Modern Vespa

Mine.

I saved mine a long time, but it's gone now. (still have the bottle, though)

(And I miss Stanny)

The best brew I have had in a while was the Mint Chocolate Stout from Dogfish Head. Its quite heavy, and tastes like andes chocolates have been melted into your cup. It. IS. AMAZING.

I have only found it on tap.

RAE i got a 6 pack of some DogFish for a friend when i was on the mainland. Seems like everybody is raving about it as well. Also looks like it's won some awards but it's rather expensive. Nice treat if your a beer lover tho. I don't like beer but the chocolate stuff might be right up my alley. 8)

Left Hand Milk stout....now with nitrogen!

I'm turning into an alcoholic reading all this. Damn now I'm thirsty!!!!

Beamish Red!

Judy- I've never been a fan of, or been able to taste the chocolate in any other chocolate beer- But this one is amazing.
Also, I am blessed to live in the micro brew capital.

It has to be the 'Darwin stubby' from the Northern Territory, Australia
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/news/toasting-the-darwin-stubby/story-e6frezi0-1111116345810

Coggo

RAE very true. My friend here makes his own and we were talking bout where the best micro brews comes from and he left out CO. People automatically think Wash state and Oregon but forget about CO. Where do you get it on tap there? To bad my friend doesn't live there anymore. I miss y yearly visits.

It seems to me... The type of water that is used is one of the largest factors on how good Micro Brew beers taste.... Kind of like pizza.

Here is a great book to get you started! William and Jesse launched this Home Brew Guide book this past Summer. Really nice people and one of the best starter books out there today!

http://www.amazon.com/Beer-Craft-Simple-Guide-Making/dp/1605291331

Found it at Hops and cupcake in old North Denver.
http://hopsandpie.com/ its a happy place.

Just one of many good reasons to visit Prague.

RAE thanks and those pizzas look killer.

Memories

Seeing as how this thread came and went before I showed up, I'll add my favorite. Brewed a bit over an hour from me. Have to make a pilgrimage to the brewery this year....

Big fan of German biers, including Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Spaten, etc... But my favorite is Köstritzer Schwarzbier... Leckerer Bier!

Not New Glarus? Spotted Cow?

I must say that I have found only one beer that I didn't like so far.
That was a chili pepper beer that burned my mouth.

Other than that, everything has been drinkable.
Many very good.

I try to drink beer related to the place, restaurant or food.
If eating Thai, I drink Singha,
Italian I usually go for Peroni.
Mexican calls for Dos Equis or Modelo
In Wisconsin, New Glarus.

At home we always have Heineken or Warsteiner in the refrigerator. Both good beers for the hot Florida weather.

In the winter I like stouts and porters. Guinness is always good (had one last night at dinner) So are many of the locals.

When I head to one of our fine local brew pubs, Intuition Ale Works, I try whatever suits me that day, and it is always good.

This thread is interesting in the difference in participants then vs now. MV has changed significantly in the few years between the start and restart.

Guinness, Dogfish 60min IPA, Pilsner Urquel

In the winter I just drink the darkest thing on tap, but come summer...

That'll do in a pinch.

These work for me.

So many good breweries have started up since this post first hit. For a domestic, Oscar Blues is the most consistently fabulous brewery in the country. If you're a beer drinker I DARE you to drink a Ten Fidy or an Old Chub Nitro and not fall in love!

http://greatdivide.com/beers/yeti-imperial-stout/

YETI....... the best Stout that I have found. And will echo the sentiments that it is a truly a delight living in what has been called the NAPA Valley of Micro's.

I agree with Nigelthefish. This is my new favorite beverage.

Left Hand Milk Stout is a classic

Just came across this recently. It's a nice lemon & honey shandy from Wisconsin.

Good stuff. Especially on hot summer days. Reminds me of German Radlers.
Come visit and we'll set you up with some fresh ones.

My latest purchase....Good stuff, though makes me a bit nervous.

My wife's cousin drinks Grain Belt (mostly so no one else wants any!), but it's really not bad.

Living in the twin cities; people drink Grain Belt and claim it's good if they lived here 'in the good old days'. The rest of it just think of it as local Pabst.

Radlers are the best when you're being a tourist on a hot day and want to be refreshed and not get drunk.
Best radler available pretty much anywhere in the US: Stiegl grapefruit.
When in Germany: any of the local versions are great.

Need I say more.....

Heady topper...heard a lot about it. Never tasted it due to distribution.
Let's trade! I have acces to lots of tasty SD brews

If there's Guinness on tap I'll always have a Guinness. If not I'll try a stout or porter I've never had before. But at home, it's

I would love to try them all, immediately, if possible all at the same time...
So thirsty I suddenly get...
I mostly drink Heineken.
A German friend brought these specially for me from Germany.
I had never heard about the brand but I drank them like the
Chinese drink Pabst Blue Ribbon: As If It Was Champagne!

Andechs Doppelbock! Genuss fuer Leib und Seele!

But I never say no to a Weihenstephaner Korbinian, which
is a nice starter respectively accelerator with 7.4 %!

...which might sound rather pedestrian, especially when I add that I'm not a fan of most IPAs, but I still like something just a tad beyond the pedestrian. So far, this has been my fave for a while, easily supplanting Peroni:

Sorry, mining the 'oldies but goodies' posts again!

Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen:

I'll see your bier and raise you...

My favourite at the moment.

Eight years in Portland had me incredibly spoiled. Pfriem, Double Mountain, Everybody's Brewing are great reasons to visit Hood River.