Hiya,
When I was younger I drank lots of beer. Started at a very early age when my dad would give me a few sips of his Hamms (imported from the land of Sky Blue Water....Wisconsin of course). Went through a very prolonged and enthusiastic sampling of many types over the years, but my drinking habits have changed in later life. Now I rarely ever have a beer in the colder months, but will still drink some when it's hot outside. It'll usually be a light domestic lager...something I'll drink because I'm thirsty, rather than for other reasons as well.
However, in my yout (said in my best Joe Pesci voice), I managed to find a couple favorite special occasion brands. We're talking starting around the early 1970s here, and I'd buy these fairly often if I could find em in the stores. What happened though was the stuff eventually wasn't distributed in the US anymore, so that was that.
Ok, enough with the intro............sheesh. Here's a list of a couple beers that still stick in my mind and I'd be happy to sample once again if they were around.
Ringnes Dark (Norway)
Aas Bock, Dark, and one more style I think (Norway)
Lowenbrau Dark (Switzerland)
Chimay Ale (Red label) (France is it?) This stuff I do buy occasionally.
Martin
