# Beer drinkers, What is the best beer in the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307 "2013-04-10T08:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/122 "2013-04-12T13:59:23Z")
Nah, don’t do that. That would leave the thread to the pedants and assholes (Yea! I’m over-qualified!) The beer you like is the beer you like. Just like women. ---
**Author:** ![iseethink720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@iseethink720](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iseethink720)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/123 "2013-04-12T14:05:48Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Maybe a slightly different question then: what beer do you enjoy drinking the most? > > There are some movies I’ll watch every time I catch them on TV but I wouldn’t consider any of them the “best movie ever”. Likewise, the beers I consider the ‘best’ I tend to drink only rarely. > > I like Live Oak Hefeweizen. Quite sessionable. And wheat beers are awfully refreshing in the near perpetual heat we get in Texas. > > Deschutes Twilight Summer Ale (seasonal) and Smithwick’s aren’t too shabby, either. > > Some of my friends like the super hopped IPAs though. > > ETA: And if you look at the top ranked beers at [Beer Advocate](http://beeradvocate.com/lists/top), you see the trend towards more hops and stouts born out. Most of the top beers on that site are IPAs, stouts, and Quads. Great suggestion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iseethink720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@iseethink720](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iseethink720)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/124 "2013-04-12T14:06:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Nah, don’t do that. That would leave the thread to the pedants and assholes (Yea! I’m over-qualified!) > > The beer you like is the beer you like. Just like women. Haha! Nice comparison! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/125 "2013-04-12T14:10:16Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > Well considering (and yes I know what this will do to my credibility :D) I also enjoy Michelob Ultra when low carbing, I am probably out of my element in these discussions. > > I abdicate and will lurk this thread henceforth 😉 Hey, I find myself drinking Walgreen’s Big Flats these days quite a lot because the wife prefers the American light lagers and it’s cheap ($3.33/6 pack. Used to be $2.99 up to a month or two ago.) The way I described it before: “Not quite Old Style or Schiltz in terms of flavor, but better than Hamm’s, Blatz, and Busch. Yeah, I know that’s very narrow niche I’m describing there. But trust me. I’m right.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/126 "2013-04-12T14:15:02Z")
I was always enamored of Newcastle Brown Ale, but in the past year or so my go to brew has been Bass Ale. Last week, on a whim, I picked up a six-pack of Long Trail IPA that was effing delicious. Then there’s the Shipyard’s seasonal brews (Pumpkinhead in the fall, Applehead in the spring) that I enjoy a lot, but I feel a bit non-beer-snobby mentioning them for some reason. My other beer-snob friends look at me like I’m drinking Kool-Aid when I whip out a bottle of either. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/127 "2013-04-12T14:39:39Z")
My bitch (don’t start!) is that they keep discontinuing or stop importing my favorite beers. Shipyard used to put out a wonderful IPA named after Joshua Chamberlain. Not any more. Bishops Neame used to export Bishop’s Finger Kentish Ale to the colonies. Not any more. Bevmo started carrying the reformulated Schlitz in California. Not any more. If Sierra Nevada ever stops making their pale ale in favor of Torpedo (which is shit) I’ll be heading to the clock tower with a rifle. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/128 "2013-04-15T18:26:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Bishops Neame used to export Bishop’s Finger Kentish Ale to the colonies. Not any more. Oooh… had I known it was available in the US at all, I’d have already hurt someone to try and prevent its departure from our shores. I’m a big fan of English ales, and the variety we get here is fairly pitiful when you get right down to it, and I’m annoyed that it seems like my only options are Boddington’s, Fuller’s ESB, Old Speckled Hen, Wychwood Hobgoblin and Wells Bombardier. None of them are bad, but that’s not much variety. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/129 "2013-04-15T18:40:18Z")
I will pick two, because they represent completely different end of the spectrum ( realize that in fact beer exists along many dimesions): On the IPA/hop emphasis side I am going with **Pliny the Elder** from Russian River. It may actually be a bit cliche to say it is a favorite of a beer snob such as myself, but it is truly my favorite on the IPA side. On the stout/malt side I am going with **Old Rasputin** from North Coast Brewery. Although I did try the Goose Island Bourbon County and thoroughly enjoyed, but have only had the one small (3 oz.) tasting, so it remains off to the side in my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/130 "2013-04-15T19:14:22Z")
I’ve just heard that Shipyard is coming out with a summer seasonal brew to compliment their Pumpkinhead and Applehead: Melonhead … with a slight hint of watermelon. Color me skeptical … but I’ll still probably buy a case. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/131 "2013-04-15T19:19:44Z")
I hope they have better luck with that than I did. Watermelon is such a subtle flavor that you really have to dump the stuff in there to notice it at all. Very fine line between “not enough watermelon” and “Ye gods!” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/132 "2013-04-15T20:25:21Z")
21st Amendment makes “Hell or High Water Watermelon Wheat” which is awful, in my opinion, but my buddy loves it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/133 "2013-04-15T20:34:11Z")
I had a Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat on Friday…then went home and got my empty growler for a fill up. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/134 "2013-04-16T10:34:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My bitch (don’t start!) is that they keep discontinuing or stop importing my favorite beers. Shipyard used to put out a wonderful IPA named after Joshua Chamberlain. Not any more. **Bishops** Neame used to export Bishop’s Finger Kentish Ale to the colonies. Not any more. Bevmo started carrying the reformulated Schlitz in California. Not any more. If Sierra Nevada ever stops making their pale ale in favor of Torpedo (which is shit) I’ll be heading to the clock tower with a rifle. Slight nit-pick, it’s **Shepherd** Neame. Believed to be the oldest continuous brewer in the country, from 1698. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/135 "2013-04-16T12:35:27Z")
It was pre-coffee, so I’m excused. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/136 "2013-05-08T22:33:49Z")
A bump just to let everyone know that Sierra Nevada Hoptimum v2013 is now on the shelves. Life is short, if you haven’t tried this, ask yourself: “Why not? After all, it’s on the shelves, and I’m only going to live once.” ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/137 "2013-05-08T22:59:01Z")
Personally I like Michelob Ultra as it’s low in carbs. Most beers that taste like the beer I’m used to are good, therefore Coors, Bud, Miller, Oly, etc. are all on a par. I’m not particular…guess I should have said OP’s. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307/138 "2013-05-08T23:03:54Z")
Two weeks ago, our local brewery was serving a batch of their doublebock which was aged in rye whiskey barrels. Awesome, and there were signs for the beertenders “This is not expected to last out the weekend. No .5 liter glasses, only .4 liter. No growlers, no matter who asks.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-drinkers-what-is-the-best-beer-in-the-world/655307.md?page=6)