posh beers and ales and stuff thread

[Hautlle]

Yeah, that's the thing. Here in the US craft beer is finally becoming big. Post-prohibition Budweiser and the other big names used their size and distribution power to kill off competition. This year craft beer has taken over a full 5% of the market. That's not a huge number, but the big guys are finally realizing that it's eating into their markets (they actually blame it on liquor and their increased offerings, while at the same time buying craft beer breweries). The thing that sucks is that they buy these craft breweries but the customer has no idea they're supporting AB-INBEV/Miller-Coors products because there is no indication on the label much like Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, etc (all of which are owned by AB-INBEV)

 

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[Guest A/D]

That's a shame, I like a good Hoegaarden.

[Hautlle]

It is a shame. Here's a list of all the brands owned by AB-INBEV:

 

 

The brands

 

Absolut Cut (Sweden)

Alexander Keith's (Canada)

Keith's White

Keith's Dark

Keith's Red

Keith's Light

Keith's Regular

Andes (Argentina)

Antarctica (Brazil)

Apatinska pivara (Serbia)

Jelen pivo

Pils Light

Aqua Fratelli Vita (Brazil)

AstikA (Bulgaria)

Baisha (China)

BagBier (Russia)

BagBier

BagBier Classicheskoye

BagBier Krepkoye

BagBier Nashe

Bass (United Kingdom)

Baviera (Paraguay)

Beck's (Germany)

Beck's Dark

Beck's Oktoberfest

Beck's Premier Light

Belle-Vue (Belgium)

Belle-Vue Kriek

Belle-Vue Kriek Extra

Belle-Vue Framboise

Belle-Vue Gueuze

Bergenbier (Romania)

Blue Star (Canada)

Boddingtons (United Kingdom)

Bohemia (Brazil)

Bohemia Pilsen

Bohemia Escura

Bohemia Weiss

Bohemia Royal Ale

Bohemia Confraria

Bohemia Oaken

Borsodi (Hungary)

Borsodi Bivaly

Borsodi Polo

Borsodi S�orostyᮠ(Hungary)

Boomerang (France)

Brahma (Global)

Breda (The Channel Islands) Still Available

Budweiser

Budweiser Chelada

Bud Dry

Bud Extra

Bud Ice

Bud Ice Light

Budweiser Select

Budweiser Select 55

Bud Light

Bud Light Chelada

Bud Light Lime

Busch

Busch Light

Cafri (South Korea)

Caracu (Brazil)

Cass (South Korea)

Cass Fresh

Cass Light

Cass Red

Cass Lemon

Castlemaine XXXX (owned by Castlemaine Perkins Pty Ltd.)

Chernihivske (Ukraine)

Chernihivske Svitle

Chernihivske Premium gold

Chernihivske Mitsne

Chernihivske 4ezz

Chernihivske Bile

Chernihivske Bila Nich

Chernihivske N/A

Chernihivske Pab Lager

Diebels (Germany)

Diekirch (Luxembourg)

Diekirch Grand Cru

Diekirch Grande R鳥rve

Diekirch Exclusive

Dimix (Germany)

Dommelsch (Netherlands)

Dommelsch Pilsener

Dommelsch Ice

Dommelsch Dominator

Double Deer (China)

E-Generation

Premium Light

Dry Beer

Dutch Gold (Netherlands)

Eiken Artois

Franziskaner Weissbier (Germany)

Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier

Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei

Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel

Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Leicht

Franziskaner Weissbier Kristallklar

Gilde Ratskeller (Germany)

Goose Island Brewery

Guaran᠁ntarctica (Brazil)

Guaran᠂rahma (Brazil)

GuoGuang (China)

Haake-Beck (Germany)

Hasser� (Germany)

Harbin (China)

Hertog Jan (Netherlands)

Primator

Oud Bruin

Grand Prestige

Tripel

Dubbel

Winterbier

Bockbier

Meibock

Hoegaarden (Belgium)

Hop Hound Amber Wheat

Hougaerdse Das (Belgium)

Jinlin (China)

Jinlongquan (China)

Draft

Refreshing

Julius (Belgium)

Jupiler (Belgium)

Jupiler N.A.

Jupiler Blue

Jupiler Tauro

KK (China)

Kamenitza (Bulgaria)

Klinskoye (Russia)

Klinskoye Svetloye

Klinskoye Zolotoye

Klinskoye Lux

Klinskoye Redkoye

Klinskoye Arriva

Klinskoye Samurai

Kokanee (Canada)

Kokanee

Kokanee Gold

Kokanee Light

Kokanee Frost

La B飡sse (France)

La B飡sse Kriek

La B飡sse Raspberry

La B飡sse Gueuze

Labatt Family (Canada) Acquired in 1995

Labatt Blue

Labatt Blue Light

Labatt .5

Labatt Lite

Labatt 50

John Labatt Classic

Labatt Genuine

Labatt Extra Dry Lager

Labatt Wildcat

Labatt Ice

Labatt Sterling

Lakeport Family (Canada) Acquired in 2007

Lakeport Pilsener

Lakeport Honey Lager

Lakeport Strong

Lakeport Ice

Lakeport Ale

Lakeport Light

Lakeport Red

Steeler

Brava

Wee Willy

Leffe (Belgium)

Leffe Brown

Leffe Blonde

Leffe Ruby

Leffe Printemps

Liber (Brazil)

L�br䵠(Germany)

L�br䵠Alkoholfrei

L�br䵠Dunkel

L�br䵠L� Weisse

L�br䵠Original

L�br䵠Oktoberfestbier

L�br䵠Premium Pils

L�br䵠Radler

L�br䵠Schwarze Weisse

L�br䵠Triumphator

L�br䵠Urtyp

Marathon (Brazil)

Michelob

Michelob Light

Michelob AmberBock

Michelob Dunkel Weisse

Michelob Honey Lager

Michelob Honey Wheat

Michelob Irish Red Ale

Michelob Marzen

Michelob Pale Ale

Michelob Porter

Michelob Ultra

Michelob Ultra Amber

Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus

Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry

Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit

Michelob Golden Draft

Michelob Golden Draft Light

Mousel (Luxembourg)

Natural Light

Pivara Trebjesa (Montenegro)

Nik Cool

Nik Gold

Nikicko pivo

Nikicko tamno

Noroc (Romania)

Oland Export Ale (Canada)

OB (South Korea)

Oranjeboom (Netherlands)

Oranjeboom Premium Pilsener

Oranjeboom Oud Bruin

Oranjeboom Premish Malt

Original (Brasil)

Peeterman Artois

Permskoye Gubernskoye (Russia)

Permskoye Gubernskoye Svetloye

Pace�Bolivia)

Pace�ico de Oro

Pace�ico de Plata

Huari

Bock

Ducal

Piedboeuf (Belgium)

Piedboeuf Blond

Piedboeuf Brown

Piedboeuf Triple

Pilsen (Uruguay)

Quilmes (Argentina)

Red Bridge

Red Shiliang (China)

Rifey (Russia)

Rohan (Ukraine)

Rohan Lehke

Rohan Tradytsiyne

Rohan Monastyrske Temne

Rohan Veselyi Monach

Rohan Bezalkoholne

Rolling Rock

Rock Light

Safir (Belgium)

Santai (China)

Schooner Lager (Canada)

Sedrin (China)

Shock Top Belgian White

Sibirskaya Korona (Siberian Crown)(Russia)

Skol (Brazil)

Spaten (Germany)

Spaten Alkoholfrei

Spaten Di䴭Pils

Spaten Mnchner Hell

Spaten Oktoberfestbier

Spaten Pils

St. Pauli Girl (Germany)

St. Pauli Girl Lager

St. Pauli Girl Special Dark

St. Pauli Girl Non-Alcoholic

Staropramen (Czech Republic)

Stella Artois (Global)

Artois Bock

Peeterman Artois

Stone Mill Pale Ale

Sukita (Brazil)

Taller (Ukraine)

Tinkov Russian Lager (Russia)

Tolstiak (Russia)

Tolstiak Dobroye

Tolstiak Svetloye

Tolstiak Zaboristoye

Tolstiak Krepkoye

Tolstiak Grechisnoye

Vieux Temps (Belgium)

Wild Blue

Wolters (Germany)

Whitbread (United Kingdom) (purchased from Whitbread Group plc in 2001)

Yali (China)

Yantar (Ukraine)

Zagrebacka pivovara (Croatia)

Boicno Pivo

Oujsko Pivo

Oujsko Cool

Oujsko Izzy

Oujsko Strong

Fresssh by Oujsko

Tomislav

ZiegenBock

Zizhulin (China)

Zhujiang (China)

Zenda (Per)

 

Edited November 24, 2012 by hautlle

[Guest A/D]

Leffe too! Oh well. I guess one can only hope that we're "voting with dollars" for the company to focus on more quality beer.

[Guest uptown devil]

this

 

and this

 

with a side of purple durban

 

Edited November 29, 2012 by uptown devil

[spratters]

 

I've got a few of these I'm going to tackle this evening. Haven't tried before. Anyone have knowledge?

[chassis]

9%, I let yous know how it goes

 

[eh Speedy]

 

 

with a side of purple durban

 

 

 

YES! Figured it was a good season to bump this daddy of a thread back.

 

Love the Houblon Chouffe myself.

[patternoverlap]

Not a huge fan of Magic Hat but this was very good:

 

[baph]

 

A little lighter than I was expecting for a winter ale, but seriously drinkable. Not great but also not bad at all.

Edited December 4, 2012 by baph

[jhonny]

 

I've got a few of these I'm going to tackle this evening. Haven't tried before. Anyone have knowledge?

A nice drop that.

[spratters]

Yeah I enjoyed it. Had quite a heavy hoppy taste.

[encey]

WOOKIE JACK

[vamos scorcho]

I'm starting to genuinely like winter ales...

 

Bell's Christmas Ale is awesome, and gets a huge thumbs up from me.

 

 

Harpoon Winter Warmer is underrated... it's not a "great beer" but it's very drinkable and pleasant. I like Heineken too, I think they're both delicious beers. I say that knowing that I look like a noob.

[keltoi]

 

promising ginger and fruit aromas but didn't really deliver on flavour and lacked body for a "seasonal ale".

 

 

surprised me this one, thought i'd hate it but it was.. ok... loads of banana on the nose, then maybe too much going on in flavour with more of a dried banana flavour than fresh... with burnt brown sugar or caramel, and bready yeast and malt bitterness. but kind of dry and watery at the same time... brewed with mineral water i guess? wouldn't rush to get this again.

[encey]

This was awesome, and worth the $6+ for the 10.5 oz.:

 

Edited December 6, 2012 by encey

[Hautlle]

 

surprised me this one, thought i'd hate it but it was.. ok... loads of banana on the nose, then maybe too much going on in flavour with more of a dried banana flavour than fresh... with burnt brown sugar or caramel, and bready yeast and malt bitterness. but kind of dry and watery at the same time... brewed with mineral water i guess? wouldn't rush to get this again.

Me and the gf liked the banana bread beer, we had it with breakfast though.

 

 

I've been enjoying this New Belgium Frambozen lately. A brown ale with raspberries. It has a nice tart fruitiness that balances well with the base beer. Almost like chocolate covered raspberries, but not crazy chocolatey flavor, just a hint.

Edited December 6, 2012 by hautlle

[baph]

Slightly off-topic observation: Man, there are a lot of good beers from the UK that are totally fucked up by being packaged in clear bottles.

Why the fuck do they do that? They taste like a skunk's rectum after shipping anywhere. Why would you make a good beer only to force it to taste like Corona after bottling?

[Candiru]

Slightly off-topic observation: Man, there are a lot of good beers from the UK that are totally fucked up by being packaged in clear bottles.

Why the fuck do they do that? They taste like a skunk's rectum after shipping anywhere. Why would you make a good beer only to force it to taste like Corona after bottling?

 

Seriously!

 

Saison Du Pont, touted as one of the best beers in the world... fucking green bottles. Skunked. You'll never know how great it was meant to be. It's not like they aren't aware of how much green bottles suck. What's their deal?

[kaini]

This was awesome, and worth the $6+ for the 10.5 oz.:

 

i think RIS's might be my favourite beers.

[encey]

Me too! Parabola, Stone .. what are other greats?

[Guest uptown devil]

^^ i wasn't a huge fan of the czar myself, i'll give it another try though if i see it on draft (the brewery is about 20 miles from my house so i likely will). as far as RIS go, the hoppin' frog B.O.R.I.S and the great divide oak aged yeti are two of my favorites. the north coast rasputin is good as well.

 

 

with a side of purple durban

 

 

YES! Figured it was a good season to bump this daddy of a thread back.

 

Love the Houblon Chouffe myself.

 

saw the houblon at the store the other day, i'll give a try next time. the mc chouffe was delicious. i've been loving belgain brunes lately.

 

had this one last night:

pretty good, definitely nowhere near the mc chouffe though.

[kaini]

Me too! Parabola, Stone .. what are other greats?

the one i posted a few pages back, sheep's head, is probably the nicest beer i've ever tasted

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/black-sheep-imperial-russian-stout/147076/

[baph]

Encey, don't forget Old Ra Ra Rasputin

 

edit: shit, I just realized I've never tried the Parabola. Firestone Walker is in Paso Robles. This is too close for me to have not had Parabola. Fuck.

Edited December 7, 2012 by baph

[Hautlle]

Get this if you can, not necessarily a RIS, but in that same vein and very tasty!