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Beer Summit: Gates Brilliant, Crowley Articulate

Posted on: July 31, 2009 6:23 PM, by Greg Laden

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Bud Light?! Bud Light?! And I thought he had class. Where's the good stuff. If I got any beer of my choice I'd go with Chimay Grand reserve, maybe a lambic or if I want to be patriotic and keep it an American brew, then I'd go Anchor Steam or Steel Head double IPA, or arrogant bastard. No wait, I'd have a 1554 enlightened ale.

Posted by: jj | July 31, 2009 7:14 PM

Chimay Grand Reserve! Those monks in Belgium sure know what they're doing. I haven't had any in years, but get the taste for some once in a while. An excellent choice, by any measure.

Posted by: Dan J | July 31, 2009 8:36 PM

Rickards. Honey Brown if you can get it, Red in a pinch. Best beer on the market, and I'm a Canuck, I should know.

Posted by: Jason Thibeault | July 31, 2009 8:39 PM

I'll go with Dan J and JJ. Chimay is amazing.

Posted by: Cthulhu | July 31, 2009 8:41 PM

So many excellent American beers to choose from and the President picks Bud Lite! If he wanted a Belgian beer, he could have done much better. Perhaps he wanted to stay sober while getting his two pals shitfaced.

Posted by: mark | July 31, 2009 9:40 PM

so what Ive learned from this is that none of them have any taste in beers. Sam Light might have been the most tolerable of them...

Posted by: Jadehawk | July 31, 2009 11:48 PM

I love the Chimay red and blue beers as well. If they wanted a really good
american beer, there are some good microbrews similar in style to a
good trappist ale. My two favorites are Ommegang Abbey Ale
(brewed in Cooperstown, New York) and Brother Thelonius from the
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California.

Posted by: Ken Cavanaugh | August 1, 2009 2:43 AM

Have some sympathy for poor Mr. Obama. Had he tried to drink anything other than Bud Lite or some comparable horrible lager, he would have been subjected to at least a week of "elitist" taunts from blowhards who insist that "Real Americans" drink swill...

Posted by: Cam | August 1, 2009 2:22 PM

There is indeed no way in which Obama could win on beer choice.

Posted by: Greg Laden | August 1, 2009 5:23 PM

I dunno about that. Despite it being a horrible beer, it is apparently the most popular. That Obama, always kowtowing to what's popular.

Posted by: Jason Thibeault | August 1, 2009 6:57 PM

I could tell you stories about Budweiser. But I probably shouldn't.

Posted by: Greg Laden | August 1, 2009 7:15 PM