Favorite High-End Beer?

[Tom Lowe]

No Keystone Light, chumps!

My alltime fave is Aventinus (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schneider-aventinus/2224/), a dopplebock weizen.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4071/aventinusfo5.jpg

Mmmm.

[Erik Rangel]

My Fave.
http://www.bitburger.com/uploads/pics/produkt_teaser.jpg

[Rudi Herbert]

My favorite this month (selling tons of it at my wine bar)

Dogfish Head IPA 90 minutes, fullllllllllllllllllllllllllll bodied!

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/2969_1196392578.jpg

[Tom Lowe]

My favorite this month (selling tons of it at my wine bar)

Dogfish Head IPA 90 minutes, fullllllllllllllllllllllllllll bodied!

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/2969_1196392578.jpg


You've got a wine bar? When are we invited? :)

[Petr Dvorak]

dont know what you mean with term "high-end beer" :sarcasm:
but for me it's this one, no doubt.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196392874.jpg


ONLY brewed in Plzen,
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196393113.jpg http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196393073.jpg

.... and ONLY tap with help of air from cooled tanks!!!

everywhere I'm on planet Earth, I always miss that taste, ... always

[Jim McKinney]

Tom, you started this, and your suggestion certainly merits investigation.
Erik: Bitte ein Bit, my brother.
Pilsner Urquell rocks, too. Other honorable mentions are Grolsch and Terrapin Ale (the greatest of the hoppy beers). I feel a bit emasculated, having no pictures to post, so I'll shout my favorite: PAULANER HEFFEWEISSEN!

(and I thought I hated "off-topic!")

[Tom Lowe]

haha, any hefe is good with me. I've got a couple of awesome hefe glasses and everything. I only bust them out when I have authentic german weizen.

During my time in the army in Bavaria I must have downed about an Olympic swimming pool's worth of various brands of Hefe! ;) Which was always nice when we had to do our 5-mile runs the next morning. ;)

http://germannotes.com/travel/images/weizenbier.jpg

[T. Glen Phelps]

Only the finest!

1924

[Omar Saad]

So I've have been hitting the new BevMo down the street from my house. These are the latest discoveries....

[Omar Saad]

No Keystone Light, chumps!

My alltime fave is Aventinus (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schneider-aventinus/2224/), a dopplebock weizen.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4071/aventinusfo5.jpg

Mmmm.

I'm in an experimental beer phase...it happens every few years. I'll have to give this a try while I still have an open mind.

[Tom Lowe]

I'm in an experimental beer phase...it happens every few years. I'll have to give this a try while I still have an open mind.


It's very hard to find, but worth it.

Report back if you find it.

[Omar Saad]

Ah a challenge! There literally appear to be thousands of different brands of beer at Beverages and More. I can't believe in all these years I'd never gone in. I'll let you know if I find it.

[Gabriel Beaudry]

Here is a line up of some of my favorites local beers:

[Tom Lowe]

Drizzt, what's up with all the bottles looking identical?

[Mark Thorpe]

When I start drinking beer my lower end becomes my higher end rather quickly!! Currently drinking Castle Beer down here in south Africa......will be supping a few other options in the coming weeks / months. Will post piccies soon, ionce this head clears up!

[Yannick Hagman]

In Lucerne we drink:
http://www.eichhof.ch/public/news/holding/2002/biersortiment.jpg

[Manfred Lopez]

In Lucerne we drink:
http://www.eichhof.ch/public/news/holding/2002/biersortiment.jpg

Can you find a bigger picture? I can hardly see this one.

[Manfred Lopez]

Okay, the worlds best beer... coming in 3...

[Manfred Lopez]

coming in 2 ...

[Manfred Lopez]

... 1 ...

(the reason for a count down is because this beer is so good that just saying it will be too powerful and people need warning) ... (and also because those big pictures are annoying and I want my post on the next page).

[Manfred Lopez]

One more post to turn the page...

Edit:

Ah... now it turns the page... I guess Reduser.net has orphan control.

[Manfred Lopez]

Okay, THE absolutely BEST beer in the world, prepared by devout monks who have taken an eternal, trans-generational vow of poverty and chastity and only live to minutely prepare a precious few unmarked bottles of beer a year... and who one must go in person to pick up at the most remote region of the belgian mountains, while enduring attacks of rabid wolfs and pilfering thieves....

http://askatasuna.be/images/westvleterencrate.jpg

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

Well, I don't believe in really high quality "beers." High quality beers are called ales in my book -- and my favorite ales are Belgian triples, like from Unibroue in Canada, like La Fin Du Monde and Maudite, for instance, also Trois Pistoles...

[Sven Seynaeve]

Indeed, we were always told ( and we know by ourselves) we belgians have some of the best beers in the world .....Duvel, Leffe, Grimbergen, Hoegaarden and so much more...

[Sven Seynaeve]

and some more...

[Manfred Lopez]

Indeed, we were always told ( and we know by ourselves) we belgians have some of the best beers in the world .....Duvel, Leffe, Grimbergen, Hoegaarden and so much more...

So do you know about the St. Sixtus Westvleteren Beer? Have you tried it?

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

Duvel is very good, basically any Belgian ale is going to be good.

[Tico Llaurador]

dont know what you mean with term "high-end beer" :sarcasm:
but for me it's this one, no doubt.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196392874.jpg


ONLY brewed in Plzen,
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196393113.jpg http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196393073.jpg

.... and ONLY tap with help of air from cooled tanks!!!

everywhere I'm on planet Earth, I always miss that taste, ... always

It's the REAL "real thing"!

[Curran Giddens]

Okay, THE absolutely BEST beer in the world, prepared by devout monks who have taken an eternal, trans-generational vow of poverty and chastity and only live to minutely prepare a precious few unmarked bottles of beer a year... and who one must go in person to pick up at the most remote region of the belgian mountains, while enduring attacks of rabid wolfs and pilfering thieves....

I don't drink alcohol anymore, but I have had some beer made by Trappist monks. It was pretty good I guess, if you like that sort of thing....

[Sven Seynaeve]

Yeah, I've tried it once over here and it wasn't bad , but not my favorite one.

[Petr Dvorak]

It's the REAL "real thing"!

more pictures from Plzen brewery
http://www.prazdroj.cz/en/for-media/logos-and-photo-gallery/breweries
http://www.prazdroj.cz/en/for-media/logos-and-photo-gallery/technology

http://www.prazdroj.cz/userdata/fotobanka/nahled_2/pivovary_plzen_sklepy.jpg http://www.prazdroj.cz/userdata/fotobanka/nahled_2/pivovary_plzen_varna2.jpg http://www.prazdroj.cz/userdata/fotobanka/nahled_2/distribuce_tankovna.jpg http://www.prazdroj.cz/userdata/fotobanka/nahled_2/distribuce_tankovna2.jpg

[Gabriel Beaudry]

Drizzt, what's up with all the bottles looking identical?

They are all from the same brewery: Unibroue

[John Hunt]

that's it - this thread is killing me - I'm off to BevMo with a shopping list.

[Tom Lowe]

I remember when I was a kid my dad took us to the Coors brewery in Colorado, and the smell was JUST AWFUL. At least I thought so when I was 10.

[Rob Lohman]

Palm (Belgium)

[Jeremy Teman]

Hahahahahaha

[Tom Lowe]

Jeremy, stop trolling. ;)

[Stuart English]

Theakston's Old Peculier for me.....

[Kevin Halverson]

I don't know if I could call this one my favorite, but its in my top 10 certainly. It used to be brewed on site at what is my favorite pub (Royal Standard of England in Beaconsfield), but now is craft brewed locally. Just had a pint in September, and its as good as I recall from years past.

[Kevin Halverson]

Here is another that is, as far as I know, one of the highest alcohol content beers available (over 11%). Not the best beer that I have had, but a unique one non the less.

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

Here is a line up of some of my favorites local beers:

Somehow I missed that picture, even though Unibroue is my favorite brewery for sure. They make amazing ales. They're not beers, though, there is a difference ;)

I haven't tried half of those, I don't know, maybe they don't sell them in the States or don't have them where I've been, I've only seen Trois Pistoles, Maudite, La Fin Du Monde, and ... one other, the name escapes me, I can't remember which, but that has me drooling, I want to try the others!

[Gabriel Beaudry]

Somehow I missed that picture, even though Unibroue is my favorite brewery for sure. They make amazing ales. They're not beers, though, there is a difference ;)

I haven't tried half of those, I don't know, maybe they don't sell them in the States or don't have them where I've been, I've only seen Trois Pistoles, Maudite, La Fin Du Monde, and ... one other, the name escapes me, I can't remember which, but that has me drooling, I want to try the others!


And there are at least 3-4 more not on the picture.

Over here I can get all of those at every corner store in town.

La Fin du Monde is one of my favorite.

The Blanche de Chambly is probably the one other you were thinking about.

Just talking about it and my mouth gets dry. Thats it I'm going to the store...

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

It wasn't La Blanche de Chambly, it had like a boat on the bottle or something, umm, gosh what was it called. That's bothering me, haha. La Fin Du Monde is my favorite because it has this really nice sweet taste almost, I mean not like sugary but not bitter at all, really a great aftertaste, I think I have to stop by Ralph's and pick up some of that tonight, haha.

Maudite is also good. Trois Pistoles looks too dark when you pour it, and I hate dark beer or ale, but it doesn't at all taste like a dark ale! It's really pleasant.

[Gabriel Beaudry]

Its a Raftman. Its a smokey beer.



Just came back from the store with a Fin du Monde and a Trois Pistoles.

For those wondering, the price tag is 5.39 for a 750ml bottle.

[Lucas Wilson]

Just started up my first batch... going into the brewing business when all this post production foolishness goes away.

My favorites in no particular order:

Gulden Draak - somewhere between beer and barley wine. A strong dark ale.

Ommegang Abbey Ale - made by a bunch of wacky upstate New Yorkers, but you'd swear this was made with Belgian water.

Arrogant Bastard Ale - Prettty much anything from Stone Brewing is good stuff, but this is my favorite. Big points for the name as well.

Schlitz - I was dirt poor in college, and the packy on the corner usually had specials on cases. Drinking it brings back good times. Sue me.

Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

[Lucas Wilson]

Also just thought I'd add...

Hefeweizens are for wussies. Lemon on the rim of a beer glass. Pah.

White Ales are also questionable.

Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

currently drinking: Black Hart Irish Style Dry Stout from North Coast Brewing Co.

[Tom Lowe]

Also just thought I'd add...

Hefeweizens are for wussies.

Sir, retract this statement! You have offended an entire nation of world-class beer drinkers. :)

[Kevin Halverson]

Arrogant Bastard Ale - Prettty much anything from Stone Brewing is good stuff, but this is my favorite. Big points for the name as well.

Hey Lucas,

Yep, Arrogant Bastard is a favorite of mine. Have you tried their Double Bastard yet?

By the way, are you home brewing or going to a brew club? I have been going to BrewBakers in Huntington Beach for a couple of years now. Great fun!

Kevin

[I Bloom]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/582_1196532109.jpg

Disclaimer:I consider this a high end beer, if you go to Ireland to drink it.

[Jeremy Teman]

Jeremy, stop trolling. ;)

Yeah, well... someone had to do it

[Nils J. Nesse]

The best (and most expensive) beer from Norway is Nøgne Ø (http://www.nogne-o.com/), my favorite is their Indian Pale Ale.

http://www.novare.no/tmp.doc/uLib/9900239/PDB-PRD@1087596@Image_M@dWiGkiisgejiciLb@DSC_1521-2_hvit_bg_200px.jpg

[John Allardice]

And for the anglophiles and ex-pats over here....this one's readily availiable from bevmo..

http://www.wychwood.co.uk/images07/bottle300_fiddlers.gif

[Shawn Nelson]

Here in Portland, we have the best concentration of microbrews in the world. Seriously, if you visit, you'll see! In between McMenamins, Bridgeport, Rogue, McTarnans, Widmer Brothers and tons of other smallers ones, you never have to drink outside the state to get an amazing selection of high end specialty beers.

[Lucas Wilson]

The best (and most expensive) beer from Norway is Nøgne Ø (http://www.nogne-o.com/), my favorite is their Indian Pale Ale.

Cool - a new beer I've never heard of. Do you have any idea if this is available outside of Norway?

Anybody on this side of the pond ever seen this?

Lucas

[Lucas Wilson]

Hey Lucas,

Yep, Arrogant Bastard is a favorite of mine. Have you tried their Double Bastard yet?

By the way, are you home brewing or going to a brew club? I have been going to BrewBakers in Huntington Beach for a couple of years now. Great fun!

Kevin

Yeah, Double Bastard is good. But the alcohol content makes it not exactly a casual beer. Have to treat it more like drinking a martini. :) I like the Single Bastard (I guess that's what you'd call it?) because I can drink one or two and not have to worry about what happens when I stand up.

Oh, and I'm Home Brewing. My wife is thrilled with the prospect of me cooking vats of semi-rotted vegetation in the kitchen.

Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

[Jim McKinney]

Here in Portland, we have the best concentration of microbrews in the world. Seriously, if you visit, you'll see! In between McMenamins, Bridgeport, Rogue, McTarnans, Widmer Brothers and tons of other smallers ones, you never have to drink outside the state to get an amazing selection of high end specialty beers.

I've never been to Portland, but per capita, Asheville, NC might have you beat. :biggrin:

[Nils J. Nesse]

Cool - a new beer I've never heard of. Do you have any idea if this is available outside of Norway?

Anybody on this side of the pond ever seen this?

Lucas

They have an "exporting" section on their site, which says:

Autumn 2006 a dream came true when we loaded a full container with 24000 bottles of Nøgne Ø and shipped it to the cradle of modern craftbrewing - the US. Our agent, Sheltonbrothers, are an excellent representative, and they have helped us to distribute our Pale Ale, Brown Ale, IPA, Sasion, #100, Imperial Stout and Dark Horizon to a total of 43 different states. If you aim for more information of outlets please contact one of the Shelton Brothers directly.

Link to Shelton Brothers product page (http://www.sheltonbrothers.com/beers/breweryProfile.asp?BreweryID=70)

They also distribute the other noteworthy Norwegian high-end beer, Haandbryggeriet (http://www.sheltonbrothers.com/beers/breweryProfile.asp?BreweryID=69).

[Lucas Wilson]

They have an "exporting" section on their site, which says:

Autumn 2006 a dream came true when we loaded a full container with 24000 bottles of Nøgne Ø and shipped it to the cradle of modern craftbrewing - the US. Our agent, Sheltonbrothers, are an excellent representative, and they have helped us to distribute our Pale Ale, Brown Ale, IPA, Sasion, #100, Imperial Stout and Dark Horizon to a total of 43 different states. If you aim for more information of outlets please contact one of the Shelton Brothers directly.

Link to Shelton Brothers product page (http://www.sheltonbrothers.com/beers/breweryProfile.asp?BreweryID=70)

They also distribute the other noteworthy Norwegian high-end beer, Haandbryggeriet (http://www.sheltonbrothers.com/beers/breweryProfile.asp?BreweryID=69).

Awesome! Thanks, Nils!!

Lucas

[Kevin Halverson]

Yeah, Double Bastard is good. But the alcohol content makes it not exactly a casual beer. Have to treat it more like drinking a martini. :) I like the Single Bastard (I guess that's what you'd call it?) because I can drink one or two and not have to worry about what happens when I stand up.

Oh, and I'm Home Brewing. My wife is thrilled with the prospect of me cooking vats of semi-rotted vegetation in the kitchen.

Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

So your a home brewer! Wow, that's some serious dedication to the craft, I haven't made that leap. Have you tried to 'emulate' any of your favorites? The place I use has a pretty well tested library of recipes, some are really close. Next time I am up your way I'll drop off a couple of bottles, we have a batch that will be ready for bottling at the end of next week.

Here is a link you might find useful:

http://beerrecipes.org/

Kevin

[Paul Plonka]

maybe red...
for red people..

[chuck colburn]

Here in Portland, we have the best concentration of microbrews in the world. Seriously, if you visit, you'll see! In between McMenamins, Bridgeport, Rogue, McTarnans, Widmer Brothers and tons of other smallers ones, you never have to drink outside the state to get an amazing selection of high end specialty beers.

Got that right Shawn. And at the very bottom of the state (Oregon) just off of I-5 in the little town of Ashland is the Caldera brewery. Their pale ale is right up there with the best of them. The only one I like better is Samual Smiths Pale Ale out of England. Yummynums.

[Mark Thorpe]

I've heard of a beer called Green Gorilla, maybe just an urban legend, whose after effects include, unaccounted for disorder in ones bedroom, head and mouth, the latter normally accompanied with a side taste of diced carrotts, unexplained diminished wealth and neat little 'home made pizzas' by one's bed in the morning!! Probably Belgian I guess.......

[Matthew Lochman]

Asking someone what there FAVORITE beer is, is like asking someone what there favorite type of sex is- if the chemistry is right, and it was made with love than it's ALL good. Same thing goes for wine... Depends on your mood. I am a serious beerman, here a few good finds...

From Schlenkerla Brewery- Germany:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/urbock.gifhttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/maerzen.gifhttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/weizen.gif
Yup that last one is a smoked Weisen... Tom?
I'd like to also state that these brews are the closest thing to a good tasting liquid bacon you'll ever want- extremely addicting once you get past the initial shock- it takes about three glasses...

[Matthew Lochman]

A couple Czech alternatives to Pilsner Urquel:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/logo_staro.gifhttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/logo_krusovice.gifhttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/IMG_6985.jpghttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/beergeek_1979_20076416.gif
mmmmmm gotta love the czech...

[Matthew Lochman]

Two extremely good Hefeweizen- Germany:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/augustiner_weissbier_lg.jpghttp://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/gutmannweiz.jpg

And a german co op brewery that makes excellent drink with their own hops, and is very hard to find outside of their immediate surroundings:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m18/mlochm/189.gif

And the list goes on and on and on-

oh-
Theakston's Old Peculier for me..... right on man- great beer....

[Tom Lowe]

Lol, CamDiver.

The Aventinus dopplebock in my OP is really strong stuff. It's like the polar opposite of bud light.

[Jim McKinney]

[QUOTE=luki;114911]Also just thought I'd add...

Hefeweizens are for wussies. Lemon on the rim of a beer glass. Pah.


Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

QUOTE]

I'M INCENSED! (In a moist, damp, yeasty kind of way)

[Martin Jäger]

AYINGER UR-WEISSE (bavarian)

KOZEL DARK VELKO POPOVICKI, (czeck)

... both of them are a substitute for food..


martin

[chuck colburn]

AYINGER UR-WEISSE (bavarian)

KOZEL DARK VELKO POPOVICKI, (czeck)

... both of them are a substitute for food..


martin

Martin,

Beer IS one of the food groups.

[Petr Dvorak]

A couple Czech alternatives to Pilsner Urquel:


Ouch, beware of Krusovice - bad taste, headache, diarrhoea, and other strange things , ... not only from my experience
... maybe try one or two glasses of Krusovice Musketyr, but thats all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ATSVIW9im8&feature=related


Next good one to Plzensky Prazdroj is Budejovicky Budvar - Budweiser from Ceske Budejovice

some Budvar TV spots with Bob and Dave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7UOacrUl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuVmgr77ws&feature=related

tasting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vavbnCLypW0&feature=related

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196801356.jpghttp://www.vitejte.cz/velke/0195_01_01.jpghttp://www.budvar.cz/img/web/logo.jpg


or nonpasteur Bernard Humpolec

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/15_1196799979.jpg



map of Czech breweries
http://pivni.info/mapa/index.htm

[Babu Kantamneni]

I've heard of a beer called Green Gorilla, maybe just an urban legend, whose after effects include, unaccounted for disorder in ones bedroom, head and mouth, the latter normally accompanied with a side taste of diced carrotts, unexplained diminished wealth and neat little 'home made pizzas' by one's bed in the morning!! Probably Belgian I guess.......
I guess you are not shooting for couple of days because of bagage issues.

[Petr Dvorak]

AYINGER UR-WEISSE (bavarian)

KOZEL DARK VELKO POPOVICKI, (czeck)

... both of them are a substitute for food..


martin


:biggrin: I consider Pilsner Urquell as very good digestive.
Even very small glass works very well.
It is also recomended for non acidic nature by doctors.

[Petr Dvorak]

Life is too short to drink a bad beer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJxNZDlPT6A&feature=related

Wow what a true, and not only about beer...