Postby Carlington » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:49 am UTC
I looked at this thread and it made me feel like I should try beer again. Historically, I haven't liked beer at all and will avoid drinking it unless it's free. I have had and enjoyed marginally more a darker ale in the past, so I thought maybe I'd give darker beers a shot. I'm currently slugging my way through a beer from a Californian outfit, the Belching Beaver Brewery: their Peanut Butter Milk Stout.
Its...something. Vastly more tolerable than most beers, definitely has the promised notes of coffee and chocolate and peanut butter. The can claims a "silky smooth mouth feel", where I'd categorise it as more like "oily". It's still deeply bitter though, and makes me very very burpy.
It's not bitterness of itself that I dislike - I'm a fan of coffee, never with sugar, darker roasts and fruitier beans preferred. It seems to just be the particular taste of hops that I take exception to. When people describe it as an acquired taste, how acquired is it? Coffee is an acquired taste but I fairly rapidly progressed from "this nauseates me" to "this fuels me". I don't really want beer to fuel me, but I feel a bit of social pressure to like beer - also, Ciders and spirits tend to be more expensive, so drinking would be easier on the wallet. What can I do?
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