cold beer is my favorite, as is free beer.

usually i drink bud light, bought 46 pitchers last night for me and my buds to celebrate having a job. it's a bit of a tradition.

when i want high class beer, i go for newcastle, killian's, amberbock...stuff like that.

when i want low class, nothing but the best milwaukee's best light. i've had some swill though, pig's eye lean (has chunks of barley), old style, old german, american, pabst extra light, brigade, hard gauge, old frothingslosh, iron city, hamms...and the list goes on

i'm not a huge beer fan, but if i am in the mood, it's corona w/lime or blue moon(if they have it)

if i'm hanging out w/friends at coaches(sports bar) and we're ordering pitchers i prefer coors light

OP

A yard is generally 3 feet. Or 36 inches, whichever comes first.

Just kidding.

A yard of beer is a three foot deep glass of beer, believe it or not. It is generally about as wide as a normal glass at the top and tapers as it goes toward the base. I don't know how many ounces is in it. It's pretty interesting trying to drink from that kind of container -- especially when it's getting empty. You tip it very carefully, and the beer always tries to all come out at once. If you're not careful, you end up wearing more beer than you drink.

A half a yard is a half of a yard. Duh!

There is a restaurant here in Long Beach called the Yardhouse, with an outrageous number of beers on tap. Very cool place to go.

Here are my favorites:

Red Stripe
Black and Tan (Guiness and Bass)
And anything by Sierra Nevada

The only beer I will consider drinking is Belgian fruit beer ("lambic") - favorite flavors are banana, pineapple, and strawberry. I know they sound disgusting but - try 'em before you knock 'em! The other one is a Dutch beer which has coriander in it - I forget the name...

My favorite drink is real cider from England and also France - REAL cider that actually tastes of apples, not the artificially sweetened junk from Woodchuck or Strongbow - yuck! If anybody gets the chance to sample the real thing while visiting England - I highly recommend it.

Also real perry - like cider, but made from pear juice. The real stuff made by the smaller companies here in England is just sooooo gooooood.....

I guess all of you know this by now, since it composes about 92% of my conversations on here, but my favorite beer is Miller High Life. The champaign of beers for me. Nothing but the best.

I dont really get into the whole import thing, I dont know why but its like the diffrence between scotch and bourbon to me. I hate scotch and love bourbon, even though I know they are very similar. I guess its the same for imports and domestics with me. Anyway, a friend of mine bought me a case of a import beer called "Arrogant Bastard" for my birthday. I guess he did it as a joke, and it was some pretty high dollar stuff. I drank the whole case last week and I must say that I kinda liked it. I also got a six pack of "Speckled Hen" for my bday too, but I wasnt as impressed.

Speaking of yards of beer. We call em whale bones. Dont you hate it when you get down to about half of the yard and when you turn it up it starts making that clicking sound. I swear everytime I hear that I wanna throw the class down, break it open, and try to find that little damn gremlin that gives me dilusions of ball bearings in the bottom of my cup. Little bastard.

Guinness. All other beers pale in comparison.

Let's see.. I prefer Red Hook ESB, Anchor Steam, Hefewisen (sp?)or Corona, but I'll try anything once and I'll drink whatever kind of beer is available!

FYI, Arrogant Bastard Ale isn't an import-it's made in San Marcos, CA by Stone Brewing Co. (they have a great IPA too). It's probably one of the best beers I've ever had, and my favorite too.

Bro, suggestion noted. It my narrow minded little world, a import is anything made by a company other than anheiser busch, miller, coors, or the like. I should have taken more time to read the box, but after the first few lines I read, it was taunting me to drink it so I drank till I was belly up. But thanks anyway.

Thanks Delt.

Fat Tire!!!! I live 40 minutes from the New Belgium Brewery...free tours and free beer samples!!!!!!!

for those that like guinness... Amsterdam stout tastes a lot like Guinness but not as expensive or filling..

And for all that like beer, you guys should try Rickard's Red or Creemore... two more good Canadian beers. Rickard's is made by Molson and i believe Creemore is independent.

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DeltAlum has it mostly right, but 2 half-yards is more beer than 1 yard.

Both a yard glass and a half-yard glass have a large bulb at the bottom, a flared top, and a tube about 2 inches in diameter connecting them. Each sits in a wooden stand - a yard stand has to rest on the floor, while a half-yard can rest on a table. A yard is 3 feet long from top to bottom, a half-yard is 1.5 feet long. (hence the name) A yard holds about 60 oz worth of beer, a half-yard holds maybe 36 oz.

If you want to see something impressive, get a yard of Guinness. I've seen summer storms that don't look that bad. :D

Corona

Dos Equis

Bud Ice