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Bud is #1

"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

and I would say Pabst BR 2nd best.

Mr Savage, could you elaborate a bit on what makes Budweiser so special. Which characteristics makes it the number one beer in the world according to you? What does it have that other beer lacks?

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Mr Savage, could you elaborate a bit on what makes Budweiser so special. Which characteristics makes it the number one beer in the world according to you? What does it have that other beer lacks?

It's probably a DONE DEAL!


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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Plus to your point Heineken tastes way better in Ireland, than the USA. So point taken!

I bought me ones a six pack Heineken in the US (as we called export beer "green bottles") it tasted awful...............

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" I've bought a bottle of the Export variety they love so much over there. Goodness, it's strong." I'm intrigued. I shall have to see if I can procure a bottle for testing...

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Plus to your point Heineken tastes way better in Ireland, than the USA. So point taken!

I bought me ones a six pack Heineken in the US (as we called export beer "green bottles") it tasted awful...............

I think it spoils quickly. For some reason if you buy those min-kegs (get about 14 beers out of it) it seems a lot fresher and better tasting.



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Bud is #1

Brilliant!!!!

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" I've bought a bottle of the Export variety they love so much over there. Goodness, it's strong." I'm intrigued. I shall have to see if I can procure a bottle for testing...

It's called 'Guinness Foreign Extra Stout'. It's abv is 7.5%. In some markets, however, it's a little weaker. Wherever you get it's a lot more potent than the usual variety.

I had an ex-girlfriend who works for Anheuser-Busch, and the "King of Beers" slogan comes from centuries ago when (in Europe) the brand was called "The beer of kings."
It was switched around for the American market.

Belgian beer is the best! (I'm neutral, I'm a Norwegian)
Try Leffe Blonde or Leffe Brune, both excellent.

[en.wikipedia.org]

These days there are literally thousands of very good microbreweries
around. This is a very good Norwegian one :

[www.nogne-o.com]



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Warning: Molson Canadian Wheat Beer should not be consumed by any child, teenager or adult who holds any value upon their beverage of choice. It's piss-water personified. Eughhh... I'm going to be cleaning my teeth for a goddamn month!!!

Yuengling Black and Tan is my favorite common beer. But my ultimate is Guinness on tap which unfortunately get pasteurized first for the USA market. Was not like this a while ago. Then it was my ultimate upon ultimates

Is there a Guinness heiress I can marry?

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Plus to your point Heineken tastes way better in Ireland, than the USA. So point taken!

I bought me ones a six pack Heineken in the US (as we called export beer "green bottles") it tasted awful...............

I think it spoils quickly. For some reason if you buy those min-kegs (get about 14 beers out of it) it seems a lot fresher and better tasting.

Green glass doesn't work, just like clear glass. It needs to be brown to not spoil the beer. Green doesn't work.

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Bud is #1

Brilliant!!!!

very cool!

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Yuengling Black and Tan is my favorite common beer. But my ultimate is Guinness on tap which unfortunately get pasteurized first for the USA market. Was not like this a while ago. Then it was my ultimate upon ultimates

Is there a Guinness heiress I can marry?

Used to know the Anheuser-Busch heiress whose marriage @ the time broke up fast (happens when a guy marries for the greenbacks) but that's not close enough for you!

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Sorry, I just felt for a bit of anti-americanism... I know you got great beers and real coffee too. But many seem to prefer the watered down versions. For whatever reason...

ever try the New Orleans French Market coffee? My mother-in-law called it 'the coffee that walks by itself.' Try it black! Powerful stuff. ><

They couldn't market themselves out of a paper bag in Europe but Japan's Kirin Ichiban is beautiful. Just the right side of heaven for me.
Fosters is 'orrid. Bud tastes watered down and Heineken tastes like Amsterdam smells .. not that that's always a good thing.

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Fosters is 'orrid. Bud tastes watered down and Heineken tastes like Amsterdam smells .. not that that's always a good thing.

Well, draught Budweiser has been 'watered-down' in the U.K. It used to have an a.b.v. of 5% (like the bottled and canned varieties) but is now around 4.5% The same has happened with Stella as well, sadly.

Fosters has always been ''orrid', ha-ha. Whether it's the weaker British variety or the stronger Export variant.

Heineken and Amstel are not favourites of mine, but the former gets the nod.

Grolsh is, in my opinion, one of the more preferable lagers. Inoffensive with the desired alcohol kick.

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Sorry, I just felt for a bit of anti-americanism... I know you got great beers and real coffee too. But many seem to prefer the watered down versions. For whatever reason...

ever try the New Orleans French Market coffee? My mother-in-law called it 'the coffee that walks by itself.' Try it black! Powerful stuff. ><

Mixed with chickory, good stuff!

Bus is #1 for a reason.

Pabst is real good

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Sorry, I just felt for a bit of anti-americanism... I know you got great beers and real coffee too. But many seem to prefer the watered down versions. For whatever reason...

ever try the New Orleans French Market coffee? My mother-in-law called it 'the coffee that walks by itself.' Try it black! Powerful stuff. ><

Mixed with chickory, good stuff!

yeah, good stuff. Downed with a famous French Market beniet (SP?) a little taste of heaven. Nice the coffee sells nationwide in grocery stores!

From beer to coffee...my kind of thread.

It's spelled beignet Owlbynite and I wish I had one right now. I once tried to make them, actually bought a deep fryer just for the occasion. They weren't bad, but I think I was covered in powdered sugar for a week afterwards.

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Fosters is 'orrid. Bud tastes watered down and Heineken tastes like Amsterdam smells .. not that that's always a good thing.

Well, draught Budweiser has been 'watered-down' in the U.K. It used to have an a.b.v. of 5% (like the bottled and canned varieties) but is now around 4.5% The same has happened with Stella as well, sadly.

Fosters has always been ''orrid', ha-ha. Whether it's the weaker British variety or the stronger Export variant.

Heineken and Amstel are not favourites of mine, but the former gets the nod.

Grolsh is, in my opinion, one of the more preferable lagers. Inoffensive with the desired alcohol kick.

From the standpoint of alcohol content Budweiser in the USA has not been watered down, but I can say with a high degree of certainty that the flavor of Budwesier is noticeably milder than it was just a few years ago. The InBev buy out of Anheuser Busch resulted in significant changes to not only the flagship brew Budwesier, but to other beers as well in the InBev catalogue. There are many to name but for the sake of simple examples I can point to:
Budwesier
Rolling Rock
Becks(now brewed at AB St Louis for NA consumption)

Try a taste taste. Bud now tastes like yeasty fizz water as does Rolling Rock. These beers are almost identical in taste, aroma, and appearance in their current offering. Almost zero hop character, and only mild malt sweetness. Basically light flavor fizz with alcohol.

InBev's treatment of Becks is the greatest abomination of all. Once a decent import German lager this is now a watered down imitation brewed in the US by AB InBev. The label looks almost identical to the old one, except in fine print it says brewed in the US. Too be honest this "new" Becks reminds me of what Michelob used to taste like back in the 60's and 70's when that brew was the AB premium beer in the USA.

Make no mistake. InBev is about homogenous products with only the name separating the brands. The recent acquistion of remaining Gruppo Modello shares by AB InBev a few months ago completes the basic takeover of a big chunk of big brewing in North America. One can only cringe to think what InBev will do to a beauty like Negro Modello.

AB InBev suck. Do not buy their products if you have a choice.Thankfully, we do have a choice with the beers we consume.

I love Bud

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I love Bud

WOW, a beer troll!

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I love Bud

WOW, a beer troll!

Yep!
He'll particularly like this.






"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

ROCKMAN

Bud is best, If I want a heineken, I'll leave a bottle of beer out in the sun for three days until it smells like dirty underwear!

BUD IS best!