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Check yer PMs lately?

TD

I think Steel's on vacation, might be a while before he replies.

Ah, okay. Thankee, sai.

TD

Hopefully Steel wont over-do it on the Jose Cuervo. :lol:

Isn't that part of the plan?

no, Jose Cuervo is nasty Tequila. gives me a headache. you all need to try some good stuff, not that Americanized, imported rubbish. ;) I won't even use it to make margaritas...

We tend to say the same thing about American beer too - gives you a helluva headache first few days drinking it, certainly anyone who has been stationed in Germany or close-by understands what a real beer tastes like. There is nothing quite like it, especially a good weissen bier. But the very same argument exists over here in UK. People swear by all these local British (English really) beers, and northing else is any good. Now let me tell you, I am NOT a great beer drinker as such. But I drink beer at the appropriate moment (when there's no whiskey to be had, LOL! :lol: ) What I will also say is that there is no beer in UK or North America that comes even close to a decent German beer.

How about Newcastle Brown Ale? I had a few of those a while back and I thought it was fantastic. My local supermarket sells the authentic stuff.

Not my style, but yes, not too bad - Newcy as we call it and stuff like Guinness are not normal standard beer as such. So please discount them from my appraisal of said beers.

"I will also say is that there is no beer in UK or North America that comes even close to a decent German beer."

not true... there are thousands of micro-brews in the US (at least - not sure if it is a fad in the UK) that win medals over German beers in workldwide contests. there are even home brews that are very good - which is how many micro-breweries get started.

for example, this one is not insignificant:

http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Ra ... UN2005.asp

quote: A relative beer wasteland ten years ago, the San Diego area is now home to three of the top ten brewers in the world.

if you really want to discuss it, I can get two of my employees on here...they are enthusiasts and home brewers.

We are talking known brands here though, I hadn't given consideration to homebrews in my opinion See my last post - (I even excluded such as Newcy & Guinness). Mainly because you could have a debate in that manner with cars - which cars are the best? Well, is a Merc SLK or a Porche 965 or . . . . so everyone presses their own favourites, then someone else comes along and says " What about the Noble M30?" So you then have only one person having any idea what that car is because it's non-mainstream. So I wanted to avoid that scenario.
In short, my debate lies with how these beers are all brewed and the legislations which govern that. German style beers must be brewed only with natural hops and barley etc., However, here in UK and in North America many beers are brewed using artificials and other related chemicals for preservation etc., Youy can tell the difference between the two quite easily and so natural is German style beer that is quite commonly referred to as 'liquid bread'. Homebrews for the most part I bet fall into the German style category as far as brewing methods are concerned. And hence why they tend to be a shade more potent too! :lol:

I believe Colonel Jack O’Neil has a stock of Guinness Beer in his refrigerator. I say that because one day when the SG team and General Hammond stopped by for a visit ,… Jack was passing out Guinness Beer like they were candy. All the grain used by Guinness is grown in Ireland



I’ve drank Jose Cuervo before and it made me sick. I thinks that’s why I don’t drink the hard stuff. There are lots of other Tequila brands out there that I’d like to read from my list here.


Jose Cuervo ( of course )

Cuervo Especial

Patron ( Silver / Anejo )

Sauza

Two Fingers

Cabo Wabo

Casadoorez

El Jimador



There are other types of Tequila that taste much like Tequila. but are named something else because only Tequila in made in Tequila Mexico from the Cactus there.


What about the Worm ?

That’s called Monte Alban. Every bottle of Monte Alban comes with a worm because the worm grows inside the cactus and is put inside the bottle to add extra flavor. Monte Alban taste much like Tequila but is made in Mezcal which is in the south west part of Mexico.


Maybe a little too much info there but I had to lean it in order to pass my class. There’s so much info here I don’t even want to know , or can care less about , but I guess it could come in handy someday to spark up a conversation. I think that’s why I had to learn it.

Mezcal is known as a bit more harsh than tequila....it is about the same thing but the difference is in the wide variety of quality. both are made from agave, and actually the quality of both vary widely. mezcal is always bottled in Mexico, some bulk tequila is bottled in the country it is exported to. mezcal is made in traditional methods, tequila has taken on modern methods for the most part. mezcal has a different taste than tequila due to how it is made. also mezcal, not tequila, has the worm...(monte alban is one of the large mezcal producers). the small breweries and home brewed mezcal generally do not have the caterpillar...many folks think it is a marketing gimmick.

Cuervo Especial is still made by the same folks as Jose Cuervo.

Patron is good, but expensive...

El Himador is not very smooth.

Sauza is O.K., better than Cuervo but not real good...

Cazadores is also not very smooth. My wife's uncles do like it though - I don't.

I like one called Puerto Vallarta, and one Nidia's uncles brought back from Tijuana - Herencia de Plata.

wanna know more about tequila?

http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/tequila_index.html

http://pocotequila.com/index.html

I can't actually drink tequila anymore. A friend bought me a bottle for my 18th birthday, and i near enough downed the whole thing on the spot.....suffice it to say the smell now makes me feel sick!!

KODIAK wrote:And hence why they tend to be a shade more potent too! :lol:

Like Kulmbacher Reichelbrau Eisbock. Aiee.

I'm quite fond of Fraoch myself.

TD

It seems quite a popular thing to do your own wine up home. Can't say I know much about the stuff. I've never liked it, nor champagne or sparkly. In the Altstadt(old town) of Osnabrueck, read as Osnabruecker Altstadt. I frequented two pubs, one of which was called the Bier Garten. There (and many other places too, of course) they did a nice little bier known as an Altschuess. Which is basically Osnabruecker bier with slices of peach/pear in, sometimes also the syrup you find in the tins too. Quite nice I'd say, and certainly something to consider if you have female company but failed to remember the wine or whatever else. It seems to appeal to girls more than plain pils, probably because it tastes sweeter aqnd you don't get left with that 'dogs breath' stink that put the girls off when you are trying to pull. LOL!