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Posted: 9/6/2024 8:21:33 PM EDT
After ~15 years of drinking craft beers, I think I’m beginning to like things like Heineken, Steinlager, Guinness, etc more and move back to cheaper mass produced beers.

Anyone else had this happen?

I’m not a huge beer drinker, fwiw.  So when I did drink it, I would normally buy something “good”.  But the good stuff isn’t tasting good to me anymore.  Dunno why.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:23:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Frank_B] [#1]
BTDT. Age.
It's Fosters and Yuengling for me now.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:25:06 PM EDT
[#2]
I'm still a craft beer junkie. There's just too many great local / regional craft breweries with great beer to go back to mass produced stuff.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:25:07 PM EDT
[#3]
No.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:25:23 PM EDT
[#4]
I drink Guinness and banquet, and whisky
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:26:32 PM EDT
[#5]
Mostly just Voodoo Ranger now.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:28:36 PM EDT
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That is a good beer.

It may be that I burned out on IPA, and every other beer seems to be an IPA
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:31:02 PM EDT
[#7]
I still enjoy craft beer, but I also realized that I really like Miller lite, especially when it's warm out.  When considering carbs, it's mostly what I drink nowadays.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:32:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: cedjunior] [#8]
The Germans do double bock best.

Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:34:36 PM EDT
[#9]
I'm a big fan of brown and red ales, like Fat Gary and Rickards Red, but I will crush PBR and MGD all day.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:35:50 PM EDT
[#10]
I went back to liking lighter beers. I still enjoy good flavor both in the grain and hops, but I got tired of the over marketed, "crazy" labels, hop bomb, etc... micro breweries.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:36:30 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By sawgunner73:
I'm still a craft beer junkie. There's just too many great local / regional craft breweries with great beer to go back to mass produced stuff.
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This
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:40:37 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cedjunior:
The German's do double bock best.

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good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:40:44 PM EDT
[#13]
I drink mostly Yuengling Lager but I like their Premium as well. When I visit my gf in Chicago I'll bring a 6 pack, if I go through that I'll get Stella, Heineken, Red Stripe or a Polish beer who's name escapes me. I don't drink a lot anymore, just a beer or two in a sitting.

Oddly enough my local grocery seems to be between 12 16oz and 12 12oz Yuenglings at the same price. In that circumstance I'll buy the 16's but the last beer I bought was 12oz. I was getting into the habit of drinking one 16, cracking another and not finishing it.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:43:46 PM EDT
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good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?
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Originally Posted By cedjunior:
The German's do double bock best.

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good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?

The time it takes to pour the beer into a glass is about 1/3 of the time it takes for me to drink it.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:45:15 PM EDT
[#15]
I always liked American lagers better than anything else.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:45:48 PM EDT
[#16]
Try Fosters
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:46:32 PM EDT
[#17]
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:48:00 PM EDT
[#18]
Grolsch > Heineken
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:49:09 PM EDT
[#19]
Heineken tastes like pickle flavored alkaseltzer.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:49:27 PM EDT
[#20]
Three Floyd's for the win. Almost every beer they have is fantastic.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:49:52 PM EDT
[#21]
I fell in love with microbrews thirty something years ago, even started brewing my own.

I have some craft stuff that I enjoy still here and there but honestly all anyone brews anymore is horse piss IPA. It seems like 90% of the market are IPAs and I can’t stand them anymore.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:51:02 PM EDT
[#22]
Not in that fashion... however ive gone back to west coast ipa's lately almost exclusively.  I was hitting the NEIPA's and other hazy's pretty hard for years.  Also been getting more stouts and barrel aged stouts too.

More Pale ales too... especially hoppy pales.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:52:05 PM EDT
[#23]
Folks get WAY too wrapped up in these micro brew craft stuff.

If I want something good in the summer it's Fat Tire. In the winter it's Not My Job.

I will try others here and there depending on the season but my go to is ML and I have no regarts.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:53:54 PM EDT
[#24]
I usually drink Naty lite or Busch light. I do like but to add a little darker beer to my frosted mug with Amber Bock or some good Octoberfest beer.  It makes the Bush Light or Naty light tastes better. I like Yuengling but I can't get it here in Phoenix.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 8:59:21 PM EDT
[#25]
It's Oktoberfest season already, so now I'm going back through some of my favorites from previous years.
Usually come around to the same culprits: Sam Adams, Central Waters and Point Brewery.

Otherwise, it's once in a while Lake Louis Warped Speed and what I've settled with for a mainstay, Coors Banquet.

It's been a wild trip to circle back to a mass produced beer, but that's my middle ground for lower carbs and alcohol but still tastes like something.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:04:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Windustsearch] [#26]
"Craft" beer is just screwing up a real beer recipe and adding hipster marketing.

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Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:08:06 PM EDT
[#27]
I have a decent liquor cabinet but I rarely drink, and have a few beers a month but I really like Spaten. The problem is it's somewhat hard to find or kind of a pain to get and I've never seen it in greater than six pack quantities.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:20:41 PM EDT
[#28]
My go to beer anymore. Rhinelander Export Lager. I used to drink a lot of it back when I first turned 21 because it was cheap.







Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:22:33 PM EDT
[#29]
I was the most, obnoxious, pretentious beer snob. While I still do like a really hoppy IPA or a nice Belgian Quad, I've come to appreciate the macro stuff. I drink Coors Banquet and Rainier most of the time.

And cost is definitely a factor, even before Bidenomics a decent six pack of microbrew was pushing $15 (after WA taxes). Makes an 18pk much more palatable
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:23:57 PM EDT
[#30]
too many good local breweries to drink the mass produced stuff.

Ono
Mustang Sally
Port City
Vanish
Old OX
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:26:19 PM EDT
[#31]
Right there with you

I even brewed my own beer

I just slowly got sick of it and it’s mostly PBR or Blue Light now when I have a beer
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:26:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 556Cliff] [#32]
I don't like beer. Never had a good one, they all taste terrible.

Why beer became so popular with the way it tastes has always been something I just can't wrap my mind around.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:27:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 999monkeys:


That is a good beer.

It may be that I burned out on IPA, and every other beer seems to be an IPA
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That's just it.  So many microbrews are IPA heavy.

I'm in WI.  I have plenty of options but sometimes a nice MGD Ultra is what I want.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:28:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cedjunior:

The time it takes to pour the beer into a glass is about 1/3 of the time it takes for me to drink it.
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Originally Posted By cedjunior:
Originally Posted By skindroid:
Originally Posted By cedjunior:
The German's do double bock best.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/194902/20240901_204649-3311125.jpg


good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?

The time it takes to pour the beer into a glass is about 1/3 of the time it takes for me to drink it.


Fair enough hahaha

it's good shit
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:33:11 PM EDT
[#35]
No!
I still prefer my homebrews over commercial stuff!!!

Salute -

Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:39:02 PM EDT
[#36]
Lite Coors
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:48:08 PM EDT
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Mostly just Voodoo Ranger now.
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That sound delicious.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:49:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By skindroid:


good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?
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Less dishes to clean?
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 9:58:11 PM EDT
[#39]
Nope. Untappd app made beer drinking fun for me again, instead of a 12 pack of Miller Lite's drinking variety of everything under the sun now. Some beers/breweries/styles I like better than others but rarely drink the same beer twice. Will try anything once, a checkin is a checkin, averaging almost one new beer a day going on 10 years now. Doing my best to keep the local beer economy going.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:00:40 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By skindroid:


Fair enough hahaha

it's good shit
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Originally Posted By skindroid:
Originally Posted By cedjunior:
Originally Posted By skindroid:
Originally Posted By cedjunior:
The German's do double bock best.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/194902/20240901_204649-3311125.jpg


good sir

why is that still in the bottle and not a proper glass?

The time it takes to pour the beer into a glass is about 1/3 of the time it takes for me to drink it.


Fair enough hahaha

it's good shit
These are my "edc" beers and I go through them like most folks go through Coors or Miller lite.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:03:58 PM EDT
[#41]
I can brew a pretty good beer, but grabbing UFO White at the store is a lot easier and takes less time.  Good beer availability is better now than it was 25 years ago.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:06:21 PM EDT
[#42]
No.

That said, I still have Yuengling in the house.

Just like I also have Bar S hotdogs and Fish sticks even though steak and salmon are better.

Sometimes you just want something simple and cheap.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:07:54 PM EDT
[#43]
No, it’s you OP. Can’t stand most macro beers but that’s more style than anything.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:10:02 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ATLDiver:
No, it’s you OP. Can’t stand most macro beers but that’s more style than anything.
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That’s how I’ve felt for the last decade +.

Not sure what’s changed.  

I’m sure I could drink Chimay all day long.  It’s more the stronger beers that I’m turning away from.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:11:43 PM EDT
[#45]
Guinness, shiner black, shiner bock, Abita amber, asahi are all good ones I can pick up at my local grocery store
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:12:38 PM EDT
[#46]
Milder, less hoppy IPA’s for me. I got Alaskan Amber in Grapevine, TX the other night. Still one of my favorites.

I did drink a Coors Light the other day. It was a nice change.
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:12:46 PM EDT
[#47]
I've been finding myself seeking out the strongest IPA's
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:13:43 PM EDT
[#48]
Leninkugels berry Weiss
Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:18:31 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 999monkeys:


That's how I've felt for the last decade +.

Not sure what's changed.  

I'm sure I could drink Chimay all day long.  It's more the stronger beers that I'm turning away from.
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Maybe you were just being snobbish, and you didn't actually hate them?

There are probably very few macro-brews I would turn down if they were free. That doesn't mean I would buy them.


Link Posted: 9/6/2024 10:19:19 PM EDT
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I've been finding myself seeking out the strongest IPA's
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