We’ve been to your house for dinner
Well, duh…
When I first arrived in Taiwan there was only one beer… Taiwan Beer. It tastes like rat piss. That’s how I know what rat piss tastes like… sheesh… 
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That was the local market’s very best wine, I’ll have you know. They told me Blue Nun is one of Europe’s finest!
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God I thought I was dreaming but you know what; I was just drunk, I think I remeber that. UMMM Rat PISS
[quote=“Funk500”][quote=“sandman”][quote=“Funk500”]nope but I used to eat these as a kid
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Did I ever tell you the story about the time my mum bought one of those multipacks for us kids and mine had no wafer and was just a big stick of pure chocolate-flavoured coating? That was a red-letter day for sure. It’s a subject that still get raised around the dinner table to this very day.[/quote]
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Well, this one time, my mum bought one of those multipacks for us kids and mine had no wafer and was just a big stick of pure chocolate-flavoured coating? That was a red-letter day for sure. It’s a subject that still get raised around the dinner table to this very day.
Allow me to clear up the confusion, I believe that instead of the more mainstream malted barley, hops and water, Taiwan beer is actually brewed from the urine of rats fed with nothing but the finest left over bian dang rice hand scraped from the bottom of the blue plastic pig feed barrels… that’s what accounts for the disturbing flavour, the rice in the ingredients list and also that otherwise inexplicable aftertaste of MSG and light grade motor oil…
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And I drank out of your toilet.
Its a lager and a Pilsner. A Pilsner is a type of lager.
But, anyway, Funk500 is correct… its similar to rat piss.[/quote]
You are correct but there is a very distinguishable difference between the two. Especially when you begin talking about American pilsner piss water.
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And I drank out of your toilet.[/quote]
Wait! Are you calling me a rat? Cos if you are, I’ll scratch yer eyes out (and then steal all yer cheese)!
Huh? A Pilsner is a type of lager. A pilsner can be distinguished from other types of lagers, and from ales. But, a Pilsner cannot be distinguished from a lager… a Pilsner is a lager.
Dunno what you are talking about. Sure, there are terrible Pilsners brewed in America. But, there are also some very fine Pilsners brewed in America. Most of the fine brews never get exported out of America.
Anyway, I don’t know what this has to do with Taiwan Beer.
Not a darned thing. I like Taiwan beer. Both the green bottle and the brown bottle. And even the “draft” green bottle.
Beer is best fresh. Particularly in this climate here on the island. Thankfully I get fresh Taiwan beer here.
I’m seeing a few new beers made in Taiwan occasionally. Not very good so far. And even one that was packaged in PLASTIC bottles…terrible skunk p*ss.
Rats’ piss? I went in Funk 500’s swimming pool.
(swam, not ‘went’)
Huh? A Pilsner is a type of lager. A pilsner can be distinguished from other types of lagers, and from ales. But, a Pilsner cannot be distinguished from a lager… a Pilsner is a lager.
Dunno what you are talking about. Sure, there are terrible Pilsners brewed in America. But, there are also some very fine Pilsners brewed in America. Most of the fine brews never get exported out of America.
Anyway, I don’t know what this has to do with Taiwan Beer.[/quote]
I guess you can’t differentiate between a pilsner and a lager. The original question was what it tastes like or what type of beer it essentially is. That is why we were talking about lagers and pilsners. Taiwan beer is light pilsner shitty beer from what I understand. I don’t want to get into a technical brew debate on piss water. Oh well, TC says its alright so I will drink it.
That’s correct. I cannot differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager. A Pilsner is a type of lager. How could I possibly differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager?
This isn’t a technical matter.
That’s correct. I cannot differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager. A Pilsner is a type of lager. How could I possibly differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager?
This isn’t a technical matter.[/quote]
There is a distinguishable difference in taste. So on a techinical level a pilsner is a lager but there is a very wide gap in the way the two taste. It is like saying a merlot is a cabernet. Similar grape similar process but two very different wines. Beer can be the same way. We are talking about rat piss though so who cares.
Deep breaths Tigerman, deep breaths.
That’s correct. I cannot differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager. A Pilsner is a type of lager. How could I possibly differentiate between a Pilsner and a lager?
This isn’t a technical matter.[/quote]
You sure you got his word emphasis right there TM? Sounds like you interpreted djk’s statement as a criticism of your beer knowledge (“I guess you can’t differentiate between a pilser and a lager” – i.e. someone else with a more discerning taste in beers could do exactly that), whereas I read djk’s statement as an agreement with you (“I guess you can’t differentiate between a pilsner and a lager” – i.e. “Yeah, okay, I see your point there. Distinguishing between a pilsner and a lager is like asking someone to distinguish between ‘Merlot’ and ‘red wine’”).
That’s how I read it anyway. 
EDIT: Oops – looks like I was wrong, and that djk is indeed confused. Funny that he happened to pick the wine example as well. Merlot vs. red wine is the closer analogy though, djk, not Merlot vs. Cabernet
No. I’ll try again… a Pilsner is a type of lager. You therefor cannot distinguish between a Pilsner and a lager. You can distinguish between a Pilsner and a different type of lager, such as a Helles.
There is no “two”. A Pilsner is a type of lager. There are several different types of lagers, and a Pilsner is one of those types.
No, it is not like that at all.
I don’t really care for your sake… I mean, you seem to be blissfully ignorant and that’s certainly fine with me. Your ignorance appears to be a choice, and I support your freedom of choice. However, there could very well be others reading this and they should be presented correct information so that they too can choose to be either ignorant or correct. Let’s not take that choice away from them, OK?
This may help:
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