Volinbham Talks Marketing and Bud Light

[OrangeTsar]

This thread definitely lets me know which tailgates to avoid. Some of y'all have terrible taste in beer.

I am soon starting my own political party and will seek the Whitehouse in 2028. It will be the BBB Party and our platform is “Bier, Brats, und Blasmusik”. We will be a common sense party that avoids culture war issues and instead aim for national unity based around not being crazy and enjoying fellowship around a table of hearty food and beverage

 

[GVF]

The best beers I ever had in my life were the Weißbiers in Bavaria straight out of the tap. Preferably with a big ole Schnitzel and hot potato salad

My brother had been to Germany twice. Said the US beers fail in comparison to local German/Holland beers. He had some ceramic top germans in hte floor of his pantry and refused to put in fridge. Said a true German beer would be ruined if it was fridged and should only be drunk on tap or room temp.

 

[OrangeTsar]

My brother had been to Germany twice. Said the US beers fail in comparison to local German/Holland beers. He had some ceramic top germans in hte floor of his pantry and refused to put in fridge. Said a true German beer would be ruined if it was fridged and should only be drunk on tap or room temp.

I have heard it has something to do with German beers not being pasturized but I am not enough of an expert to speak to that

 

[Grand Vol]

I do indeed have my Hefe glass for just such occasions.

That was the best part of being in Germany. Sometimes the racks of beer would come with a free promotional glass. I got all my hefe glasses that way.

 

[n_huffhines]

Yes, I drink beer.

Haha, my man.

 

[Grand Vol]

My brother had been to Germany twice. Said the US beers fail in comparison to local German/Holland beers. He had some ceramic top germans in hte floor of his pantry and refused to put in fridge. Said a true German beer would be ruined if it was fridged and should only be drunk on tap or room temp.

Add Belgium to that list as well.

The best beers in Germany come from small "home brews" with limited production. Best dunkel beer I ever had was at a wedding reception where they only lit the vats twice a week: once for the dunkel, one for the lager. The lager was okay, but the dark beer was too die for. One they ran out, you were out of luck until the next week.

I think a lot of micros in the US kind of do the same thing (excluding the IPA craze that was going on that's hopefully coming to an end) where they can focus more on quality rather than quantity. I much prefer a local micro to a "assembly line" beer that's made in bulk. Oklahoma is getting some better beers now but Colorado and California still have about the best you can get.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Which beer ya drinking?

Depends on the occasion really. I don't drink a lot of beer anymore just because of the carbs/calories. I'm a big fan of Creature Comforts Tropicalia and Ballast point grapefruit sculpin in the summer. I like several of the Bearded Iris (double homestyle) and Xul offerings, locally. Mexican is negro modelo c a lime. In winter, Belgian trappist styles, dark sours (Wicked weed funkatorium, crooked stave, etc), and bourbon barrel stouts.

If I absolutely have to resort to a mass label light beer, German beer, a.k.a. Coors Light.

 

[StarRaider]

If I can find it, I go with this old classic. Fresh Market is the only local place I can find it and that’s about a 30 minute drive
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They have it at the base exchanges at Sidco and Smryna VTS around Nashville.

 

[C-south]

Do they still sell these on the regular in Tennessee?

 

[LouderVol]

The best beers I ever had in my life were the Weißbiers in Bavaria straight out of the tap. Preferably with a big ole Schnitzel and hot potato salad

loved walking into most small german towns, finding a local joint, ordering a meal and a beer and they just bring you whatever. the pairing was always amazing even though I had no clue what I was eating/drinking most times.

 

[hog88]

I have heard it has something to do with German beers not being pasturized but I am not enough of an expert to speak to that

Hard pass on warm beer

 

[Vol737]

Warsteiner is a solid German beer.

 

[GVF]

Add Belgium to that list as well.

The best beers in Germany come from small "home brews" with limited production. Best dunkel beer I ever had was at a wedding reception where they only lit the vats twice a week: once for the dunkel, one for the lager. The lager was okay, but the dark beer was too die for. One they ran out, you were out of luck until the next week.

I think a lot of micros in the US kind of do the same thing (excluding the IPA craze that was going on that's hopefully coming to an end) where they can focus more on quality rather than quantity. I much prefer a local micro to a "assembly line" beer that's made in bulk. Oklahoma is getting some better beers now but Colorado and California still have about the best you can get.

I don't know about other areas of TN but here on the Middle TN Plateau, Calfkiller in Sparta and Red Silo in Cookeville are above and beyond legit.

 

[LouderVol]

Hard pass on warm beer

its not warm, its just not cold enough to deaden your taste buds like the crap beer you get here in the states.

 

[OrangeTsar]

loved walking into most small german towns, finding a local joint, ordering a meal and a beer and they just bring you whatever. the pairing was always amazing even though I had no clue what I was eating/drinking most times.

The most important words to learn in any language (aside from how to find the restroom) are for the basic foods and drinks . That is my strongest area of German. Working on Swedish for my next trip

 

[hog88]

its not warm, its just not cold enough to deaden your taste buds like the crap beer you get here in the states.

Germany lost 2 world wars, they drink lukewarm beer, not saying there's a correlation but......

 

[LouderVol]

Germany lost 2 world wars, they drink lukewarm beer, not saying there's a correlation but......

so do the brits, and they won.

 

[hog88]

so do the brits, and they won.

Nah, they got bailed out by us cold beer drinkers.

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

Again for a light beer they are bearable and not heavy. Light beer in general really doesn’t have any flavor to me.

The only and I mean only light beer that is even fit for human consumption is Amstel Light. Amstel Light actually tastes like beer, all the rest are straight up garbage.

 

[NorthDallas40]

The only and I mean only light beer that is even fit for human consumption is Amstel Light. Amstel Light actually tastes like beer, all the rest are straight up garbage.

That’s a good point. I’d drink Amstel Light.

 

[newokie03]

I've found this one to be pretty good.

 

[UT_VOLS13]