Need Beer info!

[Tilea]

Well the LCBO (Ontario's liquor store, run by the government in an otherwise free enterprise country), provides the service for happy customers such as myself to pick individual cans/bottles of imported beers out, and make our own custom 12 packs. So I've been on an international beer kick lately and need info on what to get that doesn't suck.

So far I've tried:

Bitburger - Germany (this beer just plain kicks ass)
Caffrey's (something like that) - Ireland (yumm!)
Guiness (yeah I never tried it before) - blech
Grolsh - Holland
Some sort of czech pilsner that calls itself the original pilsener, can't remember the name
Newcastle brown ale - England (tres yum)

What else is good? They had a ton of stuff from every country imaginable, including Japan, Denmark, holland, chezh republic, england, germany, and on and on. Gimme suggestions I'm going back for this weekend!

[Cruunch]

Stella Artois makes baby jesus weep with happyness.

-mike

[Zeol]

Try Duvel its a Belgian beer with a very frothy but flavorful head. It also has a very high alcohol content

Zaphoe should know what it tastes like

[Eomer]

Grolsch Blonde is also very good, I prefer it to the regular stuff.

Stella is pretty good too.

[Zarxen]

We need more rarities here in BC, we get so much common stuff. I love german and dutch beers, so I'll look out for that one Til. We do have some good local stuff however some of the Granville Island beers are nice and Sleeman's Honey Brown lager is one of my faves.

Kokanee, Lucky Lager and Pilsner I just avoid. It's funny though my grandfather( who is 92 years old) drinks the cheap stuff to this day while he watches the hockey game.

[Ktul]

Isn't Newcastle brown aussie beer? My favorite beer is Fat Tire its a micro brew from Ft. Collins Colorado. Dark beer without the heavyness

[Rika]

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout (england)
Samuel Smith Taddy Porter (england)
Old Rasputin (california, usa)
Newcastle Brown Ale (england)
Chimay Bleu (belgium)
Negra Modelo (mexico)
Steinlager (new zealand)
Dragon Stout (jamaica)
Westervleteren Abt 12 (Belgium)
Schlafly Winter ESB (Missouri, usa)
Rogue HazleNut Brown Nectar (Oregon, usa)
Anything from Three Floyds Brewing company (Indiana, usa)
Hair of the Dog Adam Bier (oregon, usa)
Victory Prima Pils (Pennsylvania, usa)
Arrogant Bastard (california, usa)

And this is one that i have never had but is rated as the current best american beer and one of the top 10 in the world..

Three Floyds Dark Lord Imperial Stout.. wowzers 13% alcohol (indiana, usa)

the list goes on forever

<== Used to brew beer for a microbrewery in austin =p

[Bolien]

Adelscott ( produced in France and Italy ): beer with whisky malt. it owns!

Desperados: beer with tequila flavor. I like it a lot It has a stronger taste than Corona.

Bière du Demon ( french beer and means beer of the demon:P ): its 13 degree or 11 but pretty strong for a beer

Bud beer : the czech version

Amstel : dutch beer

Hoegarden : dutch beer

Franziskaner beer : german beer. its great!

Coors

Ceres

and there were some strong beers from belgium but i forgot their names

[Tilea]

The only one on your list I could find through the search on the lcbo's website was Amstel bolien The others might be a little too exotic to get. Thanks for the suggestions, pretty much all of them are available at the lcbo, so i'll be one busy shopper this weekend.

[Zobb]

Beer is good, that is all the info you need to know. kkthnx


I think the Czech beer you mentioned is Pilsner Urqueyl (sp?). pretty good stuff if not on the light side. Not sure if you get many US micro brews but if you do try:

Karl Strauss Golden Amber (Cal)
Karl Strauss Red Trolly (Cal)
Gordon Beirch Marzen
Red Tail Ale (Cal)
Arrogant Bastard (already mentioned)
anything from Old Dominion (Va)
Lucky Beer (beer sucks but you get a fun puzzle in the cap that gets pretty hard to do after your 6th one :P )
Anchor Steam (Cal, very unique taste)

Internationally:
Bass (UK) fairly common
Harp (UK)
Chimay (Belgium)
Boddintons (UK, creamy like Caffrey's)
Xingu Black (Brazil, heavy like Guiness and hard to find)

[Rika]

two people have mentioned Arrogant Bastard, I dont think its a coincidence, its really an up and coming brew.. Used to get it by the keg at my old job, abd boy was it good! Id swipe bottles of it nightly =p

if you run out of ideas dont forget to visit

www.ratebeer.com can get tons of ideas off there, and most of the high rated stuff is godly.

[Vestax]

Kronenberg & Stella artois.... only 2 u need too know!

[Luucas Maximus]

I've never seen an ugly bird while drinking stella. Therefore it must be the best beer!

Stellavision!

[Myztlee]

Hemp Beer <- yummy

U <- quebec microbrewery, excellent

[Bolien]

as someone posted before chimay is nice too.. theres one with a blue label and one with a red label...i forgot but one of em is higher degree or something

Kronenbourg is nice too and is produced in Strasbourg, France which is 2 hours by car away from where i live:P

[Zobb]

Originally posted by Bolien
as someone posted before chimay is nice too.. theres one with a blue label and one with a red label...i forgot but one of em is higher degree or something

Try them both, duh!

[Tilea]

So i've expanded my boozing horizons into liquers/cocktails now too. Tried Fangelico for the first time and LOVE it. It inspired me to find a good website with recipes, and lookie what I found!

http://www.okliquor.ca/cocktails.htm

Naturally it's a Canadian website, being based on alcohol and all! Go Candada!

[Grohtem]

Try Lapin Kulta - sweedish of finnish beer, dont know which country it counts as. It's the only brand i drink

[Vinilaa]

I lub Chimay (blue label) and Guiness! I'd post some others, Til, but considering I love Guiness and you hate it... you might not like my other suggestions much. Rika knows a LOT about beers and is a good person to ask for suggestions.

[hephasto]

try this: Stella Artois + shot of Drammbui (spelling?)(double if you dare) its a scotch liquer, when mixed with stella try it, you'll be impressed =)