I like good beer.
In fact, most people consider me a beer snob. They are probably right, but I can explain why.
Most people I talk to start drinking beer when their dad's leave a can laying around. Then in high school and college they drink whatever they can lay their hands on. The cheaper the better.
This is where I'm different. I never drank beer until I was about 28. The beer I first started drinking was a Hefeweizen. I then moved on to some Belgian Ale's. I never knew what crap beer tasted like. I can still remember the first time someone offered me a Bud Light. I can remember thinking, “This is beer? It tastes more like water with a little beer flavoring.“
So yes, I am a beer snob. I might as well celebrate it. So I've begun a journey to taste a lot of different beers. So far I have focused on the seemingly endless offerings from local micro-breweries found in Michigan. Mind you, I still consider myself a novice in this arena, but I figured it may be interesting to post my current favorite five brews:
5) Arbor Brewing Company's Old 22
4) Arbor Brewing Company's Red Snapper
3) Bell's Oberon
2) Bell's Hopslam
1) Bell's Double Cream Stout
So, yes I am a Bell's fanboy. I am trying to break out of that and explore new brews. Please, if you have any good suggestions for me, drop me a line and let me know what to try and where to get it.
Cheers.
posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 4:29 PM
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2/26/2008 10:05 PM |
In your very best Homer Simpson impersonation...
Mmmmmmmmm beer......
3/3/2008 3:31 AM |
Red Snapper is an interesting beer. Like a lot of microbrews it's not always consistent, which generally is fine. However, in the case of Red Snapper, the balance of "bitter" vs. "red" can really make or break it. Also, I think this beer works best when it's a little more "airy" and carbonated. Furthermore, while it can be said of all beers, something is really lost in the bottling process, because the difference between RS on tap and RS bottled is pronounced. To me, it seems it's just not conditioned properly during bottling. However, as I say that I can recall having RS with a very flat head on tap as well.
Bottom line on Red Snapper is I really want to like it more than it comes through for me.
3/5/2008 9:51 PM |
List of the top 5 worst beers I've ever had
5) Milwaukee's Best
4) Natural Light
3) Mount Everest
2) Blatz
1) Schlitz
Are you going to any of the VSLive conferences this year?