The complaints against Budweiser as a brand are largely unwarranted. It's actually the style of beer that is the problem (American light lager). Budweiser is probably the best example of that style, which isn't saying a whole lot, but it's very good for what it is. I don't drink the stuff normally, but I gained a newfound respect for the style when I started homebrewing. It is, hands down, the hardest style to replicate at home. Your process has to be 100% dialed in and flawless to even get close. Any flaw at all will show through, since the flavor is so light. The fact that Bud can produce such a consistent product is admirable, even though I will join everybody else in ordering something with taste.
Budweiser accomplishes the Goal of Beer, Beer isn't meant to taste good, its designed, and main intent, is to give a good buzz. If taste must be a factor for an alcoholic beverage, then mixed drinks like pina coladas, long island ice teas, should then be considered, or Wine. Beer shouldn't focus on taste but doing its job, which it does quite well. So Budweiser fits this bill well, and that's why its the top selling beer, not just this year, but for many years. THE TOP 10 (SELLING) BEERS IN AMERICA 2012 Bud Light: 19.2% market share Budweiser: 12% Miller Light: 8.6% Coors Light: 7.8% Natural Light: 4.2% Corona: 4% Busch: 2.8% Busch Light: 2.8% Heineken: 2.4% Miller High Life: 2.3%
I absolutely drink beer for the taste. I don't like the taste of wine or sugary mix drinks. I like my coffee black and my beer hoppy, malty or both.
Yep, exactly right... it's good for what it is. It's a beer made for drinking, not for sipping and analyzing the complexity of it's flavor. The same goes for Busch, Miller, etc. It's cheap (but not garbage like Natty), you can drink a ton of it, and it's much easier on you the next day than most flavorful imports.
I'm drinking some 'Becks Dark' tonight. Got it on sale for $7 (6'r). It's a decent beer, especially for the price. It still has that skunky smell despite being a brown beer, taste hoppy and roasted.
I never tried it. I only tried brewing a lager once, and my results weren't that great. I stick with ales because they are much easier to brew, take way less time, and don't require nearly as much precision and equipment. Plus ales have more flavor, which is good.
A pretty good Bud product is Michelob Amber Bock. I order it whenever I go down to my favorite pizza joint. The best beer they have on tap (not saying a lot, since the others are Bud, Bud Light, Miller Light, Coors)
What the He'll is dat supposed to mean { " good for what it is " } ?. So a simple beer brewed for average steelworkers like Iron City or Rolling Rock as personified in the Great movie - The Deerhunter - { 1978 } am I supposed to believe those guys were beer retards.That they were just Stupid.Like how on earth could they crave let alone enjoy those simple beers.Even though one of the characters owned a bar. This is where I have real issues with Today's Beer Snobs.I think they justa bunch of Liberal pansies.Probably can't handle a shot of liquor like most men,so they need stronger craft beer to make up for the lack of being able to handle shots. Is what I Tink
I love Boddingtons, but for some strange reason, I equate it to Harry Potter Butter Beer... They need 8+ packs though, its sooooo smooth its too easy to get through the four can pack too quickly...
Wait... Is it just that people aren't familiar with Trappist beers? I'm not lying here, that is probably the best beer available. Yeah, its somewhat rare, its expensive, but really? Nobody is familiar or drinks it? Even the least of it, like Westmalle is 100x better than any domestic... I'm saddened that people aren't familiar with it...
Smoothest beer I've ever had, besides maybe Guinness on tap; could drink that stuff all day, Guinness, too.
You don't get that Butter Beer vibe though? That's what I think Butter Beer would be like... Go Trappist, even once, you will learn something new...
I've had Rasputin Imperial Stout and wasn't as impressed as the beer Snobs were.That was like 8 years ago. I am going to buy some Founder's Breakfast Stout because my Liquor place has it.But they don't have the much sought after Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout which is unbelievably rated.
You are joking right? The only beers that are good still have purity laws attached... everything else is polluted garbage...
I don't wanna keep harpin' on this,But until one does their own Homebrewing they literally don't know squat about beer.Makes no difference how many Beers a guy has had or how many different styles. One has to get right in there and Brew-up their own beer and face the consequence. It is very time consuming and tedious.You gotta play by the rules of Homebrewing. Mistakes wiil be made.You adjust and learn as you go. Like when to pitch yeast.How long to cook/steep ALL Grains as opposed to simpler cans of malt extract.How to diagnose the right Hops and how long to cook. What Grains/Hops to use to with a certain style. How to solve a stuck fermentation and how important constant temperature. When one knows the basics as to what determines Beer and how it evolves,then and only then will they understand beer. Beer drunks only understand beer from one angle.
Trappist.... That all you need to know... There are a few 'brands' go with Chimay, Le Trappe, a few others, this is real BEER... In many cases over 500 years of brewing... Any Trappist is great, all have at least 200 plus years of brewing... Dudes, anyone, with even an extra few bucks, get the real (*)(*)(*)(*)... Trappist... Until someone else knows it, I'll keep saying it...
That is Sooooooooo yesterday.The old German { Reinheitsgebot } purity law. I believe Christian Moerlein of Cincinnatti used that as selling point in the 90's.2 decade ago. What else ya got.Since we're on Beer nostaligia.
Trappist Brewery are run thru the European Monasteries by Monks. They CANNOT be brewed and bottled as Trappist w/o the Non-profit proceedes going to those Monasteries for Charitable cause. There are less than 10 Trappist Brew Monasteries.
