The gateway beer that got me into beer was Newcastle. After that, I wanted to try more dark beers, and that lead to my gateway into craft beer, which was New Holland's Dragon's Milk. Magic Hat #9 was also influential.
Switchback in Vermont. Still so good.
IMO it's not as good as it used to be. It's also better on draft then from the bottle.
Maybe I've just had it so many times it's become okay.
Just like the majority of most "amature" beer drinkers, I thought Budweiser was the end all be all of beers, truly the king of beers. Around 2003, I was stationed in Montana and heard of a bar that sold growlers of whatever they had on tap. The bar was about a 20 minute drive in a tiny little town called Belt. A few buddies and myself would drive out and get a few of our growlers filled to stock up on some "diesel" (since Budweiser was so hardcore :smack: ).
Fast forward a few weeks. We make our usual trip out to Belt. When we got to the bar, they informed us that they were all out of Budweiser, but they told us that they had a few beers that they brewed in house. I was skeptical, but I decided to get my growlers filled with what they told me was their most popular. Beltian White. That beer singlehandedly opened my eyes to the world of craft beers and changed my perspective on all major beer companies.
That's a good story, but could you imagine buying a Growler of Budweiser now? Lol
Definitely not! Not to say that I wouldn't drink a growler of Bud if somebody bought me one, but I wouldn't drink one on purpose.
We used to call it "diesel" too in college. Have no idea why; really makes no sense whatsoever. It's not dark, hoppy, thick, creamy, bitter, tasty. No adjective one would associate with a fuel
The thought of that makes me gag lol. Even before I got into craft beer I always though Bud was nasty haha. That and Bud Ice, I remember buying a case of that for my sister and her friends when I turned 21 and thought hey this will be awesome b/c the bottles look cool. Nope, was pry the worst beer I ever had lol.That's a good story, but could you imagine buying a Growler of Budweiser now? Lol
I legitimately thought I disliked beer for a good chunk of my life having only tried mostly BMC-esque stuff. Then in college a buddy had me try Unibroue La Fin du Monde and it was all downhill from there.
It's crazy to think that great beer has been out there my whole life and I didn't know it existed until I was about 20
Sorry, I gotta ask. Is that a typo, or an attempt at humor?
My gateway beer was Abita Amber. I had always thought that all beer tasted like BMC and was blown away at how different from the rest this was and how delicious it was. It's crazy to think that great beer has been out there my whole life and I didn't know it existed until I was about 20
Sorry, I gotta ask. Is that a typo, or an attempt at humor?
Nope. I grew up in north east Louisiana and everyone drank BMC beers. I had barely heard of craft beer for most of my life, and I knew literally nothing of it. It was a craft beer desert until a few years ago.
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