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This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 2, 2023, 5:58 PM
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In my retirement years, I would like to learn to appreciate various types of beer. I would like your opinions on the best Pilsners, IPAs and Dunkels.
No Budweiser products, please.
TIA
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 6:17 PM
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one of the best beers (to me) is Konig Pilsner in a large can (4 packs available at places around the upstate).
I chill it in the fridge and then poor into a room temperature glass. It tastes great cold or as it warms up to room temperature if you are just sipping while watching a game or TV. It is also refreshing in palate for aftertaste.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 2, 2023, 7:28 PM
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Thanks, I’ll look for it this week
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 7:37 PM
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Not my King from 13 Stripes Brewery in Taylors is awesome too
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 2, 2023, 8:15 PM
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I live in Greer so it’s close by. Will try it.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 8:54 AM
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Around 7% or 8%.
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Oculus Spirit [77011]
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Lol the irony.***
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Oct 2, 2023, 6:19 PM
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Re: Lol the irony.***
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:28 PM
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I'm sure he is a chugger!!!
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Oculus Spirit [77011]
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Cinco de Mayo he was damning every drinker to hell
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:33 PM
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because they are all depraved drunks. Now the big fella is warming up.
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I am partial here lately to hazy IPAs. Some are better than
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Oct 2, 2023, 6:28 PM
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others, but most are good. They are not as hoppy as a regular IPA. Official from Bells is my favorite. Also like Justice Juice from Legal Remedy down in Rock Hill. It claims to be an IPA, but takes more like a hazy to me.
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Re: I am partial here lately to hazy IPAs. Some are better than
Oct 2, 2023, 8:17 PM
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Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is distributed in the Spartanburg area?
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Legend [16507]
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I do not know the distribution outside of Rock Hill.
Oct 3, 2023, 8:13 AM
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I am sure there are plenty of hazys in Spartanburg!
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Re: I am partial here lately to hazy IPAs. Some are better than
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If you are in sparkle city, go to rj rockers, maybe when it isn't busy, they usually have several ipa's and ales on tap, ask them for recs, sample a few. IPA's are like cars, different people like different styles.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 7:07 PM
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Any Beer brewed under the German Purity Law of 1516.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 2, 2023, 7:28 PM
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Thanks
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 10:00 PM
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If you can find Narragansett…crush it like Quint
It’s a really good American Lager.
My go Imports …
Weihenstephaner ( they have been brewing since 1040)
Warsteiner - a German Pilsner
Paulaner
Bitburger
Not a fan of any type of wheat/Weiss brews
Where available Grolsch in the Pint flip top is really good.
And Guinness draft is really good.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 7:22 AM
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Have been considering trying Warsteiner. Thanks for the info. Think I’ll try them all.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 4, 2023, 6:56 PM
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Narra is great but really hard to find. Gennesse is also another super beer from New York but also hard to find. I just bought two thirty packs,
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Legend [18790]
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What's wrong with Bud products?
Oct 2, 2023, 8:21 PM
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Lemme guess? Tranny issues?
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I'll take a stab at it - most megalithic brewed beer sucks
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Oct 3, 2023, 9:21 AM
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donkey balls.
And he's free to put whatever parameters on his conversation he wants - cool thing, ain't it ?
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:27 PM
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Pilsner Urquell , a great Czech brew
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:36 PM
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Real men drink real beer.
Check with your frat brothers to see what they like.
I’m enjoying a good ole, made in America, Coors right now.
My tar heel friends prefer those “other” so called beers,
Go PBR
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 8:01 AM
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I don’t believe real beer is made in America. I’m leaning toward German brews.
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An unpopular opinion of mine is just because you have been
Oct 3, 2023, 9:23 AM
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doing it the same way for 600 years, doesn't mean it is good.
Looking at you Germany & Belgium, etc . . . . .
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Athletic Dir [858]
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probably have never been to Germany?
Oct 4, 2023, 4:53 PM
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American beers stand toe to toe with any German beer with the exception of our penchant to bastardize beers with too much hops or putting fruit it. Then is becomes either like coffee with too much sugar (akin to too much hops) or being simultaneously feremented with wine (alcohol made from fruit).
So great beer in my opinion does not use too much spice nor should it be mixed with wine.
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Nah, beer makes you burp and fart and is too filling. And I
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:34 PM
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love beer. I just cut to the chase nowadays, cocktails give me a quicker buzz and taste better.
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Re: Nah, beer makes you burp and fart and is too filling. And I
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Oct 3, 2023, 6:21 AM
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I tend to agree with that. Younger days I couldn’t hold my liquor and only drank beer. Now it’s mainly bourbon for me. Nowhere near as filling and making me feel like I swallowed a beach ball. Plus no hangovers for some weird reason. Go figure
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 8:39 PM
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I would start by trying as many varieties as you can, which is plenty these days. I’m a hop head so I love the IPA’s made here in America. In fact, the US makes the best beers in the world by far in my opinion. So find a craft sour, imperial stout, dunkelweizen (if you can!), Octoberfest, pumpkin ale, lager to start. Try a milkshake IPA brewed with lactose for a little sweetness. The variety available is mind blowing.
Amazing how far we’ve come from the old joke: Why is American beer like sex in a canoe? A: because it’s f’ing close to water.
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As far as pilsners go, my go to is Pilsner Urquell
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Oct 2, 2023, 9:12 PM
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which is pretty readily available around here, and is the standard for Czech pilsners. Sierra Nevada Summerfest is good too and can be bought at the grocery store. I really like Czechvar/Budvar, the original "Budweiser", but not associated with Anheuser-Busch in any way. ... but those are harder to find. For German pilsners, Ayinger and Weihenstephaner are truly outstanding.
I don't care for IPAs, and I don't drink enough Dunkels to have much of an opinion. I do like stouts, and when the weather turns cool I'll have a few Guinness and Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stouts. Even though Oktoberfest is officially about over, I always love Octoberfest offerings this time of year. Hacker-Schorr was really good this time.
Cheers!
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Had some Warsteiner Oktoberfest over the wknd.
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Oct 2, 2023, 9:14 PM
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Guten bier. Prost!
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
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Oct 2, 2023, 9:15 PM
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Belles Hop Slam when you can get it. Generally a limited release early in the year and gone quick. Look for it.
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Why not Bud?
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Oct 2, 2023, 9:16 PM
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Re: Why not Bud?
Oct 3, 2023, 9:01 AM
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I have transphobia. I have been to therapy for years, but I cannot get over it.
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I'll take a stab at it -
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he hates giving financial support to folks that glorify mental illness ?
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Re: Why not Bud?
Oct 4, 2023, 10:10 AM
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Because he said beer?
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 6:06 AM
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Atomic Pumpkin and Fruit Force IPA'S by Voo Doo Ranger are 2 really good beers.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 6:34 AM
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Just remember: After the third beer, they all taste alike and you are just renting them.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 7:36 AM
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Celebration by Sierra Nevada is always at the top of my list. It is a seasonal release and should be out any day now, and will stay out through December.
I-10 by Intuition is my most recent favorite.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 8:04 AM
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I do like Bud Light Next. It’s a seltzer that identifies as a beer, has zero carbs and very low calories. It also is the best representation of the brand in its current state as it’s confused as to what it is.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 8:11 AM
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With this inflation esp on alcohol, just get what you think you might like which is on sale if possible.
My 2 fav right now are Terrapin Depth Perception and Bells. Cheers to your retirement!
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 9:11 AM
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Cold Mountain will come out Monday, November 13. Total Wines will have some as well as some stores. Good winter seasonal.
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IPA's - Resin by Six Point, Bell's Two Hearted - both
Oct 3, 2023, 9:34 AM
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should be very easy to find at a decent sized beer emporium.
Something different:
Delirium Red - it is a Belgian Fruit beer - cherry - I love it - harder to find but worth the search.
Stone Brewing has a lot of solid beers, as does Victory Brewing.
Go to a bigger beer place that lets you mix & match your own six pack & grab six different ones that you thought you'd never like / try - and give it a whirl.
Let us know how it goes ! Slante !
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Two Hearted is quite tasty indeed!
Oct 4, 2023, 10:19 AM
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 9:22 PM
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Wow. You really wanted to open a can of worms. There are as many types of beer as there are people woth opinions. I would suggest looking into the types of beer, from pilsner to stout. There are sub levels of each type of.beer, it really depends on the brewer. Best suggestion is try some of.the mass produced and get an idea of what a type is like, and then go for your local concoctions.
Stella artois
Most sam adams is good
Guiness
Dunkel
duvel is awesome
Dohfish head does some really on point brews
Ayinger does an incredible marzen, which is an octoberfest style beer, so its seasonal
Trappist
Best way to learn beer, though, is to learn to brew it yourself. Mmmmmmmmmm.
More beer please
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 3, 2023, 9:37 PM
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You have to go to Golden, Co. And drink Coors Original straight off the cold filters. Tastes totally different than what you buy in stores.
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Interesting. I have been drinking beer for 55 years
Oct 3, 2023, 9:46 PM
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and it seems inevitable to me that we lifers now drink lagers, dark lagers and dark ales.
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Re: Interesting. I have been drinking beer for 55 years
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Yep, lifers generally don't drink IPA's, Sours, or fruit flavored beers.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 4, 2023, 1:12 PM
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Best Dunkel/porter/stout: Black As Satan
Best Larger: True Position
Best IPA: Frankly all IPA's are crap beer that use hops to cover up the flavor of everything else like ketchup does to a hotdog.
Best High Gravity: Truth Serum (14%) or Maximum Material Modifier (13.5%)
Best Pilsner:Pilsner Urquel
All but the Pilsner are made by Bob's Laundry Room and you have to actually know Bob to get any of it.
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Re: This is for expert suds sippers (or chuggers).
Oct 4, 2023, 4:58 PM
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My last on this. The mark of a properly brewed beer is that it tastes just as good at room temperature as it does cold. Ice cold beer is the oldest trick in the beer book. Cold beer deadens your taste buds so that it coveres up for the bad taste of crappy/cheap ingredients.
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Westbrook brewing
Oct 4, 2023, 7:07 PM
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All of their stuff is great. Thai white is a favorite, but all their IPA’s, double IPA’s are fantastic, one and two claw: https://westbrookbrewing.com/beers/
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