"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2009-05-19, Bob Terwilliger > wrote:
>
>> 1. EKU -- a Czech beer so vile I couldn't down more than about two
>> ounces.
>
>> 3. Budweiser
>
> Funny you would equate 2 beers so dissimilar. Bud is crap beer, no
> denying,
> but EKU 28 is a brilliant German Doppelbock. I admit to not liking it
> first
> time I tried it, but I was rank amateaur beer drinker, then, not savvy to
> t
> he real beers of the World. It's not for the faint of heart, it having a
> very heavy malt profile to reach its monster 11% abv level. It has a very
> sweet, almost cloying, mouthfeel. It's also pretty hopy. I don't know
> what
> EKU you are talking about, the one I'm talking about is like drinking
> candy
> ....candy that'll kick your ass!
>
> http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/412/1230
>
> nb

NB, the EKU I had was a pilsner not a doppelbock. No maltiness at all, just
a horridly bitter aftertaste.

Jon