First Beer You Ever Tried

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  1. basics

    basics Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2011 North Carolina

    I can't even remember and I'm only 22. I think Labatt. First craft was probably Sweetwater 420, that beer had me hooked.
     
  2. BMMillsy

    BMMillsy Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2012 Florida

    My parents have a framed picture of me sneaking a sip of the old man's Coors Light when I was about 2 years old. Does that count?

    My next beer was not until I graduated high school. It was a Budweiser.
     
  3. SoleBriety

    SoleBriety Maven (1,445) Oct 10, 2013 California
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    First beer I tasted was when I was about 15. Went to the PI on vacation with my fam. My cousin took me, and other cousins to a "karaoke" bar and was served Red Horse. That night should have never happened.
     
  4. HighWine

    HighWine Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 Illinois

    Pretty sure it was a taste of my dad or uncle's Hamm's. Could've been Coors.
     
  5. Pete0714

    Pete0714 Devotee (386) May 18, 2011 Indiana

    I think I sipped a heineken in high school, but that barely counted as I didn't finish it. In college, my first was Genesee Ice. I thought all beer must be like that, and I didn't touch beer again for a year. My parents let me have beer at home in college and they drank bud light, which was at least better enough to help me realize I could drink other beers. I learned just how varied and great other beers could be only much later, when I could afford to drink them.
     
  6. shlub

    shlub Crusader (401) Jan 11, 2008 Minnesota

    I believe it was an Old Milwaukee that my brother made me try when I was 4 or 5. The 1st one I tried on my own was some warm Miller High Life that my friends and I found in the woods. Somehow I made it through those and worked my through Pabst Blue Ribbon, Meister Brau and Red, White & Blue. I think it was 1988 and I discovered McEwan's Scotch Ale and Summit Pale....
     
  7. breakingbland

    breakingbland Initiate (0) Feb 11, 2013 Michigan

    This one may not be known outside of Texas, but my first was Pearl which is what my dad drank. Can still remember the taste (but can't describe it). I was surprised to see that it's still around: http://www.pearlbeer.com
     
  8. Das_Reh

    Das_Reh Initiate (0) Mar 25, 2013 Florida

    Technically, when I was about 8, my dad brought me and my brother a can of Busch N/A to show us that "beer tastes bad and you should never drink". It was gross, but I don't consider that my first "true" beer experience.

    I didn't try the Hopdevil until I was 21, so I've only been a beer lover for 31/2 years. Was a helluva beer to try for a first-timer, and I poured it down the drain... I couldn't handle the bitterness lol. Me, my cousin and brother had bought a mixed sixer and decided to share them all, so it was followed by a Hoegaarden, Abita Purple Haze, Leinenkugal Vanilla Snowdrift Porter, and a Golden Monkey. Talk about being baptized by fire!
     
  9. joeboe2001

    joeboe2001 Initiate (0) Jun 17, 2008 Maryland

    When I was very young our family used to spend hours sitting around the kitchen table on Saturday nights. I think I was about 3 when my old man first slipped me an ounce or two of Genny Cream Ale in my juice cup.
     
  10. Inglewood

    Inglewood Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Illinois

    Old Style
     
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  11. will_eye_e

    will_eye_e Pundit (849) Jul 29, 2013 Florida

    Living in the Philippines in the mid 80's, my dad let me sip some good ole San Miguel Pale Pilsen... turrble
     
  12. schildres

    schildres Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2010 Maryland

    Sadly Miller Lite, along with Bass, and Sam Adams Noble Pils.

    Cheers!
     
  13. Seanvino

    Seanvino Devotee (399) Jan 5, 2009 California

    If it was MGD then more like circa '85 when it was introduced ;-) I was working in a liquor store while going to college and it became a huge seller when it came out.
     
  14. TBYoung

    TBYoung Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2013 Pennsylvania

    First beer i tried was a sip of rolling rock from my dad... didn't hate it
    first beer i tried and liked yeuingling when i was 21
    first craft beer was local brewery full pint in north versale pa's chinookie ipa and loved it and it all snowballed from there
     
  15. Treath

    Treath Initiate (0) Jun 28, 2010 California

    Corona Extra. I was 17 years old and was at a random friends house while looking at a huge wall aquarium.
    I had two bottles.
     
  16. profholt82

    profholt82 Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2010 Michigan

    Labbatt's Blue Light out of the can. It was one of the grossest things I had ever tasted.
     
  17. Glenmorangi

    Glenmorangi Initiate (0) Oct 26, 2013 Connecticut

    Coors. When it first shipped east of the Rockies. Oh- and I threw the can in the freezer so it was more palatable as a beer slushy.
     
  18. MoorBeerPlz

    MoorBeerPlz Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2013 Arizona

    First beer ever? Coors. Can always remember I loved the taste of beer. First craft beer? Depends on how you define craft, so I'm guessing Anchor Steam when I hit 17 (when you get older, the memory is the first to go).
     
  19. kristougher

    kristougher Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2013 North Carolina

    Yuengling, semi proud of it
     
  20. deathevocation

    deathevocation Initiate (0) Nov 7, 2008 Australia

    Probably Foster's Lager.
     
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