# Favorite beer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2000, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747 "2000-05-28T18:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/1 "2000-05-28T18:47:40Z")
I’m an Icehouse man myself. But Coors and Michelob are good. Don’t care too much for Miller beer. As always…bottles beat out aluminum cans. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/2 "2000-05-28T21:32:40Z")
There are just SO MANY good beers out there, it’s impossible to narrow it down to one favorite. I’m fond of anything Sierra Nevada makes, though. I also like anything Anchor makes. North Coast brewing is good, too. Damnit, I can’t even decide on a favorite BREWERY, much less a favorite BEER. ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/3 "2000-05-28T23:06:31Z")
I know this will sound like heresy to beer lovers everywhere, but I prefer Miller High Life. I used to drink lots of Coors, but the Coors I get here in Alaska doesn’t taste the same as the Coors I got back in Kansas. I know, I know - both of those beers are like sex in a canoe… ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/4 "2000-05-29T00:41:41Z")
Coors is good, as is Keystone (Coors in a different can). I like the occasional Iron City, too, though I don’t know whether that’s anywhere outside of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. I used to really enjoy Michelob Dry, before it went away. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/5 "2000-05-29T00:52:21Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19256](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19256) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=18558](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=18558) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24897](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24897) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/6 "2000-05-29T04:44:27Z")
Root. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/7 "2000-05-29T08:44:03Z")
John Courage or Bass. I’m a snob, and I know it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/8 "2000-05-29T09:32:35Z")
It’s been many a year since I sampled a brew, but if memory serves, it would be ‘Little Kings cream ale’ out of Cincinati, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/9 "2000-05-29T16:55:36Z")
Tremont Ale (prefer on tap) Harpoon IPA Smutty Nose Old Brown Dog Ale Pete’s ESB - on hot days Caffrey’s In that order, probably ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/10 "2000-05-29T16:59:29Z")
Moosehead…I just love it. It’s brewed in Halifax, NS. It’s my personal fav. that I can actually get on a regualr basis. The ultimate beer (which I can only get once every year or two) is Alpine. Also brewed by Moosehead brewries…but now shipped to Ontario yet…If you ever go to New Bruswick/Nova Scotia I highly recommend picking some up. Have a nice day. Oh yeah…give micro brewries a try…they’ll suprise you. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/11 "2000-05-29T17:32:30Z")
Bass. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/12 "2000-05-29T20:51:01Z")
Guinness. It’s good for you. Afligem Tripel (I’m sure that’s spelled wrong). The Champagne of beers. ---
**Author:** ![Cogitoergosum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Cogitoergosum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cogitoergosum)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/13 "2000-05-29T22:40:50Z")
Hmmm…I’m a Sam Adams man myself, but I have to say I tend more to the microbreweries. Of course, being in highschool, I usually get stuck with monkey piss ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/14 "2000-05-30T13:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Afligem Tripel (I’m sure that’s spelled wrong). The Champagne of beers. > \*\* missbunny, fine taste in beers you got there. It’s Affligem, BTW. Pretty close eh 😉 Anyway, if you like Affligem Triple, you’ll LOVE the following: - Kasteelbier Triple - Leffe Triple - Westmalle Triple - Orval Triple My personal favourites are various and depending on category: Lager/Pilsner: Grolsch, Warsteiner and [Hertog Jan](http://www.hertogjan.nl/) Stout: [Murphy’s](http://www.murphysbeers.com/) Irish Stout (smoother, silkier than Guinness) Belgian Trappist: [Westvleteren Abt](http://speth08.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/marketing/salzberg/impress/vrede2.html) (a 12% beer, possibly my overall fave) Belgian “Sweet”: [Oerbier](http://beer.tcm.hut.fi/Kuvat/Etiketit/oerbier.gif), by the Dolle Brouwers (“Insane Brewers”) Brewery. It’s so sweet your teeth will fall right out, yet it has a very captivating taste (and I’m not a sweet beer man, usually!) Damn, I’m a man of good taste 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/15 "2000-05-30T13:46:49Z")
I mocked up two links. Being the swell guy I am, I decided to fix them right here and now: Go [here](http://www.grolsch.com/) for Grolsch and go [here](http://www.warsteiner.de/) for Warsteiner. The rest work fine in the post above. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/16 "2000-05-30T13:56:22Z")
Canadian beer is wonderful…American beer… horse piss Kokanee is a good one, of course there’s Canadaian as well…very tastey. My absolute fav is Tin Whistle Beer out of Penticton BC. Hugh bottles, the most refreshing beer on the planet. American beer is substandard by comparison. Then again, Canadian beer pales in comparison to English and some European beers. Yours beerly, Graeme ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/17 "2000-05-30T15:05:10Z")
Corona or Harp. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/18 "2000-05-30T16:01:33Z")
Why, thank you, Coldfire. Re the Affligem Triple: a few years ago I bought a case for a serious beer-o-phile as a wedding gift. I had never had it before, so I also bought a single bottle to try out before I gave a case of something that might be horrible. My taste buds haven’t been the same since. By the way, my friend said it was by far the best wedding present he received. ---
**Author:** ![billyt123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@billyt123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billyt123)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/19 "2000-05-30T17:15:44Z")
Moose Drool, its by Big Sky Brewing co. from Montana ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747/20 "2000-05-30T18:59:25Z")
My favorite is usually whatever you put in my hand as I walk in the door (actually hands, as I am ambeerdexterous - I can drink with either hand). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beer/20747.md?page=2)