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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:19 AM
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need suggestions on a new beer to try to replace my usual
i want something that tastes similar

My shameful admission: I drink Coors Light

*waits for the bombarding of meanies to crash several beer bottles over my head*



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Lilyhoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:20 AM
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1. Replace with
anything that is not beer.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:22 AM
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2. Buy a goat........let it piss in your mouth.
:P

Actually, I would maybe go with something light, but with more taste. Where do you live?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:22 AM
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3. OH GOD
:spray:
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:36 AM
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5. indianapolis
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:46 AM
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16. Ok, look for craft beers that you can get in that area.
Edited on Thu Sep-15-05 11:48 AM by WeRQ4U
How about SUmmit, Three Floyds, Kalamazoo, Leinenkugels, Boulevard etc.

WHy don't you try a wheat beer like Boulevard? I think you might like it. It's less hoppy and bitter than West Coast beers and IPA's. And Hefs usually go down really easily.

Word of warning though, some Wheat Beers still have shit suspended in them and are really cloudy, but don't worry about it. They taste good and it's not liek you have to chew them.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:30 AM
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4. Coors Light? Drink a Perrier and then hit yourself between the eyes
with a ball-peen hammer.

Seriously, there are so many other beers out there that are so much better. But you have to like the taste of beer. If you do, I can name several "gateway" beers.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:37 AM
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6. i don't much care for the taste of beer...that's my problem
i drink it cuz its cheaper than most other alcoholic drinks
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:22 PM
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24. Do you like wine?
You can get a pretty decent one that won't break the bank.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:27 PM
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26. wine...let's just say i drank a box if it on my 21st b-day
and leave it at that
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:31 PM
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27. Yuk. Boxed wines are junk.
No wonder you don't have fond memories. Don't ever buy something from a box.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:33 PM
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28. hey, it was my first real drinking experience
what can i say? i've tried several more, but there's that distinct taste of all of them that make me wanna earl
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:45 PM
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33. What about Mike's hard lemonade or something
like that? They are around the same price as beer but don't taste like beer.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:47 PM
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36. too sweet...makes me feel like i have no enamel left on my teeth
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:40 AM
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7. Pabst Blue Ribbon n/t
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:41 AM
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10. you've got to be f***ing kidding me
not going there...i'm looking for serious suggestions here
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:45 AM
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14. I like PBR!
But I also like Miller High Life, and I'll drink Budweiser. I'm not much of a light beer drinker...

How about Corona Light? Or maybe Amstel?

God, I am torturing myself, 'cause I'm having to abstain from alcohol right now, I gotta stop....
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:48 AM
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18. abstaining from any vice sucks...i'll try to stop the torture
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:23 PM
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25. aw, it's OK...at least I can live vicariously
And just for the hell of it, here is my list of all-time favorite shitty, cheap beers:

1. PBR
2. Miller High Life
3. Schlitz
4. Strohs
5. Iron City (used to be about $6.00 a case at the local store)
6. Yuengling Lager
7. Lone Star
8. National Bohemian
9. Mickey's (I guess that's a "malt liquor", but whatever)
10. Olympia ("It's Water")
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 07:31 PM
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50. I like PBR, too! I drank enough of it in college to last me a lifetime.
As Dennis Hopper says in the movie Blue Velvet, "Heineken, fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:40 AM
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8. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Anchor Steam, Pilsner Urquell or Stella Artois
All tasty brews without to unusuall of flavors that might put off mild beer drinkers.
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EOTE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:46 PM
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44. Pilsner Urquell..... droooooool
Fantastic brew that is. I was introduced to it a few years ago and look for it anytime I make a run, very tasty stuff. I'm also really fond of Special Export (there are several varieties of Special X, I prefer the Cameroonian type). If hard lemonades turn you off and you want something like beer, but not hoppy, I'd suggest Hornsby's Cider. Not too sweet and not too bitter, very refreshing and much better than Mike's or any of those other alcoholic fruit punches.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:41 AM
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9. Corona. La cerveza mas fina.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:42 AM
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11. with or w/o lime? light or regular?
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:43 AM
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12. Light. Either with or without. I prefer with.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:46 AM
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15. i will give that one a try tonight...going to a dem meetup after work
a guy gave me shit at last month's meeting and i've been trying to find something good to drink
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 06:58 PM
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47. "Corona" is Spanish for "Coors Light".
nm
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:43 AM
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13. Miller High Life. That tastes like shit, too.
An ideal replacement.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:47 AM
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17. maybe i should have said...tastes similar or better than
any suggestions in that category?
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:54 AM
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19. Schlitz
I hear it tastes quite a bit like goat piss...errr...Coors Light.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 11:58 AM
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20. ah, yes, Schlitz..."the Beer that Made Milwaukee Vomit" n/t
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:02 PM
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21. Keystone Light worked well back in high school
it goes really well with Reese's peanut butter cups...
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:19 PM
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22. Water is about the closest thing
Or Bud Light.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:20 PM
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23. Pacifico, my bottled beer of choice!
I drink that when I'm at bars that dont serve Sierra Nevada.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:39 PM
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29. Busch Lite
if you want to keep drinking tasteless swill.

Otherwise, step up to something a bit more schmecklich.

Bass Pale Ale (English)
New Belgium Fat Tire (Colorado)
Pilsner Urquell (Czech)
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (California)

Finding one you like is half the fun.
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:41 PM
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31. i can't even say schmecklich
i would agree that finding one is half the fun...but BUYING several that i can't stand, will not get me drunk dammit
lol
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:39 PM
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30. I dunno....why don't you switch to BEER?
I suggest a nice hookup with something light and refreshing like a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. That's a good gateway beer. Or maybe a nice Sammy Adams.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:43 PM
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32. Old Milwaukee
It is probably $4.99 a case.

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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:46 PM
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34. I really meant, beer in general is cheaper to drink...
and that fru fru drink stuff is too sweet and whiskey, etc are not good for me. so if i want to get drunk, i need beer...now looking for a 'good' beer
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:47 PM
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35. Labatt has a sensational.....
Blue Light...

I am not sure if they make it any more...can't find it in So Cal...





Tikki
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:48 PM
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37. i think i've seen that, i'll definitely keep it in mind
thanks
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:57 PM
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38. Guiness Stout tastes just like Coors Light
Give that a try!
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:57 PM
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39. I burped and duped my post
Edited on Thu Sep-15-05 12:57 PM by kwassa
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toey Donating Member (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 01:24 PM
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40. what have you been drinking?
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:21 PM
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43. Guiness, er, Coors Light?
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enigami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 01:25 PM
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41. that's easy, may as well drink water n/t
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Done Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 01:26 PM
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42. Samuel Adams, doesn't taste like coors, taste like beer.
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SIU_Blue Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:50 PM
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45. Berghoff's
is delicious, also, Corona...mmm...
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 04:10 PM
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46. Buffalo N.Y. tap water
Cat piss comes a close second
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 07:05 PM
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48. new beer
HEINEKEN
HEINEKEN
HEINEKEN
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 07:16 PM
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49. We call that..
... "scared water". You can replace it with just about anything, but beer-wisif you are used to that you probably won't really like real beer. You need to work youself up to it :)
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