What was your first beer… ever?

[BeerAndTele]

First sip was when I tried some of dad's Old German. He used to drink it with lunch on Saturdays. I thought it was awful. Late in life when his memory was failing, I asked him if he remembered drinking Old German and he did not (he drank several different macros back in those days) ... but I still recall the little guy with the lederhosen on the cases of beer on the basement shelves.

 

[rmr9]

My first beer was a Molson XXX. I used to go up to the Bruce Peninsula with a good friend and his family every summer. One year we were finally allowed some beer so a Molson XXX followed by la fin du monde the next night.

 

[Spartan1979]

My father drank Meister Brau. He'd let us have a sip, so that would have been my first beer.

 

[Softailrider]

Hamm’s

 

[dwightr8]

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, it had to be one of three - Rainier, Olympia, or Heidelberg. That was all there was!

p.s. Thanks for starting this thread. It's brought back a lot of memories.

 

[MugsWorth]

Hamm’s

Ahh, the Beer refreshing
I still drink this

 

[MugsWorth]

When I was about 8 or so, In Cleveland, my Gramps would drink P.O C. It was horrible, he'd let me have a sip if I gave him a back rub sitting on top his recliner. P.O.C. stands for Pilsner on Call, not P@#$ on Cleveland, but we always laughed about it anyways.
Good Times..miss him too.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

My father drank Meister Brau. He'd let us have a sip, so that would have been my first beer.

My dad drank Meister Brau too. I was a little afraid to bring it up as I didn't think anyone out there would know of it let alone say they tried it. It was a staple in our house so it was always available. Glad those days are over.

 

[Roxhambrewshed]

Had a Schooner lager as my first beer when I was twelve.

Great summer vacation visiting family in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

I made a conscious decision that I wanted to try some alcohol. 15 or so invited to a party. I think it was coors light. 3 beers in wrestling with my buddy caved in the hosts wall. Par for the course I guess. Can’t share what happened with the second round.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Genesee Cream Ale. Still one of my favorites.

Little Kings, I love it but I can't get it in Texas anymore. Sad

 

[InspectorJon]

Coors pop top can. I was a sophomore in high school. c. 1973. I pretended to like it.

 

[RimWreck]

Iroquois Beer, WNY, many, many moons ago.
And Carling's Red Cap.
Black Label
And Genny.

 

[RimWreck]

I can't remember, to be honest. I was about 4 years old and my parents had a party the night before. I got up early, as usual, and found all these unfinished drinks and big opened tins of Badger beer downstairs. I don't think I enjoyed any of them, but I tried quite a few anyway. I've always been open minded. At the breakfast table I was slapping cornflakes on my forehead apparently. Mum freaked out and called the doctor. He soon arrived at the door. After a brief examination he smelt my breath then told my parents I was drunk. He recommended I was put to bed until I sobered up. Apart from that there was the occasional sneaky swig of granddad's bitter down the social club, where he'd turn my lemonade into a bitter shandy, which got stronger the more I drank, the more it got topped up. The first beer I ever made was a 'continental lager' LME kit. Me and one of my school mates made it before his parents got home. We hid it in his garden shed. It was top secret. It was awful. I can still taste it, almost 40 years later. That's how bad it was. Fair play to us, though, we did finish it.

Great memory. You made me laugh. Picnic for me. I hid under the picnic table stealing beers.

 

[Mark3885]

Genesee Cream Ale. Still one of my favorites.

Anybody from New York State and surrounding areas drank Genny Cream , Schmidt’s , Black Label back in the 70’s. Genesee Brewing Co. has great craft brews now and seasonal brews that compare to the best available.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Sixth grade. I lived on a dead-end street which bordered on miles of woodlands. A friend and I decided to pack lunches and go for a hike in the woods. In an attempt to impress him, (I felt he was far cooler than me), I snagged a can of my dad's Stegmaier beer from our fridge. We sat in the woods, far from civilization, eating sandwiches and sharing a beer that neither of us enjoyed.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Coors pop top can. I was a sophomore in high school. c. 1973. I pretended to like it.
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[rtstrider]

First beer ever? Whew that was probably one of the el cheapo macro brews. I can't remember since that was many moons ago lol

 

[hopkincr]

Outside of taking sips from my dads’ Pabst Blue Ribbon as a youngster in the 70s, first teenage beer was Blatz.

 

[Velnerj]

My dad rarely drank alcohol when I was a kid, but for whatever reason one Saturday afternoon he was drinking a budweiser while watching sports... I'm not sure how old I was but somewhere between 6-10 years old, I asked for a sip, it tasted like the fuzzy end of gym socks that were left in someone's locker for a year.

I asked my dad how anyone could drink that stuff... He said it's an acquired taste... A taste I was determined never to acquire...

I didn't have another beer (or any alcohol for that matter) until I was 23. At a bar in Chicago a buddy bought me a New Castle brown ale. It was love at first taste. It made me feel amazing, I was hooked.

I mostly avoided pale lagers and drank specialty beers until I move to the Czech Republic and had a fresh pilsner Urquell... Where had that been my whole life?!

My last doorway beer was boucanier red ale. That's when I discovered beer could carry so many variety of flavors. And my craft beer world was open....

The first time I had homebrew was my own. I had never met another homebrewer before that... But my first batch was great and I've been hooked ever since.

Probably too much info here but it was great to read all your posts, thanks for the great stories.

 

[BrewMan13]

I think it was Michelob. I never drank in high school, and this was at a 4th of July party in between high school and college (an "adult" party, not like my friends and stuff). I remember drinking it just fine, but thinking "this is beer? What's the big deal?".

 

[Brewin’&Qin’]

First beer was Genny Cream Ale. In school down in Tampa drank quite a few Blatz and Hamms. Recall they were the cheapest we could get.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I was a late bloomer in that I never drank beer in high school. And my dad doesn't drink either, so I never had that opportunity. He doesn't have a problem with it, he just doesn't bother drinking beer.

But my first weekend in college, my neighbor in the dorms handed me a Budweiser. Just a regular old Budweiser. It was not as sweet or as fizzy as I was expecting, But I really liked it. I've mostly moved on from the BMC's of the world, but a classic Bud still tastes good to me, over 20 years later.

 

[JaviBrewski]

I too was an army brat. This is one of the earliest pictures of me with a beer. Looks like a Budweiser. I remember sneaking sips of Heineken's and Budweisers when i was younger. First beer i think I ever had on my own was a Sam Adams Boston Lager or Corona or Heineken. Really Cant recall.

 

[Ultryx]

Either Sierra Nevada Pale Ale or Sam Adams Boston Lager.

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

First sip had to be Genny Cream Ale. Probably 5-6. Old man used to drink them in the old returnable bottles. I remember we had our own 4-6oz pewter beer mug he kept in the freezer and would give us sips in.

First beer to myself was probably 11-12 at my sisters apartment when she was having a party. He own roommate every time he saw me would ask where my beer was. I don’t know how many Mickeys Big Mouth bottles I drank that night. Good times.

 

[PberBob]

First? I have no idea. Anything I could get my hands on. First legal beer was Stroh’s back when the drinking age was 18 yrs in VA.

 

[tld6008]

My Dad's home brew. He used Blue Ribbon malt extract, bread yeast, white sugar and dried hops from some early health food place. If he really wanted something special he'd add some dark Karo syrup or brown sugar. He made this all through the '60s with me helping brewing and bottling. Had a distinctive flavor I've never experienced since.
First commercial beer was Heidelberg. All this occurred in Seattle.... God rest it's soul.

 

[jdauria]

My first was one of my father's Knickerbockers.

 

[johnt_mn]

Heileman's Special Export at a kegger in High School. We thought it was the "cool" beer haha. It used to be brewed in La Crosse Wisconsin, about an hour from where I lived.