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Old 09-09-2016, 14:45
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Well I know it's a wheat beer but it still tastes 'lagery' so it's hardly as if you're confusing it with a pint of mild or something. It's a bit like if someone described Iron Maiden as death metal, ok they're not they're heavy metal, but it's being a bit picky
It's not being picky at all. Wheat beers taste nothing like lagers. A wheat beer is as much an individual style as a stout or an IPA. If you think Hoegaarden tastes like lager I'd suggest there's something wrong with your taste buds!
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Old 09-09-2016, 14:49
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Well I know it's a wheat beer but it still tastes 'lagery' so it's hardly as if you're confusing it with a pint of mild or something. It's a bit like if someone described Iron Maiden as death metal, ok they're not they're heavy metal, but it's being a bit picky
Well you know it's not lager then.
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Old 09-09-2016, 14:53
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It's still a forgiveable mistake whichever way you look at it, plent of laypeople would put in the lager bracket
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Old 09-09-2016, 16:48
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It's still a forgiveable mistake whichever way you look at it, plent of laypeople would put in the lager bracket
I'm sorry but I can't agree with this, they're a world apart, if you can't tell the difference I would genuinely question your tastebuds. A totally different taste. I actually know people ("laypeople") who love lager but can't stand wheat beers.
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Old 09-09-2016, 17:27
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I'm sorry but I can't agree with this, they're a world apart, if you can't tell the difference I would genuinely question your tastebuds. A totally different taste. I actually know people ("laypeople") who love lager but can't stand wheat beers.
Calm down Jambo. 😀
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Old 09-09-2016, 18:29
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Calm down Jambo. 😀
Haha, I am calm! I'm just bewildered as to how you could think a wheat beer was a lager. It's like thinking Guiness is lager.
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Old 09-09-2016, 18:36
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Calm down Jambo. 😀
I nearly put Leffe as number five too - think his head might have exploded 😛

No hard feelings anyway Jambo
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Old 09-09-2016, 19:15
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I like Mexican lagers: Dos Equis and Negra Modelo are my two go to beers, but I wouldn't so no to Pacifico either.
Ooh, that's interesting. I'm going to Mexico in March and the hotel serves ten beers (lagers?) of which I think the following are Mexican:

León Negra
Modelo
Montejo
Negra Modelo
Odoul’s
Pacifico
Victoria

You've mentioned two of those, but does anyone have any opinions on the others? I will try all of them, of course, but it's always nice to know where to start!
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Old 09-09-2016, 19:55
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Only 3 posts in before the beer snobs come out to play.
Beer snobs?
Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg, Harp, Tennents?
😳
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Old 09-09-2016, 20:49
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Beer snobs?
Fosters, Carling, Carlsberg, Harp, Tennents?
😳
My post was a reference to post 3, where someone implied all lager in general was rubbish.
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Old 09-09-2016, 23:18
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Ooh, that's interesting. I'm going to Mexico in March and the hotel serves ten beers (lagers?) of which I think the following are Mexican:

León Negra
Modelo
Montejo
Negra Modelo
Odoul’s
Pacifico
Victoria

You've mentioned two of those, but does anyone have any opinions on the others? I will try all of them, of course, but it's always nice to know where to start!
O'Doul's is non alcoholic beer or malt beverage.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/5727/

Modelo might be Modelo Especial, which is pretty good stuff. I don't know the others.

Funny thing about Mexican beer. It has German antecedents as at one point in the 1800's it was a go to place for people upping sticks and leaving the old country. A lot of brewers started doing what they knew best and founded the indusrtry.
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Old 10-09-2016, 00:39
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Oh god, I'm not going near the O'Doul's in that case! But I will happily try all the others, and if I remember I will report back.

Interesting comment about the German influence. I've read that Mexican beer is much better than in most of Latin America, so perhaps that's why? In any event, I can't wait; I'm going to spend the next six months getting stupidly excited.
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Old 14-09-2016, 17:16
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Old 14-09-2016, 19:22
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I got very drunk on Red Stripe at a student fresher party and haven't touch it since.
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Old 14-09-2016, 22:15
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Pilsner Urquell
Bubweiser Budvar
Staropromen
Kozel
Jupiler (just to show I do like the cheap stuff as well)

By far and away the worst was draft Ayinerbrau sold in Jennings pubs when I was an underage drinker in the early '80s. I can still picture the pump with a Germanic chap who looked like a kiddy didler holding a complicated flip top beer stein. In fact a quick Google shows he is still around and working for Sam Smith's now! If you had asked me for my favourite lager when I was dodging the Ayingerbrau it would have been the world champion Slalom D.
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Old 20-09-2016, 15:40
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Carlsberg Export, as near as you can get to a refreshing crisp pilsner taste, without the price tag.
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Old 21-09-2016, 10:03
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No votes for Estrella? I like it. But then I quite like Sol and Corona too so maybe I just like icy cold stuff that reminds me of being on my hols!
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Old 22-09-2016, 13:58
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No votes for Estrella? I like it. But then I quite like Sol and Corona too so maybe I just like icy cold stuff that reminds me of being on my hols!
I like Sol and Corona, although both are now astronomically expensive compared to when I started drinking them. I don't know Estrella.
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Old 22-09-2016, 15:50
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No votes for Estrella? I like it. But then I quite like Sol and Corona too so maybe I just like icy cold stuff that reminds me of being on my hols!
When we were in Spain a few weeks ago almost everywhere had Cruzcampo which I'd never come across before. A few places had Estrella but Cruzcampo seemed to have taken over. It was a pretty bog standard lager.
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Old 22-09-2016, 15:55
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When we were in Spain a few weeks ago almost everywhere had Cruzcampo which I'd never come across before. A few places had Estrella but Cruzcampo seemed to have taken over. It was a pretty bog standard lager.
There is Estrella Damm and Estrella Galicia, both completely different beers from different breweries!

I struggled in Spain to find anything that amazing. I did find a dark lager and some wheat beers in the supermarket but other than that I found San Miguel was about as good as it got.
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Old 22-09-2016, 16:47
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There's any number of great German lagers, but this would be the absolute best for me.

Augustiner Bräu Edelstoff

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Old 22-09-2016, 17:00
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1. Peroni
2. Hertog Jan
3. Jupiler
4. Grolsch
5. Freedom lager
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Old 22-09-2016, 17:39
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There is Estrella Damm and Estrella Galicia, both completely different beers from different breweries!

I struggled in Spain to find anything that amazing. I did find a dark lager and some wheat beers in the supermarket but other than that I found San Miguel was about as good as it got.
I struck it lucky finding a little bar that did local craft stuff. Malaqa, Guineu and Califa seemed to be pretty decent breweries. Other than that I was on the standard lager, although in 36 degree heat it was pretty nice and refreshing!
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Old 23-09-2016, 09:25
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I struck it lucky finding a little bar that did local craft stuff. Malaqa, Guineu and Califa seemed to be pretty decent breweries. Other than that I was on the standard lager, although in 36 degree heat it was pretty nice and refreshing!
I went a different route, I found a bar that sold Basque cider and drank quite a bit of that. Nice stuff, cost €4 for a 750ml bottle.
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Old 23-09-2016, 11:04
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Pilsner Urquell
Tsingtao
Estrella Damm
Keo
Korev

I'm a big fan of Urquell. Quite a malty Pilsner - easy drinking.

As you can see, no tinned Carling/Fosters crap in that list. Proper crafted lagers there.
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