Beer Discussion

[Terial]

I prefer just the local beer, like VB or Heineken.

[Lasteast]

I enjoy Coors Original quite a bit.

Deal with it.

[Robertzon]

This.

And this.

[azer0x]

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[krikke93]

Heineken is belgian, my country

[metaphonia]

I'm for English beers...one of my favourite is Meantime(Greenwich brewery) London Stout


STOUT RULES!!!

[gork4war]

Heineken is belgian, my country

lol Heineken is Dutch, my country!
the kind of beer I drink depends on the situation.

[Tonkyhonk]

what is a good sake

i realized i had forgotten to reply to that one
anyways, it is always hard to say what is good and what isnt since it is always conditional.
but one thing for sure is that, just like beer, local microbrewing is usually better for sake as well.
weather, climate, what you drink with, your own condition(or health) matter too.
so i cannot be quite sure if good sake can always taste good when you have it overseas.
(climate difference...some vodka tasted way better when i was abroad and didnt taste right when i brought some back.)

usually, best sake is made from just rice and Koji rice(malted or maybe fermented rice), and good quality water.
sake made in well-known rice producing area, such as Niigata, would be an easy choice, but there are always other areas with "good water" where great sake is made even if its rice production isnt famous.

many of cheaper sake use special alcohol for brewing which gives some dry taste to it, and some people prefer it that way.
(it doesnt mean it tastes worse than expensive ones, it really depends on who brew with what, how stored, how served too.)
as for me, i like warming it up a bit inside some boiling water, especially in winter time. yummy and happy.
those who like it "dry" than "sweet" may prefer those types of sake instead to enjoy warm sake.

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*best sake is not usually served warm/hot, because the warmth can lose its original smell and taste a bit.

sake i buy for special occasions is the one that i can only buy from certain local liquor store, and not available anywhere else. nope, not even in Tokyo. it has no labels, and it is special sake which is bottled from the very best part of that year's brew by the local brewery. there is only limited amount of such sake available that the price is pretty high, but tastes excellent. and that is probably one of the last things getting sold on internet

[Onionfighter]

I don't know how it compares to other areas, but the west coast seems to have a lot of good quality beer available. Here are some of my favorites:

Ambers: Fat Tire, by New Belgium Brewing; Mac and Jacks; Alaskan Amber; Fishtail Amber is ok, but not my favorite, Anchor Steam is good.

Dark beers: Rogue Brewery has a bunch- if you can get their hazelnut brown on tap, it's delicious; Deschutes Brewery has several nice beers; Anderson Valley Brewing has my favorite oatmeal stout; Moose Drool, by Big Sky Brewing is pretty nice.

Other ones: I don't like most Pyramid beers, but they make an ok hefeweizen. Olympia Beer used to be produced in the area, but no longer. It was crap anyway. I haven't had much of the beer from Elysian Brewing, but I can say that the Bloody Marys at their Capitol Hill bar were good.

I know the best beers there are.

You only know the best beers you have tried.

Kirin

I like Kirin.

[burgingham]

You only know the best beers you have tried.

It is a bit of German arrogance

I practically don't drink anymore anyway so I probably won't get to try the good ones I missed so far.