Beer, whats yours?

[Rich B1]

I used to like my beer cold and cheap. Drank Hammç—´ for years. But was as I got older, I started to explore different beers.

Now I am a full fledged beer snob......sigh.

Since I have traveled a lot throughout the world....I make it a point to try local beers. The micro brew thing has been great. I get to try a wide variety of beers when traveling.

My favorite styles are stouts & porters. Though I can barely drink a Guinness. There are a lot of amazing stouts to try. But during warm weather, I tend to go for lagers, pils, and IPAç—´.

A small local brewery called Wooly Pig makes Hoppy Pils which is an amazing warm weather beer for me. Easy drinking and refreshing.

And I usually have Brew Kettle痴 White Rajah in my fridge this time of year. An intense American IPA isn稚 for everyone.....but I quite enjoy it

And I still buy Hamm’s for a mowing beer

 

[MossRoad]

I'm not a religious man, however, I have the keys to many churches....

 

[ovrszd]

I have the Schlitz Church Key that I carried in Vietnam.

 

[cqaigy2]

Has anyone tried the Belgian Trappist beers, they are absolutely brilliant, unfortunately also very expensive at around AU$10-15 for a 330ml, I have had them but not often.

The neighbor had a beer tasting party and a couple were Belgian Trappist beers. I agree, they were very good, if i remember correctly.

 

[MossRoad]

I have the Schlitz Church Key that I carried in Vietnam.

That has to be pretty sentimental. I have a pocketknife that I've had since I was 6-7. I have a few things that my dad had during WWII. And a few things from both of my grandpas' and even a great grandpa. I keep them all together. Kinda ties the guys in our family together. Sometimes I just pick them up and think about those guys.

 

[MossRoad]

I've got one from 1965, I believe.

 

[Gunny]

Yep, I remember those church keys. When I first landed in Viet Nam, there were no pull tab beers and it just seemed to be that it would be awful to have a couple of beers and no way to open them, but I do remember that sharp point poking into my chest while hitting the dirt, then poking my leg when I tried carrying it in my pants pocket.

I thanked the genius that came up with the pull tops when I first saw them.

I've still got the P-38 can opener I carried while I was over there.

 

[ovrszd]

A P-38 is a remarkable tool. I've got mine too. Opened many C-Ration cans with it.

Poke a hole in a pound cake can. Add a few drops of water. Heat it over a chunk of sterno. Tastes like its fresh out of the oven!!!!

 

[cdaigle430]

I love German\Belgian beer, mostly from Southern Germany like Bavaria-Munich. Around the house I drink Corona Extra\Light and my current favorite local Micro Brew is Maine Beer Company's Peeper beer. I hate any beer that taste like water(Budweiser, Pabst) but even more so beer that taste too bitter or sour.
I love Brazilian beer like Bramha Chopp

 

[PILOON]

My best beer was once when we did a lot of SCUBA we found some bottles that were dropped from somebody's boat when he transferred things from his boat to the dock.
SCUBA always makes U thirsty for some reason.

Well those bottles were deep enough to be cooled just right and also the sunlight did not get to them.
As a dare we popped them open and man did they hit the spot.

(We knew the owner of that property had moved 5-6 years earlier so that kind of dated our find.)

Now it sure is funny to see a diver, under water, sipping a cool one. (that was my son)

 

[MossRoad]

My wife's uncle said the best beer he ever had was during the Korean war. Someone came up with a 6 pack, there was a break in the action, they shoved the 6 pack into a stream of ice-cold melt water coming off the mountains. He said it got cold in about 5 minutes. And they all had some. Best beer ever. I miss that guy. He passed away a couple years ago.

 

[Gunny]

A P-38 is a remarkable tool. I've got mine too. Opened many C-Ration cans with it.

Poke a hole in a pound cake can. Add a few drops of water. Heat it over a chunk of sterno. Tastes like its fresh out of the oven!!!!

Didn't have any sterno, but I did have enough C4 to do that, heat my coffee water and some other things

 

[Turbys_1700]

When I was the president of our dorm in college our beer blasts were epic. We started out with 2 kegs of Budweiser and then switched to Old Milwaukee. Usually went through 20 kegs per blast.

 

[ovrszd]

Didn't have any sterno, but I did have enough C4 to do that, heat my coffee water and some other things

Yep, used that several times as well.

 

[2corrosive4u]

i brew my own beer and wine, but prefer darker beer, but that all depends on the mood i m in, i have like 8 kind of beer in my basement, here my region new brunswick ,canada, we have a pretty exotic beer, like a bleuberry beer, that was so delicious (made by pump house brewery) i thought that was a light summer beer that had no alcool in it, so got drunk very fast after few beers,(wife drove back).
i dont drink commercial beer,no taste, prefer small brewery , LA FIN DU MONDE,(the end of the world) dark strong beer with only 11% alcool content.750 ml bottles,after two its the end of the night. brewed in Quebec.
but prefer my own because it will fit my mood,i will try moonshine soon.i will try not to go blind.

hello down under from up here.
2corrosves4u

 

[sixdogs]

Not really a beer drinker but when it's hot and dusty in the summer I like a Rolling Rock.

 

[RobertN]

When I was in Mazatlan 20 years ago, Carta Blanca had cap impressions on the bottom of their bottles. You put one bottle on top of the other, and twist to take the cap off. Easier on your fingers.

I heard there was a Canadian beer that did that too, but have not seen it.

 

[RobertN]

Rolling Rock smells like canned corn. It's a characteristic of the yeast they use.

Not really a beer drinker but when it's hot and dusty in the summer I like a Rolling Rock.

 

[goeduck]

I've got one from 1965, I believe.

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My old church keys came from my wifes grandfather who was a bootlegger convict turned old style evangelist. In his evangelist days he did not drink so his church keys were all oil can openers. I cleaned them up and they are doing beer bottle opening duty these days.

 

[bunyip]

Another education session, never heard of a church but know what they are now, I HAven't seen one in years.