quote: Originally posted by E There really needs to be an option for all the seasons. I can't pick just one!!!!

C'mon, you guys sound like a bunch of women... can't make a decision. Sheesh, it's multiple choice. Pick the BEST answer! Ok, so beer is good all year round, I hear ya. Actually, while the changing seasons right now has slightly biased my preference for styles, I find that I can enjoy any kind of beer any time of the year. Full, heavy, and/or spicey is fine by me in the middle of the summer (heck, I've consumed Guinness in the midst of playing summer sand court volleyball). Heffe's in the winter are fine by me too.

I hear ya, I love the changing of the seasons. But there are so many damn styles, that there are always new styles (new because I hadn't had them since this time last year) that I get excited over every season. Currently I am going strong on pils, hefes (and other wheats) and pale ales getting ready for summer. Just got done with the bock / doppelbock phase. After the summer, its time for some of the malty lagers, oktoberfest, and the like, all the while getting ready for the Impy Stouts and Barleywines of the winter. The bock/doppelbock phase is a nice break from the high gravity beers of the winter. Now there are a ton that I am forgetting, but they all come and go, its all a huge cycle and each season holds something special.

I was afraid everyone would say "Every season!", making the poll boring. I had a hard time deciding too.

I think the best beers are in fall (at least in the KC area), but I enjoy drinking beer the most in the summer, sitting on the deck or by a pool. There are few things better.

Seeing as Guinness is a relatively very light beer, why not? The onset of autumn holds for me the greatest of beer times. Oktoberfest, porters, etc. Bring on the cold weather for beer.

quote: Originally posted by E I hear ya, I love the changing of the seasons. But there are so many damn styles, that there are always new styles (new because I hadn't had them since this time last year) that I get excited over every season. Currently I am going strong on pils, hefes (and other wheats) and pale ales getting ready for summer. Just got done with the bock / doppelbock phase. After the summer, its time for some of the malty lagers, oktoberfest, and the like, all the while getting ready for the Impy Stouts and Barleywines of the winter. The bock/doppelbock phase is a nice break from the high gravity beers of the winter. Now there are a ton that I am forgetting, but they all come and go, its all a huge cycle and each season holds something special.