Most Quaffable Beer Style

Well, that's the annoying thing, is that the NEIPA typically comes in a U.S. 16oz can! That's why growlers are the preferred format, so I can use my Imperial pint nonic...

Sadly, after twenty of these I will feel fat and ugly however, to be fair, I felt fat and ugly before I started and, afterward, at least, I'll feel fat, ugly and happy.

But more often, before I've gotten through more than five or six growlers, my wife will have started nagging me about being 'responsible' and 'think about the example you're setting for the children' and how there's no room in the refrigerator for groceries (the obvious solution to which is to carry on drinking!) and the happiness goes away.

 

Yep, it's those accidental chugs that get ya!

 

A nice smooth Pils or Marzen Style brew. They just slide, creamy, yet low carbonation. If you list a Lager you might have to eliminate the pale American ones, chugging a Bud will make you Splode.

 

Nothing beats a Helles for me. Crisp and light yet packed with sweet malt flavor. My favorite ones finish a little dry, which keeps me coming back for more.

 

With all this talk of cask milds I may have to brew one at home. But since it's not an option for this, I am going to say steam beer. I can drink anchor steam til I pass out.

 

Depends on the season. During the summer, I can crush juicy or well balanced IPAs. During the winter, a good porter or brown ale goes down really easy.

 

I've had exactly one I believe, a beer brewed by Bull City Brewing in Durham NC. Brewed on site, bar and growler only. Now this beer also comes from a guy with English roots, it had tons of flavor and I'd say a good deal better than Yards Brawler. Had a nice touch of bitter on the finish, and there was no way to know that this beer clocked in at 3.8 Abv if I'm not mistaken. I'd also bet if something like this was around and more readily available it would be extremely popular.

 

Anything with low carbonation for me. I tend to head towards Pils or similar items.

 

That's probably it for me, too. Pilsners can be too hoppy to ride all day, but a great Helles has that balance down pat.

Other runner ups are Porter and anything in the low gravity Saison/Grisette/Patersbier family (although price can be an issue there ).

 

My guess is definately pushing DUI levels at 3-4 beers, there's no way in hell anyone can session 9% Abv beers and not be hammered. You might get better at functioning hammered but your still hammered. Please don't drive during your sessions, after 4 years In The Marines I was pretty adept at drinking too many beers too. I was no doubt DUI, but you get to be high functioning in your mind, but the cops little machine will tell you differently. Didn't mean to lecture, cavileer boasting of drowning 9 % beers all night is dangerous.

 

A nice Pils or Pale Ale is very quaffable.

 

yeah, that's definitely my favorite highly drinkable beer, but normally when I'm sessioning I like to go with a hefe or some light lager, Pilsner or helles.

 

Go for it.

Drinking and driving is stupid. Besides, it's too much effort to get my fat ass off the sofa and find the car keys.

 

For me personally its session IPA's, specifically Even Keel

 

Octoberfest, I can slam a dozen of those on the right fall evening without a problem.

 

If I'm having more than a couple of beers I really enjoy Anchor Steam Beer or California Lager, not a particular style, but these two beers have low ABVs, taste great, and are very quaffable.

 

Yeah, I love a good pilsner but agree that the bitterness can make it tough for all day drinking. Helles is a little smoother. Great choices with Porter and Saison as well. But if I have to pick one style it's always going to be a lager, I mean lagerbier. @utopiajane

 

I love me some low to moderate gravity beers. The kind I can work on all through the day on a Saturday day off without getting tired of it and without feeling the alcohol (well, at least not feeling it too much). Unfortunately I have to homebrew to get many of these styles fresh and in quantity.

I can't name one style, but I'm trying to rank my few favorites...

1. Czech Pilsner. Enjoyable any time of year and any time of day. There has been several Saturdays when my breakfast consisted of a Pilsner Urquell. I have to separate Czech Pils from German Pils for this one. While I love German Pils, sometimes the aggressive hop profile hits my stomach the wrong way during a session.

2. English Pale Ale, or Bitter. 95% of the time this is my homebrew, unfortunately. It is getting harder and harder to find Fuller's London Pride, and to find it fresh. Other examples are almost always old. If I ever had a well made bitter on cash this might well be my number 1 selection.

3. Oktoberfest. The abv is getting a bit high to call this sessionable, but several hit the spot on an abnormally cool late summer/early fall day in a way that no other beer can.

4. Trappist Single. Unfortunately my only experience is homebrew only. But a keg of this will kick quickly during the heat of summer. Dry and drinkable, and the Belgian yeast profile keeps it interesting.

 

Cask mild is the right answer but largely unaccessible unless I travel England or a limited number of west coast big cities that have it on cask from local makers. The imported bottled versions are a travesty.

Exceptions locally would be OMB. Their altbier-OMB Copper or their seasonal Mecktoberfest would fit the bill.

Most local and regional brewers have strayed away from making many lower alcohol "quaffable styles"--the session IPAs are nice for a bite don't lend to repeating. Now rarely have more than two so no longer looking for that style for all day consumption.

 

Gose, the salinity seems to make it disappear faster than Gatoraid