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Posted: 9/6/2024 7:21:33 PM EST

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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:23:10 PM EST

[#1]

BTDT. Age.
It's Fosters and Yuengling for me now.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:25:06 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:25:07 PM EST

[#3]

No.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:25:23 PM EST

[#4]

I drink Guinness and banquet, and whisky

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:26:32 PM EST

[#5]

Mostly just Voodoo Ranger now.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:28:36 PM EST

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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

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:31:02 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:32:46 PM EST

[#8]

The Germans do double bock best.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:34:36 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:35:50 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:36:30 PM EST

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This

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:40:37 PM EST

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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?

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:40:44 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:43:46 PM EST

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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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:45:15 PM EST

[#15]

I always liked American lagers better than anything else.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:45:48 PM EST

[#16]

Try Fosters

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:46:32 PM EST

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Posted: 9/6/2024 7:48:00 PM EST

[#18]

Grolsch > Heineken

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:49:09 PM EST

[#19]

Heineken tastes like pickle flavored alkaseltzer.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:49:27 PM EST

[#20]

Three Floyd's for the win. Almost every beer they have is fantastic.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:49:52 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:51:02 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:52:05 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:53:54 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 7:59:21 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:04:29 PM EST

[#26]

"Craft" beer is just screwing up a real beer recipe and adding hipster marketing.

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Posted: 9/6/2024 8:08:06 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:20:41 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:22:33 PM EST

[#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

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:23:57 PM EST

[#30]

too many good local breweries to drink the mass produced stuff.

Ono
Mustang Sally
Port City
Vanish
Old OX

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:26:19 PM EST

[#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

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:26:23 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:27:25 PM EST

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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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:28:14 PM EST

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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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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.

Fair enough hahaha

it's good shit

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:33:11 PM EST

[#35]

No!
I still prefer my homebrews over commercial stuff!!!

Salute -

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:39:02 PM EST

[#36]

Lite Coors

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:48:08 PM EST

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That sound delicious.

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:49:12 PM EST

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Less dishes to clean?

Posted: 9/6/2024 8:58:11 PM EST

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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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:00:40 PM EST

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Fair enough hahaha

it's good shit

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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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:03:58 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:06:21 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:07:54 PM EST

[#43]

No, it’s you OP. Can’t stand most macro beers but that’s more style than anything.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:10:02 PM EST

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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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:11:43 PM EST

[#45]

Guinness, shiner black, shiner bock, Abita amber, asahi are all good ones I can pick up at my local grocery store

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:12:38 PM EST

[#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.

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:12:46 PM EST

[#47]

I've been finding myself seeking out the strongest IPA's

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:13:43 PM EST

[#48]

Leninkugels berry Weiss

Posted: 9/6/2024 9:18:31 PM EST

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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.

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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.