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Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

If you drink beer: how did you find out what type you like? Do you have any preferences? Any advice for someone testing the alcoholic waters?

My grocery store has this thing where you can get a 6pack and choose the different bottles you want (mostly from a local variety, but still quite a large selection). I've been using this to get a variety and try and figure out once and for all what type of beer I enjoy. I do not enjoy most alcohol, but I have had beer I've enjoyed before. It's just a matter of figuring out what kind that was...

So come, talk about beer! Or any other kind of alcohol you like, I suppose.

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I just tried different kinds until I found one I liked (not hard, I quite like the bitterness of beer) and then tried different kinds that people told me were like it. But, like I said, I like bitter beer. The darker, the better for me. So, I am probably not a lot of help, sorry.

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't typically like beer. I remember once there was a house beer called "fruitcake" that I tasted at a brewery about 8 years ago. And then recently I was annoyed into tasting AmberBock, which I thought was pretty good (very wheaty).

But I'm kind of in the same boat. Wish I had a place that would let me mix and match. Right now I've got a 4 left in a six-pack of Alleycat that I bought because a recipe called for beer and I didn't really know what to get. It was great for the recipe but crap for drinking.

Re: Beer!

[herpymcderp]

I've drunk beer for a while, and I still don't like anything that advertises itself as an IPA (India Pale Ale) or "extra hoppy". Hops impart flavour, but they also impart bitterness, and I don't fancy a bitter beer.

Now, on the other hand the process of "dry hopping" is an entirely different creature. When a beer is labelled "dry hopped", it means the hops are added when the beer is kegged, so that they don't cook along with the malt and other ingredients. What that means as a consumer is that those beers have all the floral notes and other flavours of hops without nowhere near the amount of bitterness.

But hey, don't let me tell you what beer you like. If you like bitter, drink bitter.

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

Ohhh, that sounds interesting. Definitely going to keep an eye out for "dry hopped" beers next time.

Re: Beer!

[caecilia]

heineken

Re: Beer!

[herpymcderp]

+1 One of the few macrobrews worth drinking.

Re: Beer!

[greenvelvetcake]

I'm more of a cider drinker than a beer person, but as I'm from Boston, I must shill for Sam Adams. They make great beer and cider.

Re: Beer!

[caecilia]

have you had Woodchuck cider?

Re: Beer!

[philstar22]

Not a beer fan. I like Vodka or Whiskey or Rum. I have a high alcohol tolerance, and I pretty much just like the hard stuff. I don't even like wine.

Re: Beer!

[rubbertea]

all of the belgian beer. seriously, best in the world. leffe, hooegarden, grimbergen, duvel...
mexican beer is very nice too, especially when it's warm since it's very refreshing. basque beer is also very good.
generally you can't go wrong with local beer (except if it comes from a random person's basement or something). the best beer i've ever drunk was a sailor's brew on a tiny island near the west coast of france

Re: Beer!

[kallanda_lee]

Trial and error. And I only like very specific ones.

Re: Beer!

[iceyred]

Don Equis is good. So is 1554.

Re: Beer!

[inkdust]

Never found a beer I liked. Unless you count the little Belgian strawberry one that's really sweet. I mainly like sweet wine and fruity vodka or rum cocktails. No tequila. I wouldn't mind finding a beer I like, but I can tell just by smelling them that I won't.

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I've never found a typical beer that I really like. I don't like the bitterness of hops. I've found a few that are passable if beer is my only choice, like Sam Adams Dark, but AFAIC, hard cider becoming popular is the best thing to ever.

That said, I do like some lambics, which is a pretty sweet fruit beer (or beer type thing), and a Corona with lime really is the best accompaniment to a big plate of Tex-Mex food, especially when served on a restaurant's patio on a warm night (which in Texas could be in any season).

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I figured things out basically do the same thing that you're doing: I went to a place that had a "Make Your Own 6-Pack" section and went crazy. It's basically just a lot of trial-and-error. And, of course, the larger a selection a place has, the more fun and useful your adventuring is going to be.

I've found over the years that I really enjoy IPAs, abbey ales, and nice, thick, chewy stouts and porters. Lagers I generally do not like at all; they taste like lightly flavored water half the time.

My absolute favorite beer no longer exists: Riverhorse's Oatmeal Milk Stout. I have never tasted anything so delicious, and now I fear that I never will again. :(

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I have hated beer for years to the point where I almost convinced myself I was allergic to hops, it just made me feel so ill when I drank it and the flavour was so foul. However, this year I have found that I actually quite like mango beer and a 'no carbs' (sounds like witchcraft to me) variety. Probably because neither are particularly 'beery' if you know what I mean.

(Australian i.e. from the land of beer, for reference)

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I try to drink beer but most beers make me sick. It's hard to explain but it's mostly a stomach thing, like I'm bloated and have reflux? Idk. The ones with a lot of wheat and high fermentation are the worst. One of the only ones I've found that I can drink is Stella Artois. Does anyone have or know someone who has the same issue? Maybe some recs of beers I can try?

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I drank a bunch of different beers, mostly at bars or just through buying a sixpack, and remembered how I liked different kinds and brands.

The only thing I really strongly dislike are the IPAs that get super, super hoppy or bitter. Other than that it's mostly fair game. Big fan of brown ales, big fan of lagers, big fan of darker beers like stouts and porters, and generally just things with good mellow flavors. A lot of my favorite beers that I really like are from around where I live (Northern California) - Anchor Steam is kind of a local standard. Racer 5 is a really solid IPA that's on tap a lot of places around here. My favorite beer is Death and Taxes which is not available very widely at all - made by a small but really awesome brewery called Moonlight Brewing Company and it is just fantastic. For nonlocal stuff, Deschutes makes a lot of really good beers; their Black Butte Porter is extremely tasty. And then there's your Newcastles and your Guinnesses and all that.

My favorite cheap macrobrew is High Life. I can't really quantify why, just find it pretty tolerable.

Re: Beer!

[diet_poison]

My parents always let me have a sip of their drinks, and based on what my dad drinks, I assumed I didn't like beer. He encouraged me to try a locally brewed wheat ale and now it's my favorite beer. I have also tried, and enjoyed, other wheat ales and blonde ales.

I would like to develop more of a palate for beer.

Anyway, if your issue is that you don't like the bitter taste of beer, blonde and wheat ales are a place to start. However, if your issue is that you don't like the taste of alcohol in general, I might not be able to help you. (Is it just beer/wine, or other drinks too? It could be that stronger drinks in general are not your thing.)

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

My current favorite is Schofferhofer - a Grapefruit Hefeweizen. It's lightly sweet, in the same zip code as a Shandy. There's also Tangerine by Lost Coast Brewery that is awesome.

Re: Beer!

[(Anonymous)]

I really hate beer. I've tried several kinds and I just don't like it.

But I do like ciders, as long as they don't taste too beer-y.

I like wine, particularly sangrias and red wines. I'll drink most any wine though.

Mixed drinks are where it's at for me, especially ones with vodka or tequila. I love margaritas and martinis. The fruitier, the better, but I'll give most anything a shot.

Re: Beer!

[pantasma]

If I ever find myself drinking beer, the only kinds I "like" (used loosely) are honey lagers or winter/rasberry lagers. There's no aftertaste to them, which is the part I simply cannot stand.

Re: Beer!

[aris_tgd]

If there's a beer bar near you, they may have an option to let you do a tasting tray. That's how I figured out the kinds I like; I just kept going back and tasting things until I had a selection.