Let's talk beer

Also, I want to give a forewarning here before this thread turns into that ES thread over there where people give other people shit for what they drink.

It's not what you drink, it's the fact you hang out with people WHILE you do it. I won't deny my embarassed by my buddy (who's like 285 of solid muscle) who drinks daiquaris, but I don't give him shit about it.

just some friendly ball busting...

college was an evolution for me. freshman year, it was Natty Light. Sophomore year, Beast Ice turned into Hard Cider. Junior year, 6 packs of imports on Thursdays turned into 30s of Miller Lite or Bud Light on Friday and Saturday. Senior year, whatever premium beer that was on sale at the local beer store (Cheers! was the store, Bass, Sam Adams, Heineken, etc were the beers) that week was what we drank. when Yuengling started distribution outside PA, we drank that until Salisbury had no more to sell.

And now, i'll go to the bar, pick a draft and be content.

just some friendly ball busting...

college was an evolution for me. freshman year, it was Natty Light. Sophomore year, Beast Ice turned into Hard Cider. Junior year, 6 packs of imports on Thursdays turned into 30s of Miller Lite or Bud Light on Friday and Saturday. Senior year, whatever premium beer that was on sale at the local beer store (Cheers! was the store, Bass, Sam Adams, Heineken, etc were the beers) that week was what we drank. when Yuengling started distribution outside PA, we drank that until Salisbury had no more to sell.

And now, i'll go to the bar, pick a draft and be content.

I forgot about Import Thursdays! That's where I finally started to get an appreciation for darker/heavier tasting beers.

I remember when I used to think of Bud Light as "good beer," such innocent times.

I think what I like about American beers is that they are more "crisp" than other ones. I love the flavor of other beers better, but when I drink I typically drink for refreshment and not taste.

Good beer is a very subjective term. I consider anything that achieves the desired effect good beer. Tasty? No. Good? YES. :)

You sound a lot like me when it comes to drinking. I think I drink beer because I have the same problem you do. Like with beer, I can't "make it stronger", I can just drink more. I was at this party a few months ago where I was making margaritas and by the end of the night I had basically tequila with a splash of sour mix on the top drinking it straight out of a cup.

Well, you can make it stronger if you want. Back in college we used to toss a shot of vodka in our beers. People would look at us like we were crazy. You really don't notice it taste-wise but you certainly notice the extra punch it packs.

I consider Guiness VERY tasty, but it's really weak at 4.2%.

Well, you can make it stronger if you want. Back in college we used to toss a shot of vodka in our beers. People would look at us like we were crazy. You really don't notice it taste-wise but you certainly notice the extra punch it packs.

That's just asking for a coma for me. I'll do an Irish Car Bomb here and there, but liquor and I are arch-nemesii (?). The closest I've come to going to the hospital was a liquor night.

No lite beer for me. It's the equivalent to drinking decaf coffee in my mind. What's the point?

Well, lite beer still has alcohol as opposed to decaf which eliminates the caffeine.

In my older age I try to watch my carbs more, so that's why I lean towards the lite beers. Except when I'm drinking Guinness, but that's more carb and calorie friendly that alot of beers anyway.

That Michelob Ultra Amber is pretty tasty for "healthy" beers.

My favorite calorie-watching drink is vodka and soda with lime (gotta' be Grey Goose though).