Oh, snap. Forgot this ridiculous beer I sampled when I was up north over the summer. A friend of mine had this delightfully nasty beer called Black Fly stout on tap. Jesus, that was a meal in a glass. Crude, thick, bitter, harsh, and just what I was looking for. I haven’t seen any or looked around for it since.
Oh, snap. Forgot this ridiculous beer I sampled when I was up north over the summer. A friend of mine had this delightfully nasty beer called Black Fly stout on tap. Jesus, that was a meal in a glass. Crude, thick, bitter, harsh, and just what I was looking for. I haven’t seen any or looked around for it since.
I think this was the German beer I was fond of… I think.
P.S. the image on the Black Fly label WINS.
That’s the one, Toot. Mmmm-mmmm. Like gasoline mixed with iron and lumber. Beer for manly men.
Right now a good 'ol trusty Yuenling. Cheap as Bud, but tastes MUCH better. Good for the nerves!
Dan’s Pale Ale rocks!
American macro-brews (or Adjunct Lagers, as they are called on sites like Beeradvocate) are piss. All of them. That’s not to say I won’t throw a 12 pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon in the basement fridge during the summer now and then. But yep…by and large, American beer is terrible.
That said, I’m fortunate enough to live about mid-way between two of the best microbreweries in the country. Neither are further than about 5 miles away. ‘Three Floyds’ of Munster, Indiana and the ‘Flossmoor Station Brewery’ in Flossmoor, Illinois both make a wide assortment of outstanding products. Three Floyds ‘Gumballhead’ is a Belgian style wheat that available locally for about $10 a six-pack. It’s what I drink at home. The Flossmoor Station Brewery which is located in a train station has a great restaurant and bar. I recently tried a Russian Imperial Stout they had and it was absolutely incredible. 9.5% ABV. The fellow next to me was served one before I ordered and when the waitress brought it to the table I thought someone had ordered a chocolate cake. The smell was that powerful and that delicious.
I don’t drink a lot anymore, 2 drinks is my daily limit, so I have to make it count.
I second Three Floyd’s brewery. Terrific. I also have Fat Tie as my regular old every day beer, its pretty tasty. A belgian style beer form Colorado.
I’m a huge beer lover.
I tried the new Guinness Black Label… Pass. I didn’t even finish it…
Side note got the Marshmallow and whipped cream Vodka… wife wanted to try it and I got to admit I’m intrigued.
The lady at the store gave me a recipe for it that included Bailey’s irish cream so I’ll probably try that out a little later.
Late,
grmpysmrf
I don’t drink a lot anymore, 2 drinks is my daily limit, so I have to make it count.
Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll have to check those breweries out. Another great Brewery in the area you ought to check out is New Glarus Brewery in New Glarus, Wisconsin just north of Rockford, IL. They sell the beer all over southern Wisconsin but not in IL. (I guess they really do hate us up there!) Check them out if you ever get the chance.
I live in the states, but I was chatting with a British expatriate I used to know back in Seattle who brewed his own beer and he claimed that not only were the obvious classic domestics (Budweiser, Miller, Coors etc) utter garbage but so were many of the Craft beers or Microbreweries in the United States.
According to him, many of these craft breweries are under the impression that the way to brew great beer was just to load it with as much hops as possible, often resulting in a bitter, well… “hoppy” beer. I realize that not having enough fresh hops is part of what makes the shitty beer shitty, but according to this guy the American microbreweries overcompensated by loading their brews with hops and confusing bold, sophisticated flavor for simple bitter, overwhelming hop flavor.
Anyway, here are some of my favorites that I can think of off the top of my head"
SHITTY AMERICAN BEERS:
Rolling Rock
Old Style
Michelob
IMPORTS (to the States):
Newcastle Ale
Guiness
Grolsch
Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout
Chimay - made by those monks in Europe somewhere
Fucking several German/Belgian unfiltered ales that I can’t remember the name of but would remember by the label if I saw them.
DOMESTIC (U.S.) MICROBREWS
Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale and Mud Shark Porter
New Glarus Spotted Cow
Fat Tire (Not really a Micro anymore, I know… but still delicious! Love the toasty malt flavor!)
Sam Adams Boston Lager - THE classic American microbrew, I know it’s all commercial now and not as Micro as it used to be but so what, like Fat Tire it’s still great beer! Just the right amount of bitter hop flavor without going overboard!
That’s about all I can think of… I’d really like to tour Europe and taste some fresh local breweries, but I think I have a well rounded taste for someone in the United States and can still enjoy a few of the crappy domestics without being a total snob!
I had a Mothership Wit last night from New Belgium.
It didn’t taste like anything.
proper beer to us brits is newcastle brown ale or tetleys,
budweisser lager sucks along with carlsberg etc
Goose Island Bourbon Stout.
http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/bourbon_county_stout/59.php
Its difficult to find, but worth it.
Originally drank it at a Flying Saucers in KansasCity MO, found an expensive lone bottle here in S.F, and surprisingly couldn’t locate any when in Chicago/Illinois.
I heard that Bailey’s Taproom in Portland,OR has some along with an amazing selection. They were closed the day i tried to go :\