BEER- the choice

Very American list with Guinness & Newcastle thrown in for good measure. From what I've seen we in UK have probably got the best choice - we can buy both the American Bud (so-so) and "proper" Budweiser (Budvar) from Czech Republic, which gets my vote closely followed by Pilsner Urquell (which means original pilsner - as indeed it is). Honourable mentions in no particular order to Cobra (ideal with curry), Hoegarden, Tiger, Nastro Azzurro. Chimay and Duvel trappist ales. And then there's several Weissbeer. Of the US beers on the above list, I really rate Samuel Adams. Cheers! Hic.........

Hemp beer

I am Dutch but not really proud on the worldwide very good selling Heineken, it has a rather average taste. I prefer the Belgian beers, especially Trappist (brewed in monasteries) like Westmalle and Rochefort. Other great Belgian beers are Carolus D'Or, La Chouffe, Barbar and Kwak. Outside Belgium I like Guiness, Kilkenny, Dutch Gerardus blond and Korenwolf white beer. By the way, beer and progrock is a great combination!

Guinness from that list. Murphy's Stout is another favourite of mine.

Not too fond of Lagers, my favourite would be Tuborg I guess.

Sean Trane wrote: As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!! We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!! And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! ...

That's very nice of you to say, but you MAY be honest  . Okay, just joking, but I'm wondering: what Dutch beer do you like?

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No, I agree with Erik. Beer goes very well with prog. And some beers really reflect the different facets of prog.

Renaissance is like a good, mild white Hoegaarden or Corsendonk (white beer (= wheat beer)). Sweet and light.

Genesis is like a De Koninck, a bit more tastier and challenging

The Cardiacs are like Kriek Lambic (cherry beer, from "krieken" - cherries), delicious, joyful, but is it really beer?

Gentle Giant is like a good triple trappist, +/- 10% alcohol (Westmalle or Chimay)

Henry Cow is like Eku Kulminator - the strongest possible beer, but a bit over the edge for me.

The Dutch Grolsch is like... the first Asia album, I suppose. Tasty but direct.

 

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Moogtron III wrote: Sean Trane wrote: As the only Belgian on this forum , I will not touch the poll (even Stella , the only Belgian beer is made for foreigners and exportation), BUT I will say that yes!!!! We Do Make The Best Beers In The World!!!! And I would like to thank my Dutch Friends for acnowledging this, but their beer is not bad also! ... That's very nice of you to say, but you MAY be honest  . Okay, just joking, but I'm wondering: what Dutch beer do you like?

Well to be honest , you put me on a spot, here!

I find Grolsch , Gulpener and Amstel well worthy of your average Maes Pils !

In general terms , for Pilsener beers I like Jupiler & Primus but clearly the best was Wiels , but Interbrew bought it to destroy it!

Trappist:
Chimay Blue and Red are excellent! I don't appreciate
Westmalle (the double is daft and the tripel is way too bitter for my taste , but it is considered the purest trappist),
but Achel both are excellent.
Orval is an acquired taste (Gentle Giant),
Rochefort 6 & 8 are both excellent but the 10 is too caramel for me,
but the most intriguing is Westvleeteren (not too far away from where you live) : you will not find it at stores, they only sell it at their door and only on wednesdays afternoon if they brewed any and have them in stock and can only take one case at a time! The Blue and Yellow caps are wonderfull, the Green (blond ) is less so, and I have never seen or tasted the Red cap - I think they made a myth out of it or keep it to themselves!You can find an acetate of those by  tasting the St Bernardus (ex-St Sixtus) beers

BTW:Dutch Koenigshoeven abbey has regained the right to Trappist beers etiquette, last month and so the La Trappe beers are now again Trappist beers, but I find them not quite that good!

So out of seven trappist beers , six are Belgians (3 Flemish and 3 Walloons, would you guess) and one is Dutch!

oliverstoned wrote: Chimay has good taste but too strong!

The red label tastes almost the same as the blue label but has two degrees less!

Sean Trane wrote: oliverstoned wrote: Chimay has good taste but too strong! The red label tastes almost the same as the blue label but has two degrees less!

i'll try