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I have tried some of the more expensive beers that have been legalized in this state over the last few years and they are too bitter for me. I like what I grew up drinking (American adjunct lagers). Sorry, beer snobs!
I feel your pain, Mr. Schmo. For many years, I drank cheap ice beers. Icehouse. Bud Ice. Millwaukee's Best Ice. Somewhere along the way, I started trying some beers from small breweries. I'd ask for something similar to a Bud, so I usually got a milder pale ale. (Examples: Shipyard Export Ale or Sierra Nevada Pale Ale) Finding it had more flavor, I started drinking Sam Adams' Boston Lager. Then I discovered Octoberfest. I'd like to recommend you try one. Octoberfest has a different flavor from other beers. They use grains and hops that aren't in other styles of beer. You might like it. Some people don't like them, but I also have come to really like the fruit flavored wheat beers. Think Shock Top Raspberry Wheat. One of my favorites is Sea Dog's Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale.
It took a long time after West Virginia changed the law to allow higher alcohol content, but there are a few places where I can go "make my own" six-pack. (I think the Drug Emporium chain does that.) That gives you a chance to try one bottle each of several different beers and see what you like. That's how I tried Redd's Apple Ale (which you might like).
Don't try any styles noted for lots of hops or strong flavors, such as IPA, Dubble, Triple, dark stouts, porters, etc. I encourage you to try a few milder styles just to find more good flavors for your own taste. Some of these beers only cost a little more than a Bud.
It's okay, no one really cares what you like (just being honest). When I go to a bar I don't care what the person next to me is drinking. Unless it's blood, cuz then I would probably slam my whiskey and run for the hills.
I have tried some of the more expensive beers that have been legalized in this state over the last few years and they are too bitter for me. I like what I grew up drinking (American adjunct lagers). Sorry, beer snobs!
I feel we are all entitiled to like and dislike what we want. That's why I'm glad we do have a vast variety of beers, albeit "good" or "bad" . Then again, it's in the eye of the beholder, rather taste.
I find hefeweizens a bit much too, though I do buy an Ayinger dunkelweizen now and then and enjoy it, same kind of flavor but less sharp. The American hefeweizens I've had were awful though, citrus and crap thrown in to cover the sharpness and just ends up being baaaaad!
You do need to be selective, but there are good hefeweizens made in the USA. Sierra Nevada, for example. And there's nothing wrong with drinking imports.
Alternately, there are many good American-made witbieren, just need to look past Blue Moon and Shocktop, look in the upper tier for Allagash, Grey Lady, and other less univerally available American wits.
Finding it had more flavor, I started drinking Sam Adams' Boston Lager. Then I discovered Octoberfest. I'd like to recommend you try one. Octoberfest has a different flavor from other beers. They use grains and hops that aren't in other styles of beer. You might like it. Some people don't like them, but I also have come to really like the fruit flavored wheat beers. Think Shock Top Raspberry Wheat. One of my favorites is Sea Dog's Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale.
You might give Cherry Wheat a try when it's on the shelves. If you have any Gluten issues, there's a good one called O'Mission that is gluten free and has a nice flavor.
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Originally Posted by Gil3
I feel we are all entitiled to like and dislike what we want. That's why I'm glad we do have a vast variety of beers, albeit "good" or "bad" . Then again, it's in the eye of the beholder, rather taste.
No - beauty is in the eye of the beerholder...
sorry, this topic cracks me up
Don't judge beer by its label. No 2 beers are alike. And next time you buy a 6-pk. and decide you don't like after drinking a bottle/can, don't throw it out. Give it to someone, they'll love you for it.
You do need to be selective, but there are good hefeweizens made in the USA. Sierra Nevada, for example. And there's nothing wrong with drinking imports.
Alternately, there are many good American-made witbieren, just need to look past Blue Moon and Shocktop, look in the upper tier for Allagash, Grey Lady, and other less univerally available American wits.
Allagash White is one of my all-time favorite beers.
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Originally Posted by Gil3
I feel we are all entitiled to like and dislike what we want. That's why I'm glad we do have a vast variety of beers, albeit "good" or "bad" . Then again, it's in the eye of the beholder, rather taste.
I agree with this 100%.
As an aside, the National Homebrew Conference champion for 2013 took the prize for a fizzy-yellow-no-taste lite beer. The prize goes to the beer that is the best representation of style.
The NHC is an event put on by the AHA (American Homebrewers Association). The AHA created the BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program), and, to keep this short and to the point, "created" the BA (Brewer's Association, the group that represents the craft beer industry). The BA created and hosts the yearly Great American Beer Festival. Coors, Pabst, Blue Moon, Shock Top, and so on as well as most of the more prominent craft brewers participate each year. Coors, Miller, A-B, G. Heileman, and other Macros have all won medals at the GABF.
The BA is the group that is responsible for coining the term "craft" beer. When you love beer, you love beer.
That's fine...many people prefer Folgers/MaxwellHouse to Starbucks/Peet's because the intensity turns off their palate. Same goes with beer. I used to prefer malty beers because I couldn't take the bitterness of hops...that all changed the day I tasted a double-IPA which had an exquisite balance of intense sweetness & bitterness which made me "get it" and I haven't looked back.
Personally, I can't stand "fine" cheese...soft French cheeses (brie & the like) which others find delectable make me want to vomit. To each their own.
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As an aside, the National Homebrew Conference champion for 2013 took the prize for a fizzy-yellow-no-taste lite beer. The prize goes to the beer that is the best representation of style.
Funny, she's a friend of mine. And I couldn't believe she won it....with that beer.
I never understood why the ongoing outbreak of painfully bitter IPAs?
That said, there is plenty of "good" beer available including flavor profiles not buried under a mountain of hops.
No IPAs for me. I strongly prefer noticeably malty beers to hop-heavy ones. I do love my grains.
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For many years, I drank cheap ice beers. Icehouse. Bud Ice. Millwaukee's Best Ice. Somewhere along the way, I started trying some beers from small breweries. I'd ask for something similar to a Bud, so I usually got a milder pale ale. (Examples: Shipyard Export Ale or Sierra Nevada Pale Ale) Finding it had more flavor, I started drinking Sam Adams' Boston Lager. Then I discovered Octoberfest. I'd like to recommend you try one. Octoberfest has a different flavor from other beers. They use grains and hops that aren't in other styles of beer. You might like it. Some people don't like them, but I also have come to really like the fruit flavored wheat beers. Think Shock Top Raspberry Wheat. One of my favorites is Sea Dog's Wild Blueberry Wheat Ale.
Witbier?
Give it to someone, they'll love you for it.
