Favorite Brew

[Grizzly]

Another one for Timothy Taylor landlord here. Also I can never pass up the opportunity for Sharps Doom Bar. A cracking beer from a little brewery in Rock, Cornwall.

To be honest there are lots of great beers, just not enough time.

[Farquhar]

It'd be impossible for me to name just one, but I've managed to narrow it down to two: Belhaven and Hobgoblin.

[sydnie7]

[snip]Hooked on Oregan brews as of late. Deschute Black Butte Porter, Rogue has 2 incredible Chocolate Stouts. Local Arizona brewery, Four Peaks Oatmeal Stout and Kilt lifter are on my stable. Boddingtons Ale or Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale for those light days.

On a recent, quick trip to Portland I treated myself to several bottles from the "made in Oregon" store at the airport. Noted a few names for future ref, including Rogue's Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, So. OR Brewing's Black Henry Imperial Stout, and Oatis Oatmeal Stout from Ninkasi Brewing. Oddly (and happily) enough, our local little BBQ joint has the Deschute Black Butte Porter on tap! So I've enjoyed a few pints of that lately, very nice.

But I fear that Boddie's is in the ranks with Corona. . . rank beer. . . although to be fair I've only ever tried the "pub can" version.

Another poster mentioned Hobgoblin, happy memories of my first taste whilst in the oldest pub in Wales and I still have the wonderful pasteboard coaster for it.

As another person said, so many beers, so little time!

[TJ Kelley]

Guinness and BlueMoon... sounds interesting. Have you tried Guinness and Apple or Pear cider? Very refreshing on those hot summer nights.

My favourite for the last year or so



Blue Moon and Guinness, the "black and blue" or "eclipse".

Though this, mentioned earlier, is fantastic as well

[O'Searcaigh]

My favourite for the last year or so



Blue Moon and Guinness, the "black and blue" or "eclipse".

Though this, mentioned earlier, is fantastic as well

Oh yes indeed, black and tan, black and blue, black and almost anything! ' Haven't tried it with ciders yet, TJ but will do that experiment this week end for sure. The OP asked "favorite" beer -- My first answer of "Three Philosophers" was based on my grandson (who's in the Navy) giving a bottle to my wife and me ['cause we are philosophers -- there's got to be some benefit to choosing that major ] Fantastic!!! (but a bit pricey). On the other hand, we used to live "just down the road" from the Rogue Ale brewery in Newport Oregon. Some great "micro-breweries" in Oregon -- Portland is full of them, never had a bad beer from any of them. Then again, as Richrail has already noted with very few exceptions, "Anything with water, hops, grain and yeast" will do in a pinch. It all depends on the occasion and any occasion is an occasion to try a new beer!

[StevieR]

Guinness and BlueMoon... sounds interesting. Have you tried Guinness and Apple or Pear cider? Very refreshing on those hot summer nights.

Or a black velvet?

[TJ Kelley]

Beer... what a lovely subject! Thanks StarHunter for the salivation.

[David Thorpe]

Duvel. Based on a recipe brewed by Trappist monks for over a thousand years. Spring water, Scottish hops. Meticulous craftsmanship. Not always easy to find, but worth the hunt.

[Jock Scot]

Duvel. Based on a recipe brewed by Trappist monks for over a thousand years. Spring water, Scottish hops. Meticulous craftsmanship. Not always easy to find, but worth the hunt.

Scottish hops? I would be very interested to know where Scottish hops are grown.

[sydnie7]

Scottish hops? I would be very interested to know where Scottish hops are grown.

Perhaps he meant this (from the linked website)

"The original yeast strain, which Victor Moortgat himself selected in the 1920’s, originates from Scotland." Hops are reportedly Slovenian and Czech.