sarren

Oh I see, and Kilkenny's not good enough for you, huh? HUH?

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kbpenguin.livejournal.com

Hey, for me, Kilkenny is a fancy import! :)

That said, I don't drink beer often, and I don't think I've tried Kilkenny.

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Very good point. That's it, next year I'm buying you a beer!

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strangedave.livejournal.com

I drink several different styles of beer, but I am not particularly fond of standard Australian Lager. I like Pilsener in summer, stouts or or other darker beers in winter, ales just about any time. I prefer something locally brewed, but only if it is good. I prefer something draft if I can get it.

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All beer, all the time, except if it's something else alcoholic. :)

I like anything BUT very dark beers (and certain really crap American beers). Dark British beers including Guinness have a lovely sweetness that is destroyed by ocean transport. :(

Dunno what Kilkenny is.

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Notably, Kilkenny is not available in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny_(beer))

I feel sorry for you.

Come visit me. I will PLY you with good beer.

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Irish cream ale.

*salivates*

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Showed it to DB, and neither of us recognise it. Sometimes the Beeb use invented labels, to avoid being accused of advertising, because they aren't allowed. Maybe it is that?

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Best news I've heard all day!!!

Hey, you, person in the UK, what IS the most common Welsh beer. Or alternatively what's a REALLY GOOD Welsh beer.

I really feel the need for Rhys to offer Ianto a beer.

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I don't know much about local beer in Wales, which is pretty rubbish of me as I go camping there most years! They seem to have lots of microbreweries just like they do all over the UK - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_beer for a list of breweries. The supermarkets stock the same brands as in England - local beers tend to be ales, and an average sort of blue collar bloke probably drinks lager - ie the aforementioned Stella.

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I went out to dinner the other night and they didn't stock any of my favourite beers so I chose a Stella based on this post and it...didn't really taste like anything much.

...thought I'd share *g*

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LOL! I wouldn't recommend anyone actually *drink* the stuff ;) It's just popular - but so is The Sun newspaper (http://www.thesun.co.uk/) - there's no accounting for taste apparently!

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I clicked on that link against my better judgement and caught a brief reference before the page shift, that went something like "SuBo jiggles at making final" Pleasegod tell me that wasn't a reference to Susan Boyle.

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'Fraid so! It also has a topless woman on page 3 every single day; well I say 'woman', but they are usually in their teens. Staggering.

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Oh, I knew about the page 3 girl. That paper's pretty infamous.

Didn't Bodie and Doyle reference it, more than once?

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Really? I never know what cultural delights get known about outside the UK and which don't. That is one I would have preferred hadn't! But yeah now you mention it, it does sound like the sort of thing they would reference.

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Hmm, it might be because my folks were from the UK and I grew up watching mostly British television...like Pros *g*

I should canvas people who aren't of pommy descent.

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chaosmanor.livejournal.com

As an ex-beer drinker, I used to drink wheat beer, like Redback, to avoid the yucky hop taste.

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Mmmm Redback, my OTHER favourite beer.

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victorian-tweed.livejournal.com

It is likely to be a fictitious prop beer.

Fun site about it all:

http://legendsofbeer.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/15-famous-beers-youll-probably-never-drink/

love, your research asssitant xxx

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Hee, that's awesome!!!

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cricketk.livejournal.com

I like beer!

I don't like Australian lager, but I like any number of Australian ales and can sometimes even drink Pilsener (as long as it's really floral - sometimes it tastes like a fancy lager). My preference is for ales in the amber to porter range of colours, but will try most things. As long as they aren't lager. Imported is OK, but I'd rather support local breweries.

I'm not a big fan of honey beer or cherry beer.

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icouldskateaway.livejournal.com

I would like to point out that I've voted for that fancy imported brew, but it's important to remember that I'm an American, so what I actually mean by "fancy imported" is "something that is not Coors or Miller or anything else that can be bought in a forty and/or tastes like slightly yellow-flavored water."

That aside, my general position on alcohol of all sorts is yes, please.

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It's actually quite boggling how epically America fails at beer.

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Hey!

That's not fair!

That's only true in massive bulk beers. :(

http://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/audacious One of my favorite flavored beers. Also, Cincinnati (I do not know why) has an astounding selection of pumpkin ales, which sounds absolutely disgusting, but is delicious.

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So what you're saying is, you need to throw a heap of fruit in your beer to disguise the taste? *g*

You know, I love apricots, and I love beer, but I find the thought of apricot beer terrifying. And I'm not a fan of pumpkin, so.

Look, I was scarred by my first experience of beer in America, I tried Budweiser. I did not then touch another beer til

thisisbone took me to Corky's (http://www.corkysmemphis.com/)and the waitress who was very hearty, assured me with a friendly punch to the arm that I would their 'beer made on the premises' And she was right!!! So yes, I have had good beer in America. I admit it.

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