Beer, revisited

Found a set of Sam Adams Imperial Series tonight, so I grabbed a few to sample. As Sam is my favorite American brand, there isn't much they sell that I don't like (probably a bit biased). Tonight's sampling was the Wee Heavy, a Scottish Ale type. I'm not very familiar with Scottish Ales, but this seemed pretty good.

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Next up are the Double Bock and Imperial White.
 

Kurt said:
Please don't take me the wrong way now but.......I'm a lager man myself.....it's all I drink usually...... Now, I've never been to America ... And it sounds ace .... But... Do they do good lager over there ?
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Answers will vary depending upon where in the country you would be going. All the good breweries are smaller, so distribution isn't necessarily country-wide. I do know a couple western breweries have/are opening plants in North Carolina.

As for lager, I prefer Pale Ales/IPAs (American style), but got horribly spoiled after a trip to Munich. When I want a lager, I'll go find German/Austrian.

Germans are great at following a strict set of rules. Simple product which tastes fantastic.

Americans are at their best taking what other people do and going batspit crazy overboard with it. Results are a total mixed bag based upon taste.

With lagers, I prefer the "safe" approach and when in the mood just get Hacker-Pschorr.
 
obc said:
Answers will vary depending upon where in the country you would be going. All the good breweries are smaller, so distribution isn't necessarily country-wide. I do know a couple western breweries have/are opening plants in North Carolina.

As for lager, I prefer Pale Ales/IPAs (American style), but got horribly spoiled after a trip to Munich. When I want a lager, I'll go find German/Austrian.

Germans are great at following a strict set of rules. Simple product which tastes fantastic.

Americans are at their best taking what other people do and going batspit crazy overboard with it. Results are a total mixed bag based upon taste.

With lagers, I prefer the "safe" approach and when in the mood just get Hacker-Pschorr.
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Kurt, if you're in the States you need to grab a Sam Adams Boston Lager. That's my vote for "America's Beer," although I suppose it's a German/Austrian-style lager. They have a Boston Ale too, which is an English style brew, but I don't like it as much. Although there are many true American styles, most American beer is hop-heavy, a reaction to years of the Bud-Coors-Miller dominance of crap beers, so if you like hops and IBUs you're in luck. But there are quite a few breweries producing great styles from all over the world and doing a decent job, even if with an American twist, so have no fear for lack of quality.
 

johnnydawg68 said:
I'm in to wheat beers, and I usually drink the home city beer. There's so many craft beers to choose from in the US it's amazing.

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I was actually in Schlafly's brewery a few weeks back - tried the Oktoberfest (very nice brew), and they did a pilsner called Kolch (I think), that was awesome as well. We then went to the anheiser Busch brewery, and that was ****e - so commercial and mass produced that most beers tasted the same....Viva Schlafly's!
 
Mutzo Nutzo said:
I was actually in Schlafly's brewery a few weeks back - tried the Oktoberfest (very nice brew), and they did a pilsner called Kolch (I think), that was awesome as well. We then went to the anheiser Busch brewery, and that was ****e - so commercial and mass produced that most beers tasted the same....Viva Schlafly's!
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Kolsch is it's own style; come from Cologne and is usually a little fresher, less bitter than your usual German lager.
 

In Germany at the moment and every beer that passes my lips is quality. At home normally stick to a small local brewery near were i live called Welbeck abbey brewery.
 
Torontoblue said:
Kolsch is it's own style; come from Cologne and is usually a little fresher, less bitter than your usual German lager.
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p!ssed me off a little bit in Cologne the old Kolsch, the fkn tiny glasses they serve it in!!!

I wanted a big fk off stein of beer, no they said, little glass keeps it fresher they said

was nice though
 
Pat's Van said:
p!ssed me off a little bit in Cologne the old Kolsch, the fkn tiny glasses they serve it in!!!

I wanted a big fk off stein of beer, no they said, little glass keeps it fresher they said

was nice though
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Bah. When in Munich earlier this year even Maß size didn't stick 'round long enough to grow warm, let alone stale...
 

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