Normally don't care about flavored beer, but Xmas is different. Thank god nowadays there are also quite a few smaller breweries here. And they've got some good beeeeeer. Expensive but goooood.
We had to live more than a decade here in Finland with only those mass produced dishwater lagers + only some imported specialities. Big breweries killed all the smaller ones.
But when we want to drink, it's a 24-pack or a "sausage dog" (12-pack) of consumption lager. When we want to enjoy, there's finally some good local choices.
Alaskan's summer beer, no idea what it's called, is pretty solid as well. Good IPA as well. Just a solid all-around brewery. Wonder how it would be from tap...
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Miller Lite is the most drinkable of all the crap light lagers out there. It also has practically no alcohol in it so you have to drink a billion of them to catch a buzz. That's why I like Coors Light slightly better. I literally haven't had a Mich Golden Light since before I was 21. Probably my least favorite beer ever.
Why are those mass market swills even worth mentioning?
Not only have we established that they taste worse than piss, but they have like zippo alcohol in them to boot. Youre better off drinking pretty much anything.
Alaskan's summer beer, no idea what it's called, is pretty solid as well. Good IPA as well. Just a solid all-around brewery. Wonder how it would be from tap...
I remember freshman year of college, a huge group of the guys on my floor bought 10 cases of Mountain Crest (the cheapest beer we could find). Dear god, it took me a month to finish those damn beers. I swear it's brewed with maple syrup... Terrible, terrible beer.
I have a similar Mountain Crest story - you can't give away that beer. It's so cheap that a 6 pack is less than 4 bucks (which at one of my nearby liquor stores means you can't use a card on it).
But my favorite cheap beer story is a brew called Beer 30 (as in "What time is it? Oh Beer 30."). I went down to Madison right before I turned 21 and told a friend to buy "the cheapest beer possible." My mistake because he came out with a 30 pack for 9 bucks. It tastes like complete **** but carrying it around State Street like it was a baby and the ensuing evening made it the stuff of legend among my group of college friends.
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But my favorite cheap beer story is a brew called Beer 30 (as in "What time is it? Oh Beer 30."). I went down to Madison right before I turned 21 and told a friend to buy "the cheapest beer possible." My mistake because he came out with a 30 pack for 9 bucks. It tastes like complete **** but carrying it around State Street like it was a baby and the ensuing evening made it the stuff of legend among my group of college friends.
My buddy from Duluth had the goal of wallpapering his room with Beer 30 boxes. He gave up... And it wasn't because he was short on cash.
I have a similar Mountain Crest story - you can't give away that beer. It's so cheap that a 6 pack is less than 4 bucks (which at one of my nearby liquor stores means you can't use a card on it).
But my favorite cheap beer story is a brew called Beer 30 (as in "What time is it? Oh Beer 30."). I went down to Madison right before I turned 21 and told a friend to buy "the cheapest beer possible." My mistake because he came out with a 30 pack for 9 bucks. It tastes like complete **** but carrying it around State Street like it was a baby and the ensuing evening made it the stuff of legend among my group of college friends.
In school at UND, one of our many activities was going to Winnipeg for the night/weekend and basically running a muck. On one trip to the liquor store up there we found what was called Stone Cold Draft.
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Stone Cold Draft (budget beer in 2L plastic bottles, 6.2%) wiki
It was something like $4 for the two liter and was about as awful as you could imagine...
I grew up living by the canadian border so i got a habit of drinking their beer when i would go up to my cabin. Probably my second favorite beer out there
Had the Summit winter ale on tap last night. It was significantly better than from a bottle. I know most beer is better on tap, but this one made a more noticeable difference than usual. If you're a fan of beer with a little coffee flavor to it, summit winter ale is a good one.
During my 19-year life, I have only had 1 Pirkka-beer. Ever. And it was ****ing horrible. Honestly. Worse than Lapin Kulta.
It is basically Olvi, keeping that in mind it is ok for me. I do consume KOFF by far the most, Karjala and Karhu after that. Haven't really ventured out of the mass-lagers yet cos I'm not drinking for the taste.
It is basically Olvi, keeping that in mind it is ok for me. I do consume KOFF by far the most, Karjala and Karhu after that. Haven't really ventured out of the mass-lagers yet cos I'm not drinking for the taste.
That's Finland for ya!
Anyway, I lied. There was this Swedish beer in markets (at least in summer) called Pistonhead. AVOID IT. At all costs.
I personally, as I said, prefer Fosters but if I must choose from the Finnish brands, it would be Karjala, even though Koff and Karhu taste pretty good, too.
Hollandia is a very good beer by the way, and you can get it from most supermarkets at a bit more expensive prize than normal beer but it's worth it. Give it a try some day.
