The most widely liked beer

[volfan]

You know, there are so many beer choices (like cigars) that it would be hard to get that perfect beer. If it were me, I would go with Amstel Light, Stella Artois, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium's Fat Tire, Paulaner Oktoberfest, Sam Adams Light (I stay away from beers like Guinness because I hate to see people not used to them drink a couple of sips and toss them) and something a little different like Abita's Purple Haze, Dogfish Head's Raison D'Etre, Woodchuck Cider, or Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat or Cherry Wheat but that is just me. My local Krogers store let's me make custom 6-packs. Also, since you are in the southeast you might try some of the microbrews from Atlanta. YMMV.

scottie

[sonic_mike]

Sol beer
Heineken red
Blue moon with a orange slice squeezed in.

[totallytentative]

For guest consumption I have two varieties. One mass-market appeal ligher beer, like a lager of some kind, and one other much darker beer for people who will appreciate something with.... more "body".

Right now I have Molson Canadian or Kokanee Gold, both are lagers and easy to drink by everyone. I drink them too when I want something light and refreshing. I also usually have some ale of some kind (much darker), right now I have Guiness that myself and some of my friends will have.

Tastes change.... years ago when I wasn't having a lot of beer I would only drink lagers and relatively lighter beers.... I tried a Guiness once and had a lot of trouble drinking it! Now years later I not only appreciate Guiness a lot more, but I also have no problem at all drinking it now.


EDIT: I was in Seattle not long ago and had Blue Moon... IMO the floral taste was a huge turnoff, but maybe with a lemon or lime it'd be good.

[parafumar]

Guinness (not extra stout), preferably from a partially nitrogen charged keg.

Fat Tire

Blue moon w/ an orange

Corona (or Corona Light) with a lime

or, the 'Champagne of Beers' when it is time to 'slum'

My wife has enjoyed 'purple haze' - it has some raspberry in it or something to that effect.

[elderboy02]

Blue Moon

[drat]

I try so hard not to be a beer snob, but jsut can't help myself sometimes...

Of the readily available sort:

-Budweiser Ale is okay, cheap, and is a good entry from the macrobreweries.
-Samuel Adams Boston Lager is very drinkable, and probably the only readily available lager that I drink
-Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is my #1 goto beer when I can't hit a store that carries crafts
-Newcastle Brown is a great all-day drinker.

Craft beers that will change your mind about beer:

-Dogfishhead Palo Santo - at 12%, this is a sipper. Full flavor and intense, a true malt bomb
-Duvel - One of the best beers in the world
-Ommegang Three Philosophers - Belgian style with some serious funk going on, not for the faint of heart
-Stone Brewing Arrogant Bastard - a barley wine that borders on being a double IPA. So tasty.
-Bluepoint Hoptical Illusion - one of my favorite IPAs


More on beer to come from me in the cigar review thread where I plan to pair cigars with good craft beers.

[JCK]

Nothing says I enjoy your company better than Milwaukee's Beast Light!

[rx2010]

Originally Posted by khubli

Nothing says I enjoy your company better than Milwaukee's Beast Light!

no bitter beer face!

[jeromy]

Around here it seems like Bud/Bud light is the most common. Boy do they have most people fooled lol. Put some flavoring in their

[Rolando]

So there is a six month limit? Hmmm the bottles of Killian I have kept to do brats are probably way over the limit now. What I should probably do is try a few more that have been suggested in this thread and see if there is one I might like enough to drink. Previous experience suggests that I like the darker varieties better than the rest. I recall trying a sampler at a micro-brewery/restaraunt once several years ago and the darker it got the better it got.

[parris001]

I love beer.

My favorites are all over the spectrum:

Pabst Blue Ribbon when I'm feeling like white trash
Paulner's Hefeweisen when I'm feeling a little more sophisticated
Bud Select when I'm feeling like just an average Joe
Southpaw when I wanna get hammered on a budget

[cp478]

budweiser outsells all the rest but for a change i would reccomend miller genuine draft but only mgd no other miller product.

[Shervin]

Heineken is my # 1 pick but Micro's are not excluded.

[ongreystreet]

If you can get the Sam Adams Oktoberfest, I'd say get that. They should make this beer year round.

Besides that, you can't go wrong with Bass Ale. Goes good with food too.

[scoot]

Go for Newcastle Brown. It tasty.