Let's talk beer!
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The best beer can be found only in Germany. Imitations elsewhere around the globe are maybe a close second, at best.
I can't agree with that. There are absolutely great beers available in many other countries besides Germany.
Indeed - a few English and American and Czech and Belgian chaps may disagree as well......Nothing against the great beers of Germany. To be honest the best beer is local. Beer does NOT travel well, IMHO.
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The best beer can be found only in Germany. Imitations elsewhere around the globe are maybe a close second, at best.
I can't agree with that. There are absolutely great beers available in many other countries besides Germany.
Indeed - a few English and American and Czech and Belgian chaps may disagree as well......Nothing against the great beers of Germany. To be honest the best beer is local. Beer does NOT travel well, IMHO.
Nothing illustrates that better than the remarkable difference between a fresh pint of Guinness at a pub in Ireland and one from here in the USA.
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The best beer can be found only in Germany. Imitations elsewhere around the globe are maybe a close second, at best.
I can't agree with that. There are absolutely great beers available in many other countries besides Germany.
Indeed - a few English and American and Czech and Belgian chaps may disagree as well......Nothing against the great beers of Germany. To be honest the best beer is local. Beer does NOT travel well, IMHO.
Nothing illustrates that better than the remarkable difference between a fresh pint of Guinness at a pub in Ireland and one from here in the USA.
Actually, the Guinness sold in Ireland is very different from the Guinness sold here, at least the draught version. Liquor laws and taxes and local tastes has made for different Guinness' in just about every country it's sold in. Personally, I think the stuff they sell on tap in the US isn't too good...nitrogen makes everything taste the same to me.
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I like Bohemia from Mexico. I'll see if I can find Sheaf Stout anywhere. Cascade Stout is also meant to be good. And I agree beers does not travel well, but don't agree with statement that only Germany as good beer.
I agree. I don't particularly like beers with weird estery tastes, or spiced or flavored beers, with the exception of Hefe-Weisen and Weizenbock. And I don't want to drink those every day. I prefer medium strength beers that are very well balanced.
Here is a fast and easy 5gal recipe that I developed for my tastebuds:
6# 2 row pale malt or extract
1/8# chocolate malt
1/8# Special B
3/4# 20L crystal malt
bittering hops: 1 1/8th oz. Styrian Goldings / Tettnang blend for my acidic water, more for alkaline water
finishing hops: 7/8th oz. Tettnang / Styrian Goldings blend
Ale yeast: dry and clean fermenting, no fruity overtones, medium-high attenuation
68degrees F target
Medium carbonation
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Flavored beer? Eeek! That can't be called beer in Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot
Hmmm... it may have been mentioned somewhere in the 17 pages of responses but I'll put a good word in for the Saranac family of beers. I'm particularly fond of the Pale Ale.
The Weihenstephan Weizen yeast used in the German wheat ales naturally produces the esters that give the clove, vanilla, banana, etc. spicey flavors in those ales. This yeast would ruin other beer styles, as would the Belgian yeast strains.
Tonights starter beer is Wychwood Brewery Circlemaster Golden Pale Ale 4.7% ABV from Oxfordshire England. An organic beer the label says "The Circle Master conducts a melody of refreshing citrus & delightful malt flavour rounded off with a spicy bittersweet finish'. To bitter for my taste. Big half a litre bottle. Worth a try IMO.
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Those are not added flavors. Someone wanted me to try a beer that had some actual spices added.
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Depending on your newly acquired super powers it all may be totally worth it!
an acute awareness on the subconscious level of any potential risks of the present, and potential future WRT to any actions that may be undertaken. Linked to a physiology, that takes those inputs, and converts them into physical responses.
I was hoping for adamantium and claws, but missed out.
So "Ken, your brew had a visit by the vinegar fly !!" was appropriate under the circumstances.
I was hoping for adamantium and claws, but missed out.
So "Ken, your brew had a visit by the vinegar fly !!" was appropriate under the circumstances.
Some beers just need to be poured back into the horse.
Beers tdrank this week include Singha 5.6% from Thailand. From Germany two from Erdinger Weissbrau Kristallklar 5.3% and Dunkel 5.6%. Also German Hofbrau Munchen Muchner Kindl Hefe Weizen 5.1% and Schwelmer Pils 4.7% in the flip top bottle (good beer IMO). Finish up with Brabo Premium lager 5.0% from Belgium. Corner shop down the road has an ever increasing beer selection. Owner has put in two extra fridges to hold some of them. My good luck
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Check out the Fine Living channel they are talking about the first golden colored beer. Anyone want to guess what beer that is? It was brewed in Prauge.
Pilsner Urquell??
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