Jim Brennan
VHS Member Old Skool
Re: Beer drinkers of the world, unite!
Horse,
I love Modern Drunkard. My production partner lives in St Paul, where he introduced me to it the last time I was there. The weird thing was that a lot of the ads in there were for Colorado, where I now live.
As far as beer goes, for me it's more about what I don't drink. I'll try just about anything. I have found in my travels that different beers have a different rep in different regions of the country. So I trust no one's opinion but my own. But aside from staying away from the mass produced swill that passes for beer here, I'm open to all types (except IPA's, which I tend not to like). The only beer outside of the aforementioned crap that rankles my taste buds beyond words is a local brew which is entirely too popular here called Fat Tire. It's in every bar in town and I hate it. It tastes like it was made with water that went through the softener a few too many times. It is almost slimy.
I tend to pair my beer with the circumstance, like people often do with wine. I find myself drinking heartier brew such as porters and stouts in the winter (or with a hearty meal) and stick to wheat beers, czech pilseners, and fruit brews when it is really warm. The most dangerous thing for me to drink (of the malt beverage variety anyway) is a combination of Guinness (or Murphy's or Beamish) with cider. Sometimes it's called a snakebite (although there is also a drink of that name consisting of Yukon Jack and Rosie's lime juice) or a Black Velvet. It is way too tasty for me to drink without a leash.
All in all, I consider a well crafted brew to be one of the finer things in life.
Horse,
I love Modern Drunkard. My production partner lives in St Paul, where he introduced me to it the last time I was there. The weird thing was that a lot of the ads in there were for Colorado, where I now live.
As far as beer goes, for me it's more about what I don't drink. I'll try just about anything. I have found in my travels that different beers have a different rep in different regions of the country. So I trust no one's opinion but my own. But aside from staying away from the mass produced swill that passes for beer here, I'm open to all types (except IPA's, which I tend not to like). The only beer outside of the aforementioned crap that rankles my taste buds beyond words is a local brew which is entirely too popular here called Fat Tire. It's in every bar in town and I hate it. It tastes like it was made with water that went through the softener a few too many times. It is almost slimy.
I tend to pair my beer with the circumstance, like people often do with wine. I find myself drinking heartier brew such as porters and stouts in the winter (or with a hearty meal) and stick to wheat beers, czech pilseners, and fruit brews when it is really warm. The most dangerous thing for me to drink (of the malt beverage variety anyway) is a combination of Guinness (or Murphy's or Beamish) with cider. Sometimes it's called a snakebite (although there is also a drink of that name consisting of Yukon Jack and Rosie's lime juice) or a Black Velvet. It is way too tasty for me to drink without a leash.
All in all, I consider a well crafted brew to be one of the finer things in life.
