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Sorkoas
549 Posts
On May 13 2012 23:10 one-one-one wrote:Pilsner Urquell has won the price as the best beer in the world I think. Funny, it just got the prize for the worst beer in the world here at the unofficial worst beer in the world championship in my garage. See that's how much those prizes mean. Now please stop spreading such falsity as that Stella or Urquell are anything special. | ||
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Sakray
France2198 Posts
Or you can organize some party or stuff like that where everyone brings a different beer so that everyone can taste, I know in France many people do the same but with wine. There're many shops where there's a shitload of beers you can buy. Where I live there's a bar where you can buy 300 different kind of beers, and there's a shop where you can buy a TON of different beers and wine. | ||
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one-one-one
Sweden551 Posts
On May 14 2012 00:45 Sorkoas wrote: Funny, it just got the prize for the worst beer in the world here at the unofficial worst beer in the world championship in my garage. See that's how much those prizes mean. Now please stop spreading such falsity as that Stella or Urquell are anything special. I named three beers. What about Liberty Ale? btw. I didn't say they were special - I said they were good. | ||
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kingcoyote
United States546 Posts
I know this isn't the answer you want. If you want alcohol that is palatable to the masses, you just have to stick with mixed drinks that heavily dilute the spirit in a mixer, like whiskey and coke or gin and tonic. It is worth it to develop this taste, though. There is such a wonderful variety of beer, wine and cocktails to experiment with. | ||
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Xiron
Germany1233 Posts
On May 14 2012 01:09 visual77 wrote: If you don't like beer right now, there is almost certainly not a beer that you do like. I don't think that this is what you mean right? It's like ' If you don't like terran or protoss right now, there is almost certainly no race that you do like.' Doesn't make much sense huh? There are great beers out there, I really like Bitburger or San Miguel, but I really dislike Koenig Pilsener for example. Just keep tasting all kinds of beer and eventually you will find your favorite. I disliked the first beers I tried, but after a while I came across San Miguel and fell in love. | ||
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robopork
United States511 Posts
Stella Artois, Becks, or Peroni. (my favorite of the three) They're not blow-your-mind fantastic, but they're good, simple, and light enough to get you acclimated I think. Darker beers and hoppier ales are great, but they take even more getting used to (for most people). The US market is way over-saturated, especially with micro-brews, but that means you'll pretty much never run out of new beers to try. :D | ||
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kingcoyote
United States546 Posts
On May 14 2012 01:18 Xiron wrote: I don't think that this is what you mean right? It's like ' If you don't like terran or protoss right now, there is almost certainly no race that you do like.' Doesn't make much sense huh? There are great beers out there, I really like Bitburger or San Miguel, but I really dislike Koenig Pilsener for example. Just keep tasting all kinds of beer and eventually you will find your favorite. I disliked the first beers I tried, but after a while I came across San Miguel and fell in love. Beer is not StarCraft. I meant what I said - beer is an acquired taste. If he says he does not like any beer he's had, I would bet that he's not going to suddenly find one he does like. | ||
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Piste
6183 Posts
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Stropheum
United States1124 Posts
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cmcaneff5502
United States116 Posts
ps. don't correlate raspberry accented with something like budlight lime, its totally different | ||
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kcbgoku
Poland156 Posts
In my city I have a shop with many types of beer (It's shop with beer only, local/imported etc.), so what I'm going to do is simply go there every day or every 2-3 days and just pick different one every time. I'd suggest you trying that ^^ hf | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On May 14 2012 01:18 Xiron wrote: I don't think that this is what you mean right? It's like ' If you don't like terran or protoss right now, there is almost certainly no race that you do like.' Doesn't make much sense huh? There are great beers out there, I really like Bitburger or San Miguel, but I really dislike Koenig Pilsener for example. Just keep tasting all kinds of beer and eventually you will find your favorite. I disliked the first beers I tried, but after a while I came across San Miguel and fell in love. nah I think that was what he meant. I really don't like beer myself either and from what I read in the OP it looks like he just doesn't like the taste in general. Sure he can go with some stuff like Becks and I do drink those as well but it's not like they taste good to me. It's just "less bad" to the point of me not caring but I would never say it tastes good or anything like that. mix-trinks obviously work well in that scenario because they're overlaying the beer flavor a lot but that's not really beer and I don't see the point in drinking those unless you want to get drunk (at which they horribly fail due to the lack of alcohol). Funny thing is that I for example really like other alcoholic stuff. Pretty much no matter what. I just can't stand beer and from what I read in the OP it really lookes a lot like that as well. When I talk with my friends about that they usually say stuff like "yeah this beer is really bad, try this one" but they don't honestly mean it that way when they say bad. It's more like "it's not good and this one is way better" while for me it's really bad taste. | ||
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fearus
China2164 Posts
On May 14 2012 01:24 visual77 wrote: Beer is not StarCraft. I meant what I said - beer is an acquired taste. If he says he does not like any beer he's had, I would bet that he's not going to suddenly find one he does like. I agree, beer is an acquired taste. I drink at work functions at a minimum on at least once a week. Afternoon luncheons or after work drinks etc etc for last 4-5 years. It tasted like piss when I first started, it still tastes like piss today. | ||
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kingcoyote
United States546 Posts
On May 14 2012 01:59 fearus wrote: I agree, beer is an acquired taste. I drink at work functions at a minimum on at least once a week. Afternoon luncheons or after work drinks etc etc for last 4-5 years. It tasted like piss when I first started, it still tastes like piss today. And you still haven't acquired the taste? You must just genuinely not like hops. When I first started drinking it tasted like piss but I was a dumb kid who wanted to get drunk with friends and did it anyway. Eventually I came to tolerate it, and then grew to like it. | ||
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
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Cragus
Canada144 Posts
Hops: There are several varieties of hops some more flavourful, some more bitter. The bittering hops content is usually what contributes a bitterness to the beer (hence the name), but not all hops are equally bitter. Hops also give citrusy, pine, etc. notes. I would say these are all 'high notes' of flavour. It would appear that the OP doesnt like a strong bitter hops character. Barley Malt: These are your earthy notes. Different malts give different flavours, but they all have that rich base. Some hops are smoked, some are more nutty, chocolatey, etc. Yeast: This is usually a minor effect even in bottle conditioned beers. If you have ever made bread, you'll know what to expect out of yeast. The one thing this does do that is major is the beer type is largely determined by yeast. Lager yeasts make lagers (ususally lighter beers, but woe be the person that buys an eisbock expecting a light drinking beer), and ale yeasts make ales (usually heavier weight beers with more intense flavouring, but again, its up to the brewer, some ales can be quite light). Alcohol: Drink a shot of vodka. You now know what alcohol tastes like. It usually contributes a slight spice to high abv beers, but is generally not a primary flavour contributor to most beers. Adjuncts: This is kind of a catchall category for everything that isnt yeast, water, barley malt, or hops. In good beer adjuncts like (but definitely not limited to) wheat, oatmeal, chocolate, and coffee are pretty common to add flavour notes to the beer). In cheap shitty beer, adjuncts like corn and rice are used to add fermentable material at a minimum of cost. If you look at Corona, an example of a weak piss beer brewed cheaply, youll find it contains water, yeast, barley malt, corn, rice, hops, ascorbic acid, and propylene glycol alginate [yum antifreeze]. Basically with adjuncts, you should be able to guess how they affect flavour (if they added spruce or juniper, it probably tastes like spruce or juniper). With that said, it sounds like the OP likes deep tones of malt without strong bitterness or hop character. The style list at beer advocate can help you find beers that fit the need, but I'll try to name some styles off the top of my head that fit well: Doppelbock - strong german lagers that are malty without heavy hop character Scotch ale/Wee Heavy - Scottish beers that are sweet and malty with no bitterness Belgian dark ales - Very malty, not very hoppy, sweetish, very high abv Milk stout - Contains milk [or at least milk sugars]. Sweet [too sweet for my taste], malty, little hop character Belgian dubbels, tripels, and quads - very very malty, very very high abv, kind of sweet, low hop character American/English porters/stouts - This is a mixed bag, some are bitter, some arent. All are very malty. Strong antirecommendation: Anything "Imperial" - these are usually very hoppy and/or very bitter (Imperial Russian Stout, Imperial IPA, etc.) Anything "Pale Ale" - usually quite hoppy, enerally light malt character (NB: IPA = India Pale Ale and should be avoided, all true IPAs are quite bitter, although some of them are just using the name [like Alexander Keiths]) Anything macrobrewed (Stella, Heineken, Molsen, American Bud, Miller, etc.) - usually just bad or bland, very few exceptions Anything "Light" - see above Some specific beers I would recommend: Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout Southern Tier Choklat Chimay Blue Traquair Jacobite Innis & Gunn Rum Cask Celebrator Doppelbock Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (assuming you like nutmeg) Young's Double Chocolate Stout (guess what adjunct this has  ) | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
2. Drink a lot of different beers. When you're going to a party, don't buy 6 bottles of the same kind, buy 6 different beers and compare (but remember that the drunker you get, the less you'll be able to appreciate them). I don't know if you have something similar in the US, but in Sweden, you can only buy alcohol at a state owned company where everything they sell is described in detail, so you can easily find which beers are considered bitter, burnt etc and use that to find that you prefer. | ||
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-fj.
Samoa462 Posts
Then I started drinking enough vodka or whatever to get kinda drunk and would drink whatever shitty beer was availiable to me after that point and it would taste great. Now I actually like beer and don't get drunk that often :\ Who'da thought. | ||
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Phayze
Canada2029 Posts
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
It sounds like you tend to like the taste of bitter, darker beer, but are put off by the heaviness and body of those kinds of beers. You're probably looking for something like a red, a slightly darker lager or ale. And give pilsners another chance, but find something that isn't that garbage masquerading as beer. For a reddish beer I'd recommend something a Faxe Amber Lager. It's got a nice taste and its on the slightly more flavorful side. It's not a really heavy dark beer, but it still has some nice flavor and body. Innis & Gunn is also a good beer with a similar body and flavor profile, but it's a more expensive beer, but a really really good beer. New Castle Brown Ale is a slightly darker beer, but still more towards the medium bodied scale, also very flavorful, good beer. For lighter beers check out some imported stuff like Bitburger, Staropramen, Pilsner Urquell, or Czechvar, and if you can find, don't know if it's in the US, Mill Street Organic, one of my favorite beers. If you're looking for something more affordable Moosehead, Keith's and Rickard's aren't awful. And Boxer beer is drinkable and cheap. Most bars just carry the most popular stuff and most of that is popular because it's well known and cheap, not because it's any good. Go find a store with some good beer selection and wander around a bit. Find some beers you've never heard of and that aren't cheap as dirt and give them a try. After what you've previously ventured into it can't be any worse. | ||
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