Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:37 pm
Draft is also usually better than bottle, so there is that also. (A bottle or can saying Draft doesn't count... LOL)
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Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:23 pm
Drinking a PBR with my dinner (lasagna). Not bad. It actually reminds me a little of Magic Hat #9, which is pretty high praise, even though #9 isn't considered very good. But PBR is way cheaper. It does actually have a little personality to it. I am kind of impressed.
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:16 am
That is like the Search for the best generation Hyundai Accent... Why is this happening again?Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:35 am
Agreed. This is looking for the best of the worst.billgiacheri wrote:That is like the Search for the best generation Hyundai Accent... Why is this happening again?Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:49 am
But if we admit there's a time and place for an AAL, then I think we also have to admit that not all AALs taste the same, or even are the same cost. Hence the thread.
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:44 pm
I'm going to agree entirely with this. You just need to sample different things and decide what you like. I don't really care if some website tells me that this is the best beer out there. I'll try it and if I like it, then maybe i'll agree. Finding a store that allows you to mix 6 packs is definitely a great way to sample different things.billgiacheri wrote:I hate to say it but this isn't the type of thing that you can get from a website. You just need to try different types and different vendors. It is all different.
Beeradvocate is a great site but they can't tell you what you will like. there are going to be high scoring beers for every type there is. You will not like every high scoring beer.
There are a lot of types. Getting an idea of the general type you like is a start, but you could literally try 3 beers of a type and they could each taste drastically different. Generally I like browns, reds, porters and stouts. I like some IPA's but that is not a favorite. Browns (Ales) can have a lot of flavor without being very offensive. (Caribou Slobber and variants of that are extremely popular in the home brew community) Even beer by the same vendor has a range. I like Magic Hat Circus Boy - their Hefenweizen but don't really like Number 9 which is their flagship. I also don't usually like Hefenweizens. Dogfishhead's Indian Brown is really good, but they are more known for their 60 and 90 minute IPA. Dogfishhead Punk is great also. Sam has a lot of beer that I hate, and a few really good ones. There is somebody out there that likes the exact opposite of everything I said, and that is cool. That is what variety is for. I would recommend starting with better than AALs and things with lower hop and alcohol levels. Then once you have an idea of basic styles you will have more of a feel for what you would want to try. A lot of places do mix a six packs so that is a good way to ty stuff without hating 6 of the same thing. Some less than craft but better than AAL's I would say are: Killians Irish Red, Guinness, Smithwicks. Yeah, the Irish know how to make beer, go figure...
I'll also add in, for any fans of rootbeer growing up, trying Not Your Father's Rootbeer beer is pretty decent. I've also found a taste for ginger beers such as Crabbies.
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:22 pm
Since we're on the topic of beer, I thought I would provide another review. Recently I purchased a 12 pack of Goose Island IPA that my local grocery store had on sale for $11.97. Usually value doesn't play into it my beer purchases, but in this case I figured I would give it a shot since the price was right. Not the world's greatest IPA, but certainly well worth $1/beer. I wouldn't pay $8.99 for a 6 pack for this beer, but I feel that it is a solid buy at this price.
I just checked beeradvocate and they confirmed my feelings: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1146/3968/
I just checked beeradvocate and they confirmed my feelings: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1146/3968/
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:31 am
For some reason I just found the price per beer thing funny. Slightly less than $1 per beer is ok (for this beer). But paying $1.50 per beer (for this beer) is not good. We're talking a difference of 50 cents per beer,Bob wrote:Since we're on the topic of beer, I thought I would provide another review. Recently I purchased a 12 pack of Goose Island IPA that my local grocery store had on sale for $11.97. Usually value doesn't play into it my beer purchases, but in this case I figured I would give it a shot since the price was right. Not the world's greatest IPA, but certainly well worth $1/beer. I wouldn't pay $8.99 for a 6 pack for this beer, but I feel that it is a solid buy at this price.
.This sort of reminds me how I tried to convince my fiancé how going to a full service gas station was just wrong because you're wasting money by paying an extra 10 cents or so per gallon for someone else to pump the gas and how each trip, she'd have to pay about an extra $1 for someone else to pump the gas. To which she gleefully responded back to me about "really, just $1, that's totally worth it" (and just note, she hates the cold so going outside the car to pump gas during the winter months is not something she'd want to).
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:08 pm
To be fair, a 50 cent increase on a dollar base price is a 50% increase so I think it is reasonable to have different expectations for quality.
Re: Search for the best American Adjunct Lager
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:58 pm
I bought some beer in DC that was just over $3/can. It was fantastic and I would do it again.Bob wrote:To be fair, a 50 cent increase on a dollar base price is a 50% increase so I think it is reasonable to have different expectations for quality.