Thread: Beer of the Day !

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Consider the source Ed. Not only am I an American, I'm a Southerner. In my book Fosters (along with Red Stripe) qualifies as some of that high brow import stuff Sam Adams, Yuengling, and Amberbock are all considered somewhat fancy in my beer world. Pabst Blue ribbon and Coors Banquet Beer are my usual go to's. Both come in at less than a buck a beer but are fairly drinkable nonetheless. I guess what I'm saying is that by my redneck standards even Aussie taste in beer is a bit high brow. Cheers Mate!
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Same here, crappy European beers are raved about, but back in the UK they are really not that exciting or lauded, anyway as I said I drink emu or Melbourne unless my wife buys something more socially acceptable for when we have guests

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

I remember! Tasted like Cr#p but good advertising and limiting supply.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

I do remember that. I think it was 1978. I was still in the Navy, stationed at Sub Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. One of my shipmates brought some Coors back with him when he returned from leave. It was the gold colored can. He offered me a sip and it just didn't live up to all the hype. I did come to like Coors in the silver can though, once they started selling it in New England.

I seem to remember it didn't have a regular pop top (back then, pop tops separated from the can when you pulled them open). There was a vent in the center of the can top that you opened by pushing it into the can. Once the pressure bled off, you opened the main tab by pushing it into the can with your finger. No lever on the can like we've got today.

My go-to brew these days when funds are tight is Grolsch, a decent dutch lager.

Yuengling is my fridge stock beer,

Now give me a Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout, a Hardy's Ale, Duvel, Scaldis, Chimay Grande Réserve, Orval, or Ayinger, especially Celebrator Doppelbock,
well I guess a Big beer by American standards and I am in heaven.

We really need to set up an beer exchange program!
I hear a lot of good things about some craft beers in America these days but the only American beer I get over here is the mass produced lagers. Still drinkable but I wouldn't go out of my way for them

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Living in NH since I was 11..... And by the time I was of legal drinking age back then ( 18 )...If you had a 6 pack of the HOLY GRAIL of beers ( COORS ) you would be God like and anyone that saw you with COORS beer in hand would bow down. Iam serious...cus back in the Mid 70's and living east of the Mississippi...it was almost impossible to get your hands on it !!!!! Iam sure some of you my age remember this ....

Heck, that was the reason the Bandit battled Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit. Shipping Coors from Texas to Georgia back then was considered bootlegging. I remember when it was illegal in Oregon, but I just checked why. That was due to the Unions being pissed off at Coors for not using Union workers, they pushed Oregon to ban it due to it being unpasteurized.

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

We really need to set up an beer exchange program!
I hear a lot of good things about some craft beers in America these days but the only American beer I get over here is the mass produced lagers. Still drinkable but I wouldn't go out of my way for them

We had a major Boom 20 years back, this also lead to an expansion in a much better selection of Imports. Now as you travel you can look for the local brew pubs and get crafted beers that are only available locally.
Many of the Brew masters are quite skilled, a few I know personally have gone overseas to further their education in the craft. Now you can find true Barley wines double and triple ales it is a wonderful thing.

Originally Posted by pfries

We had a major Boom 20 years back, this also lead to an expansion in a much better selection of Imports. Now as you travel you can look for the local brew pubs and get crafted beers that are only available locally.
Many of the Brew masters are quite skilled, a few I know personally have gone overseas to further their education in the craft. Now you can find true Barley wines double and triple ales it is a wonderful thing.

We need something like that here. For a country that likes it's beer as much as we do there are shockingly few craft breweries in the country. I actually can only think of one in N.Ireland and it's not particularly good. Most people here buy their beer in bulk from the supermarket and drink whatever brand is on special that week.
Most of the ales I drink are English or more often Belgian.
Wonder how much it would cost to mail a bottle? Probably more than the beer was worth!

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

We need something like that here. For a country that likes it's beer as much as we do there are shockingly few craft breweries in the country. I actually can only think of one in N.Ireland and it's not particularly good. Most people here buy their beer in bulk from the supermarket and drink whatever brand is on special that week.
Most of the ales I drink are English or more often Belgian.
Wonder how much it would cost to mail a bottle? Probably more than the beer was worth!

The cost to mail it and the Import Export laws/fees, I guess I could look up the Harmonizing code and figure out taxes and duties.....

I am with you Samuel Smith is an English and I am a big fan of the Belgian style beers.
We will often have a Lambic with a Sunday brunch. I am partial to a Framboise, the misses and kids prefer Pomme, and yes when we do this the kids get a taster!