Samuel Adams: World of Beer

[pedro]

Originally Posted by BoxingRed

Great advice. I almost never drink tap beer. I wouldn't trust most bartenders to wash my car, much less keep taplines clean. The microscopic beasties that make you sick love to feed on the stuff left over in tap lines.

I almost never drank draft beer when I lived back east.

Almost no one drinks bottled beer out here. (at least in Bars/Pubs). Almost everywhere you go they serve in glass pints too, none of that plastic cup stuff.

[westofyou]

The only bottle beer I drink is Bridgeport Ale or Sierra Nevada.

I like the feel of a pint and the copper hue.

[RFS62]

Sam Adams in a frosted mug, baby.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by RFS62

Sam Adams in a frosted mug, baby.

Frosted Mugs are a no-no in the beer circuit, in fact most beers aren't as cold as you'd expect (from our past upbringing) and many a bartender has laughed at our request for a few more degrees south on the IPA.

With that mentioned I forwarn you warm beer haters... stay away from the offerings that are "Cask" or "Hand Pumped" Beers.

[RFS62]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Frosted Mugs are a no-no in the beer circuit, in fact most beers aren't as cold as you'd expect (from our past upbringing) and many a bartender has laughed at our request for a few more degrees south on the IPA.

Wow, the "beer circuit".

I had no idea.

I guess my dream of turning pro is a little further removed than I'd originally thought.

[deltachi8]

Originally Posted by westofyou

Still tastes like water and gives me a chemical headache.

I am no beer snob, but coul dnot agree more with this.

Speaking of Yuengling, their light is not half bad. In the Buffalo area, Labatt is the beer you see most of and the one I will tend to order if nothing else seems interesting.

[919191]

There is nearby bar that also houses a small pizza joint nearby. Once while waiting for my pizza I sat at the bar and ordered a Harp. I love Harp. It was some kind of buck draft night or something on domestics, so due to the volume, I guess, they served it in a plastic cup. Disgraceful. Now I just get a domestic in a bottle to avoid that situation.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by RFS62

Wow, the "beer circuit".

I had no idea.

I guess my dream of turning pro is a little further removed than I'd originally thought.

The beer circuit is to be avoided, they are something out of Lord of the Rings.

[pedro]

Originally Posted by 919191

There is nearby bar that also houses a small pizza joint nearby. Once while waiting for my pizza I sat at the bar and ordered a Harp. I love Harp. It was some kind of buck draft night or something on domestics, so due to the volume, I guess, they served it in a plastic cup. Disgraceful. Now I just get a domestic in a bottle to avoid that situation.

I like Harp too, although they made fun of me for drinking it in Ireland.

[Johnny Footstool]

Originally Posted by pedro

I like Harp too, although they made fun of me for drinking it in Ireland.

I met some sales reps from our British office in a local bar. They made fun of me for drinking Newcastle.

They were drinking Bud and Corona.

[pedro]

Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool

I met some sales reps from our British office in a local bar. They made fun of me for drinking Newcastle.

They were drinking Bud and Corona.

IIRC, Newcastle is made for the export market. Kind of like St Pauli Girl

[Chip R]

Originally Posted by pedro

I like Harp too, although they made fun of me for drinking it in Ireland.

Maybe it wasn't just cause you were drinking Harp.

[SunDeck]

Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool

I met some sales reps from our British office in a local bar. They made fun of me for drinking Newcastle.

They were drinking Bud and Corona.

I think anyone who makes fun of another person's beer choice deserves a slap.

That, or you probably could have made fun of their teeth.

[pedro]

Originally Posted by Chip R

Maybe it wasn't just cause you were drinking Harp.

actually they call it "harpish" after some local toilet cleaning product.

[Johnny Footstool]

Originally Posted by pedro

IIRC, Newcastle is made for the export market. Kind of like St Pauli Girl

They said it's what hobos drink in England. Then they took big gulps of clear-bottled skunk water (Corona) and proclaimed it "lovely."

It was all part of a painfully transparent and ultimately futile attempt to needle the "gun-totin', Bush-lovin' American" (me). If they only knew...

Of course, I've talked to other, nicer Brits who have said they enjoy Newcastle and Guinness.