What beer would you describe as the beer that 'awakened' you...?

[Styles]

Epic Pale Ale for me!

 

[tysonj55]

I had a Newcastle when I was in high school and it made me realize that all beer is not created equal. From that point forward I made an effort to test different beers whenever the opportunity presented itself.

That being said, I still have some appreciation for a Miller Lite maintenance beer.

Homebrewing was something that I had wanted to try for years, but didn't take the plunge until recently when someone gave me a setup that they had laying around.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

I would have to say a Sam Adams Boston Lager. Tried a few at the end of high school and loved it.

 

[stlB]

Schafley in Saint Louis about 4 years ago sadly their bottled beer now if a faint reflection of the orignal so I've found another.

 

[stlB]

forgot to add "APA" was the beer that won my hart.

 

[Doc Robinson]

Stone IPA...........

 

[BenT1]

Long Trail Ale on a Vermont ski trip in the early '90s

 

[indeedproceed]

My friends and I have a game we like to play when we gather on weekends since we all left collge:

Friday Night: Drunk.
Saturday: Wakeup around noon, find a local brewery, order some fried food and set up in bar stools until they kick us out. Leave with Growlers as 'road juice'. Don't worry, safe driver applied.

Those Saturdays kinda added up and made me realize..hey, I should try this.

 

[NorCalAngler]

SN Pale Ale.. it remains my #1 session beer

 

[mobeer75]

i used to think budweiser was the only beer made. my wife bought me a Mr. Beer kit for christmas. my first home brew tasted way better than any bmc i had ever drank. then i moved on to 5 gal batches and brewed a brewers best american amber i believe. the american amber completley change my beer taste. i am now doing ag and can no longer drink the bmc beers. i will actualy pass if thats all there is to drink, home brew has redesigned my taste buds i guess

 

[CiscoKid]

My vote goes to Mr. Koch and Samuel Adams Boston Lager... I was pretty much an MGD/Corona guy before then. ...

Similar experience... was a Budweiser guy in the college days. Shortly after someone tossed me a Sam Adams Boston Lager and the rest was, as they say, history.

Although some beers have been more influential since then. For example, Cantillon's gueuze really opened up my eyes to how a lambic should be.

 

[Synovia]

Sam Adams boston lager.

 

[Brewin_the_goods]

Newcastle, then on to SNPA. Been in love with Craft brew ever since.

 

[captianoats]

Red Hook ESB

In college, there was a small hippie bar a block from my apartment. They had decent food and live music every night. They did not sell ANY BMC beers. SWMBO (back when she was girlfriendWMBO) and I would go there after school some nights and play beer roulette to see if anything was good. Red Hook convinced me that there was life beyone keystone light.

 

[buffalobrewer]

Pete's wicked ale. After having it and finding out the guy started making it in the kitchen I had to try home brewing. That was back in the 80's.

 

[Obelisk]

When the brew pubs started opening up in the early-mid eighties, it changed everything. I started buying growlers because the beer was so much better than bottled beer. I don't remember many of the names except for Wynkoop's Rail Yard Ale and they had a crandberry ale during the holidays. It made all flavors of BMC undrinkable.

 

[CreekBrewery]

I didn't drink beer much at all in my teens but when I moved to Germany when I was 20 that was the turning point. I have a picture of myself drinking my first "real" beer in the Altstadt of Frankfurt am Main, the barmaid gave me the glass and I still have it to this day. It's a love affair that's still going on today

 

[bovineblitz]

Dogfish Head 90min.

Changed my life.

 

[cmpunk50]

Sam Adams Boston Lager, then the winter pack from Sam Adams. Love the winter lager and old fezziweg! Holiday Porter is good too!

 

[neovox]

Guinness, Bass, and Harp. My Dad used to drink 'em in addition to the usual BMC suspects. I started trying other styles from that base and the rest is history.