What are you Drinking?

[Ed Anger]

Maalox

[derspiess]

Lol Olds.

[Ed Anger]

Get off my lawn

[Capetan Mihali]

A Sierra Nevada Summerfest (seasonal pilsner-type offering) and an Otter Creek Vermont Lager (ditto).  Both very tasty and I always enjoy buying US-made pilsners/lagers.

The Summerfest is probably overall the better beer -- more complex and floral, etc.  But the Vermont Lager says it is modeled on the North German pils (which is my fave) and you can taste it -- more astringent and crisp, with blunter hops (without being just too hoppy for the style, like Victory Prima Pils is, even though it's good.)

Although I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication. 

But I love my pilsners and there aren't that many North American microbrewed ones to choose from. (I'm including Sam Adams, though I guess that pisses off some beer HIPSTERS since they're too big, but their Noble Pils is year-round these days and it is high quality.)

[Ideologue]

Although I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication. 

That's good.  They're the worst.  It's like wine snobbery for Epsilons.

[Syt]

I'm at work, so I'm having a jug of tap water on my desk.

[derspiess]

A Sierra Nevada Summerfest (seasonal pilsner-type offering) and an Otter Creek Vermont Lager (ditto).  Both very tasty and I always enjoy buying US-made pilsners/lagers.

The Summerfest is probably overall the better beer -- more complex and floral, etc.  But the Vermont Lager says it is modeled on the North German pils (which is my fave) and you can taste it -- more astringent and crisp, with blunter hops (without being just too hoppy for the style, like Victory Prima Pils is, even though it's good.)

Speaking of Victory, their Summer Love is probably my absolute favorite summer beer.  Has lots of taste and still light enough to drink on a hot day.  Plus on the label they have pictures of every single thing I like to do during the summer.

Although I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication. 

I can't believe I was ignorant about gose until last year.  Really cool beer style.  And you are a beer guy, just of the omnivore type.

But I love my pilsners and there aren't that many North American microbrewed ones to choose from. (I'm including Sam Adams, though I guess that pisses off some beer HIPSTERS since they're too big, but their Noble Pils is year-round these days and it is high quality.)

Yep, pilsners are a bit rare.  I can think of a couple breweries around here that do them year-round.  A lot of smaller breweries just don't like doing lagers, period (which makes sense on a small scale-- they involve more work).  Sometimes Kölsch is about the closest you'll find.

[Syt]

It's 28°C in the apartment, so I'm having a white wine spritzer (based off Federspiel).

[derspiess]

Lol that was the drink that got Ned Flanders in trouble in Vegas.

[Syt]

White spritzers are probably the most common alcoholic summer refreshment in Vienna, together with Aperol Spritzers, though the latter's popularity has waned a bit after being trendy a few years ago.

At a Heuriger you would often order a jug of the vinyard's fresh wine with a jug of water and mix at the table. You can spend hours jabbing like that, with some food from the place's buffet counter (rich, fatty Austrian food like pork roasts, dumplings, dumplings, sausages, sweet deserts ... ).

I need to do that during my vacation again.

[garbon]

I like to take cha...sparkling wine and combine it with aperol and st germain.

[Syt]

Isn't that what an Aperol Spritzer is?

[garbon]

I don't know, typically I've seen them without that last ingredient.

[Syt]

Sorry, I thought that St. Germain would be mineral water; I now know that it isn't.

[garbon]

Ah