I want to pick a beer from this local brewery to try. Especially since today is my birthday and all. However, I don't know much about the six different variety of beers they offer. Help me pick one of them to try!

The Bock beer also looks pretty good, but be warned that they have a higher alcohol content. Shiner Bock from Texas is . I've never been much of a white beer fan, or Belgian beers in particular. Most of my exposure to them consisted of some nasty tasting Orval Trappist Ale and the various fruit-flavored "dessert" beers brewed by Liefmans's

In my younger days I was more partial to pilsners and lighter lagers, Heineken, St. Pauli Girl, etc. You may be the same or your mileage may vary, but there's my recommendation, FWIW.

Callalron fucked around with this message on 08-20-2007 at 01:06 AM.

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Asha'man had this to say about Captain Planet:
If it's local, then I doubt any of us know of it as well =p

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No, but you could look at the type of beers, which is what I know nothing about. I don't know what the difference in a pale ale and a honey light is, for example. I figured these were normal types of beer and, with the beer drinkers here, someone might be able to help.

Note Callalron's response.

Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 08-20-2007 at 01:17 AM.

Not much to go by then, it's all a matter of opinion. I started with some local brewery's white ale, then moved onto pale then amber then black. I pretty much only drink black and amber now.

The best advice I can give you is stay away from Bud. And if this brewery of yours has something like a 6-kind sampler pack, that's always a fair idea.

Asha'man fucked around with this message on 08-20-2007 at 01:38 AM.

They call their white beer "Bière" and suggest it with chicken or fish. I recommend it with a mouth full of dripping cock.

Pale ales are good if you're into that, but I don't like drinking biscuits.

Get the amber, and have some lamb souvlakia with it.

Vorbis fucked around with this message on 08-20-2007 at 01:48 AM.

I'm partial to IPAs, but be warned that Pale Ales tend to be quite hoppy (what the uninitiated would call "bitter" or "funny-tasting") and may be an acquired taste.

Amber is a good place to start--it'll have enough character to be a real beer, without the heft of a brown or overwhelming personality of a Bock or IPA.

Brown ale is sort of the opposite of a Pale Ale, in that it's malty rather than hoppy. Heavier and earthier is what to expect.

Bock beer is sort of the German answer to Stout. Heavy, lots of flavor, lots of alcohol.

If they have a tasting shop, or brew pub, try a sampler to figure out which one you like best. Otherwise, get a sixpack each of Amber, Brown, and Pale Ale and do your own tasting with a couple of buds.