India Pale Ale

[NMFTM]

Just tried a IPA and witbier combination the other day. It was okay, but I still prefer the regular style IPA and aren't a huge fan of any of the Belgian wheat beers I've tried yet.

My next adventure is to find and try a black/dark IPA.

[neu5eeCh]

Will some chap across the pond please try Harvey's Elizabethan Ale:

http://greatbrewers.com/product/harveys-elizabethan-ale

Let me know what you think. What I would give to taste the beer that Shakespeare might have tasted...

[Inodoro Pereyra]

For those who might be interested:

http://www.howtobrew.com/

http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/index.php

I dont get Budweiser and other commercial brewers. Why brew a quality beer and then squeeze it through 20 odd foot of layered filters to strip everything out of the beer. Its like making coolaid and then removing the coolaid.. Damn-it! Real men want coolaid!!

BMC (brewer's code for Bud-Miller-Coors) have to produce enormous amounts of beer daily. The customers expect consistency, on a product that, naturally, doesn't have it. Besides that, BMC is catered to what Americans looked for in a beer, a century ago. They didn't want a tasty beer: they wanted a light, refreshing beer, they could sit down, relax, and drink a lot of without getting wasted, after spending the whole day working like animals, and that wouldn't keep them from going to work the next day. About the filtering, it's kinda the same deal: yeast in suspension is not for everyone. Aside from the taste, some people just can't drink it without getting a headache, or digestive problems. That's why big beer companies filter it out of their products.

[SoFl W]

I have enjoyed the beers that come from Ububroue brewery. Maudite and Trois Pistoles are probably my favorites. If I had to select one of those clear water type beers I would select La Fin Du Monde.