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GBV Wrote:man...i wish!!!
we were at the reading festival (2001ish?) and my favourite band was to hit the second stage at something like 2 p.m.
so we were near the front gates and this man just kept yelling "ice cold lagah! get yer ice cold lagah here!" and it was only like a pound a can. it was all carling. this was still the morning but i was so stoked to see the band i kept coming back every 10 minutes...great beer...great looking can...awesome!

and then when i came home i said "i'm buying some carling" and it was swill.

how much would shipping be? :lol:

I'll look into it.

Most of the music venues and events over here are sponsored by Carling (pretty much every big city has a 'Carling Academy' of some size). So, at the festivals this summer, they were running the 'Carling Cold Beer Amnesty' where you could take a can of warm beer to a tent and swap it for an ice cold Carling! How great is that! Needless to say, there were people taking up creates of Tesco Value lager (which is about the third of the price of Carling, or something) and sawpping it for cold beer! Genius!

Oh, if you were at Reading 2001, did you happen to see a band called Manic Street Preachers who headlined the sunday night (I think)?

Oland Export or Keith's

although i usually drink more (red) wine than anything else in the winter (the switch has already begun!)

Zenith Wrote:

GBV Wrote:man...i wish!!!
we were at the reading festival (2001ish?) and my favourite band was to hit the second stage at something like 2 p.m.
so we were near the front gates and this man just kept yelling "ice cold lagah! get yer ice cold lagah here!" and it was only like a pound a can. it was all carling. this was still the morning but i was so stoked to see the band i kept coming back every 10 minutes...great beer...great looking can...awesome!

and then when i came home i said "i'm buying some carling" and it was swill.

how much would shipping be? :lol:

I'll look into it.

Most of the music venues and events over here are sponsored by Carling (pretty much every big city has a 'Carling Academy' of some size). So, at the festivals this summer, they were running the 'Carling Cold Beer Amnesty' where you could take a can of warm beer to a tent and swap it for an ice cold Carling! How great is that! Needless to say, there were people taking up creates of Tesco Value lager (which is about the third of the price of Carling, or something) and sawpping it for cold beer! Genius!

Oh, if you were at Reading 2001, did you happen to see a band called Manic Street Preachers who headlined the sunday night (I think)?

sorry zenith, but i despise MSP with a passion. i'll stop there. :lol:
i think they may have headlined the saturday. (eminem did sunday.)
saturday i was at the second stage watching mogwai, who i love.
that's assuming i got my "2001" right...i'm bad with years.

GBV Wrote:sorry zenith, but i despise MSP with a passion. i'll stop there. :lol:

Fair enough, I'll leave my line of questioning there then.

GBV Wrote:i think they may have headlined the saturday. (eminem did sunday.)
saturday i was at the second stage watching mogwai, who i love.
that's assuming i got my "2001" right...i'm bad with years.

Yes, it would have been 2001.

Im a bigg coors light or budlight fan.

But will try any beer once...

Stella isnt too bad
Sam Adams isnt my fav.

But incase you all wonder-- ill drink any kinda beer if its free.

Back in university (Windsor), we'd drive across the border to the duty free in Detroit to pick up a flat of cans of Old Milwaukee. It was something like $9 for a 24, if memory serves me correctly (which it probably doesn't, seeing how much of that swill we drank!)...

To this day I still can't stand the stuff.

Shortly after moving to Alberta, the (then) gf and I went up to Didsbury to see a few friends, and ended up drinking 50 cent pints of Alberta Genuine Draft. Three weeks later, I awoke to find myself in a ditch somewhere near Cereal with the worst headache I've ever had. I'll *never* even think about touching that crap again!

There's something to be said for growing older and wiser, and having the wisdom to say, "Yeah, I've done that before, and I'm never going to do it again."

Blue light, Newcastle, or Guiness.
Also like going to bars/restaruants that brew their own like pumkin ale or blueberry. Have to try different things in a place like that. Why else go there.

All-time favourites:
Unibroue Quelque Chose

Orval

Rochefort Trappistes 6

Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel

Schneider Weisse Original


Regular go-to beers:
J.R. Brickman Pilsner

Steam Whistle Pilsner

Hoegaarden White

Mill Street Tankhouse Ale

McAuslan Apricot Wheat Ale

Did you know that you can't buy Moosehead at a Halifax Mooseheads game?
This was learned the hard way this weekend.

joshwayy Wrote:Sam Adams
Sierra Nevada

You just named the two brews which, in my opinion (based on extensive and exhaustive sampling), top the list of American lagers and ales, respectively.

IMO, Sam Adams Boston Lager is the single greatest beer in the world. Other exceptional beers offered by this brewer are the Cream Stout (tough to find these days), the Black Lager, and the Double Bock. All are exquisite.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale has always been one of my favorites. I've found that there are gobs of good PAs...but whenever I think that I've found one that I might like better than Sierra Nevada, it always seems to "pale" in comparison when sampled alongside the perfectly-hopped Sierra Nevada.

Speaking of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., if you like Porter, they brew a delicious one. Look for the light-blue label. Their Celebration Ale (winter seasonal) is also fantastic.

I also urge fine beer lovers to sample as many offerings from the Great Lakes Brewing Co. (Cleveland, OH) as possible. All are expertly crafted, but my favorite is the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. It is so complex and satisfying that I get excited before every sip. Literally.

And I must not end without mention of Guinness, the old standby. Almost every bar carries it (at least the cans of Pub Draught), and is often my last resort. It was my first true "favorite" after my palate had become "educated", and I still enjoy it immensely and often. As a matter of fact, I bought a sixer of Sam Adams Lager and a sixer of Guinness for weekend consumption, and the Guinness ran out first....

LizardKing51 Wrote:Beer now you're talking my language..

SteamWhistle
Heineken
Moosehead
Red Stripe
Hoegaarden

oh no, i can't stand hoegaarden. a few of my friends love that beer but for some reason i just can't get it in me. that and guinness, any other beer i'd be happy to shoot down my throat.

God how you people need me!


If you're gonna talk lager, you have to talk Pilsner Urquell... it's a gift from the heavens!!

The Czech's invented Pilsners and pretty much refined the way we make lager... all thanks to their monks who called it 'liquid bread' and would have a tankard for breakfast and one for lunch.

To this day in Prague you can see business man buying pints from street vendors on the way to work!

anyway, back on subject:

Lagers -

Pilsner Urquell


Budvar (it was called Budweiser, after the place it's made... but it lost the rights to the name to the American beer company!!!)


Kronenbourg 1664



Others -

Kronenbourg Blanc


Guinness


Hoegaarden


Sneck Lifter (A Yorkshire Ale - a sneck lifter is the change in your pocket thats just enough for a pint at the pub!)

mmm, I get thirsty every time I read this thread. Gonna run to the Packy. Has anybody heard the beer store called that? I drank some Boddignton's this weekend...good stuff.

I wish they sold creemore springs at the Duty Free , I usually pick up a 24 case of Rickard's Red tall boys there for $15 US.

In Buffalo, Labatt is the most common beer and usually the cheapest (24 for about $13). We have <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.consumerbeverages.com">www.consumerbeverages.com</a><!-- w --> here and you can now fill growlers (64 oz. jugs) of different brands and they change every month.

MattyM Wrote:If you're gonna talk lager, you have to talk Pilsner Urquell... it's a gift from the heavens!!

I've had Pilsner Urquell many times - I loved it at first, but now, whenever I have one, I get past a "tinny" or metallic aftertaste that becomes a little bothersome by the end of the bottle.

Despite being brewed to the exacting standards of the pilsner-style inventors, I just don't think Urquell stands up to the robust complexity and perfect balance of malts and hops in Sam Adams Boston Lager.

Not even close. :wink: [/quote]