Whilst out running errands, my very lovely and loving wife, at my request, picked up some beer this PM. Sadly, she purchased a brand of beer, by most considered a Premium, that I really don’t care for. I concealed my dissapointment, and thanked her profusely, because I do indeed appreciate the consideration on her part.
The object of my scorn: Gordon Biersch Blond Bock. Sigh. I really want to like GB – it’s a local brew here – but thier brews always seem ‘off’ for me: Marzen (amber) is sweet as pancake syrup (bleah), lager is thin and gravelly, etc. I just do not like GB at all.
The Blond Bock isn’t awful – a good, malty start – but it just finishes limp and bitter, a brew gone wrong. Gimme a Pale Ale or a Henry’s any day.
So: what ‘craft’ beer do you despise that everyone else seems to adore?
All my friends LOOOOOVVVEE Guiness. I think the stuff is vile.
The commercials are hilarious, though.
I like Budweiser. I’m a simple girl :Stickouttongue:
well, you should let her know you really appreciate the thought, but please tell her she bought the exact wrong brand.
Otherwise, chances are she’ll buy it again, next time…
I’m not a big fan of many Belgians, especially kriek beers and lambics. But if someone else is buying …
No big fan of overly spiced brews as well, whether holiday brews or a midwest standard such as Leinenkugel honey or berry weiss. A sip or 2 is more than enough.
Many of the British ales and bitters I have tasted in cans with the CO2 thingy fail to impress. But I assume they would be vastly different on tap. As is just about any beer.
Along the lines of Belgians, I distinguish between beers that are really tasty for 1 or 2, as opposed to ones i would want to drink all evening long. For example, Victory Moonglow Weisenbock is very complex and tasty - a wonderful beer - but a couple is enough for me. Now I could drink their Hop Devil as long as I remained vertical. So it depends on whether I am just having a beer or two, or settling in for a decent imbibing session.
Now that I have gotten more familiar with various brews, the megabrews are pretty unsatisfying. Had some Mich Amber Bock over the weekend. Hard to believe that was supposed to be a bock. And the chemical aftertaste was unmistakable. As far as light beers are concerned, if I’m not drinking a real beer, I’ll drink an NA.
I love this time of year, as my tastes run towards the heavier and smokier brews. Stouts, porters, barley wines… Yum!
My Texan drinking buddy would kill me if he knew I was posting this, but I do not get the appeal of Shiner Bock; if I wanted a completely flavorless beer, there are loads of others that are much cheaper. I’m not a big fan of Pete’s Wicked Ale, either.
I’ll drink just about any beer happily, but there are a few I’ll turn down. Miller Genuine Draft tastes all wrong to my mouth. Coors Light is apparently for folks who don’t like beer. It tastes only faintly of beer. I like a lot of dark beers and ales, but Guinness tastes burnt to me.
Once tried a very peculiar smoked beer. Yes, smoked! Open Fermented and lagered in a smoke house, evidently with the Wurst and Schinken (it was a german beer). It, well, tasted just like you think it does. I couldn’t really appreciate it at 17. Might appreciate it now with my older and wiser tastebuds.
With you all the way on that one. They taste like bubblegum to me.
And I can’t understand how Boddingtons is one of the biggest selling beers in the UK. Still less when it’s so often offered alongside good beer. Same for Budweiser/Budvar.
