My favourite beer... Pooh. I think I prefer Het Elfde Gebod (The Eleventh Commandment) most of all, closely followed by Grimbergen Blond. Both are Belgian in origin. The most amusing beer I ever drank was Straffe Hendrik, the local beer of Bruges. I visited the brewery on a moderately warm autumn day, after having walked off the soles of my shoes in that town. I hadn't eaten for a long time, and hadn't drunk enough water either. The beer was moderately heavy (6.5% or something), spicy, cold, and absolutely delicious. Of course, after one glas of Straffe Hendrik I was unable to walk in a straight line and still had to drive about 40 km back to my hotel. Normally those effects only show themselves after five or six glasses ;-). (I'm a big guy.)
Germany makes a few very good and tasty pilseners.
Two of my closest friends always talk about something called Gordon's Finest Blond. It looks like a pilsener, it tastes like a pilsener, it drinks away like a pilsener, but kicks you smartly in the *** with an alcohol percentage of 10% or so. It's nearly impossible to get hold of here in the Netherlands, but I've made a promise to myself to give it a try the moment I manage to find it.
