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While we are all here - I think we can all agree that Fosters, Carling and Carlsberg are the worst three lagers available in the UK.

 

Absolutely. I'd drink a bottle of Carlsberg in the Toby Jug at 98p, but in pints or cans it's rotten. Carling and Fosters are even worse.

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Ah, beer, my specialist subject, yum! :)

 

Spoiled for choice in Belgium. It's a bit disappointing that most people's exposure in the UK to Belgian beer is limited to Stella Artois (a very decent everyday beer, but certainly not a 'premium' beer as marketed in the UK and elsewhere) and Leffe Blonde (way too sweet and sickly, although their dark 'bruin' beer is actually OK).

 

Choosing my favourite beers are like choosing my favourite songs, it changes every week. But if you're ever in Belgium, here are just a few beers that I'd recommend you try (in no particular order). Some are regional so may be difficult for find even in parts of Belgium, but if you go into any decent bar here they'll have at least some of them for sure.

 

1125 Vlierbeek Grand Cru - 8.5% abv

Cuvee des Trolls - 7% abv

Omer - 8% abv

Pauwel Kwak - 8.4% abv

Hapkin - 8.5% abv

St. Bernardus Abt 12 - 10% abv

Deugniet - 7.5% abv

Super Acht IPA - 6% abv

Zinnebir - 5.8% abv

Crime Passionnel - 7.5% abv

Brugse Zot Blonde - 6% abv

Brugse Zot Dubbel - 7.5% abv

Waterloo Tripel Blonde - 8% abv

Wilderen Goud - 6.2% abv

Cuvee Clarisse - 9.2% abv

L'Arogante - 7.2% abv

La Chouffe Blonde - 8% abv

Leuvense Tripel - 9% abv

Luvanium Tripel - 9% abv

Luvanium Blonde - 7.2% abv

Delvaux - 8.5% abv

Jack's Precious IPA - 5.9% abv

Postel Blonde - 6% abv

Alexander - 5.6% abv

 

Enjoy! :drink:

 

Edit to add: Untappd is a really good beer app, if you're not aware of it already. Very handy if you're out and you want to try a new beer, and are spoiled for choice. The beers above are just some of the 100 or so I've tried and rated on it.

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Absolutely. I'd drink a bottle of Carlsberg in the Toby Jug at 98p, but in pints or cans it's rotten. Carling and Fosters are even worse.

Talking of rotten beers and the Toby Jug. 99p for bottles of Tuborg in there. Bowfin.

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I like a pint of Carlsberg from a Wetherspoons. It always seems to be the perfect pint and perfectly chilled. Perhaps one of the least trendy beers there are, but I like the gassy, bitter hoppy taste. Goes perfect with a curry.

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I much prefer Moretti to Peroni.  The other beer that is always in my fridge at the moment is Rheinbacher Weissbier, a wheat beer sold by Aldi, £1.25 for a 500ml bottle.  Wheat beers aren't to everyone's taste but if you like them, try that one.  5%.

 

I've never liked low alcohol beers, but Erdinger's alcohol-free beer (Tesco stock it) is pretty good compared to anything else I've ever tried.  Worth having a couple of bottles at work as it improves the day compared to drinking tea.

 

Estrella Damm is decent although sometimes think it's a bit gassy.

 

Anchor Steam remains one of my favourites, and when in the USA recently I was drinking Blue Moon on draft most nights.  Contrary to popular belief, there are quite a lot of decent USA beers, none of them called Budweiser.

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Coors Banquet is a delight but a pint of Blue Moon is quite good for a change. Similar to Hoegarden

 

Blue Moon (also made by Coors) was the first witbier to really make it big in the US. What is interesting about this style is that, although it's very old, it actually died out in the 1950s, only being revived a decade later by a guy named Pierre Celis, who founded Hoegaarden in Belgium, and later the Celis Brewery here in Texas. Now of course there are lots of witbiers available across the world, but it came extremely close to being extinct. Good thing it's not, because for my money it's the best of all wheat beers.

 

Shock Top is Budweiser's answer to Blue Moon and just as good, but my personal favorite is Blanche de Chambly, the biggest Canadian wit. Alaskan Brewery also does a good one.

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Anchor Steam remains one of my favourites, and when in the USA recently I was drinking Blue Moon on draft most nights.  Contrary to popular belief, there are quite a lot of decent USA beers, none of them called Budweiser.

 

The US is absolutely streets ahead of everywhere in the world when it comes to varieties of beer. In an average pub in Germany you will probably find a better default pilsner, and a better default wheat beer, but you won't find an acceptable beer of every style. In every non-dive bar in the US you can find at least one very good beer of most styles. I'd also say the average American "beer fan" has a broader knowledge of styles than their European counterpart. Of course, that might not be a good thing. Maybe it's better to be like Germany or the Czech Republic and just focus on a couple of styles and make them the best in the world, rather than do what many breweries here do and make 12-15 different beers, from saison to stout.

 

In any case, the days of American beers being 100% Bud/Miller/Coors is over. (Although a lot of these microbreweries are actually owned by the major conglomerates - a fact they try very, very hard to hide.)

 

That said, there is nothing wrong with a Miller Lite on a very hot day.

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While we are all here - I think we can all agree that Fosters, Carling and Carlsberg are the worst three lagers available in the UK

 

Any beer that is brewed in some rank shithole in middle England is guaranteed to be utter shite.

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Ah, beer, my specialist subject, yum! :)

 

Spoiled for choice in Belgium. It's a bit disappointing that most people's exposure in the UK to Belgian beer is limited to Stella Artois (a very decent everyday beer, but certainly not a 'premium' beer as marketed in the UK and elsewhere) and Leffe Blonde (way too sweet and sickly, although their dark 'bruin' beer is actually OK).

 

Choosing my favourite beers are like choosing my favourite songs, it changes every week. But if you're ever in Belgium, here are just a few beers that I'd recommend you try (in no particular order). Some are regional so may be difficult for find even in parts of Belgium, but if you go into any decent bar here they'll have at least some of them for sure.

 

1125 Vlierbeek Grand Cru - 8.5% abv

Cuvee des Trolls - 7% abv

Omer - 8% abv

Pauwel Kwak - 8.4% abv

Hapkin - 8.5% abv

St. Bernardus Abt 12 - 10% abv

Deugniet - 7.5% abv

Super Acht IPA - 6% abv

Zinnebir - 5.8% abv

Crime Passionnel - 7.5% abv

Brugse Zot Blonde - 6% abv

Brugse Zot Dubbel - 7.5% abv

Waterloo Tripel Blonde - 8% abv

Wilderen Goud - 6.2% abv

Cuvee Clarisse - 9.2% abv

L'Arogante - 7.2% abv

La Chouffe Blonde - 8% abv

Leuvense Tripel - 9% abv

Luvanium Tripel - 9% abv

Luvanium Blonde - 7.2% abv

Delvaux - 8.5% abv

Jack's Precious IPA - 5.9% abv

Postel Blonde - 6% abv

Alexander - 5.6% abv

 

Enjoy! :drink:

 

Edit to add: Untappd is a really good beer app, if you're not aware of it already. Very handy if you're out and you want to try a new beer, and are spoiled for choice. The beers above are just some of the 100 or so I've tried and rated on it.

 

Belgian and French beer is revolting imo. Fucking hate Stella, Juplier, Hoeegarden, Leffe and Kronenbourg

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Belgian and French beer is revolting imo. Fucking hate Stella, Juplier, Hoeegarden, Leffe and Kronenbourg

OK, I know you said it was your opinion, but really? You have written off two whole countries worth of beer because you don't like 5 of the worst beers from those countries, though Maes and Heverlee are worse than Leffe (Blonde I assume). These two countries have about 1,300 breweries and probably over 3,000 beers and Belgium beers are generally considered to be among the best in the world. 

Czech, German and Belgian would be my go to beers, but we have some fine Scottish beers available from breweries all over the country. Maybe just try something a wee bit different, you might be pleasantly surprised. 

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OK, I know you said it was your opinion, but really? You have written off two whole countries worth of beer because you don't like 5 of the worst beers from those countries, though Maes and Heverlee are worse than Leffe (Blonde I assume). These two countries have about 1,300 breweries and probably over 3,000 beers and Belgium beers are generally considered to be among the best in the world. 

Czech, German and Belgian would be my go to beers, but we have some fine Scottish beers available from breweries all over the country. Maybe just try something a wee bit different, you might be pleasantly surprised. 

 

The widely available beers from those countries, in this country, happen to be all utterly dreadful. So yes, I'm more than happy to write off both of those countries, thank you

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OK, I know you said it was your opinion, but really? You have written off two whole countries worth of beer because you don't like 5 of the worst beers from those countries, though Maes and Heverlee are worse than Leffe (Blonde I assume). These two countries have about 1,300 breweries and probably over 3,000 beers and Belgium beers are generally considered to be among the best in the world. 

Czech, German and Belgian would be my go to beers, but we have some fine Scottish beers available from breweries all over the country. Maybe just try something a wee bit different, you might be pleasantly surprised. 

Heverlee (pronounced 'haver-lay' and named after the suburb of Leuven where I work and used to live, funnily enough - though it's not brewed there) is brewed specifically for the Scottish and Irish markets. If you asked for it in any bar in Belgium you'd be met with a blank stare. I think Hej alludes to my previous post, it's a shame that most people in the UK's exposure to Belgian beer is limited to a small number of mass produced beers. I think if he actually came here and tried any of the myriad of really nice beers on offer he'd be very pleasantly surprised.

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