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I don't drink beer. But don't get between me and a Newcastle Brown Ale. 

BTW, those are clear glass bottles.

yuck... IMO one of the worst beers of all time - too sweet


but milwaukees best..... hummmm.. that's pretty F#@&in' S#!tty too.  milwaukees best has to win, it's a tweak beer.. haha  --q

Hmm. Sexy.... AND has good taste! ding, ding!! We have a winner, folks!!!

 

No kissing emoticons, so that was the best I could do.

 Actually, that's even better.  ;)




Oh, and CA3LE? It ain't beer, bro.   It's ale. 

well it's one crappy brew IMO  ..  I'm a beer connoisseur too (see my nose in the air.. bah ha ha) -- but to eat his own I guess.

I've said it before and I'll say it again... and again.. and again... New castle brown ale is seriously one of the worst brews ever created.  what they really messed up on was the bottle.  For some reason they put it in a clear bottle (maybe they want it to taste like crap).  A clear bottle lets light in and actually changes the flavor of the beer (this is why most beer is in a brown or green bottle..) some beers like corona are okay in a clear bottle but not new castle.  And actually I have had a couple of them that tasted okay.  But it's very easy to get a bad new castle because the clear bottle makes it easy to misstore.

Maybe it's just worse in Arizona because he beer stocker guys must leave it out in the sun for a minute on accident (like sitting on the dolly outside their truck while they're doing other S#!t... and in the Arizona sun it would only take a minute or two for a good beer to turn into a bitter skunk (yet still new castle sweet) crap beer.  That's the problem with that one, I love many skunky beers and I love many bitter beers.  But when you mix those attributes with the newcastle sweetness it just doesn't do it for me..... but like I said, a couple of times I have enjoyed it (as if I got a good batch or something).... or maybe I was just having a good day

Do any of you like a reeeally hoppy beer?  Have you tried Grolsch.  Or better yet (a reeeeeal hoppy beer), have you tried any 'Stone' products?  Like Stone IPA or Stone Pale Ale.  Stone Ruination IPA is a good one also.  Speaking of Stone... now if you want a beer that will strait up knock you on your ass and make you beat people up look no further than Arrogant Bastard Ale (check out their website, lol http://www.arrogantbastard.com/ - after you enter make sure you read the statement, it's what they print on the bottle.. it's really funny and very true.. haha) - it's like 8.5% by the way and tastes great.  Now if you REALLY like a hoppy beer and really want to put some hair on your chest you need to try double bastard.  Double Bastard is a bit too hoppy for my taste, but I have friends who loooove it.  It's over 10% alcohol and is very hard to find, in fact Stone doesn't even list it at their website.  Only place I've found it was AJ's fine foods here in Phoenix.   -- trust me.. try them.. also try Young's Double Chocolate Stout and Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout if you'd like to try a couple of beers that are more like a meal in a bottle

Now I wish I had a beer

I guess we've kinda turned this thread into a beer conversation now... haha

haha.. all that is better than college beer..

yea, you know me.. I really am a beer snob    --- I've been known to tell a brewmaster right to their face "wow, that beer really needs improvement." -- they always looks shocked when you critique their beer, they are used to getting their asses kissed by everyone.  The Rock Bottom brewmaster let me try some of his special brew after I told him that the Raptor Red tasted a little 'off' - he agreed with me and said "here, you obviously have a taste.. you need to try this one." -- if I remember correctly it was a cask conditioned Double Bock, he then continued to tell me about the beer, I guess it was a yeast strain and recipe that some monks used to brew for thousands of years.  It was served a little warm but it was really good and also had a very high content  --- if you ever see a Cask Double Bock on tap at your local micro brewery give it a try.

-D