by Felonius_Monk » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:07 pm
Miller Lite? WTF?
Beer: Anything from Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh (Golden Promise and Deuchars IPA are my faves), Timothy Taylor's Landlord ale, Black Sheep ale, Nimbus from another small scottish brewery I forget the name of. Lager I like Peroni and Moretti from italy, Warsteiner from germeny, Corona isn't too bad, Grolsch is another favourite.
Other drinks: Good single malt Scotch whiskey when I'm in the right mood, mint juleps and daiquiris (iced and otherwise) as far as cocktails go, earl grey tea and lavazza red label coffee. Orange and papaya juice is quite nice too, recently been making it by whizzing up tinned papayas and OJ in the blender.
Redhouse, where exactly do you get tetleys and boddingtons in Cali? I live about 2 miles from the tetley brewery in Leeds. Boddingtons isn't very nice IMO, many better english ales on the market, though you might struggle to get them in america. Had some funny adverts on the tv a while back though. The only times I've had those sort of beers in the states they're not served properly, though I guess there will be some pubs that do them right. Best beers I've had in the states have been places that have done strongly flavoured light ale/european style lagers in US microbreweries. There was one in chicago I recall, originally from louisiana, called Abita. Very good stuff. The major US breweries i'm not too keen on, Miller and Bud seem to be mostly made from sugar and rat spit, though some of the non-budweiser Anheuser Busch "speciality" beers aren't too bad. I hear Yuengling is alright too but never tried it.
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