Beer questions

Beer advocate is a good resource.

The Beer Judge Certification Program also has a lot of information about beer styles and commercial examples for each. It contains detailed information about each style as a reference for homebrewers and people that want to judge beer competitions.

www.bjcp.org
 
A tip for a budding beer aficionado - fresh from the tap is always better than bottled. Find a bar near you that has an assortment of microbrews on tap, and make sure it's a beer bar - when you look down the bar, you should see lots of people drinking pints, not a bunch of weenies with martinis. If you'd rather have good beer at home, see if there are any breweries near you that offer growlers, which are half-gallon jugs that they fill fresh from the tap. They stay fresh for a week or two in the fridge, and the beer is noticeably better than the same exact beer bought bottled from the store.
 
Beer from cans is so nasty.
Either fresh from the tap or in a bottle.

I will have to do some "research" on the half gallon thing, sounds good though. It won't last a week so I really won't worry about it losing the freshness.
 
I've heard that beer actually keeps better in a can than it does in a glass bottle. In a can virtually zero air and light can seep in and degrade the beer. There is just a prejudice against cans that they are for cheap and lower quality beers so that is why all the better beers are put in bottles instead of cans. This in turn probably only further reinforces the idea of the superiority of bottles.
 
Folks....be careful your heading down a road which has left me unsatified with pale ale beer..... once you have sampled real beer there is no going back willingly.
 
theycallmedan'lboone said:
guinness my boy guinness.
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Guiness is the standard to rate all bier in its class. "The Duck-Rabbit" porter style beer brewed in Farmsville NC will give Guiness a run for its money. Real beer as found in this country prior to the 1940's is coming back. There is a Canadian beer that will knock your socks off if you look at the Alc %. At 9% it tastes great.
 
If you like stout beers you can never go wrong with Guinness (my favorite), Murphys. Not stout but excellent beers, Heineken, Amstel Light, Smithwicks, a great Italian beer if you can find it, is Peroni.
Also, here are a few sites you have got to check out and they will be very helpful.
http://www.herestobeer.com/lda.aspx?ReturnUrl=/default.aspx

http://www.thebeermag.com/

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/05_04/05-04-drunk-talk.htm

http://www.bpong.com/ (if you're into intramural beer events)

Hope these help. Salute!!
 
I subscribe to several of the beer forums, but I don't look to them for their recommendations. I simply look at the shelf and see whats available and rate wheat beer against wheat beer, single bocks against simular other bock beers. After that I look up the brewery and see what they recommend the glass type and serving temp of the poured, dwawn beer should be to experience its fullest flavor. once I rate the beer I then throw it up against whats written in the forums. Keep in mind everyones pallet is different so the rated in the beer forum may rate the specific beer diffrenetly than you do.
 
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