phil just to start try magners/gaymers i know you can get them in america, there a bit mass produced but still taste like cider should, after that try westerns organic or westerns dry if you can find them. Dont for the love of god drink strongbow/blackthorn or woodpecker

@cg the only "beer" i can drink is ipa's the rest are to bitter for my taste, but try old tom :p

sorry for triple posting but phil check out bulmers as well

Magners, Gaymers and Bulmers ... Got it.

Thanks for the recomendations - maybe I'll go out today and get a few that people mentioned. Don't be surprised if I post some nonsensical threads later on tonight - I might be drunk! ;-)

lol if you can find westerns as well thats probably the best mass produced cider

My favorite Beers.
Moosehead from Canada
Stella from Belgium
Guinness Ireland
Heineken Holland

Hmmmmm.....I think I'll have a Beer now.

stella??!! i feel sorry for your wife/girlfriend :p

Heineken is no better than the watery massed produced american beers IMO.

I think Stella is a decent beer - but for christ sake, WHY do they insist on puting it in a wine glass? That's why it has such a femanine reputation, I think

Stella is definitely a decent beer.

stella is a wife beaters drink ask anyone in england

Czech: Plzeňský Prazdroj, Budvar (the original Budweiser)
Canadian/Irish: Guinness brewed under license by Labatt's Brewery (less flat and creamy, but a bit more bite which I like)
Canadian: Fort Garry Dark Ale

I'll second Stella Artois.

Good beer....and trim101, my wife feels sorry for YOU.

Red Stripe! Hooray Beer!

love that jamaican lager.
good with a shot of rum and some reggae

red stripe is a good beer, seriously stella has such a bad image they stopped using the word stella in their adverts as it has such a negative image, and its not even a beer

Well I'm sorry the English can't get over the image and enjoy the beer, but the rest of us seem to think it's a good beer. =)

well compared to the american piss water yes, but in countries with decent beer and lager its nothing at all, just a chav drink

Well I'm glad to say that as a Canadian I don't drink American piss water but I still think you're stuck on the image. Try taking a double blind taste test. =)

People are always surprised to find out which beers they honestly prefer.

its a lager beer is completely different!i know the taste of stella and i know what it does to people the image may be different in other countries, but considering its a belgium beer and its not even big in belgium should tell you something

Yes. It tells me that some people are weak minded ponces.

trim101, do us all a favour please. Start a Pink Lady thread, a Champagne Cocktail thread, or a Cider thread. Enthrall us with your cultured palate.

Australian, particularly any Carlton United Breweries. Coopers and Cascade are also good Australian beers.

I find European beers too yeasty and North American beers lacking taste

American beers like Budweiser, Coors and Miller are definitely tastless - but there are MANY American beers that are very good. If you find something by Sam Adams or New Belgian or 4 peaks, I think you'll be impressed.

And Trim, I went to the place that was most likely to have the most obscure international stuff, and it's funny, the only Ciders they had were the 2 you said to stay away from - Woodpecker and Strongbow. Well, even though you said to avoid them, I figured it would at least be a decent introduction to real Ciders, They were both pretty good. Definitely better than the American shit that's just carbonated apple juice with vodka in it.

I also found a Coopers, I'm going to open it now - I'll give my review on that in a while ...

Trim, what do you think of Samual Smith's Cider? They had that there too, but I didn't try it. If you think that's better than than Strongbow or Woodpecker, let me know.

oh and I find it ironc that Stella - considered a feminine beer in America, is considered a wife-beater's beer in England. I guess it's all about image ...

Shah....RIGHT ON. That is the exact set of choices...

which coopers did you get? any good?

im not much of a beer drinker, indeed my fav beer is BeerHoi from vietnam, not a brand as such , that just means freshly brewed beer that they only keep for a day coz it lacks preservatives (well thats what im told anyway) others might think its a bit watery but at 20cents a glass it hits my spot!

ok so I just finished the Coopers Premium Lager - it tasted a lot like heineken or Becks. Not too much different than Budweiser, Coors or Miller, honestly. A very light crisp beer with a touch - a hint - of flavor. But that's it, just a hint.

So while I was there, I picked up some Boddington, since I can only usually get that at bars here, and I'm drinking that. Much better than Coopers, but not as good as many of the American beers available.

and sean - 20 cents a glass? I'll drink anything if it's that cheap - and I'd enjoy the hell out of it. Unfortunately, if it only lasts a day, it'll probably never be available in the states.

Heineken - blech! I took a swig of one once and about spit it out. Tried it again 5 minutes later and had the same reaction. My buddy got a kick out of it when I said "Ich! Tastes like ass." and when I tried it again and said "Nope, still tastes like ass." Our running joke is "Now we understand why it is nicknamed Heiny, cause it tastes like one."

Australia - Carlton Draught, dont even bother with fosters - we make it by pissing in bottles and telling everyone its beer - then we sell it to our colonial masters for a nice profit.

Draugnar and anyone else who mentioned Heineken. It's a weird thing I noticed but Heineken actually tastes different depending on where it's brewed. I have no idea why that would be... but in Toronto, Heineken tastes like heiny. In Montreal, it tastes acceptable. We actually brought back some to Toronto to test it out, and there is a noticeable difference!

Just reading this thread makes my mouth salivate, mmmmmm nothing like a good old barley sandwich....