What beers would you suggest to someone trying a new style? Something not too strong and overwhelming for a newcomer of a different flavor of beer? Maybe on the lighter side of a particular beer style. One they can get a hint of flavor to start out and work their way up to stronger versions of a particular brew. What are yours? Please add on more styles if you like. Lager: Brooklyn Lager Ale: Sam Adams Stock Ale IPA: Founders All Day Pale Ale: Saranac Stout: Guiness Wheat: Blue Moon Pilsener: Victory Prima Pils
Ale: Dead Guy IPA: Two Hearted Pale Ale: SNPA Stout: Founders BS Wheat: Oberon Pilsner: Can't beat Prima All are fairy widely distributed. Barleywine--not for the faint of heart but: Bigfoot
Personally, I would never recommend Blue Moon to someone when Allagash White can be found most places.
Lager: Sam Adams Boston Lager IPA: Sierra Nevada Torpedo Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Stout: Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro Wheat: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Pilsener: Pilsner UrquellSaison: Boulevard Tank 7Sour: Lindeman's Cuvee Rene Abbey Ale: St. Bernardus Apt 12 I based this on price and availability. Nothing makes me more mad then trying something I spent a good amount of money on and hating it.
IPA: New Belgium Ranger Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Pilsener: Victory Prima Pils Stout: Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout Amber: Great Lakes Elliot Ness Saison: Boulevard Tank 7 Abbey: New Belgium Abbey Ale Wheat: Boulevard Wheat
This is going to have some NW bias, but hey, I live here. IPA- Fremont Interurban Pale Ale- Sierra Nevada Pale Amber- Mirror Pond Porter- Black Butte Bock- Celebrator Stout- Founders Breakfast Stout Sour/Wild- La Folie Abbey/Trappist- Chimay Red or Blue Brett beer- Orval Wheat- Allagash White Saison- Logsdon Seizoen Golden Ale- Duvel
Also from the NW. IPA: SN Torpedo / Stone IPA / Fremont Interurban Pale: SN Pale Ale / Manny's Pale Ale Amber: Alaskan Amber (can't do Mac N Jacks...good beer but way different IMO) Porter: Deschutte's Black Butte / Founder's Porter Stout: Deschutte's Obsidian Stout Pilsner: Victory's Prima Pils / Firestone Walker's Pivo Pils Hefe/Wheat: Allagash White CDA/Black IPA: Stone's Self-Rightious / HUB's Secession
I'm a newer craft beer drinker, and I think that the Samuel Adams sampler packs are very good for trying different styles of beer. It kind of turned me on to doing this
Sam Adams was a gateway beer for me, as it is for many people. I don't buy the samplers anymore because there are just too many others to try but you are right. The sampler packs are an awesome way to try different styles and really shape and define your pallet.
I still like Sam Adams as a go to everyday beer. I'm not going to buy 11.50 bottles at my craft store everyday
Stout: guinness Lager: yuengling Pale ale: bass Ipa/dipa: dfh 90 min (yeah started pretty hard in that category and still a go to beer) Strong ale: arrogant bastard Wheat: blue moon These were my gateways beers that led me to where I am now.
As intros: IPA: Harpoon Pale Ale: Great Lakes Burning River Stout: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout Pilsener: Left Hand Polestar Porter: Anchor Porter Wheat: Paulaner Hefeweizen Amber: Stone Levitation Just realizing I almost never drink lager anymore.
Somewhat easily accessible brews: Pils: Victory Prima Pils Wheat: Sierra Nevada Kellerweis IPA: Harpoon Porter: Founders Stout: Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout Wit: Allagash White Belgian Strong Dark Ale: Chimay Blue Also, intro craft drinkers, in my experience, have loved Anchor Steam, Long Trail Ale (an altbier) and Sixpoint Sweet Action (a cream ale)
I've been drinking beer for less than 6 months in general. I never had that pre-21 desire to drink, nor did I drink while I was 21, but here are some easy first timers IMO: Lager: Sam Adams Boston Lager Ale: Sam Adams Boston Ale Brown Ale: Good People or Back Forty Truckstop Honey IPA: Magic Hat Ticket to Rye Pale Ale: Good People Pale Stout: Guinness Foreign Extra Porter: Founders Wit: Harpoon UFO White. (spin it around then pour it though, only way to get everything out of it) Pils: Sierra Nevada Summerfest. French Red Ale: Gavroche
Lager: Coors Light Ale: Redd's Apple Ale IPA: Budweiser Pale Ale: Redd's Strawberry Ale Stout: Dos X Amber Wheat: Bud Light Pilsener: Tecate
Prima Pils or Troegs Sunshine Pils, both are outstanding. Burning River Pale Ale Two Hearted Ale Kalamazoo Stout- destroys Guinness, and is fairly widely distributed. Guinness is flat and lifeless IMO.
I agree with you on the subject of Guinness Draught, but I like the foreign extra offering. It's a whole different game for them
Lager: Creemore Springs Ale: Maudite IPA: Le Castor Yakima IPA Pale Ale: Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour Stout: St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout Wheat: Blanche de Chambly Pilsener: Victory Prima Pils
