Just a little off season/Pre-draft fun. What is your favorite beer?
Mine for a while has been Bells Two Hearted Ale.
Next I like 
Terrapin Hopsecutioner
Actually I like most Bells Products...the Bells Hopslam that is out now is also very good, but its seasonal and is a bit hard to come by here in Georgia. One of the Liquor stores I go to keeps it behind the counter and will only sell you one 6 pack per customer 
So, lets hear it....what do ya have? CHEERS!!!!
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ha ha, and even the sign is a little tippy.
Agree on the hopslam. Very smooth for an imperial. Hard to finger favorite but for sixers I'll list north coast's brother thelonious, three sheeps' cashmere hammer, 3 floyd's arctic panzer wolf. Too many one off taps to remember.
I like anything that is very hoppy and strong.
Right now my top 3 favorites are VooDoo Ranger 8 hop IPA (made by Fat Tire I think)
The second favorite is a local IPA that is called Rheingeist Truth. It has an IBU of 94
Lagunitas IPA is also a go to for me
Free. Comes in a variety of flavors, can't beat the price.
The Heckler posted:I like anything that is very hoppy and strong.
Right now my top 3 favorites are VooDoo Ranger 8 hop IPA (made by Fat Tire I think)
The second favorite is a local IPA that is called Rheingeist Truth. It has an IBU of 94
Lagunitas IPA is also a go to for me
Both Fat Tire and VooDoo are brewed by New Belgium Brewery. I am currently drinking beers from Full Sail Brewery, they have quite the lineup and here at least about a buck or so cheaper per six pack.
I have a rotation. I stay away from the heavily hopped stuffed on a regular basis with only an occasional IPA. Most of it's too "piney" for me. Always have Leinie's Original on hand. Have also really come to like Summits's Dakota Soul.
IPA lovers have to try this:
Had a couple of Breckinridge Vanilla Porters on tap last night....a good winter beer. Not in a bottle tho.....it misses something when bottled. I like their Agave Wheat and Amber Ale in cans for camping, fishing, lawn mowing etc.
Free and Cold or Free and Cold Light.
I'm not picky.
Surly Furious and Two Hearted Ale.
Surly does some good ones.
To DAVEGA - do you get Ozark Brewing out there? They do a really good cream stout that is perfect with bbq.
Also forgot Great Lakes Nosferatu, an imperial red ale.
For those that like Two Hearted.....treat yourself to some Three Floyds Zombie Dust...another excellent APA. Sculpin by Ballast Point is another good one for the hop lovers.
Being it's cold outside, been enjoying some dark stuff lately. Here's a really good one:
Summit Sega IPA is definitely up there for me.
Crow Peak 11 hr IPA Ale.
Probably like the Crow Peak a little better.
I like different beers for different seasons. For those that are available at all times, Leinie's Sunset Wheat is my favorite.
During the winter season, I really enjoy some of the Christmas Ales, particularly Great Lakes Christmas Ale, and also Thirsty Dog's 12 Dogs of Christmas.
I'm not an IPA guy, they all seem one note and I am not a fan of that note.
Bells does make outstanding beer, this is one of my favorites 
Also from Michigan is another of my favorites (and also one of my favorite breweries to visit. 
Last stout for me would be Oreo Speedwagon. I love this stuff
Favorite Wheat
On tap, this Helles is outstanding
When I am back in Wisconsin, I do like Golden Booty from Lake Louie
and Polish Moon from MKE
I've left out outstanding breweries like Deschutes in Portland, Pulpit Rock in Decorah, and Spotted Cow is still a favorite of mine. I'm sure I will think of more as the day passes.
As for free, some beers just taste like shit, but if you like it, you like it. Life is to short for people to tell you what to drink.
Except Busch light is swill.
I agree most IPA's are all trying to bludgeon you with hops. But there are a select few that transcend it. Hopslam was one of the first to do that. Now there are a lot of imitators and derivatives, too many to have tried.
Kwak's a good Belgian that will knock you out.
My wife and I have made a good hobby of traveling around and trying local breweries wherever we go. One fun thing we have in common anyway. We use the Untappd app to log and rate beers, but mostly just to remind us of what we have tried. She recently hit 1,000 unique beers. I'm still a ways behind her in unique, but easily have her beat in overall quantity.
Bong, we've been to Pulpit Rock, also Toppling Goliath. Liked their stuff quite a bit. Also have visited PIVO in Calmar.
I'm mostly a pilsner/lager guy, but I have come around to trying some IPAs, mostly since so many places make a lot of them and I run out of beers to try. But not my preferred style. I also liked some Scotch and brown ales and a good stout now and then.
My most recent favorite is Toil and Trubbel, a Belgian dubbel from a local place in Rochester, MN called Little Thistle. Really tasty. But if I am going to indulge and hit party/tailgate mode, I stick with Miller 64 since the low carbs don't play havoc with my diabetes. I can whoop it up a bit without taking too much of a toll.
mrtundra posted:Mine is Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing
Going with this one too. I also really really like their Wisconsin Belgian Red. Glad they bottle it in 12 oz now instead of the large quart size.
I've had some more time to reflect, can't believe I forgot a Pearl Necklace
Is that liquid tar?
No
I'm not saying you need to have a Dirty Blonde before the Pearl Necklace, but it doesn't hurt
I thought you were talking about miss skully, now i'm getting thirtsy
My goal in life now is to find a bottle of Oreo Speedwagon.
DH13 posted:Surly does some good ones.
To DAVEGA - do you get Ozark Brewing out there? They do a really good cream stout that is perfect with bbq.
Also forgot Great Lakes Nosferatu, an imperial red ale.
I'll have to look for it..Love Porters....and stouts
naterpack posted:
My fave.
My second fave.
And in third place...
I find this to be an outstanding lager
This is one of my favorite day drinkers
I usually go with lagers or occasionally a red or brown ale. Donât care for hoppy, fruity or citrusy beer. Usually drink Sam Adams lager, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Kona, Brooklyn, Newcastle Brown and Sam Adams Octoberfest when available.
How could I forget about the marzen's?
Best
A we are approaching spring I am awaiting the usual and new Bocks to hit the shelves. Any day now.
Im a traditionalist . Like everyone I have favorites but love to try them all.
Bock in the spring
Lagers, Pilsners, Helles in the late spring, summer and early fall
Octoberfests, Red, Brown, and original ales in the fall.
Stout, Porter in the winter
Throw in a few PA's and IPA's here and there and I'm good to go.
El-Ka-Bong posted:How could I forget about the marzen's?
Best
Awesome beer! I went to Octoberfest in Munich about 10 years ago and I spent my time in the Hacker-Pshchorr beer garden. Good times and I managed to drink 4 of the big mugs of it.
The beer refreshing!
We drank that in college, we could get warm cases for a buck cheaper. We'd buy it warm, throw it in the fridge and start drinking the warm stuff.
The motto was "if it ain't room temperature, it ain't Hamms".
Good times.
All time favorite beer. The next one.
El-Ka-Bong posted:How could I forget about the marzen's?
Best
The Marzen beers are definitely my favorite. Between Hacker and Hofbrau, itâs why autumn is my favorite time of year.
Stiegl Goldbrau is also a personal fave- they serve it on tap at The Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, one of my favorite hangs...
bvan posted:ChilliJon posted:
From the land of 'sky blue rodgers' and Chico.
I love their Pale Ale.
Agreed. My wife's uncle is a (former) graphic artist, and he designed their labels. They were done (originally) the old-fashioned way, with paint. He resides in Magalia, CA. If you saw the story during the #CampFire about the horse/mule that survived the fire in someone's swimming pool... that was on his property.
Another X4 brush with greatness. They have the best labels IMO.
Wooster posted:bvan posted:From the land of 'sky blue rodgers' and Chico.
I love their Pal..
Agreed. My wife's uncle is a (former) graphic artist, and he designed their labels. They were done (originally) the old-fashioned way, with paint. He resides in Magalia, CA. If you saw the story during the #CampFire about the horse/mule that survived the fire in someone's swimming pool... that was on his property.
The labels are beautiful and reminiscent of the CA orange crates I used to store my albums in. LOL
Found this beer through reading books by Todd Borg based on the Lake Tahoe area.
https://www.amazon.com/Todd-Borg/e/B001JOYC5U
EC Pack posted:The beer refreshing!
We drank that in college, we could get warm cases for a buck cheaper. We'd buy it warm, throw it in the fridge and start drinking the warm stuff.
The motto was "if it ain't room temperature, it ain't Hamms".
Good times.
Ahhh yes we did the same thing with Schaefers. My friends dad owned a store and he let us buy Schaefers at "cost" which in the early to mid 80's was about $2.00 a case.
So when I was a kid growing up on a farm in NE Wisconsin my dad used to keep a 12 pack of Stroh's on the back of the tractor to drink while we worked. No big deal right? Well... It started out cold but it go gradually warmer and my dad would chug it like gatorade. Even at 9 or 10 years old I said to myself that's just wrong.
I like a good, aged Belgian Ale...not too much spice... this one is really good. Kwak Belgian Ale.
My uncle loves PBR. When he came out to visit this past summer I found this. It's actually not horrible for a mass produced pilsner. Better than Ultra or MGD64 at least.
He liked it too. Good thing because he has a beer gut only a Wisconsinite could love
Give me 70 IBUs or go home!
Do you like stout? Try the offerings from Richmond's Hardywood Park.
ChilliJon posted:
This is my everyday, always in the fridge. Many moons ago it used to be Sam Adams Boston Lager. I blame Avery's Maharaja for zombiefying my hophead.
Barking Pumpkin posted:
Give me 70 IBUs or go home!
Do you like stout? Try the offerings from Richmond's Hardywood Park.
70 IBUs to me is just a start 
if I am taking it easy that day.
Ubetcha posted:I have a rotation. I stay away from the heavily hopped stuffed on a regular basis with only an occasional IPA. Most of it's too "piney" for me. Always have Leinie's Original on hand. Have also really come to like Summits's Dakota Soul.
My niece works at Summit in the lab. Taste testing required.
I like any good Oktoberfest.
Left Handed Milk Stout brewed out of Colorado I think. Fantastic stuff.
You probably won't like it...
Pakrz posted:Left Handed Milk Stout brewed out of Colorado I think. Fantastic stuff.
The regular milk stout or the nitro you pictured? I know people rave about the nitro beers, but I do not find them appealing.
Workman's Compensation, amazing ale on tap if you can find it
Herschel posted:
ill have to try this...love dark beers
Have to go with Erdinger Dunkle...
The old Coors Octoberfest wasn't bad either.
bdplant posted:
"I'd kiss ya, but I got puke breath!"
I found a mouse in the bottom of one of those bottles from elsinore, never tried it again.
Isn't that like a worm in tequila?
Thunderbird posted:I found a mouse in the bottom of one of those bottles from elsinore, never tried it again.
You were expecting 2?
ammo posted:Isn't that like a worm in tequila?
Mescal
Ever try this?
Root Beer
Frostop on tap was my fav. Any Frostop Root Beer stands left?
Boris posted:
This stuff is really good. Makes a great root beer float.
You'll find Dan Patrick and company frequently gushing about Spotted Cow. Great beer. Lienies Red is good. I just pound Icehouse 16 oz for $4.99
My non-alcoholic versions of Root Beer I can drink at work, or when I am driving with no adverse effects. It is just what I enjoy.
Iâve always felt Leinies Red was their best option. So many other good choices like Capital Amber, Johnny Blood Red, Alaskan Amber, etc. Love me some amber.
I believe I've mentioned Alaskan Amber, and love Capital Amber, and then there's an Irish red I loved........hmmmmmm, Smithwick's and Killianâs Irish Red.
This is THE stuff to make root beer floats with!
mrtundra posted:Here's another brew I feel is in the Top 3 in my region of the country. From Schell's Brewing in New Ulm, Minnesota, Schell's Dark:
Yes, I like this as well. And Killian's. I like the ambers and reds.
Ambers & Reds....good, malty beers.
Recently I've been steering clear of the hoppy IPA's
G. Heileman's Original "Old Style" Lager that was brewed in La Crosse up until they closed up in 1995(?). The stuff they can now is an embarrassment to the legacy of the real Old Style. Anyways, I have run a liquor store out here in Colorado in the heart of craft beer country. To this day I have yet to find a lager that looks, effervesces and tastes as delicious as the Old Style brewed and packaged in La Crosse. I can name a few others IPAs like Two-Hearted, Pliny the Elder, Lagunitas Maximus, Crux Half-Hitch. But gimme an ice cold "Old" Style and I will be happy until my glass is empty.
GBP1 posted:G. Heileman's Original "Old Style" Lager that was brewed in La Crosse up until they closed up in 1995(?). The stuff they can now is an embarrassment to the legacy of the real Old Style. Anyways, I have run a liquor store out here in Colorado in the heart of craft beer country. To this day I have yet to find a lager that looks, effervesces and tastes as delicious as the Old Style brewed and packaged in La Crosse. I can name a few others IPAs like Two-Hearted, Pliny the Elder, Lagunitas Maximus, Crux Half-Hitch. But gimme an ice cold "Old" Style and I will be happy until my glass is empty.
Thank you GBP1......hereâs a lot to read about Old Style.....
Ugh no thanks. OS is like the nectar of the gods for FIBS. Itâs a big reason I donât drink that stuff.
Kind of like PBR out west with all of the annoying granola eating, hemp growing, trucker hat wearing, long scraggly beard hipsters.
My buds and I would get "kraeuzened" with Old Style, on a regular basis before Heileman shut down operations. It was our beer of choice at any event. Beat the crap out of Schlitz, PBR, Strohs, Miller, bitter Bud and Old Milwaukee. Back then, there were no microbrews and access to other beers from around the country was very limited in scope. You'd never see Anchor Steam or Sierra Nevada brews in my area. Once in a while you could get Olympia beer. But why drink that? It was rare to see Coors unless someone brought some back from a trip they took to Colorado. You still cannot get Yeungling's here. No one around the country can get any of the New Glarus beers since they only sell them in Wisconsin.
My parents moved away from Wisconsin after my last year of HS and my brother's freshman year at UW Oshkosh. I visited him a few times. Pretty much everyone there drank Point Beer.
I bought this book some years back when I was home in La Crosse. Great resource.
Another tidbit, the BEST...Absolute BEST...beer I ever enjoyed was when I worked as summer part-timer for GHB ('75 & '76) in La Crosse. On breaks we could drink all the free beer we wanted (not just Old Style as they packaged about 20 brands of beer in the La Crosse location). After work too, we had some late nights drinking after second shifts were done. There were more than a few times when we left the brewery as the morning sun lightened the eastern sky.
But the best beer was fresh Old Style right off the filler in the can before it was lidded. The "filler" guy would wind down the filler just moments before break-time. He would bring in about 10 uncapped Old Styles and we would fight over who got one. 32 icy cold degrees, unpasteurized and creamy foam with plenty of carbonation. Gosh almighty, that Old Style was darn delicious.
The good old "daze" really were good back then.
mrtundra posted:.... Once in a while you could get Olympia beer. But why drink that?
Tumwater!
Great post GBP1. When at college at UW-RF we would bet guys they couldn't drink a 6 pack, then take them to LaCrosse and show them the Old Style 6 pack. Easy bet to win. Stopped many times on our way home from RF and have a few free samples.
When local weather goobers cannot warn 'heavy wet shit.'
AZPackerBacker posted:
You probably won't like it...
ammo posted:Great post GBP1. When at college at UW-RF we would bet guys they couldn't drink a 6 pack, then take them to LaCrosse and show them the Old Style 6 pack. Easy bet to win. Stopped many times on our way home from RF and have a few free samples.
Hey ammo, that huge 6 pack could use some updating......itâs just a wrap now. It used to be a painted symbol of Old Style, now itâs looking pretty sad. Wish theyâd repaint it or put on a new wrap. 
oshbaul posted:When local weather goobers cannot warn 'heavy wet shit.'
Just took one of those
City Brewing could afford a new facelift on the giant six-pack. My understanding is they are doing well by contract brewing.
mrtundra posted:My buds and I would get "kraeuzened" with Old Style, on a regular basis before Heileman shut down operations. It was our beer of choice at any event. Beat the crap out of Schlitz, PBR, Strohs, Miller, bitter Bud and Old Milwaukee. Back then, there were no microbrews and access to other beers from around the country was very limited in scope. You'd never see Anchor Steam or Sierra Nevada brews in my area. Once in a while you could get Olympia beer. But why drink that? It was rare to see Coors unless someone brought some back from a trip they took to Colorado. You still cannot get Yeungling's here. No one around the country can get any of the New Glarus beers since they only sell them in Wisconsin.
Growing up in Wisconsin I never drand much Old Style just never had much of a taste for it. And I didn't want to drink beer that FIBS love so much.
So back in the 80's my dad drove a beer truck and when there was beer left over that they couldn't sell it would end up in our garage or my uncle's garage. So my buddies and I would spend many nights drinking PBR, Hamms, Red White and Blue, Special Export, Strohs, Blatz, and Rhinelander. Blatz was my favorite rot gut beer back then and I would still drink one if I could get my hands on it.
