I used to hate beer. Growing up I would try the typical 'light' beer in the usual high school and college functions and was left disappointed. I just didn't understand why everyone liked it so much. Was it truly just 'an acquired taste' as so many told me? Yes and no. Seems like a dumb answer, but I'll explain.
To me light beer is an acquired taste as it took quite a long time for me to actually enjoy one, but soon I discovered dark beer. All of a sudden the world of beerdom didn't seem so unexplainable, it was beginning to have a new appeal. Dark beer was not an acquired taste to me, I liked it immediately. So after this discovery I decided it was time to learn more.
I have stepped out of the casual Guiness dark beer corner and am venturing off to try new flavors. My palate was small with only Guiness Extra Stout, Samuel Adams: Boston Lager, and Michelob's AmberBoch (the only Michelob beer on my list) being the beers I would look for at an establishment. It is time to discover the rest of beerdom; wheat beers, rice beers, Lambics, Lagers, Stouts, Ambers, and much, much more.
Here is a list of a few of my new favorite beers so far in this short venture. This list will soon be molded into a much more usable list, but this is all you will get for now:
- Belhaven: Scottish Stout
- Franziskaner hefe-weisse
- Maredsous Dubbel
- Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout
Continue to check back and see how the list grows (with an official ranking system) with the contributors of this website as the adventure begins. Feel free to leave comments about your favorite beers so far!
-charles
Nice intro!
ReplyDeleteHey Charles, I had the same experience with beer, I had to find the ones that tickled my taste buds, so to speak. Randall mentioned that you like the Franziskaner Hefe-Weiss, so he bought a bottle for us to try. I really liked it a lot!! Love the nutty, wheat aftertaste. A big yes to wheat beer from me!
ReplyDeleteLaura