Poll: Best Beer Country?

[Skjonne]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm not trying to be contrary, but the answer is Mexico.

[/ QUOTE ]

Huh?

[Skjonne]

[ QUOTE ]
SK,
Are you from Denmark?

[/ QUOTE ]
Yes
[ QUOTE ]
If so you might not fully understand the high reverance given to Pilsner Urquell by the so called "beer experts" in the US.

[/ QUOTE ]
I didn't even understand what reverence means but I looked it up. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] As a matter of fact, in Denmark PU is imported by a Carlsberg owned company and therefore it gets a lot of space in supermarkets etc. opposed to other beers imported by small independent companies. So I think I have an idea of what you mean.


[ QUOTE ]
I find the Czech beers a bit boring with too much saaz hops taste for my palate. And everyone I've tasted is skunked. Give me some good American Cascade hops.

[/ QUOTE ]

Well I see your point. Those a two very different types of hop. Saaz being a very bitter hop and Cascade being very aromatic. I like both types - it just makes for two completely different types of beer

[Skjonne]

Oh, your subject contained a question [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

I think my Belgian Top 5 would be something like
<ul type="square">[*]Westvleteren 12[*]Rochefort 10[*]Westmalle Dubbel[*]Maredsous 8[*]Westvleteren 8[/list]

[Phat Mack]

Do you have access to any Mexican beers?

[Skjonne]

[ QUOTE ]
Do you have access to any Mexican beers?

[/ QUOTE ]

A few but I'm sure it's not the ones you're thinking about. I've tasted Negra Modelo and Pacifico something (Clara?). And come to think of it, SOL is mexican too, isn't it? I named it a Spanish beer in another post but now I think that was wrong.

My experience tells me that warm and dry countries doesn't make very good beer. I guees they lack the tradition because they don't grow barley (needs a decent amount of water to grow) and in the old days importing malted barley wasn't as easy as today

A good example is France which actually has a number of good beers. But all the good breweries are situated in the north. In the south of France they make wine and no beer.

[nicky g]

The answer is clearly Belgium. Germany is a forgiveable answer, though wrong nonetheless. Anyone who answered anything else, especially if they answered Ireland, needs shooting.

[BadBoyBenny]

Good info, they stopped selling it in Pittsburgh. Has the quality stayed the same since they sold the operation?

Never knew it was Dutch, but I guess I assumed any Trappist beer is a Beligan.

[The once and future king]

[ QUOTE ]
Also, I stand corrected on Newcastle. I tried it a couple weeks ago, pretty good.


[/ QUOTE ]

Newcastle is one of Englands most average beers. It is a Branded beer. Most of our best Beers are made by regional brewers. It is unlikely that you will ever sample there delights unless.

1. You come to the UK.

2. You find a proper Pub (In will not be called Witherspoons) that serves good beer and most importantly keeps it beer in good condition. This latter conditions is so important. The same beer in the UK can taste like nectar in one Pub and urine in an other. If you by happy circumstance find yourself in Penzance, then the Pubs to go for are in order of beer goodness are:

1. The Bath Inn
2. The Crown
3. The Pirate

[The once and future king]

[ QUOTE ]
Caledonian (Deuchars IPA)

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow cant believe someone mentioned my favourite beer and you live in Denmark. You must have a PHD in Beer or Sumfink.

The best actual Pint I have drunk was in a Chezch expatriots bar in Kilburn London. They had just one Larger on Tap; Budvar. Words cant describe how superior it was to any other beer I have ever tasted.

[Skjonne]

[ QUOTE ]
Good info, they stopped selling it in Pittsburgh. Has the quality stayed the same since they sold the operation?

[/ QUOTE ]

Dunno. I never tasted it before it went comercial

[ QUOTE ]

Never knew it was Dutch, but I guess I assumed any Trappist beer is a Beligan.

[/ QUOTE ]

And so it is now. The Trappist beers are a protected brand that you only are allowed to use if a) the beer are actually brewed by the monks themselves at the monestrary and b) the monestary belongs to the Trappist order

At the moment there're six Trappist breweries:

<ul type="square">[*]Achel (Blond, Bruin)[*]Chimay (Bleu, Rouge, Blanc)[*]Orval (Orval)[*]Abbaye St Remy (Rochefort 6, 8 &amp; 10)[*]Westmalle (Dubbel, Triple)[*]Sct Sixtus (Westvleteren 6, 8 &amp; 12)[/list]