What is Your Favourite Kind of Beer?

Posted on April 7, 2008
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Recently, I asked my Twitter friends what their favourite type of beer is. I got a few different answers and, to my surprise, there was no clear winner.

While I realize there are dozens of commonly available beers on the market (hundreds if you include all the micro-brews and other “hard to find” suds), I figured there would be at least one or two that got mentioned a lot. This wasn’t the case.

Guinness did get mentioned more than once, but given the small sample size I was working with, I’d be hesitant to call it the overall favourite.

The results looked something like this:

Mack D. Male said:

Domestic - Kokanee, Import - Stella Artois

Michael Martine said:

The kind with malt and hops and yeast. :)

Crystal said:

Newcastle Brown Ale

Brad Grier said:

…depends on mood. Pilsner, Keiths, Guinness or Kingfisher

Bruce Clarke said:

Favourite local beer currently is Rickard’s White. Import is Grolsh

Steven said:

Guinness

As you can see, there was a wide range of tastes and, while Guinness was mentioned more than once, there is really no clear winner. Even with my own personal votes tossed in, it would be hard to determine a popular favourite among those polled.

For what it’s worth, my choices would be (in no particular order):

I could probably go on. I really enjoy quite a wide range of different beer, and I’d be hard pressed to pick just one single favourite out of all the beers I enjoy.

What about you? What’s your favourite? Can you choose just one, or are you like me, and have to list at least half-a-dozen different brews among your favourites?

Comments

5 Responses to “What is Your Favourite Kind of Beer?”

  1. Greg on April 7th, 2008 3:18 pm

    Domestic: Old Scratch (Black Dog Brewery) Import: (Tied…) Innis and Gunn or Newcastle Brown Ale.

  2. Adam Snider on April 7th, 2008 3:25 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Greg. I’ve never heard of Old Scratch, nor the Black Dog Brewery before. I looked it up online and found Old Scratch by the the Flying Dog Brewery. Is that what you meant?

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  4. Mike Robinson on April 8th, 2008 4:24 am

    I usually just go for a Stella Artois, never really experimented much. If I see any of your recommendations I’ll definitely give them a try :)

  5. Adam Snider on April 8th, 2008 9:39 am

    Unfortunately, most of the beers I listed are domestic. I believe a lot of them aren’t available outside of Alberta, let alone outside of Canada.

    But, if you do happen upon them, you should definitely try them, Mike.

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