GeoffM

I had a couple of the Kirkland variety boxes - went down quite well for cheap beer.


For when you're not travelling, Hanger 24 is not bad, relatively local in Redlands CA.

Bob

Last year, Shock Top had its uses....it was cheap and they weren't twist tops, so cheaper to buy and glug than buying empty bottles. This year, they're been twist off's, so not nearly as useful

Hotscot

Thanks Geoff..yes I enjoy that..they have it here in the supermarket.

FinnDiego

Living in San Diego there's no shortage of local craft beer. If I want to ramp up the challenge I can try to stick to breweries I can walk to. Not sure if a tasting room should count if the main brewery is a few more miles out...

markonline1

I can't stand that stuff!

I tend to stick with the stuff brewed by my local now. There are few places that sell their bottled stuff nearby too which is handy. A mate of mine had recently taken up a position as a manager at a local BevMo so I tend to broaden my horizons a little further next week at go to their beer tasting event.

Bob

I didn't mind some of the summer wheat beers and for the fiver Wegmans was selling the six packs on sale, not bad.

Certainly not worth regular price, or outside of summer....though am getting a bit low on bottles again but hoping with the holidays, might be able to snag some empties off of friends, which would be a lot better.

Hotscot

Anybody got a suggestion for where I can find a 'pint of heavy' type beer here?
Typically like Tennents 70 shillings or bitter?

There's sometimes something about American beer that makes me think they just don't get it...sometimes their trying too hard...

Damn...beer and wimmin...universe's best inventions...

scrubbedexpat097

Serious question: When did beer have expiration dates? What happens if it expires and how old would it be to go "bad"?

Just wondered because I remember my grandad having beer in his pantry that was probably ancient, he only opened a bottle on rare occasions but he seemed to enjoy it

Hotscot

Expiration dates? Never pay attention to 'em.
Still got a can of Irn Bru in the fridge that I brought with me when I moved.

Emergency hangover cure.

Pulaski

Bottles I am more inclined to agree with, though after a couple of years beer is going to start deteriorating. Drinks in cans however start to dissolve the aluminum, and taste of it!

Keep your Irn Bru as a novelty, I would certainly not recommend drinking it.

SultanOfSwing

You're not right in the head ...

Pulaski

You might be correct but cautioning against drinking soda with aluminum dissolved in it is not evidence of that!

SultanOfSwing

Ah, I thought it was a reference to the Irn Bru itself, which we all know is what god would drink, if he existed.

Pulaski

To prove he can overcome all adversity no matter how great?

SultanOfSwing

****ed if I know.