Favorite Beer?

October 10, 2017, 03:47 PM

tatortodd

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Franziskaner is very good, and when I lived in Alaska I drank it more then Weihenstephaner since it was half the price. IMO, Weihenstephaner was better but not twice the price better.

Interesting. Around here, Weihenstephaner is only a couple bucks more per 6-pack than Franziskaner. I can get a 6-pack of Franziskaner for ~$9-$10, and a 6-pack of Weihenstephaner for ~$11-$12. (Weihenstephaner is also available in larger 500 ml bottles for ~$3-$4 each, which is my preference.)

Franziskaner's certainly good, but I think Weihenstephaner is better, and definitely worth the extra 33 cents or so per bottle.

I think Ayinger's Brau-Weisse is also a better Hefeweizen than Franziskaner's, but not quite as good as Weihenstephaner's.

I've never lived in an area (Anchorage, Calgary, or N. Houston) where I had access to 6-packs of Weihenstephaner, Ayinger, or Schneider Weisse. It has always been the 16.9 oz single bottles.

In Anchorage, the Franziskaner was $2.50 per bottle at my grocery store and Weihenstephaner was in the high 4's and an extra stop across the street from the grocery store (to be fair, it was next to Papa Murphy's so plenty of occasions picking up Weihenstephaner and a pizza).

In Calgary, all of the good German hefeweizen was around $7 Canadabucks per 16.9 oz bottle. Never saw Franziskaner, but plenty of Weihenstephaner, Ayinger, Schneider Weisse, Paulaner, Maisel, and Erdinger.

Here in N. Houston, we have an awesome spirits super store called Spec's and Weihenstephaner 16.9 oz bottles are in the mid 3's. My grocery store carries 6-packs of Paulaner (both hefeweizen and Octoberfest) and brought in 4-packs of Ayinger Octoberfest.

October 10, 2017, 04:29 PM

arfmel

For happy hour at work, we usually buy Lone Star. It's cheap, cold, and there's a little puzzle in the lid of each Longneck.

October 10, 2017, 04:39 PM

smithnsig

As far as favorite you can buy in the store, Samuel Adams Boston Lager.

As a matter of fact I just opened one.

October 10, 2017, 04:41 PM

smschulz

Love IPA's (for the taste not the so-called fad).

My favorite:
Karbach Seasonal Double IPA Delusion
Awesome!

October 10, 2017, 04:45 PM

chellim1

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Originally posted by David W:
Prairie Artisan Ales "Bomb!"
If I HAD to pick just one.

Hey!
I was just there 2 weekends ago... for the Tulsa Navy football game and we had dinner at the Prairie brewpub in Tulsa.
I had never had a Prairie Bomb before and I must admit... It was delicious!

http://prairieales.com/locations/

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