The first beer that you loved

Racer 5! Still one of my favorite ipas. Sadly no longer sold in MT.

 

Ommegang Three Philosophers. Still love it till this day.

 

Dark Horse's Plead the 5th, it was my first craft beer, and my mind was blown

 

Yuengling lager... far from love it now, but twenty years ago I loved itu unreasonably much. Still enjoy it nostalgically.

 

First week of college, 1957, Ohio State University. Went to a bar called Larry's (famous campus hangout for years). They had a sign on the wall listing their imports and their countries of origin. Ordered a Younger's Double Century Ale from Scotland. Poured a very active head and looked like Coke. Unbelievable!!! I cut my beer teeth riding around country roads drinking Carling's Black Label (and Red Cap Ale when I could talk my vanilla friends into it) illegally, and this stuff was a revelation and a half for me.

 

Cigar City Jai Alai, I think it was truly the first "craft" beer I fell in love with and it really introduced me to a whole new world of beers.

 

Brewdog - Paradox Jura. It was my first BA stout and it made me fall in love with beer. I had had lots of craft beer before but never cared for it until I found out the magic of aging stouts in barrels. Been hooked ever since.

 

Firestone Double Jack

 

The first beer that I really loved was Hacker-Pschorr, and a lot of restaurants around me had it in bottles or on tap. I got curious one day to see if there were other beers similar to this in style, which brought me to beeradvocate.com. I loved that I was able to view not only other beers in this style, but other beers from this brewer. I thought this was really cool so I set up an account, The rest as they say is history...

 

sierra.nevada.pale.ale.

 

Boulevard Wheat. A great Summer beer that I can't find in Central Virginia anymore.

 

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was the first beer I went like "wow". Before that, my fav beers were various Bulgarian lagers that were full of flavor yet not as carbonated as the Heinekens and Amstels I was used to.

 

Having to go back almost 50 years for the first favorite, means Bud is the answer.

 

Difficult question. Having my first duty station in the military in Germany, I would say mine was either Paulaner Hefeweizen or Keiler Dunkel Weissbier (I called it the pig for the picture of the boar on the label). I used to love hefeweizens and don't drink them often enough now.

Having noted that, very few American craft breweries match the magic of a German hefeweizen as I remember it. For my money, the only American brewed hefe I think matches (and probably exceeds most) the magic of a German hefeweizen is Live Oak.

 

little sumpin' sumpin'. The first six pack I purchased at 21 and helped me understand that beer could taste good

 

For me it was Red Oak, Paulaner Hefe, Rogue Hazelnut, Highland Gaelic, GD Hibernation.

 

Barnsley Bitter. Wonderful beer. Drank it in the Wing Tavern in Newark back in the early 1970's.

 

A classic IPA, Double Diamond. But a shit beer in keg form. At least that what I heard. Never drank it myself. Despite it working wonders.

 

Natty Boh!