Beer!
Brick had a nice little article about European beers this week — if you could get past things like “all premium American beers are decedents of the European lager.” I’d link to it but their website hasn’t been updated in a fortnight and a half. I want to get across two main points in this […]
Brick had a nice little article about European beers this week — if you could get past things like “all premium American beers are decedents of the European lager.” I’d link to it but their website hasn’t been updated in a fortnight and a half.
I want to get across two main points in this post. The first: drink American beers. The second: I’ve found the worst beer ever.
First. This is my personal beer soapbox and I’m sure the six of you reading this have all heard me bitch about it before but: beer is better in a can. Sunlight causes your beer to taste like skunk. I am not making it up people, read that article. “But why does Highlife taste so good, it is in a clear bottle?!” you might ask. Well! Apparently Miller uses hop-like chemicals in their beers. Mmmm. Point: brown bottles are good, cans are excellent.
Now, guess what the European’s ship their beer over the ocean in? Mostly green bottles. That is (one of the reasons) why Heineken tastes like ass. American beers, for whatever reasons, typically come in brown light dissuading bottles. Some even come in cans! So the rule is: in America drink American. In Europe, drink European. Easy.
Second Bell’s Cherry Stout is the worst beer I have had in a long time. Don’t pay any attention to that Beer Advocate rating of 83, this beer tastes like a cherry took a dump in your mouth. FYI, people.
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I prefer bottles, mainly because I find the experience is more satisfying, but I also think bottled beer tastes better than canned. I have no idea why, and I fully admit that it may be a complete fabrication in my mind. I also–arbitrarily, I suppose–hate drinking pop with a straw, so infer from that what you will. I have to admit, though, that I hesitate when a bottle is green. And I have noticed that I don’t hate the smell of skunk roadkill as much as I did in my pre-beer drinking days.
Two pro-bottle/anti-can examples come to mind.
1: Newcastle is great, it comes in a clear bottle, and (I’ve been lead to believe) it is typically sold in England by the pint bottle rather than on draft. I’ve always wondered why it’s so common on draft in America when back in Newcastle-land it apparently isn’t. According to Wikipedia, “This allows the drinker to regularly top-up the beer and thereby maintain a frothy ‘head’.” Not sure how relevant this is, but maybe it’s a pro-bottle example? And why a clear bottle? Isn’t that the even worse than green?
2: I went to Virginia Tech, therefore I love Yuengling. It’s a staple. Ask for a “lager” at Hokie House, and you’ll get a fatty of delicious Yuengling. It’s great. Yuengling in a can, however, is disgusting, and I’ve never been able to figure out why!
YUENGLING IN A CAN IS AWESOME. WTF ARE YOU SAYING.
I’m actually thinking that maybe Newcastle uses those chemical hop like substances. Because it is totally in a clear bottle, but usually doesn’t taste skunked.
Go simple.. PBR
Agreed. Bell’s Cherry Stout is terrible. You can also add Sam Adam’s Cherry Wheat to the list of “Terrible Tasting Cherry Derived Beverages”. And I had some terrible Blueberry beer one time. Ugh, bad memories. Stick to Fat Tire!
Yeah I had a blueberry ale that tasted like soap over at Commercial Taphouse once.