Favorite beers?

[Chip R]

I'm partial to stouts and porters and like to try a variety of them.

[Roy Tucker]

To echo dabvu’s point, I only drink local beers, like within a 30 minute radius. My wife and I are semi-regulars at Sonder, 16 Lots, and March First. All within a 10 minute drive. And now they are building a 50 West literally within walking distance of our house. Plus we get down to OTR once a month or so.

And my wife and I enjoy a good bottle of wine and I’m a bourbon and rye whisky fan. My liver can’t keep up with all these options.

[dabvu2498]

To echo dabvu’s point, I only drink local beers, like within a 30 minute radius. My wife and I are semi-regulars at Sonder, 16 Lots, and March First. All within a 10 minute drive. And now they are building a 50 West literally within walking distance of our house. Plus we get down to OTR once a month or so.

And my wife and I enjoy a good bottle of wine and I’m a bourbon and rye whisky fan. My liver can’t keep up with all these options.

Ever check out Common Beer in “downtown” Mason? They keep it very basic, but it’s quality stuff. And it’s good vibes there too. The owners/staff are great folks. Grainworks is also worth a trip across Tylersville, especially now that Momma Bear’s Mac and Cheese has a kitchen on site.

[Roy Tucker]

Ever check out Common Beer in “downtown” Mason? They keep it very basic, but it’s quality stuff. And it’s good vibes there too. The owners/staff are great folks. Grainworks is also worth a trip across Tylersville, especially now that Momma Bear’s Mac and Cheese has a kitchen on site.

Yep, been to Common Beer several times. We have good friends that live a 5 minute walk from there so we meet them there often. Summer nights on Common Beer’s little back patio is nice. We seem to have bad luck with Highgrain in that the times we’ve gone, they had some big event going and the place was mobbed. We’ll give it another try soon though. We’ve been to Warped Wing a few times but that’s more a restaurant that has beer. Not bad though. MPH Brewing in Montgomery is good too. We don’t lack for good local beers.

[bucksfan2]

I was able to visit the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Pilsen a few weeks ago and it didn't disappoint. It started in 1842 and from a business model, it really is impressive. It's nearing 200 yrs old and it's still special. How many products are out there that haven't been changed, copied or outdated for that long? It was yummy then and it's yummy now. They say it has something to do with the soft water river that runs beneath the city. In Pilsen you can get their unfiltered Pilsner Urquell which has even more flavor but it's not cloudy. It's still fairly clear.

This is why I prefer Czech Pilsners over American ones and even German ones

Years ago we visited Munich during Oktoberfest. Everywhere you went they had Helles, Dunkel, or Ratler. I can't remember if they had one more variety. But that beer was fantastic, best I have ever had.

I don't drink whole lot of beer anymore, but when I do I prefer Pilsners or Lagers. North Coast Skrimshaw is probably my favorite followed by Lagunitis Pilsner. I don't mind easy drinking IPA's, Rhinegeist Mathlete is pretty good, as well as Truth, but that will knock you out if you aren't careful.

I don't think you can go wrong going to any of the local breweries around town. Rhinegeist, Taft, and Madtree are all pretty much top notch.

[Sea Ray]

Years ago we visited Munich during Oktoberfest. Everywhere you went they had Helles, Dunkel, or Ratler. I can't remember if they had one more variety. But that beer was fantastic, best I have ever had.

I don't drink whole lot of beer anymore, but when I do I prefer Pilsners or Lagers. North Coast Skrimshaw is probably my favorite followed by Lagunitis Pilsner. I don't mind easy drinking IPA's, Rhinegeist Mathlete is pretty good, as well as Truth, but that will knock you out if you aren't careful.

I don't think you can go wrong going to any of the local breweries around town. Rhinegeist, Taft, and Madtree are all pretty much top notch.

Radler beer is what we call here in the states, Shandy. I'm NOT a fan of mixing my beer with lemonaide. In fact, I really don't want fruit in my beer. Fruit my wine, not my beer.

Since you were there for Oktoberfest, I'd think you'd have come across some good Marzens. Personally I think Spaten's Marzen is the gold standard. Sam Adams is a close 2nd

[Sea Ray]

Folks, we're coming up on one of my favorite beer festivals of the year, Bockfest here in Cincinnati. Bock is a very tasty, strong lager. Most Cincinnati breweries come out with a Bock this time of year. Here's my way to attack Bockfest:

Buy a tasting ticket for about 45 bucks. Split it with a buddy (in my case a female). There are generally over 2 dozen breweries represented under the tent at Bockfest. You get a healthy taste of all of them plus a nice glass ,for the price of your ticket. You can share tastes with your buddy so you need not buy 2 tasting tickets. There's usually a decent band playing too. Pace yourself and buy a pretzel or something to soak it up 'cause these beers will get you in trouble if you're not careful. If you don't like a taste, throw it out. Don't waste your alcohol on it.

Part 2, you go to Arnolds. Probably will have to stand but they'll have a rotating list of about 12 Bock beers you can order. No tastes but you might find some there that you couldn't find at Bockfest. If you have a date, ideally get a room downtown for the night.

Bockfest is next weekend. Almost didn't happen this year but Sonder came to the rescue and sponsored it. Kudos to them

https://www.bockfest.com/

[SunDeck]

I was able to visit the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Pilsen a few weeks ago and it didn't disappoint. It started in 1842 and from a business model, it really is impressive. It's nearing 200 yrs old and it's still special. How many products are out there that haven't been changed, copied or outdated for that long? It was yummy then and it's yummy now. They say it has something to do with the soft water river that runs beneath the city. In Pilsen you can get their unfiltered Pilsner Urquell which has even more flavor but it's not cloudy. It's still fairly clear.

This is why I prefer Czech Pilsners over American ones and even German ones

I drank a lot of Flensburger Pils when I was in Germany, a very crisp, somewhat bitter variety, and I've been chasing that taste ever since. It's a northern brewery and I don't know much about other region al Pils beers. I hear Urquell always brews a control batch using old/original methods to compare it to taste and quality of production scale systems. Is that true?

[BuckeyeRed27]

Radler beer is what we call here in the states, Shandy. I'm NOT a fan of mixing my beer with lemonaide. In fact, I really don't want fruit in my beer. Fruit my wine, not my beer.

Since you were there for Oktoberfest, I'd think you'd have come across some good Marzens. Personally I think Spaten's Marzen is the gold standard. Sam Adams is a close 2nd

Shandy is pretty situational, but I do love it on a hot day by the pool or on a boat or something like that. Market Garden here in Cleveland makes a great one in an obnoxiously yellow can.

[moewan]

Don't really drink beer anymore, mostly when golfing or bowling, bur when I do I like Bells Two Hearted, or Founders Centenial

[Boston Red]

Don't really drink beer anymore, mostly when golfing or bowling, bur when I do I like Bells Two Hearted, or Founders Centenial

When my daughter goes to Kalamazoo for school next year, I'm pretty fired up to spend quite a bit of time with Bells and Founders. Bells has a great tap room right in downtown Kalamazoo.

[dubc47834]

I prefer lagers and one I return to pretty regularly is Sam Adams Boston Lager. It's a solid, flavorful, somewhat malty, classic tasting beer. When it's cold I gravitate to some ales and when it's hot I like a nice crisp Pils. American pilsners generally are not bitter enough for my liking, I prefer ones from Europe, like Carlsberg Elephant, Grolsch, Pilsner Urquell.

I'm not a big beer drinker, but I do like Sam Adams. My go to is the Cherry Wheat. I did the brewery tour in Boston a few years back and tried it there, loved it!

[medford]

When I was in Germany we did a father's day walk thru the woods (old US military base they turned back over to Germany) with some friends we were visiting. We exiting the woods into a big field and all the moms/wifes had set up shop grilling various sausages and had beer on the ready. That was my intro to Radlers, half lemonade, half weissen. I never would have tried that otherwise, but it was fantastic. The shandy here in the states is more beer with lemonade flavorings than what i experienced, but i still enjoy them. I'll always got for a Weissen (helles or Dunkle) if its available on tap.

[dabvu2498]

Yep, been to Common Beer several times. We have good friends that live a 5 minute walk from there so we meet them there often. Summer nights on Common Beer’s little back patio is nice. We seem to have bad luck with Highgrain in that the times we’ve gone, they had some big event going and the place was mobbed. We’ll give it another try soon though. We’ve been to Warped Wing a few times but that’s more a restaurant that has beer. Not bad though. MPH Brewing in Montgomery is good too. We don’t lack for good local beers.

Keep HighGrain (Silverton) and Grainworks (West Chester) separate, RT! I like both a lot though! HighGrain is another kinda like West Side. Everything they make is of quality.

[Kinsm]

I was at Municipal Brew Works this past Friday and Moeller Brew Barn this past Saturday. Municipal was packed, and should remain packed as long as Spooky Nook continues to draw in people from all over. Moeller was empty by 9pm, unless they are bringing in mad revenues during the day they won't be open in that facility long. There's a great deal of manufacturing and warehouse facilities nearby which might draw in a ton of people at the end of the work day for all I know...but there certainly isn't enough residential supply for late-night.

As far as beer goes, I've sampled hundreds if not thousands of beers at dozens of breweries over the past decade (big fan of flights).

Ales definitely trump lagers IMHO - MadTree Happy Amber is still the winner (Troegg's Hopback Amber, Bell's Amber, 3 Floyd's Smashed Amber, and Flying Dog's bloodline orange Ale distant second, third, fourth, and fifth).