Beer Appreciation Thread - Page 3

As a good rule of thumb, stay away from beer brewed in Quebec or in the US.

Alexander Keith's is a great, fairly inexpensive beer, it's probably my favourite at the moment. If you really want to love beer, work outside all day in the sun, then open a cold beer- best thing ever.

What beers have you tried? Were there any attributes that you liked with some of them? Depending on what you have tried and liked / didn't like would affect recommendations given greatly. Much like other threads in this style the product is extremely vast and giving blanket recommendations is hard without knowing your preferences.


To the thread though - Right know with the weather heating up I am looking forward to drinking some good hefeweisens. Though, I do miss college and going out to river with a case of Bud light and wasting a day away though.

You are probably drinking bad beers. La Fin du Monde is a good Quebecois beer that you might want to try; La Fin du Monde is a Belgian-style ale with very high ABV (9%) so don't drink too many, but it is quite flavourful and rather sweet. Innis & Gunn is a Scottish beer that you may find palatable as well, as it is very sweet. A decent hefeweizen (usually strong notes of banana) might be a good intro into good beer for you as well. I would stay away from porters, stouts, and most pale ales as they are usually too bitter for someone that isn't used to it.

In most cases the flavours are not going to be as up front as pop, but while they are more subtle, they are also more complex and interesting. So if you want a pop-style drinking experience, you will be disappointed, but it is very rewarding to learn to appreciate the subtleties of a good brew.