An appropriate Beer?

[NickNascati]

All,
    On Fridays when we watch our grand daughter, my son in law and I usually try to get a couple of good beers to share over pizza.  This week, will be his first Western game ever, and so first go at Fistful of Lead.  Can anyone suggest an appropriate beer to accompany the game? I was thinking we should start off with a shot of whiskey.  I should add, I am in the US, on the East Coast.

                                                    Nick

[HerbyF]

Henry's Private Reserve is an old western beer still brewed way out here in Oregon.

[Elbows]

We did a similar thing...I'm trying to recall the beer we had.  We had bison burgers, chili, and beer...it was awesome.  Unfortunately I think ours was simply a western-themed micro brewery beer of some sort.  Not really appropriate.

I suppose a whiskey would work too - but the game might go awry a bit sooner! 

[NickNascati]

A Micro Brew is probably what I'll end up with.  Stone does one with chipotle peppers brewed into it.  That's sort of Western, right??

[northtroll]

Henry's ain't what it used to be after the tore down the old brewery..... As far as spirits go, drink Old Crow. It was U. S. Grant's favorite. Good enough for a general and the President of the USA, good enough for me!

[Poiter50]

Samuel Adams?

[Conquistador]

Samuel Adams?

          

Gracias,

Glenn

[NickNascati]

Sam Adams is certainly American, but it doesn't really say "Old West".

[Poiter50]

It said "New West" to me, sampled it at LAX when returning to Oz from the Caymans after my son's wedding.

[Conquistador]

Sam Adams is certainly American, but it doesn't really say "Old West".

Well the Old Northwest Territory was the wild west of that day...  

The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Northwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 13, 1787, until March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Ohio. Previously, it was part of the British Province of Quebec, and a territory under British rule set aside in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 for use by American Indians, which was assigned to the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1783).
The Congress of the Confederation enacted the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 to provide for the administration of the territories and set rules for admission as a state. On August 7, 1789, the new U.S. Congress affirmed the Ordinance with slight modifications under the Constitution. The territory included all the land of the United States west of Pennsylvania and northwest of the Ohio River. It covered all of the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northeastern part of Minnesota. The area covered more than 260,000 square miles (670,000 km2).

Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803)

Gracias,

Gleen

[NickNascati]

Gleen,
           I've never thought of Boston as the "wild" anything.  Right now, I'm thinking of Stone Brewing's Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers.

[Malamute]

It would have to be Lone Star beer all the way from Texas.

[Hammers]

Sam Adams is certainly American, but it doesn't really say "Old West".

No, it says gentrified urban neighbourhood.

[NickNascati]

Lone Star Beer would be perfect, I wonder if I can find it way over here in New Jersey?

[Weesparky]

Yuengling has been brewing since 1827. Maybe their website mentions the historic brews. I was unable to get past the age verification on my "smartphone" browser.