japanise beer

[Blown 331]

I too like a beer with a little meat to it. I ahve been known t drink a chunky oatmeal stout from time to time. I just can't do pale ales, they are vile.

There is an English brewery called Young's. They brew my favorite oatmeal stout and they also have a beer called Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Might sound kinda odd but it one of my all time favorites.
I enjoy pale ales also. The reason you probably dont like them is the hoppy flavor, kind of a bite at the end. Ive got a beer at home called Bell's Hop Slam. The hoppy flavor is so extreme it almost hurts your tongue.

[The Goat]

There is an English brewery called Young's. They brew my favorite oatmeal stout and they also have a beer called Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Might sound kinda odd but it one of my all time favorites.
I enjoy pale ales also. The reason you probably dont like them is the hoppy flavor, kind of a bite at the end. Ive got a beer at home called Bell's Hop Slam. The hoppy flavor is so extreme it almost hurts your tongue.

you're right about that bite...it's most certainly not for me. I do love the chocolate brews.

check out shiner black if you haven't. it's darker than guiness could hope to be and really smokey...has a taste almost like a good smoked cheese, slightly bitter. it's slamming.

try any of the Abita beers, their brewed down here, and most have what we've termed the "abita bite" coming out of a bottle... it's a very strong taste, almost like a dark german bread.

Nothing...and I repeat...NOTHING beats an abita amber with a steak that was cooked atop a cypress paddle. the amber spends a short time in pecky cypress barrels and has a very light flavor, but when you're eating a nice cut of meat, it really comes out.

I'll try those brews if I can.

anyone into the flavored beers: honey, strawberry, rasberry, banana bread, cherry and so on? most are a little light, but they sit fine on the palate, and the good ones are very low in sugar.

[82300R]

LOL! I live about 30 minutes away from the abita brewery!

[Blown 331]

you're right about that bite...it's most certainly not for me. I do love the chocolate brews.

check out shiner black if you haven't. it's darker than guiness could hope to be and really smokey...has a taste almost like a good smoked cheese, slightly bitter. it's slamming.

try any of the Abita beers, their brewed down here, and most have what we've termed the "abita bite" coming out of a bottle... it's a very strong taste, almost like a dark german bread.

Nothing...and I repeat...NOTHING beats an abita amber with a steak that was cooked atop a cypress paddle. the amber spends a short time in pecky cypress barrels and has a very light flavor, but when you're eating a nice cut of meat, it really comes out.

I'll try those brews if I can.

anyone into the flavored beers: honey, strawberry, rasberry, banana bread, cherry and so on? most are a little light, but they sit fine on the palate, and the good ones are very low in sugar.

I've had Abita Turbo Dog and Purple Haze, I thought both were decent. I never heard of Shiner Black but from what you are saying it sounds delicious. I've had beers flavored in each way you listed. Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is good. I think the most off the wall flavor is the Banana bread, There is an English brewerey that makes that, only one I've had. I liked it.
I live just on the IL side of St. Louis MO and there are quite a few bars that have over 100 beer selection at all times. And there is one opening up Feb 1st with over 500 different beers.

[The Goat]

I've had Abita Turbo Dog and Purple Haze, I thought both were decent. I never heard of Shiner Black but from what you are saying it sounds delicious. I've had beers flavored in each way you listed. Sam Adams Cherry Wheat is good. I think the most off the wall flavor is the Banana bread, There is an English brewerey that makes that, only one I've had. I liked it.
I live just on the IL side of St. Louis MO and there are quite a few bars that have over 100 beer selection at all times. And there is one opening up Feb 1st with over 500 different beers.

lol...the purple haze leaves a lot to be desired out of a bottle...on tap its delicious and light. perfect for drinking on a 100+ degree day...it's also good with desserts.

restoration ale, red ale, christmas ale, pecan brew, and a few others all have that KICK after each sip. the oddest thing about the pecan ale is after each sip it leaves your mouth very dry, as though you just bit into the shell of a pecan.

if you can get your hands on some abita strawberry...it will either taste flat with a light berry taste...or it will taste like you just bit into a fresh louisiana strawberry. tends to vary A LOT in taste. I stumbled upon that shiner black in my local Arab/Greek convenience store, they are located on the edge of LSU and sell more beer than any store in the city...EASY.

what's odd is that they have all sorts of random brews in there. did I mention that the shiner is a lager ?

what's your opinion of warsteiner? or regular guiness? I've always felt that guiness...even on tap, was just too overrated to have as much esteem as it does.

I'm mainly a budweiser guy, or a newcastle....got the belly to prove it, but it's mainly because the little bars around here have nothing out of the norm.

[Blown 331]

lol...the purple haze leaves a lot to be desired out of a bottle...on tap its delicious and light. perfect for drinking on a 100+ degree day...it's also good with desserts.

restoration ale, red ale, christmas ale, pecan brew, and a few others all have that KICK after each sip. the oddest thing about the pecan ale is after each sip it leaves your mouth very dry, as though you just bit into the shell of a pecan.

if you can get your hands on some abita strawberry...it will either taste flat with a light berry taste...or it will taste like you just bit into a fresh louisiana strawberry. tends to vary A LOT in taste. I stumbled upon that shiner black in my local Arab/Greek convenience store, they are located on the edge of LSU and sell more beer than any store in the city...EASY.

what's odd is that they have all sorts of random brews in there. did I mention that the shiner is a lager ?

what's your opinion of warsteiner? or regular guiness? I've always felt that guiness...even on tap, was just too overrated to have as much esteem as it does.

I'm mainly a budweiser guy, or a newcastle....got the belly to prove it, but it's mainly because the little bars around here have nothing out of the norm.

Never heard of any pecan beer at all but that sounds great. Hopefully I can track that down. Certain states can only get certain beers so with IL and MO at my disposal I can ususally get some pretty good stuff. A guy I work with (I work in MO) Loves beers made by Dog Fish Head brewery but they do not distribute in MO but it's sold in IL. There are a few breweries in St. Louis, most are smaller and I doubt you've heard of them. Trailhead and O'Fallon are smaller, Lemp Brewery is somewhat getting going again, there is beer brewed there again. Schlafly is our largest micro brew but I think its only in about 6 states, they have the best pumpkin beer I have ever had. And then there is obviously Anheuser (sp) Busch.
Newcastle I like a lot. Warsteiner I like too. And I agree with you on the Guiness, I think it's just ok. It looks cool when it poured on tap though. lol. I rarely drink it but one that that is cool about is it will float on a wheat beer. Fill a glass half with wheat beer then pour the Guiness on top and the beers won't mix, but you do have the block the Guiness with a spoon to break up the stream. Pretty good mixing it too.
Another good one that's gonna be hard to find now is by Goose Island out of Chicago. I think it was last brewed in 2006 but has a shelf life of around 15 years. Its called bourbon county stout, it is delicious, I have one bottle left. That guy I work with also recommeded to me a beer called Kentucky Breakfast Stout but I never did see it and I forgot who brews it. lol.

[The Goat]

guiness just makes me think of carbombs....that's all it's good for to me. too many other delicious dark brews out there.

pumpkin spice beer is always tasty.

I've never heard of any of those small breweries you listed.

couple of buddies and I are thinking of brewing a beer with a crawfish boil after taste. Ya haven't lived til you had an american beer with crawfish...I'm downright drooling at the thought. lol

got on the topic one day of adding a small amount of boil to beer, turns out it tastes AMAZING...we just never got around to doing it.

[Gag_Halfront]

Blown: If you're from around here, you should know Bells doesn't have crap for hoppy beer compared to 3Floyds.

I opened this thread afraid that the beer in question was going to be Kirin. *Gack*

Sapporo is awesome.