Smithwicks...the 1rst Irish brew I ever had..when I was 14 IN Ireland,,& it was my mother who snuck it 2 me @ night at the B&B across the road from the pub where all the grownup relatives were partying ...she told my old man she had go & check up on me & somehow smuggled it ...never forget that summer of '77.

Ahhh... Smithwick's.

One of my go-to beers, particularly if I'm enjoying it in an Irish pub. Too much Guinness can give me reflux (in my sleep), so Smithwick's is a good alternative.

A little thread drift here: The other day we enjoyed our annual St. Patrick's Day For All parade just around the corner from where we live, and we then repaired to one of our many local Irish pubs where they had delicious (and free!) corned beef and cabbage with potatoes so the Missus and I hoisted a few with some friends she met up with and went home definitely happy. (Yes, I know, it really should be boiled bacon but I'm not going to get into that argument!)

Since the wife is out of town on business, I cooked up some Irish Comfort Food for myself tonight - Dublin Coddle - and I'm now relaxing with some Jameson and ginger ale and listening to some Luke Kelly music. No more beer - finished it all earlier - so my apologies for the thread drift. I'm definitely in a good place.


Signor V.

What a great story Hood, love it…keep em comin.





You Sir are living Large…… Enjoy,

Krombacher tonight You cant go wrong with Zee Germans LOL.

SNATCH is one of my favorite movies of all-time. Great call H, definitely an underrated film sadly!

Love Snatch. That movie needs more recognition in the US. My fav English gangster pic is Sexy Beast though

Def Brad Pitt is amazing as the gypsy haha..

Belgium beer - Stella Artois

Cigar City ipa’s

Good stuff.

$22 bucks for the sampler 12pk

Celebrating Heineken's 150 year anniversary. It will always be my favorite beer LOL.

Not true mate. IPA and quality beers including Belguim trappist are even available at Wetherspoons .

Tonight I had a Kanon (cannon) a strong ale of 11,6% from Grolsch.
Not a big fan of strong pilsners but this one was not bad.

Years ago I bought two bottles of Chimay Belgian ale. Didn't look at the ABV on the label (12%), just drank both. Knocked my right on my ass.

Best beer is Samuel Adams

Agreed. Their Cherry Wheat and Holiday White Ale are my favorites.

To be honest I have actually been a big fan of Hamms recently. Its a good domestic beer that tastes good with Italian Sausage on the grill.

I tried it, thanks to the recommendations here. Very good--having more tonight. My all-time favorite flavored ale, Pyramid Apricot, is no longer available.

Glad you enjoyed it TB. They used to make a Blueberry Witbier that was also my favorite alongside the Cherry Wheat but they sadly discontinued it years ago.

Never had it i'll give it a try tonight.
Produced by the well-known Royal Swinkels brewery.

8.6 Original intense blond beer 4-pack

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Taste palette: full, lots of fruit and herbs
Delicious with: hearty dry sausage, BBQ and blue cheese
The best temperature: 6-8 degrees Celsius

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Pretty strong beer 8.6, but I like it, it already kicked in after the first can lol..

Depends on the season. With the warmer weather coming up a nice Blue Moon or Allagash will be refreshing with a sliced orange.

Grolsch pils tonight still one of the best Dutch lagers !

I already did my time with hard liquor and so, for the past 4 or 5 years Im drinking only beer, and currently this is one of my favorites...

Never heard of it TD, when we were in Spain we often drank sangria haha or San Miguel.

Yup, Ive tried the Sun Miguel beer more than few times, especially in Barcelona, but if I have to chose between their beer and Sangria, Ill take the sangria LOL

Mythos is a Greek beer and its very similar to our local Macedonian beers, and I like it because its light and also has the taste of a real beer. Its very refreshing for the hot days at the beaches.

Anyone here familiar with Samuel Smith ales from England? Their organic chocolate stout is a knockout dessert ale. Their fruit ales are very good.

@TB I personally never tried those, although there are few beer shops in my area which mostly have imported beer (almost all types) and so ill check it out, but Im not a big fan of dark beer, anymore. I see the Japs are also becoming huge players in the beer industry lately....at least around Europe and the Balkans.

I had a few heinekens, but now I switched to Bacardi hehe. I only drink rum when I'm free from work.

Bacardi used to be also one of my favs, but right now my heart says "No" lol