What was your first ever beer experience?

[chisena]

High Life

 

[Natdavis777]

Probably early to mid 90s... Stealing cans of Miller Lite and Red Dog from the fridge in the garage or my grandpas house.

 

[cjbalough]

Late 70s/ early 80s, I used to sip the foam from my dad's beers - usually Genny Cream or Millers. First intoxication I was 5 or 6 - the ring bearer in a wedding & had a few glasses of champagne.....

 

[ErikRobers]

My first beer experience was Milwaukee's Best.
My first good beer experience was Sam Adams Boston Lager, which tasted so different from Coors and Bud I initially didn't like it. Took me three days to finish the six-pack, but after day 3 I could never go back to the likes of Coors and Bud again.
My first craft beer experience, a life changer, was Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, and Arrogant Bastard. Because of those every beer must be full and flavorful now.

 

[edues]

8 years old. My grandfather an I took a ride to look at a horse trailer for sale. On the way home we stopped at a tavern..bar...pub, wherever you're from you get the idea. He asked me if I wanted something to drink. I said a soda, he replied you don't have to drink that piss water. And he got me whatever he's was drinking on tap. Yup after that I liked going out with grandpa. No ice cream shop for us!

 

[chisena]

Dad's High Life + Dad's Kent III Ultra-Lights

 

[Nubiwan]

I was 13 my dad was painting the house. I was helping out. He gave me one of these Labatt 50. In a glass. It was quite bitter. It took me half a day to finish it. Some month later i progressed to buying beer with a buddy before a school dance. We shard a Molson Export 6 pack. We pounded them down pretty quick on the bench of an outdoor hockey rink. It was cold. I got pretty happy on my 3 beer, and had my first hangover the next day.

 

[CKuhns]

Dad bought Grain Belt and Hamms when he felt like splurging. Had a bit of both for the first few tastes on 1968.

 

[grampamark]

I’m old. I have to go to the “What Are You Drinking Now” thread to remember my last beer experience.

 

[bracconiere]

my FIRST beer experience? my 'friends' all sharing a can, and me being the loser they wouldn't share with....

i can laugh about it now...i think one turned into a homeless heroin addict, another a tweaker...and i just drink homemade beer!

 

[day_trippr]

I've actually thought of this on occasion. I have this vivid recollection of my first taste of beer at my paternal grandparents apartment in the Queens, NYC, circa ~1956. It was a Knickerbocker Ale - I can actually visualize the scene, there was some kind of party with a large extended family gathering, everyone dressed up as was the custom of the era, all kinds of amazing Far Eastern appetizers to go with drinks...and I think it was my father's brother who offered me a sip from his can, and in this memory I liked the fizziness but the bitterness was too novel to appreciate...

It's actually a fond memory, even if it is just a figment...

Cheers!