# What Beer do you enjoy the most? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890 "2003-02-09T15:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/61 "2003-02-10T10:40:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Pilsner Urquell is the standard by which all Pils must be judged. > \*\* Actually, the **real** [Budweiser](http://www.budvar.cz/flash/index_en.html), from the small town of Budvar (the German name is Budweis) is even better than Pilsner Urquell IMHO. But my all-time favorite has to be a dark Lager brewed in “U svateho Tomase” in Prague. Mmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![samboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@samboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samboy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/62 "2003-02-10T13:08:45Z")
Coopers Original Pale Ale by god, or ill have the lot of you hanged:) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/63 "2003-02-10T13:55:29Z")
Can’t get it here, but in Fort Collins (Colorado), Fat Tire was my beer of choice. Out here there is an apalling lack of microbreweries, but Killians is on draft just about everywhere; I’ve been settling for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ego\_Mk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Ego\_Mk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ego_Mk2)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/64 "2003-02-10T16:56:26Z")
I went on a trip to the UK + Ireland and on the ferry to Ireland they had a McEwan’s brand beer. It was fan-fugu-tastic! I don’t know what it was called other than McEwan’s. I can’t find it in America (it’s not Stout or Export) and I’m really disappointed. Other than that I mostly like wheat or weiss beers. Or room temperature drinkable ales. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/65 "2003-02-10T17:12:06Z")
Tanglefoot (Badger) Gale’s HSB 49er (Ringwood) London Pride I’ve converted an Irishman from Guinness with that lot. and forced a German to admit that English beer ain’t so bad. I tried something called Chiswick Ale or something like that after last year’s LonDope. Jolly nice, and well worth going back for. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/66 "2003-02-10T17:52:27Z")
Wow - what beer don’t I enjoy? Here’s what I enjoy in no particular order (that I can remember off the top of my head) Budweiser Schlitz Miller High Life Lone Star Point Czechvar Pilsner Urquell Harp Sapporo Michelob Becks St. Pauli girl Fosters Labatt’s Blue Molsen Golden Grolsch Warsteiner Negro Modelo Dos Equis Sprecher Mickey’s Red Stripe Pabst Blue Ribbon Moosehead Delerium Tremens Old Style (back when it was fully krausened) Lacrosse Lager Carlsberg Tennent Bitburger Oh yeah, and when I was very young my dad brought home a six pack of Nude Beer. The label had a woman in a bikini which would scratch off (the bikini). Although I never tasted it, I loved that beer. -Mooch ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/67 "2003-02-10T21:46:48Z")
Whichever one is in my hand! :wally ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/68 "2003-02-10T23:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > \*\*We won’t judge Australians by Foster’s, if you don’t judge us by Bud. \*\* To be fair, Australians don’t actually drink Fosters. It’s almost entirely brewed for an export market which has shown they don’t know better. CUB’s frontline beers for domestic consumption are Victoria Bitter and Carlton Cold - neither are ones I’d personally drink instead of, say, arsenic, but both have a modicum of flavour to them. Oh, and somehow I left Sheaf Stout off the list of great stouts. I have no idea why I did that. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/69 "2003-02-11T15:57:55Z")
I generally buy either Sam Adams, Leinenkugel, or Goose Island - whichever is on sale by the 12 when I’m in the store. Usually a 12 goes for around $8.99. Often get their seasonal brews. Otherwise, depends on my taste that day. Last week I bought some of the Leinie doppelbock - named “Big Butt”! Great beer and a great name. Of course, my wife quickly got tired of the hilarious comments… Aside - for x-mas, my BIL gave me a 3-stooges bottle opener. When you open a cap, Moe says, “How bout a beer?” Curly responds, “Coitainly!” Then, “glug, glug, glug” pouring sounds followed by Curly’s “Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk,” “woo-woo-woo-woo!” Two months later, it still cracks me up everytime I use it! ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/70 "2003-02-11T17:28:37Z")
I’m a big fan of **Harp** , followed closely by **Bass** , but only on tap. The bottled versions seem to lack that certain something. When I’m at the house, I prefer **Budweiser**. I also enjoy **Lowenbrau** , but I have to special order it, so I only get it about three or four times a year. This thread has made me think about the cheap crap I used to drink in college, namely **Milwaukee’s Beast** , **Olympia** , and **Busch**. God, how did I manage to endure that swill? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/71 "2003-02-11T17:49:45Z")
Does anyone else think John Smiths tastes sweet? ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/72 "2003-02-11T17:50:50Z")
Lone Star - The National Beer of Texas ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/73 "2003-02-11T18:34:07Z")
Luckily I get to prance around and enjoy the benfits of the best beer in the world for the cheapest price- on average, $0.75 per half-liter (roughly 16oz.). My favorites (all on tap and fresh as the dickens): Velkopopovicky Kozel Radegast Branik Gambrinus (same brewery as Pilsner Urquell) Pilsner Urquell (10x better than the bottled stuff you get) They have different types at each brewery, light and dark, different degrees and etc. Normally my favorite is ‘Rezane pivo’ which is half light and half dark- like Black and Tans, but not layered - just made with whatever they have on tap. So you sometimes get a Pilsner Urqull/Gambrinus Dark, or Branik/Kozel Dark or ??? Unfortunately…I’m on a diet. So I drink wine these days. -Tcat -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/74 "2003-02-11T19:07:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DoctorJ \* > \*\*Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is our house wine, but my favorite is the Celebration Ale. \*\* Mmmm…Celebration Ale! That’s probably my favorite beer of all time. I drank quite a bit of it this winter, but alas, it’s time has passed for another year… When I can’t get that though, I generally prefer IPAs. Lots of hops for me. Just about any brand is good, although Deschutes’ Quail Springs IPA is a little on the tame side. I adore Hop Ottin’, Full Sail IPA, Pyramid…lots of others. Regarding Pilsener Urquell…yes, it’s fantastic, although personally I prefer Bitburger Pils, which has a much sharper hoppy bitterness. As I said, I love lots of hops. Also (and this may be blasphemy to Pilsener-philes) I’d rather have the cheap Kiwi export, Steinlager. That’s some tasty beer. (And only $2 for the 25 ounce bottle.) I’m not even going to start on barley wines. I could be here all day… ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/75 "2003-02-11T20:07:20Z")
Firewitch, you drink HARP?!!! jesus, you’re a brave woman. i like Guinness (only in irelnad), Stella and Grolsch. Heineken does when there’s nothing else. Pilsner Urquell made backpacking in eastern europe heavenly. too hard to get here. Amstel reminds me of holidays in Crete, drinking by the pool…legally drinking at 14 is a wonderful feeling! Dutch Gold on the other hand reminds me of drinking in crummy student flats and making snakebite from Bulmers… yuck. i don’t drink american beer if there’s something else (anything alse) on offer. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/76 "2003-02-11T22:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tomcat \* > \*\*Luckily I get to prance around and enjoy the benfits of the best beer in the world for the cheapest price > \*\* I’ll just wait for the Belgians to show up and present their cases. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/77 "2003-02-11T22:07:06Z")
Bottled: Stoudt’s Scarlet Lady ESB Draught: Sam Adams Winter Lager Shot-and-a-beer beer: Red Stripe (coupled with Jack Daniel’s (and of course I enjoy a Red Stripe all by its lonesome, as well)) For when I ain’t feelin’ happy with the state of things in my life, and I’m workin’ to make it better: A six of Miller High Life ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/78 "2003-02-12T00:29:11Z")
My favorite beer? The one that someone else bought for me. A decade ago in Venezuela, I was introduced to these adorable little cans (7 oz or so) of **Polar**. We ended up on a jungle tour with a group of Venezuelan Tupperware ladies and their husbands. Those ice cold cans (2 gulp average) on a hot day turned me into a wild woman. Consequently, I have one of my all time favorite travel photos - me in the thick jungle, with the tour guide holding a machete to my throat. I thought it was a good idea at the time, but I wouldn’t recommend it (or, for obvious reasons, a vacation to that region) right now. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/79 "2003-02-12T00:30:57Z")
Having spent a goodly amount of time there I sat up and thought of championing the cause, but I know there are a few REAL Belgians on here. . . But. . . ok. Question: no offense, but what’s the deal with English beer-drinkers and Stella? Of ALL the wondrous Belgian elixers, why Stella? We ARE talking about Stella Artois, right? It’s the closest to a light lager of the bunch (with the exception of Jupiler, whose existence just confuses me). . . I mean, it’s practically American beer. You might as well drink Dutch beer. [this is where I duck and find some cover, but de gustibus non disputandum est. I guess I just don’t like lagers] ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/80 "2003-02-12T00:49:26Z")
Guinness and Rolling Rock’s Grasshopper (nice in the summer). But I make a really nice oatmeal stout. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890.md?page=5)