Alcoholic winter warmth...

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

This is inspired by the Christmas cheese thread.  If you had to limit yourself to one type of beer(or brand etc.), which would you choose?  Pictures and web links are encouraged. 

My choice would be New Glarus Uff-Da Bock.


http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/beers.cfm?BeerID=9

It's a local micro brew from here in Wisconsin that is thick, dark, and full of flavor.  It's easily my favorite beer for any occasion or time of year.

 :drink:

[CJ]

not sure if i should be responding to this seeing as i'm underage, but being in college the only choices i've got are natural ice and keystone. i'd go with the natty.

[blue]

my choice would be Clotworthy Dobbin! it's brewed a few miles away from my house in the Mourne Mountains, it's absolutely gorgeous, and it blows your head off!!  percentage wise it isn't any stronger than other beers, but for some reason it seems to hit me hard every time i drink it. yet the hangover isn't too bad, despite it being a dark ale.  wonderful stuff :)

http://www.whitewaterbrewing.co.uk/

oh, their other two beers, Belfast Ale and Belfast Lager, are also both lovely. the Lager is just about the finest i've tasted, certainly since the last time i was in Brussels!

[ailean]

Hmmm, I don't drink much at all, but I'd say Baileys would be a strong contender, or for a beer probably Tanglefoot.

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

not sure if i should be responding to this seeing as i'm underage, but being in college the only choices i've got are natural ice and keystone. i'd go with the natty.

I've had more than my fair share of cheap beer in my day.  Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  Thankfully primates like us can fashion tools like beer bongs so you don't actually have to taste the stuff!

my choice would be Clotworthy Dobbin! it's brewed a few miles away from my house in the Mourne Mountains, it's absolutely gorgeous, and it blows your head off!!  percentage wise it isn't any stronger than other beers, but for some reason it seems to hit me hard every time i drink it. yet the hangover isn't too bad, despite it being a dark ale.  wonderful stuff :)

http://www.whitewaterbrewing.co.uk/

oh, their other two beers, Belfast Ale and Belfast Lager, are also both lovely. the Lager is just about the finest i've tasted, certainly since the last time i was in Brussels!

That looks mighty fine.  I love a good porter.  I'm a fan of the darker brews so I'll usually have a few bocks, porters, or dark ales and finish them off with a good lager. 






Not sure why I started this thread, most of the beers listed I won't even be able to try. :?  Oh well, I guess can imagine how good they are.  :lol:

[headtheball]

Clotworthy is a  fine brew indeed. Belfast Lager is an odd one. It's lovely on draught, but utterly honking in bottles.

Mind you, I was in a spot in Dublin a few weeks back called The Porterhouse. They had their own stout, called simply "Plain", which had the advantages of a: Being beautiful, and B: allowing you to order at the bar by quoting Brendan Behan. I'll be having that, thank you.

[gingataff]

If I had to have only one drink then it would be a tough call between Tim Taylor's Landlord (but only if it's served as well as at The Fleece Inn at Haworth) or Harvey's Best (but only if served as well as at The Lord Nelson in Brighton). There are so many others I like but these two would keep me happy for a long time.

[PhilKing]

If I could only have one beer then I would be very happy just to have Sam Smith's Imperial Stout. 

[Crazy_Joe]

Guinness for a beer (though that's my beer of choice for any time of year)

Jack Daniels straight will keep you warm when it's a bit chilly. If you're not hardcore enough just mix it in with a bit of coke and that's a winner right there.

[Matt77]

Dalwhinnie Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky aged 15 years
mmmmmmm... booze
Sadly,  I'm kind of Teetotal now

[WezV]

If I had to have only one drink then it would be a tough call between Tim Taylor's Landlord

yeah, i love the TT

TBh for me its just as much about where as it is what.  Love pedigree but never ever drink it out of burton as it just doesnt travel... although very few burton pubs get it right now either!   when its good, its very very good.


Its also down to the pub, we have the coopers arms in Burton which is little more than a house  with some barrels lined up in a room.  The old owners served kimberly classic straight from the barrel and it was divine... when i have had it elsewhere it hasnt been anything special

anyway, my all day sessions this christmas will probably be on Burton Bridge Stairway to heaven.  quite a light beer so perfect for the sesh!

[Sifu Ben]

As a North Wiltshire resident, I've got to go with 6X
http://www.wadworth.co.uk/ourbeers.html

[Johnny Mac]

It depends where I am for beer. I like Pedigree like Wez. I've just got in from the pub and had two pints of Guinness which I like at this time of year. Chec Budvar if we're talking lagers takes a lot of beating. Across the pond then bottles of Sierra Nevada are nice and if there available the micro brewerys.

Now if we're talking Whisky then I think it's only proper if we resurrect the appropriate thread!!  :lol:

[AJDS]

My winter warmer is generally Fullers ESB. It's dark, it's flavourful and it's a bit stronger then other for the winter warmth. But this year, my old man has just ordered a polypin of harveys, so thatll be my winter warmer (and hangover cure, and my bread substitute, and my everything else). And as already mentioned, a bottle of JD goes down a treat when it gets nippy.

[Sifu Ben]

Should of course mention my favourite cider
http://www.wychwood.co.uk/beers_greengoblin.htm