What is the best BEER in the World?

[gizz72]

Greetings,

Bad news for me though, my doctor told me to skip it and other beverages like iced tea, softdrinks, cola etc. my liver can't take it anymore. :-(

Here.. for me a San Miguel beer. Goes well with a barbeque. Finger licking good!(unfortunately, so does all fatty foods :-() :-D

So in honor for those who still can(which I'll never have the chance anymore), In what country produces the BEST tasting beer? Please tell me also and describe to me the sensation(I'll trully miss those days)?

At least I still have my Amiga with me(I'll never leave you, mwa mwa mwa...) :knuddel:

Where's my mineral water. :pint: gulp.

Cheers!

Gizz

[T_Bone]

Sorry to hear about your liver. Has your liver function actually declined, or is this just a preemtive measure?

Softdrinks?! I didn't realise they were hard on the liver. I'm currently drinking around 4 liters of Coca Cola every day, have been for about 5 years or so. Yikes! :-)

[gizz72]

Greetings,

Not too serious, but I'll never be able to. Docs advice is stict on me. Need to loose 8 more lbs.

My ultrasound finding it's surrounded with fat. Yup Coke is also one of my major cause. sorry to say that. Drink it while still can and enjoy. It made me gain lbs. My wieght before my liver problem, was around 165-6 lbs. Now, I weigh 158. Doctor said my ideal wieght on my 32nd year should be 145. Sigh... Look like it's curtains for my beer drinking days.. :-(

Thanks for the concerns all. :-)

Regards,

Gizz

[PMC]

@Gizz,

Well I wish you a speedy recovery.

As for beer, I'm very fond of "real" ales.  I find lager to be full of chemicals and lacking in taste - although I am partial to a pint on a warm summer afternoon.

[whabang]

Zlatopramen, from the Checz rep.!
It's bitter, but still have a sweet sensation in it.

Hope you'll get better, Gizz!

[gizz72]

Greetings,

Thanks, again. My condition is not that serious, as long as I keep away fom High cholesterol foods. If I don't, I get Hyper-Ventilated... :-)

>Zlatopramen, from the Checz rep.!
It's bitter, but still have a sweet sensation in it.

I wish i could taste it... :-)

Regards,

Gizz

[adz]

Sorry to hear about your liver dude, the missus' neice (whos only just turned has fat deposits on her liver, it can lead to all kinds of nasty porblems if not treated correctly. Hope all goes well for you.

As for beer, well, I would have to say Becks Lager is my current flavour of the month, its a smooth lager thats not too overpowering, pure refreshment on a hot summers day :-D Cheers :pint:

[T_Bone]

gizz72 wrote:
Greetings,

Not too serious, but I'll never be able to. Docs advice is stict on me. Need to loose 8 more lbs.

Shucks, too bad it's not the kidneys, they generally tell you to put on a few pounds in that case ;-)

My ultrasound finding it's surrounded with fat.

No liver biopsy? Well, that's a good sign. Besides, they HURT! :-)

[Cyberus]

Hmm, sorry to hear about your liver Gizz


My fave beers:
Zyvturo Ekstra [Lithuanian]
Staropramen   [Czech]
Stella Artois  [Belgian]
Duvel, Leffe, hell pretty much all Belgian ones.
Most Weissbier
Spitfire, 6X, London Pride, Early Bird, and far too many others too mention [English Ales]
I was very pleasantly surprised when I tried a bottle of  Samuel Adams beer a couple of months back....it tasted a lot like English beer!
Murphy's - this is only good in Ireland for some reason; Guiness - better in Ireland, but still good here.
1664 [French]
I remember a Latvian Porter that was really nice...can't remember what it was called, summat like Rigas Porteris...

God there must be loads more that I like....

[whabang]

gizz72 wrote:
Greetings,


Thanks, again. My condition is not that serious, as long as I keep away fom High cholesterol foods. If I don't, I get Hyper-Ventilated... :-)

>Zlatopramen, from the Checz rep.!
It's bitter, but still have a sweet sensation in it.

I wish i could taste it... :-)

Regards,

Gizz

Well, you could taste it, you're just not allowed to actually drink it. On the other hand, there wouldn't be any fun in that, would there? :-(

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Sorry to hear about your liver. I hope the condition can be maanaged and wont develop further.

As for Beer - it really depends on the situation.

If Im at an Amiga meet in town its gotta be Zlatopramen - though over here they have sadly corrupted the name to Starpramen. If its a cool summers everning its gotta be Hoegaarden. If I have a pint with a meal during the day, Corona works with most things. If I wish to get flat on my back its Stella. If its a BBQ,or Curry either something Belgium  - or a crisp Oriental/Asian beer. Kingfisher and Tiger and good. I dont really care for British beers much, and I totally abhore the burnt toast soup that is Guinness..

So as a rule - Belgium and Asian stuff rocks. Czech stuff is on the whole pretty good, but have tasted the odd Czech beer that reminded me of fermented cow {bleep}. British beers imho are thick, goopy, heavy..  (I am now about to be assasinated by the Campaign for Real Ale!)

But Im off all that at the moment - gotta get back to my fighting weight of 16 stone, and alcohol gets burnt before carbs or fat, and too much makes you feel like crap so you cant be arsed to go running or lifting anything.

[redrumloa]

I'm currently drinking around 4 liters of Coca Cola every day, have been for about 5 years or so. Yikes!

I don't know about liver, but with that sort of Cola intake you will certainly get kidney stones. I have 3 friends who had kidney stones in recent years, all 3 were told it was because of carmelised sodas.

About beer, I used to drink anything put in front of me;-) But seriously Grolsch was probably my favorite. I used to like many imports over domestics like Heneiken, St Pauly Girl and too many others to count. For domestics I actaully didn't much like the standard big names like Miller and Bud, prefering some cheapos like Meister Brau and tons of the micro brews.

BTW sorry to hear about your liver, I'd say time to follow me into sobriety. It's not as bad as you may think, I don't miss alcohol at all. It may be hard at first, it'll get easy with time. When you are ~18 your body burns off everything thrown at it, once you hit your 30s+ it's a different story.

Good luck! If you need any support, let me know.

[Cyberus]

Bobsonsirjonny wrote:
If Im at an Amiga meet in town its gotta be Zlatopramen - though over here they have sadly corrupted the name to Starpramen.

Hmm, why 'sadly corrupted the name'? Star of Prague is a great name.
'Zlat' I think is Czech for 'Guild' (?), but people market things differently worldwide all the time.

Sadly they have corrupted 'Quarter Pounder with Cheese' to 'Royal with Cheese' in France :lol:

Honestly though, being an English teacher and very particular about language, I can't stand this snobbery whereby people think they should call everything by the 'authentic' name. We are in the UK, therefore words become anglicised - thats it, that's how language works. I don't go around insisting people say 'fora' or 'fungi', just because I studied Latin.
I don't tell people about the time I visited friends in 'Warszawa'. Or the time I went to 'Eesti' and then got the ferry over the sea to 'Suomi'

If you want travesty, then look at the way that the original Czech Budweiser lost its name to some gnats piss.

[cecilia]

soda is c.r.a.p sugar water. i never drink that mess.

do some research on Milk Thistle. that is supposed to help the liver with it's antioxydant properties.

and drink alot of clean water. the body needs help flushing out toxins and you do that with lots of water.

consider drinking some herbal teas that may also help clean out your system. stay away from processed foods and eat raw freah vegs and fruits.

the body can heal itself - especially if it gets a bit of help from the owner. good luck!

[Cyberus]

I can second the tea vote. I drink peppermint tea, a few varities of green tea and sometimes even nettle tea. It's a bit hippy I know, but they're refreshing, invigorating, don't contain sugar,  and I think green tea is a good source of antioxidants.

Of course plenty of water, as Cecilia says, is a must.