The Beer Thread

[The Reaper]

Stumbled upon this article today, "Top 3 World's Most Expensive Beer" (http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2007/11/26/top-3-worlds-most-expensive-beer.html).
Here's another one called, "32 Things You Can Do with Beer" (http://men.msn.com/guides/drinkarticlemh.aspx?cp-documentid=3872767).

I think its common knowledge that after women, beer is the greatest gift to men! :cool:

My personal all-time favorite is Guinness. Paulaner is also excellent. Out of Russian beers I like Tinkoff, and Sokol.

TOPIC: Title is self-explanatory. What is your favorite brand of beer? Anything new you've tried recently that you'd recommend? What is your favorite snack/food that you like to combine with beer? If you know of any places in your area where they serve or brew good beer, let us know.

TR

[StU]

Augustiner, Hofbräu & Löwenbräu :cool:, fresh brewed. Mne nravitsa pivo iz Hefeweizen. I samoe luchshe pivo mojno tolko v Bavariyi naiti. K pivu nikakih suharey, rib i prochego - tolko grilled chicken! :P

Kstaty vi znate - chto vse luchshe brandi piva prinadlejat odnoy firme InBev? Prichem vo vseh stranah Evropi, vkluchaya Rossiyu. V Germaniyi im poka tolko Holsten ne prinadlejit.
P.S. Ya sobiralas tuda na rabotu ustroitsa :P, moi bud. muj bil bi ooooochen rad :lol:

[RockerDen]

I was drinking GOLDSTAR (Israel), ZIPFER (Austria) and BECKS (Germany) in the past.

[The Reaper]

Augustiner, Hofbräu & Löwenbräu :cool:, fresh brewed. Mne nravitsa pivo iz Hefeweizen. I samoe luchshe pivo mojno tolko v Bavariyi naiti. K pivu nikakih suharey, rib i prochego - tolko grilled chicken! :P


You Germans are spoiled, aren't you? :D
Lowenbrau is indeed great!

TR

[StU]

You Germans are spoiled, aren't you? :D
Lowenbrau is indeed great!

TR

we, germans, are beer gurmans :lol:
Prichem nefiltrovannoe - samoe luchshee

[Uyyonli]

No more Beer :) I promise :D

[corsair]

Stumbled upon this article today, "Top 3 World's Most Expensive Beer" (http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2007/11/26/top-3-worlds-most-expensive-beer.html).
Here's another one called, "32 Things You Can Do with Beer" (http://men.msn.com/guides/drinkarticlemh.aspx?cp-documentid=3872767).

I think its common knowledge that after women, beer is the greatest gift to men! :cool:

My personal all-time favorite is Guinness. Paulaner is also excellent. Out of Russian beers I like Tinkoff, and Sokol.

TOPIC: Title is self-explanatory. What is your favorite brand of beer? Anything new you've tried recently that you'd recommend? What is your favorite snack/food that you like to combine with beer? If you know of any places in your area where they serve or brew good beer, let us know.

TR

33rd - drink it :-D

[corsair]

1664 Kronenbourg is the best.
Cerveza: Corona or San Miguel (without lemon or lime! :evil:)

[KissingeR]

San Miguel tastes like a juice to me. :? I like Guinness! I can drink loads of it, goes smooth into the stomach and I dont get drunk at all.

I sometimes drink Stella when the club does not do Guinness.

I like one Polish beer but I cant remember the name. I will write it down once I remember.

[Shambles]

Guinness, Stella Artois and Miller...

However, if you visit Belgium have a pint of "Leffe" (in cans and bottles it tastes different)... Promise, u'll like it...

[Shambles]

Hey folks, watch the most expensive ad of all time... And it's Guinness'

YouTube - Guinness Tipping Point Domino advert

[RockerDen]

Guinness, Stella Artois and Miller...

However, if you visit Belgium have a pint of "Leffe" (in cans and bottles it tastes different)... Promise, u'll like it...

Eh. I've tasted some years ago all the Belgian beers available in stores (including LEFFE and STELLA ARTOIS). I can surely say that BELGUIM CANNOT PRODUCE A GOOD QUALITY BEER!

[RockerDen]

Hey folks, watch the most expensive ad of all time... And it's Guinness'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZuTkAk2js

You're mad about Ireland I see...:D

[Shambles]

Eh. I've tasted some years ago all the Belgian beers available in stores (including LEFFE and STELLA ARTOIS). I can surely say that BELGUIM CANNOT PRODUCE A GOOD QUALITY BEER!

RockerDen, in stores they sell shit... Go to Belgium and try the real stuff... I will accept your apologies then...:D

[Oyaji]

good thread mister!

check out forum stats here
http://forum.arbuz.com/showthread.php?t=36371&highlight=beer

as for places: when in kiev we ocasionally goes for genuine belgian Leffe, Hoegarden, Stella here
http://www.belle-vue.com.ua/beer/

otherwise Krusovitsa, Pilsner Urqel, Staropramen, Warsteiner are good from supermarkets

from local ukrainian beers: Оболонь Премиум and Чернигивске are goodies - as me writes me drinks Чернигивске Биле Нефильтроване (also there are many other brewers like Славутич, Рогань, Львивске, etc, but they are so-so)

Surprisingly "Львивске" is not good in bottles, but it doesn't compare with freshly brewed liquid in Музей Пивовариння of "Львивьский Завод Пивовариння" down in city of Lviv.

Me has a pride of visiting that place! :D

[Shambles]

I've visited the Guinness and Carlsberg factories... Very interesting experience.... Recommended, coz at the end you'll get a pint or two of the freshly brewed beer... Fantastic!!!:D

[nemets]

Eh. I've tasted some years ago all the Belgian beers available in stores (including LEFFE and STELLA ARTOIS). I can surely say that BELGUIM CANNOT PRODUCE A GOOD QUALITY BEER!

tell us about israeli Maccabee beer

[The Reaper]

good thread mister!

check out forum stats here
http://forum.arbuz.com/showthread.php?t=36371&highlight=beer

as for places: when in kiev we ocasionally goes for genuine belgian Leffe, Hoegarden, Stella here
http://www.belle-vue.com.ua/beer/

otherwise Krusovitsa, Pilsner Urqel, Staropramen, Warsteiner are good from supermarkets

from local ukrainian beers: Оболонь Премиум and Чернигивске are goodies - as me writes me drinks Чернигивске Биле Нефильтроване (also there are many other brewers like Славутич, Рогань, Львивске, etc, but they are so-so)

Surprisingly "Львивске" is not good in bottles, but it doesn't compare with freshly brewed liquid in Музей Пивовариння of "Львивьский Завод Пивовариння" down in city of Lviv.

Me has a pride of visiting that place! :D

That's an interesting point you brought up. Indeed, not only beer, but also other Ukrainian alcoholic beverages are becoming very strong players in the market. Now, I haven't tried their beer recently enough to remember its quality, but I do know that Ukrainian vodka is much better than Russian.

I've heard a lot about Оболонь beer. I need to try it some time.

TR

[RockerDen]

tell us about israeli Maccabee beer

Once it was really s**t. I don't know what's happened in last 2-3 years, but the producers impoved it in a fantastic way. ENJOY!

[Aziz]

I have never drunk alcoholic beverage...and hopefully I won't. As all of you know alcohol is forbidden in Saudi, but it's only 20km away across the borders in Bahrain:lol:. We have Saudi non-alcoholic beer;). I don't know if it will taste any different than the alcoholic one.

[corsair]

what about eastern european beer?

Polish Lech, Okocim, Tyskie, Warka, Zubr, Zywiec...
Lithuanian Beer: GUBERNIJA, Kalnapilis, SVYTURYS, Utenos...
Latvian Beer: Aldaris, Bauskas, Cesu Alus, Gulbenes, Bralis, Kimmels...
A Czech Beer: Cernб hora, Chodovar, Herold, Novб Paka, Pernstejn Pardubice, Poutnik, Svijany, Vyskov, Zatec, Velke Brezno, Malэ Rohozec...

i have tried all of them, yet :-D

[UzLand]

европейское пиво хорошее, но в штатах его почти нет. в ташкенте пил чешский будвайзер...классная вещь...правда, 5 тысяч сум за бутылочку...

[StU]

европейское пиво хорошее, но в штатах его почти нет. в ташкенте пил чешский будвайзер...классная вещь...правда, 5 тысяч сум за бутылочку...

bud - is brand, not a beer :cool:. (i thought its american)

Eto kak hershys - american greatest chocolate bar - na vkus kak milo :P.


P.S. cmon its like comparing mercedes and lada vaz :P

Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii, es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii

[Godunov]

bud - is brand, not a beer :cool:. (i thought its american)

Eto kak hershys - american greatest chocolate bar - na vkus kak milo :P.


P.S. cmon its like comparing mercedes and lada vaz :P

Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii, es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii

Budweiser Budvar - is a product of Ceske Budejovice(a region of CR), http://www.budvar.cz/web/index.html, and this is not so much-favoured whithin the country. You can drink this beer in Germany if you are close to the one of following addresses: http://www.budvar.cz/en/web/Kde-se-toci-Budvar/Budvar-ve-svete.html

I prefer the beer "Pilsner Urquell" which is the most popular czech beer in the world(as I know Bill Klinton like this beer ;)) http://www.prazdroj.cz/en/,

Also, the beer in CR is very cheap, it is cheaper than normal water, many international students come to CR especially to drink beer, not for study :D

[Godunov]

европейское пиво хорошее, но в штатах его почти нет. в ташкенте пил чешский будвайзер...классная вещь...правда, 5 тысяч сум за бутылочку...

Uzland, agar 5 mingga yana olib ichaman desangiz, shu pulni menga jo'nating men sizga 4 minglik qilib pivo jo'nataman, deal :D,
Chexda Budweiserni 1/2 euroga olsa bo'ladi,
Bu pivoni shiori mana bunaqa: Kim Budweiserni ichsa o'ladi, kim Budweiserni ichmasa undanam ertaroq o'ladi:D

[StU]

pivo iz butilki - eto polufabrikat. Horoshee pivo podauyt v bochkah, a eshe luchshe svejesvarennoe, nefiltrovannoe.

Izvinite, no Budweiser eto ne pivo. Hotya soglasna, chto cheshskoe pivo - na urovne!

[RockerDen]

what about eastern european beer?

Polish Lech, Okocim, Tyskie, Warka, Zubr, Zywiec...
Lithuanian Beer: GUBERNIJA, Kalnapilis, SVYTURYS, Utenos...
Latvian Beer: Aldaris, Bauskas, Cesu Alus, Gulbenes, Bralis, Kimmels...
A Czech Beer: Cernб hora, Chodovar, Herold, Novб Paka, Pernstejn Pardubice, Poutnik, Svijany, Vyskov, Zatec, Velke Brezno, Malэ Rohozec...

i have tried all of them, yet :-D

Lithuania - doesn't know how to produce beer.
Czech Republic's beer is GREAT!

[UzLand]

pivo iz butilki - eto polufabrikat. Horoshee pivo podauyt v bochkah, a eshe luchshe svejesvarennoe, nefiltrovannoe.

Говорит человек с 30 летним стажем:)

Izvinite, no Budweiser eto ne pivo. Hotya soglasna, chto cheshskoe pivo - na urovne!

Извините, а что это? На чешском и американском вариантах написано Будвайзер. Наверное, это молоко:) Американское как вода, а вот чешское супер...выпил аж 3 бутылки и потом только спросил цену:)

[kingdom]

Heineken,Kronenberg 1664:P

[Orient]

Buduchi v Koreyi proboval razlichniye sorta piva. Iz Koreyskogo asortimenta po parametram cena i kachestvo vibirayu "Cafri".

Nu a bolshe vsego na "koreyskom" rinke nravitsya, yaponskoye pivo Asahi Black. :)

Nedavno v Tashkente bil v dvuh mestah, odno tipa "Irish pub" drugoye toje napodobiya "German Beer house". Hot i zavedeniya razlichni varyat pochti odno i toje pivo, toka zakusivayut po raznomu. :)

[coolio]

That's an interesting point you brought up. Indeed, not only beer, but also other Ukrainian alcoholic beverages are becoming very strong players in the market. Now, I haven't tried their beer recently enough to remember its quality, but I do know that Ukrainian vodka is much better than Russian.

I've heard a lot about Оболонь beer. I need to try it some time.

TR

That's surprisingly interesting.Ukrainian vodka is better that Russian ones?No way. If you really think so, you haven't tried the real vodka. Vodka is originally Russian and always will be Russian. Even those Absolute, Svedka is nothing in front of Stoli,or other Russian vodka's.

As for beer, I like the freshly brewed ones. But when buying from a store, Corona Extra is worth trying, if you want to be classic Heineken is good. Man, Stella Artois and Guinness top in my faves list anyways.
I don't know if you guys remember, but back home when buying freshly brewed beer, for a chaser they give our Uzbek Qurutop. That's funny, but I like it, it tastes different with it.

Oh by the way, recently I have tried that Japanese beer called Sapura,canned like a high-end Japanese car with sharp edges. I have to say, Germans have some competition now.

Czechs are the best to visit for keg drinking. Beer is so cheap there, I don't know how do they manage to do such good beer for such good price? A friend of mine from Prague always puts me down with his beer stories.
Originally Posted by Studentin http://forum.arbuz.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://forum.arbuz.com/showthread.php?p=855955#post855955)
pivo iz butilki - eto polufabrikat. Horoshee pivo podauyt v bochkah, a eshe luchshe svejesvarennoe, nefiltrovannoe.


Well talking about beer, don't get a beer belly. Studentin be careful ;)

[Warrior]

US Budweiser and Czech Budweiser are different.

Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_trademark_dispute

[StU]

Well talking about beer, don't get a beer belly. Studentin be careful ;)

Chtob razbiratsa v pive, neobyazatelno ego mnogo pit. :D Ya voobshe pochto ne pyu, prosto razbiraus. :P

[kingdom]

Manam yozda Irish pubga borganimda Heinikenni ichib uzimizda ishlab chiqarilayotgan pivalardan farqini kurmadim :lol: Buduchi v Koreyi proboval razlichniye sorta piva. Iz Koreyskogo asortimenta po parametram cena i kachestvo vibirayu "Cafri".

Nu a bolshe vsego na "koreyskom" rinke nravitsya, yaponskoye pivo Asahi Black. :)

Nedavno v Tashkente bil v dvuh mestah, odno tipa "Irish pub" drugoye toje napodobiya "German Beer house". Hot i zavedeniya razlichni varyat pochti odno i toje pivo, toka zakusivayut po raznomu. :)

[nemets]

In August 2007 the world's best beer expert Michael Jackson (not singer) died. His nickname was Beer Hunter, so I recommend to look at his afticles about beer. This is his last interview:

YouTube - Michael Jackson "The Beer Hunter" - Interview Preview

his blog:
http://www.beerhunter.com/worldview.html

[coolio]

Chtob razbiratsa v pive, neobyazatelno ego mnogo pit. :D Ya voobshe pochto ne pyu, prosto razbiraus. :P
Very true! I can see from your posts that you're pretty much an exper

[Demir Kağan]

I like Efes and Miller.

http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/9753.jpg

[PainKiller]

One of the things I cannot stand. I have this natural beerdar in my nose, so I can smell it from distance. Good wine is an option, but beer smells like pee(a huge, fat IMHO). It was not intended to insult anybody:D
If you are in SF, you MUST visit the "Thirsty Bear". Though I do not drink it, Some of my friends who call themselves beer lovers, die over that place. When I was there, I was surprised to see beer of so many different
colors, types and strange description. I am really bad at this stuff, but if you will ever come over, would love to take you there.:D
. http://www.thirstybear.com/beer-polar-bear-1.jpg
http://www.thirstybear.com/beer-VALENCIA-WHEAT-1.jpg
http://www.thirstybear.com/beer-brown-bear-1.jpg
http://www.thirstybear.com/beer-golden-vanilla-1.jpg

[coolio]

One of the things I cannot stand. I have this natural beerdar in my nose, so I can smell it from distance. Good wine is an option, but beer smells like pee(a huge, fat IMHO). It was not intended to insult anybody:D


Huh? Pee can be huge and fat? Where did you get that from,lady?

[PHOENIX]

Huh? Pee can be huge and fat? Where did you get that from,lady?

You gotta work on improving your brain, pal.

[coolio]

You gotta work on improving your brain, pal.
I know that was a joke,but I was poking fun at this post. Better be cool next time.

[coolio]

Trying to be funny? I am sorry, boring. NEXT!
PS. Stop offtopping, fool.
No... Poking fun at your sort of eewy and pathetic post ;)

[The Reaper]

That's surprisingly interesting.Ukrainian vodka is better that Russian ones?No way. If you really think so, you haven't tried the real vodka.


You assume too much.
Oh, and put a leash on your attitude with other members.

On topic: Out of Japanese beers I only know Sapporo, and like it a lot. Any other Japanese brands you'd recommend? Keep it going guys/gals, excellent replies so far!

TR

[PainKiller]

Me as a person who does not know much about beer except for it's unpleasing(imho) smell, would like to know at least something. So if I am taking a friend out and he is drinking beer, what are the visual signs of good or bad beer? Foam? Color? So, please, enlighten:P

[Dr_Didro]

Me as a person who does not know much about beer except for it's unpleasing(imho) smell, would like to know at least something. So if I am taking a friend out and he is drinking beer, what are the visual signs of good or bad beer? Foam? Color? So, please, enlighten:P

Watch TV, follow commercials, remember names ;) Amerika is a country of brands... most of the time you are paying for name (brand) not for goods...;)

Recommend to re-call THE BEER THREAD- as THE BEER THREAT... :D Especially for those who hates PotBellies :D

[The Reaper]

Me as a person who does not know much about beer except for it's unpleasing(imho) smell, would like to know at least something. So if I am taking a friend out and he is drinking beer, what are the visual signs of good or bad beer? Foam? Color? So, please, enlighten:P

That's a good question. Check this site called Beer 101 (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/) - they might have all the answers for you. Also check out this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_style) Wiki article.

I'll write more about it later.
Does anyone else have suggestions?

TR

[Uyyonli]

No more beer. Bcause I'm not a beer guy. I drink hard alchohol. Wiski, wine or straight up Vodka without mixing it.

[PainKiller]

No more beer. Bcause I'm not a beer guy. I drink hard alchohol. Wiski, wine or straight up Vodka without mixing it.
Beer is for relaxing, the stuff you drink is for getting Drunk. :)

[Uyyonli]

Beer is for relaxing, the stuff you drink is for getting Drunk. :)
True but the people around me drink beer to get waisted.
I drink vine to relax.

[yura jihadi bro]

Thanks God i dont drink :)

[lilbit]

Corona Extra with llime. Vse ostal'noe, esli ne v samoi pivovarne, to pit' uje ne mogu.

[Dogatc]

mine is :twisted:
http://www.roto-promet.hr/uvoz/coronaNOVA.jpg http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2007/10/heineken-draughtkeg.jpg
http://www.red-october.net/media/1/20070923-baltika-9.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/baldknobber/Red_Stripe_beer.jpg

[wow_kabob]

http://thepersuasion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/heineken2.jpg
http://www.maximumdownforce.com/awards/hei_carnaval.gif
kanishna HEINEKEN

[Dogatc]

toka Heineken ? mda skuchna s odnoy :lol:

[Demir Kağan]

http://www.alutis.lt/news/images/1115-2-efes_pilsen.jpg

and

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/miller.jpg

[wow_kabob]

http://www.alutis.lt/news/images/1115-2-efes_pilsen.jpg

and

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/miller.jpg

Noooo men bumapti :( Efesdan kasal legim bor

[Dogatc]

http://www.alutis.lt/news/images/1115-2-efes_pilsen.jpg

and

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/miller.jpg
u tebya ot Millera bushka ne bolit kogda ti p'esh 4 butilki ?

[Demir Kağan]

Now write that in English or Turkmen. :lol:

[RockerDen]

When I was drinking beer - my favourites were ZIPFER and GOLDSTAR.

But in these days I feel much better without them :)

[AL-Midwest]

My favourite beer is Heineken, usually try to stay away from american beer....however sometimes I find Sam Adams not bad at all

[The Reaper]

Thread merged.

TR