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On May 13 2012 09:20 Lonyo wrote:Show nested quote +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.
beer is convenient, universal, fills you up, such a wide variety of flavors tastes and its something you can bond over. Its a cultural thing. I never used to drink beer and was in the same boat as you until I puked on my drink of choice vodka one to many times and couldnt stand it anymore. I got onto beer and havent looked back, smallest hangovers, something to have with a meal, chill with a friend or family. Its just an amazing drink and my go to liqour along with many other peoples around the world. :D
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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.
Hmm you would probably like Left Hand Milk Stout ,has more of a sweeter taste to it.
Youngs Double Chocolate is also pretty sweet, but from what i remember it has more of a bitter taste than the Left Hand.
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Kasteel beer!
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I'm a fan of stouts myself. Oatmeal stouts are pretty good, but you should try a chocolate stout! Those taste really good even for those who don't like beer. If you don't like bitterness, don't try an IPA or a pale ale.
Remember that beer is fun. There are more and more beer snobs these days but the most important part is that it tastes good to you!
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On May 13 2012 09:41 denzelz wrote:
I'm a fan of stouts myself. Oatmeal stouts are pretty good, but you should try a chocolate stout! Those taste really good even for those who don't like beer. If you don't like bitterness, don't try an IPA or a pale ale.
Remember that beer is fun. There are more and more beer snobs these days but the most important part is that it tastes good to you!
I wouldn't recommend anyone try IPAs until they are fully engulfed in enjoying beer. It took me a very, very long time to enjoy IPAs (probably about 8 months ago, lol), and even then I can be picky with my IPAs.
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Alcohol in general is somewhat bitter. That said, I fee; heineken and molsen are less so. Around Michigan, at least the ann arbor area, there are also lots of seasonal beers. Many of those have a very strong flavor based on the season, so you might like them. Just go to a decent bar and ask for the beers of the month.
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In my opinion you might like a Lager? I could be wrong though. Try Moosehead. Good basic Lager beer.
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I just tried Pilzensky Prazdroj....So tell me....is it worth anything...Everyone suggested a czech beer so I figured I'd try it....Since the whole legal issues n' what not.
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Man i wish i could try Old Rasputin on tap,not to many places around here having anything but Bud,Coors etc on Tap
But yeah i started out drinking Bud Light,Miller,Coors, had no idea anything else was made, tried a Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada i think and was like man i've been drinking crap lmao.
Something else for the OP,I would check out ChadzBeer Reviews on Youtube, or Greg's Beer Reviews.
They seem to know quite a bit about beer, and have alot of reviews of all different kinds.
Old Rasputin on tap is an otherworldy experience. It has a super dense chocolate mousse like head and is on of the most perfectly balanced stouts I've had. Not a hint of ashiness or acrid acidity but tons of flavor. It's awesome.
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Sounds like you're looking for something a bit sweeter and summer is the perfect time for that, try one of these:
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The trick to liking a lot of beer (especially heavier/bitter ones) is just drinking a shit ton of beer :D
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I used to not like beer, but I was in college and all my friends were drinking it so I felt weird not being able to do it. All I did was force myself to drink a whole beer. It became easier. The more I drank, the more I like it and now I drink all kinds of beer and I love it. I think most people who say they don't like beer just haven't drank a lot of it. Just force yourself to finish one. It will get easier and once you find what you like about it you will able to choose what kind you like. Thinking about it right now won't help you. You just have to go out and drink some beers man!
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i wanted to throw out a couple of my favorites that were not mentioned so far.
Old Speckled Hen (England)
From their website,‘Old Speckled Hen’ has a full, smooth flavour and is very easy to drink. Its rich amber colour and superb fruity aromas are complemented by a delicious blend of malty tastes. Toffee and malt combine with bitterness on the back of the tongue to give a balanced sweetness. This, all followed by a refreshingly dry finish.”
Troegs Nugget Nectar (Pennsylvania)
From beer-flavored.com, "I don't normally pay attention to amber ales; chances are, wherever I am, there's going to be something else that catches my eye first. It's such a middle of the road style, it's unadventurous almost by definition. But that doesn't matter; Nugget Nectar reminds you that an amber ale can be a fantastic beer, that style is a limitation of characteristics, not quality. If I had to fill Dharma Initiative-style cans labelled just "beer" with any beer — a beer that embodied all beer; a quintessential craft beer exactly in the middle of style and at the top of taste — it would probably be this."
Dogfish Head's Raison D Etre (Delaware)
French for "Reason for Existence!" according to ratebeer.com, "Raison D'Etre Voted 'American Beer Of The Year' in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine. A deep mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian yeast. As complex as a fine red wine. 36 IBU - available year round, 12 ounce bottles & draft - Descriptors: Notes of pit fruit, decadent, winey, raisiney, malty."
Can't go wrong with any Troeg Brewery or Dogfish Head beers. may post more later
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Try adding a dash of Angostura bitters to a beer. It will kill that aftertaste you seem to dislike.
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On May 13 2012 14:40 decafchicken wrote:Sounds like you're looking for something a bit sweeter and summer is the perfect time for that, try one of these: The trick to liking a lot of beer (especially heavier/bitter ones) is just drinking a shit ton of beer :D
I've had summer shandy (people pretty much force you to drink it). We call it golden shower shandy. I imagine if a dude drinks a whole lot of lemonade and takes a giant piss, it probably tastes like summer shandy. It doesn't have the horrible sour/bitter taste american pilsners have, but it tastes really bad imo.
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if you dont like the aftertaste, the Japanese import Asahi is very soft on it. guess you could try that.
or as someone said, tell them you like something with an awesomely long name that they wont bother searching up
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DRINK ALL THE BEER !
Also, I find dark/brown beers better-tasting than blonde beer.
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If it hasn't been addressed the "bitter" taste in beer comes from the hops. Since you complain about it in American "pilsners" like Budwiser, which is an American lager, I wouldn't expect you to like anything with a decent hop flavor to it. This greatly reduces the amount of beers you may enjoy, as hops are an ingredient in beer. Not just an ingredient either, but one of the main ingredients, and the most pronounced ingredient in American style beers (at least of the West Coast).
What you may want to look for is Belgian or French style ales. I would suggest you stay away from all the American/English styles; not necessarily all styles brewed in those countries but the ones advertised with the country's name. You may find some German ones to your liking, but they are often very complicated and difficult to explain.
The best advice I can offer though is to go to a nearby brewery and ask if they know of any specialty stores that sell rare bottled beer. Some breweries have "bottle shops" that are often off site from their main restaurant/bar and they are generally well known among the brewery crowds although can be very difficult to find on your own. When you find one and go there, ask the person working the question you are asking this forum and they will probably be much more helpful than everyone here combined (myself included, even though I have worked at one of these shops).
If none of that helps you, I'm afraid you just don't like beer. There's no shame in it. I can't stand wine personally. These things happen.
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there is an amazing amount of retarded advice in this thread. yes, russian imperial stouts and the like are freaking amazing and some of the best beers i've ever had, but your average beer newbie is not going to like it at all.
i think the key for me, and i've observed this in some of my mates, is to simply try as many different beers as possible. you simply need a range of experiences as a base. even if i expect a beer to be very poor, i'll still try it given the opportunity. only on you do not want to lock yourself into just one beer!!
once you'd tried a decent range of of beers (you're probs at this point), it's time to get a little more discerning. you should focus on beers with mild but good flavour, generally lagers/pilseners. all the american macro beers and stuff like corona/heineken are trash, stay away from them. some examples of some decent, cheap and mild lagers are stuff like konig pilsener / the czech budweiser (budvar), lowenbrau. the german / czech lagers are probs your best bet here. this is probably the point where your palate will start developing a fair bit and you'll realise how shite some of the bad ones i mentioned earlier are. this site can be very helpful to you - http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/304/6715.
after this.. rapid expansion! delve into the pale ales / bitters, then dark and strong ales and stouts! the more beers you try, the more you'll appreciate.
of course, this is based on my experiences with friends.. but don't just try some of the hardcore stouts / strong ales that people have suggested here and conclude you don't like beer if you don't like them!
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Pilsner is just like water.
People drink them like water also.
They all more or less the same and dont realy have lots of taste differences.
If drink pilsner i would just go with a bulk brand like heineken or budweizer or anny cheap local variety, imo there isnt realy much difference between them.
If you a newbe to beer and want try some special beers with a bit higher alcohol% i would go for belgium beers.
You roughly have "double" beers and "tripple" beers both in dark and light (blonde) colours
Double beers have ~ 6-7% alcohol and tripple beers have ~8-11%. The tripples are realy strong and maybe not good to start with.
There is a huge assortiment but you can just stick to the most popular ones at start as they are excelent already.
Brands like "grimbergen" "leffe" "duvel" are well known.
Then you also have special tastes of beer wich you could try to see if you maybe realy like one specific beer, like cherry beer and weisen beer or things like corona (mexican beer, great on a sunny day though much like pilsner basicly)
Schneider weise is a great german weisen beer.
English lager and irish beer i somehow dont like at all. Lager is a bit like pilsner though with slightly less alcohol,the wrong temprature and a worse taste lol.
Murphys stout isnt to bad, is a bit like some belgium beers though it has alot less alcohol/taste.
Some bars are specialised in beers and have over 100 different ones, you could go there on a nice day and try out a few, there also beer tasting events in bars and brewerys.
Hmm looking at your post you would need a sweet beer as you realy dont like the bitterness manny beers have.
Weisen beer and corona are a bit sweeter then lager and you can easily drink them in large amounts,they might be a good alternative if lager/pilsner is to bitter for you.
Some belgium double beers also have a realy nice sweet taste like grimbergen.
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