What beers are in YOUR Final Four?

[I Are Baboon]

Inspired by this thread (http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178196), list four beers that would make your Final Four. They don't have to be on that beer bracket.

(i.e. what are your four favorite beers)

Off the top of my head...

Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
Boddington's (tap only)
Trout River Nitro IPA (tap only)

[I Are Baboon]

Oops, I meant to say "cold tops."

[Westy]

Free
Dogfishhead 60 min
Saranac Caramel Porter
South Street Brewery Satan's Pony

[I Are Baboon]

Free


I don't know. I mentioned that I drank free Bud Select at a picnic last year and the monkeys reamed me for it.

[Westy]

I don't know. I mentioned that I drank free Bud Select at a picnic last year and the monkeys reamed me for it.

I'm sure jackasses like SS would but who the hell cares what he thinks. If someone hands me a Budweiser and I have no easy alternatives I'll drink it happily. Those snobs who turn it down can enjoy their cloud of smug.

[Silver]

Hmm...so many beers, so hard to choose:

Orval
Westvleteren Abt 12
Beatrix
Hoptown DUIPA

[LordOpie]

If someone hands me a Budweiser and I have no easy alternatives I'll drink it happily.

no easy alternatives?

Is that cuz you show up at a party and didn't bring anything? :busted:

[I Are Baboon]

I'm sure jackasses like SS would but who the hell cares what he thinks. If someone hands me a Budweiser and I have no easy alternatives I'll drink it happily. Those snobs who turn it down can enjoy their cloud of smug.


SS's Final Four, as predicted by me:

(insert brewery name) IPA
(insert brewery name) IPA
(insert brewery name) IPA
(insert brewery name) IPA


:bonk:

:cheers:

[Westy]

no easy alternatives?

Is that cuz you show up at a party and didn't bring anything? :busted:


I carry when I plan to drink. I don't always plan when I end up drinking.

[stinkyboy]

http://www.acc.umu.se/~hannes/blosxom/data/beer/guinness.jpg

[Gex]

Busch

Busch Light

Ice House

Milwaukee's Best

...


But for realz

Dog Fish Head 90 minute IPA

Boont ESB

Indica IPA ala Lost Coast

Dicks IPA

[mogulskr]

I have to back Westy up on the free. If there's beer and I feel like drinking I won't be turning down a bud light or miller lite. Also I can't find that Saranac Carmel Porter to try.

Magic Hat #9
Harpoon IPA
Long Trail Ale
Nutfield Old Man Ale

[peter6061]

Four Peaks Brewery - Kiltlifter Scottish Amber
Bandersnatch Brewery (RIP) - Very Berry Merry Xmas Blueberry (half-yard, mmmm...)
Magic Hat Brewery - #9 (I'm easy to please)
Rogue Brewery - Dead Guy Ale

Looks like I need to try this Dogfish Head stuff (back to Total Beverage for the third time this week)

[N8]

i find Dead Guy Ale to be a bit bland personally...


Chimay
SkullSplitter
La Trappe
Dog Fish

[Gex]

You didn't find SkullSplitter to sweet?

[N8]

You didn't find SkullSplitter to sweet?

not really... i really enjoy it

[Secret Squirrel]

St. Bernardus Abt 12 (60th Anniversary) <-- The absolute, hands-down, no doubt about it best beer I have ever had.
Pike Brewery Kilt Lifter
Boundry Bay Brewery Scotch Ale
Dogfish Head 90min IPA

[andykee]

sierra nevada pale ale
dogfish 60 minute
magic hat #9
st. bernardis abt 12

[kinghami3]

Not the best ones I've had, but my favorite readily available/grocery store beers:
Widmier's Hefeweisen
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Guinness Draught
Fat Tire

As for tap, Boundary Bay Brewery's Oatmeal Stout (it'll get ya drunk) and Scotch Ale are pretty damn good. Mac n' Jacks African Amber is pretty good. Boddington's is all-right.

[I Are Baboon]

St. Bernardus Abt 12 (60th Anniversary) <-- The absolute, hands-down, no doubt about it best beer I have ever had.

Hmmmm...I never heard of that. I'm going to have to look for it.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/259/1708/

[skinny mike]

long trail double bag
guinness
sam adams cherrywheat
paulaner hefeweizen

[narlus]

Dog Fish[/B]

they make about 20 different beers....get a bit more specific.

[narlus]

as w/ silver's sentiments, this is practically impossible. but here's just one cut at a top 4:

deschutes black butte porter
bridgeport porter
rogue santa's private reserve
dogfish 90 min imperial IPA

edit - currently enjoying a rogue Monk Madness. excellent!

[DaveW]

Emersons "Burbon porter"
Chimay "Grand reserve"
Founders "Tall blond"
Emersons "Bookbinder"

[Changleen]

:rolleyes:

Stella
Kronenbourg
Monteith's Radler

I dunno, I like a lot of other beers ambivalently.

[Silver]

:rolleyes:

Stella
Kronenbourg
Monteith's Radler

I dunno, I like a lot of other beers ambivalently.

Your taste in beer is horrible.

[gsweet]

changleen, do you know how happy it makes me to see monteith's in that list....

-monteiths summer ale or tripel (depends on time of day, temp, etc)
-karmelite tripel
-deschutes obsidian stout
-bells two-hearted ipa

edit: although you are a puss for listing the raddler, and davew, i must say that emerson's pilsner is right below the bells....damn tasty stuff.

[valve bouncer]

Impossible but just some I've had recently, not in any particular order
Kirin Grand Ale- big breweries can make great beers
James Squire Porter- Aussie micro, mother's milk this stuff
Diebels- German, found it in my local bottlo last year, very stoked.
Yona Yona Ale- Japanese micro that is both cheap and drinkable. Unpossible.

[DRB]

hoegaarden
pacifico
sierra nevada pale ale
my homebrewed saison

However, much like Westy I'm very partial to free beer.

[henrymiller]

1. Guinness
2. Guinness
3. Guinness
4. Budweiser

[NZRipper]

What I have in the Fridge right now:
Bells Amber
Brooklyn IPA
Flying Dog Hefeweisen
Highland IPA

What I wish I had:
Orval

Monteiths Radler??? really? It's not easy to find good beer in NZ but I agree Emersons is probably the best.

d

[jdschall]

A few repeat buys:

Brooklyn Lager (sometimes a good old-fashioned lager is all you need)
anything Dogfish
BaltoMärzHon
Lancaster Amish Four Grain

[OGRipper]

Marin Brewing Company's Mt. Tam Pale Ale after a long hot ride:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p1bc49e92325ac122b7120a4d1ac87c74/ea17c824.jpg

[SkaredShtles]

Great Divide Titan IPA
Great Divide Hercules DIPA
Stone IPA
Oskar Blues Gordon "strong ale"

[N8]

Great Divide Titan IPA
Great Divide Hercules DIPA
Stone IPA
Oskar Blues Gordon "strong ale"

"strong ale" = IPA???




:p

[Secret Squirrel]

"strong ale" = IPA???




:p

Just as much as "Martini = Non-metro"


:p

[SkaredShtles]

"strong ale" = IPA???




:p
More along the lines of a DIPA. :D

[Mike Buell]

Tried the Dog Fish Head 60min IPA that a bunch of you seem to love so much, I thought it was really good, but I don't think its worth the $10/6er.

[SkaredShtles]

Tried the Dog Fish Head 60min IPA that a bunch of you seem to love so much, I thought it was really good, but I don't think its worth the $10/6er.
Yeah - I reached that conclusion as well. It's good, but when I can get Inversion IPA, Stone, and Titan for less than $7.50 a sixer.... I go for those. :)

[Kanter]

Kokanee Gold
Red Stripe
Corona

[4xBoy]

Old eight Porter
Surly Furious
Dale's Pale Ale
Schell's Dark

[Zark]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Dekonik
A Harp and Guiness black and tan

[JohnBoy]

Duvel (:clapping: 8.5% A.C:clapping: )
Hennipen (spelling may be wrong)
Sierra Nevada (Pale ale)
Yeungling

[N8]

Kokanee Gold
Red Stripe
Corona

no, really...???

[xy9ine]

rochefort 8/10
aventinus weizen eisbock
fullers vintage ale
unibroue maudite / la terrible / trois pistoles / fin du monde (rotating preference du jour)

still waiting to try some of the acclaimed burly us ipa's & stouts (that are tragically unavailable up here). a beerhunting roadtrip may be in order. anybody know if there's any bellingham stores that inventory the good stuff?

[Secret Squirrel]

rochefort 8/10
aventinus weizen eisbock
fullers vintage ale
unibroue maudite / la terrible / trois pistoles / fin du monde (rotating preference du jour)

still waiting to try some of the acclaimed burly us ipa's & stouts (that are trajically unnavailable up here). a beerhunting roadtrip may be in order. anybody know if there's any bellingham stores that inventory the good stuff?

Bottleworks in Seattle (well...kinda north-ish Seattle. Neighborhood called Fremont.) They have (I believe) the largest beer selection in the state...if not the country....it's nuts to just walk around in there. I've spent waaaaaay too much money there all at once. Enjoyed every bit of it though...

http://www.bottleworks.com/default.htm

[GumbaFish]

Here she goes.

Black Douglas
Young's Oatmeal Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Stout
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter

[kinghami3]

Bottleworks in Seattle (well...kinda north-ish Seattle. Neighborhood called Fremont.) They have (I believe) the largest beer selection in the state...if not the country....it's nuts to just walk around in there. I've spent waaaaaay too much money there all at once. Enjoyed every bit of it though...

http://www.bottleworks.com/default.htm

Thanks for the heads up! Somehow I never noticed that in all the times I've driven past there. I'll have to check that out sometime.

[maxyedor]

That's a tough question, I guess it would have to be

Rialto
Arrogant Bastard
Fat Tire
Free

[N8]

anyone tried Imus Brewery's Nappy Headed Ho yet..???

[narlus]

anyone tried Imus Brewery's Nappy Headed Ho yet..???

ask max
Arrogant Bastard

[maxyedor]

ask max

:clapping:

Nice responce to a retarded joke.:disgust1:

[OGRipper]

After putting back more than two kegs of the stuff at the Otter this year, I have to say that New Belgium's Springboard is currently in my top four.

[Jettj45]

Hoegaarden
Tucher
Balto
North Star

[Tom Church]

Avery - The Maharaja (IPA)
Caricole - Nostradmus (Belgian Brown)
Stone - 2004 Vertical (Saison)
Dogfish Head - World Wide Stout
and one more...
North Coast - 2004 Old Stock Ale (barley wine)

Did I mention that I worked at a beer store that had 1500 beers for while? And that I brew?

Tom

[Tom Church]

aventinus weizen eisbock

AMAZING BEER!!! 14% of good dark german kick!!!

We had it on tap for a while...no more till next year...

Tom

[ridiculous]

not exactly a connoisseur but...

alaskan amber
sam adams boston lager
old dominion millennium
sweet water cherry wheat

[jaffro]

So many to choose from...

Odell 90 Shilling - Yes, a Fort Collins beer that isn't Fat Tire
Stone Arrogant Bastard
North Coast Old Rasputin
Mac and Jacks African Amber
lots of others too, just depends on what I'm in the mood for

[Tom Church]

North Coast Old Rasputin

One of my fav Stouts!

[Kanter]

Anything free.

[narlus]

this Rogue Monk's Madness i'm enjoying is just so damn tasty...

[jaffro]

I forgot one, the home brew that a friend and I made to taste just like 90 Shilling because they don't sell it here in the Northwest.... very tasty and very alcoholic. Also, anyone ever had New Belgium's 1554? Damn fine beer that'll kick you squah in the nuts.

[Da Peach]

I'm sitting here watching Moonraker and enjoying a Trout River Rainbow Red Ale. It is good. Could well be in the top 4.

What first came to mind was Red Hook ESB. I was exposed to it in Seattle and it has many good associations. Plus it tastes good.

I've also taken a real liking to Harpoon IPA. Got a couple of those left too...

And now I've forgotten which, but Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale is really good. But it might have been their IPA.

Some of the local beers are good around here, but never as interesting as the ones you can get in New England. What is it about them? Are they just way hoppy? Am I a hop whore?

[Full Trucker]

So many choices, I don't even know where to start. And of course, these are just my CURRENT Final Four, these have changed over the years and will likely change again. In no particular order:


Titan IPA - Okay I'm a little biased because Great Divide Brewing Co. is a client of mine, but I love me some IPA's and this one is my legit favorite... it's just SO damn tasty and hoppy and good.
Pabst Blue Ribbon - I know it's all hipster to pick PBR, but for domestic clear beer I'd rather drink this than any of the other "big" breweries offerings, and it tastes DAMN good after a long day in the saddle, and is infinitely drinkable.
Stella Artois - It's the Coors Light of Belgium, but I like it these days. Oddly enough, the first few Stella's I tried were just so-so to me at the time, but I think I'm getting a taste for pilsners lately.
Samurai - Another Great Divide brew, made predominantly with rice. Tastes a lot like a wheat beer, just not so... wheaty. Smooth and slightly sweet, a great summertime beer.


Alright, those have been the favs over the last few months, but the winter is here so I expect this to change again. Maybe some Old Ruffian Barley Wine Style Ale? Hibernation is always a treat in the cold weather, Sam Adams Winter Lager is nice, and New Belgium's 2 Below has promise.

We'll see!

[DirtyDog]

Lagunitas IPA
Sierra Nevada Pale
Rogue Hazelnut Brown
Deschutes (anything)

[Serial Midget]

http://www.acc.umu.se/~hannes/blosxom/data/beer/guinness.jpg

Yep - I first started drinking black and tans in college about 1985 - buy the time I graduated I was hooked on Guinness draft which I drank from a coffee cup all night long as I bar tended.

I have tried hundreds of beers since thing - mostly stouts & porters, I always come back to Guinness. :)

[Spunger]

Sierra Nevada Pale
Newcastle
Corona
Bass Ale

I use to drink the thick dark beers (like Guinness) but it would always tear my tummy up. Started drinking the above beers and haven't had a problem since!

There's too may others to choose from, I'm pretty flexible. I usually skip the beer and go strait to the hard stuff........but with a good steak/fish/pork/chicken dinner a cold one hits the spot.

[Changleen]

Stella Artois - It's the Coors Light of Belgium, but I like it these days. Oddly enough, the first few Stella's I tried were just so-so to me at the time, but I think I'm getting a taste for pilsners lately.
:disgust1: Stella is not the any-american beer of anything. You will come to understand now you have accepted the righteous truth. Stella will show you the way.

[Changleen]

Some of the favourites in here are really not everyday drinkers IMO... Not saying they're not all nice beers.

'Favourite':

1) Powerful, strong tasting, 'craft' beverage, but three of which in less than an hour make a good hangover quite likely, and which henceforth is really an occasional drink

or

2) Great tasting, enjoyable, credible strength beverage I drink nearly everyday.

I really like a lot of the beers in here, but I like Stella enough to pick it for preference most of the time.

[caputo1989]

PBR
Titain IPA
Dog Fish 90min IPA
Tennants

[loco-gringo]

Red Tail
Sierra Nevada Pale
Rogue Dead Guy
Negro Modelo (just recently)

[Bushwhacker]

PBR
Saranac Black Forest
Shiner Hefeweizen
Chimay Tripple

Bogey...its NegrA

Just so we don't get anyone pissed at us..:cheers:

And also one of my favs too....

[Smelly]

Cantillion Geueze
Loterbol
Anderson Valley Boont Amber
High and Mighty Beer of the Gods
North Coast Old Rasputin

[dhmike]

sam adams , killians irish red , heinken and on my white trash days when i'm not in the mood for anything fancy mgd .

[bobushka king]

1. Kroughs Red Ale (local micro brew)
2. Sam Adams Octoberfest
3. Brooklyn Brown Ale

or when I'm feeling cheap

4. Colt 45 (though it's not technically beer per say)



although with most beers I follow the Homer Simpson logic "If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black, send it back"

[skinny mike]

1. otter creek stovepipe porter
2. guinness
3. long trail doublebag
4. sam adams cherrywheat

i do need to try more porters and stouts though seeing as how the stovepipe porter is by far my favorite out of those 4 beers.
4. Colt 45 (though it's not technically beer per say)
colt 45 is what i've been primarily drinking for the past 3 months.

[SkaredShtles]

1. otter creek stovepipe porter
2. guinness
3. long trail doublebag
4. sam adams cherrywheat

I *knew* you were a girl... :busted:

[skinny mike]

I *knew* you were a girl... :busted:
well seeing as how i've really only tried 4 beers that i would actually classify as "good," it kind of had to be on the list. i have just recently learned that i much prefer darker beers over pale ales and all that stuff, so i haven't really explored different porters and stouts just yet.

[SkaredShtles]

well seeing as how i've really only tried 4 beers that i would actually classify as "good," it kind of had to be on the list. i have just recently learned that i much prefer darker beers over pale ales and all that stuff, so i haven't really explored different porters and stouts just yet.
Glad to hear you're coming around, Nancy. To good beer, that is... :monkey:

[DHRFX Joe]

colt 45 is what i've been primarily drinking for the past 3 months.

I'm sorry.


1) Harpoon IPA
2) Stone Ruination IPA
3) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
4) Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale


Honorable mentions:

Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Unibroue Trois Pistoles
Long Trail Doublebag
Wachusett Blueberry (Guilty pleasure :()

[skinny mike]

I'm sorry.
hey, it's cheap, gets me drunk, and isn't that bad if you haven't drank anything good in a while.

from now until i go home my plan is to only drink good beer and whiskey. probably getting myself a sixer of the stovepipe porter and some other good, dark beer and a half bottle(or whatever it's called) of knob creek. this week is shaping up to be hell so i just want to relax this coming weekend.

Wachusett Blueberry (Guilty pleasure :()
i personally wanted to vom after just tasting some of that swill, definitely not a beer for me.

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
Wachusett Blueberry (Guilty pleasure :()
Always good to see the females represented in the good beer thread. :monkey:

[DHRFX Joe]

hey hey hey, I said GUILTY PLEASURE, meaning I'm highly embarrassed about the fact that I like it.



Could be worse..............could be Newcastle.;):rofl:

[skinny mike]

Could be worse..............could be Newcastle.;):rofl:
damnit, must spread rep...

[SkaredShtles]

hey hey hey, I said GUILTY PLEASURE, meaning I'm highly embarrassed about the fact that I like it.



Could be worse..............could be Newcastle.;):rofl:
Newcastle? That $hit is undrinkable swill. That blueberry $hit is probably better. :disgust1:

[bean]

Tough one.

1. New Belgium La Folie
2. Stone 11th Anniversary Ale
3. Unibroue Trois Pistole
4. Russian River Pliny the Elder (I'd probably prefer the younger from what I hear, but I haven't had a chance to try it)

[NapalmCheese]

In no particular order:

Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema
Stone Brewing Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Firestone-Walker Double Barrel Ale
Anchor Brewing Anchor Steam

[in the trees]

Mine:

1. Long Trail "Ale"
2. Sierra Nevada "Pale Ale"
3. Magic Hat "#9"
4. Guiness

toby

[loco-gringo]

At least it's not Leinenkugel's Sunshine Wheat (http://www.bullz-eye.com/beer/2007/leinenkugel_sunset_wheat.htm).

Click for some truly awesome reviewing. :rofl:

[Bushwhacker]

Beer from god....
http://www.bullz-eye.com/beer/2007/chimay_white.htm

[lydia918]

too much, Westvleteren Abt 12 and Beatrix

[Haitiracers]

1. Southern Tier Pumking Ale
2. Corsendonk Christmas ale
3. Brooklyn Brown
4. Allagash White

[BikeGeek]

Belgian
English
PacNW
New England

That's about as far as I can whittle it down.