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What is your favorite beer?
AceHigh:
Heineken, Carlsberg, Urquell, Ringnes and lager beer of various small brands/small breweries. Can't remember them all.
TwEeD:
Duvel = Belgium's finest! Highly estimated by Michael Jackson (the English beer guru :D
--- Quote from: AceHigh on March 27, 2011, 05:58:09 PM ---Heineken
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I never understood the appeal of it, it's one of the things I hated each time I went out to a party in Holland (the other being their curfew) ... it's like goddamn overpriced water.
AceHigh:
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--- Quote from: AceHigh on March 27, 2011, 05:58:09 PM ---Heineken
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I never understood the appeal of it, it's one of the things I hated each time I went out to a party in Holland (the other being their curfew) ... it's like goddamn overpriced water.
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It's in my category as "everyday beer", which you drink as a refreshment. Besides I am sure that bottled water in Norway costs more than beer in Holland, so don't tell me about it being overpriced water ;D
Also I suspect that Heineken I buy here is slightly better, because it's a common thing that export versions are always better.
rathoriel:
American
Stone, Rogue, ommegang, Goose Island, Abita
England
Boddingtons, Sam Smith, Black Sheep, Speckled Hen
Belgian
Rochefort, Duvel, Chimay, Stella Artois, Dupont, D'Achoffe, Leffe, Hoegaarden
Mexican
Tecate, Sol, Bohemia
German
Plank, Bitburger, Kostritzer
Assorted Others
Asahi (Japan), Lion (Sri Lanka), Guinness, Red Stripe, St Ambroise(Canada)
TwEeD:
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--- Quote from: kam182 on March 26, 2011, 05:33:46 AM ---I'm writing these down - LOL
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Some of those may be hard to find if you're in the US. The ales are all English (nobody else really does them right imo), Lager is Jamaican, Indian and Polish respectively and some of those Belgian beers are hard to find in Belgium :P
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Didn't hear about Frulis but can guarantee I could get this without too much trouble as for the rest they get sold in most supermarkets in Belgium
Only hard to get is the "West-Vleteren' Trappist bier as their is a limited stock brewed by the monks and they just sell it at their abbey (it has been awarded best beer in the world some time ago btw)
--- Quote from: temuchin on March 27, 2011, 03:48:58 AM ---i am partial towards Hoegaarden. the Europeans don't fuck around when it comes to beer crafting. :)
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--- Quote from: Ixarku on March 27, 2011, 12:06:58 PM ---Their Belgian white is the only kind I've seen in local stores in my area. I definitely recommend it.
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Hoegaarden (and the Hoegaarden brewery) is named after the town it is brewed (and is famous for making "witbier" ('white beer') since the 15th century: Hoegaarden (Belgium)
We Belgians don't fuck around when it comes to beer crafting :P
--- Quote from: kam182 on March 27, 2011, 04:18:57 AM ---Which style of Hoegaarden do you recommend?
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I would go for the original (try putting the glasses in the freeze and aftwerwards add a slice of lemon btw, something very common' in our region), my grandparents swore by it.
Grand Cru is nice and different but inferior to the original ... my parent's have a restaurant/tea-room and that variant didn't quite sell well and thus I ended up drinking the unsold crates so I guess you can say i'm quite experienced with it :P
Rosé isn't anything special, don't waste your time on itl
--- Quote from: AceHigh on March 27, 2011, 09:12:23 PM ---It's in my category as "everyday beer", which you drink as a refreshment. Besides I am sure that bottled water in Norway costs more than beer in Holland, so don't tell me about it being overpriced water ;D
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Your from Norway? Then I understand ... my parents went quite a lot on vacation with a full-loaded trunk of booze and had their hosts eye-goglin' when they saw how much alcohol they used to prepare food. I don't know if it still holds true but alcohol is quite expensive in Norway isn't it? Then I guess high alcohol percentage beers aren't that common
Maybe I'm in a way spoiled as everyday beer for me is Jupiler, Maes Pils, Stella Artois (Yes I know it get's marketed as Luxury beer internationally but in Belgium it's just plain ordinary beer...) which are way better and waaaaay cheaper than Heineken..
--- Quote from: AceHigh on March 27, 2011, 09:12:23 PM ---Also I suspect that Heineken I buy here is slightly better, because it's a common thing that export versions are always better.
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I wouldn't bet on it with beer... although I don't knew if Heineken get's brewed outside of Holland (which can make a difference in quality)
BTW: For the beer-lovers who aren't lightweights and like to experiment:
It tends to quite live up to it's name *g*
Fun fact: Up until three years ago we had something callled "'t Ostends Bierhuis" ("Ostend Beer House) were you could drink approx. 200 different beers from Belgium, we might be a small country but we ain't beer-country for nothing heh
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