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*Hey guys. I'm making this thread because I don't really feel this belongs in the beer appreciation thread and I thought that this is a decent enough topic.
I live in Western Michigan where we have a lot of craft breweries, such as Bell's (you may have heard of Oberon), Founders, Brewery Vivant, Shmoze, etc. A lot of my friends love to go to these breweries all the time, and are always dogging me to come along. I always have to dodge because of a dirtly little secret I try not to tell anyone... I don't like beer.
Well, that is to say, I haven't found a beer I enjoy yet; there are obviously a lot of different beers all with different flavors/textures, so I'm sure I'll eventually find something I like, which is why I'm coming here, asking for advice from some of you beer connoisseurs out there.
What I've tried
-American Pilsners like Budwiser, Coors, Miller, Labaat's, etc.
-Wheat Beers like Blue Moon, etc.
-Some darker beers (couldn't tell you the names)
My thoughts on the flavors
-I just hate the american pilsners. I can't stand them. There's a pronounced bitterness combined with something sour that's accentuated by how damn carbonated they are.
-The wheat beers had a lot less of that flavor I didn't like, but it's still there a bit. They do leave a bit of an aftertaste that I don't quite enjoy.
-I like the darker beers a bit. The taste from the pilsners isn't really present, but at least in the ones I've tried, there is a bit of a bitter note to a few, and a few have a kind of...burnt taste?
I don't have this vocabulary of terms to tell you exactly what I dislike about one beer over the other, which makes this difficult. I'm hoping some people out there who can help me find some beers that fit my style a bit better so I don't have to dodge when I go out with my buddies.
Thanks.
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There are many wine & spirit shops now that carry good craft brews. A good place to judge beers is beeradvocate.com. So go to google and type in the name of the beer followed by beer advocate and enjoy!
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Try some imported beer from like Germany or something
and If you try a few and you still don't like it, then maybe you just dont like beer?
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Move to Newfoundland. We have great local beer. Grab a Black Horse, buddy.
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You experiment.
I did not like beer at first either it's an aquired taste. Im sure a lot of people don't like beer at first.
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sounds like you need soft beer with little bitterness.
czech budweiser
german becks "gold"
polish tyskie
polish lech
(google for pics, there isnt a particual order for those cause tastes are different. they are all quite soft though)
i dont know how american wheat beer is, but the ones in germany are pretty good imo and not bitter (e.g. franziskaner), although i dont mind bitterness too much.
cant help u with american beer at all, dont know if youre able to get the ones i listed somewhere
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cant really go wrong with these two
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Try imported beers. American beers suck for the reasons you listed. I personally like corona or heinenken.
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If they're your buddies, just tell them you don't like beer.
Problem solved.
If they give you grief, tell them you can only enjoy more sophisticated beverages or something. =p
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If you like darker beers, try a few different porters or stouts. I love stout beer myself (and summer beers) - pretty much anything coffee flavored. My favorite coffee stouts are Troegs (from Pennsylvania) and Berkshire (from Massachusetts).
But the thing to do is either go to a beerfest where you get to sample a ton of beers (and most of them will probably be local) or go to a big beer store and just buy a ton of the 4 packs or single 22 oz darker beers they sell until you find a few you like.
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Have you actually tried going for the "easy" beers? Like Warsteiner, Heineken, stuff like that?
American lagers are generally VERY bland and they make up for that by over-carbonating it.
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Yea I would say that you should look up german and czech beer. Read about different flavours and brands and go out and try to find them. Being from Europe myself this is pretty easy and I'm thankful for that because I don't enjoy any other beer but being from the US and all it may be harder for you. GL
I have also heard good things about beer from Poland, but never tried anything myself. But like some guys have said already, stay away from american beer. So bland and nasty.
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Try most foreign beer and be impressed. Alot of european countries have very proud history when it comes to beer.
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On May 13 2012 07:14 AllHailTheDead wrote:
and If you try a few and you still don't like it, then maybe you just dont like beer?
This, I also thought like OP a few years back, but then after trying many beers, i was always "nope, there's the same shit in this one as in the last one, altho something is different".
Turns out i don't like what makes beer beer.
But lately I can drink it sometimes...
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Belgian beer is great as well. Only know one beer that i cant stand, besides wheat beer, and that´s Guiness.
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Just keep drinking the ones you don't enjoy. By the end of the night you'll enjoy them all!
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I don't really drink a lot of lagers, but Heineken is by far the best lager I've had. If you don't like Heineken maybe you should move onto ales
Here are some ales I would suggest for you.
Fat Tire
Sam Adam's summer ale
New Castle
IPAs (a type of ale) are good, but have a very distinctive taste a lot of people don't like. Some good IPAs are
Magic Hat no. 9
Ranger
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
These are probably the best in my opinion. Most the beers I've listed are American, but I'm sure there's some good European beers that are on par or better than the beers I've listed, but these are the easiest for me to find in the U.S.
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This is like asking "what race should I play" in BW/SC2. Just go try out the variations to hone down your interest. Learn the differences between IPA, Wheat, Ale, Stout, etc.. by tasting instead of reading online. Fortunately, beer is cheap enough where you can experiment with a different 6-pack each week without it being a $$$ drain.
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Go try Landshark or Moosehead.
Lager all the way yo.
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