PREMIUM BEER'S DEFINED: IMO-***Notes to follow 1-Guiness (see notes) 2-Sierra Nevada -Lager -Torpedo IPA -Porter -Ale 3-SF Anchor Steam -Stout Lager -Porter -Ale 4- Newcastle -Ale -Pale Ale (not so pale-its Amber) These are the beers I enjoy, and like you I refuse a yellow piss colored beer. They all remind me, as if I am drinking a stout in the old western days of yore. I feel as if I am also in the Copper Queen Salon in Bisbee AZ, on the border, in the very same saloon, Teddy Roosevelt drank in nightly, when he stationed himself 5 miles north of the Mexico border, during the Mexican American War. If its not amber or dark and stout, its not a brew for me. End of story. ***NOTES- There are tons of good brews from Micro Breweries now. Too many to name, and most good, dark and stout. 30 years ago, it was rare to find a Micro Brew, distributed very widely. Now its common a practice. If your reading this 59, you may of been to Warner Robbins, to a restaurant Micro Brewery called "The Texas Cattle Co." If you've read their paper article, how they went to visit in So. Cal. and came upon a place they ate at and loved. That very place is right here in town and was the first original Texas Cattle Co. Great Micro Breweries in So.Cal. and the one in Georgia is as good as any place, for serving incredible hand made brews, all stout, and sweet, with the bitter bite. I was in Ireland on vacation in 1980, and my buddy and I spent most nights in old Guiness Pubs. To my chagrine, I learned over there, all Guiness is served at ambient temps, (no ice coolers ever) in those old pubs, so drafts or bottles are served about 65 degrees, and like those Irishmen bar owners say, one should always drink Guiness at room temps, and indeed it takes on a whole different flavor. Anchor Steam, made in Frisco back in 1849, using Steam in lieu of non-existent ice to brew with. Remember there were no rail cars then, no refrigeration at all out west. Thus Anchor Steam was born, and Gold Miners were content. Still to this day, the very same old west amber lager brew. The Factory has its own bar, with Anchor Steam on tap, which is the ONLY bar that sales AS on tap. Great 10 Star stuff. Sierra Nevada, once the smallest Micro Brewery in California. Now its almost impossible to even find Lager, my favorite of theirs. In the 80s when they were beginning, the did not strain the yeast from their Lager. Now they do, yet it still has that deep full bodied, sharp bite, with a touch of sweetness, for its dark Amber Stout brew. Sierra NV. has broadened, and produces more now than ever, distributing across the nation. Yet, I would say, they are still a great brew, maybe 9 stars now, but 10+ prior, if there is such a thing as 10+. BTW-you named some damn good brews. One thing I enjoy if I can even find it, is a Stout Dark or Amber-Wheat Brew, (in lieu of barley), yet they are almost non-existent WITHOUT either citrus or coriander. Citrus shit, give me OJ and Vodka, (tho' I haven't had a hard drink in 25+ years). Coriander, shit, I used to put that in my impenadas. I despise any brew with citrus or other non value added shit in it. Corona, for Tijuana wanna be Germans, piss at its worst. Now, there is one rare hard to find Mexican beer that is a great 10 star brew. Dos Equis Noche Buena. A Christmas Holiday Brew ONLY. Unable to even find unless one drives down to the Cali-Mexico border. This rare brew, is PURPLE in color, dark and royal, as good of a taste too. Other than that, I despise mexican brews. I once enjoyed San Miguel, but won't drink it anymore, after being in the Phillipines, and drinking nothing but beer in Manila, seeing those filthy disgusting local pigs, how they handle food, drink, never washing their hands, (I saw a cook there pick his nose in the kitchen, then flip steaks, earlier by minutes, I saw our waitress get something out of the trash, then pickup plates. We never stayed long enough to eat, let us the fok out of this shithole of pigs. thus we wound up on a USAF base, and had a damn good steak & brew dinner. thus, my outlook on San Miguel beer, is strewed, but honestly the dark brew is good, the light like rice water carbonated. Sake....anyone.
Karl Strauss, red trolley ale. Been to a private brewery tour and tasting, they had a lager that was aged in Jack Daniels barrels, whiskey lager was outstanding. They also had a port porter, aged in 20 year old port barrels. The creativity of CA microbrews is amazing, they have learned to compete with the wine industry.
...my Son turned me on to Yuengling, which I still drink sometimes...also a beer whose name I can't recall, had a grapefruit aftertaste.
yuengling is a beer out here that is local and popular to the point people go to the bar and just order a lager... not yuengling or a yuengling lager... just a lager
...Budweiser is a lager too, but for some reason gives me a freakin' headache, especially if I'm out in the sun...kinda weird.
BTW- The Texas Cattle Company Micro Brewery and Restaurant, has the best damn homeade Root Beer I have EVER tasted, there in Warner Robbins. They don't make the Root Beer here tho'. when we were in Georgia, I'd take the family out to TCCo, once a week. As soon as we arrived we would get a 24 oz. fresh frothy Root Beer, down it before the meal came,then have another 2nd one after the meal. Damn was that stuff as good as any drink.
Not all lagers are made by the exact same process. I have an issue with certain beers and headaches that I attribute to the hoppiness.
When skiing on the Colorado river at 130 degrees, one has to live in the water, and what does one drink, piss Coors, to prevent headaches from hell or heat. At some point everyone I know who has been on the river, will tell you, there is no difference between the river or the beer. Piss water indeed, whatever happened to the real true Rocky Mt. Spring water. I recall going to Kansas and Colorado to see family when I was 16, and having no problems going into a beer only bar, and being served frothy milky Coors, with a helluva bite, that has not been the same since then. Anaheuser Busch was bought out a few years back by a Belgian firm. (the worlds largest brewery, there in Belgium, for some reason I was thinking Denmark, but my old man corrected me. Carlsberg is a pretty clean beer too, a bit pricy, now harder to find as well, at least out here in Shaky Town.)
LMAO....I am holding a Strauss right this moment....Once again, TOUCHE Tom...! If only Strauss sold this brew 60 years ago, when I was cutting teeth...! LMAO.
Maybe you just can't handle it. For you may I suggest Milk. And yes..........................you can have a cookie with it.
