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Do you like the taste of beer?

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  • #122
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,771 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    evercloserunion wrote: »
    Franziskaner is amazing. I don't think it's widely sold over here, hence its relatively low profile. I drank loads of it when I was in Berlin but for ages I didn't know it was sold over here at all.

    And here, don't knock the Smithwicks.

    I saw it in one bar recently, I can't remember where...must find it. I was in Munich and decided to buy a sample of a range of beers..Lowenbrau (not nice) etc there for 92c per bottle..Franziskaner was bought again...and again..

    It's ok, just after Duvel, it tasted like watered down Mi-Wadi or Ribena..


  • #123
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    dfx- wrote: »
    I saw it in one bar recently, I can't remember where...must find it. I was in Munich and decided to buy a sample of a range of beers..Lowenbrau (not nice) etc there for 92c per bottle..Franziskaner was bought again...and again..

    It's ok, just after Duvel, it tasted like watered down Mi-Wadi or Ribena..

    Franziskaner, is that the beer with a picture of a monk on the bottle? If its the one i'm thinking of, its gorgeous. I also love erdinger dunkel, i even have the erdinger glasses.


  • #124
    STIG83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭STIG83


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Pints of Carlsberg, yum yum :)


  • #125
    evercloserunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭evercloserunion


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Wetbench4 wrote: »
    Franziskaner, is that the beer with a picture of a monk on the bottle? If its the one i'm thinking of, its gorgeous. I also love erdinger dunkel, i even have the erdinger glasses.
    I have a Franziskaner glass :D


  • #126
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    I used to hate the taste of beer. Dutch, Bud, Heino. All tasted the same. All tasted like muck. Then one day, the person getting the drink got a bottle of Linden Village. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm SUCCESS! Cider. Never drank beer again :D


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  • #127
    Scanlas The 2nd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    STIG83 wrote: »
    Pints of Carlsberg, yum yum :)

    As has been mentioned before, try some of the Belgian, German and French beers and see if you are still saying yum


  • #128
    tan11ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭tan11ie


    LOVE IT! ooohh a nice cold coors light on a hot day mmm can't wait for the summer.


  • #129
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    Lot of confusion here between the bland, insipid mass-market lagers like Budweiser, Heineken, Carlsberg etc. and the genuinely tasty complex flavours of Trappist and other quality, non-mass-produced beers. I thought I didn't like beer too, until I tried the real thing.

    Reminds me of how, when I was a kid, I thought I didn't like cheese. Turns out I love cheese, I just hate Easi-Singles (which was what passed for cheese in those days). Exact same thing.

    Now there are some folks who genuinely won't like the good beers either, and that's fair enough. But the folks who don't like the industrial shyte produced by the big industrial brewers need to try some of the quality beers that are out there before they can decide.


  • #130
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Wetbench4 wrote: »
    Franziskaner, is that the beer with a picture of a monk on the bottle? If its the one i'm thinking of, its gorgeous. I also love erdinger dunkel, i even have the erdinger glasses.
    Not sure, but I think I saw bottles of Franziskaner in the CarryOut in Celbridge (01-6012760). Will check next time I'm there.


  • #131
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    Lot of confusion here between the bland, insipid mass-market lagers like Budweiser, Heineken, Carlsberg etc. and the genuinely tasty complex flavours of Trappist and other quality, non-mass-produced beers. I thought I didn't like beer too, until I tried the real thing.

    Reminds me of how, when I was a kid, I thought I didn't like cheese. Turns out I love cheese, I just hate Easi-Singles (which was what passed for cheese in those days). Exact same thing.

    Now there are some folks who genuinely won't like the good beers either, and that's fair enough. But the folks who don't like the industrial shyte produced by the big industrial brewers need to try some of the quality beers that are out there before they can decide.

    True. The big brands have a massive cost advantage though so you're not going to get many people drinking the smaller brands.


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  • #132
    DJCR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭DJCR


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Love the stuff!!!!


  • #133
    yupyup7up
    Closed Accounts Posts: 845 ✭✭✭yupyup7up


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Stella Artois - The most underrated beer on earth


  • #134
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    Lot of confusion here between the bland, insipid mass-market lagers like Budweiser, Heineken, Carlsberg etc. and the genuinely tasty complex flavours of Trappist and other quality, non-mass-produced beers. I thought I didn't like beer too, until I tried the real thing.

    Lot of beer snobbery here too! Just because a drink is commercially successful, doesn't mean it's muck compared to more obscure (in Ireland at least) offerings.

    Personally I'd opt for a pint of Heineken right about now... I'm not coming at this from a position of ignorance. I worked in an offy for a good while and tried the whole range of stuff we had (not during working hours :pac: ).


    To answer the OP, yes I like the taste of beer. Why else would I drink it?! Top choices at the mo' for home drinking: Lech, Żywiec, Bavaria (the bottles are fantastic value).

    Edit: Missed the last part of your post...


  • #135
    Rojiblancos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭Rojiblancos


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Cans of anything arent great! Bottles or from tap...mainly bulmers :D


  • #136
    SparkyTech
    Closed Accounts Posts: 590 ✭✭✭SparkyTech


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Is it just me or does all cheapy red wine (IE the stuff you'll get in Tesco on a Friday evening at knockdown price) taste akin to paint stripper :eek:


  • #137
    evercloserunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭evercloserunion


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    the_syco wrote: »
    Not sure, but I think I saw bottles of Franziskaner in the CarryOut in Celbridge (01-6012760). Will check next time I'm there.
    SuperValu on Aston Quay sells it, for those in Dublin City Centre.


  • #138
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    SparkyTech wrote: »
    Is it just me or does all cheapy red wine (IE the stuff you'll get in Tesco on a Friday evening at knockdown price) taste akin to paint stripper :eek:

    depends how cheap you mean, I usually go for a 10-12 euro bottle myself, especially with red.


  • #139
    MetalDog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭MetalDog


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Saying that you drink beer solely for the taste is like saying you watch porn for the storylines and character development. :pac:


  • #140
    van der vart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭van der vart


    12 cans of Carling 10 euro (Tesco ) , 2 x 2 litres of Lidl strong cider 7.80 euro.
    1 pint glass fill half and half ( cold ) some night for 18 quid. :D


  • #141
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I find it tolerable but not that nice. Rarely drink it - and when I do, it's girlie beer like Corona or Coors Light.


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  • #142
    van der vart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭van der vart


    RichieC wrote: »
    depends how cheap you mean, I usually go for a 10-12 euro bottle myself, especially with red.

    Most of the big supermarkets have at least 1 half price wine per week.
    14 quid being sold at 7, they are ok


  • #143
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    van der vart wrote: »
    Most of the big supermarkets have at least 1 half price wine per week.
    14 quid being sold at 7, they are ok

    Oh yea, I'd take that :)


  • #144
    tan11ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭tan11ie


    MetalDog wrote: »
    Saying that you drink beer solely for the taste is like saying you watch porn for the storylines and character development. :pac:

    But it tastes nice ...and i love the storylines :D


  • #145
    tan11ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭tan11ie


    20 Bottles of Coors Light for €15 in Tesco Balbriggan :D


  • #146
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    For anyone thinking of giving up beer...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oPFXWXaDE


    :cool:


  • #147
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Uuuuuuuuuggghhhhh
    Yes, very much :D


  • #148
    Buceph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭Buceph


    MetalDog wrote: »
    Saying that you drink beer solely for the taste is like saying you watch porn for the storylines and character development. :pac:


    That's a load of balls. Are you a teenager by any chance, or have you only started drinking recently? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but when you first start drinking you generally don't appreciate how nice one or two good beers can be. I've often gone to the pub and had one or two and no more. Generally I'd like to have more, but I can't and I know that going in. So there's no other reason to drink a pint than the fact that I enjoy the taste. And there are a couple of beers I've only ever had one or two of, because I couldn't afford to buy them in bigger quantities.

    Your first sup of a nice cold beer (not the sub-zero crap) is like mana from the heavens. Totally refreshing and envigorating. Can't beat it. Although it does take a while for the tastebuds to warm up to the fact that beer is awesome. I didn't have a great affinity for it when I was younger, it was grand, but it grew on me. Now I love the stuff. Same goes for coffee actually.


  • #149
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Buceph wrote: »
    That's a load of balls.

    No it's not. I have never liked the taste of lager, never stopped me from drinking it though. It tolerable, as another poster put it.


  • #150
    Buceph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,059 ✭✭✭Buceph


    Thrill wrote: »
    No it's not.

    So there's always some ulterior motive rather than just taste when anyone's having a beer? :confused:



    You may have a problem then.


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  • #151
    van der vart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭van der vart


    stout = Guinness . Larger = bud, C/berg even harp, beer is ale. Smith****s and Bass, am i wrong ???? :confused:


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