And the winner of the Best Beer is….

European beer brands suffer as Americans, Mexican and beers climb the brand value ladder. European beer brands Heineken, Amstel and Stella Artois have all dropped down the list of the world’s most valuable beer brands.

What beers are the favorites? Budwieser, Corona and Fosters. In fact Budwieser is the second most popular beverage in the world behind Coca Cola! Heineken comes in at second, but has fallen from 43 to 62 in top 500 brands. Corona in third place has risen 53% in brand value.

Of the top 500 brands there was only one spirit on the list that came in 16th place for most valuable beverage. That spirit is Smirnoff! Yuck, I am a vodka drinker I have to admit that is my least favorite vodka. Headache city! Give me Kettle One and I am a happy camper!

What is your favorite beer and spririt?

Lips

I don't drink beer too much, but on a hot summer day, I could throw down a few icy cold Miller Lites.

But above all, I love me my Captain Morgan.
Vodka- Gray Goose

And for a quick buzz....I have my Jagermeister(mmmm...tastes like Nyquil)

Exactly..smooth!

It's a little expensive...BUT...let metell you, Last summer, my husband & I were in the liquor store looking to buy a bottle of goose...the salesman there came over, started talking to us, and recommended "Pinnacle" (its in a light blue bottle. He told us that Gray Goose makes it, and it's sooooo much cheaper. He also said in alot of bars, when  someone orders a gray goose, they often serve Pinnacle- since it's nearly the  same formula.
So we bought it, and OMG. It's sooo smooth, and I don't get a headache the next day!
If you haven't already, you have to try it in place of Goose.

No beer for me...they all taste yuck!!! too bitter and smells stink!!!eeeeeeekkkkkkkkk!!! beside they give you that pop up belly.

Lips, whenever you come to Germany, consider yourself invited.

I have here in the Rhine area a cool place (Hotel Lux, styled in the looks of 1930s soviet Moscow) where they have about 60 vodka brands. Not counting self distilled stuff from Russia.

Best drink and brand vodka is Sibirskoje. So smooth you don´t even realize there is alcohol in there.

And as for beer: The best beer in the world is Harp Lager, the lager beer from Guinness. And this voting comes from Germany!

In bottles it is okay but the real stuff is like always on tap. Ask in your local Irish Pub about it.

Beer: Miller Black Label, Bud, Fosters (Not very often, but it's good) and if need be Coors.

Hard alcohol Jeagermeister...Rum 151 (Clear type and placed in freezer) and then a collins mix. (Gin MUST be ice cold)

ok- Only vodka and when I have some extra cash -My favorite-Belvedere!!!

Failte!

St. Patrick´s day is also very cool over here (if you can remember anything).

Does anyone remember quarter beer and 50 cent(hard liquor) drink nights? We use to go out all the time and spend about 2 dollars! The good old days! I for one had a great time in my 20's! Back then the legal drinking age was 18-LOL

And now for something completely scientific:

Well Lips,

the post is not about the picture

And to get it clear:
I look better.
I don´t need fancy dresses to drink beer and
I drink real beer (bavarian beer only makes go to the toilet.

Real German (Düsseldorf) beer looks like this:



What do you think of a St. Patrick´s day picture day special (I usually end up fancy dressed)?

Might get us some laughs on the 18th.

rokko

This is what i will be drinking Rokko on St. Pattys! Put on them fancy threads would love to see ya with a cold one in your hand and a gleam in your eye!!

OMG...Fosters..is that beer?  I remember drinking HUGE cans of that waaaaaaaaaaay back when I was about 16-17...no clue what it tasted like, but I remember the cans.  They were about a foot tall.

Well Lips,

the post is not about the picture

And to get it clear:
I look better.
I don´t need fancy dresses to drink beer and
I drink real beer (bavarian beer only makes go to the toilet.

Real German (Düsseldorf) beer looks like this:



What do you think of a St. Patrick´s day picture day special (I usually end up fancy dressed)?

Might get us some laughs on the 18th.

rokko

i drank a lot of green beers in my day, but i have to say yours looks much better.  do you drink it warm?

Define "nightmare": warm beer!

Lips,

I have been to Ireland when they sold cigarettes in 5-pieces packs and had street-markets for second-hand-shoes in Dublin.

But they never ever gave me warm beer!

This must a myth!

*second-hand-shoes

Where is the bloody modify-button?

I will give you my vodka story:-)

Studied east european history and went with my university back then in 1990 to (then) Leningrad.

My usual stuff is and has always been beer but at that time the best we could do to get a beer in Soviet Russia was to drive to Moscow (illegaly; but that´s another story).

So all there was was cognac (some kind of russian brandy) and of course vodka.
That you could get with every taxi driver.

What a fun!!!

All I have to say is: If you have never been to a marriage party in a soviet army special hotel, live still has some surprises for you.

And to name numbers: With the proper food I can do 3 bottles (0,5l) easily.

Now, where is the modify-button?

Fish in oil, Lips, the oil makes you invulnerable. The magic is oil, not fish.
Life tested and proven.
WAnt to know something realy scary?
In my supermarket they are selling Kilkenny.
IN PLASTIC BOTTLES.

DISGUSTING!

I love Vodka.. and all the things you can mix it with, everything you do it just tastes GREAT..

But the problem with Vodka for me is.. as long as im sitting i'm fine, at least i think i am.. as soon as i stand up, i'm asking "where did this floor come from?" out of no where wham.. just comes up and smacks me

Beer.. Michelob Lite is my only favorite, i tend to stay away i don't like beer, i get the worst hangovers from it.. i can handle anything in beers but Bud and Coors

Cheers to you too, sweety!

What kind of stuff is this? Ketel - where does it come?

But brings me to a cool idea. Remeber K-Tel teleshopping?

They should do it for booze!

"Seansational! Incredible! Call within the next five minutes and receive a second bottle absolutely for free.
Do sommething good for your your friends and family and call now!"

I would call...maybe even twice

Thanks for the Cheers Lips..  I was... "Monage Do Twahn' " with evrything is sight.. thats Irish/french/vivilingo for.. whooooa nilly!!!

Lips, what is the meaning of "buzz"? Can´t find a translation.

BTW: Just googled for Ketel and learned that my beloved Sibirskoje is not availalble in any online store around. Even checked the original export/import page. Nothing or in this case: nichevo.

Must have rebranded the stuff. What a shame!

Good side of it: Now I don´t only have a gambling forum, I also got a vodka forum.

But they don´t have a free shots section. Will complain to the admin!