When it's hot, and I want a cheap icy beer.........Ice cold Budweiser with a squirt from a squeeze lemon....ice cold and delicious, and you can have 4 or 6

Corona Extra with lime.

PBR, It quenches my thirst and it brings back memories of when granddad was not looking and I would sneak a chug out of his can while fishing. If I want a treat then Blue Moon Belgian White.

Bud Lights...

Oooooo....I like the cold ones.

Kolsch fan here too in the summer. I brew a mean one which if I remember right the idea and idea to do the recipe originated with dmv.

Thanks for the offer, Dan. We will be back in TX at the end of Sept, so I can get some then. Plus, I left most of my cigars at home in TX. I have to admit, I just received a shipment from overseas.

Ditto.........PBR

Same as the rest of the year, Sudwerk pilsner.

Bike Party Pilsner is also great, but that's soon going to be all gone for the year.

Dunloe has a fantastic pale ale and mineola orange Saison too.

Intergalactic has a stellar kolsch, but they don't bottle or can and distribution outside of San Diego is limited.

Nope...LeHockeyDad...MIA

Is Kolsche a seasonal beer?

Found the Beer Advocate website. Can't find a Wisconsin brewed Kolsche period. At least through #30.

Kölsch Is a style from cologne I believe. It's a leine seasonal but places like beulavard and schlafley make it year round. It's brewed weird using lager yeasts at near ale temps (sort of)

See if you can find Gaffel.Hockeydad and DMV turned me on to it in Florida.Since I have tried many kolsch brews........none satisfied as well as Gaffel.


Gaffel Kölsch is a Kölsch style beer brewed by Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co. in Köln, Germany

Good luck

Definitely dig the Urquell. Very clean and crisp with a nice bitter edge. Try Czechvar (another Czech Pilsner......although both are considered a Lager in the USA). A little sweeter than Urquell and a little less bitterness but I enjoy both.

My favorite Czech Lager is Żatec; it's pretty hard to find here in Texas these days due to some import paperwork issues.

Another great one is Pivovar Samson's "Praga" both the light and dark lagers.

Believe it or not, Shiner Bock is modeled after a Czech Brežnak lager which essentially equates to a springtime amber.

Call it a Pilsner or call it a Lager........it just tastes good (like a Pilsner shoud )

Good call on the Shiner Bock. A hotel I stay at in Cincy, always has it on draft.

If you find it, buy extra... I'ma want some.

Pilsners are lagers.

The lager / ale classification is determined by the type of yeast. Almost all beers are one or the other.

Pilsner is a style of beer, like stout (ale), or IPA (ale), heffeweizen (ale) dopplebock (lager), marzen (lager), kolsch (ale), gose (ale), etc...

Of course there are companies like Anchor Steam and Schrimshaw who make a beer they call pilsner, but use ale yeasts with a malt and hop bill that is aligned with what would typically be used for pilsner. Traditionally/technically they are not pilsners as they are not lagers. Yet those beers do compete in the pilsner lager categories though for judging. /shrug

The reason Urquell tastes like that is because it's transport damaged by the time you get it.

You've just helped clarify how confusing the whole beer thing, and why I'll stick to bourbon. There are maybe five beers I like, and none that I love.

TG anchor steam is a lager yeast. It would not be considered a steam beer if it did not use a bottom fermenting yeast.

Not sure, what is it about that beer that makes you like it over some others?

That's, what I feel is the more important thing for finding another beer you might like. Style is somewhat important, but there is often room for much variation within a style.

I just looked up their description on the beer and what I find interesting is that they have some rye in the grist, very non-traditional, but used in the right proportion, rye can bring a really unique spice and clean bite to the beer on the back end.

Also, there is the theory that once you find one you like, stick with it.

I'm not sure if you can figure out what these four or five beers have in common at all. I don't really have time or the desire to start chasing down micro brews, so these are all mass marketed beers.

Lienies Canoe Paddler
Sam Adams East-West Kolsche
Lienies Oktoberfest
Killians Irish Red
Labatts Blue Light (if I'm having a light beer)

To your point, I should just stick with the above and quit chasing the great white..... ale (or lager).

Well, I can say that it appears as if you don't like heavily hopped beers. Unfortunately, that only leaves about half the beers in existence to work your way through.

Was more interested in what it was about the Canoe Paddler that you liked.

I don't really drink much beer these days but I've had my fair share. Maybe some of these will resonate with y'all.

Jjan's Top Beers:

10. Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale

Just a generally good Ale, well balanced, good flavor, and generally available across the US.

9. Kingfisher STRONG

Ok, these might have a little bias because they were .50 cents a pop in India and 8% alcohol but the fact remains that for a potent lager this is one of the better ones. Nice and smooth. The regular kingfisher is just ok but kingfisher STRONG is absolutely great.

8. Tucher Hefeweiß

My original pick would be the now defunct Oberdorfer but since that's gone Tucher is pretty good if you can find it. I think there's still a distributor somewhere in the Carolinas.

7. Wisconsin Microbrews

When you know the state's motto should be changed to, "I'm not drunk officer, I'm from Wisconsin." You know that there's some great things going on up there.

6. Chimay Blue

Made by Benedictine Monks in Belgium, Chimay uses the most modern and experimental practices to maintain consistency in their brewhouse. They have their recipe down to a science and they process it in the same manner. Consistent flavor everytime with just the right amount of bitterness.

5. Shiner Bohemian Black Lager

Made in Texas, this is a great example of a solid Czech Black that is generally obtainable in the US.

4. Victory Golden Monkey

Great Tripel with a solid malt backbone and the smoothest 9% you can drink.

3. ANY microbrewed lager in the Czech Republic

These are hands down the best lagers you will ever drink. Perfect fermentation, crisp grassy saaz hops, just a hint of sweetness from the malt. Superb.

2. Buffalo Bayou "More Cowbell" Cedar Cask Double IPA

Clean fermentation, great hop bitterness, the oil from the hops/cedar coat your entire mouth and leave a long lasting cedar finish. Absolutely awesome.

1. Schaefer Light

Schaefer is the only beer that tastes exactly the same when you drop it on accident while floating the river.




HONORABLE MENTIONS

Labatt Blue - Somehow this beer was my go to from 18 to 22 years old. I think it had something to do with the Sundowner in NF.

Pabst Blue Ribbon - Poor man's special. Made it through many a nice winning that worn out ribbon.

California Beers - Thanks for screwing up microbrew in the US.