That is a pretty good selection - however Warsteiner is always skunked whenver I get it, I'd replace it with Einbecker Pilsner (hard to find, but awesome). I don't like Bass, so if I'm going British ale I'd get London Pride. Fosters I'm not a fan of, I'd replace it with Tiger, Bia Chang or Singha if we want Eastern Hemisphere brau. Kirin I like but I prefer Sapporo.
Once i was out drinking for about two hours watching a game and had 6-7 pints, then we went to a german place and I pounded a mas-sized Aventinus in about 20 minutes. I then passed out while taking a crap, on the toilet, and blacked out. NOt a good day.
Used to be a Bud Light/Michelob Light drinker, but now I mostly drink imported beer. (only because I think they taste stronger and have better flavor). I'll still happily drink domestic beer, except for Beast My favorites: Grolsch Stella Artois Modelo Especial Most hefeweizens Pilsner Urquell Guiness Spaten Dos Equiis (green)
my fav beers and why: Saint Arnold's Lawnmower -- the only beer i've ever found that drinks easy but actually tastes GOOD.. it is a great anytime beer and doesn't weigh you down. Dogfish Head Raison D'etre -- its a sweet tasting beer with a lot of body.. but its not too sweet. high alcohol content gives you a killer buzz with ease. Paulaner Hefeweizen -- lemons make this sucker sing.. a great dinner beer
im not to picky, i like pretty much any beer. when i was in college i drank lonestar all the time. when i had the money id drink guiness
I usually drink bud light or miller light, but my two favorites are Yuengling lager and Pacifico. Those are two good beers. I have also started to drink bud select.
I like Blue Moon because they give you a slice of orange in the beer. Lindemann's Rasberry something. It's Belgian and they serve it in a small glass over at Gingerman's in Rice Village, but that thing tastes more like rasberry tea. Any type of San Miguel from the Philippines.
Don't think I've had skunky Warsteiner, wonder why you get'm? Never tried Einbecker or London Pride (the can always looked like the ale version of Mad Dog 20/20). Good to know they're worth a shot. Fosters is like a light beer to me (taste-wise) and I have to be in the mood for it; I don't like any of the light (caloric) beers/no taste, why bother? I had not tried Ayinger until recently and it's excellent.
Yeah it is totaly not about snobbery. When I have the chance, yes I will buy something imported and German or Belgian, or a lesser known American vintage, simply because I like the taste. That doesn't mean I won't down a bunch of miller lites with buffalo wings if its the time and place. I just love drinking beer way too much to drink the same dometic sh-t over and over again, and really it's the only alcohol that I will drink. I will drink wine if other people are drinking it, and I enjoy the occasional gin or scotch, but really beer offers more complexity and variety (and occasion for socializing and enjoyment) than most other drinks, IMO. Really beer can complement food and occasion in the same way wine does, minus the expense and the snob factor. E.g., Weissbeer is a good daytime/summer drink; darker german braus are good when it's cold outside; A pint of bitter goes down well if you're watching a soccer game with a plate of chips, a nice cold, clean lager if you're eating spicy food, american macrobrews if you're barbecuing/tailgating, a cold sapporo to wash down hte sake and sushi -- really there is a beer for every season.
Lager? I find it palatable, and cheap. Otherwise, I'm not a huge fan. BTW, I watched a really interesting thing about the history of American beer on the history channel. Basically, beer was primarily served to everyone because they knew it was healthier than water at the time. (It took a while for everyone to realize that the boiling of the water was how to purify it). Anyway, even children drank beer, although a much less potent version (they basically reran the water through the same beer ingredients that the first batch was made of. So they brought beer over to the States with the Pilgrims. They continued that for a while, but really got tired of the Ales and Stouts due to their warmth and thickness. Lagers really took off when the Germans came over and showed that beer could be served chilled. I believe the first breweries were in Pennsylvania, but all of this is off what I recall. The reason Milwaukee became such a big brewing area was to to it's proximity to spring water, and the cooling areas they could place it year round to keep it cold. Budweiser became big because they were the first to try and ship it outside of their city. Nobody had done that before, which is why you always see old west saloons serving whiskey. It was simply too hot to store beer. Budweiser decided to put beer on ice filled train cars and ship it around. Problem was, the ice would melt. So Budweiser built their own rails with stopping points along the way to re-ice. Hence-forth, beer was a nationwide drink. A lot more good stuff on there. Any true beer fan should try and see it. As for my fav's? Lager-Castlemaine XXXX, if you can find it. Wheat-Franziskaner Hefeweisen Ale-Red Duck IPA- Sierra Nevada Stout-Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout
