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Here are some good beers that I've tried lately

Sierra Nevada SummerFest. A lager that is a little lighter on the hops then their traditional offering, but very good and refreshing. I'm guessing this will only be out for the summer so I'm drinking it as often as I can now.

Christian Moerlein- OTR Ale. This beer named for Over the Rhine is quite good. I had it on tap at Taste of Cincinnati and after running the Hyde Park blast. I talked to someone who believes it is brewed in Cincinnati (they brew some stuff in Wilkes Barre, PA also).

Dogfish Head Festina Peche- This doesnt' taste like beer at all. It has a peach flavor of course and is quite refreshing, but isn't sickeningly sweet. Had it in tap on Boston. Havent seen it in bottles here.

Going to have to go the Beer Sellar again soon.

there is no thing as a bad beer. Just like women - they are all good, some are better than others!

THE BearcatBrent Wrote:there is no thing as a bad beer. Just like women - they are all good, some are better than others!

Old Milwaukee Select Reserve Light= Bad Beer

Alexander Keith's (Canadian) and Hoegaarden (Dutch or Nordic...?) = Good Beer

I prefer an icy cold Thule export or a steamy hot Al-Sharq.

When I'm in a mood for a real hand crafted masterpiece, nothing beats a Meta.:drinky2:

Meta Beer

Meta Abo Brewery - Ethiopia (1966)


Meta Abo Brewery is located in the town of Sebata, 27 km from Addis Ababa. The brewery was established in 1963 by the Ethiopian Government and Ethiopian private nationals as a share company with a starting capital base of 2 million Birr.

It is the only brewery which gets water from a big reserve of soft spring water (locally known as holy water of St. Abo). The spring water meets the international brew standard to be used without any treatment. The brewery produces bottled and draught beer.





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In Syria, the production and distribution of beer is controlled by the government, and most widely sold through the army's Military Social Establishment supermarket chain and through small shops in city centres and Christian and Alawi areas. Imported beers are not common, although brands like Almaza, Heineken and Amstel are popular and available in hotels or smuggled to some stores in the Christian parts of cities. Two local brands of beer are available in Syria: Al-Sharq (from Aleppo) and Barada (from Damascus, The Barada Beer Company).

Barada beer is more popular, yet only by the virtue of availability. The quality of bottling is highly variable and frequently poor. However, the taste compensates for the poor bottling. It is 3.4% alcohol and has yellowish hazy color, fruity aroma, mild, light and fresh body.

Al-Sharq is frequently rated superior. It is slightly higher in alcohol (3.7%) and more delightful than the former. It is complex beer with medium malt body, yet fresh and distinctive.

Interestingly, both beers come in a one liter bottles.

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Viking and Thule are the only imported beers brewed from the purest Icelandic spring water, fresh from the source in the pristine Vifilfell mountain region of Iceland, the cleanest country on Earth.

Water is the single most important ingredient of beer, and Icelandic water is especially suitable for brewing due to its extreme purity and softness.

Great water means great beer!







The nicest beer in the world. Thule has a medium bitter flavour with a pleasant tang of hops, leaving a subtle aftertaste. Light gold in colour, it is modelled like Viking on the Pilsner tradition. Alcohol content 5.0% Thule was rated third of 514 beers tasted by the Danish Beer-Lovers' Association (Dansk ølnyderforening) in 1998. Its quality, the tasters reported, "came as a nice surprise." Thule is the second-most sold beer at ÁTVR (Iceland's state alcohol monopoly stores) after Viking, and by far the most popular bottled beer sold in Iceland.

just about anything that comes from Belgium

OneUChoopsfan Wrote:I prefer an icy cold Thule export or a steamy hot Al-Sharq.

When I'm in a mood for a real hand crafted masterpiece, nothing beats a Meta.:drinky2:

Where the heck does one get those? I'm not even sure Jungle Jims has them.

By the way if you guys are ever in Boston, Sunset Grill and their sister restaurant Sunset Cantina are must stops.

Sunset Grill has over 112 beers on tap. I think they have 3 times that number in bottles. Pretty wild.

I've recently discovered the Great Divide (Denver) label. Lotta good, hoppy stuff from them (primarily DPA - Denver Pale Ale).

It July. For me, all good beer discussion begins and ends with Bell's Oberon.

Where do I begin? Christian Moerlein has no connection with Cincinnati other than some guy that lives here buying the rights to the name. Now he is going after Widemann. His whole gig is contract brewing cheap, nasty beer and charging a premium price for it. Don't believe the hype.
Actually, retro-beers are all the buzz right now, even Barrelhouse released two (not so good) beers under old Cincy names Student Prince and Wooden Shoe.

BJ, a friend of mine works closely with Great Divide and says there is great concern over a bacterial infection in their fermentation tanks. They may have to shut down for a very brief time to sort it out.

Hoegaarden is Belgian, the founder was Pierre Celis, who also used to brew a renowned WIT beer until he sold it to Miller, who destroyed it. Recently the Michigan Brewing Co. revived the Celis name but the beers are lacking. InBev bought Hoegaarden , which is why there are shortages in the US right now. As beer drinkers, InBev is your enemy.

I will give you MOST Belgian beer is good, but have you tasted anythng by De Boomgaard? Awful.
Stella is OM Lt., but the yuppies love it.

Have not tried the Dogfish Head, but I don't care for fruit beers. They sell a lot of beer.

CTip, great water does not guarantee great beer, but it does give the brewer a leg up. See Burton on Trent.

I have never had a good African beer, having had only Tusker and Castle. Are you BS ing or is that Ethiopian beer good? I imagine when it is that hot that almost anything would taste good.

Rath. try Allagash White or Goose Island 312. I can't say 312 is better than Oberon as they are both light-weight summer refreshers. I do think, IMO, Gash White has more backbone. Love the Oberon packaging though, I think that sells the brand more than the liquid. Bell's two Hearted is also a fine brew.

Alexander Keith's available outside the Maritimes? Next time in Ontario try to find Wellington County ales.

Has anyone tried that Tequiza knock-off from Miller? I think I'd rather go thirsty.

My beers right now are Goose Island IPA and Victory Prima Pils. I'll go back to fuller bodied beer in the Fall.

This is my post of the century!

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beck Wrote:Where do I begin? Christian Moerlein has no connection with Cincinnati other than some guy that lives here buying the rights to the name. Now he is going after Widemann. His whole gig is contract brewing cheap, nasty beer and charging a premium price for it. Don't believe the hype.
Actually, retro-beers are all the buzz right now, even Barrelhouse released two (not so good) beers under old Cincy names Student Prince and Wooden Shoe.

BJ, a friend of mine works closely with Great Divide and says there is great concern over a bacterial infection in their fermentation tanks. They may have to shut down for a very brief time to sort it out.

Hoegaarden is Belgian, the founder was Pierre Celis, who also used to brew a renowned WIT beer until he sold it to Miller, who destroyed it. Recently the Michigan Brewing Co. revived the Celis name but the beers are lacking. InBev bought Hoegaarden , which is why there are shortages in the US right now. As beer drinkers, InBev is your enemy.

I will give you MOST Belgian beer is good, but have you tasted anythng by De Boomgaard? Awful.
Stella is OM Lt., but the yuppies love it.

Have not tried the Dogfish Head, but I don't care for fruit beers. They sell a lot of beer.

CTip, great water does not guarantee great beer, but it does give the brewer a leg up. See Burton on Trent.

I have never had a good African beer, having had only Tusker and Castle. Are you BS ing or is that Ethiopian beer good? I imagine when it is that hot that almost anything would taste good.

Rath. try Allagash White or Goose Island 312. I can't say 312 is better than Oberon as they are both light-weight summer refreshers. I do think, IMO, Gash White has more backbone. Love the Oberon packaging though, I think that sells the brand more than the liquid. Bell's two Hearted is also a fine brew.

Alexander Keith's available outside the Maritimes? Next time in Ontario try to find Wellington County ales.

Has anyone tried that Tequiza knock-off from Miller? I think I'd rather go thirsty.

My beers right now are Goose Island IPA and Victory Prima Pils. I'll go back to fuller bodied beer in the Fall.

BJUnklFkr Wrote:I've recently discovered the Great Divide (Denver) label. Lotta good, hoppy stuff from them (primarily DPA - Denver Pale Ale).

Hell yah! That beer rocks. You also might like their Herculus Double IPA. I heard once that you like IPAs. I can't wait to sample the 120 Minute IPA. Too bad it's illegal in Ohio.

Beck,

I couldn't care less about the beers that I showed. All I did was look up the beer Dan (OneUCHoopsfan) wrote about, and put it in a form that others could understand. The water remark is a Thule advertising gig.

As far as the water, I'm sure you're right, but in my minds eye that is kinda funny. I don't know if you have, but many others on here have been to Golden, CO, to the Coors brewery. Well, they rave about Coors being made from "pure, clean mountain water" and running into their brewery, from the mountains, is a muddy little stream about like an old man could produce. Just funny to me.