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Beer of Choice?

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  • 01-02-2008 4:52pm
    #1
    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭


    As men who clearly love beer I'm interested in your input.

    I like Tiger beer, Okochim and Zywiec.

    Given the choice of any beer in the world... what would you have?


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    Don1
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    Hmmm, like Tigger, Moosehead, Molsen, proper heineken (not the brewed under licence) and some of the Porter House ones.

    Love Dinkel Acker Privat, Sanwald Heiffeweisen and Bitburger Pils.


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    _blank_
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    Wow, this is a very mood and place dependent question.

    Tyskie, Becks Vier for the lager. If neither is available, I'd go for Heineken, but never in bottles, the smell of bottled Heinieken makes me gag.

    Large Bottle of Gionness, off the Shelf, is lovely.

    Pint of Smithwicks with a Guinness Head. Creamy goodness.


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    missingtime
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    Carlesberg or Miller generally.

    If I can get it Pilsner Urquell. Mmmm Pilsner Urquell.


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    yoyo
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    Carlsburg, Heineken, Fosters, Tuborg etc...

    Nick

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    #6
    Necronomicon
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    Miller is usually the brew of choice, but where it's served I like Hoegarden as well. Tasty.


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    Slow Motion
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    Agree with Des on this one, Heinekin normally, but had a six pack of Tiger the other night as a little treat!


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    FlutterinBantam
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    Anything under 2.38 a litre tbh


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    balon
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭balon


    Anchor Steam Beer, Goose Island IPA or Hobgoblin. All quite different and delicious in their own way!


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    microgirl
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    I am horrified at the preponderance of yellow, fizzy water varieties in this thread so far. Carlsberg?! BUL Heineken?! Fosters???!!!!!

    Iffen yiz're gonna drink lager lads, would yiz not at least drink Zywiec or even Budvar?

    Ok, that's unfair of me, there is nothing whatsoever wrong with lager, but I wouldn't even call Fosters lager!

    And ye call ye'reselves men ;)

    Me, I can't pick a favourite. But if I could have any beer in the world (that I've already tried), it'd be Stone Ruination IPA. But you can't get that here. Here, Galway Hooker on draught or Goose Island IPA in a bottle :)


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    voxpop
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    Schnider Weisse or Franziskaner at the mo. Guinness is also good


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    smashey
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    microgirl wrote: »
    I am horrified at the preponderance of yellow, fizzy water varieties in this thread so far. Carlsberg?! BUL Heineken?! Fosters???!!!!!
    Meh. At least nobody mentioned the "B" word.


    Heineken ftw.


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    Don1
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    Thing is with the "fizzy yellow water" varieties like Heineken and Carlsberg etc. the varieties we consume in Ireland are brewed under licence and are not the proper version. Try a Heineken with Imported on the label and see the difference.

    As for Fosters and Budw**** bleargh!!!! An affront to the term lager!!!

    Also I don't understand why has that bud muck got weiser in the name. It's not even close to being a weissebier!!! :confused:


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    missingtime
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    smashey wrote: »
    Meh. At least nobody mentioned the "B" word.

    Indeed.


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    minidazzler
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    I am very Partial to both Guinness and Murphys. I also enjoy German imports from time to time.


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    yoyo
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    Don1 wrote: »
    Thing is with the "fizzy yellow water" varieties like Heineken and Carlsberg etc. the varieties we consume in Ireland are brewed under licence and are not the proper version. Try a Heineken with Imported on the label and see the difference.

    As for Fosters and Budw**** bleargh!!!! An affront to the term lager!!!

    Also I don't understand why has that bud muck got weiser in the name. It's not even close to being a weissebier!!! :confused:
    Students like the cheaper the better :D, Also Carlsburg/Heineken are actually very nice pints? Cans aswell... I wouldnt touch Bud but those 2 drinks are good, Tuborg and Fosters are cheap and decent... :D

    Nick

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    Karl Hungus
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    Hoegaarden. Freakin' love the stuff. ;)


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    dr strangelove
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    I really miss good ales like Greene King IPA and Adnams, but a good pint of Smithwick's in an old man's pub can still hit the spot.


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    kryogen
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    cant beat a good pint of guiness, can be hard to find though! i like Krombacher, Spaten, Francis Karner.....sometimes even the odd pint of carlsberg


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    Zaph
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    Don1 wrote: »
    Also I don't understand why has that bud muck got weiser in the name. It's not even close to being a weissebier!!! :confused:

    Nothing to do with weissbier. The style of beer it's supposed to be imitating is from České Budějovice in the Czech Republic, or as the Germans call the town, Budweis.

    Staropramen is what I drink at home. I was in the Bull & Castle for the first time last week and was delighted to find it on draught there. Other home favourites would be Budvar, Spaten and Anchor Steam. When I'm out it's a pint of Heineken, you usually end up with warm bottles of the likes of Budvar after early evening in most pubs, which puts me off ordering that sort of stuff.


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    #21
    voxpop
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    spirit store in dundalk also has Staropramen. Nice alternative to the guinness or Erdinger


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    ArmedResponse
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    nothing better than an aul 10 bottle crate of miller!

    Definitly the nicest beer!

    After that its a tie between heiniken and guiness!


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    _blank_
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    Staropramen on tap in The Cornerstone too.

    I enjoyed a few pints last weekend in there :)


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    Zaph
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    ArmedResponse wrote: »
    nothing better than an aul 10 bottle crate of miller!

    Definitly the nicest beer!

    You're new to beer drinking then, are you? :D


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    #25
    _blank_
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    Actually, Miller ain't too bad in bottles tbh.

    Wouldn't be my first choice though.


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    #26
    Zaph
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    Can't stomach the stuff, I'd put it in the same category as that other Yank "beer".


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    _blank_
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Can't stomach the stuff, I'd put it in the same category as that other Yank "beer".


    Ah come off it Brother Zaph!




    < that is the standard for acceptableness









































































    | Miller is about here







    |Bud is here


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    #28
    Zaph
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    I'm just not prepared to go that far below the minimum standard :D


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    #29
    Gillo
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    Generally Erdinger, or failing that Stella or Guiness.


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    ArmedResponse
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    Zaph wrote: »
    You're new to beer drinking then, are you? :D

    I meant to warm up!:D

    I think we all should be able to agree that fosters shouldnt be classed as a beer but rather as bottled piss!


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    Peyton Manning
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    Ive never had it before so I wont question your judgement, but why is Bud looked unfavourably on in these quarters?

    Myself, a nice bottle of Hobgoblin will do me the finest. Or a pint of Guinness, but Im very fussy and it must be poured perfectly.


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