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Your least favourite beer

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    #32
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Sunglasses Ron wrote: »
    I just can't stand beer hipsters.

    Not a fan of them either but dont let that get in your way of trying new things. You might have to try 10 or 20 of them before you get something you like but it will be worth it when you do find one.


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    #33
    Vincent Vega
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭Vincent Vega


    I've never really got the appeal of cask ale. Tastes nearly flat by the second time you pick it up.


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    #34
    Saganist
    Registered Users Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    Harp


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    #35
    Banjo String
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    Vincent Vega wrote: »
    I've never really got the appeal of cask ale. Tastes nearly flat by the second time you pick it up.

    What about $10 shakes? :pac:


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    #36
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    Sunglasses Ron wrote: »
    I reckon he means that sitting there chin stoking and marvelling on some beer you picked from a menu that costs a few quid more than a pint of Heineken is really not worth it and is the height of pretentiousness.

    Whenever I find myself in one of these places I try to go for a beer whose description most closely resembles a big name beer that I like. I don't like the places. Too many hipsters.

    There's a real nasty trend on Boards right now, and perhaps in broader society, whereby anyone that expresses a deep interest in something is labelled a hipster. Don't get me wrong, hipsters do exist. You'll know them by their asymmetrical haircuts and emaciated bodies. But please allow people to dig beneath the surface and try something new, whether it's food & drink, music, cinema or whatever. We're not all hipsters. I'm certainly not a hipster. I'm an average guy from the Midlands that looks and sounds like an average guy from the Midlands. I just don't like **** beer. I also live on fcuk all money, so I'd rather spend €6.50 on a beer that tastes nice than waste €4.50 on one that doesn't.


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    #37
    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,551 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    I bought something called "O Hara's red Ale" (or something similar, definitely O Hara) when I was back in Ireland. I had high hopes, but it was really rank stuff.


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    #38
    ThirdMan
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    osarusan wrote: »
    I bought something called "O Hara's red Ale" (or something similar, definitely O Hara) when I was back in Ireland. I had high hopes, but it was really rank stuff.

    That's actually one of my favourites. :o

    I don't like it out of the bottle though. Love it on draught.

    I see you're in Tokyo. What would you drink over there? Is there any local stuff or is it the normal big names?


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    #39
    john the one
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    Two words for you.....orangi boom. F**k me its bad.


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    #40
    osarusan
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    ThirdMan wrote: »
    That's actually one of my favourites. :o

    I don't like it out of the bottle though. Love it on draught.

    I see you're in Tokyo. What would you drink over there? Is there any local stuff or is it the normal big names?
    Japanese have some strict brewing laws regarding what consititutes real beer. In Japan beer is taxed on malt content, so there are a huge number of varieties of 'almost beer' called happoshu. They are all pretty vile. Then the same companies also produce real beer, which is inoffensive light lager mainly. These companies are Kirin, Suntory, Sapporu, Ebisu, Asahi. Ebisu would have the best reputation, but there isn't much between them.

    There are smaller breweries which produce a more expensive product, like Taisetsu Ji, Hitachino Nest, YonaYona ale, and one quite good one from Karuizawa, but like most other places, the big companies have the majority of the market.

    here are some happoshu: http://www.beermonsters.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hap5.jpg

    If you look at the bottom of the cans, you can see the word 'liqueur' in Japanese (リキュール）. So,despite whatever else it might say on the can, it's officially not a beer.


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    #41
    Elmer Blooker
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭Elmer Blooker


    john the one wrote: »
    Two words for you.....orangi boom. F**k me its bad.
    agree 100% and Hackenberg is even worse !


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    #42
    Moghead
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭Moghead


    Three way tie between Harp, Carlsberg and Heineken, all vile and I will drink anything from Bavaria to craft beer.


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    #43
    J_E
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    I haven't found a beer I liked yet. I wish I could like the taste but it just makes me want to hurl.

    ThirdMan wrote: »
    There's a real nasty trend on Boards right now, and perhaps in broader society, whereby anyone that expresses a deep interest in something is labelled a hipster. Don't get me wrong, hipsters do exist. You'll know them by their asymmetrical haircuts and emaciated bodies. But please allow people to dig beneath the surface and try something new, whether it's food & drink, music, cinema or whatever. We're not all hipsters. I'm certainly not a hipster. I'm an average guy from the Midlands that looks and sounds like an average guy from the Midlands. I just don't like **** beer. I also live on fcuk all money, so I'd rather spend €6.50 on a beer that tastes nice than waste €4.50 on one that doesn't.
    Yes, exactly this. It's a word that gets thrown around so flippantly in Ireland that it's lost all meaning. Seems if you're at all enthusiastic or have a particular taste in something you're a hipster. It's a bit silly.


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    #44
    BraziliaNZ
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    John Cherry wrote: »
    John Smith's absolutely rotten stuff.

    God I love it, on tap it's beautiful, goes down like Chinatown LOL


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    #45
    BraziliaNZ
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    ThirdMan wrote: »
    There's a real nasty trend on Boards right now, and perhaps in broader society, whereby anyone that expresses a deep interest in something is labelled a hipster. Don't get me wrong, hipsters do exist. You'll know them by their asymmetrical haircuts and emaciated bodies. But please allow people to dig beneath the surface and try something new, whether it's food & drink, music, cinema or whatever. We're not all hipsters. I'm certainly not a hipster. I'm an average guy from the Midlands that looks and sounds like an average guy from the Midlands. I just don't like **** beer. I also live on fcuk all money, so I'd rather spend €6.50 on a beer that tastes nice than waste €4.50 on one that doesn't.

    If there's one thing worse than a hipster it's an enlightened hipster.


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    #46
    MadMardegan
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    Tried this one particular beer at oxegen about 7 years ago, think it was called "Triple circle" or some such. The only thing I remember is the green/orange/gold can... had one mouthful and almost threw up... hands down the worst stuff I've tasted.

    Also near the top of the list would be Harp.

    Not even nice up North, where it's considered lovely


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    #47
    Shoelaces
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭Shoelaces


    Bavaria 8.6 back in the day. Pretty sure they got the next day leftover pints from rural function rooms and tinned them.


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    #48
    fergiesfolly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,320 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    Was in a pub in Birmingham several years ago with my brothers and a few extended family members
    All they(seemed to) serve was Carling and some cider. After the first round, I said who's having another. In the first time in several generations, everyone said "No".
    Carling.... so bad it turns you tea-total.


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    #49
    Eutow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭Eutow


    Corona or Tennents.


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    #50
    Eutow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭Eutow


    fergiesfolly wrote: »
    Was in a pub in Birmingham several years ago with my brothers and a few extended family members
    All they(seemed to) serve was Carling and some cider. After the first round, I said who's having another. In the first time in several generations, everyone said "No".
    Carling.... so bad it turns you tea-total.



    Strongbow was it?


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    #51
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Bud is pisswater. Just tastes like a weak chemical soup. However, Carlsberg Special Brew truly is the devil's piss.


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    #52
    vellakare
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    I would'nt give Budweiser to a thirsty Saudi. Thats how highly I rate it.


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    #53
    suicide_circus
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    Tennants, no redeeming features whatsoever.

    Smithwicks has gone to the dogs, pretty much undrinkable.


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    #54
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Miller. Only because a few mouthfuls of the stuff gives me serious heart burn.


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    #55
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    ThirdMan wrote: »
    There's a real nasty trend on Boards right now, and perhaps in broader society, whereby anyone that expresses a deep interest in something is labelled a hipster. Don't get me wrong, hipsters do exist. You'll know them by their asymmetrical haircuts and emaciated bodies. But please allow people to dig beneath the surface and try something new, whether it's food & drink, music, cinema or whatever. We're not all hipsters. I'm certainly not a hipster. I'm an average guy from the Midlands that looks and sounds like an average guy from the Midlands. I just don't like **** beer. I also live on fcuk all money, so I'd rather spend €6.50 on a beer that tastes nice than waste €4.50 on one that doesn't.

    Nail on the fcuking head. Trying anything that's not mainstream gets you labelled a hipster. What a sad, ordinary, humdrum life these people must lead.


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    #56
    Legs.Eleven
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    The beer in Spain is crap so my taste in beer has gotten worse since arriving. I'd genuinely drink any auld ****e at this stage. Never liked lager 'till I moved here and now I have no choice to drink and have had to acquire a taste for it.


    Heineken is really awful beer though as is Bud. I'd still drink them though!


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    #57
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Brahma.

    I know people complain about "flavoured horse piss" and all that, but this takes the ****ing biscuit.

    I've never tasted such a weak, unsatisfying watery beer in all my life.

    I've had over 500 different beers in my lifetime, and Brahma takes the top "****tiest beer" spot.


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    #58
    Duck's hoop
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    Galway Hooker is really very foul indeed. I'll drink most anything when drinking but it's just undrinkable to my palate.

    I do not understand its popularity. I've tried it twice, in different pubs, to be sure but just reminds me of the old Kaliber.


    Muck.


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    #59
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Duck's hoop wrote: »
    Galway Hooker is really very foul indeed. I'll drink most anything when drinking but it's just undrinkable to my palate.

    I do not understand its popularity. I've tried it twice, in different pubs, to be sure but just reminds me of the old Kaliber.


    Muck.

    That's actually quite nice.

    It's heavy on the hops, like most pale ales. The hops add an almost sour flavour when you go heavy on it.

    Maybe you don't like hoppy beers? Have you had other pale ales?


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    suicide_circus
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    CruelCoin wrote: »
    That's actually quite nice.

    It's heavy on the hops, like most pale ales. The hops add an almost sour flavour when you go heavy on it.

    Maybe you don't like hoppy beers? Have you had other pale ales?
    I like IPAs in general but I find Galway Hooker to have a nameless unpleasant quality to it. Have had it loads of time just cant bring myself to like it


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    #61
    Duck's hoop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Duck's hoop


    CruelCoin wrote: »
    That's actually quite nice.

    It's heavy on the hops, like most pale ales. The hops add an almost sour flavour when you go heavy on it.

    Maybe you don't like hoppy beers? Have you had other pale ales?

    I'm a fan of ales. Pale or otherwise. Like I say, I like beer and love variety. But the hooker is just not for me.

    First had it in Galway about 6 years ago and thought it was an emperor's clothes thing.


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