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On May 13 2012 08:30 lawlohwhat wrote:Show nested quote +On May 13 2012 07:46 Sorkoas wrote:On May 13 2012 07:17 ionlyplayPROtoss wrote:
Try imported beers. American beers suck for the reasons you listed. I personally like corona or heinenken. Why do you comment if you don't really know much about beer at all? Americans brew the best beer in the world. For those who don't believe me: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/top-50/http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/country/united-states/213/This site have the biggest beer geeks in the world as members of their community. There really isn't any question whether this is correct or not. Really, your argument is like saying all Hollywood movies suck just because you hate American Pie. Anyway, OP, I'm not one of these big beer geeks myself but I know people who are and I've been exposed to and tried most styles of beers their are. Just like you the "darker" beers are generally nothing I appreciate all too much and same goes for the bigger brands like Budweiser and Miller producing only lagers/pilsners. What I would recommend you is to check ales. These are generally not that bitter and have a more rounded full taste which I personally find easier to drink if you're not used to "normal" beer. As there's many different styles of ales I'd say start with amber ales and american pale ales. Have you ever tried Samuel Adams Boston Ale? I think that's the most common American ale. Some great breweries you could check out: Great Divide, Cigar City and Three Floyds. I think there is a large disconnect between the term "american beer" and the reality of how good american craft brewing is. There's such a huge market for shit beers like budweiser, busch, pbr, coors, etc that people just associate american beer with bad/skunky flavor, football, and weak alcohol content. Those of us who are lucky enough to live in the pacific northwest, socal, etc have a very different perspective. Also, I just got finished with a sixer of great divide's raspberry ale. I'm a sucker for a good girly raspberry beer and it didn't disappoint. Need to stop by if I'm ever in colorado. I've got a huge portland bias, but there are more amazing breweries out here than I can even keep track of sometimes. If you can get your hands on anything from laurelwood, hopworks, deschutes, rogue, or bridgeport you won't be disappointed. Those are the breweries that distribute widely off the top of my head. A couple amazing california breweries are stone and russian river. If you ever see pliny the elder or pliny the younger on tap, put aside everything else that you're doing and drink up. As far as my favorite dark beer goes, try to get your hands on the deschutes abyss. It will completely change your perspective on what beer can actually be. It tastes like chocolate and oak barrels and licorice and coffee and every other thing in the world that tastes good to the adult palette.
Amen to all of that. TBH, I can't even remember the last time I even bought a beer that wasn't made by an American company (probably was Newcastle like over a year ago, used to be my beer of choice). American Macrobreweries != American Beer.
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my advice is to pound down a ton of beer and you will like the taste eventually
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Honestly, I hate beer. I would rather have a glass of coke. Best carbonated drink ever! Still, I have only tried american/canadian beers. I am definitely open to trying different beers in the future, but for now i'll just stick to rum, vodka, rye and my good ol' can o' coke.
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I agree that moosehead is a great beer, have you ever tried Rolling Rock? I enjoy those a lot, for some reason I find them really smooth.
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In the beginning i really didnt enjoy beer, but it was the cheap and abundant way to get drunk as a youngster. I kept at it and now i some beers if theyre really cold. But i still prefer i drink instead.
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find a bar that sells a lot of craft and imports and order flights ;D
some beers you might like:
weihenstephaner
Chimay
UFO white belgium
chocolate stouts are also delicious
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For a hard earned thirst, you need a big cold beer, and the best cold beer is Vic, Victoria Bitter.
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Killians Irish Red. It isn't the best beer out there, but it is like a good stepping stone. It is easy for anyone to enjoy and starts to get you used to more "advanced" beers.
Edit: Lol, was planning something for my 500th post
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On May 13 2012 07:14 Kyhol wrote:
Move to Newfoundland. We have great local beer. Grab a Black Horse, buddy.
This.
Newfie pride buddy!
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On May 13 2012 09:06 SuB.ZerO wrote:
my advice is to pound down a ton of beer and you will like the taste eventually
I don't get why people think like that.
If you don't like something, why force yourself to like it? Why not just have other stuff.
<- non beer drinker.
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After reading some of the posts, I tried out an oatmeal stout from New Holland Brewing Co (A local brewery) called The Poet, and it's actually pretty good. It's definitely a sipping beer, but the bitterness isn't overwhelming and actually adds something to it and it has a pretty nice chocolate and oatmeal hint. It's not 100% what I'm looking for, but I'd definitely order this at a bar. I think something a bit more milky or with a bit more choclate taste to it with a bit less of that bittersweet aftertaste and I'd be in heaven.
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Go visit belgium. They have the top 20 of best beer in the world.
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Pilsner Urquell, Staropramen, Czechwar, Corona, Guiness, Hoegarden
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On May 13 2012 09:21 dronefarm wrote:
After reading some of the posts, I tried out an oatmeal stout from New Holland Brewing Co (A local brewery) called The Poet, and it's actually pretty good. It's definitely a sipping beer, but the bitterness isn't overwhelming and actually adds something to it and it has a pretty nice chocolate and oatmeal hint. It's not 100% what I'm looking for, but I'd definitely order this at a bar. I think something a bit more milky or with a bit more choclate taste to it with a bit less of that bittersweet aftertaste and I'd be in heaven.
Oatmeal Stouts are awesome, glad you found something local you dig on 
And uhhh, I dunno how to help in terms of looking for something milky. Ironically, based on my first post, maybe you would like Guinness then, lol.
edit: Another that I'm not sure was mentioned at all, but pretty much any bar will have no problem with you trying a beer. They just give you a shot glass of it to try, no cost. Don't be afraid to ask if you can try something.
Also some bars offer taster packs, like all their beers on tap in small glasses for like ~$20. If you're ever going out with friends you could always suggest getting one to split.
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On May 13 2012 07:17 Skilledblob wrote:![[image loading]](http://www.zoom-shop.eu/image/cache/data/1799_0_Biertulpe---Ducksteiner-Oberbraeu-0_3l_duckstein-bier-500x500.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.blog-ums-bier.de/wp-content/gallery/200904/staropramen.jpg) cant really go wrong with these two
where is the foam of those beers?
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I'm a fan of lagers with a nice wheatey aftertaste without a lot of extra bitterness or carbonation. You are going to have to look outside of the regular US brands for a solid beer. I Love local German , British, and Dutch Lagers. Again though you'd have to import. Remember Everything is going to taste better on tap. Personally as far as domestic goes I like MGD but Canadian MGD is stronger then USA stuff. Check out "1664" if you get the chance and kozel is alrigth as well but it may have to much of an aftertaste for you.
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I had a hard time dealing with beer too when I was younger and couldn't for the life of me understand why people would drink something as wretched as beer.
However... A few years back a friend of mine introduced me to a bunch of quality brews, namely ones from Czech Republic, Netherlands etc. and now I'm a huge, huge fan of beer. Whenever someone offers me something that's made locally, I absolutely refuse to drink it in lieu of much better tasting alternatives.
Anywho, my tip is to just try anything and everything. With modesty of course. Buy a bottle here, two there and eventually you'll find one that suits your tastebuds.
For me, the beer that really won me over is called Sol. Made in Mexico, such a smooth and delicious taste. I still drink today, but hands down my favorite has to be Paulaner. The taste is INCREDIBLE. I strongly urge everyone to try Paulaner, can't remember the exact name, but it's slightly smokey in its taste and is kind of opaque.
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Corona, Heineken, Carlsberg are good imported beers that I find everywhere.
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