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People do tend to shit on American beers for no good reason. Just like other beer, these huge breweries have their own distinct flavors and such, and they do it at a massive volume. I like Miller Light and Budweiser Select, and I love Amberboch.
You fail even harder. The big three American Breweries are terrible, and we can thank prohibition for ruining America's taste in beers for the better part of a century.
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I'm partial to Sierra Nevada Porter and Newcastle, though I enjoy Blue Moon and Stell Artois occasionally. Those are all relatively cheap and absolutely delicious.
Anchor Steam Lager is decent, too. It's a nice dark lager that goes down smooth.
You really might be better off with american lager to start out with, its really a good place to get your feet wet before you get into some of the stronger beer. Coors Light is the closest thing to water that calls itself a beer. Then maybe Bud Light or Miller Lite.
In fact Miller or Bud is still my choice when it come time to play a drinking game or if I'm at a big party. It all tastes the same out of a plastic cup anyway.
As for my six pack
Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Bells Oatmeal Stout
New Belgium 1554
Stone IPA
Newcastle Brown
Bells Oberon
You really might be better off with american lager to start out with, its really a good place to get your feet wet before you get into some of the stronger beer. Coors Light is the closest thing to water that calls itself a beer. Then maybe Bud Light or Miller Lite.
In fact Miller or Bud is still my choice when it come time to play a drinking game or if I'm at a big party. It all tastes the same out of a plastic cup anyway.
As for my six pack
Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Bells Oatmeal Stout
New Belgium 1554 Stone IPA
Newcastle Brown
Bells Oberon
Yeah, like I said earlier. IPAs were the toughest beer for me to learn to enjoy, and I liked pretty much every other type of beer within a few tastings.
Thinking back though, I recall that I found Modelo Especial to be very easy to drink when I was just starting on beer.
I don't really like beer either, and I've come to accept that. The only type I'd drink is hefeweisen, because it's got a good, solid, grainy taste; other beers I've had are either too bitter or taste like water (also, it doesn't help that I generally hate carbonated drinks). I much prefer wine, and I'll generally sip on a glass at dinner or something; the only circumstances under which I would drink beer is if I'm out with a bunch of people at a bar without decent wine.
I don't think *all* IPA's are something to be avoided when trying beer. Granted it's a very strong taste but some IPA's (granville island IPA) balance the bitterness with a sweet taste and to quote my g/f "it tastes like slightly bitter candy"
You really might be better off with american lager to start out with, its really a good place to get your feet wet before you get into some of the stronger beer. Coors Light is the closest thing to water that calls itself a beer. Then maybe Bud Light or Miller Lite.
In fact Miller or Bud is still my choice when it come time to play a drinking game or if I'm at a big party. It all tastes the same out of a plastic cup anyway.
As for my six pack
Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Bells Oatmeal Stout
New Belgium 1554 Stone IPA
Newcastle Brown
Bells Oberon
My six pack is just my favorite six beers of the moment. While I wouldn't suggest starting out with any of them, I do recommend them to any beer lover.
The thing about beer is that there are SO many flavors and choices. It is an acquired taste and it took me 2 years to really enjoy it. And that 2 years was spent drinking Nati and Beast Ice. If you drink pop, there are like 10 flavors. That's it. But with beer there are thousands of different flavors to enjoy. On to my current rotation (like a baseball pitching staff).
Newcastle (Mmmmmm)
Guinness (Bar Draught)
Budwieser (very solid, great with chips)
Rolling Rock (The BEST pizza beer, imo)
Heineken (Not what it's hyped up to be, but it's OK. I think I just like the fat little bottle.)
The Closer (for seasonal beers): Corona (It's still summertime)
I don't understand how people like budweiser. Am I drinking some awful shit? What is a good budweiser? I had BW select and I thought it was alright but like all the others I thought, "hey when is the flavour going to come?" *personal preference*
I would rather you drink no beer at all, than drink light beer. Just about anybody can drink really light beer and not be offended by it. Beer with taste is most definitely something you have to learn to love. If you prefer hard liquors or mixed drinks, stick with those.
The way I learned to love beer: drinking a lot of the shittiest, cheapest beer I could find in college (Laker, for those of you in Ontario). Not only does the garbage start to become passable after awhile, but the really good beers start to taste awesome.
Actually Rolling Rock tastes a lot nicer than Bud Light, just sayin
I brew beer and I need help. Right now I'm brewing my 3rd and 4th batches concurrently. I just racked them into their respective carboy's but 1 of them (my belgium wit beer) has been foaming into the airlock, and overflowing it, for a day now. I have to clean it every 10 or so minutes, but I leave it to make a mess when I go out (obviously).
I don't want to hijack this thread, but this seems appropriate: I've always been completely mystified by all the different types of beer (lagers, light, ale, and so forth). Would anyone here give me some kind of run-down, or point me to a relevant web site? I like yeasty tasting beers, but I don't know what varieties would likely result in that flavor, aside from blowing more money on Shipyard.
Other points of reference I have are Sam Adams Lager (bitter as hell, last time I tried it, which is odd because a time before that I loved it) and Rolling Rock. (I've had a lot of others, but not enough to remember the flavor very well.)
I'd recommend www.beeradvocate.com for reviews of specific beers and probably just check out wikipedia for a rundown of the different types of beer.
Edit: Actually, now that I've double-checked, beer advocate has a whole section devoted to describing just about every type of beer. Who would have thought.
I lol heartily at anyone who suggests an IPA to a beginner, even more so to someone claiming to not like beer.
No shit. I love me some beer, and can still barely stand IPAs. This is a way to make somebody hate beer forever.
That said, I'll echo the "acquired taste" thing. I hated beer until I joined the Army. Learned to just kinda drink it while I was there, and got to where I didn't mind it. Took me several more years (until I was like 25 or so) before I really started appreciating beers, and started really getting into the different kinds of beers.
Don't worry, man. Many people's appreciation of beer, especially younger drinkers, is that if you chug it you get drunk. Many claim to like beer because they're supposed to, but really don't. You're not alone by a long shot.
Regardless, I'd say you have to identify what you aren't liking...and maybe if there's anything you do. I'd try and recommend some beers that have a little less bitterness going for them, but unfortunately I don't think it will taste the same to you as it does to me; again, acquired taste. I'd probably tell you something tastes as smooth as chocolate, and it would taste like ass to you.
But for fuck's sake, you're probably not going to like IPAs.
Not if they try to start out on them and get burned out on beer permanently, forced forever into the realm of fruity drinks with umbrellas.
Seriously, IPAs ain't for beginners. They will break your spirit.
Say whatever you want... Those fruity drinks are damn good.
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
Also, Bass rocks... But I'm told I may be insane for liking it.
Anyone in the vicinity of Cleveland (like within 500 miles in any direction) that considers themselves to be a beer drinker should find some Great Lakes. GL Eliot Ness, Edmund Fitzgerald, and Burning River are some of the best you can get. They'll punch you in the face with flavor.
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
See, for me, Guinness worked well as my first beer. I didn't like it the first time, to be honest, but the second time I had it with a nice shepherd's pie, and the rest was history.
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
See, for me, Guinness worked well as my first beer. I didn't like it the first time, to be honest, but the second time I had it with a nice shepherd's pie, and the rest was history.
I had an IPA as one of the early beers in my beerage, it was like a ridiculously expensive bottle and me and a friend split it, and i liked it, but maybe i was drunk from all the strongbow we had before
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
See, for me, Guinness worked well as my first beer. I didn't like it the first time, to be honest, but the second time I had it with a nice shepherd's pie, and the rest was history.
Yeah, I had Guinness early on when I first started drinking... Same thing, first time I didn't mind it, second time I loved it and now it is my standard winter beer.
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
See, for me, Guinness worked well as my first beer. I didn't like it the first time, to be honest, but the second time I had it with a nice shepherd's pie, and the rest was history.
my roommate bought 2 6 packs of harpoon raspberry hefeweizen
which i think is a nutty amount of the same kind of FRUIT beer, but it was on sale or something... but man, too much of the same kind
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
See, for me, Guinness worked well as my first beer. I didn't like it the first time, to be honest, but the second time I had it with a nice shepherd's pie, and the rest was history.
IPAs are nothing like Guinness.
Indeed.
I have no clue what they are... never run across the term.
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No interest in drinking it to any degree, however.
Bud Light: Major Lose.
otherwise, if you don't like beer, you don't have to force yourself. you can go the classy wine route or the hard, grizzly liquor route.
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Try telling that to Otto von Bismarck.
You fail at beer.
You fail even harder. The big three American Breweries are terrible, and we can thank prohibition for ruining America's taste in beers for the better part of a century.
Anchor Steam Lager is decent, too. It's a nice dark lager that goes down smooth.
In fact Miller or Bud is still my choice when it come time to play a drinking game or if I'm at a big party. It all tastes the same out of a plastic cup anyway.
As for my six pack
Firestone Double Barrel Ale
Bells Oatmeal Stout
New Belgium 1554
Stone IPA
Newcastle Brown
Bells Oberon
(Racer 5 will change your life, btw)
Thinking back though, I recall that I found Modelo Especial to be very easy to drink when I was just starting on beer.
My six pack is just my favorite six beers of the moment. While I wouldn't suggest starting out with any of them, I do recommend them to any beer lover.
Newcastle (Mmmmmm)
Guinness (Bar Draught)
Budwieser (very solid, great with chips)
Rolling Rock (The BEST pizza beer, imo)
Heineken (Not what it's hyped up to be, but it's OK. I think I just like the fat little bottle.)
The Closer (for seasonal beers): Corona (It's still summertime)
But strangely enough I enjoyed hard liquor immensely.
Eh, whatever.
Actually Rolling Rock tastes a lot nicer than Bud Light, just sayin
Oh, and GOD BLESS all those who have mentioned Stone IPA
Seriously, my favorite beer, I don't know if its for the OP though.
In my fridge I have
Stone IPA
Stone XI anniversary IPA (this shit is black)
Stone Vertical Epic IPA
No ruinations atm
Is this going to ruin the beer? How can I fix it?
Other points of reference I have are Sam Adams Lager (bitter as hell, last time I tried it, which is odd because a time before that I loved it) and Rolling Rock. (I've had a lot of others, but not enough to remember the flavor very well.)
Edit: Actually, now that I've double-checked, beer advocate has a whole section devoted to describing just about every type of beer. Who would have thought.
EVERYONE LIKES IPA'S!
............................eventually.
Say whatever you want... Those fruity drinks are damn good.
If IPAs are anything like Guinness, I doubt many people will enjoy them as their first beer. Personally, if you want to try some decent, light beers (as in, not black/extremely dark), Patagonia and Red Stripe are both very good. And if you can get it wherever you live, XO Lager by Big Rock is really good.
Also, Bass rocks... But I'm told I may be insane for liking it.
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Buy it and drink it. Some of the best American beer I have ever had by far. Oro de Calabaza and Luciernaga are particularly good.
If you have a Belgian style cafe around with a good beer selection go and just start running through the list.
IPAs are nothing like Guinness.
Yeah, I had Guinness early on when I first started drinking... Same thing, first time I didn't mind it, second time I loved it and now it is my standard winter beer.
which i think is a nutty amount of the same kind of FRUIT beer, but it was on sale or something... but man, too much of the same kind
but it is good and light and i would try it
I have no clue what they are... never run across the term.