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[Armadilo]

- (American, United States)

beer that you can buy at a gas station/store.

Continuing my evolution as I never really drank alcohol before, except some wine at a hotel once(did not like it )

If I want to have a good time at a bar, I need to know what I like and to do that I have to actually like drinking.

So what should I buy that would actually be a good beer for a first-time drinker?

 

[bigkrev]

Blue Moon? It's going to be sweeter than most things you can buy cheap.

 

[TechnicPuppet]

I'd honestly recommend not starting. Get a Becks Blue if they sell it where you live.

 

[The Lamonster]

Stella Atrois goes down easy. If you want something cheaper try Bud Select.


edit: ^ Blue Moon is a good one if you want something sweet

 

[Reckheim]

As an avid beer drinker. You probably won't like it the first time you drink it. Regardless of how good it is.

Personally I would recommend pilsner urquell ...
Edit:sorry ... missed the gas station comment. Go for bud light; it's close to the taste of water

 

[blame space]

natty ice

 

[RSP]

Are you from the US? I really like Shiner Bock.

 

[entremet]

What are your favorite drinks and flavors overall?

That will help with the answer.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hoegaarden. Wheat beers are what got me into beers. Love them.

 

[spekkeh]

Radler or a fruit beer. Then probably a brown beer, weizen beer, lager and end with IPA or stout depending on what you prefer.

 

[peteykirch]

 

[Mr. X]

Where do you live OP?

 

[KrellRell]

First time? Coors light! Something light and smooth dude, you don't want to get into stanky shit right off the bat.

 

[riotous]

Depends on where you live as far as the gas station part; they have good craft beer at most gas stations here.

Guessing you mean cheap big brewery beer; you really just have to try a few for yourself. Been a long time since I drank beer of that caliber but I would buy MGD a lot for some reason when I was a teenager.

Or look for a shandy.

 

[WhereAreMahDragonz]

Blue Moon is a good choice

 

[John Kowalski]

Just drink orange juice. It's healthier and even more important in wintertime.

 

[itwasTuesday]

anything ice

 

[Akuun]

Honestly, most beer tastes somewhere between bad and awful when you first try it out. It just doesn't taste anything like any non-alcoholic drink, and not in a good way. Some people warm up to the taste later, but it hasn't happened for me. I just slowly gravitated towards beers that I can tolerate more.

Having said all that, maybe try out Bud Lime, or maybe Rickard's Red. I found that those taste okay.

Radler or a fruit beer. Then probably a brown beer, weizen beer, lager and end with IPA or stout depending on what you prefer.

Yes, Radlers are a good place to start too. Those are part juice and part beer, so it doesn't at least taste completely different from anything you've drank before. It also has lower alcohol content because of it.

 

[Nibiru]

I like Mill St. Organic.

 

[Sub_Level]

Stella Artois

 

[TVexperto]

If ur from Germany I recommend any german beer

edit: if your from us then as a non beer drinker i always loved blue moon

 

[Crossing Eden]

 

[this_guy]

Hoegaarden. Wheat beers are what got me into beers. Love them.

This. Blue Moon is similar but Hoegaarden is better.

Also try Brackenridge Vanilla Porter. Easy to drink and very smooth.

 

[Sulik2]

Blue Moon it has a good after taste.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Hes not ready for those nonsense beers yet.


^same to apple guy above.

 

[Mupod]

I thought that I didn't like any kinds of beer until a couple years ago. The problem ended up being that I had only ever tried the cheap piss my parents drink.

I drank a lot of cider and kind of edged my way closer to beer over time. At Toronto-GAF meetups I ended up trying Rickard's Red and actually liked it, from there I just ended up grabbing a whole bunch of different single cans at the beer store each visit and narrowing down what I liked over time. Trying a lot of different beers is the most fun part of drinking beer IMO.

 

[Aiustis]

Blue Moon? It's going to be sweeter than most things you can buy cheap.

Stella Atrois goes down easy. If you want something cheaper try Bud Select.


edit: ^ Blue Moon is a good one if you want something sweet

Radler or a fruit beer. Then probably a brown beer, weizen beer, lager and end with IPA or stout depending on what you prefer.

All solid advice.

Hard to say since it's a matter of personal preference. Also where do you live?

Does your gas station stock any of those? I'd also recommend Shocktop, very wheaty...like drinking a loaf of bread.

IMO I'd stay away from stuff like bud light and nattty light and any IPAs. Coors light is pretty much the only basic gas station beer I'll touch and even then, I don't like it a lot.

 

[Saganator]

Dos Equis. Even before the commercials, I rarely drink beer, but when I do, it's Dos Equis.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This. Blue Moon is similar but Hoegaarden is better.

Also try Brackenridge Vanilla Porter. Easy to drink and very smooth.

I'm wearing my Breckenridge Brewery shirt right now .

 

[13ruce]

Any beer with a lemon taste or other fruit taste in it. I honestly still don't like normal pure beer but beer with a bit of a fruit taste mixed with it tastes great imo.

Strange though because i do like pure vodka and thats way more alcohol. Must be the taste i don't like of normal beer then.

 

[motherxwolf]

get a steel reserve and rekt. you'll have a great time

the awful taste disappears halfway down the tallboy

 

[Goldenroad]

Corona with a squeeze of lime. Pretty sure that was my first beer.

 

[RSP]

Dos Equis. Even before the commercials, I rarely drink beer, but when I do, it's Dos Equis.

Good one!

 

[Apathy]

First time you don't know good from bad and you don't have a preferred taste yet so it doesn't matter.

Get some Stella

 

[blame space]

if it says "high gravity" that means it tastes good

 

[How About No]

Blue Moon or New Belgium beers, especially Fat Tire

 

[Ray Wonder]

Blue moon gets my vote, just don't think other beers are going to taste like it

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

If you're in Texas, get Shiner or Fireman #4. If not, maybe try to find a good malty beer from a local brewery. Or even just a Corona/Modelo

 

[JHall]

PBR and Natty Light are your only options.

 

[King Gilga]

It took me 1/2 a decade of drinking beer before I started to like the taste of beer.

But just go to a bar/pub and just ask for whatever they have on tap, or tell your friend to get you one of w/e they're having.

Drinking beer alone does not sound like a fun time, allow it.

 

[OldRoutes]

Ask for a pint of Cider, maybe? It's not un-cool and it's actually pretty good!

Very acidic, though.

 

[Cake Boss]

 

[Goro Majima]

Bud Light

It's probably the most inoffensive beer with the widest appeal.

Once you get a handle on that, you can branch off into other various types.

 

[Capra]

Recommending Blue Moon as well. Even if you don't want to go for something sweet the default pale ale is pretty light and doesn't have as strong or as off-putting a flavor as the darker stuff.

 

[K.Jack]

Start off with two tall boys of Steel Reserve. If you survive the night, your beer adventure is all up hill from there.

 

[Hesemonni]

Oh for fuck's sake! Just pick a bunch of different brands and start drinking.

Make a thread afterwards.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

natty ice

Or a natty light.


Blue moon with an orange slice is good too.

 

[Timedog]

Ayinger Celebrator, or some sort of framboise, or some sort of wheat beer/hefeweizen.


NOT cheap ass American lager (bud light, anything "ice", high life, etc). This is why everyone hates beer at first.

 

[Fury451]

You should have what I had for my first beer- Guiness

 

[blame space]

wait, NOT high life??