Do you ever enjoy cheap beer?

[jds]

Hell yeah, cheap beer has its place. I especially like PBR, Coors original, and High Life. MGD, on the other hand, always gives me a horrendous headache, even if I've only had one.

 

[Bobby_M]

I think most of the homebrewers that go for the macro beers on occassion are probably the same ones that don't brew milder, lighter beers for themselves. We seem to be on such a F-BMC rampage that we (not me really) tend to not have a decent quaffable summer beer on hand. Maybe that's not true at all but I know that I have a lighter session beer always tapped with another waiting. I've got a Special Bitter (on the light end of the SRM scale) tapped right now and have a Munich Helles in the ferm fridge.

 

[CBBaron]

If it's 85° out and I just got done mowing the lawn, am I reaching for a PBR or an Arrogant Bastard?

Arrogant Bastard ofcourse. Though a good dry stout is better at that point.

I can't stand american lite lagers. I won't even drink them if they are free. So no I don't enjoy a PBR or any other cheap beer. The cheapest I'll go is Guiness or Murphy's. However usually if they don't have a decent micro or import I'm drinking water. At home its usually homebrew or some new micro/import I picked up the last time I went to the LHBS.

Craig

 

[CBBaron]

I think most of the homebrewers that go for the macro beers on occassion are probably the same ones that don't brew milder, lighter beers for themselves. We seem to be on such a F-BMC rampage that we (not me really) tend to not have a decent quaffable summer beer on hand. Maybe that's not true at all but I know that I have a lighter session beer always tapped with another waiting. I've got a Special Bitter (on the light end of the SRM scale) tapped right now and have a Munich Helles in the ferm fridge.

I brew a wide variety of gravities but most tend to be full flavored darker ales. The majority are Stouts and IPAs. If I'm hot and thirsty I drink water. If I want a beer I want flavor. I don't care for many pale beers and have never been able to drink any of the BMCs.

Craig

 

[Greggy]

Grainbelt Premos have been known to be in my beer fridge.

Greg

 

[98EXL]

That is my cheap beer of choice. Seems to me that mainly people from Bawlmer (read: Batlimore) area really enjoy it....still $20 for 2 cases.....which reminds me, my cheap beer stock is dry

 

[MrFebtober]

I think most of the homebrewers that go for the macro beers on occassion are probably the same ones that don't brew milder, lighter beers for themselves. We seem to be on such a F-BMC rampage that we (not me really) tend to not have a decent quaffable summer beer on hand. Maybe that's not true at all but I know that I have a lighter session beer always tapped with another waiting. I've got a Special Bitter (on the light end of the SRM scale) tapped right now and have a Munich Helles in the ferm fridge.

That's exactly why we recently brewed a cream ale. I wanted something light, cheap, and refreshing (and something that my bro-in-law will actually drink). I think we may brew a kolsch next.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

About the closest I come to a Light American Lager are some grocery store APA's.

I always have a hefe, a blond, a kölsch and an APA going in the summer.

 

[EdWort]

PBR sometimes ,but Genne Cream Ale always

Ahhh, Genny!

 

[tdavisii]

I went on a long bike ride for the last three days. One stop in a small town here in Mo. I asked what beer he had. He replied naming off all the a.b. coors busch natty. I asked him what kind of good beer he had. He stated STAG. The owner was sold on stag. I ended up putting away my first 6 STAGS away last night and for cheap beer you cant beat it. It also helped me bike that 60+ miles today.

 

[bottleopener]

Someone clearly needs to find the natty ice recipe and homebrew a batch.

 

[Jeffro]

Even though I haven't had one in over 12 years, being a 50+ year old Seattle native I just have to shout out...


Rainier Nation!!!!

 

[niquejim]

Ahhh, Genny!

Skotrat has a clone that is a ringer for that
http://www.skotrat.com/skotrat/recipes.cfm

Look for "Gennesse My Butt" in the American lager list

I need to make that again

 

[Will b]

I think Yuengling is pretty damn good, and I moved to Baltimore a few years back and was introduced to Natty Bo (national Bohemian). Natt's pretty bottom of the barrel, but there's nothing wrong with some crabs and cold Natty bo's on a hot summer day.

 

[uglygoat]

luv the genny ale and miller highlife. 12 bucks a thirty pack cannot be beaten in summer.

 

[SixFoFalcon]

One of my three taps usually flows Yuengling Lager. It helps the homebrew last a little longer, especially when the friends and family come over.

 

[Trencher]

I just slammed 2 cans of Miller Lite... out of a Sammy Smith's pint glass. It's about the only way they're worth drinking.

 

[user 19629]

I use to drink a lot of Busch , Genny Cream and PBR. . When I went to college in Wisconsin it was Lienenkugals, Old Style and Point. I wish I could get me some Lienenkugals here in NJ for old times sake. I tried their Summer whatever it is and thought it was pretty awful. Budget beer for me now is usually Yuengling, Rolling Rock, or Genny Cream. At least till my homebrewing starts to out pace my homebrew drinking. Oh yeah I have no use for Light Beer

 

[Shaggy]

I do and have no shame...its beer afterall!
Will take down Old Styles with the best of them and I vary my commercial tap at home from the good stuff to schwag.
Currently have a 1/2 of MLite rolling next to my newly installed second tap thats serving a Lemongrass Wheat homebrew.

 

[vfinch]

Yeah but at our prices, 6 Lucky are still $10. 6 good beer are $15.

I can brew 10 gallons for $30-$40. That is ~17 6 packs for $2-$3 / six pack.

The gap on our good vs cheap beers is even smaller on the island. I can get a decent microbrew 6 pack for $12-$13. However one of the reasons I get the cheap beers because they're in cans (no bottles on the river). Though Vancouver Island brewery just released their new Hefeweizen, which is great, and hopefully they'll also sell it in cans. My other option is to bottle a 6pack or two of my own hefeweizen in PET bottles (ugh) when I keg the batch.

 

[Klainmeister]

When I lived in Germany in the early 90s, I could get a rack (20 half liter bottles) of this stuff for about 7 Deutschemarks (about 5 bucks in the day).

Man would you have bier farts the next day, but Oettinger Pils blew away any BMC beer any day and still does.

Oettinger is still damn cheap. Last I was in the Getränkemarkt in Augsburg it only cost $0.36 a bottle. That's ridiculous.

 

[drunkatuw]

Went to dinner last night and they were serving 16oz tall boy cans of PBR for $2. I had two and thought the tasted great. Really refreshing.

 

[BrewBrain]

Other that at a ball game when I didn't realize they had Anchor Steam down the hallway, I haven't paid money for a BMC since college. Even then, I made it down to the local brewpub whenever the budget would allow.

That doesn't mean I don't accept with a smile when a BMC drinking friend offers me one. I don't enjoy them really, but I don't generally hate them either.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I'm spoiled in my area. Almost every bar has anchor steam, at least. and every corner store, too. FW Double Barrel Ale is highly available.

The worst thing i buy for home or friends is new castle. My roommate often buys PBR...that's about it for cheap brew that i drink.

 

[Desert_Sky]

Henry Weinhard's and DB Hobbs are my favorite cheap beers.

 

[bethlehembrewer]

I really only enjoy Labatts. And thats only when Im at the cottage in Canada.

 

[bigjohnmilford]

I haven't had any in a while but JW Dundee's is usaully on sale for under 10 bucks for a 12 pack. It's not bad at all for cheaper beer.

 

[tranceamerica]

When I lived in Germany in the early 90s, I could get a rack (20 half liter bottles) of this stuff for about 7 Deutschemarks (about 5 bucks in the day).

Man would you have bier farts the next day, but Oettinger Pils blew away any BMC beer any day and still does.

I drank a lot of oettinger in 2006 in Berlin - 3 bottles for 1 euro. They actually had a really wide variety, with a couple that weren't too bad...although I preferred:

 

[wildwest450]

Two words- Icehouse and Southpaw. Or is that 4 words

 

[bottleopener]

Dear lord, please no Fighthouse.