Dr. Gonzo Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 8 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: All these lagers are depressing me. My favorite 2 types of beer are pale ales and porters. I need to grab a crap pale and drink it for the boys. A coopers maybe. Grab yourself some mass produced pale ale... then review it for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Coma+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 So I had to give Budweiser a shot considering it's been years since I had one. It's pretty bland with no real flavor on the back end, but certainly not offensive. I doubt I'll have another any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Coma said: So I had to give Budweiser a shot considering it's been years since I had one. It's pretty bland with no real flavor on the back end, but certainly not offensive. I doubt I'll have another any time soon. Is that a slim bottle? Or is that just the picture skewed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Coma+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Mel81x said: Is that a slim bottle? Or is that just the picture skewed? Yes, it was cheaper than a can and I knew I would only need one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 13 hours ago, Coma said: So I had to give Budweiser a shot considering it's been years since I had one. It's pretty bland with no real flavor on the back end, but certainly not offensive. I doubt I'll have another any time soon. I need a puking emoji to react to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Coma+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 Just now, nudge said: I need a puking emoji to react to it It's probably because yours wasn't brewed in the US...ah, who am I kidding? It was balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 I have had several other shit beers in the meantime, but I just bought a 24 crate of Beerlao and am only drinking that for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Coma+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 I have a truly shit collection in the wings. Bud Light, MGD, Coors Light incoming... I also picked up a Sapporo, which I've never had. Looking forward to that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 3, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Coma said: I have a truly shit collection in the wings. Bud Light, MGD, Coors Light incoming... I also picked up a Sapporo, which I've never had. Looking forward to that one. Funnily enough, at the store today, a Japanese guy standing behind me had his whole shopping basket full of 500 ml Sapporo cans Missing home, probably. I quite like Sapporo. I also recently discovered Yebisu, another brand made by Sapporo breweries, at the same supermarket and will give it a go next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Estrella Jalisco from Guadalajara, Mexico. 4.5%, says it’s a Mexican Pilsner, pretty cheap where I bought it (24 for $18)… it doesn’t have any real taste. Put a lime in it to see if that would fix it. It just made it taste a bubbly liquid that has a lime in it. 2/10. Now I’ve got to drink 18 more of these fucking things to continue on my shitty beer quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Great Northern Super Crisp, Cairns QLD 3.5% lager Well, well, well. Well, well, well. It’s marketed as ‘low bitterness’ which freaks my nut, and it isn’t a lie. You can smell the corpse of the Pride of Ringwood hops used in 99.9999999999999% of Australian beer, so it relies on the malt build for flavour, which is really kind of neutral? I dunno, it’s a 40’ weather beer and one gave me a headache. I don’t mind pissweak Australian lagers but fuck me dead why is it 99% of the market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Australian beer really is mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 8, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 8, 2022 Look what I found at the store today. Is it a shit beer, or is it a hidden gem? The mystery will be uncovered later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Since Sapporo has recently bought San Diego's probably biggest craft brewery Stone... I feel like it's fair to include them in the "shit beer" lists now. But I'm going to be boring and do a Lager again because I've been drinking lots of Lagers over other beers because... I don't really have a reason, I've just been drinking a lot of Lagers lately. So up next is: Stone Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager. From San Diego, CA, USA. 4.7%. I fucking love this beer, tbh. It tastes like a Mexican lager - and not a shit one like Estrella Jalisco that doesn't taste like anything. Or a shit one that does taste like something, but that something is just skunked beer (Dos Equis). The name comes from combining "buena" and "cerveza"... so "good beer" - I think it lives up to it. It's nice, it's refreshing, the flavour is good. I don't really have anything bad to say about it as a beer. But as a customer I will say... I don't think the price is that great. You get that "craft beer" premium... even though they're now owned by one of the biggest beer brands in the world. I dunno how much that's going to change the brewing operations of Stone in the short term or the long term, and I assume because it's been a few months... not too much has changed. But I guess price per beer is always something to consider. Having said that... it's better than most Mexican style beers I can buy here. 6.5/10. Next time I go to Mexico, maybe I'll review some craft lagers from Mexico (they're weirdly hard to find here even though Mexico is right fucking next to us) - cos I do think those are better than Buenaveza. But I think Buenaveza's quite fucking good tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 12, 2022 Just now, Dr. Gonzo said: Since Sapporo has recently bought San Diego's probably biggest craft brewery Stone... I feel like it's fair to include them in the "shit beer" lists now. But I'm going to be boring and do a Lager again because I've been drinking lots of Lagers over other beers because... I don't really have a reason, I've just been drinking a lot of Lagers lately. So up next is: Stone Buenaveza Salt & Lime Lager. From San Diego, CA, USA. 4.7%. I fucking love this beer, tbh. It tastes like a Mexican lager - and not a shit one like Estrella Jalisco that doesn't taste like anything. Or a shit one that does taste like something, but that something is just skunked beer (Dos Equis). The name comes from combining "buena" and "cerveza"... so "good beer" - I think it lives up to it. It's nice, it's refreshing, the flavour is good. I don't really have anything bad to say about it as a beer. But as a customer I will say... I don't think the price is that great. You get that "craft beer" premium... even though they're now owned by one of the biggest beer brands in the world. I dunno how much that's going to change the brewing operations of Stone in the short term or the long term, and I assume because it's been a few months... not too much has changed. But I guess price per beer is always something to consider. Having said that... it's better than most Mexican style beers I can buy here. 6.5/10. Next time I go to Mexico, maybe I'll review some craft lagers from Mexico (they're weirdly hard to find here even though Mexico is right fucking next to us) - cos I do think those are better than Buenaveza. But I think Buenaveza's quite fucking good tbh. It's a great review. But we need pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 08/12/2022 at 17:36, nudge said: Look what I found at the store today. Is it a shit beer, or is it a hidden gem? The mystery will be uncovered later tonight. Oh and I forgot to post it, but it turned out to be a very nice beer... 7/10, easily. Not a shit beer by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, nudge said: It's a great review. But we need pics! Well I'm a bit late to go back to where I was when I drank it and dig the can out from the recycling... so this image lifted from the internet will have to do. I'll have to do a better job of remembering to take photos before I shove beer down my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Well I'm a bit late to go back to where I was when I drank it and dig the can out from the recycling... so this image lifted from the internet will have to do. I'll have to do a better job of remembering to take photos before I shove beer down my face Oh that's a proper Dia de los Muertos vibe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Just now, nudge said: Oh that's a proper Dia de los Muertos vibe! Yeah, their marketing for this beer is really leaning heavily on the fact that one of the best things about San Diego is the proximity to Mexico & how Mexican culture's influenced the city, I think. Which is a refreshing change from their typical marketing campaign of being arrogant fucking dickheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 12, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Yeah, their marketing for this beer is really leaning heavily on the fact that one of the best things about San Diego is the proximity to Mexico & how Mexican culture's influenced the city, I think. Which is a refreshing change from their typical marketing campaign of being arrogant fucking dickheads Now I'm just hungry for some tacos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 05/12/2022 at 17:17, Spike said: Australian beer really is mediocre. Yup. Carlton dry, TED, VB, GN, XXXX is all somewhere between bad and average. Boags, Crowns and Coopers aren't much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 13, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 24/11/2022 at 22:51, Coma said: Had a Modelo Especial last night. Crisp and refreshing but not very full in flavor. In music terms I'd say high treble but no mid or bass. Also, it's not quite right without a lime or Mexican food. Just the right amount of hops for a shit beer. On 24/11/2022 at 23:05, Dr. Gonzo said: I also had Modelo Especial last night, but I went out so I had those little American pints rather than from the bottle. Its Mexican. I think it’s 4.something%. I had a slice of lime in each glass too which I think makes every Mexican beer better. A nice refreshing shit beer. 5.5/10 with limes Just had it for the first time tonight. Straight out of the bottle with a slice of lime. Actually pretty decent... Smells like Corona, but has by far more flavour. More hops than I expected from a shit Mexican beer, too. Would be great on a hot day at the beach, or along some Tex-Mex or seafood. 5/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 16 minutes ago, nudge said: Just had it for the first time tonight. Straight out of the bottle with a slice of lime. Actually pretty decent... Smells like Corona, but has by far more flavour. More hops than I expected from a shit Mexican beer, too. Would be great on a hot day at the beach, or along some Tex-Mex or seafood. 5/10. Did you have tacos though? I think I'm gonna drive to Tacos El Gordo for lunch to get some tasty fucking tacos and I'll probably have a Modelo with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 13, 2022 Administrator Share Posted December 13, 2022 Krombacher. What's everyone thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 13, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Did you have tacos though? I think I'm gonna drive to Tacos El Gordo for lunch to get some tasty fucking tacos and I'll probably have a Modelo with them No I completely forgot about it, but then once I started drinking Modelo, I got cravings for tacos and some Micheladas again Too bad it's 4 am in the morning though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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