King of Beers

[Monaco]

Whoever mentioned the Belgian abbey beers is dead on. I just got back from spending 10 days in Brussels, and the amazing range of beers there blows anything in North America completely out of the water. One bar we went to literally has 2,000 beers in stock at all times (Delirium Cafe). Anyways, my favourites over there were Leffe Blonde, Chimay Trappist, and Westleveren (sp?). Amazing taste, very strong too. Not to mention so much cheaper then here at home!

 

[bigjohnson]

The local Hammerhead Ale and a couple Deschutes products (Black Butte Porter and Twilight Ale) are tops for me. If I feel like something lighter I have a faucet full of water.

 

[wryter]

Since some of you guy's are talking about Belgian beers, I happen to be a belgian my personal favors are:
Duvel (best when you let it ripe 6 months after purchase)
Grimbergen, Westvleteren(can only be bought in small quantity's from the monastry itself), Chimay, Bush, kasteelbier (it has the reputation of being beer for women because of its sweet taste and 12%:cheer: ), Westmalle, Bornem double (named after the village where I live) and Gembloux (got to taste it at Belgiums biggest knife show in Gembloux).
Our normal beers such as stella and jupiler are around 5.2 to 5.5% and during my drinking days I could easily handle 15 of them on one night.

 

[Mr.Positive]

I gotta stick with vodka as my main drink. If you want a good vodka that's actually pretty good priced try Luksosova. It's a potato vodka from Poland. It's smooth, but it actually has some "flavor" whereas most good vodkas are pretty devoid of character.

Luksosova is a good vodka. If you like vodkas try, Zubrowka. It's another good polish vodka, and unique. Hard to find in the US though..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubrowka

I'll second the comment about Budvar from the Czech, that's a good beer. A lot different than our mass produced Budweiser here.

Until you've tried beer in Germany from a wooden barrel, you'll understand what true 'Bier' tastes like.

Sam Adams and Anchorsteam are the best beers in the U.S., aside from some microbrews you'll find around.

 

[TyTe`EyEs]

I think you guys mean Luksusowa. And yes, it is a quality vodka for the price. It doesn't mix very well, though. It's best on the rocks.

 

[blackbirdbeatle]

**** most of you have ****ty taste in beers. I mean it's all subjective but still...

Any way the best brewery in North America is in Quebec. Unibroue. That's becuase it's modelled after Belgian beers, the best in the world. Their trippels are fantastic and at around 8% for a bottle the size of a wine bottle, it's a shock for many American drinkers to handle.

Some of my favorites are: Karmeliet, St. Bernardus, Rochefort, etc...

Hell, my own home brew kicks the **** out of 99% of what you can buy here dometically. Of course I've been doing 3 batches a month for years now. I usually do Saisons or trippels. Sometimes stouts.

 

[TyTe`EyEs]

**** most of you have ****ty taste in beers. I mean it's all subjective but still...

Any way the best brewery in North America is in Quebec. Unibroue. That's becuase it's modelled after Belgian beers, the best in the world. Their trippels are fantastic and at around 8% for a bottle the size of a wine bottle, it's a shock for many American drinkers to handle.

Some of my favorites are: Karmeliet, St. Bernardus, Rochefort, etc...

Hell, my own home brew kicks the **** out of 99% of what you can buy here dometically. Of course I've been doing 3 batches a month for years now. I usually do Saisons or trippels. Sometimes stouts.

It's not your fault you were born in Canada...

 

[STR8UP]

Since some of you guy's are talking about Belgian beers, I happen to be a belgian my personal favors are:
Duvel (best when you let it ripe 6 months after purchase)
Grimbergen, Westvleteren(can only be bought in small quantity's from the monastry itself), Chimay, Bush, kasteelbier (it has the reputation of being beer for women because of its sweet taste and 12%:cheer: ), Westmalle, Bornem double (named after the village where I live) and Gembloux (got to taste it at Belgiums biggest knife show in Gembloux).
Our normal beers such as stella and jupiler are around 5.2 to 5.5% and during my drinking days I could easily handle 15 of them on one night.

I was in Amsterdam for a few days and kick myself for not stopping in Belgium for a day or two.

It's pretty cool that as of the past few years the Belgian beers have really become popular around here. There are several stores around town that carry hundreds of them. Good to see that Americans are finally starting to appreciate some of the finer things in life

 

[STR8UP]

Until you've tried beer in Germany from a wooden barrel, you'll understand what true 'Bier' tastes like.

Sam Adams and Anchorsteam are the best beers in the U.S., aside from some microbrews you'll find around.

There is no comparison to beer fresh out of the tap at a brewery.

Don't know if it came out of wooden kegs, but the stuff I had in Berlin was better than sex. Even the really good local beers here in the states are amazing if you get them from the brewery itself.

As for Sam Adams and Anchor....yea, for common beers both of those are fine examples. Try the Anchor Liberty Ale sometime. Very good as well.

 

[paintballz]

COORS LIGHT:rockon:

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

COORS LIGHT:rockon:

"As cold as the rockies" hahahahaha come on you can do better than that

 

[Mr.Positive]

Don't know if it came out of wooden kegs, but the stuff I had in Berlin was better than sex. Even the really good local beers here in the states are amazing if you get them from the brewery itself.

As for Sam Adams and Anchor....yea, for common beers both of those are fine examples. Try the Anchor Liberty Ale sometime. Very good as well.

I'll have to try Anchor Liberty Ale, thanks.

The wooden barrel beer was unique. I was at a bierhall in Munich that had it, it was great beer. The wooden barrels were huge, probably 5 times the size of a regular keg.

Another beer, actually one of my favorites, is Zywiec. It's a Polish beer, very good.

 

[Phyzzle]

As one of those guys who has tried 300+ beers, the best beer I've ever purchased in an American store was Old Peculiar. British Strong Ale.

After many years, I think I've had it with Belgian Beer. It's like fizzy candy with alcohol. I'm not sure it should be classed with beer. It's like beer, Belgianbeer, and wine are three different beverages. The only Belgian-style beer I like is something called Belgian Farmhouse Ale.

 

[Colossus]

On the subject of Belgian Abbey beers, I just tried Grimbergen's Blonde---Very nice. Light, but with a rich golden hue, taste of apricot and almond, and very drinkable. $11.50 for a six pack though...definitely a novelty!!

Also just tried Dogfish Head's Raison D'etre. Delicious. Packs a punch too!

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

i'd like to see this stickied

 

[STR8UP]

A good Belgian Blonde is a beer to behold. I've had a couple of them, can't remember names offhand, but the good ones were very good. And not the syrupy "candy" beers like some of them.

Speaking of Belgians......never, I repeat NEVER buy your girl Lindeman's Lambics.

Lambic beers are produced in certain regions of Belgium by a process known as "spontaneous fermantation" which means that it uses native yeasts from the air, so these beers can ONLY be made in the specific regions where they are developed.

They also happen to be made with fruit, VERY expensive and chicks take to 'em like crack cocaine.

Oh yea, and nobody mentioned the Belgian White ales!

Blue Moon is surprisingly good for being a Coors product, but for the real deal you gotta try Hoegaarden or even better yet Averey White Rascal which is a micro brewed in the states. there's another one that I can't remember right now that's very good too....

How about cool beer joints?

Coolest one i have been to is Gollem in Amsterdam. Saw it online before I went but didn't know where it was until i stumbled upon it on a tiny street near the shopping district. There's something about the memory of enjoying a wonderful belgian beer in an 18th century building the size of my bedroom that will stay with me till the day I die. Oh yea, and the other cool one was the micro brewery in Berlin under the train tracks. Talk about character!

*Edit* Can't forget about the beer halls in Munich. The beer isn't the best but there's something about the atmosphere that makes them a must see. And Oktoberfest, the MOTHER of beer festivals......although the beer wasn't great, I will never forget the SEA of people, the sights, sounds, and smells, and sitting down at a table with some very friendly Bavarian senior citizens who kept yelling "Hey Orlando" and throwing pretzels to us across the table. Priceless.