Beer - what's yer ale?

po0k

Names of good beers you've had.
Bud, heineken and Miller don't count as they're pish.

DapperGent

Erdinger is my favorite at the moment now that a lot of Dublin pubs have it on tap. Kronenborg (spelling?) is nice too. If nothing nice (and pompous) is available I'll go for old reliable Carlsberg.

Cake Fiend

Guinness of course

Beer of choice atm is Porter House's own Hersbrucker. Fscking nectar of the gods. Otherwise I'm partial to a bit of Duvel, Becks, Grolsch, Erdinger or good aul Stella.

Gordon

Dublin Brewing company have a great Red beer, can't remember the name but it rocks. You can even get it on draught in some places.

tman

carlsberg is most definitely the daddy.
half tempted to have a beered lunch now:D

Krusty_Clown

Dublin Brewing company : Maeve's crystal wheat beer (lurvely)
Franciscaner (may be miss-spelled)
Rebel Red (on draught (only seen in Paddy Cullen's))
Budvar
Erdinger
Stella
Any of the bottled beers in Oddbins..

Fosters in a can!

Ronan|Raven

used to live off heiniken but then found that hardly any pubs have a decent pint of it so ive now started to live off Guinness

OLDYELLAR

the really cheap stuff from dunnesstores biere de france ...nice stuff actually but while we`re talking about alcohol i couldn`nt stop without saying ..bulmers is my baby!

Robbo

Biere de France really is the daddy for bushing. It's price/taste/alcohol co-efficient is pretty high.

Failing that some Erdinger if you can get over the poncy glass that was made for smashing over a yuppies head.

Guinness is a tweed hat in a glass.

For sheer availability and consistency across the board (ie reasonably drinkable, but not good at the same time) it has to be a Miller.

Bard

San Miguel in the little 25cl bottles on a warm day...
or maybe a pint of Magners/Bulmers...

Cans/bottles of Holsten Pils with chicken curry/fried rice...
and Guinness... - well the world just wouldn't be right without it!

po0k

Warsteiner, erdinger, Good Guinness.

I've had some Blarney Blonde and I have to say i like it.
Tastes like nothing I've had before.

Can't stand Heinekin or bud.
carlsberg aint too bad.
Miller doesn't even come into the equation.

The Boirre de France - -that the stuff in the ikkle bottle?
Watered down pish.

I've yet to try some San Miguel.

The Erdinger Glass Pwns YORE MA btw.
In more ways then one

bombidol

I used to drink bud, but now im on miller
the difference is huge cause with bud you feel iller
guinness is nice but not all the time
its nearly as old school as Vodka and lime
when im out drinking i like to partake
in multiple drinkies just for a laughs sake!

Sorry i got a bit bored:rolleyes:

The Sweeper

Ah, Engerland, land of ale... I have to say although what's on tap here doesn't compete at all with what you can get in a pub in Ireland, the availability of bottle and cans of the glorious nectar beats Dublin hands down.

Other than being something of a notorious spirits-drinker (see nick, *cough*), I am rather fond of beer.

If I'm buying cans to drink in the house, I'll get Stella Artois. Best thing about that here is that you can get specials on Stella (8 cans for a fiver for instance) and it's good beer (not that whole 'Dutch Gold, 6 for a fiver and the thumping chemical hangover thrown in for free).

Bottles: Stella, or Nastro Azzurro (italian beer - v. v. nice) or Fullers Honey Dew Golden Ale (organic honey beer which has a big bee on the label and is quite strong).

What can I say.

Behr si gud.

amp

Well after touring all manner of beers, I eventually settled on Heiniken as my beer of choice. Early in my drinking career was a bad time as I went through a Budwieser phase and wondered why I was constantly puking afterwards. To this day I dispise Bud.. (/me fists Clydsdale horse).

Had a problem drinking Guinness for a fair while until I went from Heiniken to Caffreys to Kilkenny to Guinness over the space of about three months and then drank the black stuff for the winter. Alas summer came and even "Extra cold" Guinness is terribly hard to consume when it's July. But I still have the odd pint now and then.

But whiskey is my favourite. The older the better. With Pepsi max. Nyom.

yellum

In order:

Erdinger
Blarney Blonde
Rebel Red
Carlsberg

Dont be at yourself

Stella, Caffreys and Bulmers (when drank seperately) = yum.

BEAT

Guiness
Carlsberg
Harp

-and that's all I have to say about that.

bugler

Warsteiner is nice, but I don't drink it full-time. Usually Carlsberg, but if theres any funny freign beers about I can often have a go at them. Actually quite enjoyed Tiger beer, which cost me a lot of abuse

sceptre

Becks (even the alcohol-free stuff is not too bad)
Grolsch
Guinness (naturally)
Budweiser Budvar (hmmm, 28p per litre in Tesco last time I was in Prague)
Nice Scottish ale where available
Sometimes partial to a proper Carlsberg Elephant
Bulmers sometimes

That's about it

azezil

Ale is my pintage of choice, usually Smithwicks but whence in a brewrey i like to sample the local produce.

If the Smithwicks is undrinkable, can happen, I usually turn to Carlsberg.

accensi0n

every beer is disgusting.
guisness looks cool but tastes horrible.
in fact I go so far as to say that every alchoholic drink is horrible except for Bulmers

EvenStar

Coors Original...

zAbbo

Originally posted by accensi0n
every beer is disgusting.
guisness looks cool but tastes horrible.
in fact I go so far as to say that every alchoholic drink is horrible except for Bulmers

Yeah but wait till you go beyonf you`re 15th birthday and can`t stomach cider any more.

Got introduced to Miller this summer, tis nice(never drank lager b4), but i`m a guinness man myself.

johnnynolegs

guinness is the one

Gerry

Used to drink miller + bud ( many years ago now ). Then found I couldn't stomach them. Also similar to bazh, couldn't stomach cider past 15, I hate the stuff, and don't understand how anyone drinks bulmers, or bud or miller. Bud and Heineken are both better out of a can than in most pubs in Ireland anyway..

Now I drink guinness, though in the summer I have started drinking carlsberg. I had been put off before by the highly variable quality, but my newly opened local serves an absolutely class pint of carlsberg.

johnnynolegs

yep same here gerry - at the moment it is guinness i have never drank cider in my life and never wish to anyway but if i want beer i will have a carlsberg......

mayhem#

Duvel.
'nuff said....

Makaveli

Back in the ol' days used to drink Bulmers, now even the smell of Cidona nearly makes me sick.
Mainly drink Bud, but I feel that you need a decent break from it every now and then to stop it making you feel sick.
Guinness is nice, usually drink that when not drinking Bud, but you cant really go to a nightclub and drink Guinness IMO.
One drink I cant stand is Fosters, horrible stuff.
Heineken is ok, but I would prefer to avoid it if possible.

Dave

Last time i was in Dublin I had the Porter House Red. It was lovely. Nicest pint I've had.

Corega

I like the foreign brand's personally, Tiger beer from Singapore and Cobra from India, they go down a treat with the appropriate foodstuffs

pika

In Canada I had a beer called Sleemans Honey Brown , and Molloys here done it for a whileit is Pure YUMMY and it gets you drunk which of course is an added bonus.

tman

mmmmmmmmmmmm... tiger beeeeer.....
lush stuff

if it's pints, then carlsberg is the only one!

i must have seen 6 similar threads to this in the past month

Thorbar

Smithwicks when I'm in a spot that has it on tap and I have money.

Carlsburg if they don't have Smithwicks.

A nice combo of buckfast and dutch gold if I feel like stripping my stomach and I'm low on funds.

the celtic tiger

age 16-18 it was bulmers.

i then matured onto guinness for around 2 years on and off. it's still the only pint i can down in one. since 18 though...it's been mainly bud and miller in pubs.

however, this summer i have started to drink pint bottles of bulmers with a pint of ice. VERY refreshing.

If i;m on a night out now though i drink bud.



can of choice: dutch gold. best beer going. cheap and sooo sweet.

Makaveli

Originally posted by the celtic tiger
can of choice: dutch gold. best beer going. cheap and sooo sweet.

you are joking right?
It's cheap alright but it's horrible.

the celtic tiger

it's an aquired taste. if it's in an off licence.......it's the only can i'll go for. i'm sure a few of these guys will agree. value for money! (speak up Gerry!)

byte

Usually Smithwicks or Bulmers

If I can get it, Grolsch or Stella Artois is nice!

Peanut

..Dublin Brewing Company, Revolution
..Leffe Blonde
..Some of those French beers u get in Dunnes/Tesco (although some are better than others..)
..That homemade cider off the guy in the food market in Meeting house square every Sat. (no it's not as dodgy as it sounds!)

TacT

Erdinger.
Anything in the porter house
San miguel

Jimi-Spandex

accensi0n - haha, good god kid what age are you?


Guinness - When its good, its really really good, when its bad, its still better than bulmers.
Miller - Wasn't much partial to it before i tried it in Quinns, Limerick. tasty brew, best of the mass produced stuff.
Cobra - Only when I'm feelin weird. Indian afaik. Gets tastier as you drink it

BigDaddyKone

surely some of you lads can't like those tasteless beers such as coors, bud, carlsberg etc. I know the range if you want a pint is pretty low, i opt for heinken but i can fully understand any complaints as for good beers - warstiener, budvar, chimay, zughlie (ukranian), zycview(polish), kirin, pilsner urquell, erdinger, duvel, the list continues. I reckon most beers from belgium, germany and easter europe tend to be quality. I would strongly advise any people still drinking your mainstream beverages to give the ones mentioned by me an others a try (some of them are a acquired taste, but so worth it)