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This is just an off-topic thing about Beer. Please, be appropriate. My question is, what type of alcoholic beverage do you like most? Ale, Lager, Rum, Vodka, Wine, Wine Coolers, etc?

I like a good Lager, and Vodka is fine, My favorite drink to buy is Special Imports. It has a rough, bitter taste to it and it is fairly potent.

Again, please be appropriate.

@Leonard,

Well, seeing as how I am from Wisconsin, I love beer--and it better be good beer. I prefer a good New Glarus or another local brewer, but will also go for some beers by Stone, New Belgium, and Sierra Nevada. I typically will pass on anything made by Budweiser, Coors, or Miller since in reality, the are not real beer--well at least according to German Purity Laws.

I do like a good red wine from time to time as well, but I am much more a beer fan. My brother brews his own as well, which always makes for a fine visit.

@Leonard,

Leonard;70473 wrote:

This is just an off-topic thing about Beer. Please, be appropriate. My question is, what type of alcoholic beverage do you like most? Ale, Lager, Rum, Vodka, Wine, Wine Coolers, etc?

I like a good Lager, and Vodka is fine, My favorite drink to buy is Special Imports. It has a rough, bitter taste to it and it is fairly potent.

Again, please be appropriate.

Poor, poor, poor (Yorick?)! As a belgian beer-lover I'm flabbergasted -and filled with compassion- that you reduce the wonderful world of beer to just "ale and Lager". What lack of knowledge and experience! So much missed, such terrible poverty! Ok, we belgians are a not the greatest among nations, only 10 million belgians around, but there are hundreds and hundreds of kinds of beer produced in this country, some little miracles of knowledge and craftmanship. Many are produced in old abbeys by wise monks carrying age-old secret knowledge. There are beers in all shades, in all tastes, in all alcohol-concentrations. There are guides on tasting, there are rules on the temperature of serving, technical prescriptions on the way the glass must be filled (foam-management), on the way to wish each other good health. There are rituals, the university students shout "ad fundum!" (to the bottom!) and drink the glass in one gesture, the glass that must be held first "ter hoogte van 't verstand", "on the height of the intellect". But nothing beats the sheer taste of a belgian beer! Ah poor people, if you even had the faintest idea of the full, slightly bitter, devastatingly refreshing taste of a Grimbergen, of a Chimay, of an Orval, of a Westmalle, of a Westvleteren (sacred among the sacred)! Some time ago I called them Aurum Potabile (the Lapis liquified), Sapientia Liquefacta, Fons Vitae (stolen from Avicebron). Yes I pray to them and they deserve it... Damn! There must be a few left in the basement. What am I loosing my time here? :bigsmile:

@Catchabula,

Beer wise, I have always been a fan of darker beers, especially stouts. Dark beer is really good for you, rich in antioxidants, although the bad side effect is that there are a lot more extra calories compared to lighter beer. The beer usually has a somewhat chocolaty taste to it and it is very thick? one bottle is usually enough before you get tired of it. There was this one stout I tried a year ago called Stock Yard which not only had a chocolate after taste (which is really subjective), but had a strong hint of oatmeal. Made the beer a bit more bearable if you felt like another bottle.

I'm more fond of red wine than beer though. Red wine is the best thing to drink alcohol wise, and may actually help prolong your life (resveratrol). Chianti is hands down the best of the bunch and when it comes to Chianti, it is very hard to miss. White wine wise, there is this really good white table wine from Rome called Est Est Est which is phenomenal. I buy it whenever I see it, very hard to find in restaurants though. But if the wine is expensive, I never even contemplate it. It's a crime when wine becomes more expensive than what it is? a drink. It may taste better, but man? buyer's remorse.

Hard liquor wise, there is this utterly fabulous and somewhat hard hitting Italian vodka-ish concoction called grappa (served after a meal) which is a mix of the residuals of grapes after pressing. I had gotten a few bottles from a place in Italy near Gaeta called Monte Casino where they grow the grapes, press, etc. locally. Great stuff.

Another good liquor is limoncello. It is essentially vodka with a strong hint of lemon. Although, in Sorrento, the store I usually visit to get a few small bottles actually started selling chocolate and cream flavored limoncellos? which is ironic considering the name. A word of warning, the cream limoncello does not keep very long, and tastes like poo. I did not like the chocolate one either, it was really spicy for what it was. Vermouth is also a great drink as well.

@Leonard,

Wine if anything, especially heavy reds. I've taken to liking malbecs(from Argentina) lately.

I've never been a huge beer fan, but I like unfiltered beers and sometimes heavy dark bitter ones.

@Catchabula,

Catchabula;70486 wrote:

Poor, poor, poor (Yorick?)! As a belgian beer-lover I'm flabbergasted -and filled with compassion- that you reduce the wonderful world of beer to just "ale and Lager". What lack of knowledge and experience! So much missed, such terrible poverty! Ok, we belgians are a not the greatest among nations, only 10 million belgians around, but there are hundreds and hundreds of kinds of beer produced in this country, some little miracles of knowledge and craftmanship. Many are produced in old abbeys by wise monks carrying age-old secret knowledge. There are beers in all shades, in all tastes, in all alcohol-concentrations. There are guides on tasting, there are rules on the temperature of serving, technical prescriptions on the way the glass must be filled (foam-management), on the way to wish each other good health. There are rituals, the university students shout "ad fundum!" (to the bottom!) and drink the glass in one gesture, the glass that must be held first "ter hoogte van 't verstand", "on the height of the intellect". But nothing beats the sheer taste of a belgian beer! Ah poor people, if you even had the faintest idea of the full, slightly bitter, devastatingly refreshing taste of a Grimbergen, of a Chimay, of an Orval, of a Westmalle, of a Westvleteren (sacred among the sacred)! Some time ago I called them Aurum Potabile (the Lapis liquified), Sapientia Liquefacta, Fons Vitae (stolen from Avicebron). Yes I pray to them and they deserve it... Damn! There must be a few left in the basement. What am I loosing my time here? :bigsmile:

Actually, all beers are either ales or lagers. Stouts, ales, porters, and most vit beers are ales, and lagers, bocks, pilsners, and some others are lagers. The ale/lager distinction has to do with whether the beer is top or bottom fermented.

Americans have no clue what real beer is generally so the distinction is blurred by people that have no clue.

@Leonard,

I think I can refer to what you mean, but I'm not a native english-speaker. And it shows on technical matters. We don't speak ingles when we talk about beer here.

@Leonard,

When it comes to beer, I like Budweiser American Ale, and Labatt Blue. When it comes to liquor, I like a brandy the most, especially cognac.

@Leonard,

Budweiser American Ale is one of the few macros that I can drink, if there is nothing else good available. I still prefer my craft beers! Beer making is an art form, and it seems that smaller brewers know how to make masterpieces!

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I have to ask... Has anyone tried Stone's Imperial Russian Stout? I had one earlier this evening and I was more than set to go. The taste of chocolate and coffee just pour through. The alcohol content pushes 12% so the 22 oz is all that any one person can handle. If you haven't tried it, do so sometime. A nice brew from outside of Wisconsin, which tends to be rare for many reasons to me.

@Leonard,

Finlandia Vodka, Bombay Sapphire Gin, and J&B Scotch comprise my alcoholic world. Beer seems far too heavy and far too slow.

@jgweed,

A soft fruity red wine, irish whisky or a good english bitter when i want a long drink.
Catch i visted my fathers friends from the war in Belgium, i did not understand the idea that if I accepted a beer, as soon as I drank it they would automatically give me another.If i pleaded no more beer,they would give me a snaps.I was constantly drunk.

@Leonard,

A Pint of Boddington's always goes down great, but it's only served in cask in the Manchester area, but was great to have a pint of it when I was up in Manchester. Boddingtons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I generally like to drink Bitters, but I dont mind a pint of Lager from time to time.

@RDanneskjld,

No real preference. I'm a cost effective kinda guy - I appreciate quality, but my purchase decision is a balance between quality and the weight of my wallet. College, you understand.

For cheap beer, you can't beat a thirty pack of Natural Light for fifteen dollars, or a thirty of Icehouse for the same price. When I have a little extra money, I tend to go with original Coors or Yuengling, but you can also find me swilling down Pabst and Budweiser regularly.

A handle of Captain Morgan spiced rum is only $23, which I typically drink on the rocks, sometimes with a splash of cola. But when I have the money and we're really set to party, I like to get a bottle of Patrone or Hennessy.

I only drink vodka on the beach - vodka and orange juice. Stolis is the usual choice, given my cost effective policy, though I do enjoy Gray Goose when someone else is buying.

@Leonard,

Beer: Bell's Oberon is by far my favorite. In fact, that is basically all I drink. It is a microbrew from Kalamazoo, Michigan. It's only brewed in the summer, so I stock up before winter hits. Whenever I travel, I like to pick up a few microbrews from the area.

Wine: I like Reislings. I'm not seasoned enough to drink the bitter red stuff.

Liquor: Tequila. The best is Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo.

@Leonard,

i tell u that my favorite licor is the beer...

here where i am..in the place where i study every friday is for drinking...u can take seat in the stairs of the philosophy department n u talk with ur friends...

about Aristotle or Spinoza...they r famous here...in other times we use to drink wine, but here first is the beer..heheh....cause as someone said for there:

"the vitue man is even more virtue when he is drunk"

@comdavid,

Jack Daniels if I feel like spending the money. If not, any domestic beer is fine. I don't have one of those "sensitive" palates that distinguishes different flavors in beers and wines. Personally, I think people are bs-ing when they do that. "Oh, there's a hint of almond and a honey flavor rushes in at the end...blah blah..." Just drink it is what I say.

@Labyrinth,

Labyrinth;70959 wrote:

Jack Daniels if I feel like spending the money. If not, any domestic beer is fine. I don't have one of those "sensitive" palates that distinguishes different flavors in beers and wines. Personally, I think people are bs-ing when they do that. "Oh, there's a hint of almond and a honey flavor rushes in at the end...blah blah..." Just drink it is what I say.

I disagree wholly with this. All wine and beer are not created equally. As someone that has helped in the brewing process from good brews to the down right horrible ones as well, I know that it is easy to wildly alter the flavors of beer based on ingredients from yeast, hops, barley, and even other more exotic additives that only home and craft brewers will experiment with.

Wine is another beast but similar to beer in the sense that quality products and fermenting processes with produce a far superior wine.

@Leonard,

oh. sorry. didn't read the whole title. I don't drink. Nevermind.

@Elmud,

For me, its Hefeweizen all the way.

As for hard spirits I prefer a nice vodka like Grey Goose because I grew up on buying the cheap vodka when I was still in highschool so I'm use to the taste. I also enjoy cognacs too. Im not too big a fan of tequilas but if its Patron then its all good...

@Kielicious,

Best beer I have ever had was St. Bernardus abt 12 . I also Like Delirium Tremens. I haven't had a Belgian beer I didn't like.

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