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Best beer cities in the world

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    I suppose Munich is bit of a cliche to some (dunno why if the beer is good) but the single best beer I ever had in my life, and trust me I've had them everywhere, was an Augustiner in Munich. They don't export it and to the best of my knowledge it doesn't even get sold much further than a 100 mile radius of the brewery, so you've actually gotta go there to taste it.

    I'm afraid you're way off with that. I've never seen it on tap outside of Muenchen, but you've been able to get Augustiner Hell and Pils in Dublin for a few years. McHughs on the Malahide Road does it. It's good stuff alright.

    I'd have to throw London in the mix, never seen such a range of local and fordin beers. It's jaw dropping sometimes the amount they have on tap in some places.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Acidflash


    buck65 wrote: »
    Pity the vintners still feel the need to serve imported rubbish like Heineken, Carlsberg, Bud, Miller and ****ing Coors.

    If only they imported them from Amsterdam / Copenhagen. They are both brewed under license here (afaik) and are nothing like the ones produced in their native countries. Both beers are actually quite nice, unfortunately the stuff that's made here is total muck.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    Acidflash wrote: »
    If only they imported them from Amsterdam / Copenhagen. They are both brewed under license here (afaik) and are nothing like the ones produced in their native countries. Both beers are actually quite nice, unfortunately the stuff that's made here is total muck.
    as a old one,i still believe the only beer is a hops with malt and barley ,i am not that keen with the kind of stuff thats out there now[ale larger]in montreal ,many ago,i was talking to a molsons brewer who told me his beer is made in 24hr with mixing chemicals,


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Heineken is lovely I think, it's nice here in the UK and in France etc, but the one brewed in ireland is a weaker different one for Irish tastes, and it's really disgusting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭saywhatyousee


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Heineken is lovely I think, it's nice here in the UK and in France etc, but the one brewed in ireland is a weaker different one for Irish tastes, and it's really disgusting.

    The UK Heineken is .5% weaker than the Irish version


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    The UK Heineken is .5% weaker than the Irish version

    I don't think so, it was, or used to be 4.3% in Ireland, the Heineken in my local shop is 5% in the UK


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    Live in Munich. The beers in bavaria are great. The Munich ones that are my favourite would be Augustiner or Hacker-Pschorr. However not from Munich but bavaria is Tegernseer. Delicious stuff.

    Have to say I hate beer in Ireland. On another note Heineken in Amsterdam tasted infinitely better. Heineken in Ireland is ****e.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Hamburg

    ah here, Hamburg produces 2 of the worst beers in Germany, astra & holsten. Apart from Duckstein and a few decent micro breweries it's not great compared to southern Germany.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    jester77 wrote: »
    ah here, Hamburg produces 2 of the worst beers in Germany, astra & holsten. Apart from Duckstein and a few decent micro breweries it's not great compared to southern Germany.

    ah here! I like Astra, but maybe it was just the cool bottle I liked. Duckstein is lovely too, the one I drank was a red type of beer, on board the Feuerschiff which you're probably aware of?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    I don't think so, it was, or used to be 4.3% in Ireland, the Heineken in my local shop is 5% in the UK
    two types of heineken old in th english supermakets,the ordinary one which is 3.4% and the heineken export at 5% funny enough that is cheeper


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,535 ✭✭✭Raekwon


    IMO Prague is probably the best.

    I know people usually associate Prague with hordes of British stag parties downing gallons of Pilsner Urquell then pissing and puking all over Old Town & Wenceslas Square but the Czech Rep has way more variety then just Pilsner, Budvar & Staropramen.

    There are loads of other beers like Gambrinus, Krušovice, Starobrno (from the second largest city Brno), Kozel, plus the microfiltred Bernard to name just a few.

    Not to mention the hundreds of micro brewery's scattered across the country that produce a large variety of beers that can be sampled at the Czech Beer Festival that is held every May in Prague.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    ah here! I like Astra, but maybe it was just the cool bottle I liked. Duckstein is lovely too, the one I drank was a red type of beer, on board the Feuerschiff which you're probably aware of?

    Nice place for food :)

    I'm not a fan of astra, although the redlight version is ok when served cold. But they do have the best beer advertising in the world :D Do a google image search for their posters!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Ashbourne hoop


    Live in Munich. The beers in bavaria are great. The Munich ones that are my favourite would be Augustiner or Hacker-Pschorr. However not from Munich but bavaria is Tegernseer. Delicious stuff.

    Have to say I hate beer in Ireland. On another note Heineken in Amsterdam tasted infinitely better. Heineken in Ireland is ****e.

    Totally agree with that. Heinekin in Amsterdam is amazing. Bar man over there told me it was to do with the quality of water, don't know how true that is but it's ****e over here.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    jester77 wrote: »
    Nice place for food :)

    I'm not a fan of astra, although the redlight version is ok when served cold. But they do have the best beer advertising in the world :D Do a google image search for their posters!

    Have you been lately? Last time I was there the barman, a guy called Frank, was my mate's housemate, nice guy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Have you been lately? Last time I was there the barman, a guy called Frank, was my mate's housemate, nice guy

    I haven't been there in ages, I usually only end up there on team night outs from work or when family is over to visit. Must go soon again, it has a nice atmosphere.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    jester77 wrote: »
    I haven't been there in ages, I usually only end up there on team night outs from work or when family is over to visit. Must go soon again, it has a nice atmosphere.

    Yeah, it was kind of a Portuguesey area if I remember correctly, I would love to visit Hamburg again


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    tricky D wrote: »
    No mention of Kölsch specifically named after Cologne??

    Is there any other type of beer named after its locality/city??

    I was going to say KILKENNY, but I won't!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭saywhatyousee


    getz wrote: »
    two types of heineken old in th english supermakets,the ordinary one which is 3.4% and the heineken export at 5% funny enough that is cheeper

    Its the same here the export is 20 cent cheaper per can tastes horrible though prefer the regular version


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 734 ✭✭✭builttospill


    I'm actually getting angry at the people who say that American beer is crap. These people obviously knowing nothing about beer. As an analogy it's a bit like saying you think all American music is crap because all you know is Justin Beiber and Nicki Minaj.

    The amount of amazing craft beer coming out of America is astounding. I would say it's the best in the world at this stage however Belgium will always have the history and finesse.

    Dig a little deeper and you'll see yourself that your opinions are backward. There's a hell of a lot more than piss like Coors and Bud. Head over to the beer forum and get yerselves educated.

    If I sound patronising it's because I am, about this subject, cos you're desperately wrong, and this is not subjective, it's a fact.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Just on the american beer thing.

    Of the two biggest beer sites in the world, Beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com, there are 8 and 7 american beers in the top 10 beers in the world respectively.

    So it would seem that the vast majority of beer lovers would rate American breweries as the best in the world.

    That's that sorted then.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Seaneh wrote: »
    Just on the american beer thing.

    Of the two biggest beer sites in the world, Beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com, there are 8 and 7 american beers in the top 10 beers in the world respectively.

    So it would seem that the vast majority of beer lovers would rate American breweries as the best in the world.

    That's that sorted then.
    It's certainly a strong indication but you'd have to factor population into it and also availability. There are many good American beers available here but I don't know if European beers are widely available there.

    They also both seem to be American sites.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    humbert wrote: »
    It's certainly a strong indication but you'd have to factor population into it and also availability. There are many good American beers available here but I don't know if European beers are widely available there.

    They also both seem to be American sites.

    Most european beers are available world wide.

    The fact that they can even (at times) get the rarest of Belgian beers Westvleteren 12 is a pretty good testament to that.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭asherbassad


    Killer selection of beers in Seattle. I'm here right now.
    Went into a craft beer pub. They had 1000 bottled beers. Savage selection.
    Even the dump-pubs serve decent beer now, instead of the Bud, Coors and Miller garbage on tap.

    I would go for Antwerp and Cologne....just because I like Kolsch beer and especially the Kollner girls after they've had a feed of it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    tuxy wrote: »
    Dublin made the list, very consistent city with bud,heino,carlsberg,guinness and bulmers horse piss available on tap in most pubs!

    FYP

    The beer generally accepted as the best in the world, Westvleteren 12, is a Belgian beer. I've tried it and it really is the best. Still have a few bottles left actually. There are some great US beers but nearly all the 'best beer in the world' articles are skewed in favour of the US, so it's not exactly indicative of the rest of the world.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    Its the same here the export is 20 cent cheaper per can tastes horrible though prefer the regular version
    i prefer warm beer,that the way it should be drunk


  • Posts: 5,135 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I suppose Munich is bit of a cliche to some (dunno why if the beer is good) but the single best beer I ever had in my life, and trust me I've had them everywhere, was an Augustiner in Munich. They don't export it and to the best of my knowledge it doesn't even get sold much further than a 100 mile radius of the brewery, so you've actually gotta go there to
    I buy augustiner from drinkstore.ie


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    I buy augustiner from drinkstore.ie

    I've seen it in Tesco.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,299 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Confab wrote: »
    I've seen it in Tesco.

    :eek:

    Which one?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    :eek:

    Which one?

    Clare Hall. It's no Westvleteren 12 but it's a good beer.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,353 ✭✭✭✭Heroditas


    Killer selection of beers in Seattle. I'm here right now.
    Went into a craft beer pub. They had 1000 bottled beers. Savage selection.
    Even the dump-pubs serve decent beer now, instead of the Bud, Coors and Miller garbage on tap.

    I would go for Antwerp and Cologne....just because I like Kolsch beer and especially the Kollner girls after they've had a feed of it.


    Very jealous!!!!
    That area of the US is brilliant for beers.


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