Macro Lager

I don't buy it when out on the town (restaurants) with friends or wife but I will pick up a Bud Select 30 pack a few times a year. Use it for beer battered fish and slamming while mowing grass on a hot day. I don't drink it to get drunk but truly enjoy the crispness on a boiling summer day...for all the dweebs calling it horse piss...whatever...get off yours ...it's beer.

Will buy a few sixers of Miller HL and MGD, again I actually find them both OK...after about 2/3 beers the novelty wears off.

Last but not least...it is mandatory to buy a 12pk of Corona, a few limes and a bottle of good tequila when on vaca at the beach...mandatory!

To each his own...cheers!

 

I keep a case of Miller High Life nearby in honor of my grandfather, and really, as AALs go, it's one of the better ones in my opinion.

 

If Yuengling counts as "macro" I drink Yuengling Light fairly often. Much easier on my pocketbook and waistline to work that one into the mix.

 

Pretty much when I have no other option or its free

 

I like a cold Miller Lite it easy and harmless, it also keeps my weight down a bit and helps reset my palate if I'm drinking too many IPA's. Id doesn't taste bad, it doesn't suck, it won't kill you, your friends won't think less of you. I loved the Bud commercial, loved the guy sticking his nose in the glass sniffing the hell out of it, that made me laugh. It it what it is nothing more or less.

 

Ah, the ever-popular "if you don't drink an AAL when offered, you've violated a man law."

What if you don't like the taste?
If Grandma offers you her turnip-broccoli casserole, do you eat it anyway even if you don't like the taste? Or do you politely decline?

There's no etiquette rule that says you must consume anything that's offered. If someone is going to be insulted by my polite refusal, I don't need to be around them. I can't imagine any of my friends, acquaintances or family reacting that way.

 

I'm in the camp where I rarely/never drink beer to get drunk or just to "have something to sip on." If I want something to sip on, I would honestly rather drink water than a bad or mediocre beer. Beer is a treat for me, something to savor with friends, and I'd consider spending money on AALs a "waste" of my money when it's something I don't even enjoy.

However, if you can tolerate AALs and buy them because you genuinely enjoy them, that's totally cool. There is no right or wrong way to drink beer!

 

During football season, it's pretty much every Sunday, the rest of the time, it's every other Friday at the shithole bar that we go to after work

 

You soulless bastard, it's GRANDMA.

But seriously, I'm on your side here. I would much rather just drink water than a Bud Light, even at a social gathering. As a general rule, I don't consume things that I don't like.

 

what do you mean by, "Germans?" If you mean American citizens of German descent, sure, sure. But, if you mean German citizens, then, no. The rheinheitsgebot up until the 1990's prohibited use of any other grain but barley.

I read an interesting piece recently that explained the rice adjunct is a way to get more sugar when you can't get 2-row (European) barley. That said if anyone has a good article on the origin and popularization of adjuncts in brewing history, I'd be sure interested. But, I believe it is a NorthAmerican (Canadian/USA) innovation.

 

it's not hard, I've been brewing since 2001. Just jump in, get started, and worry about buying equipment later. all you need is hops, malt, water, yeast, a pot and a bucket.

 

No, the RHG was a Bavarian law, did not include all of Germany until about 1871, as Bavaria insisted on it for the rest of Germany as a term of joining the couintry. There are records of rice being used in the north of Germany before then.

 

i'd truly be interested in this... maybe the editors could consider an article exploring this.

 

Been known to gulp down a 16 oz can of Coors on a 90 degree day ( tastes like really good H2O w/ a throat tickle)
but its been about 10 years...

 

I may have my years wrong for when the RHG was applied throughout Germany. Here are some blogs from Ron Pattinson, much more authoritative than me. Says 1906 for the whole country.

http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/04/rice-in-german-beer.html
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/05/rice-in-german-beer-again.html
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/06/yet-more-german-rice-beer.html

 

I've never much cared for BMC, save for the odd High Life or Banquet every now & then.
However, I am a fan of the low brow/lawnmower AAL macro beers if I'm going that route.
Always have some of the canned variety on hand, lately it's been the Schlitz tall boys.
Rotating AALs incl. Genny cream, Yuengling their porter & Lord Chesterfield, Pabst, Hamm's, Black Label, Lil Kings, Molson Canadian.

 

Lots of good information here courtesy of Patrik (@Crusader): http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/rice-in-north-german-beer-pre-rhg.168379/

Cheers!

 

Maureen Ogle's Ambitious Brew has quite a bit of information about the use of adjuncts in American brewing. She argues that the use of adjuncts took hold in the 1870s as Americans wanted a less filling drink than that offered by German lager or English ale.

 

Here and there. Sometimes I honestly just want something straight ahead and slightly sweet/bready. Usually a Coors Banquet or the occasional Silver Bullet in really warm weather. I'm on vacation (especially in Las Vegas) I'll just drink whatever, though.

 

I (almost) never buy BMC. Not out of piety. I just would rather buy craft - regardless of beer style. I recently grabbed a Rolling Rock 24 oz tall boy on an impulse strolling quickly through the grocery store. I wasn't beer shopping. I was buying steaks and my college nostalgia must have been stirred. I figured I would get it ice cold and have something to swig while I grilled on a warm afternoon. I think the mistake was pouring it into a glass, because once I was able to get a full aromatic experience, I couldn't drink anymore. It was just awful. Sickly sweet and the only flavor it had was "off". That said, I had a Coors light on draft a couple years ago at an event on a hot day (only beer available), and I thought it was the best damn beer I'd ever tasted. I was thirsty and it was free, and maybe Coors light is just actually better than Rolling Rock. For whatever that's worth...

As for lawnmover beers, I have zero reason to buy macro, considering Trader Joe's sells their house brands for $5.99 a sixer. And those include very respectable versions of pilsners, bavarian and vienna lagers, and lots more. Those are my go-to macro fill-ins.