You know it's a good beer when....

[vi edit]

it tastes better luke warm than ice cold.

I'm sitting here relishing a nice tall Young's Double Chocolate Stout

YUM! Drink Up! :beer:

 

[vi edit]

BTW - here's a nice beer guide of the different types courtesy of a small grocery store near me.

 

[EvilYoda]

You know, we tried that a few weeks ago, and I don't think I liked it...now, I'm trying to be more of a beer-man (liquor is my preference), but I really couldn't enjoy drinking it.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
You know, we tried that a few weeks ago, and I don't think I liked it...now, I'm trying to be more of a beer-man (liquor is my preference), but I really couldn't enjoy drinking it.

It's not something that you immediately go right into if you aren't a darker beer drinker. It's a very complex taste and texture that is vastly different from say Bud Light or Miller Lite. It's not a chugging beer either. Hell, I've been nursing this 500ml bottle for close to 45 minutes. Not something I dare do with a domestic lighter beer.

 

[Balt]

I had that about a year ago. I drank it, but I didn't order another one.

 

[mdcrab]

Here's a few beer quotes from Cheers as provided by Tastybrew.com:

SAM: What's new, Normie? NORM: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer.

SAM: What'd you like, Normie? NORM: A reason to live. Give me another beer.

SAM: What'll you have Normie? NORM: Well, I'm in a gambling mood, Sammy. I'll take a glass of whatever comes out of that tap. SAM: Looks like beer, Norm. NORM: Call me Mister Lucky.

WOODY: Hey, Mr. Peterson, there's a cold one waiting for you. NORM: I know. If she calls, I'm not here.

WOODY: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson? NORM: All right, but stop me at one. Make that one-thirty.

WOODY: How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Pretty nervous if I was in the room.

SAM: What do you say, Norm? NORM: Any cheap, tawdry thing that'll get me a beer.

COACH: Can I draw you a beer, Norm? NORM: No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
You know, we tried that a few weeks ago, and I don't think I liked it...now, I'm trying to be more of a beer-man (liquor is my preference), but I really couldn't enjoy drinking it.

It's not something that you immediately go right into if you aren't a darker beer drinker. It's a very complex taste and texture that is vastly different from say Bud Light or Miller Lite. It's not a chugging beer either. Hell, I've been nursing this 500ml bottle for close to 45 minutes. Not something I dare do with a domestic lighter beer.

I'd like to think that I have a pretty decent ability to discern between different beers, it's just that they don't really appeal to me...that one bottle that I had took about an hour to go down, so I certainly didn't chug it...

meh, to each his own, I suppose. I'll work my way towards dark beers...I like Killians and Guiness from the tap, plus a Boddingtons as a light beer. other than that...haven't tried too much, or I don't remember the name.

 

[mdcrab]

If you like a dark beer, try a Warsteiner.

mdcrab

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: mdcrab
If you like a dark beer, try a Warsteiner.

mdcrab

I've had the dunkel, but I'm more of a fan of the lower carbonated, less fizzy textures of oatmeal, irish, and chocolate stouts.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

lukewarm? bleh... the warmest any beer is good is about 5 degrees below room temperature and even then, there aren't too many beers that can pull it off.

 

[Geekbabe]

when it's on vi_edit's tab

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
You know, we tried that a few weeks ago, and I don't think I liked it...now, I'm trying to be more of a beer-man (liquor is my preference), but I really couldn't enjoy drinking it.

Try some Arrogant Bastard, or maybe even Double Bastard...

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
You know, we tried that a few weeks ago, and I don't think I liked it...now, I'm trying to be more of a beer-man (liquor is my preference), but I really couldn't enjoy drinking it.

Try some Arrogant Bastard, or maybe even Double Bastard...

Hmmmm...those sound familiar...

 

[StageLeft]

Reading some of the reviews of beer on that site are comical and read like a romance passage. "I started to undress her slowly, feeling her huge breast beneath my hands...", except they're talking about a drink. Those guys really need to lay off the booze - er, beer.

Anyway, I've never enjoyed a beer that wasn't cold, but then I don't like anything thick enough to not allow me to see through the glass out the other side anyway

Opaque, black nectar with the usual tan head we all know and love, settling to a light ring, leaving loads of great lacing.

Surely this guy wetts his hand in the stuff before masturbating!

 

I love darks. Of all kinds. Porter to stout.

Though, comparing darks to lights is like apples to oranges. Beer snobs do it constantly.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
it tastes better luke warm than ice cold.

I'm sitting here relishing a nice tall Young's Double Chocolate Stout

YUM! Drink Up! :beer:

Ice cold beer is an American invention. All of the traditional European styles are meant to be served from normal cold to somewhat cool. Nothing is served lukewarm, but also nothing is served at temperatures around dry ice. The concept of drinking beer at temps just above the freezing point of alcohol is a defense against inferior ingredients. The colder the beer the more it numbs the taste buds. If the buds get numb they can't pick out much of anything, all they get is the shock of the cold and a little bite from the alcohol, the actual character of the malt and hops is lost. That's a bad thing for good beers, but it's important for beers that are brewed with rice and corn sugar in place of more expensive whole malts.

 

[Brutuskend]

I'm not normaly a beer drinker, but when I do drink it, that's MY KIND OF BREW!

I'll have to see if I can find some of that!

 

[Martin]

You know its a good beer when....oh wait, there's no such thing. They're all crap.

No go grow some cojones and go drink a real drink.