Beer Lovers Unite

I have a few favourites, but these will get me every time:

Saltaire Triple Chocoholic
Wychwood Hobgoblin

I love a good IPA, but I got to be honest with you, weight loss and "good" beer to not go well together. I limited my beer consumption significantly during my loss period.

BEER?


But really... yes, I am a big fan of GOOD, craft beer. My fiance and I do beer tastings all the time, did a "beer tour" vacation in May, and the theme of our wedding is pretty much craft beer...

I've been into Tommy Knocker Brown, lately, and some local sour browns in Metro Detroit: Traffic Jam Sour Brown, for instance, and Copper Canyon Brown Ale. My beer tastes are right proper seasonal. I think I'd say my all time favorite beers though, are local to me in Michigan: Bell's Kalamazoo Stout, Dragonmeade Juggernaut, and Jolly Pumpkin Io always tend to make me drool.

I love a good IPA, but I got to be honest with you, weight loss and "good" beer to not go well together. I limited my beer consumption significantly during my loss period.

I see this quite a bit, and I think it really depends on what kind of drinker you are/were. I drink craft 1-2 times a week, that's usually 1-2 beers (or samples of various ones). I fit it into my macros and calories and it hasn't hindered me at all.

If you were a 2-3 beer drinker everyday prior to weight loss... yeah, that would be a hindrance.

It's totally possible in moderation. It saddened me to learn that the hoppier the beer - typically - the higher the calorie count. A Bells Hopslam is close to 300 cals. But hey...in moderation, it's all possible.

Yup! And the earlier poster mentioned health benefits of Guinness... but really, craft beer has a higher amount of antioxidants, B vitamins, and whole grain, especially if unfiltered.

It's in moderation... but it's not quite empty calories, either :P

I am really loving the new Leinenkugels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter, it's super yummy And Wells Bombardier, omg it's AMAZING!! Very difficult to find, I'm lucky enough to live a few blocks from a British pub and the guys have it shipped over from England.

I will occasionally have beer, but I make it count when I do. I recently went to a fall festival in Ferndale, MI that had a large variety of great beers on tap, including a pumpkin ale (one of my favorites) and others. Then there was the October Fest that served Haufbrau straight from Germany...

I beer! Unfortunately with trying to lose the weight I am not drinking it, maybe having a sip of my husbands, but gosh I do miss having my own glass. I really love Belgian triple or dubbels! So Delicious! Ovila and Chimay, Victory Golden Monkey but I also love microbrews we have a few here in town with some awesome selections, why must beer be so many calories!??

Monk in the Trunk--wish it were available in more places than just Florida. Had it on vaca, and it was the best beer I ever had.

Beer how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I too enjoy the juice of the hops and barley and am especially a fan of IPAs. In fact I have devoted much of my life to beer as a home brewer and guest brewer at our local brewpub as well as working at many beer shows pouring samples for my brother and sister craft brew lovers.

Favorite breweries are Watch City (our local pub in Waltham MA), Stone, People's Pint, Troegs and (with a special place in my heart) Yuengling.

In fact I just found a Real Ale group on here and I think everyone who enjoys a good brew should "hop" over and sign up. See you there!

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He must have been an admiral a sultan or a king,
and to his praises we shall always sing.
Look what he has done for us he's filled us up with cheer!
Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer beer beer
tiddly beer beer beer.