Road Cycling - Beer after the ride...

This is kind of fun thread that popped into my head a second ago.
As we all know a nice cold beer can be sooooo good after a long ride.

So I was wondering what is everybodies BEER they are peddling towards to on a steep hill in the summer...

As for my part when I can get it there is nothing better than a GERMAN Hefeweizen but I also like a lot the SHINER Bock.



CHEERS,

Chris:beer:

All my favorite beers are just fond memories. They had to go when I was diagnosed with diabetes. Doc said lose weight and cut carbs, so out went the beer.

A shame too. My local watering hole had nine cases overstocked in their inventory before they realized I wasn't drinking any more. I told my Doc to keep it to himself until I sold my stock in the brewery:p

Now I "look forward" to a diet something or other at the end of a long ride.

Carl

Since its impossible to get decent german beer here (Rothaus, Ganzer Koelsch) I prefer to drink McEwans, Newcastle or occasionally Sierra Nevada.

Guiness and/or Bass is always good.
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I favor guinness, but not after a long ride. Hoeggarden is nice after a ride. Any nut brown ale - Newcastle, Samuel Smiths, Red Hook, Goose Island...

Free beer would have to be my favorite. The flavor changes from one to another, but free is definetly my favorite. mmmm mmmm

Beer is carbonated whiz. Give me a Gatorade and a uh...uh... I can't say.

My current favorite is Bell's Two Hearted Ale (http://www.bellsbeer.com/twoheartedale.html) by the Kalamazoo Brewing Company (http://www.bellsbeer.com/). Mmm mmm mmm.

Unfortunately it's a winter seasonal and the LBS (local beer store) just ran out. :(

Give me a Gatorade and a uh...uh... I can't say. [/B]:eek: :) :p :D !!! Just watch it.It takes away the wind

I'm with ssyco. Free is good, but cold is better. Cold and free in that order. :D

Good ol' Irish Guiness or Smithwicks. Come to think of it, I think I shall go grab a pint now.:beer: :beer:
Slainte

I just got some issues of Bicycling magazine from the library, and one of them has an article on the nutritional benefits of beer after a ride.

Back when I was back in college, I hated beer. Forced to drink a glass or two once (it was on a trip to Germany, on a visit to a brewery, where the instructor told us we WOULD drink beer or offend our hosts) my face got all hot and red and I felt lousy. People said it was probably an allergy.

Everyone told me that if I just kept drinking beer, I'd get over the allergy and get to like the taste. I said, "Why should I suffer and be miserable, in order to develop an expensive bad habit?"

WHO KNEW???! :eek:

Murphy's Stout. Everyone drinking Guiness should try it. (I read somewhere that Enlish riders 50 years ago used to put Stout in their water bottles - a little too hardcore for me, but probably worked for them). Murphy's amber is also excellent, a little better than Killian's. Recently tried Belhaven - a Scottish amber which was very good.

I brew my own on occassion so I'm somewhat partial to that. For a store bought brand my first choice is Mackeson XXX Stout with Guinness to suffice if Mackeson is unavailable.

When I lived in Spain nothing seemed to go down better after a ride or day of rock climbing than a glass of pasa negra moscatel. It's much heavier, sweeter, and unlike any moscatel you will find in the states (I've tried hard to find some). There was a moscatel bar in Cippiona that served it exclusively directly from the casks. You couldn't beat the atmosphere of it all.

Originally posted by chungachanga
Murphy's Stout. Everyone drinking Guiness should try it.

Agreed. That's an excellent stout.


Originally posted by chungachanga
Murphy's amber is also excellent, a little better than Killian's. Recently tried Belhaven - a Scottish amber which was very good.

I strongly suspect that Killian's is Coors with some caramel coloring. Killian's/Coors isn't even in the same league with Murphy's Amber. Haven't tried Belhaven, I'll look for it.

Boddingtons. It is a lighter Guiness type beer. Very good.

kudos for good taste in beer all. i would like to add some slightly more bitter brews: goose island's india pale ale, and red tail ale.

also good: fat tire (i think i might buy one of their jersies) and sam adam's summer brew

Originally posted by presfoxm
Boddingtons. It is a lighter Guiness type beer. Very good.

Boddingtons has nothing in common with Guiness, what are you talking about????

Boddington's does have a CO2 cartridge in it so does Guiness. But as far as fluid contents they definitely ain't the same or even close.

Originally posted by tourist
Boddington's does have a CO2 cartridge in it so does Guiness. But as far as fluid contents they definitely ain't the same or even close.

Many beers have CO2 cartridges if you get draft cans...

Guiness and Boddingtons have nothing in common, one is an ale and one is a stout, and both are watered down for US consumers.

I had to add a couple more wonderful beers, Pabst, Hamms, Black Label, Old Milwaukee, Keystone, …… mmmmm.

I rarely wait until I get home. Generally my rides involve a stop at a pub. There is a huge variety of good beers in the UK, so it helps to vary your route to try out new beers.
My local Cycle Campaign Group seemed to intersect with the Campaign for Real Ale (ie not Boddingtons fizzed up stuff).
When one of the old-timers passed away we opened a memorial bike rack at one of his favourite pub.

Originally posted by sscyco
Pabst, Hamms, Black Label, Old Milwaukee, Keystone, …… mmmmm.

Ahhh, here's someone who can appreciate the finer things in life. Hamms - you know a beer that uses cartoon bears for advertising is of exquisite quality. Dont forget that beer of yesteryear: BLATZ. And hey - ever tried a King Cobra (The beer that bites back)? Ya' may as well drink malted wombat urine.

MY drink is usually an Alexander Keiths or Boreale or Belle Gueule. I love the names of some of those beers you've all mentioned. When I watch sporting events I see the names of beers, the sponsors of the event and I wonder if those beers are any good and then I figure, how bad can it be? Most of them you can't get here, but I have tried Warsteiner which is available in some outlets. It's very good!

As for Jereys I am looking for the Koestritzer jersey.

Koestritzer (www.koestritzer.de) is a great East German dark beer. Now the brewery is owned by Bitburger during a time of consolidation also in the brewery industry.

My grand-father used to have this in the morning at times, but
that is a long time ago.

I can't wait to try their new black-beer mixed beverage with Guarana and Coke. (Bibop)

Prost.
Chris
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Originally posted by H20.1



Guiness and Boddingtons have nothing in common, one is an ale and one is a stout, and both are watered down for US consumers.

I agree. Had the good fortune to take a trip to Scotland and Guiness had a nice punch. I had Tennets Lager while there. Very good, not heavy, a little bitter. Nice after a ride if you can find it. Night out drinking? "Old Speckled Hen" draft can Tasty.:beer:

Originally posted by H20.1
Guiness and Boddingtons have nothing in common, one is an ale and one is a stout, and both are watered down for US consumers.

I agree with you that Guiness and Boddingtons have nothing in common. However a stout is a kind of ale.

Generally speaking a beer is either an ale or a lager. I don't brew lagers (they are fermented at colder temperatures than I can typically reproduce plus I prefer ales) but I've brewed many ales. Porters, stouts, bitters, esbs, altbiers are all ales. And of course there are many other kinds of ales too.

Originally posted by Inkwolf

Everyone told me that if I just kept drinking beer, I'd get over the allergy and get to like the taste. I said, "Why should I suffer and be miserable, in order to develop an expensive bad habit?"

WHO KNEW???! :eek:

Reminds me of a friend years ago in the army who wanted me to be a Scotch drinker. Said, "You have to acquire a taste for it."

I told him, "You better get me a hundred cases or so then, 'cause it'll take that much for me to ever acquire a taste."

Just never been able to like the stuff.

Sure do miss my beer though. It's been almost a year now.

Carl

H20.1,

Chill out!!!! Its just beer. I was mistaken... It is still a very good beer, both here and in England. That is the beer I look forward to after a long, hard ride.

Carl,
wouldn't the alcohol free beers work for you?
Sure I know it is not the REAL thing but sometimes not too bad.
For example I like the Clausthaler.

Apropos talking about not the REAL thing, I did not see any lite beer postings. That is only beer lemonade in my opinion anyhow.

Prost,

Chris

Originally posted by Jupe


I agree with you that Guiness and Boddingtons have nothing in common. However a stout is a kind of ale.

Generally speaking a beer is either an ale or a lager. I don't brew lagers (they are fermented at colder temperatures than I can typically reproduce plus I prefer ales) but I've brewed many ales. Porters, stouts, bitters, esbs, altbiers are all ales. And of course there are many other kinds of ales too.

I have always thought of stout as kind of being in its own category. I understand your point though. Question though if an altbier is an ale then that means a Koelsch must be an ale...however I have always been told it was a type of lager, I go to germany often and was told this by my longtime girlfriends (who is german) father. So which is it?

Hmm... I'm fairly sure Kolsch and Altbier are both ales but it's possible that I'm mistaken. I'm quite sure about the others though.

Originally posted by H20.1
I have always thought of stout as kind of being in its own category.I've always thought of it as being it's own food group.;)

My favorite beer in the world- no doubt Belgium's "Chamay." After a really great ride, that the one.. On those everyday rides, after you work up a sweat, good domestics are "Samuel Adams' or Mexico's "Bohemia." Think beer is the better choice over any soda!

Originally posted by sscyco
I had to add a couple more wonderful beers, Pabst, Hamms, Black Label, Old Milwaukee, Keystone, …… mmmmm.

How about a Schlitz?

I keep a variety on hand depending on my mood.

Yuengling (Lager and Black/Tan), Bass, Guiness, Harp, Pilsner Urquell, and Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier for dessert!

I used to drink Corona, but found it cheaper to just urinate in my empty bottles.

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Really like the Yeungling, just can't get it in Texas. Shiner Bock has taken its place. Can't find peanut butter Tastycakes either. Bummer.

Originally posted by cyclezealot
My favorite beer in the world- no doubt Belgium's "Chamay."Had that in France last Christmas. Yumm. Can't get it around here though. That reminds me of another favorite that I can't get around here: Celis White. I think that one might be brewed in Texas.
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Celis is a Texas brewery. San Antonio I believe. I really like Celis Pale Bock, but they brew limited quantities and it's hard to get.

Beer, yum.

Depending on the weather:
Super hot--a light Mexican lager like Pacifico, or maybe something Japanese like Kirin Ichiban. (All the local microbreweries do more complex Pilzn-types, not mindless enough for being consumed in 1.3 seconds).
Moderate weather--Red Hook ESB, Lagunitas IPA, Gordon-Biersch Marzen, (or, perhaps, any one of those microbrewery pilseners)
Cold, wet, or windy--Guiness, Murphys. Mmmm.

At 6'2" and 185 lbs I could stand to lose 10-15 lbs to get up the hills quicker, but if the trade off was to never have another beer . . . well . . .

And then, to complicate matters, my brother is the general manager and winemaker at a Napa Valley vineyard, so I have to show family solidarity by consuming his labors . . .

Originally posted by tourist
Really like the Yeungling, just can't get it in Texas. Shiner Bock has taken its place. Can't find peanut butter Tastycakes either. Bummer.

Sorry to hear of your misfortunes. Shiner Bock is a good beer. Can't get it here in the Philly area, though. Yuengling is expanding distribution, but will probably be a while before they make it to Texas. But, there is some positive news on Tastykakes - they ship anywhere! Go to www.tastykake.com. You can order the peanut butter ones there.

Originally posted by UncaStuart
Beer, yum.
snip snip
At 6'2" and 185 lbs I could stand to lose 10-15 lbs to get up the hills quicker, but if the trade off was to never have another beer . . . well . . .


:eek: I think you'd get up the hills better if you gained 10-15 pounds of meaty leg muscles :) .
I was thinking of getting myself to 230 pounds ... maybe even 225 pounds but thought I might be a little thin at 6'4". I liked when I was around 260 to 265 but it was too much work.

Have the other beer :D .
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I think you are correct, Jupe. Both Koelsch and Alt are obergaerig, or top fermented. This might be the American criterium for it being called ale, but Germans call it top-fermented beer. English bitter reminds me a lot of Alt.

For me, the great thirst-quenching beer is Stella Artois.

Rich

Jupe. I found Chamay at Trader Joe's, if you have them there.

Originally posted by cyclezealot
Jupe. I found Chamay at Trader Joe's, if you have them there.

Didn't know that Trader Joe's had beer - I'll have to stop and check out the beer menu. Does Trader Joe's have a good variety?

Hmm beer I would have to say Wersteiner is my favorite.

Hey Hillyman how did you know I would be reading this thread :D

Will Heidyth be at the 35th Hilly Hundred Weekend October 4,5 and 6, 2002 http://www.hillyhundred.org/ Indiana's Biking Adventure

I haven't done an organised ride in years. Let me see if I can get the time off from work. Weekends are hard to get off.

Originally posted by Stinger9oh
I think you are correct, Jupe. Both Koelsch and Alt are obergaerig, or top fermented. This might be the American criterium for it being called ale, but Germans call it top-fermented beer.Exactly. From an American perspective:
Ale = top fermented at warmer temperatures
Lager = bottom fermented at colder temperatures


Originally posted by Stinger9oh
English bitter reminds me a lot of Alt.
Me too. Yumm.
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Stor Mand. Our Trader Joe's has beer, wine and booze.. Maybe different in California. The Chamay they carry , not always in. Maybe a reminder to management. Chamay about 5 times more expensive here than in Europe, but once in awhile worth it..

Originally posted by Chris K
Carl,
wouldn't the alcohol free beers work for you?
Sure I know it is not the REAL thing but sometimes not too bad.

Chris

Thanks for the note.

Actually it's the carbs I have to watch out for. Diabetic and all that. The thinking, with which I agree, suggests that beer calories are "wasted calories" in my diet. So the day I left the Dr's office I essentially traded off a couple cases of beer each week for a bicycle. I have, however had one alcohol-free beer at a social function since. Just reminded me what I was missing.

Carl

A friend of mine is twpe 2 diabetic and although he was barely a drinker, he does miss his beer too. However, he likeds some of the 'fake beers' as he calls them. Molson's makes a .5 beer which he says is pretty good. Also, you can have REAL beer but you have to eat something with it, like at dinner.

I love the Kostritzer jersey! I have seen a couple of people wearing them, but they're kind of expensive. Maybe if I see one on sale.

One beer I was curious about was Feldschlosshen. I saw it as one of the sponsors of the Tour de SUisse and they gave out big hats shaped like steins. I wonder how good the beer is, but how bad could it be, it's swissy

Here in Denmark you are either a Carlsberg or a Tuborg man. Last night I was both, and this morning I am suffering because of it. Where did my wife hide those asprins?!