rocket_d00d's Journal: Budweiser!

But this is of course the original Czech Budweiser. Forget about the USAnian mock beer, which basically tastes like carbonated water with some artificial colour. If you want an excellent U.S. beer, try Sam Adams instead. Or, even better, some of the excellent brews from Harpoon Breweries in Boston, MA.

Cheers!

boo hoo hoo...

[tuxette]

...empty glass!

I suppose Faxe is a total downer after drinking the good stuff... (I think I'll stick to water)

Full ACK

[Ethelred Unraed]

Yeah, I'm not much for Bud (aka "Anheuser-Busch", as it's called in Germany, since the "Budweiser" name is taken).

Then again, if you don't think of Bud as beer, it's not bad at all. *g*

My favorites: Newcastle Brown Ale [newcastlebrown.com] or maybe Guinness [guinness.com] (though I also like Beamish [beamish.ie] if I can find it). Favorite alcoholic drink in general: Scrumpy Jack [beamish.ie] or perhaps Strongbow [strongbow.com].

Favorite German beers: Detmolder Pilsener [raketnet.nl] and Warsteiner [warsteiner.de].

Cheers,

Ethelred

Re:Full ACK

[rocket_d00d]

Newcastle, Guinness, and Beamish are all perfectly acceptable malt beverages, yes :-) The Scrumpy Jack looks interesting, although I've never tasted it. Strongbow (dry) is OK, but not the best cider out there. Perhaps the best cider I've ever tasted was the cidre brut (sorry, don't remember the name) that I bought in Bretagne, France in November (in bottles, and with champagne style corks). Here in Norway, we mostly get this awful Swedish apple juice with added sugar, alcohol and carbon dioxide that res

Re:Full ACK

[Ethelred Unraed]

Perhaps the best cider I've ever tasted was the cidre brut (sorry, don't remember the name) that I bought in Bretagne

Yeesh! How dare you call that French stuff "cider". ;-)

If God intended bubbles to be in cider, He would have...er...well anyway. *g*

Seriously, I find Strongbow and Scrumpy to be infinitely more refreshing and drinkable than Brittany's cidres brut -- too dry and fizzy. (I also strongly dislike Champagne and German Sekt as well.)

What I like about Scrumpy: you drink and drink and drink a

Re:Full ACK

[rocket_d00d]

Yeesh! How dare you call that French stuff "cider". ;-)

The trick is to buy the stuff that the locals drink, not the stuff made for the export market (which is the dulled-down, over-sweetened stuff). Compare with beer, U.S. style: In decent grocery stores you can find good beer made by micro- and small-scale breweries. Go outside the U.S., and the term "American Beer" is synonymous to making love in a canoe...er...Bud and Miller. Yuck.

Seriously, I find Strongbow and Scrumpy to be infinitely more refre

Re:Full ACK

[tuxette]

too dry and fizzy. (I also strongly dislike Champagne and German Sekt as well.)

Heh. I'm also into the bone-dry stuff, though I enjoy/tolerate semi-dry to a certain extent. I don't really care for sweet wines or ciders.

btw - "Scrumpy" sounds like the state of one's liver (a nickname perhaps?) if one drinks one too many ;-)