Best lager you've ever drunk?

[RexCathedra]

In context -- Pirroni, in Italy.

(It was 103 F and we had spent the day in the treeless wastes of Pompeii in July. I seriously doubt it would make anyone's shortlist on its merits in the abstract.)

Seriously -- Pilsener Urquell, hands down. One great benefit from the collapse of Communism is that it gets to the States much more quickly, before the time-in-the-bottle does its damage.

Even in the mid-70's when it was a real rarity (Wursthaus, Harvard Square, Cambridge), and the bottles you got were god knows how many months in transit, it was a wonder -- you can tell how tall the mountain by how long the shadow.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Leffe blonde 6.8% @ £1-80 a half

 

[Ccider]

Re: Re: Best lager you've ever drunk?

Yeh I had some of that stuff the other week in Horsham Trinity CC bar nice pint

Mine came in a 660ml bottle - that's more than a pint!

 

[chez]

Best? Ice cold bud (usa) on a hot day. Cant be bettered IMO.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Super Bok was a super tipple during Euro 2004.

Got hooked on Sappora during the last World Cup.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Had some Hepworth Blonde yesterday, brewed in Horsham - different, but probably not the best.

I'm guessing by the name that that isn't actually a lager, but a belgian style blonde beer.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Some of the local beers in Peru where really good.

 

[tinx]

Best? Ice cold bud (usa) on a hot day. Cant be bettered IMO.

Spot on.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Some of the local beers in Peru where really good.

A big bottle of Pilsener. Nice!

Also, Cuban Cristal is quite good.

My favourite? I am quite fond of Carlton Cold, but the winner has to be Carlsberg Brown.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Something in Wigan a few years back before and afte watching us get battered 4-0. God, what was it called... Witch's something. Local lager and stunningly good (and strong). Walked into a lamppost later that night.

 

[NewtownRoad]

3 Monts from France. Not sure if it is a true lager but it is quality. Up there with Leffe Blonde and Duval.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Up there with Leffe Blonde and Duval.

Neither of which are lagers

 

[justin72]

Ice cold Red Stripe on the beach last summer in Jamaica - tasted superb!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

anyone had carib?


girlfriend is from trinidad and she always BANGS on about it

 

[Wilka]

Bramha

 

[Trufflehound]

anyone had carib?


girlfriend is from trinidad and she always BANGS on about it

It's cold and it quenches a thirst on a hot day in T&T, which is just what you want.

Wouldn't drink it in Europe though.

 

[Trufflehound]

Up there with Leffe Blonde and Duval.

Not to be compared in the same sentence, since Leffe Blond is Canvey Island to Duvel's Brazil.

But as Voroshilov correctly points out, these are both ales anyway.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Koenig Pilsener - brewed in Duisburg on a site which now covers where my grandparents had a pub where I spent my first ever Xmas aged six months. Like Obelix, I feel like I must have been dipped in it at the time.

Anyway, Koenig is a magical, beautiful lager and now much more easily available throughout western Germany - although sadly seemingly completely unattainable in the UK. Fill your boots of this gorgeous stuff during the world cup.

Sod this lemon/Vitamin C bollocks though:
http://www.koenig.de/index-flash.php