Rarely one to try new things

[Chris09]

 

[Chris09]

more of a lager type but this is pretty good

 

[Flexit]

Interestingly, you might want to check where it's actually brewed. In the UK Birra Moretti is brewed in Newcastle UK, as are many other theoretically imported beers. In Europe, there are only two major beers (pilzner/lager types) that are only brewed in their home countries. Budweiser Budvar from the Czech Republic and Peroni Nastro Azzurro (my favourite tipple) from Italy. I'm full of useless information

 

[the Ferret]

funny, I'm one of those who thinks all beer tastes exactly the same. No matter how often someone says "my X beer" is good it tastes better than the others, I take a sip and to me it just tastes like "beer". My daughter tried to convince me her "caramel" beer tasted like caramel. So I took a sip. No, it didn't, it tasted like beer. The white beer and the dark beer I tried sips of when we went to Germany tasted like "beer". Guess I don't have a discerning pallet.

 

[dwalby]

funny, I'm one of those who thinks all beer tastes exactly the same. No matter how often someone says "my X beer" is good it tastes better than the others, I take a sip and to me it just tastes like "beer". My daughter tried to convince me her "caramel" beer tasted like caramel. So I took a sip. No, it didn't, it tasted like beer. The white beer and the dark beer I tried sips of when we went to Germany tasted like "beer". Guess I don't have a discerning pallet.

that's pretty strange given that it sounds like you've tried a fair variety of beers. German "white" beer and dark beer have completely different flavors. You didn't mention IPAs, I'd be curious if those also tasted the same to you.

 

[Chris09]

all I can say about that is, you get out more, there are exceptions

 

[Chris09]

and I wouldn't look out the window at anything other than a lager

 

[the Ferret]

that's pretty strange given that it sounds like you've tried a fair variety of beers. German "white" beer and dark beer have completely different flavors. You didn't mention IPAs, I'd be curious if those also tasted the same to you.

Yea I don't know what an IPA is, so can't say that I have ever tried any. I would, but I'm guessing it tastes like beer lol

I have a friend couple that's really into wine. One year at a Christmas party they offered me a glass of wine which I declined saying I didn't like the taste of wine either. They said try this wine, it tastes just like grape juice. So, I took a sip, which was nasty, and said "uggg where in the heck do you buy your grape juice?" lol

The good part is my wife says I'm a cheap date, 'cause I usually will just order water to drink, sometimes a soft drink, a coke or root beer

guess my favorite beer is ROOT lol

 

[diferg]

funny, I'm one of those who thinks all beer tastes exactly the same. No matter how often someone says "my X beer" is good it tastes better than the others, I take a sip and to me it just tastes like "beer". My daughter tried to convince me her "caramel" beer tasted like caramel. So I took a sip. No, it didn't, it tasted like beer. The white beer and the dark beer I tried sips of when we went to Germany tasted like "beer". Guess I don't have a discerning pallet.

and if you are like me beer tastes like stale p smells.

 

[the Ferret]

which beer eventually becomes anyway

 

[Chris09]

Have you tried stout? even better than beer or wine
.... not that I'd want to start anything, if I had an emoji of what's his name wearing the hockey helmet [saturday night live episode] pulling the monkey bars out of the ground with so and so riding on top...

 

[the Ferret]

I thought stout was beer?

 

[Chris09]

... oh my gosh... that's how it all starts!!! Yes... Stout is beer, and you won't like it!!!
... don't believe your friends, they just want to see what happens, trust me, I'm an alcoholic
[edit] but it's really good beer

 

[ChucksKLRST]

For me, one of the most important things about beer drinking is the atmosphere that a good beer is being consumed in. In the States, I very rarely drink beer at all but when in Europe (Germany, Austria) I will usually have a beer with Dinner. Most of the time when in Europe, my Lunch is shared with a Radler or a Spezi. I just can't get over the taste, or should I say lack of taste of so called American beer and to a lesser extent, imports. Prost.

 

[dwalby]

I just can't get over the taste, or should I say lack of taste of so called American beer and to a lesser extent, imports.

<??? confused ???>

this was true maybe 30 years ago, but today there are so many craft beers available in the U.S. that it makes my head spin when I go out for a beer.

Maybe by "so called American beer" you're referring to the Coors/Bud/Miller offerings. If so, then your statement is true, but they represent a tiny fraction of the American beer spectrum.

 

[ChucksKLRST]

<??? confused ???>

this was true maybe 30 years ago, but today there are so many craft beers available in the U.S. that it makes my head spin when I go out for a beer.

Maybe by "so called American beer" you're referring to the Coors/Bud/Miller offerings. If so, then your statement is true, but they represent a tiny fraction of the American beer spectrum.

Yes you are correct. Yes there are a myriad of craft beers out there. I don't think I will live long enough to try them all, but a good German Pilsner from the local brewery is always a safe bet for me. Along with a real Austrian Wiener Schnitzel at a local Gasthaus. Everybody's palate is a bit different

.

 

[Daboo]

You guys are so funny. You noticed the beer. I want to know what this is!



Is it the latest version of the Tardis? Where you turn the red disk so many times to travel through time?

Chris

 

[the Ferret]

Yes you are correct. Yes there are a myriad of craft beers out there. I don't think I will live long enough to try them all, but a good German Pilsner from the local brewery is always a safe bet for me. Along with a real Austrian Wiener Schnitzel at a local Gasthaus. Everybody's palate is a bit different

.

besides not having a taste for alcohol I'm a real picky eater. When my wife and I went to Europe to do an Edelweiss Tour I was afraid I wouldnt find anything to eat. The first night in Germany I took my wife to Burger King for dinner lol. She said she didnt come all the way to Germany to eat at Burger King. So the next night we went to the Marien Platz ( sp?) And went to an outdoor diner. When we walked in I looked around for a kid and saw a boy about 8 eating. When our waitress came over I asked if she spoke English which she did. I asked her what the boy was eating. She said Weiner Snitzel and pom fritas. I asked what that was and she said a bread pork patty and french fries. Perfect. And for the next 9 days whenever I had to buy my own meal, thats what I ordered lol. My wife who is adventurous would just point at something in German on the menu and say I'll try that. Sometimes she liked what they brought her, sometimes she didnt lol. I liked mine every time!

 

[ChucksKLRST]

besides not having a taste for alcohol I'm a real picky eater. When my wife and I went to Europe to do an Edelweiss Tour I was afraid I wouldnt find anything to eat. The first night in Germany I took my wife to Burger King for dinner lol. She said she didnt come all the way to Germany to eat at Burger King. So the next night we went to the Marien Platz ( sp?) And went to an outdoor diner. When we walked in I looked around for a kid and saw a boy about 8 eating. When our waitress came over I asked if she spoke English which she did. I asked her what the boy was eating. She said Weiner Snitzel and pom fritas. I asked what that was and she said a bread pork patty and french fries. Perfect. And for the next 9 days whenever I had to buy my own meal, thats what I ordered lol. My wife who is adventurous would just point at something in German on the menu and say I'll try that. Sometimes she liked what they brought her, sometimes she didnt lol. I liked mine every time!

You missed out on some great German wurst.

 

[mello dude]

... oh my gosh... that's how it all starts!!! Yes... Stout is beer, and you won't like it!!!
... don't believe your friends, they just want to see what happens, trust me, I'm an alcoholic
[edit] but it's really good beer

mmmmmm... Stout's beerz love em all! --Well love any beer!