Beer Help: Dad

The hennepin will wow him and he should really like that. The chimay is the one I am curious to know if he likes or not. =) The blonde is big and heavy and complex. Also look for nice breaddy pales ales like ST Live, SN pale and a couple pilseners too. Sly fox pikeland pils has not too much bitter and neither does polestar pils.

 

Never was - at least, according to the industry standard definition from the Brewers Association, due to the "traditional"* portion of their criteria:

...since all of Yuengling's beers use corn as an adjunct.

Even when they finally joined the Brewers Association in 2011 they did not request the magic "special dispensation" that grants their corn usage then "enhancing" label rather than "lightening" (as did Gambrinus for their Shiner brand). Thus Yuengling does not make the B.A.'s annual list of 50 Largest Craft Breweries (where'd they'd be #1).

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* And, yeah, there's an irony there with the oldest US brewer not being deemed "traditional"​

- take it up with Uncle Charlie and the rest of B.A.'s officers I guess ​

 

american pale ales are the way to go, anything crisp with a nice bite should do the trick for him if he was somewhat fond of the dales pale ale then you shouldn't have a problem finding beers similar to that. founders pale ale, great lakes burning river, even some stuff from lagunitas or troegs would be a nice start. just some of the flagship beers, nothing extremely over the top. good summer beers ya know?

 

Why are your first 3 choices belgian?

You could do a diverse 6 pack: something with wheat, something hoppy, something malty, something light, something heavy, and something flavored.

Or, just try and give him some SNPA and or AnchorSteam and get him started with that. Hefeweizens are always good and maybe a saison for something different but drinkable. Strong/spiced beligians are usually a little too much for people at the beginning.

Just my .02.

I've converted more people with wheat beers, pales, and good tasting lagers/pils locally available.

 

I would start out with wheat beers. They are plentiful no matter where you live, and from my experience, even the most non beer drinking people tend to like them...my dad included. He drinks miller lite, but will drink some of my stuff randomly if he doesn't feel like going to the store. Every wheat beer he drinks, he actually says he likes, even calls himself a wheat beer drinker. Aside from the wheats, the best things have been merely palatable enough to finish. After wheats, I'd suggest blondes and German pils since those tend to be more flavorful, with out being too extreme for a non craft drinker.

The object to be to ween him in...if you start too strong, too quickly, it may be really easy to turn him offmon the idea all together.

Cheers.

 

Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Hudepohl Burger Classic
Little Kings Cream Ale
Smuttynose Vunderbar
Genny Cream Ale
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier

 

Coming into August-

Sam Adams Octoberfest
Dogfish Head Punkin


In General-

Sam Adams Light
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Christian Moerlein OTR
Fat Tire

 

Goose island 312 urban wheat - great gateway beer

 

Would definitely suggest a wheat beer.

 

Eliot Ness
Abita amber
Oktoberfests

Gotta walk before you run

 

bells amber
bells oberon
summer love

 

Since you are in Ohio, just grab a Great Lakes variety pack. Great way to transition into craft.

 

Let dad drink what he likes.

 

My father enjoys craft beer, but isn't really into hoppy styles so when I make him a 6 pack it's always a mix of local, malt forward styles. I'm in Columbus as well, and if you want to make him an Ohio pack my suggestions would be as follows: Elevator Dark Horse (it's "dark" but doesn't have roasted flavors), Great Lakes Dortmunder, Great Lakes Eliot Ness, Thirsty Dog Labrador, Thirsty Dog Twisted Kilt, and The Brew Kettle Summer Solstice.

 

IMO Yuengling never was craft.

 

I was thinking malt, not alcohol.

 

Obviously not in ur area but,

Sounds like Daddy-O would be interested in New England Elm City Pilsner and Sea Hag I.P.A.

Smuttynose Shoals Pale,Vunderbar Pils, and Old Brown Dog ale too.

Good Luck/Cheers

 

Give him the Chimay Red in an opaque mug like a German stein. It may lose a bit of aroma that us geeks like but my experience is that many people like dark beer if they can't see that it's dark.

 

I'm thinking flavor not alcohol. Particularly complexity of flavor and the way it ends. To my tastes a touch of dryness and/or bitternes coming in at the last can do a lot to improve a beer's overall flavor and make it seem less heavy.