A couple days before Christmas I had a little kick-back at a friend's house.

I decided to branch out and try something new: Arrogant Bastard

It's an Amber Ale that goes down real smooth with a burnt fruit taste. The aftertaste is really sharp too. I enjoyed it.


For Christmas, my friend got me The Beer Book which glorifies over 1,700 beers from around the globe. It's a really neat book.

Wrong thread. But, I did have some White Russians today

The other night at a friend's house, I enjoyed Sierra Nevada: Christmas Ale.

It's another one of those ale's like Arrogant Bastard.

I was disappointed in the Schlafley Christmas Ale. Too much clove taste. Plus I'm not usually a big fan of ales in general.

I've come to the conclusion that other than my alltime favorite beer (Schlafley's Pumpkin Ale), I need to stick with lagers and porters.

Oh yeah, and forget "fruit beer"; no lemon this, or cranberry that, or blueberry something else...blecccch!

There's a polish beer, Kriek, I tried once at a bar brewed with cherries - A little pricy, but MAN what an excellent drink!

I've been drinking a lot of Tuborg (Carlsberg) Classic lately....good stuff for a standard pilsner.

American beer is like makin' love in a canoe.......



































It's f**king close to water!

Kmorg


I totally agree with you! Give me a Carlsberg..... mmmmmmm....Carlsberg....

I agree that the American mass-produced beers are pisswater but the American microbrews are another story. We have one here called Schlafleys that makes a wide variety of beer styles and has seasonal brews that are the nectar of the gods.

I'm enjoying "Newcastle's Brown Ale" right now - It's quite good for a mass-produced product, but I was expecting more taste - It's kind of flat. More barley and caramel, please.

In honor of this thread I present to you the lyrics to a classic by Fear;


When I get home from work and I'm dyin' of thirst
All I want is more beer
I run into the kitchen and I tear off my shirt
All I want is more beer
Open up a six pack I'll be downin' it first
All I want is more beer
I can open up and finish faster than you
All I want is more beer
Gonna kill a case or maybe two
All I want is more beer
If there was no more beer then what would we do
All I want is more beer

Check out this place that opened up Superbowl weekend about 10 minutes from where I work.

http://internationaltaphouse.com/

Brown ale is the only ale I like. I agree a brown ale should have a malty, sort of nutty flavor. I generally prefer lagers and stouts though.