I don't drink Beer anymore.Gave it up for my love of Red Wine.But I still manage a few bottles every few months.The best beer I've had in the last few years before I went Beerless was a a new Offering by Michelob.It was their Original Lager. It was a true standout.It was hoppy but not overly hoppy with a nice Bohemian style overtone { like Strohs } and had a flavor consistent with a beer that was full bodied yet distintive {didn't taste like most other lagers}.
Keep in mind the BIGGEST Beer drinkers are almost ALWAYS the guys who are One Beer only type guys.This is a hardened fact.I've seen it and lived it.I was never a One Beer guy but I've been thru the mill and witnessed so many Beer drunks one thing I can say for sure is most Beer Addicts { they say a beer addiction is hard to cure } play favorities.They have their favorite or Only Beer.I think it is both psychological as well the taste.When a person gets to drinkin' so much beer they usually turn into One Beer Only Guys. They get that one beer only taste in their mouth and live to keep it. I might have been a Coor's Beer addict when they only produced beer in 11 states. But Coor's was hard to get and I was lucky my soph year in college with a high school buddy who parents moved to Kansis city after he graduated High school.He had a Military footlocker and kept a few cases of coor's in it with a padlock.Coors had a shelf life of about 6 months because it wasn't pasteurized. So if you put a 6 pack in the frig it could last maybe a year tops.
Burger ? Buckhorn ? Red White and Blue ? Carling Black Label draft at the ball park and the worst of all MarkVII diet beer. I wouldn't bath a sore foot in that stuff.
I won't drink coors from a can, nor draft. and i always want my beer in a mug. I believe it about the shelf life of coors.
I was talking BEFORE Coor's was forced to distribute beyond their 11 state boundary. Anyone who drank beer in the early 70's virtually Loathed after a can of Coors. They were aluminum { most cans were heavy steel } and kinda got dinged pretty easy. CooR's was not distrubuted east of the Missouri River.A case of Coor's used to run $15-16 in Boston. It was far and away THE best Beer I or anyone in college would ever have the pleasure of drinking.It was smooth and creamy and had a nice nutty boldness. CooR's was forced by Law to distribute outside those 11 states thus meaning they would have to change their original recipe and aging process.It did change the taste. I know of no one who would ever dream of snubbing a can of Coor's in the early 70's.Eventually CooR's lost entirely it's original goodness.It ceased to even taste remotely like the original. Coor's still is unpasteurized but some of it's Beer is.The ones in brown bottles with expiration dates are not pasteurized.
I saw alot of that when I went to NO in March... They sell that here in NWF too (well at least the Purple) Can't wait to go back to NOLA soon, cause, uh, GEAUX HORNETS!!!
That's kind of like what was happening with beers over here. Companies got bigger (either by growing or buying up other breweries), volumes increased, systems and recipes changed for mass production, marketing and distribution (and cost reduction), care for the product over the profit decreased, and what were once decent 'local' beers enjoyed in their region became nationwide selling bland versions, unrecognisable as what they once were. In the process, of course, consumer choice was vastly reduced - where there were once different pubs selling different ranges of locally produced beers in every town (most pubs were owned by the breweries then, and sold only that brewery's beer), the market became dominated by a few big players, all selling their own version of blandness. It's exactly that problem that CAMRA formed to address, and that trend has been reversed in the UK. There are still many pubs selling the big brand bland stuff, of course (especially in terms of the 'lager' rather than ale style - lager drinkers are known to be far more 'brand conscious' and loyal, and less willing to try new things than ale drinkers, for some reason), but now there are many, many more small 'local' breweries, and even alot of the big chain pubs (now owned by pub companies like Wetherspoons, rather than by the brewing companies themselves) now stock a few local ales (often in rotation as 'guest ales') alongside their regular big name products.
Same for a favorite of mine in Sardinia/Italia. Ichnusa was brewed locally in Assemini from 1912, was smooth and refreshing, and very reasonably priced. Flash forward to March 2011, trademark was registered to Heineken Italia. Since, the quality/taste has diminished considerably (IMO). No longer smooth and crisp, but has the typically bitter aftertaste of Heineken. ... and cost more now too. lol
I buy a lot of the Pabst as a go to beer if none of the premiums are on sale. Always keep a 12 pack of of ale in the fridge also but limit myself to one a day or so. I prefer a wheat but a brown or pale ale some times finds it's way in there. At the moment the beer fridge has Bud in the red white and blue can, some Blue Moons and a Yuengling or two. When those start to run low I start watching the ads to see what is on sale
Good Post.I thought I knew beer like the back of my hand because of all the years I spent drinking all kinds of Brews.But I barely scratched the surface until I took up Homebrewing. That is when one learns the craft of Beers and what comprises a Beer. When you get into being a Homebrewer you learn Beer.From the ground up. However it is a vocation/practice of discipline.There is little room for err in Homebrewing. It is pretty hard work.Especially the duty of making sure everything that touches the beer is SANITIZED.Even if one has a pretty clean household there are certain elements in every home that can contaminate the beer. I used to brew up a batch every 3-4 months.Then I went to twice a year. I think I'll give it a try again this fall.I haven't brewed in over 10 years. Trust me ... when one becomes a Homebrewer is when they learn the real ins & outs of Beer.Don''t bother listening to Beer drunks about Beer. Buy the best book you can about Homebrewing at Barnes & Noble or wherever and find a place { actually pretty hard nowadays } that has the stuff you'll need like the baggies of different grain and cans of malt and the necessary hardware like Hydrometer and syphon hoses and fresh liquid yeast packs and pop-off valves. How long does it take to brew a batch and drink. About 6 weeks.2-3 weeks for fermentation and another 3 weeks or more for bottle conditioning. You'll need a place to ferment the batch that is constant and somewhat cool. Like a place in the basement that nobody goes near.Or a closet in a cool part of the house.If you live where there is no such place then Furgit aboud it. Beer needs a place to ferment and age that is unbothered and steady.
I just have to affirm what needs to be said. Steer clear of - Corona Extra -.Its a total rip off.I no longer quaff beer. But I'll wager I've drunked more beer than anyone here.I thought I knew all about beer like most Beer nuts .Yet until I started Homebrewing,did I realize how much about beer I didn't know.I Homebrewed for about 5-6 years. 3 to 4 batches a year.It was near exhausting work.Especially the bottling. Everything associated with making beer has to be Sanitized.Or should. I bought a 6-pack of Corona Extra at Wall*mart and it was OVER $8. This was a month ago.I just got thru drinking next to the last bottle. I no longer drink beer.I drink only Fine Red Wine and Cognac with Vodka for my appetizer. The very first Corona I tried of that 6-pack,more than a month ago seemed weird.It was almost flat.It had little head.I immediately tried another that night and sure enough,hardly any head.The beer had some taste,but not much.It was smooth and easy to quaff.It was a Girls Beer.What they crave.Most chicks who drink beer like to sip on a bottle,and after so many sips a beer naturally develops it's own head.Of course,how lowly of me to presume that a Chick can't be a beer gussler.In college I saw Beer Guzzlin like nobody's business.Meaning EVERYWHERE. I remember a Chick from New Jersey named Bridgette who could outdrink any guy.I personally witnessed her drink a 6-pack in under 20 minutes.I don't recall the brew. But I think it was Bud.She preferred like most a certain brewski. She also SHOT the beers { meaning using a can opener on the bottom of the can while poppin' the top tab }. No way could I do that.Or any of my beer buddies. Later I found out she grew up around taverns in New Jersey. No she wasn't some Heffer..She was kinda smallish.Like a - Little Rascal -. I remember she was into Woman's softball.If I'm not mistaken she ended up drinking 9 beers in the space of an hour.Unbelievable given her size { I'd say 5'4" and 120 lbs.}
I like the beer at seven eleven, it takes a lot to get you drunk, because its cheap. but its all i could afford, it has the same amount of alcohol as a wine cooler.
