I had the pleasure of meeting Bjorn and Andy in Houston earlier this week.

Both guys, and their rides are top shelf! I enjoyed my visit and drank a Shiner Bock or two...

Can I be in the Shiner clique now?

Wish I could've been there Kris

Looks like your in the "clique"......and your right about Bjorn & Andy, but then, you would've said that about any of those "HALFers", if they'd been there

Kel

This is my 3rd week as a new Texan - but sorry guys. I tried the Shiner Bock and no thanks. Not enough taste. It's Sam Adams Light for me.

Too many years in Germany - my beer's got to have some flavor!!!!

No Shiner clique for me

Fat Tire... Yum!

Fat Tire is good, but my favorite is Moose Drool.. made by a micro brewer in Missoula MT... That be good stuff!

Well the name doesn't sound good but neither does MooseHead and I like it. I think Guiness is my fav so far but it goes down too easy

Well, if were going to discuss beer....DAB or Härke are no 1 , cant buy here though...nor Pripps export, my no 2, but you CAN get Carlsberg.... but for loacal stuff, Shiner has great taste , imho...sorry Mark .... not in the clique?

Hey, at least I tried it.

On the other hand - it was in a bottle. Is this one of those instances were the beer is MUCH better from the tap?

Better from tap, but bottle is better than can though.....at least ,as you say ,you tried it ,good for you , !you get 2 points!

I'll just say what everyone else won't...

there has been too much emphasis put on Shiner Boch.. we finally rid ourselves from the daily pressures of stars, then this.

and bravo Salmon for having the gills to dissent..

Well, personally, I'd be hard pressed to pick only one favorite. And Kris, you are quite lucky... you live in WA, which has a very high number of Microbreweries, and Brew Pubs, but you are also right next to Portland whish has one of the highest number of Microbreweries, and Brew Pubs in the entire country. (Colorado is said to have the most in a state with 55? But Portland has 72! Just in Portland! While WA is no sloutch with over 95 brewing establishments in all listed!)

So you see, this is what we do with all the rain we get... we collect it and make beer with it! Lol... So any time any of you come up the Great North Wet, we'll treat you to a WIDE variety of any style beer your heart desires!

All I have to say... is, It's ALL good! But as far as brews, my favorites are from the West. Red Hook, Siera Nevada, Widmere, Pyramid, Thomas Kemper... and the list goes on and on more than I do!

Brett (drinking a Sam Adams right now Mark!)

Michigan beats out Colorado...

http://www.beer100.com/brewpubs_l_to_n/michigan.htm

I've been to more than a few.

Wow... it seems as I search more... there are quite a few states that "claim" to have either more breweries per capita (like Vermont?) or brew-establishments... (Like Main?) or...

Ok, here we go Finally an actual list of combined brew establisments per state:
http://www.beerexpedition.com/northamerica.shtml
California - 314
Colorado - 142
New York - 101
Oregon - 98
Washington - 97

Now that's a lot of beer.. and that's a good thing!

Brett!

did someone say beer

i'll buy first round

I DONT LIKE BEER. April fools. When we used to go to Colorado we loved the pale ales. Dont know if it was the ale or the altitude.Buzzzzzzzzzzzz James we'll be in Dundee in June. Start saving your .10 deposits. SeeeYa Bill

We in Tennessee have alot of braggin' rights, you know! We have THE Jack Daniels distillery.

And we have....er...um....oh, we are #1 in privately owned and run Meth Labs.

That linked list is miserably out of date. It doesn't even have three of the big brewpubs in my immediate area, all of which have been around for at least a couple of years.

My no 1 the Finnish red KOFF!!!!!

Hey,guys,there`s nothing like an ice cold Alpine Lager.Once you try it you`ll love it.The only thing is,as the commercial says"You Gotta Live Here To Get It".

I have in my cellar right now...
5 gallons Octoberfest homebrew lager
4 gallons Red Bock homebrew lager
5 gallons Oberon clonebrew ale (haven't tasted it yet)
2 cases raspberry ale homebrew
2 cases honey bock homebrew
1 1/2 cases barley wine homebrew
2 cases Sam Adams Octoberfest
1 case of assorted Bell's brews
2 bottles of Shiner Bock
and an assortment of commercial beers for guests without discriminating palates. ;-)

Next brew will be a light smoked ale.

let me pm you my shipping address Vikki..

Vikki, let me know when the old man is out so I can stop by for a few hours. :p

After 14 years in Europe, I still say Hauff Hefe-Weizen is the best beer I ever had. Brewery is in Lichtenau, Bavaria. Just a few miles down the road from Ansbach. If you are anywhere in southern Germany you can get it.

budweiser

doing it for the good old USA

vikki i'm only right the street from you when
is the bbq beerdrinking firebird session

Gonna try for a Dream Cruise get-together...will have at least 3 homebrews available and a BBQ as well.

John, you're welcome anytime, we'll return the hospitality you so graciously showed us on our visit.

Nash - close. I much prefer the beer at the Kloster Andechs southwest of Munich. That's my nomination for best I've ever had.

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and thats beer, were talking about, right?

Wasn't it Monty Python who said:

How is American beer like making love in a canoe?

They are both F-ing close to water!

(I still like Moose drool.)