First tastes was probably when I was about 10.. my friend's dad had a bunch of cases of budweiser stashed for a party and we each took one. I think we sprayed more beer out than we actually drank. In high school was my first time actually drinking full beers, we drank what we could get - Pete's Wicked, Miesterbrau, and Mickey's are all right around then. Not sure, but I think Pete's might have been the first.