Since we are talking beer

[Vinny]

I got to try some ... I like trying different beers - never tried Blue Moon. I bought a case of Yingling the middle of the summer and I still got at least 1/2 a case. October came and went and I wanted to get some Octoberfest beer - heard Sam Adams has a decent one, wanted to get Hocker Schoor - good stuff.

I have yet to see shiner Bock around me.

Term, I have 2 - you're a brave man to go for 3 ... congrats!!!

[Bonibelle]

NOOOO Sam Adams is awlful..I threw that beer in the trash..no joke..Try the Blue Moon, Vinny...I just had one and I will feel like a 20 year old in the morning...  

[Brewman]

Which Sam Adams did you toss out?  

[Vinny]

Although I can't compare Sam to Blue Moon, Sam has some good beers, their Cherry wheat takes a bit of getting used to. My standard beer is Yingling and I've been getting black and tans whenever a place has Harp and Guiness. I also like Bodington Pub Ale ... a little expensive for me to gulp down but I treat myself every so often.

Whenever we used to go into NYC and see a play there was a microbrew on the corner of 42nd St that was great ... unfortunately it's not there any more.

I will go to the store and look for Blue Moon this weekend.

[Bonibelle]

Brewman, I can't remember right now..I used some of them to put in the steamer thing that you push up into the chicken on the grill. the rest I really threw in the trash. Our neighbor gave my hubby a case for Christmas last year and it was really awlfull... sorry, but not worth the space in the refrigerator..especially since Sam didn't do a thing for my arthritis...the hot tub tonight and  few Blue Moons....   Tomorrow I will be on dancing with the stars..

[Chad]

I'm not a huge beer drinker but fwiw, I don't care for Corona or Sam Adams. My 'knock around' brew is Budweiser(I live in the STL) and my beer of choice at a bar is Amberbock(another AB brew) on draft. Grey Goose on the rocks and any cabernet sauvignon are my favorites.

[Vinny]

Chad,

Since you stated that you aren't a beer drinker ... I forgive you for drinking anything that A. B. brews. I don't drink Corona either but I won't drink Bud.

My wife has an uncle who came over and is a "BUD man". He took a beer and I had either Yingling or Sam in the fridge and asked what type of strange beer am I drinking. I try to keep any of my special beers away from when people come over unless they will appreciate it. I have no problem giving a premium beer to anyone except if they lust for a Bud ... ain't wasting my money!

[Bonibelle]

You're funny, Vinny...my Brother in Law loves Busch..so I feel the same way. ..if he is happy with that then why waste the good stuff ..after 5 or 6 who knows the difference anyway?  Seriously, all of the Bud beers give me an instant headache..
Why is that Brewman?
Do they put something in to preserve the beer? some wines do the same thing... :-/

[Micah]

I dont know about arthritis, but I can recomend a great cure for insomnia.  Start with 4 or 5 glasses of Blue Moon (I have a keg going right now at home) put a slice orange in each glass.  Follow up with 2 or 3 Grey Goose martini's with a twist of lime.  After that I sleep like a baby.  I'm not an expert, but I think it is the combination of orange and lime that helps me sleep so well.  

[dax]

Seriously, all of the Bud beers give me an instant headache..
Why is that Brewman?
Do they put something in to preserve the beer? some wines do the same thing... :-/

Bud gives me a headache too.  Think there's rice or something in it.  No offense to those who like it, but it tastes like crap, IMNSHO.

I'm a Yuengling Lager guy.  Grew up near where they brew it so it's like mother's milk.    Also have some Victory Lager and Pilsner in my fridge along with some Smithwick's.  Good stuff!

[brewski]

Since we are talking beer here I'm glad to announce that Yuengling is now being distributed here in East Tennesse. Having moved here 3 years ago I haven't been able to buy my favorite brew in TN until about six weeks ago. No more beer runs over the mountains to NC for me!! 8-)

[Brewman]

All of the main stream beers- Bud, Miller, Coors, etc...  are all much more similar than they are different, and they all have similar ingredients.  Rice is used in many of them to give the beer a lighter flavor and color.  
 All those main stream beer get tons of national advertising to influence what people think of them.  
 But if one brand of beer seems to bother you more than another, then avoid it.  You might have some sort of sensitivity to one of the ingredients.
 To me they all tast about the same.  

 The 'Lite' versions of these same beers are pretty much the same as the regular,
and even more alike than the non-lite versions.  
They just have more water in them, less other ingredients (including alcohol), so essentially you are paying for less beer and more water.  Alcohol and malted barley are what contribute calories to beer so the only way to reduce calorie count on lite beer is to reduce the alcohol.  

But drink what you like- there is no bad or good beer, just beer.  Certain styles I care for more than others.  I'm not a big fan of lites, or standard premiums, but that's just my preference.  

All of the standard beer has all of the yeast filtered out.  Brewers yeast is a vitamin B complex substance, and leaving it in beer, like in some microbrews, and most homebrewed beer is supposed to lessen the impact of a hangover.  It's supposed to be the vitamin B in the yeast that's still in the beer.

[Bonibelle]

And the Blue Moons don't give me a hangover either...of course I am only drinking for therapeutic effect.... so one or two shouldn't give a hangover anyway.

[Brewman]

You'd be surprised.  I know of people who have one or two and get a slight headache the next day- including myself.  I think as we get older our tolerance for drinking diminishes- at least I've found that to be true for myself.  When I was a young pup (of legal drinking age, of course!) I could tie one on and get up the next morning without missing a beat.
 Now if I have more than a couple drinks, I get a that groggy feeling the next morning.  Not exactly a hangover, but just enough discomfort to notice.  

[Bonibelle]

OK, Brewman, you don't know the secret...eat a dill pickle..one of those large dill pickles. I am guessing the salt fights the diuretic effect of the beer. And most beers go great with pickles