Beer suggestions for a red wine drinker?

She's a great friend, maybe just ask what she might like ?

 

Are You Kidding Right Now? If you know she likes Red Wine, Bring Her Red Wine. End of Thread.

 

Your Welcome.

 

Rubaeus and a Pinot--summer.

 

Bring something she likes, bring something you enjoy, win win...

drink up!

 

I don't see why you couldn't just bring a bomber for you and your husband and a bottle of red for her.

 

Answering the new thread title: Supplication

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/53/

 

backed up plumbing...hmmm? i guess I'd go with some Mississippi Mud

 

Saint Lamvinus

 

I second the rubaeus, great compairsion to a semi dry red wine

 

As much as it strikes beer enthusiasts who also enjoy wine as almost intuitive that a tart belgian style gueuze/lambic/Flanders style would be most appealing, I've rarely found wine drinkers appreciate that style before becoming more broadly beer enthusiasts first.

I find a really complex but not overly bittered stout generally liked by regular red wine drinkers while white wine drinkers respond positively to crisp lager styles (maibock, pils, munich helles) or a really delicate but fruit aroma APA (again, one where the hops imparts minimal bitterness).

 

I'd say maybe bring a bottle of red just in case, but from the sounds of it, she needs to try real beer in any style Victory Prima Pils, Bell's Two Hearted Ale and Amber Ale, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, etc. Cheers

 

Try Flanders Red Ale and Flander Oud Bruin styles.

 

1) belgian stouts / much of the weyerbacher catalog

2) your least bitter favorites. she may not be up for bitter right away; that's the major beer hurdle, honestly. if she has a really bitter palate for food, hit her with the best thing you have for at least 1 or 2 beers.

3) get some pheasant's tears georgian red wine! i love that stuff.

4) sours can be hit or miss.

5) something very oaky. if you drink enough wine, the beautiful flavors we BBA beer lovers know and love are actually quite familiar.

6) j.w. lees harvest ale.

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7) don't bother with the beer store suggestion of "something girlier," unless you think the finer belgian beers and sours are girly for some reason. she obviously isn't interested in too sweet or probably witbiers in general if she hates shock top that much. "girly" beer is rarely the right thing to introduce women to craft beer.

the universal way to get people into craft beer, i think, is to know the flavors well enough to ride something that people like. you know they like such and such aspect of wine/food, so you give them a beer that does that *and other things* very well. that introduces those other things. when it comes to specifics, that always varies by individual.

 

I know it's hella expensive for a sharing-beer (and mostly likely sold out everywhere), but Boulevard's latest Love Child reminded me of red wine a bit, and it's delicious.

 

This seems like the only answer to me.
Some people will never like Beer and that's fine.

 

Russian River Consecration or an easier attainable beer, depending on your location, Duchesse De Bourgogne or Rodenbach Grand Cru

 

Bring a beer and a red wine if she doesn't like it. Anderson Valley gets to AL, have you seen the gose around?

I know sour isn't for everyone, but if someone "hates beer" I imagine they'd be more likely to enjoy a sour or saison than something hoppy or roasty.