What beer do you drink?

[Bren]

Just outta curiosity....what is everyones fave beer...

[Bren]

I better put my bit in....Mine is Miller Genuine Draft
http://www.cvs.co.th/miller/mgd_bottle.gif

[Trudes]

Top of the list!! Speights!:apint:

[MIXONE]

Just outta curiosity....what is everyones fave beer...

Whatever you are putting on the bar in front of me.:2thumbsup

[Bren]

Whatever you are putting on the bar in front of me.:2thumbsup



lol....for you my friend it is....SOUTHERN DRAUGHT

[Gubb]

Pffft. Millers? "American Beer is like having sex in a Canoe. Fucking close to water."

Mac's Sassy Red, or Steiny P is rocking my world right now.

[NZsarge]

Hieny, Mac's Gold or Export.

[Pussy]

Mac's Gold is my fave, and Black Mac a close second

[Bren]

Pffft. Millers? "American Beer is like having sex in a Canoe. Fucking close to water."

Mac's Sassy Red, or Steiny P is rocking my world right now.

Thats what they say, and for the likes of their largest selling beer Budweiser I have to agree, but Millers is a dammned nice beer, I love it. Shiner Bok is also a very good US beer if you can get it....It is all to personal taste my friend, and my personal favorite is Millers...



Oh, have you Tried a MGD? if not then you have no grounds to make that statement, and if so then you would know it aint shit, so either way you are talking out of your ass

[stevedee]

DAB white can 500ml no chemicals, drank if for years. Has a bit of history being German. Oh....no hangovers ever.

spd:-)

[ynot slow]

Boring ol Tui,then Export/Macs Gold or Blonde(if rich).Sol and lime for import.

[Bren]

Boring ol Tui,then Export/Macs Gold or Blonde(if rich).Sol and lime for import.


Sol is real nice...better than that overpriced Corona

[barty5]

just cant do beer any more get real bad hangover s from it after 3-4.Take half a bottle of this any day.

[DEATH_INC.]

http://www.gallup-robinson.com/essayimages/56budweiser.jpg

[rat biker 08]

Bruer cheep gets you pissed for 20$ for 20 pack its good

[MVnut]

Nastro Azzurro:wari::beer::clap::argh:

[Bren]

just cant do beer any more get real bad hangover s from it after 3-4.Take half a bottle of this any day.


Cant say I like that stuff, but each to their own...My Poison is Scotch Whisky
or Tequila...Glenfiddich 12yo is always good to have....but the stuff dont last long...

[Bren]

http://www.gallup-robinson.com/essayimages/56budweiser.jpg


Would not mind "Fucking close to water" with those jugs

[Gubb]

Thats what they say, and for the likes of their largest selling beer Budweiser I have to agree, but Millers is a dammned nice beer, I love it. Shiner Bok is also a very good US beer if you can get it....It is all to personal taste my friend, and my personal favorite is Millers...



Oh, have you Tried a MGD? if not then you have no grounds to make that statement, and if so then you would know it aint shit, so either way you are talking out of your ass

Talking out my "ass"? You carry on about "personal taste" and then deride me for my opinion?

Go back to your Ivory Tower.

[_Shrek_]

lone star serves the best stinnie on tap other than that in a bottle just short of frozen :wari:
& at the rallys good old chateau carrrrrrrrrrrrrborrrrrrrrrd :rofl:

[barty5]

but the stuff dont last long...[/QUOTE]

funny you should say that i too have the same problem bottle allways seam to empty sooner than i would have liked.

[Ixion]

You had the right answer on line 1. Why did you waste space with that other crap?

'If it ain't Speight's, it ain't beer'

[MIXONE]

You had the right answer on line 1. Why did you waste space with that other crap?

'If it ain't Speight's, it ain't beer'

You're onto it mate(with a deep southern drawl)

[Boob Johnson]

Was breast feed on DB Export :baby:

[Indiana_Jones]

<img src="http://www.dbbreweries.co.nz/assets/brands/brand_double.gif">

Oh yeah!

-Indy

[old git]

One thats been around longer than NZ as we know it, YEP THAT GREAT IRISH BEER, .....GUINNESS....the same since THE 1750'S........

[Blossom]

Ok so being a girl who was born and raised in the Manuwatu Tui is my long time fave... but as of late have been enjoying a nice chilled export gold.
Theres a disturbing to be a lot of "others" in the poll... your not all going soft and just drinking imported beers are ya???? come on say it aint so..:nono:

[Bren]

Ok so being a girl who was born and raised in the Manuwatu Tui is my long time fave... but as of late have been enjoying a nice chilled export gold.
Theres a disturbing to be a lot of "others" in the poll... your not all going soft and just drinking imported beers are ya???? come on say it aint so..:nono:


Imported stuff makes up over 75% of what I purchase...Currently I have 1 doz Miller Draft, 6 Miller Chill, 11 bottles of Lion Red, and half a bottle of Pepe Lopez Tequila... My supply is getting low

Mind you I did have a pint of Tui at the pub on thursday, and it tasted dammned good

[NhuanH]

I prefer a shandy

[Bren]

I prefer a shandy

i hope thats taking the piss outta the "piss"

[Ghost_Bullet]

Kinda went off brew over the last year or so, though have enjoed a few... I guess I had become more spiritual. Got a couple of them bottles Montiehs lager in the fridge, they have been nice.

[munterk6]

Steinlager Pure, Heinekin, Becks, Stella, :sweatdrop

[Trudes]

i hope thats taking the piss outta the "piss"

nah it's just watering it down...:laugh:

[Bren]

So looking at the poll no one drinks DB Draught, or at least no one admits to it

[Skyryder]

Pilsner with fish or a salad. Dark beer on it's own or everything else.


Montieths preference but have been a Speights man way way before it became the success that it is today. Gota be one of the marketing success story's in NZ.


Skyryder

[Coyote]

Whattever 24 pack is cheapest that week :D

That or Bourbon

[Jiminy]

Don't like beer, plum wine will do for me. Or most cocktails. My tastes ain't cheap ;)

[kiwifruit]

Gisborne gold

[Slingshot]

I drink DB Draught, when it's cheap and I'm drinking cheap beer (which is often cause I'm broke).

If I'm at the Mac Brewery in Wellington...It's always Brewjolais...the finest green hopped beer in the world (IMHO). It's a real shame they don't bottle this beer (but kinda nice at the same time).

[marty]

Steinlager Pure, Heinekin, Becks, Stella, :sweatdrop

You da man...

Although I'd add Grolshe to that list.

and Monteiths NZ lager - voted best 5% lager in the world 2007.

Stella tastes best though at 0600am after a long night shift

This morning (oops it's the afternoon already!) I'm nursing a Steiny hangover :( :bash:

[Katman]

Monteiths Pilsner.

(Or Heineken if I'm going for volume). :whistle:

[rachprice]

Steinlager pure.
Monteiths Summer ale.
Corona.
Anything I dont have to pay for :2thumbsup

[DougB]

I dont drink beer, tried it once and it tasted horrible and bitter.

[pete376403]

Old Dark. Keeps you regular, too.

[Hitcher]

After 411 years of beer consumption, I have discovered the pleasures of Waikanae's Tuatara Brewery. Their pilsener is beyond homemade sin, and their pale ale is an amber-beaded elixir of orgasmic delights.

[Mikkel]

After 411 years of beer consumption, I have discovered the pleasures of Waikanae's Tuatara Brewery. Their pilsener is beyond homemade sin, and their pale ale is an amber-beaded elixir of orgasmic delights.

We'll have to take your word for it I guess, haven't seen them around Chch.

Harrington's brewery here in Chch makes some pretty good stuff as well. The Moa beer are quite yummy as well!

[Hitcher]

We'll have to take your word for it I guess, haven't seen them around Chch.

Some New World supermarkets stock it. Could all philistines please do the decent thing and leave it for the cognoscenti to savour. Thank you.

[megageoff76]

Monteiths. Its a shame its waay more expensive than the weasels piss i have to drink as a substitute (Export Gold).

[jim.cox]

We'll have to take your word for it I guess, haven't seen them around Chch.

You can find them in the Hallswell New World and some other supermarkets.

Very nice beer indeed - especailly the Pale Ale.

[deanohit]

I drank too much speights in my younger days, so now it's tui on the odd occaision I have a beer.

Unless it's Kevfromcoros homebrew!

[Mikkel]

Some New World supermarkets stock it. Could all philistines please do the decent thing and leave it for the cognoscenti to savour. Thank you.


You can find them in the Hallswell New World and some other supermarkets.

Very nice beer indeed - especailly the Pale Ale.

I shall keep my eyes peeled next time I venture into a New Worlds - but yes, I have noticed that NWs are usually pretty good for beer selection. :niceone:

[Toaster]

Top of the list!! Speights!:apint:

Nice one bud ;)

[jim.cox]

All of the above :)

[Naki Rat]

In Nelson- Harringtons Stout
In Christchurch- Dux De Lux Black Shag Stout :drinkup:
In Dunedin- Emersons Old 95
In Taranaki- Mikes Mild Ale
In Auckland- Galbraiths Alehouse Bitter & Twisted
In London- Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
In Vancouver- Storm Brewering's Hurricane IPA or Black Plague Stout

My partner is originally an Essex girl (via Canada) and I ride a Triumph. Do you see a pattern emerging here :drinkup:

[Naki Rat]

Macs used to be a nice drop until Lion took them over and started putting Waikato River water in it (Macs Gold).
Monteiths was great but the DB took most of the production to Auckland and turned it into swamp water.
Heineken and Oranjeboom are great Dutch lagers but the NZ brewed copies are chemical laced gut rot. Guinness, same problem.
And US beers never rated a mention to start with!

Altogether much like Jaguar was a beautiful marque until Ford started churning them out.

Stick with the hand made beers for great taste without a toxic waste headache the next day :drinkup:

[Forest]

What beer do I drink?

All of them!

[Mikkel]

In Christchurch- Dux De Lux Black Shag Stout :drinkup:

I like their Nor'wester and Sou'wester as well - bloody good beers!

Only problem with the Dux's beer is that I haven't found anywhere you can buy it except at the Dux itself.

[Forest]

I forgot to add that (IMO) the best beer brewed in New Zealand comes from a small brewery in Dunedin called Emersons.

http://www.emersons.co.nz/

If you like beer, you should do yourself a favour and try it. The Pilsner is fantastic.

[jim.cox]

Only problem with the Dux's beer is that I haven't found anywhere you can buy it except at the Dux itself.

Dude, you really do need to get out more.

You'll find it at the Hallswell New World too

They really do have a good selection of beer

[Mikkel]

Halswell New World seems to be the place where everything is happening... Too bad it's a bit out of the way :(

[Lias]

Stuff I currently like:

Steinlager Pure
Hoegarden
Mac's Sun Dance
Mac's Great White

It's damn near impossible to find, but I really enjoyed "Cardrona Gold" by Wanaka Beerworks. I've seen it in the supermarket twice in the last 5 years which is a shame as its damn tasty.

The stuff from White Cliffs brewery north of New Plymouth isnt bad either, I often stop and grab a flagon when I ride down to see my mate in NP.

My "mainstream" beer of choice is Tui, but I'll drink most anything as long as its not Lion Red.

[jim.cox]

Halswell New World seems to be the place where everything is happening... Too bad it's a bit out of the way :(

No.

Its not out of the way.

Its on the way home.

from Akaroa :)

[Mikkel]

No.

Its not out of the way.

Its on the way home.

from Akaroa :)

For you maybe - for me the way home from Akaroa runs over Gebbies...:2thumbsup :clap:

[Blue Babe]

Speights is prob one of my fav's, but I do like to try different beers especially European, so long as they are Ice cold:beer:. Can't stand warm beer:crazy:

[Slingshot]

The Moa beer are quite yummy as well!

Moa is over rated IMHO. It uses a quirky brewing technique which adds interest but the beer just not worth drinking.

[phantom]

As long as its free I'll drink it:beer:

[sparky10]

Macs used to be a nice drop until Lion took them over and started putting Waikato River water in it (Macs Gold).
Monteiths was great but the DB took most of the production to Auckland and turned it into swamp water.
Heineken and Oranjeboom are great Dutch lagers but the NZ brewed copies are chemical laced gut rot. Guinness, same problem.
And US beers never rated a mention to start with!

Altogether much like Jaguar was a beautiful marque until Ford started churning them out.

Stick with the hand made beers for great taste without a toxic waste headache the next day :drinkup:

Well said, beer from micro-brewerys rocks.1
Imported beers from europe not copys.2
Irish Whisky, not scotch ripoffs.
Yank bud + millers is shite, only times i was sick n hungover
IMHO

[Aero165]

+ A million for Mac's Sassy Red!:woohoo:

[Curious_AJ]

tiger and monteiths for me! or mash...

[irishlad]

Been recently converted to home brewing.
Brewcrafts Corona copy is absolutly lovely.
Also like the Munich lager & Newcastle Brown Ale.
$30 gives 30 750ml bottles of yummyness.
Hardest bit is getting the bottles to put brew in.

When I get a bit more cash I will get an Air distiller. A wee tabletop gadget to produce 40%ABS Spirits. Very small & none of that watercooled reflux action. $11.95 for a homemade bottle of spirits. Designed to make 1 bottle a week. $289 for full kit from BREWCRAFTS.

I like Brewcrafts. It rates up there as a cool place right besides Cycletreads.

Next week I may have to actually buy beer. Either that or rip into the cider I have had sitting for a few weeks. Quality beer. :beer:

[SPman]

Whatever my latest creation is......Morgans Blue Mountain Lager....

Little Creatures Pale Ale, isn't a bad drop though, espec. from the brewery.


Brewcrafts Corona copy is absolutly lovely.

The Morgans is really good on a hot day - with a hint of Lime.
Not good for continual drinking though.

[Slingshot]

Also like the Munich lager & Newcastle Brown Ale.


I've got 3 bottles of the Munich left (aged about 12 months) and have just bottled a batch of Newcastle Brown...looking forward to testing that.

[irishlad]

I've got 3 bottles of the Munich left (aged about 12 months) and have just bottled a batch of Newcastle Brown...looking forward to testing that.

Newcastle Brown best enjoyed at room temp. I keep mine stacked in Garage. Not been able to get anything aged over 4mths. Will try to do better

[Pwalo]

I'm too lazy to brew my own, so it's Corona from the local supermarket. Only tried it originally because they sponsored the best presented team in WSB.

[Slingshot]

Newcastle Brown best enjoyed at room temp. I keep mine stacked in Garage. Not been able to get anything aged over 4mths. Will try to do better

Yeah...I struggle to age anything too. I too have mine stacked in the garage, about nine crates high. I found the best way to age it is to stick a few bottles in the bottom crate, then I have to really want it because to get at it I have to move the other 8 crates.

Ideally, I'd like to get production up to a level where I'm always sitting on about a 6 month stockpile...by default that would mean I'm drinking mature beer...problem is I haven't got enough bottles.

[Usarka]

Newcastle Brown best enjoyed at room temp. I keep mine stacked in Garage. Not been able to get anything aged over 4mths. Will try to do better

That stuff is loopy juice.

[Murray]

Wonder how much of the 16.8% of other NZ beer is Lion Brown. All good Hurricane supporters drink this and Wellington babies have been weened on it since the 1940's.

[irishlad]

Yeah...I struggle to age anything too. I too have mine stacked in the garage, about nine crates high. I found the best way to age it is to stick a few bottles in the bottom crate, then I have to really want it because to get at it I have to move the other 8 crates.

Ideally, I'd like to get production up to a level where I'm always sitting on about a 6 month stockpile...by default that would mean I'm drinking mature beer...problem is I haven't got enough bottles.

Same problem here. Not enough bottles. The guy in home brew shop talks about drinking only stuff at least 4mths old. I'm trying to age good beers by doing the odd cheap kit. The problem is I have to drink cheap beer every now and again. It brings back memories, also bring back hangovers.

So does anyone here distill their own spirits? That is real loony juice.:beer:

[glice]

double brown!
20 for $20, yea boy.
nothing demands respect like walking into a party with a box of brown under your arm. nothing.

[chrisso]

VB Mate.Or Carlton Cold or Heinies or Steinies--anything but AAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sp spsp Speights arrrraagggghhh.Drink Speights,lose ya mates
If you think the bottoms fallen out of your world drink Speights and youll think the Worlds fallen out of your Bottom.
I was trapped in Dunedin one Winter--Let me out dammit! and had to drink it .Took me years to recover.
I grew up on DB & Lion Brown...ah good times

[HenryDorsetCase]

at the risk of sounding like a precious twat, Ive really enjoyed some local(ish) microbrewery stuff lately: Wanaka beerworks, Green Man, Green Fern. Even some of the Emersons

apart from that, Macs Hop Rocker.

I'm drinking more wine than beer recently, now that its winter. :(

[avgas]

Sapporo
Macs Extra is good
Kirin Premium Malt
Tsing Tao
Speights Gold

[faredce]

southern man thru and thru
student drop=speights

[avgas]

double brown!
20 for $20, yea boy.
nothing demands respect like walking into a party with a box of brown under your arm. nothing.
Cept a box a ranfurly on the tank ;)

[glice]

anyone tried old thumper?

[Hitcher]

anyone tried old thumper?

Yes. You have to sneak up on him while he's asleep.

[peasea]

You're onto it mate(with a deep southern drawl)

It's a hard road finding the perfect beer. (More Southern drawl...)

I'd rather sit back and sip a Jim Beam black. Pure gold. Too fuckin' easy to drink though. It doesn't give me the runs like Steinlager does; or a fat tum for that matter, which is just as well; without a mirror I can't see my knob as it is.

[peasea]

anyone tried old thumper?

If my ex shows up I'll thump 'er

[SPman]

Same problem here. Not enough bottles. The guy in home brew shop talks about drinking only stuff at least 4mths old. I'm trying to age good beers by doing the odd cheap kit. The problem is I have to drink cheap beer every now and again. It brings back memories, also bring back hangovers.

So does anyone here distill their own spirits? That is real loony juice.:beer:
Over summer, if it made 2months, I was thinking "wow - an old brew!" With winter heading in, at least there's a chance of aging some brews......
The other half distills - and has also done 4 batches of Mead - now, depending on the honey used - that's good shit! It does take a while to make though, and we're trying to age at least one batch for a year or more.....

[Slingshot]

It's a hard road finding the perfect beer. (More Southern drawl...)

I'd rather sit back and sip a Jim Beam black. Pure gold. Too fuckin' easy to drink though. It doesn't give me the runs like Steinlager does; or a fat tum for that matter, which is just as well; without a mirror I can't see my knob as it is.

Small knob?

[peasea]

...and a big tum.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

I became addicted to this stuff when I was last in Germany, my partners daddy drinks it. Reeal nice
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z192/bigbossman_bucket/WernesgrunerPilsLegendepsd.jpg

[TygerTung]

I drink my home brew (home brew is much nicer, cheaper, and healthier than brewery beer)

Otherwise I'll drink (in no particular order):

Montheiths, Macs, or Harringtons.

I don't really like the stuff you get out of the big breweries, it usually is a bit tasteless for me.

Probably best of the generic beer is Speights.

[Bren]

i know most of you guys shy away from american beers, but if you ever can find itthis one is primo

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c153/chaos_created/ShinerBock.gif

[Disco Dan]

<img src="http://www.gedaz.com/images/db/static/Imports/Boddingtons.jpg"

[No FX]

Depends what im doing but usually....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Lets face it most Australian beer is utter bilge: to quote Monty Python its worse than an Aborigines armpit. Of course the same applies to any mass produced product, yuk. Having said that, there is at least one Aussie beer which is excellent. Great name too: Little Creatures (I guess they're Talking Heads fans)

I got put onto it during a very long lunch in Maloola bar last year. Now its what I get whenever Im over there.

http://www.littlecreatures.com.au/

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Oh yes, beer. A love affair to stand the test of time. Quiet some time ago me and my mates would saunter up to The London Bar on Wellesley St (also called the '100 beers bar') and descend into general drunkenness and frivolity. Last time I counted 34 of the 100 in one sitting (an all night affair of course)

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z192/bigbossman_bucket/Budvar_Budejovicky_L.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z192/bigbossman_bucket/dogbolter2.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z192/bigbossman_bucket/youngsramrod.jpg

[Magua]

tiger and monteiths for me! or mash...

Mash doesn't exist anymore. "Total market failure" were the words of my boss.

[Slingshot]

I just got an email to invite me to join realbeer.co.nz (www.realbeer.co.nz) quite out of the blue.

Could it have something to do with this thread?

[homer]

drink
what beer ?
answer: lots
better get some more
:banana::jerry:

[McJim]

I've stopped drinking coz I can't gt Tennent's 70/- outside of Glasgow and everything else gives me gutrot, a headache or tastes pretentious.

[bomma]

im a poor student so beer of most days and evenings = mac's gold but on pay day i wouldnt mind hunting down a sapporo or an asahi mmmmmmmm :beer:

[old git]

A free one -----poured by a naked blonde chick with a set of keys to a new ride, that she's going to give me after a good seeing too.

WELL WE ALL DREAM.....!

[irishlad]

I've stopped drinking coz I can't gt Tennent's 70/- outside of Glasgow and everything else gives me gutrot, a headache or tastes pretentious.

A 2 can funnel of heavy. That takes me back to my 1st flat in Partick. Moved on a bit since then. Also used to drink Mad Dog 20/20, fell over a lot.

[irishlad]

Over summer, if it made 2months, I was thinking "wow - an old brew!" With winter heading in, at least there's a chance of aging some brews......
The other half distills - and has also done 4 batches of Mead - now, depending on the honey used - that's good shit! It does take a while to make though, and we're trying to age at least one batch for a year or more.....

Would like to try making Mead. From what I can gather, its ready to drink as soon as bubbling stops. Is it hard to make? What recipe did you use? I think I'll get Googling.

[Usarka]

Piswasser


http://games.kikizo.com/media/piswasser/03.jpg

[madandy]

Most [Stein]lager in a green bottle does it for me, NZ & import. CD when home - when in Rome...
Speights distintion has caught my attention lately as have some of these hearty Monk brews from Belgium & Holland...Good winter quaffing.

[terbang]

I like brown beers but not so much the black types. Even drink a nice drop here (Saudi) called Moussey. Tastes real good but you have to pretend you're getting pissed as its got no alcohol.

[SPman]

Would like to try making Mead. From what I can gather, its ready to drink as soon as bubbling stops. Is it hard to make? What recipe did you use? I think I'll get Googling.No- its almost ready to bottle after the bubbling stops - about 4 months for a gallon bottle - then you should leave it for a year or so.......I've got one old recipe - take 1cwt of honey and 45gals of water........Mstriumph is the brewer of mead, what with her being a woad wearing wild woman and all.........

Tried an interesting brew this week - Mango beer, by Matsos, made in Broome! - Rather pleasant, in a smooth, mild Ale, mangoey way.

A good site is http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brewers/

[irishlad]

A good site is http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/brewers/

Cool as. Many thanks, will give it a shot.

[wickle]

its not what you drink now, what did u start on , mine was Leopard Continental after Dads home Brew,then Waitemata, the taste buds have changed alot.

[fridayflash]

anyone keen on murphys irish red?? its a nice drop,but can have some side effects, such as advanced amnesia,loss of licence,enhanced female attraction
skills,etc etc etc, i gave it up realising itd be safer to drink pints of
straight whiskey, do try it!

[Usarka]

its not what you drink now, what did u start on , mine was Leopard Continental after Dads home Brew,then Waitemata, the taste buds have changed alot.

Kiwi Lager.

I went up to the counter with some steinies when i was 15 - the guy said "You cant buy that son!"........."But I'll sell you some of this Kiwi Lager"

:doh:

[peasea]

its not what you drink now, what did u start on , mine was Leopard Continental after Dads home Brew,then Waitemata, the taste buds have changed alot.

Leopard! That shit even had paws on the can didn't it? I drank that when I was on the lam in Hastings 81-83, fucking rubbish! I bet your dad's home brew kicked more arse than that LC shite.

Watching Midge Marsden play at the Mayfair was the highlight of that 2-yr stint.