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Well, I'm no aficionado on beer...but I've had a few over the years. I'm not a taste tester for dozens or hundred of pro or amateur Beer makers. I find one I like and I stick with it. Not tempted by all the fancy labels and silly names. I feel no need to impress my friends with a classy looking label. Generally speaking you'd assume the best sellers are the ones most people like to drink.
...I liked Coors when it first came to Texas. Then later went to Coors Light. Then the Beer distributors started playing games with container size/quantity and price. So I switched to their less expensive Keystone Light. It's actually smoother than Coors Light and now it's my beer. Until they pi$$ me off again.
Coors is the beer I dislike most of any beer I've ever tried. Most of the "Light" beers I can't stand. I can do Corona with Lime, Michelob Ultra, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and that's about it.
I'm a sucker for a good Wild Ale. Flemish or American (Preferably Russian River or Lost Abbey)
I'm trying not to get too fancy but trying to suggest what I consider regularly available beers for most folks. In addition to what I listed above, since you seem to like English style ales, I would recommend just about any beer from Fullers. Their ESB, Porter, London Pride. Bellhaven, Wells, etc...
Cheers!
Edit: Just realized you're in San Antonio. I need to then add some TX only beers to the list. Rahr Ugly Pug black lager is similar to the Asahi Black, Franconia Dunkel (It's a great Dunkel, lots of coffee flavor), Rahr Snowmageddon is an oatmeal stout and similar to Guinness but a bit different. Still, tons of dakr roasted malts, very smooth.
Thanks so much for this thoughtful list! I've never heard of any of these... so now starts to quest to find them. I think I've tried to do research to see if the beers are all a certain "type" but they always seem to be classified differently from one another, so it's hard. I seem to like most dark beer I try.... except I can't stand Young's Chocolate Stout.
I'm not a beer snob (really!), but stout should rightfully be consumed at room temperature. Ales, chilled.
I prefer a shandy, or a cider (Strongbow).
I love my dark beers at room temperature. No one ever taught me that, I just discovered it by accident. Guinness says right on the bottle to serve it cold, and I let mine sit there until it warms up...
A stout is an ale. Really the serving temperature depends on the style. Kinda like that fermented grape juice stuff... Flavors come out more as the beer warms up which is part of why I dislike frozen beer mugs (dishsoap floaties) and places that advertise beer being served s subzero temps. Don't get me wrong, with this Texas heat lately, I'll gladly suck down a nice cold Lawnmower beer. Or water. But I don't need that when I go to a restaurant and order a flavorful beer. Anyhoo... I'll step off my pedestal. I'm not saying that anyone else needs to stop drinking their beer ice cold, but educate yourself before claiming things(not saying anyone has yet) about Brits and warm beer etc... Which by the way can be tomorrow's lesson titled: Real Ale in England and why cask beer is more interesting in America these days. Cheers!
Interestingly enough, I toured a Budweiser factory once, and they gave us a lesson that you are SUPPOSED to pour your beer into a class, and with as much head as possible! Not down the side to avoid head. It's is designed to open up the flavors. Especially with some of the dark beers, they are bitter, until you pour them in a glass with some good head! Beer= better with head... wait, what?
Ok, rather than being obnoxious and posting 1000 times, thank you to everyone! I wasn't expecting so many responses. I have book-marked this page and made a shopping list! I really appreciate the thoughtfulness and time that everyone spend on responding.
Coors is the beer I dislike most of any beer I've ever tried. Most of the "Light" beers I can't stand. I can do Corona with Lime, Michelob Ultra, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and that's about it.
I can name a lot more beers I don't like than ones I do like! If Coors is the worst you've tasted you've missed a bunch.
My beer of choice lately is Sierra Nevada Summerfest, although I mainly stick these days to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale with an occasional Smuttynose Old Brown Dog or Newcastle. I used to drink Anchor Steam a lot, and Bass, and Guinness, along with a lot of different nut brown and amber ales, which are my favorites.
I have been a bit of a beer snob in the past, and have a few beer snobs as friends. The problem for me is that I don't consider things such as Coors, Bud, or even Corona to be beer anymore, they are almost like soft drinks or something - soft drinks that, to me, taste awful. I rarely drink beer these days, maybe one beer once or twice a month at most, and when I go to my brother's house for dinner, I have finally started bringing a beer with me because, if I am going to drink a beer, I want to enjoy it. He is not offended at all, although many people would be - he doesn't like my kind of beer either, so we both win.
Must be why there are 42, 000 different brews on the market. (non scientific approximation) Obviously tastes vary tremendously and some of us waste too much time experimenting.
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