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Kneel before Grog!
Jul 2001
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Lung, while I'm not familiar with Australian beer (I've had Fosters, but am fully aware that Australians think it's piss... which it is), but you are too quick to put down American brewing. Throw out Bud, Coors, Miller, etc. That isn't beer, so it isn't worth discussing.
Unfortunately, like Fosters, those are the exports. My memory of businessmen buying "imported" Bud at happy hour in a London Pub still gives me the shivers. At 2.8% or 5%, it's still utter crap. But I digress...
I actually don't spend a lot of time sampling the various microbrews, since I'm the type who finds something he likes and tends to stick with it. A month or two ago I tried Sam Adams Light, and I haven't bought anything else since. I LOVE the stuff. I still love Newcastle, but I like it more in the winter because it's such a heavy brown ale. Sam Light is more of a summer beer.
-Arrian
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Caligastia
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Originally posted by Arrian
I'm the type who finds something he likes and tends to stick with it. A month or two ago I tried Sam Adams Light, and I haven't bought anything else since. I LOVE the stuff. I still love Newcastle, but I like it more in the winter because it's such a heavy brown ale. Sam Light is more of a summer beer. |
Another great american brew you should be able to get your hands on pretty easily is Pete's. They have a huge selection of great beers that are just as good or better than Sam Adams. Pete's Wicked Ale is my favorite.
My favorite local brews here in NYC come from the Brooklyn brewery. Do you have any of those by you? Brooklyn Brown is probably their best.
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Originally posted by Arrian
Cali,
I'm certainly familiar with Pete's, and I agree it's good. I actually tend to like the Pete's seasonals better than the plain 'ole Pete's Wicked Ale (summer brew in particular). |
They do have some great seasonals. Pete's Octoberfest is one to look out for soon.
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Sam Light isn't a "great" beer. I probably should have explained that. It's not gonna knock your socks off. But it is incredibly drinkable, it's light, and yet it's decent beer (as opposed to the bud/coors/miller crapola triumvirate). I don't like Amstel Light. |
I only drink light beer when there is nothing else available, which isnt very often . When I say Amstel light is the best Ive had so far I actually mean its the only one ive had that didnt taste like soda-water with a vague hint of beer.
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My issue with a lot of the microbrews (Magic Hat comes to mind) is that I don't like very "hoppy" beers (Longtrail Ale comes to mind as well). Hence my deep and abiding love of Brown Ales. I have found good micro browns, but I can't remember the names. |
I dont usually go for the hoppy ones either. I like smooth tasty lagers in hot weather, and stouts and porters in cold.
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I've seen Brooklyn available at CT Beverage Mart, but I seem to recall trying it once at a bar and hating it... but I could be confusing it with something else. That's the trouble - too many to remember, and trying new ones kills more brain cells and makes remembering that much harder |
Well it cant have been Brooklyn because I have never had a bad beer from them yet, so when you see Brooklyn just remember one thing...BUY IT!!!
Their lager is good, the Brown ale is great, the Pilsner is very good...probably the only one you wouldnt like is the India Pale Ale as it has quite a bite to it. I doubt you would have had that on tap though.
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Lung
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of my princess Anastasia!
Mar 1999
time: 15:21
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Originally posted by Arrian
Lung, while I'm not familiar with Australian beer (I've had Fosters, but am fully aware that Australians think it's piss... which it is), but you are too quick to put down American brewing. Throw out Bud, Coors, Miller, etc. That isn't beer, so it isn't worth discussing.
Unfortunately, like Fosters, those are the exports. My memory of businessmen buying "imported" Bud at happy hour in a London Pub still gives me the shivers. At 2.8% or 5%, it's still utter crap. But I digress...
I actually don't spend a lot of time sampling the various microbrews, since I'm the type who finds something he likes and tends to stick with it. A month or two ago I tried Sam Adams Light, and I haven't bought anything else since. I LOVE the stuff. I still love Newcastle, but I like it more in the winter because it's such a heavy brown ale. Sam Light is more of a summer beer.
-Arrian |
How the hell can you call light beer beer at all? 
Anything less than about 4.5% is watered-down piss! As for American beer, how do y'all expect your beer to be loved when you have beers with 2.8% alc/vol that are actually liked? You blokes give beer a bad name 
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Lung
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of my princess Anastasia!
Mar 1999
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Originally posted by blackice
 
Alcohol content: 6.1%
Best served with ice crystals starting in beer.
In Canada, 'Black Ice' is a term that describes when a thin layer of ice freezes over the roads, making driving conditions extremely dangerous and highly stressful. I can tell ya, though, you worry a lot less about keeping the car on the road when you've got 40 ozs of this potent **** in you! |
I've had BlackIce, er...Blackice So all this time you were talking about the beer? Anyway, it's sensational, and it led to fun, frivolity and serious merryment when i drank it in Vancouver some years back 
BTW, black ice is a term also used in Australia, and probably claims more cars than in Canada as Australians drive like Chinese drivers on the rare occasions when ice is on our roads 
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