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Post by Sandman on Nov 1, 2017 21:29:16 GMT
Love beer and have tried many, many kinds of beer. I know some people make fun of beers like Busch and Budweiser. A popular place opened in 2014 near me called Numbers Brewing Company. They only serve craft beers. Four of us decided to check it out. We all like our beer but one of the girls said she would only drink two or three and she would drive us home. Two of us usually drink Busch and two of us usually drink Bud. The place was nice and had a fun atmosphere. Now for the beer. They had probably over 12 different craft beers to choose from. Since we had a designated driver and no one had to work the next day we decided to try as many as we could. (ended up trying them all) We took turns buying rounds. We had a blast but after we finished our last beers we all agreed NONE of them were as good as Bud or Busch. And the thing is if we would have went to a regular bar and drank the same numbers of beers and had say Busch we would have spent half the money. The moral of the story is you can spend a ton of money on fancy beers but none of them are near as good as Budweiser or Busch.
Some places near where I live you can get a 30 pack of Busch for &15.99 plus tax. Can't beat that!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 1, 2017 22:03:27 GMT
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 2, 2017 17:03:04 GMT
...try a Lagunitus Imperial Stout and you will change your mind...
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Post by Sandman on Nov 2, 2017 17:43:59 GMT
...try a Lagunitus Imperial Stout and you will change your mind... I will try it but I hope it taste as good as gold. I looked up the average price of Lagunitus Imperial Stout. Here is the math. To buy 360oz's of Busch (30 pack) it is $16.00 dollars. To buy just 264oz's of Lagunitus Imperial Stout (12 pack at 22oz's a bottle) it would set me back $50 dollars. So getting Busch not only are you getting 96 more ounces of beer you are paying $34 dollars less. |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 3, 2017 16:33:37 GMT
...try a Lagunitus Imperial Stout and you will change your mind... I will try it but I hope it taste as good as gold. I looked up the average price of Lagunitus Imperial Stout. Here is the math. To buy 360oz's of Busch (30 pack) it is $16.00 dollars. To buy just 264oz's of Lagunitus Imperial Stout (12 pack at 22oz's a bottle) it would set me back $50 dollars. So getting Busch not only are you getting 96 more ounces of beer you are paying $34 dollars less. But Lagunitas Imperial Stout has an ABV of 9.9, while Busch beer has a paltry 4.3 ABV. Plus, Lagunitas doesn't taste like urine. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 4, 2017 13:51:27 GMT
...and you only need one bottle of Lagunitus Imperial Stout to quench your thirst, not a 12 pack of bland beer...
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Post by Sandman on Nov 5, 2017 20:08:43 GMT
I will try it but I hope it taste as good as gold. I looked up the average price of Lagunitus Imperial Stout. Here is the math. To buy 360oz's of Busch (30 pack) it is $16.00 dollars. To buy just 264oz's of Lagunitus Imperial Stout (12 pack at 22oz's a bottle) it would set me back $50 dollars. So getting Busch not only are you getting 96 more ounces of beer you are paying $34 dollars less. You make a good point about the alcohol content. But I disagree with you when you say Busch tastes like urine. Like I said in the OP after trying 12 or more expensive craft beers none of them came close to tasting as good as Bud or Busch. But as I said I will give Lagunitas Imperial Stout a try. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 6, 2017 23:22:08 GMT
...to be sure, Lagunitus Imperial Stout is a specific type of brew and is in no way to be compared with Lagers or Pilsners...
The Imperial Stout is meant to be sipped and not guzzled...
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Post by simpsonsfan742 on Nov 12, 2017 12:37:13 GMT
Love beer and have tried many, many kinds of beer. I know some people make fun of beers like Busch and Budweiser. A popular place opened in 2014 near me called Numbers Brewing Company. They only serve craft beers. Four of us decided to check it out. We all like our beer but one of the girls said she would only drink two or three and she would drive us home. Two of us usually drink Busch and two of us usually drink Bud. The place was nice and had a fun atmosphere. Now for the beer. They had probably over 12 different craft beers to choose from. Since we had a designated driver and no one had to work the next day we decided to try as many as we could. (ended up trying them all) We took turns buying rounds. We had a blast but after we finished our last beers we all agreed NONE of them were as good as Bud or Busch. And the thing is if we would have went to a regular bar and drank the same numbers of beers and had say Busch we would have spent half the money. The moral of the story is you can spend a ton of money on fancy beers but none of them are near as good as Budweiser or Busch. Some places near where I live you can get a 30 pack of Busch for &15.99 plus tax. Can't beat that! I have to disagree, to me craft/microbrewed beer is definitely better vs. macro beers like Bud, Miller, Coors, etc. Or as we craft drinkers often say, 'BMC' beers.  That said, I'm not entirely opposed to drinking cheap macros once in a while, unlike some craft beer drinkers. Some of them I think are vile and I don't care for(i.e. Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, MGD), though there are some that I don't mind drinking if there aren't good craft beer choices available(i.e. Miller High Life, Hamm's, PBR, etc). Or heck, if I felt like being cheap and wanted to save money! To each their own, I guess. Redrinking Bud Light not long ago when I was somewhere with barely any beer selection, reinforced in my mind how much I hated that beer. |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 13, 2017 1:39:58 GMT
There is no way you can convince me that Bud and Busch is "just as good or better" than most craft brews. I've tried enough of them to know the difference between a good beer and an average beer. Over the last 5 years I've probably tried over 500 different beers.
My only real complaint about craft beer is the inconsistency. Craft beers don't always taste the way they should which is something I can respect the mega-brewers for. No matter where you buy a Bud it almost always tastes the same.
But for example... this beer here (Fresh Squeezed IPA) is one of the best you can get, here's a short video review of it, there is no way in hell Bud is a better beer than this.... no way... and yes, it REALLY does taste like this.
Although Fresh Squeezed IPA is easy to drink, I don't recommend IPA (India Pale Ale) for new people. They can be quite bitter.
New people are better off with Brown Ale, English Style Old Ale, Stouts, Belgian Dubbels and Quadrupels. Even though Stouts can be hard to drink too, it just depends on how sweet the brewer decides to make it. But yeah, stouts can taste like chocolate or roasted coffee beans or a combination of the two.
Anyhow, as far as taste goes, craft is leaps and bounds ahead of cheap American adjunct lagers like Bud and Busch.
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Post by Sandman on Nov 13, 2017 20:33:47 GMT
Anyhow, as far as taste goes, craft is leaps and bounds ahead of cheap American adjunct lagers like Bud and Busch. Like I said there were four of us and all beer drinkers. Out of probably 13 different craft beers not one of us found one we thought was even close to being as good as Busch or Bud. Plus I have had many craft beers in the past and never found any as good as Bud or Busch. On top of that you are paying a lot more money for beers not nearly as good as those two. |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 13, 2017 22:50:41 GMT
Anyhow, as far as taste goes, craft is leaps and bounds ahead of cheap American adjunct lagers like Bud and Busch. Like I said there were four of us and all beer drinkers. Out of probably 13 different craft beers not one of us found one we thought was even close to being as good as Busch or Bud. Plus I have had many craft beers in the past and never found any as good as Bud or Busch. On top of that you are paying a lot more money for beers not nearly as good as those two. Fair enough, but most beer rating/reviewing websites disagree. For example, on beeradvocate.com after 6,243 votes, Budweiser is currently rated 2.36 out of 5. Which is not a "bad" score, but it still ranks lower than your average craft beers like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Samuel Adams Boston Lager. Which SN:Pale Ale is currently rated 4.03 out of 5 after 11,364 votes. Boston Lager is rated 3.74 out of 5 after 9,220 votes. On ratebeer.com Budweiser is rated at 0 out of 100... lol! Now that is just ridiculous to give Bud that low of a score. It's not THAT bad. It's just really bland when compared to other craft beers. Either way, the general consensus is that Budweiser is not as good as most craft beers. However, everyone's palate is different, what tastes good to you might not taste all that great to someone else. On a side note: I wouldn't drink craft beers consecutively like that. You need a clean palate to judge a beer. www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/276/www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/104/www.ratebeer.com/beer/budweiser/473/ |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 13, 2017 23:22:49 GMT
Ohh one more thing I wanted to mention... since you do like the taste of Bud, I would suggest these beers here...
Modelo Especial (in my opinion, of the popular Mexican made beers, this is the best one)
Paulaner HefeWeizen.
Firestone Walker 805
Kona Brewing Big Wave Golden Ale
you would probably like these just as much if not more than Bud.
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Post by Jayman on Nov 13, 2017 23:44:56 GMT
I think those modelos is what I drink at this one place when they don't have bud. It's ok but I wouldn't pick that over bud
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Post by Sandman on Nov 14, 2017 0:06:29 GMT
Like I said there were four of us and all beer drinkers. Out of probably 13 different craft beers not one of us found one we thought was even close to being as good as Busch or Bud. Plus I have had many craft beers in the past and never found any as good as Bud or Busch. On top of that you are paying a lot more money for beers not nearly as good as those two. However, everyone's palate is different, what tastes good to you might not taste all that great to someone else. First let me say thanks for those links. I will check them out. When you say everyone's palate is different you got that right. When I was working a few people swore by the two beers you mentioned (Sierra Nevada and Samuel Adams) and another called Stella Artois. They convinced me to try them. They were horrible. I got a six pack of each. Ended up giving most of the beer to my neighbor. (he will drink anything if it is free) |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 14, 2017 0:26:22 GMT
I think those modelos is what I drink at this one place when they don't have bud. It's ok but I wouldn't pick that over bud I think Especial is more flavorful than Bud but to each his own, I guess... Light lagers like Bud, Miller, Coors are really bland beers though, not much flavor going on in beers like this. |
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Post by Jayman on Nov 14, 2017 0:29:43 GMT
I think those modelos is what I drink at this one place when they don't have bud. It's ok but I wouldn't pick that over bud I think Especial is more flavorful than Bud but to each his own, I guess... Light lagers like Bud, Miller, Coors are really bland beers though, not much flavor going on in beers like this. Yeah but it gets me drunk and doesn't cost as much as a lot of other beers.  I don't particularly care for Miller, but I'll drink whatever. |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 14, 2017 0:29:54 GMT
However, everyone's palate is different, what tastes good to you might not taste all that great to someone else. First let me say thanks for those links. I will check them out. When you say everyone's palate is different you got that right. When I was working a few people swore by the two beers you mentioned (Sierra Nevada and Samuel Adams) and another called Stella Artois. They convinced me to try them. They were horrible. I got a six pack of each. Ended up giving most of the beer to my neighbor. (he will drink anything if it is free) Haha... now days I try not to buy 6-packs of beers I've never tried. There are several stores in my area that will sell single bottles. This is the best way to try before you commit to a sixer. But I've never tried Stella Artois but I used to drink a lot of the Boston Lager. |
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 14, 2017 0:35:24 GMT
I think Especial is more flavorful than Bud but to each his own, I guess... Light lagers like Bud, Miller, Coors are really bland beers though, not much flavor going on in beers like this. Yeah but it gets me drunk and doesn't cost as much as a lot of other beers. I don't particularly care for Miller, but I'll drink whatever. Yep, I used to be there. I didn't care about taste I just wanted to get buzzed but now I am more into tasting different brews than I am into getting drunk. Here's a video review of a beer that really got me into going for "taste" rather than just trying to get drunk... on a side note: even though they call this a "barely wine" it is a beer. I wish I could drink this stuff everyday but it's limited release and quite expensive on a per bottle basis. |
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Post by jillresurrected on Nov 14, 2017 23:03:28 GMT
I live in Germany. |
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That said, I'm not entirely opposed to drinking cheap macros once in a while, unlike some craft beer drinkers. Some of them I think are vile and I don't care for(i.e. Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, MGD), though there are some that I don't mind drinking if there aren't good craft beer choices available(i.e. Miller High Life, Hamm's, PBR, etc). Or heck, if I felt like being cheap and wanted to save money!
