Help me choose a new beer - Page 5

JimHammer · #41 06-01-2007, 04:36 PM

Everybody's tastes are different, so you just have to go out and taste a lot of beers and see what you like. For Christmas, I got a gift certificate to a place that sells a huge variety of beers and sells them by the bottle. Maybe there's a place in your area that does the same thing.

Also, check http://beeradvocate.com/ . Click on the beerfly link under "Travel & Events" and look to see what's in your area.

jfresh · #42 06-01-2007, 04:38 PM

i like the 3 beers you listed, and you should try alaskan amber and michelob amber bock.

Nez477 · #43 06-01-2007, 04:51 PM

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This pretty much wins IMO.

I also had a vanilla porter from Brreckenricge Brewery last week that was fantastic.

Patton4 · #44 06-01-2007, 04:53 PM

Dos Equis Lager and Newcastle are good beers... I've been down the path you are on... one hint... when you get here...

Stop. You've made it to beer heaven.

KotOD · #45 06-01-2007, 04:57 PM

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This pretty much wins IMO.

I also had a vanilla porter from Brreckenricge Brewery last week that was fantastic.

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Except that he listed what he likes thus far. IPA is not near it. It would be easier for him from a taste standpoint to start out with more similar beers and expand.

EMc · #46 06-01-2007, 05:03 PM

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Shiner Bock is good stuff. I see it sporadically in odd places since I've first had it in Dallas.

I read somewhere that Stella used to be a cheap beer and then they started marketing it as a higher grade beer and it started to sell better. Any truth to that?

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All I know about stella is that it currently outsells budweiser in the NYC market and is considered the Budweiser of where its from.

RunDownHouse · #47 06-01-2007, 05:24 PM

Wow, the DFH and Stone are absolutely terrible recommendations for this guy. He's probably not really going to enjoy dunking his head in a barrel of hops just yet.

Stella is typical Eurolager crap and people that order it at bars are probably the same people that insist on Grey Goose.

TDouble · #48 06-01-2007, 05:28 PM

REPRESENT

KotOD · #49 06-01-2007, 05:31 PM

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Wow, the DFH and Stone are absolutely terrible recommendations for this guy. He's probably not really going to enjoy dunking his head in a barrel of hops just yet.

Stella is typical Eurolager crap and people that order it at bars are probably the same people that insist on Grey Goose.

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Thanks RDH. This is a case of some people that want to drop their beer cred without actually reading the OP.

D104 · #50 06-01-2007, 05:44 PM

2 of my favorites that I recommend to Newcastle drinkers are Old Speckled Hen and John Courage.

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