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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:23 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Beer
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Runesong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:27 PM
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1. Hey you forgot Natural ICE!
Good cheap beer. We're not all rich yuppies ya know! :p
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MissouriTeacher Donating Member (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:30 PM
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4. Guiness!
Hey, that gives me an idea!
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FauxNewsBlues Donating Member (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:43 PM
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12. Anchor Steam
Good dark beer, from San Francisco. Those of you who like Guiness would like it. Trust me. I voted for Guinness though among the options here.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 09:23 PM
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22. I beg to differ
Anchor Steam Beer is a lager recipe that is fermented at an ale temperature (hence the steam) and loses something in the translation. It lacks the crispness of a lager because of the high fermenting temperature and the mellowness/smoothness of an ale because of the lager yeast, the worst of both worlds. Hey, just my opinion.

Interesting, Anchor Steam Beer was an all but defunct San Francisco brewery until Fritz Maytag (of Maytag Cheese) acquired the label and reintroduced the beer as a novelty in the late 60's. I'll stick with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, a true barley sandwich.

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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:28 PM
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2. At this moment?
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:28 PM
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3. Free Beer always tastes the Best
Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 07:29 PM by RobertSeattle
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:30 PM
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5. You forgot
REED's All Natural Jamaican Style Ginger Beer and Sioux City Ginger Beer.
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sfwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:32 PM
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6. PBR!!!
:toast:

I remember that beer fondly from when I was 3 to 8 years old!!

NO!!! I wasn't a preschool lush, It was the beer my dad drank on camping and fishing trips. Pabst Blue Ribbon hold a special place in my heart that none of these (to my eyes) johnny-come-lately yuppie suds can touch.

:9

For me, just seeing the can is a rush of nostalgic memories of muddy Tennessee lakes and TVA campgrounds. Now if theyed only make the old-fashioned cans with the pull tabs, I'd be all set.

:beer:


-Sandy
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:34 PM
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7. Voted Guinness, but it's their Harp Lager that has my heart...
Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 07:35 PM by rezmutt
:toast:

On edit: fixed typo in "Guinness" -- *shame* on me!
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TheBigGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:35 PM
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8. Since we are FORCED to choose....
...i voted Guiness.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:37 PM
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9. Corona with a slice of lime
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:48 AM
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39. That is Piss you know
It's the mexicans getting their revenge for shiting on their citizenship and making them work for cheap. So they sell a trendy beer to yuppies to drink in the summertime that they pissed in. I sypathize with the Mexicans on this one because the yupps deserve it.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:38 PM
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10. Grolsch
or Urquell...;-)
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:39 PM
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11. Finally: two real candidates.
:toast:
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rusty charly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 07:47 PM
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13. STELLLLLLAAAAAAAAA!
artois!
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:17 PM
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16. Moretti, then Grolsch if one likes bottles of pilsner.
Sam Adams,Petes and Michelob all used to make real good golden pilsners, but I guess no one bought them. Heineken pilsner on tap in Holland is great but they only sell lager here.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:08 PM
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14. Erdinger if I can find it.
It's friggin' delicious.

http://www.erdinger.de/english/
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searchingforlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:16 PM
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15. Won't drink Coors. Can't stand the right-winged S.O.Bs
Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 08:18 PM by brigadoon
Refuse to give them my money. Love Copper Ale.
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Zorba607 Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:19 PM
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17. No Newcastle?
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Narraback Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:18 PM
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29. Newcastle Brown Ale it is...
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:33 PM
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18. Kirin. Kirin. Kirin. Kirin. Kirin.
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Waistdeep Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:36 PM
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19. Pilsner Urquell
One of the great pilsners.
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Toby109 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 08:36 PM
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20. Rolling Rock
or Point Beer but I can never find it.
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DoctorBombay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 09:01 PM
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21. Glad you included Sierra Nevada!
The Pale Ale. Nothing better.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 01:28 AM
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44. Indeed
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is my benchmark for all other pale ales.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 09:25 PM
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23. Heiniken?! Heiniken?! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!
What ever you say, Frank!
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 09:48 PM
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24. Moosehead
It's been many a year since I had one, though.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 10:45 PM
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25. Homebrew.
I've never tasted a commercially bottled brew that compared.


Far behind a homebrew, my favorite commercial beers:

guinness
black butte porter
pete's wicked ale
JD's honey brown lager
sierra nevada pale ale
and a wheat beer I had once at a microbrewery in reno, nv. I don't remember the name of the brewery or the beer, but I remember being really impressed with it. Yum.

What am I drinking tonight? Wolaver's india pale ale. certified organic. it's ok.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 08:37 AM
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49. I'm with you, LWolf!
Homebrew if I've got some ready.

Sierra Nevada or Flying Dog products, if I don't.

We used to have a few homebrewers' threads going in the Meeting Room. Maybe it's time for that again?





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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 09:06 AM
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51. Go for it!
I'd like to learn to brew my own. Since I'm no longer married to the brewer, I rarely get homebrew any more!

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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 10:50 PM
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26. Rolling Rock
n/t
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Ivory_Tower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 10:56 PM
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27. No Wild Goose?
No Saranac?

No Oxford Class?

Harumph!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 10:58 PM
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28. ok who chose bud
Was it a kid :evilgrin:? Guess what I voted for and win a free prize lol.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:03 AM
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35. Guiness?
What's my prize? :bounce:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:23 PM
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30. Chimay
"Chimay is an authentic Trappist beer that is it is brewed within a Trappist monastery, under the control and responsibility of the monastic community. Only 6 beers in Belgium can carry the appellation "Trappist": Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and Achel."

Chimay Red:
75 cl, 33 cl (25.4 fl.oz., 11.2 fl.oz.), 7% alc. vol

First sold in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, it is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive.

Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuances noticed in the fragrance.

Its taste, which imparts a silky sensation to the tongue, is made refreshing by a light touch of bitterness. To the palate, the taster perceives a pleasant astringency which complements the flavour qualities of this beer very harmoniously.

Chimay Blue:

75 cl, 33 cl (25.4 fl.oz., 11.2 fl.oz.), 9% alc. vol.

Named Grande Réserve in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, it is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer.

This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant.

Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt.

http://www.chimay.com/www/chimay/site8/en/a_abbaye/a0_frameset.htm


This is the ONLY beer I drink.


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peterh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:28 PM
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31. Oly….uhhh…just kidding…
Fosters followed by Tecate…and I don’t do limes or salt.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:31 PM
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32. Red Stripe
Good beer, mon.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:32 PM
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33. Pilsner Urquell
where is this fine, fine, FINE, Checzch brew? Hummmmm???!!!
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-03 11:58 PM
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34. Leinenkugels
Edited on Sat Sep-06-03 12:00 AM by mmmarke
from Chippewa Falls, WI. No, it's not the best, just the best mass-produced.

If you want drinkable but cheaper: Pig's Eye.

Yes, I miss Minnesota.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:42 AM
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36. Guinness (out of the choices listed)
But I usually support the Pacific NW microbreweries....

http://www.fishbrewing.com/

http://www.dicksbeer.com/

http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/

http://www.rogue.com/

Just to name a few....


Tonight's featured brew....



Obsidian Stout

Smooth as glass and black as the volcanic rock for which it was named. Rich, roasted and chewy in character, Obsidian Stout is very approachable for the stout novice while a clear favorite of the seasoned veteran.

220 calories per 12 oz serving.

OG 1.065 Alc. by Vol. 6.7%

Ratings, Awards & Notables

Bronze Medal, Individual Category Awards
2002 Real Ale Festival, American Stouts, 03/04/2002

Gold Medal, Bottled Stouts
2001 Real Ale Festival, Bottle-conditioned Beer Awards, 03/01/01

Silver Medal, Best of Bottles
2001 Real Ale Festival, Bottle-conditioned Beer Awards, 03/01/01

Silver Medal, Stout Category
2001 West Coast Brew Fest, 05/13/01

Gold Medal, Foreign Stout CategoryGold Medal, Foreign Stout CategoryGold Medal, Foreign Stout Category
2000 California Brewer's Festival2000 California Brewer's Festival

Silver Medal, Foreign Style Stout
2000 World Beer Cup

Gold Medal, Foreign Stout
1999 NABA Competition

Silver Medal, Foreign Stout
1999 Great American Beer Festival

Best of Fest, Bottle-Conditioned Beers
1998 Real Ale Festival


Got a six-pack of this chilling in the fridge right now :evilgrin:

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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 02:22 AM
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46. Must Include Bridgeport...
...if we're doing NW micros

:toast:

www.bridgeportbrew.com
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:43 AM
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37. Other
my favorite beer is called:

Xingu
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BrewerJohn Donating Member (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:48 AM
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38. Sierra Nevada
Of those on the list. But ah, the ones left out...

Pilsner Urquell, the finest Pilsner in the world.
Newcastle Brown Ale, a malty delight.
Spaten Ur-Maerzen, the fuel of a thousand Oktoberfests.
All the wonderfully spicy Belgian Abbey ales, dubbels and tripels.
Sheaf Stout--from Australia, a bit more on the sweet side
than Guinness, and simply delicious.
Seems I could go on and on...but I can't leave out the
distinctive brews crafted by the members of my local
homebrewing club. You really find out what beer is supposed
to be like when you have an American Pale Ale made with
absolutely fresh hops picked from the brewer's back yard.
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sable302 Donating Member (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:50 AM
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40. Bridgeport!!
I love Oregon.
:9
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 01:00 AM
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41. The last one.
duh!
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Blue_Chill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 01:04 AM
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42. Miller Lite
I know it's watered down but I drank it so often in college that now it's just 'my beer'.
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Kazak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 01:07 AM
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43. Bellevue or Lindemans
'Cannot beat a lambic.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 02:16 AM
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45. Who the fuck's pete? FUCK PETE!!! - Dennis Leary
I like good ole guiness the best..even though it's and ale.But for beer...Sleeman's
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 03:06 AM
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47. None of the above.
I'm voting for Mighty Oak Maldon Gold as that is my usual tipple at the moment. It's my local brew.

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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 03:07 AM
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48. Whatever happened to Molson Gold?!!
:shrug:
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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 08:47 AM
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50. Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!
Ahhh Blue Velvet
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 09:11 AM
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52. pilsner draft
mmmmmmmmmmmm
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 09:26 AM
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53. McEwan's Scotch Ale
That's at home. When I go out it's Guinness.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 12:18 PM
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54. Saranac Adirondack Amber (New York)
They also do a mighty fine wheat beer (Heifwiezen??)

And their foam sticks to the glass!!

:beer:

P.S. I also love Sam Adams, Red Stripe, and Corona.

:beer:
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