Food What kind of beer drinker are you?

I find it hilarious that both Borla and Baraka_Guru took the beer right outta my mouth. I share a similar attitude with these fine gentlemen.

I'm an ale, stout and porter guy. Darker is better. Give me all your Doppelbocks. Double Bastard (Stone), Double Dead Guy (Rogue), etc.

I've been to Germany and sat at the wooden tables while angry beer wenches gave me liters of Hofbrau and Lowenbrau. It was okay.

Occasionally I find myself wanting mass produced fizzy yellow stuff. Miller Lite if I'm by myself, Coors Light if I'm with the woman.

I don't mind fruity beers and on a whim I've had some really good stuff over the years at various microbrews and off the shelf.

Beer is for enjoyment, not getting all crunk, although the big guns I drink for pleasure (at 9-10%) will definitely get me there.

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The one time that I stooped to the level of drinking Busch (college x-mas party, was playing less drunk DD for friend), it took me 15 minutes to drink 12 ounces. I consider myself a pretty tough guy in the "eats things that would make a billy goat puke" department but, yeah, I just can't do Busch.

 

I love that there are so many varieties available now adays...much more than when I started drinking 40 years ago. Though I didn't think I like fruity beers, I've even found some exceptions to that. For example, Leinenkugel Summer Shandy (family owned in Wisconsin since 1867) which has a refreshing lemon content and I like it more than the Sam Adams Summer Ale which also has a very noticeable lemon highlight. Or the Three Philosophers Belgian Quadrupel which has a cherry/plum/fig thing going on. I just remembered I have "important business" to take care of in Belgium.

 

I guess I'm a "beer snob"! I just don't like any of the domestic beers, one exception is Yungling.
I did a bit of traveling to Germany in the 80's (grey market car importing). A dealer I was using took me to the FRANZISKANER beer hall in Munich
suggested I try a WEISSBIER, I loved it, now that is my beer, there are other breweries in Germany that make Weissbier and they are also very good.
I just can't seem to drink Bud or any of those beers......

 

Stop being me.

 

Good thread!

About the only light beer I like is Heineken Premium Light, and I really like that.
Favorite summertime beer is Pacifico.
Surprise find this year was Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy.
Do like most of the Blue Moon varieties except for their winter version which gives me a headache.
Love Warsteiner Dunkel.
Also Abita Turbo Dog.

Do not drink the typical Bud/Miller crap that the masses drink.

Life's too short to drink cheap beer.

 

The only mass-produced domestics I like are Sam Adams, Pabst, and Yuengling.

Outside of that, I'm open to anything, as long as it's not an IPA. I don't know what it is about IPA's, but to my taste buds, they all taste as though someone just steeped a bag of potpourri in a pot of piss.

 

I drink Kronenberg 1664 when its on tap where I can get it. Otherwise quite like San Miguel. I'll drink Stella Artois if I have to, but not a big fan.

On the bitter front, I dont mind a pint of Bombardier, and if I'm drinking at home I'll normally have some weiss bier

 

I have yet to figure out how anyone can stomach Bud, Miller or any of the countless spin offs of those brands. Bud, especially, is the most vile stuff I have ever drank.
Coors Light is great for when I want some beer but don't want to get buzzed.
Family gatherings are usually Corona and Heineken which are ok, but the taste gets to me after a few.
I tend towards ales more than anything. Rolling Rock, Magic Hat #9, Pete's Wicked Ale and Sam Adams Pale Ale are the ones I usually get.
I do like some of the Sam Adams seasonal brews like Octoborfest and Summer Ale.

 

I don't know a lot about beers. I will often get Yeungling because it's inexpensive.
Sometimes I will get Red Stripe if I feel like spending a couple bucks more.

I also enjoy the Sierra Nevada beers and some of the Sam Adams seasonal brews.
Blue Moon is not an objectionable beer, it's pretty tasty.
I like Newcastle Brown Ale.
And then sometimes I will just pick up something new and try it, either because it's on sale or because I just feel like trying something different. Can't recall any other names at the moment.

I've never had a Busch or a Coors to my knowledge. I can drink Michelob and Budweiser.

Don't know what kind of beer drinker that makes me.

 

From what I drank last night...

Grasshopper
Rickards Red
Corona (as a last resort)

 

I remember first really hating beer but making myself learn to like it because, in University, buying beer was cheaper.

For years, I stuck with cheap, domestic beers (Molson Canadian, Export, etc.) but in the 90s I started to see a lot more micro brews on the shelves and started to try everything. I love all sorts of beer but tend to avoid the big brands as I find them, not so much bad, but rather unadventurous. They are just a little boring.

Some of my favourite types of beers are the Belgian beers. The Canadian label UniBrou used to make some very good ones. I am also a fan of stouts and porters as well as bitters. I like that they are smooth and don't have all the fizz.

The big problem in Sngapore is that beer (and all alcohol) if f'n expensive. A six pack of beer will set you back anywhere from $10 to $25. The $10 beer is not the greatest beer. When you go to a pub, a pint can set you back as much as $12 to $24.

It's not pretty.

 

miller lite is my choice for those type of beers. however i've aquried a taste for southern tier ipa's and 4 season's ipa. too bad they are hard to come by where i live. i also like dogfish head ipa but they dont sell it in indiana anymore

 

In my late teens I would drink light beers, or the occasional cider. I've never seen beer as a way to get drunk, I'm drinking beer for the taste. During my early twenties I started testing all the different kinds of beer I could find at our stores and suddenly (and a bit unexpected) fell in love with dark stouts - Murphy's Irish Stout being my favorite.
Today I either drink light beers like Carlsberg Non-Alcoholic (When around my kids) and Weissbier like Erdinger Hefeweizen or the dark stuff like Murphy's Irish Stout. In a pinch I can drink a Guinness, but only if it's on tap in the bar - it doesn't taste right from a can.

 

Cold Beck's for basic food-quenching. Strange Famous, please will you try some and compare it with Stella, I'd be interested in your judgment.

I've recently gone off the rails and for a luxury, in the last few weeks since I heard of its existence, I've gone for Crabbie's Ginger beer.
@Snowy's sours and brettanomyces I have never seen around here (England), but I'm certain they'd hit my number one spot. Sourness and smokiness are some of my favourite tastes.

When at a pub, I prefer a guest ale. Something new to me. Though I'll always have a glass of Old Speckled Hen if it's available.
Unless I am food-quenching, then please let me have a glass of Laphroaig (which my spell checker insists is leapfrog!) by the side. As standalone, beer-whiskey is to me one unit.