Good Beers

[sparkyaber]

I gave New Belgium's 2 Below a shot, and man it is good. Surly fest is wonderful, and of course Furious is at the top of the list. I have a Winter Ale that is just about finished conditioning. Alcohol about 9%, soft smooth flavor, it is just magical. It will be broken out around christmas time.

I am still waiting on brewing my first all grain, just need a nice Saturday to get it done.

[Quetico]

I'm not a fan of New Belgium's Black Ale. In general I'm not a black ale person but Sam Adams makes an awesome black ale.

[Chode2235]

Christmas Ale from Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland OH.

Its only available for a couple weeks a year, has a great festive flavor, and quite a kick.

A fan song, that I got a kick outta.

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[dan z]

snow storms rock this year. support the local brewery try schells you'll probably like it. snow storms are 6.0% this year so it has kick to go with the great flavor

[sparkyaber]

I will second the schells snowstorm, it is a good winter beer.

[Dark Cloud]

Yesterday I recieved an 18 pack called Beers of Belgium for christmas. It contained a 6 pack each of Leffe Blonde, Stella Artois, and Hoegaarden wheat...

The Leffe is probably my favorite, its a abby ale that is very smooth with nice layers of flavor. The Hoegaarden is a very close second and quite similar to the Leffe. The Stella is tasty also, it's a lager that reminds me of Heineken. Our locl big grocery store just added a huge "beers of the world" section. Looks like i'll be doing some traveling...

[Neighbor_guy]

I agree, the Snow Storm was good, but I should have drank it first.

Because the Summit Great Northern Porter was better.

Dont get me wrong, I liked them both, but the summit was smoother, darker, not as bitter, and left a great taste on the pallet.

[toddb]

I splurged on a 6 pk of Chimay Grand Reserve for the holidays. What a treat!

[Quetico]

You can never go wrong with any of the Chimay's. They are very tough to find and bit more expensive. I've tired a few different varieties and enjoyed them all.

[archerystud]

I'll throw in my favorites.

Newcastle Nut Brown Ale

Amstel Light (when I'm on a diet)

Guiness or Ulmer Braun

My most favorite: Whatever you have in your fridge.

[Nick Kuhn]

I tried a Rocky's Revenge (some sort of brown ale) not too long ago, was pretty good.

[caseymcq]

I tried the Fat Tire Amber Ale. I thought it was decent.

[norwall]

Hamms or Old Style

[sparkyaber]

I tried a Sam Adams Hallertau Imperial Pilsner, and wow! If you like hops, this one takes the cake. To much hops in my opionion, you can't taste anything else. Combine this with a high alcohol content makes it a one or two bottles and done.

[Quetico]

I tried Goose Island Honker's Ale last night. Very tasty.

[Chef]

If you don't mind driving to Syrdyks they have the best Trappist brews around. Grimbergen is awesome, Chimay is too. Otherwise I like Bass Ale which you can get anywhere.

[bustin lips]

Diesel fo' sho'

[bustin lips]

http://www.beer100.com/beercalories.htm

I like this HSOforum. It tells you how much alcohol is in each beer.

Looks like flying dog Horn Dog is the way to go.

[Cold_blood]

killians irish red is amazing but if i could find this one i had while i was in hawaii i'd prolly need an intervention not sure the name but i know it was from new zealand

[archerystud]

I haven't found it around here yet but last week in Montreal I had Rickard's Red. I thought it was a very good red beer. Brewed by Molson.

[buddha]

If you like beer with flavor Surly's Furious is hop heaven. I support local 100% when it comes to beer, it needs to be fresh.

[Quetico]

Anyone tried the new Lienie's Classic Amber? I tried it last night and wasn't impressed. I'd say they missed the mark with this one. I'm a huge Lienies fan and I love Amber beers.

[Surface Tension]

An ice chest full of Lienies Creamy Dark, Fat Tire, and Moose Drool would be like heaven.

South Shore's Rhoades' Scholar Stout, even better. Like God handed it to me and said, "Enjoy my child, I've saved the best for you".

[Urbanflyguy]

if you can find james page burly brown or iron range red they are both very high quality and well brewed beer. i miss when the brewery was in northeast minneapolis they used to let us come hang out at the brewery and get us "socially lubricated" and send us on our way with tons of free beer and other free stuff

[ThunderLund78]

All this nice weather's got me in the mood for 1 or 2 or 10 Summer Shandys with a slice of lemon in the bottle I believe it will start hitting shelves for the summer in April. Nothing like it on a hot summer day at the lake.!