# What is your brew? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752 "2004-10-05T23:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/41 "2004-10-07T00:15:51Z")
[Victory Hop Devil IPA](http://victorybeer.com/hopdevil.htm) is a great beer for hopheads. As a matter of fact, I’m going out to the brewery in about 15 minutes to meet a friend for a couple. Here’s what [Michael Jackson](http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001573.html) (no, not that one, the Beer Hunter guy) has to say about the Devil: > [@](#): > > When I arrived in State College, I fancied a drink. At Zeno’s, a cellar bar at the intersection of the main streets, I had a cask-conditioned pint of an ale that packed a silo of malt and launched a storm of hop oils. The experience was addictive. I had to be manhandled away from a Faustian pact with the HopDevil so that I could sample some brews that were newer to me. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/42 "2004-10-07T06:16:40Z")
Well, when **I** lived in State College and went to Zeno’s, I drank **Belhaven Scottish Ale** on tap. Mmm. For **Victory Hop Devil IPA** , I went to the Deli. \*\*Yuengling Lager \*\* everywhere else. Here in Seattle I drink **Loki Lager** at the Elysian, **Hale’s Cream Ale** at the Deluxe or Hale’s Brewery, **Maudite** at the Stumbling Monk…and on Trivia Night at the George and Dragon with my fellow Dopers, **Boddington’s**. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/43 "2004-10-07T14:45:36Z")
My beer of choice for years was Yuengling. Couldn’t get it when I first moved here to eastern Virginia, but now it’s everywhere. **picker** , I feel your pain, and will now include a toast to you when I have a draft (if I don’t get too drunk and forget.) ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/44 "2004-10-07T21:04:16Z")
> [@pyrrthon1](#): > > Chimay. Made by Trappist monks in Belgium! I’ll have to support **pyrrthon1’s** love of Chimay. That being said, my favorite brew is a Belgium _style_ Saison Ale called [Hennepin](http://www.breweryommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=3), brewed right here at the Ommegang Brewery in New York (well…upstate NY anyway). I’d also love to participate in any Doper beer tasting gatherings here in NY, if such a thing comes along. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/45 "2004-10-07T21:12:15Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > I’ll have to support **pyrrthon1’s** love of Chimay. That being said, my favorite brew is a Belgium _style_ Saison Ale called [Hennepin](http://www.breweryommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=3), brewed right here at the Ommegang Brewery in New York (well…upstate NY anyway). > > I’d also love to participate in any Doper beer tasting gatherings here in NY, if such a thing comes along. I had the pleasure of tasting Hennepin during a tour of the Ommegang brewery last year. Also a few others – Three Philosophers (some limited-run beer) comes to mind. I bought a six-pack sampler of their various brews and took it home for a tasting (couldn’t taste the stuff on-site – I was riding a motorcycle back to New York City after the tour). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/46 "2004-10-07T21:23:50Z")
When I am back in Calgary, I drink Big Rock Traditional Ale in large amounts. Home, here in Austin I’ll drink Shiner more often than not and if I feel like a treat, I go with the Bass. I usually mix in some Guiness and other various beers for variety. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/47 "2004-10-07T21:29:04Z")
My usual beer is Newcastle Brown Ale. Lately I’ve also been drinking some of the hyper-expensive Maudite. For lagers, I usually go for Spaten, and sometimes Lowenbrau. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/48 "2004-10-07T21:32:40Z")
Penn State. $2 pints of Yuengling. Yum. We still drink it now (in NYState), probably our favorite regular brew. I’m also a fan of more traditional Euro lagers–Spaten, Pilsner Urquell, etc. Just tried the Ommegang ales (hennepin, witte, and, um, the main one whose name I didn’t see on the bottle) last week … oog. Fun and fruity, yes, but man, are they headache generators. Way too many esters. Reminds me of my old roommate’s homebrewed mead. I’m also a bit ashamed to admit that I have a fondness for Genesee. A good summer barbecue beer. And cheaper than water. ---
**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/49 "2004-10-08T00:42:02Z")
Favorites are, depending on my mood: Guiness, Samuel Smiths Oatmeal stout, Stella Artois, Yueingling lager, Abita Purple Haze, and Caffereys. However, I am somewhat of a beer slut, and will drink what is around. I have had the hardest time finding the Abita PH and Caffereys in Florida, anyone have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/50 "2004-10-08T00:53:57Z")
**Jever** is the choice beer of one German cousin. the other likes **Krombacher**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/51 "2004-10-08T02:52:36Z")
He was laying his hand upon a winejar: Malachi saw it and withheld his act, pointing to the stranger and to the [scarlet label](http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Oct/20041077684569129572518.jpg). Warily, Malachi whispered, preserve a druid silence. His soul is far away. It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born. Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eon of the gods. (James Joyce ruined my life.) ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/52 "2004-10-08T05:12:09Z")
For the last few years, the Double Barrel Ale from [these guys](http://www.firestonebeer.com/default.htm) has been the default choice for me (not that I don’t like something different now and again): They make a nice lager, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/53 "2004-10-08T08:09:14Z")
You [arrogant bastards](http://www.arrogantbastard.com/),the only worthy beer is from [Belgium](http://www.achouffe.be/newen/produits.php). 😉 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/54 "2004-10-08T09:12:25Z")
It all depends on where I am. Here at home in the Netherlands, it’s [Grolsch](http://www.grolsch.nl/). At my parents home in Germany it’s either [Pfungstädter](http://www.pfungstaedter.de/home/) or [Schmucker](http://www.schmucker-bier.de/de/). When visitng my grandmother it’s [Ellwanger Rotochsen](http://www.pg.aa.bw.schule.de/ellwang/rotochs/intro.htm). When visiting my sister, it’s either [Spezial Rauchbier](http://www.beeradvocate.com/beerfly/user_reviews/913/) (tatstes like liquid ham), or [Hummel](http://www.franconiabeerguide.com/CityDetail.asp?City=Merkendorf) from a small brewery in Merkendorf. German beers don’t taste good if they have been stored too long, and there are so many good local breweries, that there is no incentive in drinking a non-local beer. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/55 "2004-10-08T09:24:45Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > The best beer in the world is [Brand Bier](http://www.brand.nl/) from my own region of The Netherlands. Sadly it doesn’t get exported (except by me) and can even be tricky to find in other parts of Holland. This is also why the websit is in Dutch only. 🙂 I have no problems getting Brand here in Utrecht. It is actually my second choice after Grolsch. When it comes to Grolsch, I especially love the “beugelfles” or fliptop which can be seen in the middle [here](http://www.dutch.net.au/Grolsch/Grolsch_files/Producten.htm). Other decent Dutch beers are [Hertog Jan](http://www.hertogjan.nl/index.htm), or in an emergency even [Dommelsch](http://www.dommelsch.nl/index.htm) or [Bavaria](http://www.bavaria.nl/) will do. Anything but Heineken (tastes horrible and gives me headaches if I drink just one) and Amstel (tastes like horse piss). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752/56 "2004-10-08T13:13:21Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > When it comes to Grolsch, I especially love the “beugelfles” or fliptop which can be seen in the middle [here](http://www.dutch.net.au/Grolsch/Grolsch_files/Producten.htm). Other decent Dutch beers are [Hertog Jan](http://www.hertogjan.nl/index.htm), or in an emergency even [Dommelsch](http://www.dommelsch.nl/index.htm) or [Bavaria](http://www.bavaria.nl/) will do. Anything but Heineken (tastes horrible and gives me headaches if I drink just one) and Amstel (tastes like horse piss). I use the Grolsch fliptop bottles for bottling my homebrew. 😃 They serve a lazy brewer like myself well. As for Heineken, I heard a joke from another homebrewer that if you tour the Heineken factory, they let you pet the skunks. (“Skunky” is a term used often to describe a foul off-taste reminiscent of skunk-scent in beer, typically caused by light exposure or other mishandling.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-brew/267752.md?page=2)