Had a couple of fans of red stripe tonight... Cuts through the thirst nicely. Fave might be Augustiner brau or Paulaner. Place round here sells both. I normally drink ciders or porters, but quite frankly am not fussy
Czech Budweiser the best widely available lager. It has a good flavour when it’s cold. Sambrooks in Battersea do a very good one, too. Most of the big brands have to be drunk so cold you can’t taste them because their actual taste is awful - try leaving one to warm up and then see what it taste like.
Not a single mention for Mahou! Lager of the gods, red or green label. Not so easy to get outside of Spain now but when in Espana this is the one for me. Drink Bangla when we go for a ruby, ehich is very very nice too!
I don't really drink much these days, and I live amidst a swarm of craft breweries in the Hipstervania that I live in, so there's usually something interesting to try (Read: Has a cool looking label or a well written description, I know fuck all about beer).
Blue Moon (Definitely my favorite of the lot) Fat Tire (which might technically be craft but you can get it anywhere on the West Coast of the US) Heineken Kronenburg Peroni and Corona are good, a beer called Yeungling is fine, I had to learn to drink that when I lived in Florida then travelled to Pennsylvania a lot.
One beer I really do not get is the American King of Beers, Budweiser. It's a massive global brand and superbly marketeted but it just leaves me cold. I've had it here and over there and I just can't find any taste or flavour in it.
If the pint you like gives you that much more you can bet it's Carling Black Label! Harp stays sharp to the bottom of the glass. Stella Artois;reassuringly expensive. Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach. Hofmeister, follow the bear!
A bit strange though, a small UK company bought the name from Heineken but it's brewed in Germany now and is also 5%, not the weak, miserable stuff it used to be.
Canned - Suntory | The Premium Malts. Love a malty finish in a canned beer. San Miguel is a reliable 2nd, but seems to be best when brewed in the Philippines.
Bottled - Kona Longboard Island Lager. Hard to find. But doesn't get any better. Smooth.
Historically my favourite was always Stella Artois ( brewed in Belgium). Now its a case of shopping around for something not brewed under licence in the UK. Always thought that Grolsch in the flip top bottles tasted of soap
I really like Spanish lagers ... an ice cold Corona or San Miguel for me
Except San Miguel is Filipino and Corona is Mexican......
I quite liked Polar when I was in Venezuela. But it might just have been that it was cold and I was hot. It helped that it was about 11p though. (I bet it's more now!)
Draught bud I like but not a fan of its bottled incarnation. Only place I ever found it was in some ropey pub with a flat roof in Penge back in the late 90s.
I did a round the world tour once, and got to sample many beers. Particularly fond of Quilmes in Argentina and Beerlao from Laos. Possibly context is important too, as neither is probably that special in reality. Same goes for three horses in Madagascar!
I only like "lagers" over here that are imported and there is not many of them anymore. Many are manufactured under licence from the owners here in the UK, eg Carlsberg, San Miguel, Fosters and sadly now Stella Artois. Stella in it's pomp was 5.4% and far and away my favorite. Not on draught as that was made by Whitbread/Interbrew etc but the cans that your local corner shop imported in from the French booze warehouses. 500ml and beautiful. Stella UK now is 4.8% and I just can't find anywhere that imports it anymore. Heineken is very good these days, 5% and a real clear, crisp taste. This is because Heineken executives were horrified at what Whitbread/Interbrew had done with their beer and made the decision to only make it themselves in the Netherlands. However my favorite now is Peroni Reserve, Double Malt and comes in at a heady 6.6%. Only in bottles but from Italy. Quite partial to a couple of very cold cans of the stronger Polish beers too.
I remember stella at 5.2 when it was proper wife beater
For beer in garden bbqs etc then it's Coors, Corona or Bud but in pub it's Fosters, Efes or Tyskie. Although thinking about it I seem to drink anything and everything lol.
For beer in garden bbqs etc then it's Coors, Corona or Bud but in pub it's Fosters, Efes or Tyskie. Although thinking about it I seem to drink anything and everything lol.
I'm glad someone else mentioned Efes. I think it's a great beer, crisp and dry and perfect. Our rugby club stock it so I'm very happy. And I regularly make a trip to the TFC in Welling to get the bigger bottles.
Other than Efes, if it's draught then San Miguel or Amstel.
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Kronenbourg
Stella Artois
Oranjeboum
Red Stripe
Samuel Adams (I know it's a craft beer but I'm leaving off the brew dog stuff to balance)
Heineken
And a glorious blast from the past
Carling Premier
Wouldn't drink Carlsberg or Bud is they were the last drinks on earth.
I went to uni in Scotland... Either Tennant's or McEwans lager. "Pish" doesn't cover it
Peroni
Estrella
Amstel
Also Pilsner Urquell for when I fancy a stronger flavour.
Lager of the gods, red or green label.
Not so easy to get outside of Spain now but when in Espana this is the one for me.
Drink Bangla when we go for a ruby, ehich is very very nice too!
In the past and not sure if still available really enjoyed Rolling Rock and Molson
Blue Moon (Definitely my favorite of the lot)
Fat Tire (which might technically be craft but you can get it anywhere on the West Coast of the US)
Heineken
Kronenburg
Peroni and Corona are good, a beer called Yeungling is fine, I had to learn to drink that when I lived in Florida then travelled to Pennsylvania a lot.
A bit strange though, a small UK company bought the name from Heineken but it's brewed in Germany now and is also 5%, not the weak, miserable stuff it used to be.
Bottled - Kona Longboard Island Lager. Hard to find. But doesn't get any better. Smooth.
Now its a case of shopping around for something not brewed under licence in the UK.
Always thought that Grolsch in the flip top bottles tasted of soap
I quite liked Polar when I was in Venezuela. But it might just have been that it was cold and I was hot. It helped that it was about 11p though. (I bet it's more now!)
Draught bud I like but not a fan of its bottled incarnation. Only place I ever found it was in some ropey pub with a flat roof in Penge back in the late 90s.
I did a round the world tour once, and got to sample many beers. Particularly fond of Quilmes in Argentina and Beerlao from Laos. Possibly context is important too, as neither is probably that special in reality. Same goes for three horses in Madagascar!
Although thinking about it I seem to drink anything and everything lol.
I'll pretty much drink any lager to be honest.
I'm glad someone else mentioned Efes. I think it's a great beer, crisp and dry and perfect. Our rugby club stock it so I'm very happy. And I regularly make a trip to the TFC in Welling to get the bigger bottles.
Other than Efes, if it's draught then San Miguel or Amstel.
Cobra
Hop House
Carlsberg
Will be checking into the Yard House Vegas in September and working my way down their lager menu which always throws up some new delights.
One in a 500ml brown bottle and a 330 ml green bottle
Are they the same beer as preferred the brown bottled one.