Which Beer Took Your "BMC Virginity"

[alcibiades]

Like all addicts remember their first time, is it possible that we all remember the first non-BMC, eye-opening, beer we drank? What is yours?

I definitely remember Harpoon IPA as my v-card snatcher, so to speak

 

[carnevoodoo]

Probably something like Stone back in 2001 or so... Can't quite remember.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

Magic Hat Fat Angel... around 97-98.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Flying Dog Porter in college.

 

[greencoat]

Magic Hat #9. My palate changed quite a bit since tasting that "game changing" beer, I can barely stand the stuff now.

 

[smizak]

Samuel Smith Nut Brown

 

[bob1852]

Coyote Spring's Nut Brown.

Damn I wish that bar never closed

 

[jmick]

Samuel Smith Oatmeal stout for me.

and Bell's Two Hearted Ale was the first IPA I fell in love with.

 

[jmo88]

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout.

Bought a big bottle of this for $5 at some hippy music festival back in college. There was no going back after that.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Sam Adams in the early-ish 90s.

Beat - I never tasted Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout until about 2 months ago.

 

[humann_brewing]

Bert Grant's Perfect Porter back when he was still alive, late 90s

 

[Beehemel]

Rogue Dead Guy Ale, I saw it at a local specialty shop while I was in college and figured "it's called dead guy, that's got to be a good beer!" It was...

 

[EonBlue66]

Henry Weinharts Red

 

[PhelanKA7]

I can't remember specifically but it was either one of these four:

1) Sierra Nevada PA
2) Warsteiner
3) Newcastle
4) Delirium Tremens

I should also note that I wasn't a big fan of BMC type beers, ever. I didn't really start drinking beer until I was drinking mainly the four beers I listed when I turned 21.

 

[BillKlineVT]

Dogfish Head 60 Min IPA. Was on special at a bar while I was in college and I've never looked back since!

 

[ChrisS68]

Wow, going back a ways.. I'm not positive, but if I had to guess, it would probably be Guinness. That was around '82 - maybe freshman year of high school.
Not much in the way of "craft beers" back then. A few other names that come to mind from the early days of exploration are Hacker-Pschorr, Beamish, Chimay, and Dinkel Acker.

 

[KYB]

I had a sip of Red Stripe when I was younger than 10, does that count?

Guinness and Sam Adams Boston Lager started getting me into good beer. I was like, WOW! Flavor! Doesn't taste like urine!

I was drinking Bell's Expedition Stout and a variety of Stone when I was 20 (Oh NOES! Underage!)

Edit: Haha.

 

[Irrenarzt]

I'm old like you. I'd have to say Sierra Nevada Pale or maybe one the early Catamounts back in VT.

Edit, this was meant to follow ChrisS68 but I was cockblocked by ODaniel. Not intentionally or literally of course.

 

[ForRealBeer]

I must be pretty old... mine was a German (and that's a critical distinction) Lowenbrau.

 

[glockentalk]

Henry Weinharts Red

Ditto.

Then Guinness.

Then my son's homebrew.

 

[GroosBrewz]

Bert Grants Scottish Ale in 1993. Holy crap was that good beer..

 

[Chudz]

I think it was late 80's. I had something called "Rattlesnake Beer". From my lookup online the bottle of Pappy Kershenstine's Rattlesnake Beer looks familiar, but I'm not sure if that's it, can't find any brew dates on it.

 

[Pivot]

The three that helped pull me out of that rut were Innis and Gunn, Fullers London Pride, and Picaroons Winter Warmer.

The Innis and Gunn was the first one though I believe. Amazing

 

[cfox109]

Turning 21 took my card once I was 21 I was able to go out and try all the beers I wanted. I dont know what my first beer was that changed me. I never really liked the BMC stuff just drank it to get drunk, and it was all that you could find at parties. I did try New Castle, Honey Brown Ale, and some heffs before i was 21 and those were the first beers I actually liked. I do have to give Stone credit though for throwing me deep into the Beer world.

 

[steinsato]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in 2002, I do still enjoy showing up to a party with a 12 pack of Hamms or Schlitz though, that is always a good time.

 

[shunt1317]

Leinenkugel before the Miller thing..

 

[mysterio]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, it was on special at a corner shop where my girlfriend lived about 5 years ago. I remember how odd it tasted but I kept going back for more. Still one of my favourites.

 

[Egghead]

Hofbrau. 'Twas in Munich the summer before I turned 18.

 

[heywolfie1015]

Avery's The Reverend. I had already moved off of BMC to Newcastle as my go to beer, but was still buying Bud Light at bars and thinking nothing of it. Then my buddy comes along with a bottle of The Rev and I couldn't believe what beer could be. Started trying all different types after that and became a complete addict for quality beer.

 

[glockentalk]

The three that helped pull me out of that rut were Innis and Gunn, Fullers London Pride, and Picaroons Winter Warmer.

The Innis and Gunn was the first one though I believe. Amazing

Yeah, I'd forgotten that Innis and Gunn was a game-changer for me, too. I had my first London Pride after I started homebrewing. I'm still a little stunned about that one. These and Marston's Pedigree, which I tried quite recently, humbled me about what I can do at home.