Whats your Favourite Beer?

CombatCow

jank wrote:

Oh Heads up to ye beer lovers out there

Christmas is coming around and thats when Erdinger bring out their 'winter brew'



I swear to **** its the best ****ing beer ever. Its so fruity and fresh but goes down so easy. Its like the beer dances in your mouth but its not too strong that by the time your on your 3 bottle you get the 'bad after test'

At the bottom

Fecking perfection I tell ya so keep an eye out in the off'ies for it. You wont be disappointed.

Hay has anyone seen this forsale anywhere in dub ? Im really interested in trying it.

Thanks,
CC

Steve_o

CathyMoran wrote:

Guiness - but only from a decent pub, the canned/bottled stuff is not the same but still better than most of the beers you can get. If I have to drink the bottled stuff then Erdiger.

Large bottles of Guinness can be nicer than draught i find unless the pub is a specialist (I.E a lot of people drink it there and the taps are always flowing) in Guinness!!

noby

Kobayashi,
I've had Carlton in the Porterhouse, and have seen it in one or two better off-licences

Steve_o,
Agreed

CombatCow,
I spotted the Erdinger Winter beer in a local super-valu here.
Tried it last year; I wouldn't go so far as saying it's the best in the world, but a good beer. Their Okto beer is good too, if not exactly true to style.

kenmc

noby wrote:

Kobayashi,
I've had Carlton in the Porterhouse, and have seen it in one or two better off-licences

Deveneys offlicence in dundrum has Carlton Cold. Didn't like it much when I tried it - wierd aftertaste. Course it comes in a clear bottle so is very likely to get skunked - maybe it had.
Must pop in and see if they have the Xmas brew.
Also looking to get my hands on a bottle of this:
http://www.anheuser-busch.com/news/2SeasonalBrews_103005.htm
10% Finally they're not catering to the usual pi$$y market.

Blisterman

I had Kronenbourg Blanc recently. It's a white Fruit beer. Very nice for a change.

DadaKopf

kenmc wrote:

Yeah the Spaten Oktoberfestbier is good.
Haven;t seen the Erdinger Christmas brew yet though - anyone??

I'd have to go with the Spaten Oktoberfestbier right now. Also digging Flensburger pilsner and weissbier.

Favourite beer ever has to be Wieselburger.

kenmc

Drinking the Weltenburger Kloster "Winter-Traum" at the moment - it's nice, quite hoppy, has an after taste a little bit like Brew 39. It's a darkish pilsner in style I guess. Don't see a ABV on the label. Got it in Deveneys in Dundrum. They don't have the Erdinger Christmas brew yet, but they should have soon. Also should be getting a Spaten Xmas brew as well...

Doc_Savage

Wrasslers all the way....

CombatCow

Thanks for the replys, I stopped by an offo in stonybatter and they said they should have it early next week.


:v:
CC

Peteee

Beer de France!

9.99 (Sometimes its 13.99 though) for 30 250 ml bottles from Dunnes Stores.

It's delicious, Goes down nice and easy.

Bob the Seducer

I'm going to go with Falcon, better than Spendrups and definitely better than Pripps.

PaulKK

Nothin beats a good pint of smithwicks, or Carlsberg if your in a larger mood!:)

direbadger

This:

Beamish is good too. Not strictly a beer but hey...

kenmc

^^^ De Koninck is a really nice beer. Belgian, as usual!
Have to wonder, with a bit of marketing, if Belgian beers would eventually oust Buttwiper etc as the staple of most "joe soaps"....

meditraitor

Grimbergen is my current favorite...

although i dont understand the beer snobs anti budweiser stance, lovely brew:v:

kenmc

meditraitor wrote:

Grimbergen is my current favorite...

Yin

although i dont understand the beer snobs anti budweiser stance, lovely brew:v:

and Yang!
I presume you're taking the pi$$, but just in case you're not: Buttwiper is pretty much tasteless fizz. I just don't understand why, given that we're paying so much for beer in the first place, that people would by default choose to drink something as insipid as Bud/MGD/Coors, when there is such a vast array of beers that actually have a flavour, for give or take the same price. I guess it's similar to the way some ppl have the "meat and 2 veg - if it doesn't grow in Ireland it's not food" mentality. Not for me though - I *love* trying new beers, the more obscure the better. Some I loved, others I wouldn't drink again.
And it's not being a "beer snob" it's just having an appreciation of the possibilities that are out there, and an open mind.

Civilian_Target

PaulKK wrote:

Nothin beats a good pint of smithwicks, or Carlsberg if your in a larger mood!:)

Never been a big fan of Smithwicks, I have to admit. As red ale goes, it's pretty bland. Try Porterhouse Red, much much nicer.

Carlsberg isn't bad when you get a good pint though, still playing second fiddle to Heineken though if you ask me...

noby

direbadger wrote:

Beamish is good too. Not strictly a beer but hey...

Not strictly a beer? Is it not a stout?

kenmc

jank wrote:

Christmas is coming around and thats when Erdinger bring out their 'winter brew'

I found it I found it! and indeed it's delicious. Had 2 bottles last nite, 2 more saved for the Toy Show tonight!!!!! Very subtly different from "regular" Erdinger. Will be buying a few more as xmas pressies for the girlfs dad I think, he likes Whitebeers

mikeruurds

I'm pretty partial to Castle and Windhoek lager when I'm back home in South Africa.

I tried a Belzebuth in Barcelona which, at 15% alcohol, had a honey-like consistency and wasn't too pleasant.

Otherwise Tiger, Tsingtao and Pilsener Urquell are all pretty good. I'm a real wuss when it comes to drinking beer

gurramok

My favs from offy-
1664
Stella
Veltins
Heineken
Warsteiner
Bergadler Pils (from Lidl)
Miller

Only these from pub when they are decent due to bad pints of above being served!-
Porter Red Ale
Guinness
1664
Stella
Erdinger
Weiss
and occasional Bulmers (cider)

Angry Troll

currently a lot into "weltenburger barock hell"...recently re-discovered it in my off-licence...was surprised to find it in ireland at all...great stuff, damn close to perfection...

rottenhat

Hmmm...of all time:

Stone IPA
Victory Storm King
Rochefort 8
3 Fonteinen Oude Geueze

That I can find locally and (afford to) drink regularly:

Fullers 1845

BeerNut

Storm King and Rochefort 8 are available in the better beer offies.

rottenhat

BeerNut wrote: »

Storm King and Rochefort 8 are available in the better beer offies.

Yeah, I often see them in Redmonds, but having to pay €4 a bottle for Storm King when I used to drink it for $11 a sixpack sticks in the craw a bit, and at €4.50+ for a bottle, Rochefort 8 is strictly for special occasions.

Aibreann

Bulmers, I love it.

The_Conductor

Erdinger Krystal Clar- though it really depends on the setting and the mood I'm in.....

PeteEd

Civilian_Target wrote: »

Carlsberg isn't bad when you get a good pint though, still playing second fiddle to Heineken though if you ask me...

No way Civilian, Carlsberg all the way! Probably and all the rest!

Get an awful slagging here in Dublin for enjoying Tennents, was up home in Antrim at the weekend and it was great to get a good pint of the stuff.

Decided to Branch out tonight and got a couple of bottles of Innis & Gunn Original, oak aged Scottish beer, ROTTEN!

thelynchfella

PeteEd wrote: »

No way Civilian, Carlsberg all the way! Probably and all the rest!

Get an awful slagging here in Dublin for enjoying Tennents, was up home in Antrim at the weekend and it was great to get a good pint of the stuff.

Decided to Branch out tonight and got a couple of bottles of Innis & Gunn Original, oak aged Scottish beer, ROTTEN!

That Innis and Gunn is a real hit and miss beer...Wouldnt be for me, way too oaky for my taste buds. If i want something that tastes of whiskey i'll drink whiskey

Blisterman

How did this get revived?
I can't believe that at one point, my favourite beer was Fosters.