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- aeiou, on 10/12/2007, -23/+85"Don't read too much into this... The British don't know what a good beer tastes like."
And Americans do? - VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+46Considering most frat guys drink their beer from a funnel through a hose, no you cannot be a beer expert.
- unamas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44i wonder who was the brave soul that said, "I'll drink that."
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -7/+42@aeiou
I'm not american. But keep guessing!
Or, I suppose, If you didn't feel like guessing, you could look at my profile. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35"I generally drink really good beer, and any beer more than 8-12 months old is basically undrinkable (unless you're desperate)
I like my weed skunky, not my beer.
Maybe the trick with that skunky beer is to let it age for another 136.5 years..."
Skunky beer is a result of light exposure and temperature, not age. While it's true that most commercially-produced beer lasts 8-12 months at the most, this is because it is filtered. An unfiltered, bottle-conditioned beer with a good yeast cake on the bottom will improve with age like wine, and the heavier brews will last the longest.
I'm a brewer, and I'm going to be making an imperial stout soon. The fermentation/conditioning alone is going to take a year before it is ready to bottle since it's an extremely heavy recipe (I hope to get over 10% abv when I'm done). - Philodox, on 10/12/2007, -12/+46You might want to qualify that by stating what nation you're from.
- aeiou, on 10/12/2007, -20/+51"
I'm not american. But keep guessing!
Or, I suppose, If you didn't feel like guessing, you could look at my profile."
Ha, You're Canadian, so yes, technically you are an american, aren't you? - PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Damn, if I had the chance, I would have tried it!
- cogen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28I don't know, I've had Quad Ale (from Weyerbacher) aged for about a year, and it was delicious. I think that some of the higher alcohol content beers are suitable to age.
- Bigdee4933, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29You can't turn down free beer.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33Kevin and Alex have no taste in beer.
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -18/+45decades?
I generally drink really good beer, and any beer more than 8-12 months old is basically undrinkable (unless you're desperate)
I like my weed skunky, not my beer.
Maybe the trick with that skunky beer is to let it age for another 136.5 years... - CigarJack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27My guess is a Scot or an Irishman.
- fmayson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Ye Olde ***** Ale.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Hey raabco, would you mind telling us what you think a "really good beer" is?
"We can knock the spots off anything most Yanks (and most Euros) think of as 'beer.' - which is usually just bottled piss water lager."
There's more to American Beer than just pilsener clones. We have some kickass ales of our own. Our homebrew revolution took off a few decades ago, spawning some really excellent micro and craft brewers - raid517, on 10/12/2007, -17/+35"Don't read too much into this... The British don't know what a good beer tastes like."
Lol, what total crap. I guess 1200 years worth of experience in brewing some of the finest ales known to man most count for nothing then, huh?
We can knock the spots off anything most Yanks (and most Euros) think of as 'beer.' - which is usually just bottled piss water lager.
Britain is the home of real ale. (And the recognized cultural center of the real ale society) So get your facts straight before you start spouting crap like that.
WTF does a Canadian know about real beer anyway? Why not just go crack open your cheap ass lager and leave to good stuff to the rest of us? - laxmaniac3773, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21not everything in a 69 tastes good
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -49/+65Don't read too much into this... The British don't know what a good beer tastes like.
- rhesuspieces00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Do you drink your beer from a can? You have no idea what you are talking about. I can think of LOTS of beers that age well to 4+ years. Prime examples: Alaskan Smoked Porter, and virtually any Belgian-style ale you come across.
Ideally, you keep the beer stored vertically, away from light, at around 56° F. The more you can avoid moving the beer, and temperature fluctuations, the better. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17"only the white trash and ignorant drink domestic beer in the Americas. people who appreciate beer mostly drink microbrew."
Here here!
*raises glass filled with my homemade IPA*
ahhhh....It's like a hop vine exploded in my face. - PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Sodomy expert, perhaps.
- schroduggity, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Alaskan Smoked Porter is damn good it tastes like a campfire smells. i drink it all the time. alaskan is a pretty big brewing company and they make a few good ales, and pales, and ESB and a good oatmeal stout. but I prefer the microbrews up here (i'm from alaska). and my neighbor brews beer too.
canadian domestic beer is just as bad as american domestic beer.
only the white trash and ignorant drink domestic beer in the Americas. people who appreciate beer mostly drink microbrew. - rhesuspieces00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I'm also from Alaska, but I have to stand up for the Canucks. Canada makes some beers every bit as nasty as Coors or Budweiser, but they have some great brews. Particularly, everything that Unibroue produces is amazing.
( http://www.unibroue.com/english.cfm ) - BoneyB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13It gets skunky because of how it's stored, just like vino. I don't think this beer was skunky :-)
- Anubis2051, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19I think I'll wait and see what Kevin and Alex think before I go buy any...
- glock22ownr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Wow! This ***** is great! I wish I could freeze it, and make ice blocks out of it, and then skate on it! Then, in the spring, melt it down and drink it!
- crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@raabco:
Believing what we hear in cartoons is fun! While we're on the topic, don't you hate black people?
I kid, but seriously... no one in Britain drinks warm beer. - PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10laxmaniac3773, I've never used this saying before, but I feel this truly is a right time for my first time:
You owe me a new keyboard. - irishjays, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12So pouring Natural Light into the bottom of plastic cups and tossing Ping-Pong balls into them makes you all beer experts? Perhaps the 30 warm keystones drained down the funnel attached to the clear plastic hose gives it an exquisite aftertaste often missed by poor hillbillies. BURP
- gib0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I recently read this while thread jumping at BeerAdvocate.com. Good read.
And for the record, some beer ages better than others. I recently drank some 2 year old 60 minute IPA from Dog Fish Ale that was absolutely sexy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/09/nbeer09.xml - gib0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8exposure to light causes skunk.
- raid517, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9A bit like yours probably.
Lol, sorry but you kind of walked into that one. - raid517, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"The British drink their beer warm. Anyone who can do that would probably drink anything."
I'm a Brit pal and I have never drank a warm beer in my life, nor would I know where to get one.
Maybe in the 19th century they might have drank warm beer I don't know - but as far as I know that could be a myth too - or maybe before the says of refrigeration - but in the 39 years I have been on this Earth I have never seen, or heard of a single instance of anyone drinking or selling warm beer anywhere.
Anyway the only one likely to be drinking 'anything' (given that we have a good idea of what 'anything' might be) is you pal - as I'm quite sure you already do regularly anyway. - 47f0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Probably the ultimate shot in the Anglo/American beer war, by John Cleese - "American beer is like making love in a canoe - it's ***** near water!"
Me, I'm reserving judgement until I've tried them all - repeatedly. - yonbeastie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I love how the wannabe beer experts are coming out of the woodwork to tell everybody at digg who does and does not know what constitutes good beer. JERKS!
- poolboy82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7While I enjoy the 60 minute I really enjoy their 90 minute.
As for the 120? I'll pass. I have a problem with beers that taste like sugars have been added.
137 year old beer tastes good. I would take my chances with a 137 year old ale over a Coor's Light any day of the week.
Hops are your friend! - raid517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I think I've had a few too many beers already. What I should have said was:
"The British drink their beer warm. Anyone who can do that would probably drink anything."
I'm a Brit pal and I have never drank a warm beer in my life, nor would I know where to get one.
Maybe in the 19th century they might have drank warm beer I don't know - but as far as I know that could be a myth too - or maybe before the days of refrigeration - but in the 39 years I have been on this Earth I have never seen, or heard of a single instance of anyone drinking or selling warm beer anywhere.
Anyway the only one likely to be drinking 'anything' (given that we have a good idea of what 'anything' might be) is you pal - as I'm quite sure you already do regularly anyway.
Anyway as for the Yanks who are getting into real beers - good for you. Don't liten to these ignorant types though - as Beer Brewing as a tradition originated predominantly in the UK and among the Anglo Saxon peasantry. Let the Canadians drink their Molson lager, or whatever the hell it is they drink - and if you ever want to explore the history of real beer why not visit the UK for a real cultural history?
Also check out the definition of 'real ale' courtesy of Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_ale
and maybe consider doing some research on the campaign for real ale society. - lwoj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Canada does make some great beers. One of my favorites is Creemore Springs. If we're gonna get into an argument about who makes the ***** beer, come on, it's the US hands down. And I've travelled all over the world, I know what I'm talking about. Polish beer is actually one of my favorite beer nationalities...they consistently make fantastic brews. Try Okocim, it's great. The US has lost its way, it's beers remind me of what McDonald's is to food, it's just tasteless crap that is made top appeal to a wide audience. I've got friends here in Canada that swear that Coors Light is the best beer God ever graced man with. WTF??? Good for getting drunk (because it tastes and goes down like water), but come on, the stuff is *****.
- wilk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@PatrickFisher
Sometimes, they even drink "warm ones". - alexdagrate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7No... no, you are not "in."
- Gizza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well, i stand corrected, I can admit when I'm wrong. I guess that warm beer thing is just a myth. Either that or I'm thinking of somewhere else.
- krakkinem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5How long until one or more bottles show up on eBay?
- Pilot85, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You have to store it like a wine to keep it that long, it seems.
- maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7get two to diggnation, lets see what alex and kevin think?
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8"Ha, You're Canadian, so yes, technically you are an american, aren't you?"
Actually that near as dam it makes him British.... but us Brits have forgotten about them.... too many French. ;)
I jest. :D - Philodox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't know much about English or European beers aside from what we "import", but in Canada all of the really good beer comes from microbreweries. The Molson and the Labatt beers do a pretty good job getting you drunk, but they don't represent what true Canadian beer is all about.
- fozzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oh my god it's like Beerfest! They found grandpa's stolen recipe!
- 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3fat tire ftw
- z23rdhsuan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@brstilson
whats your recipe for the imperial stout?
@digg
why isn't there a beer section? - BenSerwa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Look, I'm Canadian too, and we make better beer than the States, but to argue even our microbreweries can hold a candle up to real British ale on tap is pure ignorance.
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