I'm Looking For a Few Good Brews...

[FBX]

Hey all,
Alright, call me un-American, but frankly I prefer wine to beer. On the few occassions I treat my friends & myself to a drink or two, I'll go for a glass of wine and big Italian meal over anything else. However, I've been told by the numerous German tourists that run through my little back o' beyond claim that Hefeweizen (aka Wheat Beer) is supposed to taste worlds better than standard pilsners, ales and lagers. (One man stated, "If you like [ales], you'd like cough syrup just as well!"). Regardless of what ze German said, I actually do like some forms of beers, such as Alaskan Amber and Rolling Rock. Any suggestions for a good beer or hefeweizen? Suggestions for a good, flavorful red wine would also be greatly appreciated.

[myron]

Boulevard. Mmmm Mmmm BITCH!! (http://www.blvdbeer.com/unfilteredwheat.htm)

[Ripp]

Try Michigan's Nut Brown Ale, one of my favorites. I'm also partial to Lindemann's Reds, especially their Cabernet.

[RickB]

Victory Sunrise is a nice Hefeweizen. Other Victory beers to try are the Victory Storm King and Hop Devil. I also highly recommend the Stone Ruination IPA.

Disclaimer: Our racing team is sponsored (and powered) by Victory... ;-)

[S. cerevisiae]

Can't go wrong with this (http://www.pennbrew.com/data/english/beers_pennweizen.htm). Probably can't get it, though, where you are :( . Sorry to tease...

Course, if you want to venture away from wheats...linky dink (http://www.pennbrew.com/data/english/beers_marzen.htm).

'Yeast

[markie]

There is always the Widmer. It is nationally sold (through Busch), but it is brewed by Widmer in Portland. I am not a big wheat beer fan, but I believe it to be a reasonable example of the breed.

I did their drewery tour a few weeks ago.

For reviews:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8/17

[jerman]

If you like Rolling Rock, you might try an I.P.A.(India Pale Ale). Various Microbreweries make them. Sierra Nevada IPA comes to mind.

[50 Mission Cap]

Bell's Oberon (http://www.bellsbeer.com/branddetail.asp?BrandID=7), or sam adam's (http://www.samueladams.com/world_of_beer.aspx) does a good one too...

[markie]

Has anyone been on the Sam Adams brewery tour?:p

[davkatreb]

Not a big fan of wheat beers. What I REALLY like is Dogfish Head IPA. Oh yeah, and the Raison d'etra I had last night weren't bad neither. Hold on to your socks, though. That stuff is 8% alkyhaul. Don't know if you can get it in Montana though.

Do they sell Shiner way out there in the boondocks? Their hefewiezen seemed okay the few times I've had it.

[WunSpeedWunder]

You might have to do some hunting for it ,but it will be worth it....www.coopers.com.au ,or try these guys....

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Preiss Imports

Henry Preiss

323 D Street
Ramona, CA 92065
USA

+1 760 789 6010

+1 760 789 5461

preiss@preissimports.com

www.preissimports.com

[Tman]

Lots of good Micros out of Montana.......just hit the store and experiment!

Mools Drool is a good darker brew from up yer way.

[tryingtokeepup]

New Glarus Brewery makes some of the best beers on earth. It comes from a small town in southern Wisconsin and everything they make is awesome. Their Spotted Cow (wheat) is my favorite, but you can't go wrong with Naked or Fat Squirrel.

[rockhound]

Hey all,
Alright, call me un-American, but frankly I prefer wine to beer.

Please return your MAN CARD...:D

J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown

[50 Mission Cap]

New Glarus Brewery makes some of the best beers on earth. It comes from a small town in southern Wisconsin and everything they make is awesome. Their Spotted Cow (wheat) is my favorite, but you can't go wrong with Naked or Fat Squirrel.

Their copper kettle beer is phenomenal. Got some at the La Grange general store after riding the southern kettle moraine forest earlier this year. Check out their site (http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/).

[monkeyboy]

I've been drinking red wine mostly the last couple of years. I'm especially partial to South Australian reds. Cabernet,Shiraz and blends ahhh I love em all.
Favorite beer would have to be Little Creatures Pale Ale from Western Australia. Wunspeed would know this fine brew. I can vouch for for wunspeeds fave. Coopers is a great beer. Hmmm might go get a lil creatures from the fridge right now
:D

[real_ss_budgie]

VB is a great beer. Hmmm might go get a fosters from the fridge right now
:D

fuggen mongrel

[50 Mission Cap]

fuggen mongrel

Is that one of those romper stomper guys?

[Shkenblke]

If you like wine, try the Allagash beer that is aged in red wine barrels. Can't remember the exact name for it, but it is an altered version of their belgian triple. Also their Curieux is delicious (triple that has been aged in jim beam barrels). Try a good barley wine (it's a style of beer) Victory's Old Horizontal is rather tastey. If you want a decent wheat beer Stoudt's Weizen is actually really good. I'm not much of a wheat beer fan but i do enjoy that. Also look into some of the lambic styles. Not the lindenmans though. They are uber sweet, and personally I can't really stomach them. Their are some other good lambic styles out there though such as a gouze. Also try the Ommegang Three Philosophers. It's a Belgian style quad with a hint of lambic kriek in it. And then my favorite summer beer is the Saison DuPont Farmhouse style ale, great year round but superd in the summer in my opinion. Also I would research Belgian style beers. They can be very funky and unique and have quite a range of flavors and aroma's, especially when they warm up a little bit.

[real_ss_budgie]

Is that one of those romper stomper guys?
nah but if you down enough VB aka nascar you'll end up on the wrong side of the law. bogans.

[monkeyboy]

look what the preservatives in VB do to people. Make em into bogans who riot in Cronulla. Preservative free for me.:)

[OneSpeedWonder]

[QUOTE=WunSpeedWunder;153824]You might have to do some hunting for it ,but it will be worth it....www.coopers.com.au ,or try these guys....Whoops,forgot about you guys from the north....
CANADA
United Distributors

Rick Anand

#113 1919 27 AVE NE
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2E 7E4

+403 313 5550

+403 313 3352

united-distributors@shaw.ca

www.uniteddistributors.ca
CANADA
Harvest Vintage Imports

Chris Stewart / Tony (Spike) Maynard

6631-123 Street
Edmonton Alberta T6H 3T3
Canada


+780 414 0308

+780 414 0308

harvestvintage@shaw.ca

www.harvestvintage.ca

[MrTB]

My "new" favorite beer is Rogue's Brutal Bitter. Searching for the good ones is the fun of it. If you have an LBS (Local Beer Shop :D ) that carries a wide variety of micros, some will let you "mix a six".

[50 Mission Cap]

nah but if you down enough VB aka nascar you'll end up on the wrong side of the law. bogans.

Got ya. But, I still doubt I'd see this guy at a midnight oil concert anytime soon. :)

[davkatreb]

nah but if you down enough VB aka nascar you'll end up on the wrong side of the law. bogans.
'Splain me the nascar reference. Didn't think there was any such thing in Oz, what with yinz driving on the wrong side of the road and all.

[RandomV]

I'm currently drinking the Anchor Brewing Co's Liberty Ale. I don't know anything about it or the company. I just asked the lady to pick me up something I hadn't had before, and this is what I landed. I'm enjoying it, but I don't think it would be the one to convert you from wine.

Brooklyn Brown Ale is good... Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (I think?) might be a good choice.

[OneSpeedWonder]

'Splain me the nascar reference. Didn't think there was any such thing in Oz, what with yinz driving on the wrong side of the road and all.

Oi! the Nascar reference is a damn yankee thing meaning shyte that they promote the crap out of so they can sell a shyteload of it even tho it tastes like catpiss:eek: and no real beer drinker will touch it anyway!!!!In the US i believe it is budwieser in Oz it's either VB or Fosters(the common word spread about Fosters is that it is pushed hard at OS markets coz no-one in OZ drinks it:D) Oh! And we DO have Nascar and our own version using Mum & Dad type Aussie cars.

[real_ss_budgie]

what he said dave.

do you mericans ride on the right side of the trails?

and does the front brake lever live on the right side of the handlebars?

[S. cerevisiae]

do you mericans ride on the right side of the trails?

Because it's the right side.

and does the front brake lever live on the right side of the handlebars?

No...fekkin' commonwealth riders and their bass-ackward ways.

Hey, bought me some Cooper's. Better be good there 1-speed and Codmaster mans.

[WunSpeedWunder]

Because it's the right side.



No...fekkin' commonwealth riders and their bass-ackward ways.

Hey, bought me some Cooper's. Better be good there 1-speed and Codmaster mans.

Well done on your purchase,enjoy!! Just one question tho'..Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? If so,where was the front brake lever?Why should it be any different for a bike?Contradict myself ,I may,but I do agree that we drive on the incorrect side of the road.....

[real_ss_budgie]

look here ginger when i get my flabby arse there i want the front brake chucked on the right....

had a friend pick up a new fsr not realising that it was setup ala stinky american brake configuration..in an emergency she grabbed a handful of what she thought was rear brake....OTB

yeah yeah ive been on the coopers 3/4 pale ale, topped with stout..yummy!

[davkatreb]

Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? If so,where was the front brake lever?Why should it be any different for a bike?
Yes I have. T'was my principle means of transport for a few years. And indeed, the front brake lever was on the right hand side.

As to why I prefer my setup on bicycles to be right-rear/left-front, I can't speak for anyone else, but here's my take:

On a motorcycle, the rear brake is foot-actuated, yes? So when you want to slow down some, you press with your foot, just like a coaster brake. (Or a fixie.:cool: ) The hands are not even being used at this point.

Now if you want some serious slowing down, you add a little front brake. Initial slowing/stopping reflex is to use the right hand.

Okay, say you want to haul 'er down NOW! You choke the living shit out of your right-hand lever, dropping speed rapidly. You don't want to kill the motor, so you next squeeze the left-hand lever to disengage the clutch. All of these reflexes transferred intuitively and seamlessly from motorcycle to real bike, whether coaster brake, brakeless fix, fix with one brake (lever on right), fix with two brakes (rear-right/front-left) or freewheel with two brakes.

[ironspoke]

Chimay Blue will rock your world.....

[Shkenblke]

Chimay Blue will rock your world.....

Yeah it will, especially if you can get the grand reserve.

[ironspoke]

Yeah it will, especially if you can get the grand reserve.

Shake I must admit I'm a bit uninformed about any kind of special reserve. The missus picked up a bottle for me last week at some specialty store. We were on vacation and I actually stayed in the car with the kiddies as she shopped. She also picked up a Dogfishhead 90 minute IPA. I drank both of them in succession. It was in the words of Borat....."Very niiiiicccccccccce"


Now she bought me this beer on a whim and it had also been recommended by the proprietor of the store. I've read about this beer before but I'd never tasted it. It was very good. I enjoyed it much more than the DFH 90 but then again they are two different beers.

[OTBSkinloss]

Beer outta be cold, yella and fizzy! Anything else is fer Yuppies!
:D

[Shkenblke]

The grand reserve has a blue label as well, except in nice writing it says "grand reserve" underneath "Chimay". If you like the 90 min IPA, try the 120 min IPA, just dont drive if you drink more then one cause its around 20" ABV, but it is might tasty. Dogfishhead puts out some quality stuff. Since i'm only 30 min from Delaware I see a lot of dogfishhead stuff. I said it earlier in this thread i believe, but if you like chimay, try and find Westmalle dubbel or trippel, or Delerium Tremens (easy to spot cause they have pink elephants all over it) or I just discovered a new belgian brewery called La Chouffe, delicious stuff.

[Shkenblke]

OTB, there is a beer out there for everyone haha, and some beers taste better cold because warmth brings out the flavor in many of them and all those beers that should be drank cold should never be drank warm because the warmth would bring out the bad flavor. But like i said earlier, if you like then you like it and thats all that matters. As my dad always said, thats why there is vanilla and chocolate