# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/101 "2003-02-14T03:15:19Z")
Trying to quit. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/102 "2003-02-14T03:24:46Z")
I’m partial to German beers but for those that I can actually buy and drink on this continent, it’s Amstel Light for me. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/103 "2003-02-16T21:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > 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. Leinie’s Big Butt - great beer. My dealer says she can’t get it anymore. It was seasonal? Pete’s Wicked Ale is the best grocery store beer I’ve found around here (rural Iowa). Grolsch Amber Ale and Fuller London Porter are current favorites. I’ve been on a sampling binge for about the last year – can someone tell me what’s up with **Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse**? Comes in a green bottle, imported from Germany, tastes like sardines with a bit of lemon. WTF?? So far it’s the only really bad beer I’ve found out of about 50 tried. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/104 "2003-02-16T21:18:03Z")
Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse is AMAZING. It’s a wheat beer, and is one of those things that you either like or you hate. I’ve always considered it among my top two or three. Generally, wheat beers are described as having a banana-y and lemony flavor. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/105 "2003-02-16T21:22:59Z")
Flymaster, thanks. I’ve liked other wheat beers – maybe this one deserves a second chance. Maybe I’ll let it warm up a bit – some beers are better at room temperature. If that doesn’t work, there’s always beer bread. ---
**Author:** ![Hrdygrdymn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Hrdygrdymn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrdygrdymn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/106 "2003-02-16T21:39:00Z")
Old Standard - Clancy’s Amber Draught - Rickards Red Something Different - McAuslan Apricot Wheat Ale ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/107 "2003-02-17T00:20:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AuntiePam \* > \*\*Flymaster, thanks. I’ve liked other wheat beers – maybe this one deserves a second chance. > > Maybe I’ll let it warm up a bit – some beers are better at room temperature. \*\* Some are, but that’s not really one of them. If you like that style generally but didn’t like the Franziskaner (which a pretty classic example), it’s possible you just got a bad bottle—spoiled or past its prime. The quality of imports can be kind of iffy. Particularly if the brand is not a fast mover, and it’s been sitting on the shelf for a long time. Time, light, and heat are the enemies of beer. Was it excessively foamy? That’s a sure sign of spoiled beer. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/108 "2003-02-17T00:31:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ferrous \* > \*\*Was it excessively foamy? That’s a sure sign of spoiled beer. \*\* Well, I wouldn’t be so quick to jump to a conclusion on a wheat beer. Most wheats are VERY heady, to the point where it’s generally supposed to be about half head when served. As for serving temperature, most wheats should be served at about 50F. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/109 "2003-02-17T00:35:26Z")
Ferrous, foam is bad? Okay, I just checked. Took a drink from a well-chilled bottle – it foamed up, actually overflowed. Poured some in a glass, quickly, almost all foam. Poured some more, slowly, still kinda foamy. A definite chemically taste, almost like bad cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/110 "2003-02-17T00:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > **Well, I wouldn’t be so quick to jump to a conclusion on a wheat beer. Most wheats are VERY heady, to the point where it’s generally supposed to be about half head when served.** I think you may be overstating that a little bit, but I wasn’t really referring to a foamy head, but rather what’s known as a “gusher”…where you open the beer and it immediately foams over the top of the bottle. Typically the bubbles are smaller than they would otherwise be as well. It’s a sign of excesive age and/or bacterial infection. > [@](#): > > \*\*As for serving temperature, most wheats should be served at about 50F. \*\* Agreed. (But that’s not really what I think of as “warm” beer. YMMV.) ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/111 "2003-02-17T00:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AuntiePam \* > \*\*Ferrous, foam is bad? > > Okay, I just checked. Took a drink from a well-chilled bottle – it foamed up, actually overflowed. Poured some in a glass, quickly, almost all foam. Poured some more, slowly, still kinda foamy. > > A definite chemically taste, almost like bad cheese. \*\* Yep, sounds like spoiled beer to me. (Damn shame, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/112 "2003-02-17T08:18:00Z")
**NEWCASTLE! Sam Adams Octoberfest Bass** ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890/113 "2003-02-17T08:28:06Z")
\*\*IMPORTS: \*\* Newcastle Ale, Delilirum Tremens Ale, St. Pauli’s Girl Dark, Pilsner Urquell, Young’s Ramrod Ale, Spaten Octoberfest, and Lucifer Ale. \*\*MICROBREWS: \*\* Helles-Copperhead Ale, Weinhardt’s Red, Degrimson’s Pilsner, and many other Maryland/VA microbrews. \*\*DOMESTICS: \*\* Killian’s Irish Red, Yuengling, and Sam Adams. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-beer-do-you-enjoy-the-most/153890.md?page=5)