Did you actually LIKE the taste of beer the first time you tasted it?

[Bake]

For me it was an acquired taste. Of course, I probably started with Pabst Blue Ribbon ... and I was a teenager. Now (again, of course) I love a good cold one.

How about you?

Bake

[av8rdave]

1. I told myself I liked it...

Come to think of it, it was a PBR!

[1gobluedem]

2. Yes

I liked it as a baby; the only way my parents could get me to walk at first was to hold a glass of beer across the room.

[Shell Beau]

3. No. Definitely acquired the taste.

[bif]

4. A girlfriend introduced me to it. I hated it at first.

Now I love it. Unfortunately for my wasteline!

[geardaddy]

5. Yes.

When I got to sip my dad's beer when I was a kid. I loved it.

[supernova]

6. No,and still don't. I DO like Cider, however

Beer tastes awful to me. So, I don't drink it.

I do like hard ciders though, especially those made from pears! :9 :9

[rockymountaindem]

62. You're like my identical twin

...at least when it comes to drinking.

[CreekDog]

7. No, not the first time

nor the last. :puke:

[TZ]

20. We agree on something!

Beer..YUCK!

[CreekDog]

34. ;o)

:fistbump:

[BeachBaby]

56. Party poopers.

[TZ]

57. Oh well...

Here's something that will make you feel better. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the sweet fruity drinks like daiquiris, margaritas and pina colodas..and because the alcohol isn't as noticable, I can get waaaaay drunk on those, where as with beer I get nauseated after a couple and stop....Hmm, I think my contribution to your party will be some bottled Fuzzy Navels..:9

[Vidar]

8. No. Beer, coffee, yogurt & guacomole were acquired tastes.

[nomorenomore08]

9. Not at all...

And back in high school we mainly drank hard liquor anyway (more economical, easier to hide). Now I drink beer more than anything else, though sometimes I just gotta have that Jim Beam and Coke.

[Bake]

10. My dog loves it. She also loves bourbon and Coke.

She's my new drinking buddy ...

Bake

[Inchworm]

13. My big dog has beer with me, too

never much but he appreciates when I share.

:hi:

[Bake]

16. When I give Muffin a taste she is my bestest friend!

She loves it more than dog treats. Even more than Snausages.

Bake

[gmoney]

11. Can't drink it still...

Something about that whiff of alcohol scent of beer or wine just turns me away. I've tried forcing myself a few times, even with the smoothest most watered down beers, and still can't manage more than a sip or two. It's really an effort at weddings or NY parties to even drink enough champagne for a toast.

I've had a little better luck with "girly" mixed drinks that disguise the alcohol, but even those I can't force myself to drink enough to get drunk.

I'm weird.

[Inchworm]

12. Sadly, yes

:rofl:

Fact is, I probably don't remember my "first" beer. As a kid, I was master manipulator that excelled in the slight of hand. You know.. kind of like a ferret :P

:hi:

[ogneopasno]

14. Yes. But then, my parents were giving me sips of it when I was a toddler. I grew up with the taste

of it.

[LeftinOH]

15. No -and I still don't care for it........n/t

[SacredCow]

17. I started young....

And I honestly can't remember my first taste. When I was a kid, my dad would often spend his Saturdays working in the pastures and would end the day by running down to 7-11 to get a sixer. I was probably about 8 or so when he began also getting a little 8 oz can just for me so I could share in the joy that is a cold beer at the end of a long, hot, summer day in Louisiana.

I thought I was the shiz-nit, with my little can of beer!!!! But to answer the question, I feel certain that I liked it from the first sip. Stifling hot days, sipping a cold beer? What's NOT to like?

[seemunkee]

18. Yes

and it wa probably PBR too. My grandpa and uncle worked at the brewery and my dad was loyal to Pabst.

I'm working out a recipe to brew this weekend right now.

[nomorenomore08]

22. And your homebrew will probably taste 10 times better than PBR...

:beer:

[BurtWorm]

19. As Mr. Ed would say, "Neigh."

I had a taste of my father's Schlitz when I was a way wee lad. And I thought it was disgusting. And I didn't much care for the Carling's Black Label he let me sip a few years later. Or the Naragansett after that. But by the time I tried the Heinekken by myself in high school, I had acquired the taste. Lately I've been drinking Allagash and Hoegaarden White Ales.

[nomorenomore08]

23. Hoegaarden! Yes!

Seems to be more common now (even some corner liquor stores in West Oakland carry it), but a few years ago I considered it the Holy Grail of beers.

[BurtWorm]

33. What is it with all these white beers all of a sudden?

I ain't complaining, believe me!

:beer:

[amitten]

21. Hell no. Only the menfolk seem to like it at first taste.

Why I will never ever know.

I think it tastes like carbonated mold.

[DarkTirade]

24. Fuck no.

Cheap, watery, crappy college beer. Couldn't stand it. For the longest time I thought I just wasn't a 'beer person'.

It wasn't until I tried my first Sam Adams that I realized I actually liked beer. I just didn't like shitty beer.

[Swede]

25. Oh yeah.

Still do.

[WildEyedLiberal]

26. Nope - it was Miller Lite

I was in college and I thought it tasted like carbonated peanuts. The first beer I tried that I actually "liked" was Guinness, which all my friends thought was weird. But to this day I will take an ale or a stout over any lager - I really developed a taste for dark, heavy beers.

[kwassa]

27. I first had it when I was about 2

there is a photo of me someplace finishing off a parent's beer bottle.

Stroh's Bohemian Beer.

[Bake]

38. Stroh's! I've hoisted a few of those in my time!

What happened to Stroh's? Is it still around?

Bake

[kwassa]

49. had to look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroh_Brewery_Company

The end finally came on February 8, 1999, when word came down from Stroh headquarters that the 149 year-old brewer was selling its labels to the Pabst Brewing Company and Miller Brewing Company. John Stroh III, now company president and chief executive, said of the decision to sell: "Emotionally, it was an extremely difficult one to make, knowing that it would impact our loyal employees, and recognizing that it would mean the end of our family's centuries old brewing tradition that had become, in essence, an important part of our identity."<3>

After its disolution in 2000, some Stroh brands were discontinued, while others were purchased by other breweries. The Pabst Brewing Company acquired the most Stroh/Heilman brands. They currently produce Colt 45 malt liquor, Lone Star, Schaefer, Schlitz, Schmidt's, Old Milwaukee, Old Style, Stroh's, and St. Ides. The Miller Brewing Company got Mickey's Malt Liquor and Henry Weinhard's. Most other Stroh/Heileman brands disappeared after 2000.

[dropkickpa]

28. Yeah

I used to steal my dad's off the table on penny poker night. My mom has a picture of me in all of my 3 year old 1979 glory under the table holding a monster can of beer.

[cloudbase]

29. It was Iron City.

How could I not like it?

[bikebloke]

30. No, but then it was american beer.

Then in Oslo, a friend bought me a beer, and I actually liked it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

31. I don't remember.

I was drinking beer before I was in kindergarten. :shrug:

[MilesColtrane]

32. Hell no.

Then again, I was five, and it WAS a lukewarm Schlitz.

[Bake]

39. Yeah, that would kill the taste for it!

:hi:

Bake

[edbermac]

35. No, because my first beer was Budweiser.

Which now, like then, tastes like piss. Miller or Coors for me. :beer:

[Iggo]

36. Oh, god no.

Couldn't stand the taste or the smell.

[bigwillq]

37. Yes.

I love the taste of beer. It's all I drink. Well that and shots because shots are quick. You don't really drink them, you chug them!

[Bake]

40. I love beer too.

But did you love it the first time you tasted it?

Bake

[bigwillq]

43. Yes, the first time I thought it was tasty.

And refreshing.

[tabbycat31]

41. no

and I first tried it as a fairly young child (a sip of my dad's beer)

[VaYallaDawg]

42. Never achieved the taste for it. Love wine though.

[lazyriver]

44. Very first taste - yes. Grandpa gave me a sip of his PBR while

we sat on his stoop watching the sunset. I was 10 and it is one of the last memories I have of that grandfather. He died a couple months later.

First entire beer I drank - not so much. I was 11 and my best friend and I had stolen four Heinekens from my uncle's bar. We stashed them in the woods for about two weeks before we felt a safe chance to sneak back and drink them. It was August. You don't know what "skunked" means until you've gulped down a hot fermented Heineken that turned to foam the second it hits the back of your throat. We dumped the second two out.

[Arkansas Granny]

45. No, and I never really acquired a taste for it. Every now and then

a really cold beer tastes good on a really hot day, but even then I can only manage about 1/2 of one before it starts getting warm.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

46. We had a brewery in our home town ..........

Columbia was its name. It's gone now, but when they were in business, the smell of beef wafted over that little NE PA borough, and, best of all, you could go into the factory at lunch time and get a free beer.

We did this all through high school. No one cared about drinking laws. Lunchtime, we headed over to Columbia and threw one down. Made afternoon classes much more mellow.



A few miles away, in Pottsville, PA, there still is the Yuengling brewery, which is now the oldest one in the United States. I love Yuengling, and get a kick out of finding some of its brews in fancy beverage stores and designer food boutiques. Yuengling, another one we used to get for free.



The water in the part of the Commonwealth is really good. I think that's why the beers were so good.

Of course, all through high school, we only drank Rolling Rock while we were riding around because those little bottles, known as "hand grenades," were easiest to pitch into the woods as we sped away. I still like Rolling Rock, even if it's from the wrong end of Pennsylvania.



Honestly, my favorite beer is Pilsner Urquell. I've been loving it for the past thirty years or so.



I don't drink often, but I don't ever remember not loving beer.............

[hippywife]

47. No, and I still don't.

We don't drink at all but when I did, I did waste the whole acquired taste thing on beer. I went right for scotch. :D

Oh, and wine. Some very nice wine. :9

[blockhead]

48. acquired taste.

as teenagers we drank for the effects.

[Critters2]

50. Didn't then. Don't now.

I feel the same way about coffee.


If I want to get drunk, well, that's why God made rum...and Bailey's.

If I need caffeine, that's why God made tea.

[MrSlayer]

51. No.

But I got over it.

[Bake]

65. "I got over it." Yeah, buddy! A lot of us "got over it!"

:hi:

Bake

[Naturyl]

52. Nope, I thought it was awful.

I've learned to love it, though.

No snobby overpriced beers for me, though. I think they are awful. Give me a Yuengling Traditional Lager.

[BikeWriter]

53. That was about a hundred years ago, as I recall I learned fast.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

54. no. Not sure what brand it was but, I did not like it.

at_all

[elleng]

55. Didn't like it then;

don't like it now.

[Wapsie B]

58. Yeah, but thank god it wasn't Schmidt.

That would've turned me off beer for good.

[SoxFan]

59. Oh, hell no

My father was a Bud drinker, and I still don't like the stuff. I wasn't wild about my grandfather's Narragansett, either.

I persevered and accquired a taste however...

:toast: :beer:

[Left Is Write]

60. No, but that's because it was crappy beer.

[leftyclimber]

61. No, but that's because my dad gave me a teeny sip when I was pretty little

and I'm sure the intent was that I wouldn't like the bitterness. I didn't.

Didn't try it again until a month or so after I graduated from high school, when my grandmother let me have one under her supervision. Coors Light -- I think I enjoyed the privilege more than the taste!

Luckily in college I had some friends that introduced me to some decent beer and I rapidly became an annoying Pacific Northwest microbrew snob. :evilgrin: But I don't drink beer any more because it's rough on my allergies. Pity.

[begin_within]

63. No. Beer has a bitter, awful taste and nobody will admit it. Same for wine.

Wine is the ultimate insult - they take perfectly delicious grape juice and ruin it by fermenting it. It tastes awful but nobody will admit it. They just stand there with their wool scarves in the kitchen and try to make witty comments while they are drinking that sludge. Wine is the biggest scam of all time, after religion. At least beer never had a stage where it tasted good, so it's more honest.

[NJmaverick]

64. I first got sips of it when I was a little kid

and I think the excitement factor out weighed the taste issues.

[BarbaRosa]

66. Yes,

as stated several times above, sips of my dad's beer was pretty good.:toast:

[Sheets of Easter]

67. No, but then again I wasn't drinking the right kind of beer.

Domestic beer is a "pale lager" with no taste. After I turned 21, a friend turned me on to the wonderful world of microbrews. Now, I actually drink beer for the taste, not for the buzz. :)

[tigereye]

68. no. There were mostly crappy beers when I started college

Now there are so many microbrews... it makes it so much nicer.

[eyepaddle]

69. Oh Dog no--I hated it.

I didn't learn to actually like it until after several years of college. Of course, in retrospect it seems that I never did acquire a taste for cheap beer.

Stroh's, I am SOOOOOOO looking at you.

[MrScorpio]

70. Blechhh, I can't stand beer

I do like Scotch Whiskey, however