Do You Like Flavored Beer?

Sue

Sue

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Lately it seems to be a thing to have flavored beer. Budweiser has apple which is pretty good. Here Moosehead had Radler which you can get in a grapefruit or I think a berry flavor. There is also Ice Tea, Blueberry and a few other flavors that I can't think of right now. I do enjoy them for a drink but they are not something you can drink too much of. They also go nice with a meal. So far the grapefruit one has been my favorite. So what flavored beer have you tried and what do you think of them?
 
I have tried the lime beers and also apricot flavored beers. Lime is OK, tastes good in the summer, and apricot I liked alot. I found that at Trader Joes. At Busch Gardens they have beer tastings, where they pair their latest brews with crackers and so forth,,like a wine tasting for the beer set.
 
I don't usually like fruit flavored anything. But, I've tried an apricot one from a local microbrew (Fremont brewing) that was decent. The flavor was subtle. I'm really not a fan of the lime beers or pumpkin beers.
 
I had the lime beer before. It is a nice summer drink but I couldn't drink more then a couple of them before the taste got to me. I would never buy a case of it. The only way I had it was because somebody offered it to be at a get together.
 
Yes, I wouldn't drink the lime when it is cold out. You need to have something that warms you from the inside, and lime definetly isn't designed to do that. I would be much more in the mood for some sort of warm beverage like mulled wine or cider.
 
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A warm beverage will definitely warm the insides up especially in this snow, cold January weather!!
 
Sue said:
A warm beverage will definitely warm the insides up especially in this snow, cold January weather!!
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I'm gonna have to agree with you on that. This weather calls for a nice hot beverage (or some whisky/gin). I'm looking forward to summer, so I can really enjoy an ice-cold beer again
 
No, not really. I find that flavored beer doesn't work too well, beer has a pretty unique taste that shouldn't be altered.
 
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No, not really. I find that flavored beer doesn't work too well, beer has a pretty unique taste that shouldn't be altered.
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I have to agree with you on that, I always try thrm but I have the same thought after a few.
 
It's like cider. I do not think it can be called beer abut okay. Maybe it is something I haven't tried. We have some lemon variants and grapefruit too. It has less alcohol than beer and it tastes not like beer. I like it but I never use it instead of beer. It's like eating apple instead of a steak.
 
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I do like that comparison. It is a great way to put it because even though they are referred to as beer they are nothing like beer in taste.
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And I am a vegetarian by the way :) But really. I prefer Pils type of beer and this is more like a soda or something. It isn't my cup of tea.
 
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I'm not really fan of flavored beer, because their taste usually reminds the that of the coolers, so popular a while back.

In fact, I think that beers are much like fine spirits, their taste as they come from the brewer is what makes them better or worst.

When a beer has add-on flavors, you don't really know how good it is from the ground.
 
[QUOTE When a beer has add-on flavors, you don't really know how good it is from the ground.[/QUOTE]

I definitely agree with this statement. To appreciate a good beer you have to have it the way it is meant to be. You don't need to have any add-ons to alter the taste.
 
I LOVE flavored beers. I am a huge fan of Bent River Brewery in Illinois. They make a raspberry wheat ale that is light and smooth. They also make a blueberry coffee stout that is very good. I think my favorite is their jalapeno ale: just enough kick but still light enough to drink.
 
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I've tried a few but it's really not my thing. Desperados (tequila and lemon flavoured) is an interesting one to try on a hot summer day though.
 
I don't like flavored beer either, and definitily don't like pumpkin or lime beers. I say that because beer has a unique taste for itself and there's no reason to change it.
 
Molly Brougham said:
I LOVE flavored beers. I am a huge fan of Bent River Brewery in Illinois. They make a raspberry wheat ale that is light and smooth. They also make a blueberry coffee stout that is very good. I think my favorite is their jalapeno ale: just enough kick but still light enough to drink.
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They sound good. I am really liking the sounds of the jalapeno ale. I would love to get my hands on some of that stuff.
 
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They sound good. I am really liking the sounds of the jalapeno ale. I would love to get my hands on some of that stuff.
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Where are you from? They just expanded their sales to the Chicago area! There are other ales that are similar. I will see if I can find the names of them. Although, they are more black pepper flavored than jalapeno pepper.
 
Yeah I like them a lot. Somersby for example it's great and I drink it quite frequently. The taste is fairly different from a "normal" beer but it still has the main taste.
 
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