Favorite Beer - Domestic or Import

[Duke]

I admit to being a lager fan rather than an ale fan. Beer snobs call me what you will. I don't much go in for the "lukewarm coffee with foam on top" school of beer drinking.

For common, inexpensive beer I'm partial to Stroh's longnecks, Rolling Rock pebbles, and Yuengling. All are quite suitable and far superior to most American beers, without being pretentious or expensive. In the Midwest you can't beat Leinenklugel or Huber. In the Northeast, give Heffenreffer a try, with the cool rebus puzzles under the cap.

Killian's is OK, but don't mistake it for anything special; ditto Sam Adams, though I prefer the latter. Perhaps a half notch above the beers in the second paragraph. I'm also partial to our locally-brewed Iron Hill Lodestone Lager.

I do like Bass Ale, though again, I don't consider it anything too fancy. If I'm in a Brit mood I prefer Theakston's or Old Peculiar.

 

[DQuaN]

Import...... Staropramen. And I have just had a few!

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

Import...... Staropramen. And I have just had a few!

If I just had a few I think I would have used these smileys.

 

[Carl.]

Update, after a year of, um, "research" , I have to update my favorite domestic beer:

La Fin du monde, (the end of the world), from Unibroue.

Great beer with a complex taste, with hints of spice and citrus. For those who drink to have a buzz, well, it's 9%, yet you don't taste the alcohol at all (as with any good beer), but drinking it to get drunk would be a bit of a waste. And we have it at every convenience store / grocery store, at a decent price around here.

For the imports, it's still the same...

Grande reserve (Blue) from Chimay (Belgium) being my favorite:

Very rich taste, fruity, with hints of chocolate and toffee. Again, it doesn't taste its 9% of alcohol one bit. And guess who just found a place selling it for less than half the price he used to pay for it? (the 750ml bottle was costing me as much as a decent bottle of wine...) The Premiere (Red) from the same brewer is also a great one.

...and the Kriekbier from Liefmans (Belgium again)

Dark red (almost purple) beer, acid with a very unique sweet/sour taste of cherry, refreshing and different. 👍 Quite rare and expensive around here though...

Leffes are very good too (much more common that those three), and I also revise my previous rankings, Guinness should also be at the top too, it's a big step above Heineken, Hoegaarden or Corona for me.

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I have tasted the nastiest of all beers (if you can even call it that) this summer, the Labbatt SHOK

Take crappy berry juice, crappy beer, paint thinner flavoring, put that in a small can with a bit of caffeine (just why?) and you have a winner. This was a very good reminder of why I chose to never buy another Labbatt/Molson/Coors/Budweiser product ever again... I still have two in the fridge, if anyone's interested.


Edit:

@christofire: Duvel is nice indeed, will give a try to your other additions when I see one.

 

[ND4SPD]

Domestic! Canadian beer is the bomb! Except for Sleeman, it tastes nasty IMO. Its tastes like they add sand to it for some reason.

 

[Event]

How can anyone drink beer? It's disgusting! But, I guess if you get drunk, you won't be able to tell what it tastes like...

Wow, what a difference a year would make. I love the stuff now. I prefer Bud Light, but I'll drink whatever is in the keg. I can't taste the difference between domestic and imported, so whatever. Anything is better than Keystone Light, though.

 

[Duke]

There's no excuse for drinking light beer. Ever. Not even if it's free.

 

[Diego440]

There's no excuse for drinking light beer. Ever. Not even if it's free.

How about non-alcoholic beer?

Anyway, since beers in Spain are horrible, I'll just post my favourites per color:
Blonde beer: Leffe (possibly the world's best beer) and Boddington's
Red/amber: Killian's
Black(?): Guinness
White: Hoegaarden
Lukewarm: Smiley's

 

[Touring Mars]

Domestic beer (Scotland):- Deuchars IPA, Belhaven Best, McEwan's 70/-
Domestic beer (UK):- Courage Directors (English beer, made in Scotland), Newcastle Brown Ale
Imported beer (in order of frequency ):- Guinness, Stella Artois, Carlsberg Export, Heineken, Grolsch, Staropramen (on pay day!), Hoogaarden

 

[amp88]

Domestic: Guinness, Magner's (cider, I know)
Import: Corona

 

[kikie]

Hoogaarden

Actually, it is hoegaarden . That's the real original Belgian name.

 

[tabs]

I really like Bohemia Beer, it's Mexican and it tastes great:

 

[TheCracker]

Import...... Staropramen. And I have just had a few!

How could i forget Staropramen - i always look for Staro on tap first!

 

[Diego440]

Actually, it is hoegaarden . That's the real original Belgian name.

sweet, I got it right

hereyago

 

[Touring Mars]

Actually, it is hoegaarden . That's the real original Belgian name.

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Hoegaarden...

cue the tumbleweed smilie

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

Porterhouse Oyster ! it's a Stout , which is what Guinness is but this has been made extra smooth & creamy w/ the addition of delicious Oysters , * licks lips * not suitable for vegetarians & quite high in food value . . .

 

[Raghavan]

Porterhouse Oyster ! it's a Stout , which is what Guinness is but this has been made extra smooth & creamy w/ the addition of delicious Oysters , * licks lips * not suitable for vegetarians & quite high in food value . . .

Oysters in beer?! :barfs:

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

No , you don't just plop a oyster in a coors , this is Stout a black barley-based drink with a thin white head , it has tons of body & that's where the shellfish enter the picture , smooth unlike any other alcohol. . .

 

[Gil]

I can't remember the last time I had a beer!
However, back in the day, if it wasn't a Moosehead or a Michelob you could just pour me a Jack and Coke.

I also discovered Amstel when I was in the Netherland Antilles. It wasn't great, but it was cold.

For me, now, beer is a wonderful ingredient for cooking bratwurst. And a coupla 40's of Miller's Genuine Draft are just fine for that.

 

[Touring Mars]

Porterhouse Oyster ! it's a Stout , which is what Guinness is but this has been made extra smooth & creamy w/ the addition of delicious Oysters , * licks lips * not suitable for vegetarians & quite high in food value . . .

I've had that, in a bar in Temple Bar, Dublin (and more recently in Covent Garden, London).... very good indeed... funny though... the first 6 were just 'good', but the other 4 were absolutely fantastic

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

I've had that, in a bar in Temple Bar, Dublin (and more recently in Covent Garden, London).... very good indeed... funny though... the first 6 were just 'good', but the other 4 were absolutely fantastic

👍

F O O D !

 

[unsanctified]

I don't drink anything but Bud Light.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Labatt Blue for domestic, and MGD for import.
Cheers.

 

[den brakke]

My favourite beer is Stella Artois. Duvel is on place 2 and Blue Chimay in 3th place.

 

[kikie]

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a Hoegaarden...

👍 👍 👍

 

[194GVan]

all time favorite - Victory Hopdevil
domestic (cheap) beer favorite - Coors Light or Budweiser Select or MGD
better beer favorite - I dont know, theres too many but I like a good lager or ale

 

[Diego440]

not to insult the overall essence and body of American beers, but there's a Budweiser Select??? How is that? 5% less water?

 

[Gil]

Truth be told, in my younger days, I would have to say that with the exception of Michelob, I didn't care too much for domestic beer.
And as far as Canadian beer goes, Pass the Moosehead!!
I've only experienced Stroh's once, and that was two or three times too many.
It allowed me to finally know what a "skunked" beer was.

 

[Duke]

Fresh Stroh's is good - in college we were about 30 minutes from the brewery in Allentown, so it was always fresh.

The for grad school we moved to St. Louis, home of Annheuser-Busch, and I can tell you, St. Louis Bud is much better than New Jersey Bud or any of the other satellite breweries. Plus the $5 tour with pretty much all the free beer you can drink after it ain't bad - that's where I learned to like Michelob.

 

[James2097]

Tripel Karmeliet (Belgian). Awesome 3 grain beer, 12%. Smooth fruity taste, the best. Better than Duvel.

Just so you all know, no Aussies drink Fosters. Its crap, and we know its crap.