bear495
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Posted: 2004-10-21 15:53:00
Along a similar line of thought to the food, I was wondering if others had an opinion about some of the better beers that can be found. I always prefer to enjoy the local cuisine and customs when I travel, so I have found several beers that I tend to enjoy. Here is my list of those that I prefer when travelling:
Venezuela: Polar
Peru: Cristal
Mexico: Corona; Negra Modelo
Germany: Optimator (Spaten); Warsteiner
Ireland: Guinness; Harps
United States: Budweiser; Olympia; Michelob; Amber Bock
What do the rest of you think?
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ravinderkumarsi
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Posted: 2004-10-21 15:56:00
hiii,
if ur there in india and that to in goa,do try feni
feni is goa's most famous drink ..ofcourse beer
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rangutan
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Posted: 2004-10-21 16:13:00
Germany: Paulaner (specially Weissbier), Augustina, Hofbraeu, Sparten
South Africa: Castle Lager
Philippines: San Miguel
Malawi makes a pretty good Carlsberg
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ravinderkumarsi
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Posted: 2004-10-21 16:17:00
hii friends
after comming to know so much abt beer ,i feel like visiting those places ,i heard that germany is very famous for beer and there is some beer carnival too.
by the way i love beer a lot
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christianj.
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Posted: 2004-10-21 18:56:00
Well, if you visit Germany you should also try Alt-beer. But be carefull, don't drink bottled Alt-beer - only drafts! The optimum would be, you drink it in Düsseldorf, where it is brewed. And if you're there, try the house-breweries Füchschen, Schumacher and Uerige! These are the best (heaven on earth :-)! ) You would like to have a look? Here you can find a Fuechschen-Alt: http://www.globosapiens.net/christianj./picture-alt-beer-5938.html
And there are much more exellent house-breweries in Germany. For example one more wonderful beer from Dortmund: Hövels Bitterbeer, tastes also bottled.
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Posted: 2004-10-22 02:17:00
At last Russ - you have found the one and only subject that experience has made me an expert upon! Beer! - but how sad to waste one's life learning by the experiences of just one essential? ;-)
The home of beer (sorry to the Germans & Brits) here, is the Czech Republic where in the town of Pilsen the first blonde beer (pilsner) or lagers as they are called in the UK were brewed. The world’s two best beers are undoubtedly brewed in the Czech Republic – Pilsner Urquell is certainly the world’s number one! Closely followed by the number two – Budvar, the original Budweiser and nothing like its watery American equivalent.
If we are talking globally here, then Guinness, now it is served with nitrogen gases tastes the same the world over although the Irish will swear that it only tastes good in Ireland.
England has some classic beers but over the past twenty years has also produced some utter chemical bilge! Now our finest brewery Bass has finally been taken over by Coors the American brewers and the only ales worth drinking from there are the ones made in their Museum Brewery at Burton on Trent by the Master Brewer Steve Wellington. Steve has the recipes for virtually every beer sold worldwide for over 100 years and can reproduce most of them at the drop of a hat!
Regrettably, the larger breweries have gobbled up the UK’s smaller breweries and so lesser ales have diminished. Some classics that immediately come to mind are Abbots Ale, Wadsworth’s, Hook Norton, Black Sheep & Banks bitter. This list goes on and on.
In Europe the Belgians produce some great beers as do the Germans. The Scandinavians rate Skol – I don’t. The French still have not made a proper beer but used to excel in wine until the new world countries stole that crown also. The Italians lager, The Spanish with their gassy San Miguel also reproduced under licence in the Philippines is pure p**s. India has Kingfisher but watch that the seller has not adulterated it with water – it can keep you glued to a toilet for weeks!
The Far East (South East Asia) has some good brews, including Bintang in Indonesia, Tiger in Singapore. The once country that excels is Thailand with three really good beers, Chang (very strong), Singha (sheer perfection) and Leo – chock dee krap.
The Japanese know beers well, they often have one for breakfast! In Korea it is not shameful to get drunk – indeed to crawl drunkenly along the pavement after indulging in a nights revelry is to be applauded by ones peers.
The Aussies make far better wine than beer, although they learnt the skills of marketing better than they did brewing but I don’t give a XXXX for Castlemaine or Fosters. – Sorry Aussies – and NO – English Beer is not served warm ;-)
I could go on for hours and I haven’t even mentioned the Americas and the USA in particular where I now only ever drink Guinness because the rest of their beers are generally weak chemical muck (apart from the steam and micro breweries of San Francisco, Houston, Portland Oregon, Boston – et al)
For all my criticism the world would be a dreadful place without Beer. I have after many years come to one conclusion though – you never buy beer – you only rent it!!
Cheers, Skol, Chin Chin, Sante, Chock Dee, or whatever your local salutation to your drink is, (another topic here!)
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Posted: 2004-10-23 20:38:00
GLOBO's
What can be said after Brits eloquent and impressive statement.
Well I can give some hints about places he didn't mention:
China! It's the biggest Beer producing country in the World!
http://www.n24.de/wirtschaft/branchen/index.php/a2004101311505030815?id=541852
sorry only in German!
In this article it's stated that China will produce some 27 Billon Liter of Beer in 2004, it's an increase by 7.2%!
We had some great beers there, I liked Han's Beer most (what a funny name when you know german ;-) LOL)
Swiss Beer!
I like the Ittinger Klosterbräu and Rugen Zwickel and Egger Bier .
Ok and now to the common knowledge:
When we stayed in Belgium ---true Beer paradise--- this february we tasted a lot of great Beers. I prefered the cloister beers (trappiste) there are only six of them.
http://www.bierebel.com/index.php?page=trappiste
Nowhere on this drunken Planet will you find a bigger variety in Beers than in Belgium! So go there and taste all of them (hicks)!
German Beer... I like the Altbeer as Christian suggested, but also the Weissbeer (Schneider Weisse dunkel!). And what about a nice pils like Bitburger or Jever.
And theres the serving system in German restaurants whith the "pils" served in small glasses and brought to you unasked until you tell them to stop. For every glass you get a little mark on your beer plate and thats the receipt too!
When in England I prefer Ales over the Lager type. What about a nice Newcastle Brown Ale....
And sure there's Ireland whith it's unique porter's (Guiness, Murphys) Murphys is a little sweeter and therefore more something for you when you want to get used to this style of beer.
But theres nothing compared to a real Irish Guiness! You know Brit; in Ireland you get it non pasteurized and therefore it tastes different.
Guiness people told me that you have to have drunken 12 Pints of Guiness in average before you really get to appreciate the great flavour.
The best thing that can happen to you is having the telephone number of the ravishing readheaded bartenderess written (by her) in the creamy head of this great beer. (Perhaps next to a shamrock or even better a heart) Everything that comes later is private ;-)
There are some more great beers I tasted all over the world, but Im getting thirsty now!
Prost
Martin
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ravinderkumarsi
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Posted: 2004-10-24 06:40:00
hii martin,
hey man have u done research on beer ???just kidding and i am glad to read your looooong message on this topic ..i feel that i really dont know any thing abt beers but atleast now i know some thing.
cheers
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Posted: 2004-10-24 12:21:00
Rudi
Not Ice cold!
Ideal serving temperature 10 - 13°C!
The lower the temperature the lower the taste!
It's only a bad beer that has to be drunken ice cold in order not to taste the bad taste!
Well once you'll get older you will prefer your Beer a little bit warmer ;-)
We've seen this a lot of times with our guests... when they were young the prefered it cold, by the time they get older the prefered temperature rises with the age ;-)
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