"Lawnmower beer" question for everyone...

[bigdaddybrew]

Complaing that you hate light american lagers (lawn mower beer) because it is light is like complaining that you hate doppelbock cause its dark or you hate IPAs cause their hoppy and bitter. Let it go...the worlds most popular beer is a light lager...cause its light crisp and refreshing. And yes you can distinguish the variation in this style like all others. Bud the worlds most famous beer, consistent and yes boring to most homebrewers none the less try and brew it...beechwood aged lager good luck. Most homebrewers dont have the skill or equipment. As for me I just brewed my first all grain batch. A blonde ale....lawn mower beer?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

the worlds most popular beer is a light lager...cause its light crisp and refreshing.?

That is the only part of your post I would disagree with. Marketing and choice restriction is a huge factor in this.

 

[redcoat_or_rebel]

it think it's funny that PBR is thought of as "top-shelf", i would consider a St. Arnold's Lawnmower more topshelf than PBR.

to me all the BMC beers have their own distinct flavor, even if only slight.

Here in Texas we have Lonestar which is way better than any BMC and its 5% abv.

i know the abv rules differ in each state and i think up north beers typically have lower abv unless they are imports (correct me if i am wrong yankees). in Texas most beers are 5% except something like Natty Light and Milwakees Best. i have a hard time downing anything other cheap beer than Lonestar, down here you'll just sweat out all the alcohol anyway so its hard to drunk unless you are trying.

and they are all about the same price. any chepaer and you venture into Steel Reserve territory...yikes

 

[rycov]

i can tell that there is a difference between brands, but i don't know if i would be able to pick many out of a blind taste test. then again i don't have any reason to blind taste them. when i drink a beer after mowing the lawn i pound it down my face. it doesn't really matter what the first two taste like because the only time i taste them is when i burp. after the first two i slow down a little, but by then my tastes have adjusted to which ever beer i've been drinking. so i can probably tell a little difference, but it doesn't matter.

 

[rexbanner]

It's extremely easy to separate bud light, miller light, or coors light in a blind taste test.

Budweiser makes the best cheap American beer IMO.

If you wish BMC beers had more flavor, keep introducing people to better beer. They cater to the general public, and the general public doesn't like hops or dark beer. Honestly, there's not really much of a reason why Budweiser couldn't make more flavorful beers for marginally more money. Then again, this would undercut craft breweries, so maybe we don't want that. Best solution? Don't care, brew your own, and let people drink whatever they want.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It has just become yet another BMC thread at this point. I'm outa here! (Until I come back)

 

[rycov]

didn't it start off as a bmc thread?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

didn't it start off as a bmc thread?

Depends on how you read the OP, really.

 

[rycov]

i was thinking he meant why buy expensive BMC when there's cheap BMC and it tastes the same. (or close enough) not mockingly, but seriously asking.

 

[redcoat_or_rebel]

i was thinking he meant why buy expensive BMC when there's cheap BMC and it tastes the same. (or close enough) not mockingly, but seriously asking.

yeah pretty much that was what he was asking.

 

[Airborneguy]

Just to be clear, I wasn't addressing the OP specifically with my post. I was addressing the overall attitude of beer snobs, and some of the posts in the early part of this thread.

 

[jsweet]

I skimmed a couple of pages and I haven't seen that anybody has mentioned this yet...

One reason is that not all BMC beers are created equal. Some achieve the colorless/flavorless/scentless aesthetic better than others. Some of them have a nasty aftertaste mixed in, etc.

There is not a great price vs. quality correlation, but there also are reasons not to be the cheapest possible BMC. Of course, I'm lucky in that I live in the same town as the Genesee brewery, which makes dirt cheap BMC-style that is pretty good (for what it is, of course)

 

[jessebymail]

There is a recipe on here called cream of three crops. Its great when mowing, is crisp clean and very drinkable but my favorite lawnmower beer is SNPA or my clone pale ale ice cold. I love the american hops and cut grass smell. Generally though when camping/canoeing/swimming I drink Bud Light. I can definetly tell the difference between BMC's though its a bit harder when they are realllly cold I wont drink any others. Also IPA's are good, I mean look why they became so popular.

 

[Beezy]

This thread kinda makes me want to put together a lawnmower. Cream Ale with most of the hops dry might be nice eh? Really tho Id rather have a hefewiezen for yard work. Agrees with my palate much better.