Figured this would entertain at least one person here, it’s definitely entertained my parents.
Backstory: I don’t really drink alcohol of any kind, not a fan of the taste. I expressed my mild frustration at lack of drink variety (i.e., water and tea) to my parents, and they suggested I try a couple different beers to see if there are any I liked.
I then escalated things as I normally do, which has resulted in a spreadsheet built over the course of several months. So if anyone here is interested in the in-depth beer opinions of someone who doesn’t like beer, this post is for you! I mostly just went to a local liquor store that let me build my own six pack and randomly grabbed stuff that looked interesting.
For reference, filtered tap water is probably a 70/100 for me.
I added the beer advocate rating just to see how my scores compared to beer nerds for fun. The subcategory column is sourced from BA, if anything is wrong there, blame them and not me. The main category is me though, if I screwed something up in that column I will take the blame. I don’t really understand the differences between types of beer, other than stouts/porters being generally decent.
I added the Alc/Vol column early on to see if there was any correlation to my scores, but in the end there wasn’t. It’s kind of unnecessary at this point, but I left it in for the hell of it.
Lastly, I say I don’t like beer, but honestly the top 3 or 4 I would call “good.” Not sure if I’d ever buy a 4/6 pack of them, but I enjoyed the singles. With that in mind, if someone has a recommendation for me, feel free to send it. Maybe I’ll expand my spreadsheet in the future, lmao
no sour ales, no NEIPAs, no sessions, no pastry sours. stouts stouts stouts, a few ipas, and basic lagers/pilsners. you could have covered much more with this quantity if you’d just have one person who really likes and knows and tastes beers. come to Ukraine, you’ll have the tastiest beers you’ll ever have. none of them will be imported. also, beer sharing and food pairing are the ways the beer tastes better. it’s a social drug, don’t forget that.
I found that I liked stouts early on and definitely locked in on those as safe bets in addition to random picks. I’ll see what I can find from the types you mentioned.
I don’t really know anyone that likes beer, so I am fully winging it lol