According to the "Scottish pub" that I visited last night, the lager they have from Belhaven is the best beer known to man.
True? False?
I figured someone from a country in which beer is more than yellow water would be the one to ask.
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Mehh. Belhaven is Lager, Scottish, and ISTR been going for about a hundred years. It's OK, but I still don't rate British lagers over good German or Belgian ones.
I prefer Ale (Bass, Wadworth's 6X, Courage Director's and Tomothy taylor's Landlord are classics).
Failing that, Guinness.
When in Scotland I prefer their Heavy & Light Ales, and I prefer Tennents to Belhaven.
All about preference I spose.
I prefer Ale (Bass, Wadworth's 6X, Courage Director's and Tomothy taylor's Landlord are classics).
Failing that, Guinness.
When in Scotland I prefer their Heavy & Light Ales, and I prefer Tennents to Belhaven.
All about preference I spose.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Ales really arent my thing, but I'll have to try Tennants the next time I go back.
I had a Belhavens and a Boddingtons. The Belhaven was good, but the galss of Boddingtons might as well be cold ****.
I had a Belhavens and a Boddingtons. The Belhaven was good, but the galss of Boddingtons might as well be cold ****.
A restaurant a few miles from my home has Old Speckled Hen on tap. Mighty tasty stuff.
Lager wise, the continental europeans are better but i have to say i do like a bottle of Rolling Rock
for a good Ale, generally local is best. if nothing else it's fresher and that makes a difference. I like Harveys persoanlly and Guiness tastes like warm sludge to me..... /shrug.
for a good Ale, generally local is best. if nothing else it's fresher and that makes a difference. I like Harveys persoanlly and Guiness tastes like warm sludge to me..... /shrug.
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Guinness tastes like warm sludge to me..... /shrug.
Blasphemy!
Edited, Sep 10th 2006 at 12:48pm EDT by Smoggy
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Smoggy the Mighty wrote:
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Guinness tastes like warm sludge to me..... /shrug.
Blasphemy!
QFT!!
don't let it get warm! Cold sludge is great!
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don't let it get warm! Cold sludge is great!
King Nobby wrote:
I prefer Ale (Bass
I really like Bass, though I've yet to visit Germany in my travels, some of the best beer I've drank would be an Aussie beer named Victoria's Best or a few rice beers like Tsing Tao that are popular throughout Asia.
I like Guinness but not so much a fan of Extra Stout.
When available, I used to always have a glass of room temperature Guinness sitting next to my double Jack and Coke. Otherwise, I liked to consume Guinness via car bombs(depth charges if you're sensitive). Then again, I have **********
For you non ale lovers, try a blonde ale. The IBU and alpha acid content isn't very high. It's good for starters. As for you ale lovers like me, try a Sierra Nevad pale ale. Yums
King colacub wrote:
For you non ale lovers, try a blonde ale. The IBU and alpha acid content isn't very high. It's good for starters. As for you ale lovers like me, try a Sierra Nevad pale ale. Yums
I dunno where you draw the line, but that's a beer in my book.
I'm not a strict purist who argues that unless the yeast is still alive, it's not ale, but there are few beers designed to be pasteurised & filtered that qualify as 'Ales' (I'd include things like Newcastle Brown & Sam Adams as ales).
On that note, most british ales in the USA suffer from being pasteurised, filtered and pressurised for the export journey.
A Cask conditioned pint of Draught Bass is as different from the Keg version as a Filet Mignon is to a Big Mac.
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
Newcastle Browne Ale, despite it's poo-like name, is in fact a great way to get into ales. It's not quite an ale, and yet has some of that bitter taste, but not too much.
If you ever go to the North-East of England, and why wouldn't you, then I highly reccomend it.
Lager-wise, nothing beats a good wife-beater.
If you ever go to the North-East of England, and why wouldn't you, then I highly reccomend it.
Lager-wise, nothing beats a good wife-beater.
King Nobby wrote:
King colacub wrote:
For you non ale lovers, try a blonde ale. The IBU and alpha acid content isn't very high. It's good for starters. As for you ale lovers like me, try a Sierra Nevad pale ale. Yums
I dunno where you draw the line, but that's a beer in my book.
I'm not a strict purist who argues that unless the yeast is still alive, it's not ale, but there are few beers designed to be pasteurised & filtered that qualify as 'Ales' (I'd include things like Newcastle Brown & Sam Adams as ales).
On that note, most british ales in the USA suffer from being pasteurised, filtered and pressurised for the export journey.
A Cask conditioned pint of Draught Bass is as different from the Keg version as a Filet Mignon is to a Big Mac.
I see your point Nobby, but beer is primarily broken up into two categories. Ale's and Lagers. The difference between the two are the temperature that they are fermented.
Paseurizing a beer is strictly for, like you said, transportation. Filtering is just what most americans are used to. Doesn't really change the flavor, more or less just the clarity. I only filter if I'm kegging my brew, other than that, I prefer the sludge at the bottom of every bottle. It's really just an individual preferance for each person to make.
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