottle in the glass you will drink it from. Many of the bottle fermented beers have yeast collected in the bottom of the bottle. Some like the tart flavor of the yeast, but I don't care for it.
Try your next Orval at about 55 degrees (F), don't pour the entire bottle your glass and see if that makes a difference.
badboyberty said:I know this gets dangerously close to being cycling related, but this has to be my favourite beer ad of all time
http://www.bestads.tv/view/2480/stella-artois-bicycle-race/