OK, I promise this is the last sniveling post for a while about how the weather sucks, but it’s either that or weigh in on the beer summit, and I think that if I did that, my head would explode. I mean, c’mon. Bud Light? Sam Adams Light? Blue Moon? If I had to choose between total sobriety or drinking this swill, I’d start shooting smack.
And Buckler? That’s a fake beer, f’chrissakes! A Heineken with even less balls than an actual Heineken! If you’re gonna pretend to drink, you might as well pretend to eat, and then see what happens to you.
Aw, goddamnit, now see what you’ve done? My head has exploded. And I haven’t even gotten around to bitching about the weather yet.
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Patrick,
I’ll join those of the exploding heads over the choice of beer. That crap isn’t beer! I’m sure you know why Americans drink their beer so cold. Cold beer numbs the taste buds and you cannot taste the beer. Most American beer is so bad, it is best not to be able to taste it. I’ll take a good microbrew any day.
Hey, Bruce,
Long time no see … and happy to see you have my back on this one. If that stuff’s beer, well, then, I’m a Republican.
My favorite beer remains Mirror Pond Pale Ale from Deschutes in Bend. I’ve always liked their Twilight, too, but haven’t seen it around lately.
Of course, the locally produced Bristol beers are always delicious. Their Edge City Pilsner is killer on a hot day, which we haven’t had lately. And the nitro IPA will definitely make the sidewalk softer.
I’m out on the east coast where good beer seems to be Sam Adams and Ying Ling (aieeee)…. If the flight gods smile at me by tomorrow night I’ll be at Trinity (in bibleburg) drinking…Whatever I choose.
If the flight gods really smile at me I’ll be doing the Copper Triangle on Saturday…
Rush Carter
CS West Bikes
Patrick,
Heineken beer? DUUDE!!! If that is ‘beer’ then Corona is cerveza! Even the Dutch don’t call Heineken beer. In fact they are pretty happy that most ‘mericans think it’s German.
There is only one beverage in the world that should be called BEER: Guiness! And you claim to be Irish?!?! Oh my Gawd, man!!
P.S. I just sent my Netherlands based friend a book of the “Best beers in the world.” I am eagerly awaiting to see if he has the liver to prove it wrong. And sadly “yes” they mention Blue Moon as not only a ‘microbew’ but a decent one at that….ARGH!!!!
Patrick,
Yes, I’ve not left you, just been quiet of late. I’ll join James on the Guiness, but I liked it most from the tap in a pub in England. I’ve not had that pleasure since about 1990. Nonetheless, I generally go for the dark beers, a good porter for instance. I liked the porter at Phantom Canyon, but I’ve not been there since I left Bibleburg in 1997 for the wilds of Wyoming. (I won’t go into what the cowboys in Wyoming believe to be beer.)
I also like New Belgium’s 1554, a black ale, just give it about 15 minutes to warm up a bit.
Patrick, Looking at the pics, it does not appear that anyone except Officer Crowley even drank beer or something masquerading as a beer with an anti scurvy device inserted into the beverage in question. How about the fine folks over at Oskar Blues? dales has been a favorite for a few yrs now, very packable 😉
I’m a dark beer man myself, and white wine. Pale beers have no flavor, and dark wines have too much. I know tannins are supposed to be good for me but I’ll get mine from Irish Breakfast or Luzianne, depending on the season…
Anyway, Shiner Bock or Heidleman’s Export Dark, for years the only American beer allowed to be imported to Germany (back when Berlin was in a different country than the rest of Germany).
Guinness is my go to beverage. But I have to stock up when I’m out of town, because the only way to buy it locally, even tho I live in the middle of a billion dollar tourist pit, is by the six pack with those carbonated thingies in each bottle. YUK. 2nd choice, Foster’s Bitter, and 3rd, any local microbrew, such as New Glarus Brewery’s Spotted Cow or Fat Squirrel. Yum.
Since you mention New Glarus and Guinness, I’ll say try the New Glarus Oatmeal Stout. Most Guinness-like item this side of the pond.
I used to practically live on bottled Guinness Extra Stout, but have gotten away from the black stuff in recent years unless I happen to be someplace where it’s available on tap. Two entirely different stouts, to be sure. I recall reading that most of the Guinness we get here in the States is brewed in Canada.
Anchor Porter was another fave, but I haven’t seen it around lately; I wondered whether Anchor had given up on it — the brewery apparently is being overrun by yupscale redevelopment in what once was a blue-collar industrial area — but it’s still listed as a year-rounder on their website.
Another great one was Redhook’s Double Black Stout, which, alas, is no longer with us. Their Blackhook Porter is not a worthy substitute.
Thanx B Lester, didn’t know about that one!
Opus, Opus, Opus … tilt back an Odells St Lupelins’s Extra Pale Ale, and then tell me pale beers have no flavor.
Read somewhere that there are 75 craft brewers within a two hours drive of Denver. There are almost too many to choose from around here, as if that could be a bad thing. Right now my fridge has the aforementioned Odells (Ft Collins), OB’s (Lyons) Dale’s Pale Ale, OB’s Momma’s Little Yella Pils, Ska (Durango) Pinstripe Red, and a Left Hand (Longmont) Sawtooth Ale.
If you like Guiness, try OB’s Ten Fiddy. I think “ten fiddy” refers to 10.5% ABV. Pours like 10W40. Sold in four packs. Don’t let the smooth taste fool ya!
I’ll second the vote for Oscar Blue’s products… But instead of Dale’s Pale I’ll stick with Old Chub, which is out official shop beer.
While were thinking about good beer, I’ll throw a vote out to Stranahan’s whiskey which is made locally in Colorado also.
Steve O I have to drink the stuff I can get by bicycle, and the most exotic beer I can get locally is Fat Tire 😦 I like Fat Tire I’m just 😦 because that’s the wildest/weirdest I can get.
Guinness is the Coors of the Emerald Isle. Try a pint of Murphy’s stout straight out o’ the tap in Dingle or Kinsale, and you’ll think ye’ve died and gone t’ heaven.
Here’s another vote for Dale’s. Upslope Brewery (Boulder’s newest) makes a fine IPA. Bristol makes a Scottish Ale called Laughing Lab that I like as well. There’s a restaurant in Boulder (Laudisio’s) with Mirror Pond on tap if you don’t mind hanging out in a shopping mall.