The First Beer

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  1. Hopportunistic

    Hopportunistic Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 North Carolina

    Okay, it's not what you think - I'm not going to ask what your first beer was. Rather, consider this hypothetical (or maybe for some of us real ) situation : your son/daughter/transgender child comes to you, a seasoned beer advocate, and says, "Dad and/or Mom, since you are an old hat at this beer drinking thing, what would you recommend to me, your beloved and now legally-of-drinking-age child to consume as their VERY FIRST BEER ? My path awaits only its' first step."
     
    #1 Hopportunistic, Apr 7, 2015
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  2. SoleBriety

    SoleBriety Maven (1,445) Oct 10, 2013 California
    Trader

    Pliny.
     
    #2 SoleBriety, Apr 7, 2015
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  3. AndyEdgar

    AndyEdgar Initiate (0) Feb 2, 2014 Illinois

    Anything from Rogue. That way they can have the assumption that craft beer is garbage and it will save them a lifetime of truck chasing, trading, tens of thousands of dollars and countless headaches
     
    #3 AndyEdgar, Apr 7, 2015
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  4. AdmiralOzone

    AdmiralOzone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,352) Jun 26, 2014 Minnesota
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    BCBS
     
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  5. chrisjws

    chrisjws Grand Pooh-Bah (3,302) Dec 3, 2014 California
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    Depends entirely on their taste preferences. If they like chocolate/coffee, Highwater Campfire Stout. If they like bitter stuff, Sam Adams Boston Lager is what got me started. If they like sweet stuff, shock top raspber-... Screw it, tell them to drink wine as that's more dignified.

    Before I full on got into craft beer I started with Guinness, Sam Adams, Newcastle, Pyramid Hefeweizen, Lagunitas IPA and other widely distributed stuff that beats the hell out of BMC garbage. That stuff is accessible enough for a beginner, because most beginners don't have the palate yet to handle the BCBSs, Plinys and Headys of the craft beer world.
     
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  6. AugustusRex

    AugustusRex Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2013 Canada (ON)

    Weihenstepaner Hefeweissbier

    Or

    Chimay Red
     
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  7. Yellolab2010

    Yellolab2010 Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2014 Pennsylvania

    I'll answer the same as I did with if you could only have one more beer....Pseudo Sue!
     
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  8. Buck89

    Buck89 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,782) Feb 7, 2015 Tennessee
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    My kids (19 and 18) don't like hoppy IPAs. They're OK with amber ales and browns. I'd like to introduce them to a go-to beer so that they might avoid the hard stuff.
     
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  9. Hopportunistic

    Hopportunistic Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 North Carolina

    HA ! Maybe that would turn them off of beer forever, leaving more for the rest of us ? :slight_smile:
     
    #9 Hopportunistic, Apr 7, 2015
  10. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,652) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    +1 on the Weinstephaner Heff. If they had never, ever had a beer, but wanted to start getting into it, I'd pour them a pint of that.
     
    #10 Providence, Apr 7, 2015
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  11. Hop-Droppen-Roll

    Hop-Droppen-Roll Initiate (0) Nov 5, 2013 Minnesota

    Summit Emmineffin' SAGA
     
    #11 Hop-Droppen-Roll, Apr 7, 2015
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  12. Hopportunistic

    Hopportunistic Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 North Carolina

    I suppose I should have added this at the beginning of the thread, but I'd probably choose something German as well. Maybe an Aventinus Tap 6...
     
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  13. HoppySeb

    HoppySeb Initiate (0) Jan 21, 2014 Washington

    A Brown Ale, maybe CCB Maduro or DFH IBA.
     
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  14. Shroud0fdoom

    Shroud0fdoom Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Maryland

    @Providence and @AugustusRex said it best. Hefe or Belgian Dubbel/Wit are the top choices for not steering your offspring away from beer. An IPA might chase them away because of the Higher IBUs.
     
    #14 Shroud0fdoom, Apr 7, 2015
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  15. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Utopias.
     
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  16. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    I would give them the worst beer I have at the moment so they don´t start to look at my fridge as a source for good brews. Maybe something contaminated or with funky flavor, then in my deathbed I would come clean about that scam to let them know that there´s great beer in the world. Its expensive enough to pamper one craft beer drinker.
     
    #16 Mike_Aguirre, Apr 7, 2015
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  17. Beertsipper

    Beertsipper Pooh-Bah (1,707) Nov 18, 2008 New York
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    I would give them the worst beer I've ever had and tell them that this is what great craft is all about. Hopefully, the experience would turn them off entirely, and alcohol would not be a part of their young lives.
     
    #17 Beertsipper, Apr 7, 2015
  18. trdtercel92

    trdtercel92 Zealot (703) Jul 22, 2014 Ohio

    +1 on Weihenstephaner Hefe
     
    #18 trdtercel92, Apr 7, 2015
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  19. rather

    rather Initiate (0) May 31, 2013 California

    sn pa, stout, porter, kellerweiss or nooner
     
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  20. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Take them to a local brewpub and order a flight of samples. That way they can figure out for themselves what they like and don't like.
     
    #20 vurt, Apr 7, 2015
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