Anyone else notice this? I know it’s from Boston, so has some advertising dough handy, but this stuff smells like Corona looks. Well, not like piss, but it smells pretty nasty. Like i’ve puked it up.
I’ll take my Tecate any day.
Like any beer, it’s susceptible to skunking. The Sam Adams I’ve drunk didn’t smell like that.
I parsed the thread title somewhat differently.
You know that level of drunkness that accompanies regurgitation, where “Hey, that smells like beer!” seems surprising and insightful?
Yup. I saw it this way.
In regards to the actual meaning of the OP, I’ll note that alterego is just being silly by spending his time around American beer in the first place. Keep that Tecate in your hand and cast off that sludge!
Clean up in aisle 4 please
If you prefer Tecate to Sam Adams, then I really must try Sam Adams. Tecate is undrinkable, in my own opining.
Sam Adams is decent enough beer; superior to Tecate in my opinion. I think the OP got a skunked batch - might be old or something.
There are plenty of good foreign beers out there, but then you have to realize that in most cases the beer has spent months on a container ship, and so it’s not exactly fresh. You might be better served by finding a good microbrewery nearby that brews a similar style of beer, and/or by picking something that doesn’t have to travel so far. For instance, I love various Belgian ales, especially witbeers, so I find I really enjoy the products that the Unibroue brewery in Canada produces.
So the whole microbrewery revolution of the past 15 years or so has passed you by?
u ga some problem wit my cervasa mang?
Weird. In my opinion, Sam Adams is the best widely-available beer in the US.
Tecate is swill. Perhaps you got a bad batch, or perhaps you don’t like beer that actually tastes like something.
Yes. Farm-fresh Tecate is only mildly preferable to skunk piss, if you ask me. And my bottle of Sam’s would have to be pretty rotten before I’d feel the need to chase it wit yo cerveza.
No, on second thought, I’d just stick my finger down my throat.
Never had Tecate. SA is ok, but not my favorite. For a truly respectable beer, try Staropramen.
Which Sam Adams are you talking about?
Boston Lager?
Boston Ale?
Pale Ale?
Hefeweizen?
Double Bock?
Triple Bock?
Old Fezziwig?
Light? (shudder)
etc etc etc
You forgot Sam Adams Cherry Wheat.
Tecate is Mexico’s defiant answer to Milwaukee’s Best.
It shouldn’t be drunk, except for poor college students attemptting to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
You try drinking Sam Adams triple Bock.
I did.
Once.
Never again.
I never drank (other than a small glass of wine at a holiday service at the [Jewish] temple a couple times) until the beginning of last year, so for the most part, yes. I’m a college freshman, and am just now getting into beer. My personal favorite at this point is Guinness, with Fat Tire a close second. I’ve found that most American beer really isn’t worth drinking.
It took me years to develop my palate for beer. Give the American microbrews a good shot - there’s a huge variety out there, and at least you’ll be drinking beer that hasn’t been sitting on a boat for months like most imports. Freshness makes a huge difference; most beer doesn’t improve with aging - barring various higher-alcohol brews, Belgian lambics, etc.
If it really was “beer gone bad,” which has never been a problem before, it’s unfortunate that it had to happen to Mr. Adams, cuz i’ll piss in a bottle and take a swig any day before I drink beer that smells like i’ve thrown it up once already.
/AEgo
Either the OP got skunked Sam Adams, has a strange taste bud that just can’t handle Sam Adams (Budweiser does that to me and I can handle a lot of cheap beer), or he’s pulling our leg.
Tecate is a crappy lager. I can drink it but to say that tecate made from rice and other adjunts is much better than an all malt Sam Adams is pretty hard to fathom if one generally likes beer.
fetus, Sam Adams is brewed according to the German purity law of 1566 or whatever (the Reinnesbott sp?). Eg, it is comparable to German beer quality.