What Beer Was Your Point of No Return?

[ChillWill]

Speaking of, these are some awesome 1970's era carling pints that I picked up years ago for like 5 or 10 bucks for all three cases. The one in front is a newer pint I threw in to replace one that broke, but you can see the line marks on them. They have a lot of character going for them.

Wonder how that compares to the Carling that we have now in the UK, I assume it's the same brand as I'm sure until a few years ago it was referred to as black label. It's pretty awful stuff though... in comparison, Budweiser is sold as a premium drink.

 

[alepale101]

Pilsner Urquell--On tap in Prauge. Never cared for Bud Light, but did like Coors regular. The Czech Republic and Germany made me a craft beer drinker and a home brewer. Sadly, the green bottle imported Urguell is far inferior to the draft sold in Europe.

 

[MichaelsBrewing]

Mine was Harp. After that living in Ohio Great Lakes Brewery took me for a ride into the world of great beer! I never really liked BMC they always tasted metallic to me....

 

[TheBrewAbides]

Pike's Kilt Lifter. After that I started thinking about beer differently.

 

[angelmeat]

I never drank a large amount of BMC brews to begin with. But my point of no return was Warsteiner Dunkel. It's not something I drink anymore, but the 'W' was pronounced with a hard 'V' sound. And it was metal!

 

[robtotten]

Pete's Wicked Ale, before they dumbed down the recipe.

For me it was La Fin Du Monde. The taste, alcohol burn, uniqueness all contributed to my never going back to a BMC beer. Granted I had imports and micro's before, LFDM opened my eyes.

 

[FatherJack]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale still one of my favorites

Gotta agree with that. Just had SN's Pale Ale for the first time a couple of months ago and it was heavenly. I made a clone of it and the first bottle after only one week of conditioning was awesome.

 

[moti_mo]

1997 I tried my first Oregon IPA (rest his soul) and it all went downhill from there. Before that, the best beer I'd had was a Boston Lager, my uncle told me it was the best beer out there, I agreed, being only a teenager. But everything changed that night in '97 when I discovered that delicious hoppy Oregon IPA

That's great. The Oregon IPA was right there with Saranac for me. They both converted me forever. Whatever happened to that brewery? I take it from your post that the owner passed away??

 

[Ralelen]

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Loved the combination of floral hops and the caramel notes.

I have been a hophead ever since. :rockin:

Same here, I think it was in 1996. Never looked back.

 

[40watt]

It would have been Guinness or Newcastle from the tap.

 

[mewithstewpid]

schnieder and sohn aventinus

 

[hodge]

My parents took my on a trip through Europe that was WWII themed for my high school graduation gift. Thus, I was also exposed to all sorts of European beers (belgian and german). One day we took a tram up to the top of a mountain in Austria and drank Erdinger. The bartender gave me two lovely glasses to take home. I came back loving hefeweizen!

 

[Yankeehillbrewer]

Thinking way back it was Gordon Biersch's Marzen, I used to love that beer. Haven't had it in a while though, may be time to pick up a 6'er.