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RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:23 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: Feinder
he brings home cases of German beer thats like 12-13% Alc
Sounds like "Colt 45" Nik... [;)]
Technically, in the US, a "beer" over 10% alchohaul (or something like that), is considered a "malt liquor" (interesting trivia).
-F-
Only in some states - i know that to be true in Texas (and evidentally Florida), but i don't think it's true in NY or Connecticut. At least in TX, it has to say "Malt Liquor" on the label to be sold, and it was not true in NYS or CT.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:25 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Nikademus
US beers generally suck....unless its a reputible microbrewery.....a wonderful exception is Rouge Ales. I live within walking distance of one of their brewhouses...they have so many good selections you need a beer "menu" to order!
www.rogue.com
World's best beer, that isn't a highly specialized microbrew, is Fat Tire. Hands down the best in the world. It's not too heavy, not too light, good full flavor without being overly bitter. YUM!
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:26 pm
by Speedysteve
Warsteiner is a decent Lager. I'm more of a Lager drinker than a Bitter one but will (as said before) drink Guinness from time to time (not that that's a Bitter mind you)
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:30 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Speedy
Warsteiner is a decent Lager. I'm more of a Lager drinker than a Bitter one but will (as said before) drink Guinness from time to time (not that that's a Bitter mind you)
Guinness is too "creamy" for me. Makes me ill.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:31 pm
by Speedysteve
Tequila makes me ill....guaranteed
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:31 pm
by Ron Saueracker
Duckstein is may favourite pint.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:39 pm
by anarchyintheuk
Being Texan its my duty to drink Shiner Bock (or anything else with alcohol that's free).
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:23 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Speedy
Tequila makes me ill....guaranteed
You need to try the "good stuff". I've had tequila so smooth it goes down like water. VEry dangerous!
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:25 pm
by Speedysteve
I find that with a good Whiskey.
Ah 5 more minutes until end of work and then into London to have a few beers with a mate[8D]
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:42 pm
by Curty
Guinness reminds me of the remains of that cold cup of coffee i left from last night...it tasted horrendous
Stella Artois in my opinion is the best Lager in the world...a Belgian 'beer', 5.2% Alc.
A close second would be German.. Beck's Bier from Bremen, has a kind of nutty taste with 5% Alc.
The strangest is 'Old Pickled Sporren' a local 'brew' from the Orkney Islands[&o][&o][&o]
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:25 pm
by joey
Great another Beck's lover! I put that right up there with Harps from Ireland!
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:28 pm
by niceguy2005
ORIGINAL: Curty
Stella Artois in my opinion is the best Lager in the world...a Belgian 'beer', 5.2% Alc.
Isn't Stella a pilsner? I could be mistaken. At any rate, a first class beer. Wonderful for backyard BBQs or after a good match of ultimate (frisbee).
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:34 pm
by Mynok
There are much better Belgians than Stella....and Stella is excellent. Chimay and Duvel are readily available here in the States and are excellent beers.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:28 pm
by Thilo
1) Now it gets clear why the Brits call these fluids ale, lager, bitter or whatever. They all seem to have incommon that they do not deserve the name beer. This is of course derived from the stuff you get at airports like Heathrow, Gatwick etc.
2) I though guiness was irish - not a single irishman to flame all here for calling it british?
3) Problem with german beer is that the best comes from some smaller breweries - Loewenbraeu may be famous but it's the worst beer from munich, and beer from munich is still inferior to that from the southern bavaian countryside - Tegernseer, Unertl ... - but you can hardly find them 100 km from their production site, let alone in foreign countries. Should that be the case elsewhere in the world as well (US microbreweries come to my mind, but I fear it will never become a clear picture; Belgium) we will not find a conclusion.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:43 pm
by MarcA
ORIGINAL: Thilo
1) Now it gets clear why the Brits call these fluids ale, lager, bitter or whatever. They all seem to have incommon that they do not deserve the name beer. This is of course derived from the stuff you get at airports like Heathrow, Gatwick etc.
2) I though guiness was irish - not a single irishman to flame all here for calling it british?
3) Problem with german beer is that the best comes from some smaller breweries - Loewenbraeu may be famous but it's the worst beer from munich, and beer from munich is still inferior to that from the southern bavaian countryside - Tegernseer, Unertl ... - but you can hardly find them 100 km from their production site, let alone in foreign countries. Should that be the case elsewhere in the world as well (US microbreweries come to my mind, but I fear it will never become a clear picture; Belgium) we will not find a conclusion.
Thilo, German beers OK but as Sean Connery informed us, don't come to a gun party armed with a knife. We are talking about real beer here.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:05 am
by Ron Saueracker
ORIGINAL: Curty
Guinness reminds me of the remains of that cold cup of coffee i left from last night...it tasted horrendous
Stella Artois in my opinion is the best Lager in the world...a Belgian 'beer', 5.2% Alc.
A close second would be German.. Beck's Bier from Bremen, has a kind of nutty taste with 5% Alc.
The strangest is 'Old Pickled Sporren' a local 'brew' from the Orkney Islands[&o][&o][&o]
Isn't Stella Artois regarded as 'Slapper" beer?
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:09 am
by Ron Saueracker
ORIGINAL: Thilo
1) Now it gets clear why the Brits call these fluids ale, lager, bitter or whatever. They all seem to have incommon that they do not deserve the name beer. This is of course derived from the stuff you get at airports like Heathrow, Gatwick etc.
2) I though guiness was irish - not a single irishman to flame all here for calling it british?
3) Problem with german beer is that the best comes from some smaller breweries - Loewenbraeu may be famous but it's the worst beer from munich, and beer from munich is still inferior to that from the southern bavaian countryside - Tegernseer, Unertl ... - but you can hardly find them 100 km from their production site, let alone in foreign countries. Should that be the case elsewhere in the world as well (US microbreweries come to my mind, but I fear it will never become a clear picture; Belgium) we will not find a conclusion.
Problem with British beer is the massive quantities of sugar used in their production. They have no frigging grasp of the purity laws and standards evolved in Germany. Same can be said of North American breweries who use so much corn and rice in their beers that they become flavourless monstrosities.
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:55 am
by Big B
This has become a thread on beer tastes - which is fine,
But no one has checked out the advertising. That's what amazed me...look at this stuff! (go back and look at the link)
B
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:06 am
by Ron Saueracker
That is what is missing in advertising in North America...humour and good writing. If I see another yeast infection ad during dinner time I'm going to effing kill someone.[:@]
RE: Spitfire Ale - The Bottle of Britain
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:23 am
by Big B
ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker
That is what is missing in advertising in North America...humour and good writing. If I see another yeast infection ad during dinner time I'm going to effing kill someone.[:@]
"That's what I'm on about - you saw it didn't ya?!"
