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comment by kleinbl00

Probably because it's on sale at the supermarket.





b_b  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's also a lot easier to drink 10 Budweisers than 10 expensive, high alcohol, overly flavored whatevers.

On a side note, I think that most craft choices also should be called "beer" these days. When you give me something that tastes like nothing but hops, that's not a good alternative to Miller/Bud. It's just pricier, and helps to inflate your sense of smug.

dublinben  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not every microbrew is an IPA. More importantly, if your goal is to get drunk (why else would you drink ten beers?) hard liquor is much cheaper.

b_b  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There are plenty of reasons to drink 10 beers. Mostly day drinking. But maybe out on the town for a night. Anytime you want to have a long drinking session, and especially one where you don't want to get too dehydrated. Beer as a sensation is totally different than liquor. And yes, thank you, I didn't know that all microbrews were IPAs. I was using that as an example. Most microbreweries have a tendency to put way too much flavor into what ever it is they're making. It's a way to try to differentiate their product, but so many just don't taste like beer anymore. I like old world beers, and sadly, it's just not common around the USA.

kleinbl00  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As it turns out, I like lager. Amstel, Heineken, Kirin, Sapporo, Beck's, Tsingtao, Carling.

When you go to the snooty million-microbrew bars, they generally have one lager, and they resent having to carry it.

When you go to the grocery store, they'll generally have at least three of the above.

briandmyers  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Given those likes, you should try some true Czech pils, like Budvar ('original Budweisser') or Pilsner Urquell. Bonus - they are often quite cheap (at least around here), for such a good lager.

kleinbl00  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like Pilsner Urquell but it's a little bitter for my tastes. Same as Warsteiner - it would be good if it weren't so skunky.

briandmyers  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The bitter is what I like about them, but the skunky is a flaw - it's not meant to be that way. Poor handling, usually - light and/or heat.

kleinbl00  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Holy shit - you mean German beer doesn't make it to Los Angeles intact? COLOR ME SHOCKED

You have no idea how eager I am to be back in the Henry Weinhard's sphere of influence. Angelinos have shitty taste in beer.

b_b  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never found a heavily Latin influenced area that does well with beer. Spain, Italy, Latin America. All crickets' piss.

kleinbl00  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dos Equis: Wilhelm Hasse, German immigrant.

Tecate: Wilhelm Hasse and friends.

Negro Modelo: "Austrian immigrants."

Pacifico: founded by "three Germans."

Kinda makes you wonder how Argentinian beer is.

briandmyers  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Frankly, I'm shocked at how often Czech beers reach NZ in good condition. I suspect warehousing in the American South is the real culprit - it is so often in good condition here, and was almost always skunked when I used to get it in Oklahoma. Of course, Oklahoma has arcane beer laws - it used to be (and may still be) that it was illegal to refrigerate beers over 3.2% - barbarians.

b_b  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love urquell. I think it's a combination of it actually being delicious, and the fact that it was my dad's beer of choice when I was a kid, so I'd always sneak them. Nostalgia's a hell of a drug.

ButterflyEffect  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ever had Bitburger? It doesn't have as much depth as Budvar or Urquell but it's still delicious and insanely easy to drink.

veen  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you ever find a Grolsch or Hertog Jan in store, give 'em a try, they're my favourite Dutch lagers.

kleinbl00  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Grolsch is delicious, if a little heavy. It's also a great salad dressing bottle.

b_b  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Me too. And I like traditional style English and Scottish ales a lot. I have yet to find an American beer that's called "scotch" that tastes anything like the old country.

rinx  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I definitely thought Bud Light was fine enough for a long time. It won't kill you but I get why people discourage buying it, there's a lot of good small breweries I would love to see that money go to instead. And I hate super hoppy beer! Have you tried saisons? or good sours?

b_b  ·  3116 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can't say that I love sours. Tastes like pickle juice to me. I love me some pickles, but I wouldn't consider them refreshing. Saisons, sure there are good ones out there. The trouble on my end is that they're usually rippin' high percent, and I get drunk too fast.

rinx  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Saisons were historically low ABV, there's some still around but you might have to dig for a bit. Or have you tried Schofferhofer Grapefruit? Almost hop free and definitely won't get you drunk :)

People out here drink Rainer instead of Bud but I don't really like either.

b_b  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe it's Michigan, but I feel like every one I've had around here is like 8%. But no, I shan't drink a grapefruit beer under any circumstances (except for the circumstance where it's the only thing available). I do have a masculinity to protect, as passe as that is.

rinx  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Makes me think of this