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Nominate yours....

Too many to name
 

It's ultimately a personal and subjective choice; there's no single "best" imported beer any more than there's a single agreed-upon-by-everyone "best" food.

Even individually, what's "best" at any one moment is going to change with the situation. Is it summer or winter? Having a beer by itself or with food? What kind of food is on the menu?

You nominate yours before I nominate mine.

Whatever is on tap where I am. I take it the wine biz is a bit slow down there?

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Grolsch.....?

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done.... Youre up.

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Indeed... alas thinks are starting to improve after a dismal 1Q... :D

Best import beer? depends on type. That's like asking what the best wine is.

As far as best beer in the USA? It is, hands down, Three Floyds Gumball Head. It's my go-to beer for almost any occasion. However, like the above question, it depends on variety.

I really like Trumer Pils. It is an Austrian Pilsner. They built a brauerei in Berkeley and the stuff sold in the US comes from there. I think it tastes better because it is brewed locally and is fresher by the time I get it.

2nd- Czechvar (Also known as Budvar or Budwiser in other parts of the world.)

#1 NewCastle #2 Imperial ^^

Newcastle is delicious, Smithwyck's also makes me quite happy.

Best beer
 

Imported: Samuel Smith's of course

Domestic: Arrogant .......
www.arrogant........com/

+1. Any beer cutting it up since 1615 is OK in my book and the cool bottle. Mostly, it tastes good. ^

Why is Newcastle draught available almost everywhere? IMO it's one of the most disgusting beers ever, I don't know anyone who drinks it in the UK either. There are much better brown ales out there too.

I guess on my next trip I'll be seeing White Lightning cider available too.:eek:

Yebisu.

I wish it were not so hard to find.

Boddington's

Suits me fine, the less you drink, the more that's available for me to drink :)

Unfortunately, Three Floyds is not very widely distributed.

My fav import is Optimator from Spaten.

Augustiner-Bräu dark has been my favorite import for a very long time.

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the bottles are great for making specialty olive oils... :D

+1

I also enjoy Dos Equis amber with a Mexican meal and find Red Stripe pretty refreshing on a hot day.

Duvel. Widely available so no excuse for any decent bar not to carry it (even if they won't have the right glass shape).

Stella Artois. Known as "wife beater" in the UK.

About any Beer with a Belgian pedigree.If it says brewed in Belgium on the label I will at least give it a try before another countries beer.Gaucho100 I find myself also doing that with Argentine and Chilean wines ,I will always try them before Italian,French,Australian,but my hearts still in Napa produced wines and US produced micros

Corsendonk Agnus

Last seen in a liquor store in Laurel, MD.

Cheers,

GenevaFlyer

I don't claim it is the best, but as others pairing wine with food. We occasionally get some Tiger Beer when cooking home made chilli crab.^

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Duvel... ^

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Beer and chocolate and French Cuisine.... Three of the finest from Belgium... :D

1. Rodenbock

2. Budvar (but you have to import it yourself...:p )

Oh yeah! Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout is delicious!

You can buy it in the U.S. now! It's called Czechvar on this side of the pond.

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no mention of Tecate or Dos X....?

Nothing "wrong" with either although Tecate's claim to fame dates from yesteryear, back when it came in steel cans, and was where the "Lime in Beer" started, to cover up the flavor of rust which was noticeable.

No one's mentioned Corona, the most popular import, but to old Border Hounds like me, a sort ofa subtle joke on Corona aficionados...

First, Corona was one of the two cheapest beers in Northeastern Mexico (along with almost undrinkable Cruz Blanca). The "painted" label was a hint, the cheapest possible approach back when all beer bottles were "refillable". Corona was held in about the same repute as were "generic" beers in the US.

There were no lime segments. Lime was reserved for Tecate.

Big markets....always available on one of the two big Mexican airlines, and in the "clubs' (brothels) in Border Towns along the Rio Bravo/Grande in the 6 ounce "Coronita" bottles.

It's really a decent beer, but hardly the stuff of any "best" list. For Mexican beers, generally pretty high in quality, my two choices remain Bohemia and Negra Modelo (but then I drink Shiner at home) and only draught beers when traveling (and maintain that beers nowhere approach the fresh - just into the keg yesterday - draughts available in the Czech Republic. No bottled beer matches the appeal of a fresh draught (Guinness being the most obvious example).

Who remembers the worst beer of all times, the famous Uncle Sam's contract Carling's Black Label "Jungle" brew, stabilized with enough formaldehyde to preserve a corpse?

Tecate is my favorite Mexican beer. I don't care for XX at all. XXX used to be excellent, but I haven't seen it in over 20 years.

GUINNESS

Mods, lock thread please. :D

Bohemia is my favorite from Mexico. A college friend who spent his high school years in Mexico City got me started on it. He always pronounced it "Bo - Amia", not "Bo-Heemia".

Love it, it's about the only beer drunken in this part of Holland (Achterhoek) however the American import Grolsch, blegh.... it tastes different from the real one, more water like... (Same with Heineken in the US).

Best import beer?

I nominate Radeberger

someday, someday, someone will manage to distribute saku (from estonia) in the US.

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why would they bother with two versions of their beer...?

See post #22 for mention of 2X. When they're out of it at my favorite Mexican restaurant, I will accept a Negra Modelo. I don't mind Corona, Carib, Pacifico or Kalik, but all are a little on the light side for my taste - best drunk after outdoor exertion on a hot day. I always thought Tecate was a cheap beer in Mexico - it tastes sour to me.