What is/was your Dad's favorite brew?

Jim Beam!
edit: my dad and I both get stuffed up a bit when we drink beer, so he sticks with bourbon - however - ever since my nosedive into craft fandom, he's been hot on my heels and very interested in what I'll have for him to try next.

 

Schlitz.

 

It was Bud Longneck returnable bottles used to swipe some but forgot to return the bottle to the case and got busted

 

I think it was Michelob. Though he did drink others: Hamms, Dos Equis, Olympia...

 

Dad - Red, White & Blue
Grandpa - Carling's Black Label

 

MGD and Little Kings.

 

Stone IPA. My dad was growing his own hops for his homebrews when I was a little kid. He let my brother and me try them every now and then, and we both thought they were awful.

 

Moosehead in the 70s and Rolling Rock in the 80s.

 

His was Ayinger Marzen, but he mostly drank High Life.

 

Sam honey porter, it got him into craft and he got me into craft.

 

My dad was an alcoholic for the majority of my life. He was drinking, he would have warm Old Milwaukee hidden in the garage because it was cheap. Thankfully he has been sober for a few years.

 

Schaefer.

 

Dad drinks Coronas or Miller high life.

Grandfather drinks either Amstel or Heineken.

 

Icehouse for the Pops

MGD for the Grandfather

Eww to both, haha

 

My dad always kept Miller High Life in the house, mainly for boiling brats, but two of his favorite beers were Tyranena's Bitter Woman and Central Waters' Brewhouse Coffee Stout. He was ahead of the huge craft beer boom and certainly ahead of my palate at the time but I raise those two beers to him often now.

 

Miller Lite and nothing else.... the same cans that have just hit stores once again! Ha

 

Amstel Light is what I remember when I was growing up. Heinekin as well.

Now he drinks a lot more styles brands. He likes to raid my brews when he's at my house.

 

My dad drank (and still drinks) Labatt Blue, but he also used to home brew a lot with his buddy. I have a copy of all his recipes and notes and it seems they did pale ales usually, and almost always added honey to kick up the ABV.

 

I think my dad used to buy Coors, but he would drink any BMC beer. Man, I remember going places like BW3's and him drinking like 3/4 tall beers with dinner. He used to drink a lot more, now he's basically (pre)diabetic so for a bit he would drink Michelob Ultra, but he doesn't drink much now. He tells stories about older Cincinnati beers though from when he was younger (Hudepohl, Burger, Little Kings...etc.)

He usually tries anything I offer him though, and more and more now if a restaurant has local beer -- he'll get one. That, I think, is an effect of myself and my uncle and some cousins being really into craft/local beer.