deskthority

Free beer for the 4000th post!

hic.......BURP!

Lol...it's no fun when the mods win their OWN contests!

You'll feel better when you see the next contest.. nudge nudge, wink wink..

I'd be more interested in what good beers webwit has in his area .

One can always expand/drink their knowledge of beer

And you did not even need a perl script for that!

I see one good reason to visit NL again.

Pilsner was originally created in the Czech Republic. I know my beers too!

I have been to Plzeň! Nice town. Prague isn't bad either.

Germans general opinion of Dutch beer is: "pisswater". I think Heineken has ruined it all for you guys.

In fact that is one of the most common stereotypes we have: All Dutch are weed smoking, heineken drinking ajax amsterdam fans driving around with their caravans on our Autobahn!

Dutch people's general opinion of most Dutch beer is pisswater, especially Heineken. They will say Heineken is for export. It is a well known fact here that the original success of that beer lies in the fact it did not offend anybody, so it is a tame, cowardly beer. Also it didn't help that Mr. Heineken himself did not drink beer because, quote, it made him piss too much. On the other hand 9/10 beers are this way, all tasting the same, more or less. Then you got the so called little breweries with monks and dukes on the drinks (like Hertog Jan) and the German and Belgium beers, but those are all owned by Heineken or Interbrew and made in factories where no monks are involved. In general I like how everybody is a beer expert and dislikes the ordinary beers, but here consumer organisations sometimes do blind tests, and then always the cheap Aldi or whatever beer comes out on top. It's a similar thing as audiophiles - you have many of them until you start testing them and they can't hear the differences they claimed they would.

Beer? Eew.

question; how come beers makes you wanna piss every 5 min.

cmon you people...enlighten us

webwit wrote:I have been to Plzeň! Nice town. Prague isn't bad either.

I demand KB party in Prague!
Last time I snatched only two 5L kegs from their mini-brewery.

webwit wrote:In general I like how everybody is a beer expert and dislikes the ordinary beers, but here consumer organisations sometimes do blind tests, and then always the cheap Aldi or whatever beer comes out on top.

Some of those Aldi/Lidl beers are great. Then again, I wouldn't claim to be a beer connoisseur.

Erdinger is probably my favorite.

Oblig.

Guiness is ok. I think its probably more popular outside of Ireland than in Ireland itself. At least amongst younger people anyway - it has a bit of a reputation as an old man's drink.

daedalus wrote:

webwit wrote:In general I like how everybody is a beer expert and dislikes the ordinary beers, but here consumer organisations sometimes do blind tests, and then always the cheap Aldi or whatever beer comes out on top.

Some of those Aldi/Lidl beers are great. Then again, I wouldn't claim to be a beer connoisseur.

Erdinger is probably my favorite.

They have fine beers, tasting just as well or better than the more expensive ones. In general super market beers come from the same factories as brand names, depending on the deal. In any case, it isn't exactly rocket science to make a good beer, it's more about snobbery.

webwit wrote:In any case, it isn't exactly rocket science to make a good beer, it's more about snobbery.

What food/drink-related isn't?

My favorite discussion is about white wine. Alcoholic women with no taste buds drink this. I tell them white wine is only for with fish. Trololol.

I like Erdinger...can't find it here unfortunately. I had it in Italy.

keyboardlover wrote:I like Erdinger...can't find it here unfortunately. I had it in Italy.

I work at a beer garden and we have Erdinger in bottles, people eat that stuff up in the summer during busy season.

Where are you located OrphaGn? Germany?

Oh my skleip Guinness and Whisky is sooo good! Where next to qonquer!?

my favorite is the blue.

What does it taste like?

I drink Guinness because I haven't really liked any other beer from the store that much.

Minskleip wrote:What does it taste like?

Awesome in your mouth!

no really its a strong Belgian beer (9%) that is super easy to drink for a darkish beer and i suck at describing beer/wine/etc so i will just steal this one from the web.

more reviews here

A: Dark and hazy brown appearance. 1 1/2 fingers of tan, Pours dark brown with a creamy fizzy head.

S: Raisins and plums... dark fruits...a bit of a port aroma. Fairly sweet. Altogether, fairly subdued.

T: Dark fruits...raisins and brown sugar....cherry, and an touch of sweet chocolate...smooth peppery spiciness. A touch of well integrated alcohol presence. Just flat out outstanding.

M: Moderately high carbonation. Crisp, medium feel.

D: Excellent. Given it's 9% ABV....insanely drinkable.

edit: if you haven't tried and loved a Belgian beer then this will convert you.

Oh my god try Scottish whisky from Islay, and then Imediately a sip of Guinness; it's so fucking good!