ThePresence
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For all those that cant understand the appeal of beer: FORGET IT! Dont bother! There's more for the rest of us!!
Drink it through a straw.
Also, I found that drinking the cheap stuff (Natty, Busch Light, etc.) was easier to do at first becuz it was pretty watered down.
Also, I found that drinking the cheap stuff (Natty, Busch Light, etc.) was easier to do at first becuz it was pretty watered down.
You can go to the Old World village place by Huntington Center and get what's called a Kinderbeer at the German shops. Hehe it tastes vaguely like a beer and has no alcohol so I guess Germans start the kids early on that stuff! :Q
I hated beer until last summer, when I went to Germany, and the beer was cheaper than the water, so in the interest of economy, I had to drink beer So I was weaned on beer called "Weißbier", a.k.a. Hefe-Weißen (note, this is type of beer, not a brand name... although in the US there seems to be a Hefe-Weißen brand name.)... it's light in color, and made with wheat. It also actually tastes good Paulaner München is one brand that you can get in the U.S.. So anyway, that was all I would drink for a while when I came back to the U.S., until I started going to the local pub with friends in the evenings, and we would get the 'cheap stuff' (Honey Brown, Killian's, or Killarney's). Honey Brown and Killians are really great-tasting beers. (BTW the person who disliked beer on tap must be smoking crack.... tap beer is so much better than bottled/canned, it's not even funny.) Lately I've picked up a taste for Sam Adams and Heineken. I was pleasantly surprised by Budweiser... I thought it'd be cheap and bad-tasting, but it's actually pretty good. Anyway, find a good-tasting beer that will allow you to pick up the nuances of beer flavor, and get used to how beer tastes. Sam Adams is great, and Heinie is like drinking candy to me. It just tastes that good. This advice seems to be mostly what other people said, so it looks like you have a good basis for starting to like beer
So I was weaned on beer called "Weißbier", a.k.a. Hefe-Weißen (note, this is type of beer, not a brand name... although in the US there seems to be a Hefe-Weißen brand name.)... it's light in color, and made with wheat. It also actually tastes good Paulaner München is one brand that you can get in the U.S.. So anyway, that was all I would drink for a while when I came back to the U.S., until I started going to the local pub with friends in the evenings, and we would get the 'cheap stuff' (Honey Brown, Killian's, or Killarney's). Honey Brown and Killians are really great-tasting beers. (BTW the person who disliked beer on tap must be smoking crack.... tap beer is so much better than bottled/canned, it's not even funny.) Lately I've picked up a taste for Sam Adams and Heineken. I was pleasantly surprised by Budweiser... I thought it'd be cheap and bad-tasting, but it's actually pretty good. Anyway, find a good-tasting beer that will allow you to pick up the nuances of beer flavor, and get used to how beer tastes. Sam Adams is great, and Heinie is like drinking candy to me. It just tastes that good. This advice seems to be mostly what other people said, so it looks like you have a good basis for starting to like beer I hate beer. I get "bitter beer face" everytime I touch that stuff. Why do people drink something that is bitter and sour?! I think beer commercials are stupid coz they make it look like the best stuff in the world when it really taste like crap.
I used to only be able to drink hard stuff, namely bourbon. Just did'nt "get" beer.
One day it clicked. It was all they had and for some reason Budweiser was actually refreshing that night.
Oh and it is important to realise that no one will truly love you if you do not drink beer. They may tolerate you but will always be looking for someone else who has actually lived life.
One day it clicked. It was all they had and for some reason Budweiser was actually refreshing that night.
Oh and it is important to realise that no one will truly love you if you do not drink beer. They may tolerate you but will always be looking for someone else who has actually lived life.
It's an acquired taste, just like other liquids. (Coffee for example) I used to abhor alcohol with a passion - wondered why anyone would/does drink it. (I would try drinking it but I couldn't get more than halfway through one beer before I felt the urge to puke, and that's drinking beer while eating something) Then friends slowly introduced me to alcohol starting off with margaritas and such, something where I'd get buzzed but no alcoholic taste. Then slowly they got me on 2 & 3 shot margaritas where there was a distinct alcoholic flavor, and then finally one day at a party I downed a couple of beers and liked it. I still can't really take wine though, but I can down beer and hard liquor.
Same thing happened to me with coffee: absolutely hated it, but got started drinking it with very mild tasting coffee flavored stuff like chocolate chip brownie mocha frappacinos and such, then moving on to dilluted coffee (by dilluted I mean with a lot of half/half and sugar) and finally I can drink it straight black, although (like today) I'd get really jittery and faint.
Same thing happened to me with coffee: absolutely hated it, but got started drinking it with very mild tasting coffee flavored stuff like chocolate chip brownie mocha frappacinos and such, then moving on to dilluted coffee (by dilluted I mean with a lot of half/half and sugar) and finally I can drink it straight black, although (like today) I'd get really jittery and faint.
try sam adams cherry wheat
its a really good sweet beer...people that really like darker beers will absolutely hate it!
its a really good sweet beer...people that really like darker beers will absolutely hate it!
Drink keylight...it tastes like water...
The other suggestion is drink 40's...anythign else after that tastes great...
After drinkin steel reserve and a warm olde e hg800, even a king cobra 40 tastes great...and I used to not be able to drink king cobra cause it tasted like ass...when I drink fat tire or avalanche or anything good...it really hits the spot nicely
The other suggestion is drink 40's...anythign else after that tastes great...
After drinkin steel reserve and a warm olde e hg800, even a king cobra 40 tastes great...and I used to not be able to drink king cobra cause it tasted like ass...when I drink fat tire or avalanche or anything good...it really hits the spot nicely
Thats true but the quality and consistency can also vary largely. I stick to bottles mostly due to that fact.
If you're used to mixing drinks, you're already used to semi-expensive alcohol. So start drinking GOOD beer. None of this Bud Light crap- start experimenting and see what you like. I started out with Heineken and went from there. Do a SEARCH (yes, a SEARCH! it exists! ) on the kinds of beers that other AnandTechies drink and you'll find quite an eclectic and above-par selection from which to choose from.
) on the kinds of beers that other AnandTechies drink and you'll find quite an eclectic and above-par selection from which to choose from.Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
If you're used to mixing drinks, you're already used to semi-expensive alcohol. So start drinking GOOD beer. None of this Bud Light crap- start experimenting and see what you like. I started out with Heineken and went from there. Do a SEARCH (yes, a SEARCH! it exists!
I'd much rather get wasted on some $5 beer than $20 beer, especially if you're just going to throw it up in the middle of the night
The taste for beer develops as you get older. When I was younger, I didn't like it either. And now drink it every weekend. It's important to remember that beer must be cold, I mean, really cold. The colder the better. I like ice cold beer. When it's warm it indeed tastes like crap.
If you don't like it, why attempt to train yourself to like it? Beer is simply an expensive habit.
Actually I heard "the more you drink it, you'll start to like it" for diet soda too.
Actually I heard "the more you drink it, you'll start to like it" for diet soda too.
If you really want to drink beer start off with a light beer then move up. Light beer tastes less like real beer IMO.
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Some people don't like the term "aquired tasted", but I believe in it. Very, very few people take their first swig of beer and proclaim "THIS IS GOOD SH!T!". Instead, they are at a party, they want to get drunk to fit in, and a keg of natty light is the only pig swill on tap so they drink it. You build up a tolerance, then finally a preferance over time.
I started out drinking ONLY miller lite, to me, it was gods beer. After time, I learned that it was ass beer and "moved up to" Coors light which is a much higher quality beer. After drinking that for a while, I started experimenting with various beers of differening flavors, colors, and textures. I HATED Guinness with a passion the first time I drank it. Now, after getting acclimated to it's thickness and boldness, I've gotten VERY fond of it. It's a very smooth beer with a very refreshing sensation to it.
It really is an aquired tasted regardless of what many people say. You just don't start off with Guinness or a stout actually liking the stuff. It's just a slow progression to "the dark side" as I like to call it. Some people drink dark because of the snob appeal, and feel lower than others if they drink "that domestic piss water". To each their own. Sometimes a nice Budwieser or a Coors light or Lienies tastes great. But, other times, you can't beat a proper temperature Guinness for its overall texture and flavor.
It's just something that comes with time. Start out light(pun intended) and just see what happens.
I started out drinking ONLY miller lite, to me, it was gods beer. After time, I learned that it was ass beer and "moved up to" Coors light which is a much higher quality beer. After drinking that for a while, I started experimenting with various beers of differening flavors, colors, and textures. I HATED Guinness with a passion the first time I drank it. Now, after getting acclimated to it's thickness and boldness, I've gotten VERY fond of it. It's a very smooth beer with a very refreshing sensation to it.
It really is an aquired tasted regardless of what many people say. You just don't start off with Guinness or a stout actually liking the stuff. It's just a slow progression to "the dark side" as I like to call it. Some people drink dark because of the snob appeal, and feel lower than others if they drink "that domestic piss water". To each their own. Sometimes a nice Budwieser or a Coors light or Lienies tastes great. But, other times, you can't beat a proper temperature Guinness for its overall texture and flavor.
It's just something that comes with time. Start out light(pun intended) and just see what happens.
Originally posted by: bonk102
you could always drink a rum and coke or a vodka tonic like some people
ahhh, those and long island iced tea for me...i can drink those to i almost see light at the end of the tunnel...
Neuro
try whiskey shots and chase it with beer. it'll be amazing how sweet the beer tastes to you after the whiskey.
responsible drinking is encouraged.
try whiskey shots and chase it with beer. it'll be amazing how sweet the beer tastes to you after the whiskey.
responsible drinking is encouraged.
You don't, smart guy. You drink "premium malt beverages" and hard alcohol. Hell I've had two six packs of Bacardi Silver and three single Mike's Hard Lemonade within the past 24hrs and I'm not even drunk.
I don't trust myself drunk and don't want to get there unless I'm locked up in my room away from everybody as well.Oh well.
Beer is a crap drink for hicks. Go for the more refined drink for gentleman.nik
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
You don't, smart guy. You drink "premium malt beverages" and hard alcohol. Hell I've had two six packs of Bacardi Silver and three single Mike's Hard Lemonade within the past 24hrs and I'm not even drunk.This kinda sucks. I turned 21 yesterday and the only thing I've found is that it's going to take sh!tloads of alcohol to get me drunk. Just as well, though.
Oh well.
nik
You sir are the champion! And I'm a weakling
. Last week I drank only 1 full bottle of dry red wine and couldn't help but vomit all my place. This kinda sucks... . Also, not long ago I drank 3 cans of beer and felt like crap. I didn't vomit this time, but felt rreeaally bad.Looks like I should give up on drinking.
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