" Beer"

Born and raised in Germany = beer being part of the daily diet ( one or two that is, not one or two cases ;) ), and that's a tough standard to maintain in this country...

...so, here are my beer comments:

a) most imports here, like the a.m. Fosters, are flops in their native countries, e.g. would be Becks - guess why ...

b) only one national American beer brand is worth being called a beer IMO: Sam Adams (Lager and 4 seasonal brands),
all other so-called beers here (Bud, MGD, Coors) are sweetened water, with little alcohol and bubbles - those commercials were they are used to water the plants are right on the money :p

b1) there are SOME microbreweries that make decent beer, like the Pyramid Hefeweizen in Seattle

c) if you serve beer in frozen glasses that freeze the drink over you are de-facto killing the flavor;
would you do the same with good wines?
my point: doesn't seem to have much quality

d) Warsteiner (Pils), Erdinger (Hefeweizen), Altbier are the real beers, heck who else follows a stringent purity law since 1516
Translation Law 1516

There you got it, my opinion from many bar discussions, now published in the VDr Lounge :D

Drank Erdinger whilst living in Germany....goooooooooood stuff.

So that's why Corona wasn't readily available when I was in Mexico in 1990.

Had some stuff called XX and no it wasn't half the strength of Austalia's XXXX

Im no longer a drinker but there was a time in my life that I could put them away, my drink of choice was of course vodka, but I usually drank Miller Genuine Draft or Fosters, boy that Fosters would get ya buzzed real quick. Sidewinder1

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Originally posted by Sidewinder1
boy that Fosters would get ya buzzed real quick. Sidewinder1

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I think that's because it has a high alcohol contents like 5.0 or something.

I think most full strenght Australian beers are 4.7 or so.

Hey Nix, as a VB drinker what do ya think about Tooheys and Cascade ?

Carlsberg, probably the best beer in the world.

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Originally posted by K G G
Hey Nix, as a VB drinker what do ya think about Tooheys and Cascade ?

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Before they put VB on tap in Sydney, then Toohey's New would have been the choice for tap beer.

For bottle beer it would probably go:

VB
Carlton Cold \ Toohey's Extra Dry
Toohey's New
Cascade Premium

If I was going to drink low alcohol beer:

Cascade Premium Light

Except for a good home brew in Norway, I have not found a good beer since I left Germany in 1969.

anyone tried apple cider?

I've heard if you leave a gallon of apple cider in your frige, and open the cap 6 months or so(to release pressure?) and the cider will become alcholic?

BTW KGG, do German Women shave?:confused:

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Originally posted by jenae
Hi, California makes some good wine. I have not tasted a US beer that I would consider again (except of course the legendary "DUFF" ) Here where Beer is very popular I drink Cascade Premium and Hann Premium. Very often too much....sigh:p :p

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Have to agree with that scentiment. It's something we Canadians have been saying forever. Americans may do somethings well but brewing beer isn't one of them. You can take the most popular US beer and it still wouldn't begin to compare to any of Canada's worst offerings never mind those that we considered best.

Now, Now, young Calpitor this thread is for adults only. Still I am heartened by the fact that you did not nominate one of Canada's evil brews, indicates you are waiting to reach legal age. Could I perhaps interest you in the temperance league's weekly newsletter (nice pictures).:D :D

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Originally posted by OilPatch197
... BTW KGG, do German Women shave?:confused:

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What area exactly are you talking about? :D - j/k - let's keep this thread clean, or shaved for that matter.
But, some do, some don't - at least the ones I dated did... :cool:

Hey Nix - Thanks. I took a liking to Toohey New whilst in Sydney this summer. Not a bad brew.

Train - I think you summed it up. Back in the summer of '69...

1. Anchor Christmas Ale
2. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
3. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Stella Artois... the best by far.....