It's too fruity-sweet/spicy for my liking to go with food. I'm weird about flavor combinations though. I'm aware that it's completely irrational (because I have no problem drinking wine with savory foods, but then I don't drink sweet wines either), but there you have it 
I prefer the less sweet beers with food.
I prefer the less sweet beers with food.I see. I don't think of it as that sweet, but then I guess really bitter beers are not really big in Belgium, that's more of a British/Irish thing... Mostly I think of it as very refreshing, hence I definitely agree with you on the summer aspect.
I guess I do agree that really sweet wines or really sweet beers - as in, actual fruit beers - don't go together with a normal meal very well.
Witbier I guess? But if you don't know, there's really no chance for the rest of us 
Oh, witbier is Flemish, that's not the point - I didn't recall exactly how it was spelled in English, whether it was a literal copy, a calque or something inbetween.
I see. I've seen it basically every way you spelled it, so I'm not sure there's a set English/American spelling, but probably whitbeer I suppose. I always spell it witbier though.
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Which beer do you usually drink?
- 28/01/2010 11:50:14 AM
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Depends...
- 28/01/2010 11:56:55 AM
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Doesn't matter
- 28/01/2010 12:03:43 PM
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Oh dear.
- 28/01/2010 12:07:32 PM
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Mukku lukku nucka picka
- 28/01/2010 12:11:07 PM
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Don't be silly – everyone knows the Congolese's favourite drink is Um Bongo!
- 29/01/2010 08:03:36 PM
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Oh my.
- 28/01/2010 12:30:28 PM
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- 29/01/2010 12:39:53 PM
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- 29/01/2010 12:39:53 PM
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There is some sort of saying about not having something nice to say and not saying it.
- 29/01/2010 12:44:18 PM
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- 29/01/2010 12:44:18 PM
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Bishop's Finger is from the same brewery as Spitfire, but better.
- 29/01/2010 08:07:24 PM
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Good question. 
- 28/01/2010 01:26:31 PM
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- 28/01/2010 01:26:31 PM
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You would so cry at how uni kids here pronounce the Belgian beers, by the way
- 28/01/2010 04:29:15 PM
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- 28/01/2010 04:29:15 PM
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I always pronounce "Hoegaarden" correctly, but the bar staff never understand me 
. *NM*
- 29/01/2010 08:11:04 PM
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. *NM*
- 29/01/2010 08:11:04 PM
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Free and Free Light are my favorites
- 28/01/2010 01:43:46 PM
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Probably 80% of the time I'm having one at home
- 28/01/2010 02:00:40 PM
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Re: Probably 80% of the time I'm having one at home
- 28/01/2010 02:32:29 PM
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Well
- 28/01/2010 02:34:53 PM
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Probably
- 28/01/2010 02:49:33 PM
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Guinness!
- 28/01/2010 02:06:09 PM
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I looooove Hoegaarden
- 28/01/2010 02:12:02 PM
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I often drink Hoegaarden with food, actually.
- 28/01/2010 03:04:00 PM
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How much of it can you drink?
- 29/01/2010 12:02:47 PM
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Guinness and Hoegaarden are the very opposite ends of the spectrum
- 30/01/2010 04:45:46 PM
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- 30/01/2010 04:45:46 PM
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I don't. Alcohol is the work of the devil.
- 28/01/2010 02:08:46 PM
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Maybe it's the devil's way of making sure you can't find Hell? *NM*
- 29/01/2010 12:06:43 PM
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None of the above. Real men don't drink beer. They drink vodka, or whisky, or rum. *NM*
- 28/01/2010 02:30:18 PM
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Vodka and beer is a great mixed drink though! *NM*
- 28/01/2010 02:35:30 PM
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It's called "Yorsh" in Russian. Vodka mixed with champaigne is called "Northern Lights".
- 28/01/2010 03:37:24 PM
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Guinness and Newcastle. And there's a couple of local micro-brews I like. *NM*
- 28/01/2010 03:47:42 PM
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Root. *NM*
- 28/01/2010 04:33:33 PM
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You stole my answer.
- 29/01/2010 02:57:07 AM
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And your heart. *NM*
- 29/01/2010 04:17:56 AM
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Not much of a beer drinker
- 28/01/2010 04:41:54 PM
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Re: Not much of a beer drinker
- 29/01/2010 12:50:59 PM
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I've had one or two nice American beers
- 29/01/2010 01:16:23 PM
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Re: I've had one or two nice American beers
- 29/01/2010 01:22:44 PM
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Probably for the Americans
- 29/01/2010 01:57:31 PM
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Ah, America seems to be where old beers go to die
- 29/01/2010 02:37:12 PM
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- 29/01/2010 02:37:12 PM
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Actually the nordies drink it
- 29/01/2010 03:11:57 PM
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That makes sense.
- 29/01/2010 03:26:28 PM
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To Paraphrase Professor Higgins "By Jove! I think he has got it!"
- 29/01/2010 03:44:07 PM
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To Paraphrase Professor Higgins "By Jove! I think he has got it!"
- 29/01/2010 03:44:07 PM
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Re: Which beer do you usually drink?
- 28/01/2010 09:10:53 PM
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Mmmm, lambics....I love those, if only they weren't so expensive I'd love them even more. *NM*
- 28/01/2010 09:31:23 PM
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Re: Mmmm, lambics....I love those, if only they weren't so expensive I'd love them even more.
- 28/01/2010 09:46:02 PM
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Re: Mmmm, lambics....I love those, if only they weren't so expensive I'd love them even more.
- 28/01/2010 09:57:06 PM
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Re: Mmmm, lambics....I love those, if only they weren't so expensive I'd love them even more.
- 28/01/2010 10:08:18 PM
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You'll just have to visit the beer country and drink them locally.
- 28/01/2010 10:10:10 PM
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- 28/01/2010 10:10:10 PM
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Yeah, basically impossible to brew real lambic anywhere else from what I've learned
- 28/01/2010 11:51:13 PM
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I have not heard of lambics before
- 28/01/2010 10:03:14 PM
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If you want to try one the easiest place to find them is at a renfest. Expect to pay $10-$15/bottle *NM*
- 28/01/2010 11:33:12 PM
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Guinness, Newcastle,a nd lately anything by Samuel Smith.
- 29/01/2010 02:14:42 AM
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Re: Guinness, Newcastle,a nd lately anything by Samuel Smith.
- 29/01/2010 12:19:32 PM
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I like Fat Tire, but most of the other New Belgium (?) beers are better, I think.
- 29/01/2010 06:33:15 PM
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Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale is fabulous. *NM*
- 29/01/2010 08:18:49 PM
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Yeah, that might be my favorite. I like all the ones i've tried, though. *NM*
- 30/01/2010 06:21:57 PM
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I rarelt drink anymor ebut in the winter I pick up Sam Adams Winter Lager. Best beer ever. *NM*
- 29/01/2010 02:18:59 AM
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Um... I prefer the taste of Coca Cola
- 29/01/2010 12:36:16 PM
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- 29/01/2010 12:36:16 PM
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Usually, the cheapest full strength beer on tap. Usually VB or Carlton Draught.
- 30/01/2010 03:38:05 AM
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