Smithwickes
Murphy's stout
Newcastle
Guinness

Firechick, I'm with you on both Root and Birch!  Have you ever had WHITE birch beer?  I can't find it anymore but it had a lovely light, crisp taste!

 

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~Kes

Desperate times call for desperate measures
Open your mind to all life's little pleasures
The hole in this world could be healed if by chance
everyone just stood up, took their pants off and danced

~Bruce Guthro

Northern brewery from northern Ontario (now closed) made a nice beer, Red Maple, it had a hint of maple syrup, smooth... I miss it. I now settle for Rickards Red, or at home I have Lakeport Honey Brown, one of our new bargain beers You know 24 for$24. but I dream of Red Maple 

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~The mind is like a parachute, It always works best when it's open~Edna Buchanan~

~Northern Spy~The Apple of my Pie~

~Audrey~

I can't believe no one has even mentioned my favorite yet...

Schooner.

There is no other.

Problem is it's not available in Ontario.

Moosehead light tastes close. When ordering in my local beer store, 6 are a "small rack of antlers - light", 12 are "a medium rack of antlers - light" and 24 are a "large rack of antlers - light".  If ordering regular Moosehead it's simply "A rack of Antlers"

I'm also partial to the Lakeports...

simple girl = simple beer.

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be safe,
eb

Kes, sorry I took so long to reply.  Haven't checked this thread in awhile.  As for the white birch beer, I'm a volunteer firefighter and they serve it to the kids (and myself) every parade.  They still sell it in this part of CT, too.  You're right, it does have a light, crisp taste.  My favorite soda, by far!

 Steph

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I miss traveling in Europe on my vacation, and sampling whatever's local (England) or in season (Germany).  I remember trying a 25¢ brew in Stuttgart because the bottle would double as a handy rolling pin, and finding it one of the better ones I'd tasted!

Love, Columbine 

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I used to drink Beer beer (yes the actual name) in high school, $5 for a six pack.  On my birthday I splurged and bought 12.  Don't think I drank them all!  I used to like Pilsner because I could count the bunnies on the label! *lol*  It was also fun looking for the sasquatch on Kokanee.  Sleeman's Honey Brown is also a good beer, sweet tasting but not the best if I don't want a hangover.  Heineken rocks, and reminds me of our Seannie; because, the first time I saw GBS play, he was wearing a Heineken t-shirt.  Heineken was our codename for Sean when Sheri and I talked about him.   Until she told her husband the story!!!

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We belong to the sea
To the waves you and me
Living in the ocean so blue
Aqua

Right! A topic I can relate to!!

I personally love real ales, especially anything from the Shepheard Neame Brewery (Spitfire, Bishops Finger etc).  I am also partial to an Old Speckled Hen. 

However, for a really smooth barley wine, try something from the Woodforde's Brewery called Headcracker.  It is a 7.0% beer, and is sooooo smooth and plummy, it just glides down!!

Take care peeps,

 Nick

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Hi!

My favorite beer? A cold one!

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Whack Fall The Day
Nick

NorthernSpy:

Northern brewery from northern Ontario (now closed) made a nice beer, Red Maple, it had a hint of maple syrup, smooth... I miss it. I now settle for Rickards Red, or at home I have Lakeport Honey Brown, one of our new bargain beers You know 24 for$24. but I dream of Red Maple 

 

NorthernSpy, you have GREAT taste! I, too, love that Red Maple. It was the inspiration for the maple porter I homebrew. 

 

The first time I had it was after a trip to the Northern Brewery in Soo, ON.  I drank a bottle at Mission Pt in Soo, MI. So, I now call my brew Mission Point Maple Porter, & I put pix of boats (usually lakers, with the occasional salty thrown in) taken from Mission Pt on the label.

 

Believe it or not, you can still buy it at The Beer Store. http://www.thebeerstore.ca/Beers/branddetails.asp?id=0857 I got my last six-pack from the LCBO in Brantford.

 

Hope you can enjoy some soon.

I just thought I would put my two cents in for my favorite beers:

Guiness
Anchorsteam Porter
McEwens Scotch Ale
Samuel Adam's Octoberfest
Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark

And if I am looking for some inexpensive...Bud Select
 

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"The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't. But, in the end, they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself."

I'm sorry, but this question just isn't right.

Could you expect a parent to choose the favorite child from among several? Why can't we just spread the love?

 

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Greg Forquer

"Raise high the Black Flag, My Children, and show no pity! I'll shoot any man that his pity in him" - Field Marshall Gebhard von Blucher at Waterloo, 1815

this is a topic i like - very much

 My favourite lager would probably be Stella Artois, but since moving over to Canada from Scotland 3 months ago, im starting to like the Canadian, its very nice!!!! ALOT!!!

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The shanty man......Sean McCann

These days, I'm with Diogenes:  "My favorite drink is other people's wine!"

Love, Columbine 

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I haven't posted here because I'm not really a beer drinker, but I've discovered one I really like and have got a couple of people hooked on. It's called Hobgoblin. I initially bought it because Adrian collects bottles and it is a cool bottle, but of course, Adrian is 17, so someone other than him had to drink the beer! Jim started the bottle and gave me a sip. At first, I didn't really care for it, but I've grown to love it. I'm not at home right now or I'd post what the bottle says about it, but I know it's from England and it says it has a caramel chocolate undertone, I believe, tho I certainly can't taste anything like that. It has come to make any of the former beers I've drank like Stella and Corona taste like swill. I don't know if they sell it in beer stores, I buy it at the liquor store.

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Some people shine like a star in the first moment. Others keep their light hidden until they are ready to show us.

mmmmmmmm.... beeeer.... I love beer.  Some of my favorites... most to least

Weihenstephan

Newcastle

Dos XX

Harpoon UFO

Negro Modelo

 

...still many more in the world to try 

 

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Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life while you're still around

-Dream Theater