Beer

Sky King · 20-02-2012 05:30PM

FTGFOP wrote: »

Can I have your waffles?

I'll give you a blue waffle, how about that.

W.Shakes-Beer · 20-02-2012 05:32PM

I like decent beers, I'd drink the commercialised piss if it was put in front of me but generally I like to find a decent craft wheatbeer or ale. Not the pisswater stuff.

jester77 · 20-02-2012 05:34PM

Beer is my religion.

One of the best things about living Germany, quality beer at quality prices. Love being able to pick up a 6-pack of quality beer on the way home from work for €3.50 in my local supermarket. I could lower my standards and get a 6-pack of crap beer for around €2 but feck that, what's the point!

foxyboxer · 20-02-2012 05:36PM

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff....Duff....Duff....Duff

kingtut · 20-02-2012 05:37PM

kylith wrote: »

I was a cider drinker until I went to Prague for a month; you can't buy bulmers in the Czech Republic for love nor money, or you couldn't a decade ago anyway.

You can get cider in the czech republic, all the night shops "potravinis" (sp?) have them

I was there for 3 months last year.

kingtut · 20-02-2012 05:39PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Cans of Stella.

We make Stella in the brewery I am working in (here in Belgium) but the stuff you get in ireland and the UK is produced in the UK plant and trust me, the stella here is much nicer!

Have you tried the Stella Cider that we released about 6 months ago?

Kev_2012 · 20-02-2012 05:43PM

Paulaner hefeweizen is one of my favourite's and I usually go for non standard beers if I can get them, but a decent pint of Heineken is savage too! Budweiser is the devil.

Eroticfishcake · 20-02-2012 05:46PM

I obviously have no taste buds. I normally start of with a weißbier but end up reverting back to the commercialised piss that everyone whinges about. If piss tastes like Heineken then I have to say I'm a big fan of piss.

zenno · 20-02-2012 05:59PM

Funglegunk wrote: »

Have you not already been to the offo today?

nope but I just got back now. slurp etc...

Sergeant · 20-02-2012 06:04PM

There is a load of really really good craft beer being brewed in Ireland at the moment. All different styles, usually no more expensive than their mass produced competitors, and becoming more readily available. Supporting small business in Ireland, and tasting strongly of that wonderful substance - beer.

Even Aldi have two different ones you can try, for the princely sum of €1.79 per half litre bottle.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 20-02-2012 06:06PM

Wheres the ceoliac option?

starlit · 20-02-2012 06:09PM

No not really. Taste is very bland. I seem to have an intolerance for it. Though I can drink cider no problem. I find that I could only drink beer if it has a sweet taste and if its mixed in with seven up or something that it almost taste like cider. I would only drink a beer that nearly tastes like cider to be honest!

I am a fruity flavour type of person when it comes to alcoholic beverages!

SteelyDanJalapeno · 20-02-2012 06:10PM

doovdela wrote: »

No not really. Taste is very bland. I seem to have an intolerance for it. Though I can drink cider no problem. I find that I could only drink beer if it has a sweet taste and if its mixed in with seven up or something that it almost taste like cider. I would only drink a beer that nearly tastes like cider to be honest!

I am a fruity flavour type of person when it comes to alcoholic beverages!

Ceoliac?

Zebra3 · 20-02-2012 06:13PM

OneArt wrote: »

Wheat beer is nice unless its Dunkelweizen. Disgusting stuff.

:eek:

:pac: Erdinger Dunkel!!!! :pac:

token101 · 20-02-2012 06:14PM

jester77 wrote: »

Beer is my religion.

One of the best things about living Germany, quality beer at quality prices. Love being able to pick up a 6-pack of quality beer on the way home from work for €3.50 in my local supermarket. I could lower my standards and get a 6-pack of crap beer for around €2 but feck that, what's the point!

Pretty soon we'll be paying €10 for Dutch Gold six packs here.

starlit · 20-02-2012 06:17PM

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Ceoliac?

I honestly don't know. I have had no problem with any kind of food that could cause me to be coeliac. I've never been tested for it though.
I drink beer and I just end up feeling sick with it after a sip of it wouldn't have that problem with any other drink like. Though I be the same with guinness or stout cannot keep it down or be able to drink it at all.

I've tried a couple of times but end up getting sick from drinking only a sip of beer. I find it hard to keep it down.

I never thought that be the case I be coeliac as I include a lot of wheat and brown bread in my diet. Though there have been a few members of both sides of my family who have been diagnosed with it recently. Could have a minor touch of it but any blood tests have shown normal and no evidence I have it?

OneArt · 20-02-2012 06:18PM

jester77 wrote: »

Beer is my religion.

One of the best things about living Germany, quality beer at quality prices. Love being able to pick up a 6-pack of quality beer on the way home from work for €3.50 in my local supermarket. I could lower my standards and get a 6-pack of crap beer for around €2 but feck that, what's the point!

My favourite part of that is Pfand!

Paddy Samurai · 20-02-2012 06:20PM

Sykk wrote: »

Do you like beer?

Yep I love beer.So much so that I have tried over 400+ different beers from around the world.hic!
Even bought a bottle of Sam Adams Utopias (25%) when it came out,or maybe two.;)

My current favourite is Kwak.......nectar of the gods!

yoyo · 20-02-2012 06:21PM

I do actually like the taste of most beers, although admittedly after a few taste doesn't really factor in :P

Nick

saywhatyousee · 20-02-2012 06:22PM

Not a fan of beer at all really even the German and Belgian ones all it seems to do is make me drowsy.Spirits all the way for me(Captain Morgan and Vodka)Dont know how people drink cider its a horrible drink altogether and leaves you with the dirtiest hangover ever.

Paddy Samurai · 20-02-2012 06:34PM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

Dont know how people drink cider its a horrible drink altogether and leaves you with the dirtiest hangover ever.

Lots of different ciders and they all taste different.On a hot summers day, a pint of cider is top notch.
You just need to find the right one.Tried a fair few ciders over the years including bulmers, relorderlig, kopparberg, westons etc. Stella Artois brought out a new cidre recently ,and its top notch.Although their beer is piss.

zenno · 20-02-2012 07:30PM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

Not a fan of beer at all really even the German and Belgian ones all it seems to do is make me drowsy.Spirits all the way for me(Captain Morgan and Vodka)Dont know how people drink cider its a horrible drink altogether and leaves you with the dirtiest hangover ever.

I agree with you on the cider part as i woke up the day after and my whole body looked like i had smallpox lol it was covered in red dots, never drank cider since. yep i would be a spirit guy myself but man the hangovers are bad, must be getting old.

someone said dutch gold will go to a tenner for 8 cans was it, i'm saying nothing as my psychologist bluntly fingers me in the left rib. umm dutch gold, after drinking it for a few days it tastes lovely while chilled though but after not drinking it for a few days and then drinking one well what can i say...puke city, tripple filtered becks all the way goes down like paris hilton.

kylith · 20-02-2012 07:44PM

Funglegunk wrote: »

I actually gag at the smell of cider. Years of puking the stuff out in fields has soured my taste for it forever. Do also love my Czech beer. Budvar forever.

Oh yeah, love the Budvar. So happy that you can get it just aobut anywhere these days.

kingtut wrote: »

You can get cider in the czech republic, all the night shops "potravinis" (sp?) have them I was there for 3 months last year.

Thanks, I'll stick that on my list of things to tell my younger self when I build my time machine.

Herb Powell · 20-02-2012 08:00PM

jester77 wrote: »

Beer is my religion.

One of the best things about living Germany, quality beer at quality prices. Love being able to pick up a 6-pack of quality beer on the way home from work for €3.50 in my local supermarket. I could lower my standards and get a 6-pack of crap beer for around €2 but feck that, what's the point!

I'm planning on working inGermany this summer, and I am genuinely excited for the beer
****ing love beer, of many kinds. I can enjoy Heineken and Carlsberg because IMO, they're really not that bad. Not the best obviously, but definitely acceptable. And I like Stella. There has to be some level of beer-snobbery when these are put down so harshly though-I prefer craft beer, but these mainstream ones are fine by me.

sgb · 20-02-2012 08:27PM

Nobody's yet mentioned Bishops Finger, Available in Tescos and independent off licences, about 2 euros for 500ml bottle

Serve chilled

Big Nasty · 20-02-2012 08:28PM

Love a good beer!

The only mass produced beer / main stream beer I really drink is Guinness. Mostly I tend to drink Belgian or Czech beers and sometimes a nice IPA from the UK or US.

In comparison Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Smithwicks, etc is just plain dishwater. Open your eyes and your tastebuds to proper beer people. In fact insist on it in your local pub.

Princess Peach · 20-02-2012 08:31PM

I was on a bewery tour the other night. So much beer samples

I like almost all of them, but a couple had a very strong flavour and didn't go down so easy for me. So I like most beers. My fave is the one made from iceberg water, yay Canada!

They had a display of commemorative labels they have done up, one with Bertie Ahearne. The tour guide has been telling people he is popular in Ireland, I set him straight :pac:

kfallon · 20-02-2012 08:34PM

Anything but Carlsberg I'll drink, the taste of that makes me want to vomit, hate the stuff!

44leto · 20-02-2012 08:37PM

The Irish generally drink muck and lots of it, German and belguim tradition beers are lovely. When I was in London I thought I would try a Bitter, I took a sip and it was so foul my face contorted, I genuinely thought the barman was winding me up and serving me slops.

But I have since learned that the Bitters in the north of England are brewed by small breweries and are meant to be gorgeous. I haven't tried one though I haven't being to the north of England in years.

My beer is usually a Heineken.

Big Nasty · 20-02-2012 08:44PM

44leto wrote: »

The Irish generally drink muck and lots of it, German and belguim tradition beers are lovely. When I was in London I thought I would try a Bitter, I took a sip and it was so foul my face contorted, I genuinely thought the barman was winding me up and serving me slops.

But I have since learned that the Bitters in the north of England are brewed by small breweries and are meant to be gorgeous. I haven't tried one though I haven't being to the north of England in years.

My beer is usually a Heineken.

Some of the local ales in England are savage, although some are pure muck too in fairness.

Belgium and Germany both have mass produced beers too, and they're muck as well IMO.

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