What's Your Favorite Beer?

[Electrake]

Diamond knots cream ale... they only offer it in the summer and I never have summer leave

 

[BigMack]

The one in front of me. I like a lot of different beers for different reasons. But I'm still working on cloning that " good beer flavor" from the lagers & pilsners from the 50's to about 1965. And old/rare/extinct German beers.

What specific "good beer flavor" are you going for? Or is it just that general feeling you get when you sip a certain beer and you just think "this is what beer should be."

 

[kh54s10]

I love Long Trail Pale Ale. Long Trail Brewery in Vermont. They don't make it anymore so I have to make my own. I think my latest version is close but since they don't make it anymore I cannot compare.....

 

[Peruvian802]

In addition to their pub, it's also usually on tap at J. Timothy's restaurant in Bristol.

So it pairs well with dirty wings? [emoji6]

 

[solbes]

As I have diverse beer tastes and enjoy most styles, is pretty hard to get to 1. If I could go with 3, I'd say Surly Furious, Corsendonk Christmas ale, and Hofbrau Maibock.

If I could perfectly clone only one of them and make all I wanted, it would be the Maibock.

 

[hanuswalrus]

Spiteful Brewing in Chicago.. their IPA is always delicious. It's loaded with Amarillo

Brickstone APA is pretty freaking awesome too.. I don't know if those are the best beers ever, to me.. just recent favorites.

 

[unionrdr]

What specific "good beer flavor" are you going for? Or is it just that general feeling you get when you sip a certain beer and you just think "this is what beer should be."

The flavor of lagers & pilsners I remember from the 50's & 60's. As I described in my Brew & A: interview...

 

[beergolf]

You must really have a special talent to remember what a beer that you tasted when you were 3-9 years old, 50 years ago tasted like. I am impressed.

 

[unionrdr]

Oddly enough, yes, I do!? I still remember stuff from when I was 1. I just haven't got the recipe down yet, but version 4 will be underway as the weather cools down.

 

[Ariza-Poet]

It seems some of the big BA stuff isn't too popular with some on this site and viewed as an annoying fad or craze
but
I LOVE bourbon county stout. Its absolutely amazing.
The first time I had it, it blew my mind.
I've had some amazing beers but
none are on par with BCBS.


Its what pushed me into full on beer geekdom and I've never looked back.

 

[unionrdr]

I like whiskely ( colonial slang for bourbon barrel ales). I've been through 3-4 recipes so far, trying for the one that makes me go aaaahhh.

 

[Hayden512]

Founders and Bells all day. I'm equal distance between both of them.

Founders - breakfast stout, double trouble, rubaeus, all day IPA

Bells - best brown, two hearted, Oberon

 

[Gerry_P]

Trappistes Rochefort 10.

 

[BigMack]

Founders and Bells all day. I'm equal distance between both of them.

Founders - breakfast stout, double trouble, rubaeus, all day IPA

Bells - best brown, two hearted, Oberon

Drinking an FBS right now. This beer just gets me.... well... all beer gets me. But this one is extra delicious!

 

[beergolf]

OK I have sat on this for a while but I have to call you out Unionrdr.

I will give you props when you post something helpful to the forum, but when you post your narcisssitic BS I have to call it out. This is where my BS meter pegs out.

Let's break it down..

I like a lot of different beers for different reasons. But I'm still working on cloning that " good beer flavor" from the lagers & pilsners from the 50's to about 1965.

Get real.. In 1959 you were three years old. Do you really expect us to believe that you can remember a few sips of beer that your parents gave you as a toddler 55+ years ago? REALLY. Does anyone here believe that a three year old can remember flavors 55 years later?

Even in 1965 you were 9 years old. A kids taste buds change dramatically as they age and are exposed to new flavors. Most kids have things they hate as a kid and then are their favorite foods later in life. Again.. do you really think that 50 years later you can really remember exactly what these flavors were?

But this one is the best..

Oddly enough, yes, I do!? I still remember stuff from when I was 1. I just haven't got the recipe down yet, but version 4 w

If you remember stuff when you were still in diapers , we should cross section your brain like they did with Einstein's brain and examine it. ( and yes I know what they did with Einstein's brain)

Do you really believe some of this stuff you post?

 

[slym2none]

Best beer I ever had? Tie between 10-day old Pliny The Elder and some Allagash oak-aged dark ale that was a one-off only on tap at a bottle shop I was at.

Best beer I have brewed? The Centennial Blonde.

Beers I keep buying? DirtWolf, Ellie's Brown, Stone Ruination, whatever Oktoberfests I can get my hands on (I swear, I'd buy Sam Ad's version year-round if they'd brew it), GL's Edmund Fitzgerald, Bells' Two Hearted Ale...

I cannot just say one beer is uber alles. Sorry.

 

[Hayden512]

Drinking an FBS right now. This beer just gets me.... well... all beer gets me. But this one is extra delicious!

Such an amazing beer.

Super thick chocolatey coffee. Mmm. Might need to pour one now.

 

[unionrdr]

OK I have sat on this for a while but I have to call you out Unionrdr.

I will give you props when you post something helpful to the forum, but when you post your narcisssitic BS I have to call it out. This is where my BS meter pegs out.

Let's break it down..



Get real.. In 1959 you were three years old. Do you really expect us to believe that you can remember a few sips of beer that your parents gave you as a toddler 55+ years ago? REALLY. Does anyone here believe that a three year old can remember flavors 55 years later?

Even in 1965 you were 9 years old. A kids taste buds change dramatically as they age and are exposed to new flavors. Most kids have things they hate as a kid and then are their favorite foods later in life. Again.. do you really think that 50 years later you can really remember exactly what these flavors were?

But this one is the best..


If you remember stuff when you were still in diapers , we should cross section your brain like they did with Einstein's brain and examine it. ( and yes I know what they did with Einstein's brain)

Do you really believe some of this stuff you post?

Believe it. Some of us are just that way, & don't really know why. During those years, I could tell from the first note of a TV ad what the jingle was & what the ad was. My parents used to like showing that off to visiting friends & relatives. No narcissism involved, I assure you. Never thought of it that way. I'm not a stuck up person at all. I just remember things, that's all. And I had more than a few sips. I used to wait till dad wasn't looking & chug that sucker! Or at least get a mouthful. I remember the flavor, overall that is, from those beers. I don't remember all the details, but the overall stuff I do. So when I tell stories, I tell it gospel, since somebody, sooner or later, tries to call BS. No BS at all. Never considered myself anything like Einstein. But there's something there for sure...

 

[specharka]

Best beer I ever had? Tie between 10-day old Pliny The Elder and some Allagash oak-aged dark ale that was a one-off only on tap at a bottle shop I was at.

Best beer I have brewed? The Centennial Blonde.

Beers I keep buying? DirtWolf, Ellie's Brown, Stone Ruination, whatever Oktoberfests I can get my hands on (I swear, I'd buy Sam Ad's version year-round if they'd brew it), GL's Edmund Fitzgerald, Bells' Two Hearted Ale...

I cannot just say one beer is uber alles. Sorry.

Interlude? It is amazing; I've had it on tap in their tasting room. They distribute it every year around this time of the season. Just picked a bottle up last night, 455 cases bottled this year in total.

By far the best Belgian brewery on this side of the pond, IMHO. Their tasting room is incredible, and the staff is really friendly and knowledgeable.

 

[hopkincr]

I love Long Trail Pale Ale. Long Trail Brewery in Vermont. They don't make it anymore so I have to make my own. I think my latest version is close but since they don't make it anymore I cannot compare.....

They don't make it anymore?!? My wife and I spent Christmas in Woodstock, VT about 12-13 years ago and we stumbled upon Long Trail on Christmas Eve. Had the best time. Unbeknownst to us, they had a customer appreciation dinner which was free and we made a lot of new friends that night. The Pale Ale was my favorite for quite some time until I moved from the East coast. Side note: Christmas dinner at our Inn in Woodstock was next to Charles Bronson and his family.

 

[muels]

Mine fluctuates a bit with this seasons. There is always Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in my fridge though. It's easy to find, always fresh and I enjoy it.

It doesn't compete with the Hamm's I remember from when I was 11 months old though....those were the days.

 

[Johow]

I really like a sierra Nevada's Hoptimum, the problem is that rediculously high ABV. I wonder if that's what I like about it. Well really could it be the alcohol that gives it that special mouthfeel and taste. Of course there is the hops but something else as well. It's kinda expensive too.... Has anybody figured out how to brew that stuff?

 

[slym2none]

Interlude? It is amazing; I've had it on tap in their tasting room. They distribute it every year around this time of the season. Just picked a bottle up last night, 455 cases bottled this year in total.

By far the best Belgian brewery on this side of the pond, IMHO. Their tasting room is incredible, and the staff is really friendly and knowledgeable.

I am not sure, honestly. I just remember it was amazing. And I don't use that lightly here - it truly was amazing.