The PX on Camp Pendleton sold Bud Light 24 packs for $13.99 (no tax on base). I am not proud when I tell you I would pick one up on my way home every day. I never want another Bud Light.
The PX on Camp Pendleton sold Bud Light 24 packs for $13.99 (no tax on base). I am not proud when I tell you I would pick one up on my way home every day. I never want another Bud Light.
All your American cheap beer is watered down piss I wouldn't use to put out a fire on my balls. Just as a general rule of thumb. For a Aussie beer I'd go for a James Boag, or if I'm somewhere that...
All your American cheap beer is watered down piss I wouldn't use to put out a fire on my balls. Just as a general rule of thumb.
For a Aussie beer I'd go for a James Boag, or if I'm somewhere that doesn't have much you can usually find a Toohey's that isn't too bad. That said, my go to is Asahi.
I don't know anything about beer really. Is there some sort of measurable standard that makes American beer worse on average than any other country's beer in a similar price range?
I don't know anything about beer really. Is there some sort of measurable standard that makes American beer worse on average than any other country's beer in a similar price range?
Mass produced/marketed beer is almost always bad because it's success has less to do with taste and more with ubiquity. America actually produces good beer, but those brews don't end up in Super...
Mass produced/marketed beer is almost always bad because it's success has less to do with taste and more with ubiquity. America actually produces good beer, but those brews don't end up in Super Bowl ads.
I think a lot of our lagers like Budweiser are made with rice. Not uniquely American, Sapporo and Asahi from Japan are also rice lagers. Rice is cheap, but doesn't have a lot of beer flavor like...
I think a lot of our lagers like Budweiser are made with rice. Not uniquely American, Sapporo and Asahi from Japan are also rice lagers. Rice is cheap, but doesn't have a lot of beer flavor like malts and hops that go into other beers.
Not really. There was an Australian lager called Foster's, but for a long time it's just been a brand name owned by a series of international conglomerates (currently Anheuser-Busch). Owners of...
Not really. There was an Australian lager called Foster's, but for a long time it's just been a brand name owned by a series of international conglomerates (currently Anheuser-Busch). Owners of the brand occasionally re-launch products in the Australian market, but nobody cares. It's mainly seen as a UK thing, an Australiana-themed local beer that has nothing to do with us.
Good to know. My first bar was in Singapore when I was 19 and I took this bottle opened that says Fosters on it, and for some reason I always thought Fosters was Australian.
Good to know. My first bar was in Singapore when I was 19 and I took this bottle opened that says Fosters on it, and for some reason I always thought Fosters was Australian.
My taste runs to malty, rather than hoppy as most Australian beers have been heading. I always liked Victoria Bitter (which is a malty lager, it just retains the brand name of the bitter ale it...
My taste runs to malty, rather than hoppy as most Australian beers have been heading. I always liked Victoria Bitter (which is a malty lager, it just retains the brand name of the bitter ale it was in the 19th century), and after expanding my palate, still do.
Boag's and Toohey's dry lagers are crisp and sumptuous when the summer heat is beating down on you like a ton of bricks. Carlton Cold will keep the intense UV from the hole in ozone layer above your head from frying your brain while you're trying to maintain a conversation with your brother-in-law about how you both switched from petrol to electric whipper-snippers because they've gotten so much more affordable in the same output range and the batteries don't weigh a ton and take 24 hours to charge anymore and you love your sister and your nephew and your niece but you have nothing else in common with this guy you're spending the afternoon watching snags sizzle while your mum and your girlfriend are inside discussing how similar you dudes look and obviously Isaac would make a great father and OH GOD how good is a Boag's Premium right now.
But when I want to enjoy a beer, malt is where it's at, and Buddweiser hits that spot for me. Come on CUB, do Bud, but better.
Brewed with fresh Yakima Valley Hops! The bar down the street from me has a deal called a "Six Shooter" Pint of Rainier and a glass of whiskey (rotates daily) for 6$. I'd be stupid not to get that.
Brewed with fresh Yakima Valley Hops!
The bar down the street from me has a deal called a "Six Shooter"
Pint of Rainier and a glass of whiskey (rotates daily) for 6$. I'd be stupid not to get that.
I live near Amsterdam and I heard some folks around here repeating this saying over and over: „Heinecken is what a goat pisses out after drinking Amstel“ Although both beers are being filled in...
I live near Amsterdam and I heard some folks around here repeating this saying over and over: „Heinecken is what a goat pisses out after drinking Amstel“
Although both beers are being filled in the same factory.
That said, I think I prefer Hertog Jan but all these Pilsener clones just get boring after a while. So I frequently cheat with local craft beer. Ijwit, Jopen, Uiltje, IPA‘s - nothing is too expensive. The Netherlands are no longer a country for Weed tourists but also a heaven for beer travelers.
I was lucky enough to have White Wing one time before they stopped making it. That was the best light beer I ever drank. Their Bock is my go to. I just wish the made White Wing for those hot...
I was lucky enough to have White Wing one time before they stopped making it. That was the best light beer I ever drank. Their Bock is my go to. I just wish the made White Wing for those hot summer days. I was in Dallas when I had it too. So it was kind of fitting that was my only time.
30 rack < 30 bucks does not exist in Ontario right now; the newly elected provincial government included "buck a beer" as part of their election platform. The other cheap + palatable option that...
30 rack < 30 bucks does not exist in Ontario right now; the newly elected provincial government included "buck a beer" as part of their election platform.
The other cheap + palatable option that I've had before is Maclay's, which is $35 / 24. That's just about the cheapest we can get here right now (that still qualifies as drinkable beer).
Oh wow. I live in Pennsylvania down in the US. Our alcohol laws were dictated by the Quakers, making beer less available and more expensive but nothing like that. I think we gotta stop bitching.
Oh wow. I live in Pennsylvania down in the US. Our alcohol laws were dictated by the Quakers, making beer less available and more expensive but nothing like that. I think we gotta stop bitching.
We have "The Beer Store" in Ontario, which used to be the Beer Hegemony That Dictates High Prices. It's pretty terrible, but it's starting to open up more. Beer's pretty expensive though.
We have "The Beer Store" in Ontario, which used to be the Beer Hegemony That Dictates High Prices. It's pretty terrible, but it's starting to open up more.
Natty Boh for sure One of my favorite things to do is convince my foreign friends that National Bohemian is a quality craft beer by leaning into how it's local... which is not untrue. Also, ofc,...
Natty Boh for sure
One of my favorite things to do is convince my foreign friends that National Bohemian is a quality craft beer by leaning into how it's local... which is not untrue.
Could it be that you dislike hops in general? That is actually a thing and I know a few people who had the same issue and trying to find the beer they could drink, but even least hoppy ones they...
Could it be that you dislike hops in general? That is actually a thing and I know a few people who had the same issue and trying to find the beer they could drink, but even least hoppy ones they could not stomach. It turned out they just can’t stomach hops – not in beer, not on pizza, not at all.
That's pretty likely. I tried cider that had hops in it a couple times and didn't like that either. I've looked for beer that doesn't have hops so I could test it, bit so far I haven't been able...
That's pretty likely. I tried cider that had hops in it a couple times and didn't like that either.
I've looked for beer that doesn't have hops so I could test it, bit so far I haven't been able to find any.
PBR is the old standby for me. Short cans for weekdays, tall bois for them weekends.
When I was in the Navy, The Exchange sold 12-packs of cans for around $6. This was 2010 and 2011. I was drinking a lot of PBR then.
The PX on Camp Pendleton sold Bud Light 24 packs for $13.99 (no tax on base). I am not proud when I tell you I would pick one up on my way home every day. I never want another Bud Light.
That's the same with me on PBR. I haven't had one since 2012 probably. It was around $6 no tax. Right by my barracks.
miller high life.
It is the best
Coors or Miller Lite - good on a hot day when working in the yard
Go to? Yuengling lager (not the light). I wouldn't say it's my favorite, but definitely my go-to right now.
All your American cheap beer is watered down piss I wouldn't use to put out a fire on my balls. Just as a general rule of thumb.
For a Aussie beer I'd go for a James Boag, or if I'm somewhere that doesn't have much you can usually find a Toohey's that isn't too bad. That said, my go to is Asahi.
I don't know anything about beer really. Is there some sort of measurable standard that makes American beer worse on average than any other country's beer in a similar price range?
No, people just like to play the beer high horse. Cheap beer is cheap beer and all usually sucks.
Mass produced/marketed beer is almost always bad because it's success has less to do with taste and more with ubiquity. America actually produces good beer, but those brews don't end up in Super Bowl ads.
I think a lot of our lagers like Budweiser are made with rice. Not uniquely American, Sapporo and Asahi from Japan are also rice lagers. Rice is cheap, but doesn't have a lot of beer flavor like malts and hops that go into other beers.
Is Foster's Australian?
Not really. There was an Australian lager called Foster's, but for a long time it's just been a brand name owned by a series of international conglomerates (currently Anheuser-Busch). Owners of the brand occasionally re-launch products in the Australian market, but nobody cares. It's mainly seen as a UK thing, an Australiana-themed local beer that has nothing to do with us.
Good to know. My first bar was in Singapore when I was 19 and I took this bottle opened that says Fosters on it, and for some reason I always thought Fosters was Australian.
Foster's is an export only beer. You will never find it in Australia, but they market it as Australian.
It's good information to have. I only recently realized that twinings has a tea called Australian afternoon or something like that.
My taste runs to malty, rather than hoppy as most Australian beers have been heading. I always liked Victoria Bitter (which is a malty lager, it just retains the brand name of the bitter ale it was in the 19th century), and after expanding my palate, still do.
Boag's and Toohey's dry lagers are crisp and sumptuous when the summer heat is beating down on you like a ton of bricks. Carlton Cold will keep the intense UV from the hole in ozone layer above your head from frying your brain while you're trying to maintain a conversation with your brother-in-law about how you both switched from petrol to electric whipper-snippers because they've gotten so much more affordable in the same output range and the batteries don't weigh a ton and take 24 hours to charge anymore and you love your sister and your nephew and your niece but you have nothing else in common with this guy you're spending the afternoon watching snags sizzle while your mum and your girlfriend are inside discussing how similar you dudes look and obviously Isaac would make a great father and OH GOD how good is a Boag's Premium right now.
But when I want to enjoy a beer, malt is where it's at, and Buddweiser hits that spot for me. Come on CUB, do Bud, but better.
Rainier! Olympia and Hamm's tied for second.
Brewed with fresh Yakima Valley Hops!
The bar down the street from me has a deal called a "Six Shooter"
Pint of Rainier and a glass of whiskey (rotates daily) for 6$. I'd be stupid not to get that.
I laughed too hard at Yakima Valley hops. I never got over to Yakima when I was in Washington. I hear it's nice.
Amstel, I could drink that lovely dutch beer for days.
It's not exactly Heineken so I'll allow it.
I live near Amsterdam and I heard some folks around here repeating this saying over and over: „Heinecken is what a goat pisses out after drinking Amstel“
Although both beers are being filled in the same factory.
That said, I think I prefer Hertog Jan but all these Pilsener clones just get boring after a while. So I frequently cheat with local craft beer. Ijwit, Jopen, Uiltje, IPA‘s - nothing is too expensive. The Netherlands are no longer a country for Weed tourists but also a heaven for beer travelers.
Shiner Bock or Redhook ESB. But Redhook is hard to find here.
Shiner is so drinkable. Shiner Cheer is also great.
I was lucky enough to have White Wing one time before they stopped making it. That was the best light beer I ever drank. Their Bock is my go to. I just wish the made White Wing for those hot summer days. I was in Dallas when I had it too. So it was kind of fitting that was my only time.
Moosehead is a pretty palatable beer, but I don't know if it qualifies as cheap. It is mass produced though.
A cheap beer is a beer where a 30 rack is less than $30 bucks. I think Mooseheads a little pricier.
30 rack < 30 bucks does not exist in Ontario right now; the newly elected provincial government included "buck a beer" as part of their election platform.
The other cheap + palatable option that I've had before is Maclay's, which is $35 / 24. That's just about the cheapest we can get here right now (that still qualifies as drinkable beer).
I know you've been ripping on Ford recently, but can he bring some of that buck a beer to Quebec?
Sorry, not trying to be the guy ripping on Ford.
I'd happily spend 2 bucks a beer if they were all Les Trois Mousquetaires.
Oh wow. I live in Pennsylvania down in the US. Our alcohol laws were dictated by the Quakers, making beer less available and more expensive but nothing like that. I think we gotta stop bitching.
We have "The Beer Store" in Ontario, which used to be the Beer Hegemony That Dictates High Prices. It's pretty terrible, but it's starting to open up more.
Beer's pretty expensive though.
One of my favorite things to do is convince my foreign friends that National Bohemian is a quality craft beer by leaning into how it's local... which is not untrue.
Moritz here in Barcelona
Trader Joe’s alcohol is generally pretty high quality for the price. For beers, I like their Name Tag lager. Super cheap but drinkable.
Union, unfiltered, if strictly local.
Otherwise, locally available, yet still on the cheap side: Kozel, Staropramen.
Hamm's, because it comes from the land of sky blue waters.
Honestly, I've never found a beer that I think doesn't taste terrible.
I love cider though. Crispin is one of my favorites.
Could it be that you dislike hops in general? That is actually a thing and I know a few people who had the same issue and trying to find the beer they could drink, but even least hoppy ones they could not stomach. It turned out they just can’t stomach hops – not in beer, not on pizza, not at all.
That's pretty likely. I tried cider that had hops in it a couple times and didn't like that either.
I've looked for beer that doesn't have hops so I could test it, bit so far I haven't been able to find any.
Kingfisher strong: cheap and effective. Native to India.
Killian's is my go-to for a cheap beer. It doesn't taste nearly as cheap as it is.
Modelo or Miller High Life