The best beer in the world is Fullers London Pride, drunk straight from the cask by a canal lock on a sunny Sunday afternoon
Fretful Porpentine. A brewry near Yorkshire (Dent Brewry), produces a beer called “Towd Tup”, which tastes like you describe.
I prefer to brew my own.
I’m not sure if it was the best, because my mind has been clouded by the many wonderful beers I have sampled over the past years. But I do remember the best I had ever had at the time:
Sprecher Weiss
I had a glass in college at a long-since-closed cafe in Eau Claire, WI. It was the first time I had tried a non-big label and it changed my whole outlook on beer. Wow, thought I. You mean beer is supposed to actually taste good?
Sierra Nevada - draft
My favorite US beer is, far and away, Fat Tire from Colorado. For white/wheat beers, Blue Moon Belgian White is terrific.
European is Wit Raff, which I actually don’t recall it’s nation of origin, but I had it in Holland. I’ll second the OP on De Koninck, too.
Chimay Grande Reserve
Cafferies is pretty tasty, too and has the cool cascading effect like Guinness, but is a light beer(come to think about it, Youngers is pretty good, too)
Pergau –
Thanks! If you’re right, I definitely owe you a drink!
The best beer I’ve ever throwed a lip over was my own homebrew, which I call Milton’s Uptown Brown. It’s nutty and delicious, and fortified with extry punch. It won’t slam your liver as hard as Milton’s Black Blotto, but it don’t kid around exactly either. In general, I find it’s hard to find a bottled beer that’s tastier than one I’ve brewed.
The best beer I’ve ever had is the one in front of me when I’m asked. They all taste alike to me. It’s like saying what’s your favorite tea? Whatever the waiter brings. Best orange juice, what’s ever in the pitcher today. Best water? Whatever comes out of the tap.
Christ almighty!
amber bock? you mean that piss from Michelob?
Look for Three Floyds Brewing out of Indiana.
Try the Alpha King Pale Ale.
and wait for the spring when their Pride and Joy Pale Ale comes out.
Unbelievable.
Well I had a 32 oz draft Dos Equis for breakfast on Sunday at this little hole in the wall restaurant called Ramon’s in Lansing. Authentic mexican food, not a chihuahua in sight.
It was pretty damn good.
Watney’s Cream Stout! Mmmmm…
Newcastle also makes a damn fine brew.
When I was in Cologne, Germany, I drank nothing but one of their local Kolsch’s, for which they’re famous, but I don’t recall the brand.
Based on my less than worldly experience, my vote goes for Shiner Bock, a beer brewed at a central Texas czech-style brewery.
I didn’t really like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale…
Too bad Watney’s isn’t sold in the U.S. any more. Hasn’t been available for at least two years.
But yeah that cream stout ruled. Their Red Barrel was also tops in its category.
Out of Texas, let’s everyone try Celis White or Celis Pale Bock.
Also, I tend to think that Fat Tire is over rated. It’s a beer for the person who’s having his first microbrew.
Heinekin is like mother’s milk to me.
Maybe not the best beer I’ve had, but definely my favorite, was Rheingold Extra Dry. sold in the NY,NJ,CT market beforethe 80’s. The company went out of business for some reason I don’t remember, but made the most drinkable, get ya drunk, and good tasting beer I ever drank repeatedly.
Way back in 1976 when I went on a trip to England with a friend: Theakston’s Old Peculier, on tap, at a place called The Drunken Duck. I don’t remember exactly where the place was, but I know it’s within driving distance of Beatrix Potter’s house.
Oh, and to go with it, instead of fish and chips, we had duck and chips. Sigh.
Here in Chicago, a place called “The Duke of Perth” has John Courage on tap. Almost as good.
Gather 'round fellow Aussies, it’s time to crack open some Crown Lager
C’mon, folks! Most of the above beers still have training wheels.
Now for some real beer. Here are five of my favorites, in no particular order:
Liberty Ale by Anchor Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA. Beautiful Carmel color. Very hoppy. Very good.
Miami Trail Pale Ale microbrew by Miami Trail Brewing Co, Xenia, OH. Best pale ale I’ve ever had. Excellent hop spiciness.
Corsendonk (dubbel or Triple). Belgium ale. Expensive, but worth every penny. Mmmmmmm.
Hoster’s Rev. Purley Pale Ale microbrew by Hoster’s Brewery, Columbus, OH. Darker than Miami Trail’s, but oh so good.
Guinness. Big name, I know. But it is still one of my favorites.