Ren Beer list

[Synikul]

I like Newcastle and Bass. Can't stand that dark bitter crap. Why drink something that's made to tase horrible?

[KeeperoftheBar]

I like Newcastle and Bass. Can't stand that dark bitter crap. Why drink something that's made to tase horrible?

It is all a matter of taste.  Some like blondes, some like brunettes.  Personally, it took me three bottles to learn to like Guiness.  And I did it mostly to impress a little brunette, but that is another story.  Learned to like clam chowder the same evening....

[Dustin]

The local Faire that I'm headed to next month is sponsored by Blue Cat Brew Pub, a local microbrewery, and one of my "home bars".  This is both a good thing and a bad thing. I typically drink their Wigged Pig Wheat or Off the Rail Pale Ale, and sometimes the in-season stout or the Big Bad Dog English Ale. Right now, my favorite is their Tuck's Tenacious Trippel - clocking in at 9% abv.

[DuCoeur]

At Scarby it is Shiner Bock
But at Trf they have

Chimay

Chimay...At Faire,  Wow I would be in my glory...Broke by the end of day one, but in Heaven...

GLMF-Smithwicks
ORF-Stella Artois
VARF-Beachbum
MDRF- Sam Adams Octoberfest (Smithwicks in the Lot)
PARF-Skullsplitter

Pittsburgh used to have good beer, Harp, Guinness...until last year when Coors (ack) became a sponsor.  But we will have Harp and Smithwicks in the Parking lot.

[LadyTrinn]

I'm game for just about any beer as long as it's not a mass produced domestic and it's NOT IN A CAN!

A few favs are Stella, Guinness, Harps, Boddingtons...to name a few. I go positively weak in the knees for a good Black and Tan though!

[Tygrkat]

Guinness for the "breakfast" drinks....'tis Good for You, is it not?   

Then, at Sterling, it's on to either a Magic Hat # 9, a Smithwick's {my Aunt suggested it, one of her favorites},or a Bass one can be found...and Apricot Wheat for dessert 

At BARF, it's Bass Ale...

...with not a few drinks of Mead {at ANY Faire }along the way, for refreshment  

[Ranna]

My husband says "Never trust a beer you can see through" - so he loves his Beamish and Guiness.   Me - there is a drink at the MDRF that's called a Beestinger - it's half honey meade and half hard cider.  So good.

[Lumpy]

The BeeSting is a drink that many of us at MDRF enjoy A Hardcore Cider and a Mead make a wonderful blend.

My personal tastes at our faire tend to stick to cider. I'm a Guiness drinker at heart and although we don't have that we have many alternatives. We only have 6 or 8 beers on tap but one pub has several malt liquor alternatives and two pubs have dozens of bottled options.

[Valknut]

Guinness and Bass at the ale stand.  Moylan's Kilt Lifter and Imperial Stout for sharing with friends.
http://www.moylans.com/site/pages/brewery/beer.php

Mmmm...I look forward to faire starting this weekend.

[Cherry'n M'Crack]

MDRF - I love Hard Core.

[Captain Kilian]

At TRF I start out with a healthy breakfast of oatmeal....Sam Smiths Oatmeal Stout that is, truely a great way to begin your day, and start meeting with friends at teh PoW pub before the parade. After that hearty start, I tend to lighten up, have a mead or somethign and as the sun gets higher and hotted a Blue Moon (or several) is rather refreshing. By the time we hit the Sea Devil though, its time for the real deal - Stone's Arrogant Bastard Ale. I love that beer, the bottle says it's not for everyone, but that just leaves more for me.

[LadyTrinn]

I tried a Belgian Pale Ale called Shock Top this past weekend....DELISH!! I loved it...many citrus notes and *very* easy to drink!

[Captain Kilian]

Well looks like I should have at least two Homebrews to sample! Might even be a Mead ready for TRF...maybe I will make the list here!

[LadyTrinn]

Did I ever tell you that you are my *BEST* friend??

[Captain Kilian]

Homebrewing: the best social networking ploy EVER.

Just mentioning it, in any setting, and suddenly I'm mr. popular. If I'd only known about this back in high school, I could have avoided some of those awkward years....oh wait, right....not that I drank in high school..........*giggle*

But yes, I'm a wee worried about the mead...and there is a bunch of it (since it turns out it came out too dry for the wife's liking, more for the rest of us). Bottling it is a bit more bothersome. I was trying to use the ceramic bottles with the clamping tops, but I failed to drink 5 gallons worth. Some might end up in plain old beer bottles.

Brown Ale is bottled, brewing wheat and stout this weekend, should be ready for opening of TRF or or our second visit 2 weeks later.