# Your beer of choice is? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450 "2000-06-25T06:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bovary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@bovary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bovary)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/61 "2000-07-03T18:53:49Z")
Busch beer is beer is beer. The first three are the only ones that count. That’s why I drink nice, sweet, American, rice made, refreshing, standardized, mass-marketed, beer. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/62 "2000-07-03T19:19:06Z")
Last night I rediscovered why I love Rogue Brewing’s beers so much with a glass of Shakespeare Stout. Wonderful stuff. Now I want to move to the Pacific Northwest again, just so I can have a dependable supply. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/63 "2000-07-03T20:21:53Z")
My beer of choice? Now keep in mind this isn’t the beer I would necesarily drink. But, if I had to display a beer prominently in my home. IT would be none other than… … **BILLY BEER** Anyone else remember that stuff? The beer marketed by Jimmy Carter’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![winky99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@winky99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winky99)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/64 "2000-07-03T23:11:34Z")
Shiner Bock (yes, I am from Texas, whats it to you?) Rolling Rock Red Stripe Heineken Dos Equis Special Lager (green bottle, the red bottle tastes like asphalt) Killians Red Bass oh, hell, I like beer, alright. Just serve it cold and in a glass. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Says75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Jane\_Says75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Says75)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/65 "2000-07-04T01:32:30Z")
I used to be a beer snob - mainly because I liked the cool names on the imports. But as I’ve gotten older (and started buying my own beer)I’ve graduated to none other than “The Champagne of Beers” - I’m a Miller girl all the way. I actually prefer it to “good” beer. I like the taste, and I love those little seven ounce bottles that stay the same frosty temp all the way to the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/66 "2000-07-04T01:39:12Z")
In a bar, I’ll drink just about anything: “Did someone say drink special?” When I visit the package store for a case, it’s Budweiser. Not the original, but the American crap. In fact, I’m working my way through a can of said crap right now. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/67 "2000-07-04T16:16:56Z")
Zima. I know, it’s not beer. But it’s the closest thing to beer that I’ll actually enjoy drinking. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/68 "2000-07-04T22:19:11Z")
On a brief hijack, I notice people are drawing some sort of brotherhood between Pilsner Urquell and Budweiser. I know nothing of the history of either of these two beers, but what is it that they share? Was Budweiser a ripoff of PU? ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/69 "2000-07-04T22:33:19Z")
The original Budweiser (Budvar) from the Czech Republic is an excellent pilsner. Pilsner Urquell is also an excellent pilsner from the Czech Republic and is [K]the[/K] beer that gave the pilsner type its name. American Budweiser is indeed a cheap rice-based product which took the name of the Czech brewery, AFAIK since the founder was somehow related to the people in Budweis (now Ceske Budejovice). There has now been a legal battle over the name, and they have decided to divide the world between them. In Germany, for example, only the original is allowed to be sold as Budweiser, and the U.S. stuff is sold as “B”, although hardly anyone drinks it. In Britain, U.S. Budweiser is sold as such and is (strangely enough) consumed widely. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/70 "2000-07-05T01:45:20Z")
Another Coloradan, another Guinness lover. (Must be strong. Must stay off alcohol for a few days a week. But there’s still a can in the fridge.) Actually, I can’t drink very much, or very often, so I’m picky and usually have good red wine. However, Sam Smith’s Oatmeal Stout is my next favorite beer-as-meal. On scuba trips to the Caribbean, nothing beats those little 8 oz Heinekens. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/71 "2000-07-05T10:32:37Z")
Tuborg. Not too light, not too bitter - the perfect balance. But never from a can. To paraphrase Dave Barry - Beerwise, Europeans drink Ray Carles; Americans drink Barry Manilow. ---
**Author:** ![Dumb\_Ox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dumb\_Ox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumb_Ox)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/72 "2000-07-06T00:00:59Z")
Pilsner Urquell is the best lager I’ve ever had. But the best beer I’ve ever tasted is Chimay, a Belgian Trappist ale. It’s perfectly balanced and just kind of takes over your whole mouth for a few seconds. It’s fermented twice, the second time in the bottle, giving it a champagne-style carbonation. I’ve only had the Chimay Triple so far, but I look forward to trying their Red and their Blue soon. A bit pricey though, not for everday consumption. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/73 "2000-07-06T02:27:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruffian \* > \*\*Zima. > > I know, it’s not beer. But it’s the closest thing to beer that I’ll actually enjoy drinking. \*\* The frighteneing thing about Zima is that it actually **IS** beer. They brew a very pale, hopless beer, then filter it _so tightly that all the color and beer flavor are removed,_ then they add that weird flavoring. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/74 "2000-07-06T02:31:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dumb Ox \* > \*\*I’ve only had the Chimay Triple so far, but I look forward to trying their Red and their Blue soon. A bit pricey though, not for everday consumption. \*\* DO, you are in for two more reorganizations of your world. All three of the Chimay beers are hugely good. You will not be disappointed. I personally like the blue (Grande Reserve) best, but they’re all amazing. ---
**Author:** ![ascrivey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ascrivey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ascrivey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/75 "2000-07-06T04:25:45Z")
I’ll use my first post to say that my beer of choice is Rolling Rock. Love it!😃 ---
**Author:** ![tak29813](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@tak29813](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tak29813)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/76 "2000-07-06T06:19:55Z")
If I could only drink one beer for the rest of time… St. Rogue Red, Rogue Brewing, Ashland OR with nods to Celis White, Chicago Legacy Red, Wrigley Red (I think I see a common thread here), Piraat, and John Courage on tap in London. As for Fat Tire, I just said no once they stopped selling bombers and Budwiser started to distribute it. I recommend Broadway Brewing for the CO dopers, particularly Road Dog Ale. That is one nasty kick-you-in-the-teeth beer. Perfect for after skiing. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450/77 "2000-07-07T16:25:12Z")
Oh! Just thought of another. **Abita Turbo Dog** Yes, it sounds ridiculous, but it’s one of the finest beers brewed in the US. Hard to find, but well worth the search. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beer-of-choice-is/23450.md?page=3)