No love for American Adjunct Lagers?

The climate I live in has summer days of 100+ degrees. It doesn't take much for me to crave a crisp, ice cold AAL. I have an insulated mug that keeps it at the freezing point down to the last sip. My fave is PBR, which I can get for $17 and change for a 30 pack of 12s. I also like Schlitz, but it's not worth the difference in price IMO. Miller HL will do in a pinch. I save the really fine stuff for late at night, a nightcap if you will. This can be almost any style: Belgian, English, German, or their American cousins.

 

We are talking about mostly mainstream beers, whose primary audience is basically uninformed about beer (no offense intended). For example, Miller Lite calls itself a Pilsner on the label, which it is not really. If it's an AAL, to me it becomes less important what other semantics are applied.

 

Ah cool. That all makes sense now.
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so offended by how you (or others) taste/rate beer.
Sometimes in the summer I will prefer a Gansett over a Sammy.
I would agree also with what was mentioned above: SA Lager needs to be fresh -- It just dies after a few months and tastes weird and funky later on.

Cheers!

 

I went to Kutztown and we used to play beer pong with Lord Chesterfield. I love that beer.

 

Very tasty.

 

I don't think anyone here over rates Boston Lager. Check its reviews. I only drink it if I'm in a bar where the other choices are macro AAL's. I don't find myself in that situation often, but it's considerably more flavorful than ANY AAL. I stopped drinking that stuff(macro crap) 23 years ago when I discovered craft beers. I can't imagine any situation where I would consider drinking AAL's "fun". They simply have no flavor and are boring beers. I seriously doubt many, if any, here would agree with you that Schlitz, etc. Is in any way superior to Boston Lager. You haven't been here long enough to get a feel for the general low level of regard most here have for macro lagers. This thread isn't a realistic sample. The nature of the thread title draws responses from those who who still drink them in an out of proportion ratio to the overall negative opinions that exist here.

 

Okay, this back-and-forth is getting a little too argumentative and personal for my taste. Let's just agree that there are a huge variety of beers in the world for the simple reason that people have different tastes and nobody should have to enjoy a beer that they don't like. You seem to think it's a crime or faux pas that anyone could dislike BL - no sweat off my back if we don't agree, but for the record, compare the scores here for Schlitz and BL, and then take price point into consideration - they're not too far off... For my money, if the choice were between BL and 'Gansett, Schlitz, or even PBR or Yuengling, I don't think Sam is that much better than the others to warrant an extra couple bucks per drink (my store sells sixers of Yuengling for $5.99 and Sam for $8.99 - no contest there!). But that doesn't mean AALs are poison and it certainly doesn't mean my palate isn't sophisticated enough or I haven't been on this website long enough to have a real opinion on beer. What it does mean is that AALs are light, easy to drink (except the really bad ones), dirt cheap, and more ubiquitous than my local faves.

 

Was the tasting theme "Where's Waldo?". I'm shocked how trendy it's become to crap on SA. This is pretty shameful. BAs are fully entitled to not like enjoy there products, taste is subjective. But aligning Boston Lager with AALs is completely disingenuous.

 

WOW! I Thought i was pretty much Alone on my Love of Schlitz,but glancing over this Thread, I see there are Quite a Few Fans of this Amazing AAL,which [IMHO] is The single best AAL Out there,and yes, I am Being serious -I have to drive about 30 miles to get it and it is not cheap,[ $24.99 a case in Cans...wish I could find some Bottles!] Also enjoy PBR a hell of a lot,and @ $16.99 a 30 pack,it is Hard to beat for an all week AAL,I really could care less about all the Beer Snobs who look down their snouts @ ALL A.A.L., I enjoy em a gr8 deal,[as I do my Craft Brews Also] so Cheers to all my Fellow "Schlitz" Fans!

 

In all honesty, I don't think "sexy" or "trendy" has anything to do with it. I think it's more that once upon a time, it was unique and special and a great Gateway Craft Beer. Boston Lager was the first beer that showed me that there were flavorful, quality beer options. Nowadays, it's not unique, special, or even the best of the craft beers that you can find everywhere. I honestly can't think of the last time I was anywhere where I thought that BL was the best beer option, either for the price or quality, excluding only the shadiest dives or the bro-iest sports bars.

 

Ok but calling Samuel Adams Boston Lager an AAL is like saying Obama was born in Kenya; it's just total bullshit. The reality is Boston Lager is NOT an AAL and AB Inbev or Miller Coors probably spills more beer than BBC brews. You may not be inspired by Sam Adams but don't lump it in with Bud, Miller or Coors.

 

I'm surprised at the dumping on AALs, they're light kinda harmless beers that have a huge nitch and a huge following. No they're not stellar , but on a hot day and served cold they are quite refreshing. I'm talking Bud, Miller, PBR, Schlitz stuff right here, not the truly offensive stuff like Steel Reserve, Busch Ice, Old Milwaukee, and the like. BBC isn't a brewer of AAL, it's just been around for 30 years or so,and yes there's better beers, but it's still a fine beer.

 

Sam Adams Boston Lager isn't unique? Really? What are all the lagers out there that are just like it? I think it actually is pretty unique.

 

Jmasher85 seems to think Schlitz and other AAL's he favors over Boston Lager are truly unique. Interesting criteria he uses.

 

Find where I called Sam Adams an AAL...

Man, I am getting slammed over here just because I don't thing Boston Lager is the greatest thing ever (does Tut work for them or something?). As I said before, it was me and 5 other dudes who all have varying tastes and we all drank these big American lagers side by side and didn't think BL was awesome. Sorry if our taste is uniformly wrong. Next, I'll be lynched for saying Heady isn't the greatest brew ever invented.

 

I didn't say you did but someone put it in a list with AALs implying they were in the same category

 

I don't have any issue slamming back some Bud, Coors, Miller, etc. on a hot summers day but there are other things I'd much rather have.

 

Just got my copy in the mail yesterday. Great article with tons of research. Congrats!

 

While by no means my favorite style, there is a time and place for virtually any kind of beer. Miller High Life and PBR are actually good beers and very good for the style.