# Which beer is best then? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121 "2005-12-05T03:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/1 "2005-12-05T03:00:11Z")
After **Birdmonster’s** [thread about horrible beer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347669) , let’s go towards the positive and tell about our favorite beers. Myself, I’m just about to place an order for a case of [Delirium Tremens](http://www.pascalkolkman.com/delirium/indexeng.html) for an X-mas party I’m going to next weekend. Ho ho ho indeed, but well worth it for the splurge. This is easily the best beer I’ve ever ordered in a bar on a lark and NOT gone insane when it came to $10 for the bottle, it’s that good. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/2 "2005-12-05T03:04:43Z")
**My favs:** 1. Anchor Steam 2. Grolsh (sp?) 3. Beck’s/Beck’s Dark 4. St Pauli Girl 5. Bass (& w/ Guiness in a Black & Tan…yummy…) There are others…but that’s off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/3 "2005-12-05T03:14:09Z")
Loaded question! 😃 Winner of the **Silenus** All-Around: [Sierra Navada Pale Ale](http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/paleale.html) Best with Meals, General: Duval Red Best Sipping Beer, while watching the flames in the fireplace and contemplating the Meaning of Life: A tie. Either [Spaten Optimator](http://cocktails.about.com/library/reviews/aaprspatenopt.htm) or [Sierra Nevada celebration Ale](http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/celebrationale.html). I’m partial to the 1999 vintage. Best Beer To Get Some Action By: [St. Pauli Girl.](http://www.stpauligirl.com/TheBeer/) (My wife’s current favorite. 😃 ) Best Session Beer: Guinness and Harp Half and Half. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/4 "2005-12-05T03:18:37Z")
Geez, **silenus** drinks all the same beer I do. Oh! Negra Modelo is yummy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/5 "2005-12-05T03:22:06Z")
[Shiner Bock](http://www.shiner.com/home.html). Best beer ever. But if your question is “beer I can actually get at a bar,” I’ll probably go with Corona if it’s summertime and Sam Adams if it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/6 "2005-12-05T03:26:13Z")
For everyday drinking I would nominate Leffe Blond. For more contemplative moments it would be Chimay Blue Label. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/7 "2005-12-05T03:28:37Z")
No no no no no, best beer ever: [Westvleteren 12.](http://www.sintsixtus.be/eng/index2.html) Best beer you can find? Oh. . . Orval. Yum yum. Best you can find in a normal pub? Black Butte Porter. Sierra Nevada. Fat Tire. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/8 "2005-12-05T03:28:58Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > Geez, **silenus** drinks all the same beer I do. > > Oh! Negra Modelo is yummy, too. You, sirrah, have excellent taste! 😃 I agree about Negro Modelo. Shiner Bock is pretty yummy as well. I am also partial to [Full Sail](http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/default.cfm). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/9 "2005-12-05T03:30:20Z")
I will be running up to the Redhood Brewery for my annual 3 gallon jug of ESB this weekend. For someone that drinks the equivilent of 2 cases of beer a year, Redhook is mighty fine in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/10 "2005-12-05T03:43:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Shiner Bock is pretty yummy as well. I am also partial to [Full Sail](http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/default.cfm). I haven’t had the Full Sail or the Shiner Bock, so I know what will be on my beer list next time I’m in the market. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/11 "2005-12-05T03:45:17Z")
Eh, it’s much easier to classify shit beer, because it’s not nearly as subjective. “Best beer” discussions usually get so elitist/snobbish that it makes winophiles shake their heads in awe. Apparently no good beer can be brewed in large batches, widely distributed, and reasonably priced and still be considered decent. I enjoy Orval, Chimay, trappists and lambics as much as the next guy, but they certainly aren’t universally better than more widely available “common” beers. In many cases the brewing standards, consistency, freshness and cleanliness of such beers is pathetic compared to most macrobrews. Hell, I’m sure someone is going to come along sooner than later to suggest Pilsner Urquell for it’s wonderful traditional Czech brewing, of course forgetting that it tastes like cat piss and has a rep for having embarrassing health standards in their bottling plant. Personally I loves me some Guiness, Samuel Smith’s Stout, Paulaner, Hacker Pschorr but I’ll be damned if I pass up a frosty cold Budweiser. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/12 "2005-12-05T04:02:12Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Personally I loves me some Guiness, Samuel Smith’s Stout, Paulaner, Hacker Pschorr but I’ll be damned if I pass up a frosty cold Budweiser. Ick. I’ll have a Rolling Rock instead, please (said **silenus** , who grew up on Coors and Schlitz.) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/13 "2005-12-05T04:06:51Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > I haven’t had the Full Sail or the Shiner Bock, so I know what will be on my beer list next time I’m in the market. Full Sail is premium. I used to go to the brewery every time I was passing through Hood River on my way to Portland. Kinda hard to get east of Minnesota if your’re not in a state that allows mail shipped alcohol but well worth it otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/14 "2005-12-05T04:12:17Z")
The best beer ever is Traquair Jacobite Ale, but you pretty much have to special order it. The best beer that you can reasonably expect to find is Dogfish Head Raison d’Etre, but I don’t think I’d say no to a pint of anything nominated so far. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/15 "2005-12-05T04:24:01Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Full Sail is premium. I used to go to the brewery every time I was passing through Hood River on my way to Portland. Kinda hard to get east of Minnesota if your’re not in a state that allows mail shipped alcohol but well worth it otherwise. I’ve got a friend in Bend that comes down to LA and environs every few months, I’ll see if I can get him to bring me some next trip. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/16 "2005-12-05T04:38:10Z")
On tap: 1. Bass 2. Magic Hat #9 3. Guiness In a bottle: 1. Magin Hat #9 2. Killians 3. Bass (it loses a lot when bottled.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/17 "2005-12-05T05:05:17Z")
If there is a UK Doper who wants to do me a really big favor…the beer I really miss is Bishop’s Finger Kentish Ale. It seems Bishops Neame no longer imports to the US. I really miss that ale! ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/18 "2005-12-05T06:12:02Z")
1. Guiness Extra Stout; the regular draft stout is water by comparison. 2. Imperial Ale, Pacific Coast Brewing Co. 3. Pyramid Espresso Stout 4. Anchor Porter 5. And yeah, Negra Modelo is damn fine, too. Noche Buena is a better Mexican dark beer, when you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/19 "2005-12-05T07:42:33Z")
The next one I have 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121/20 "2005-12-05T07:44:26Z")
1. Gambrinus 2. Staroprammen 3. Corona Extra (with a lime) 4. Pilsner Urquell [/snob hat] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-beer-is-best-then/334121.md?page=2)