How do you get used to beer?

Question

Ok i just turned 18 and its legal for me to buy booze but how do the guys drink it everyday? Its so bitter I can't understand how you would get used to it? Any tips or tricks, or do you just get used to it because of a can a day?

Answer 1

Start with the good stuff, not crappy American macros.

Since you're 18 and it's legal, I'm guessing you're in Europe, no?

In England, I like Tennant's from Scotland. Good solid lager. Drink it cold.

If you're in Germany (and don't already love your bier), get a weissbier/weizen. Maybe sample a helles from Bavaria.

Best bet no matter where you are is to drink an entire 12-pack of Czechia's Pilsner Urquell. It's a tough mainstream beer (pivo) not to LOVE. It's your Gold Standard of beer.

You may also try Guinness, but don't go for the Extra Stout. Get the smooth kind from an Irish pub, or the Pub Draft that comes in cans. BE SURE to pour it off into a pint glass!

Welcome to the world of beer. You'll learn to love it if you give it a good chance. There's something for everyone.

Answer 2

Most people don't like beer when they first try it. Although, there are some beers out there that taste pretty sweet and almost like juice. For instance, Leinenkugel's Berry tastes EXACTLY like cranberry juice with a little zing to it. Then there's Woodchuck Cider which tastes like apple cider with a little zing to it. But those aren't the beers that you have to acquire a taste for. It's the other ones. Drinking a can a day may or may not do it. I drank a lot, even though the drinking age here is 21, when I was 19 and 20. I'm talking about binge drinking, so I could used to the taste of beer pretty fast. But, I don't recommed that. Just try as many different kinds as you can and you will find out what you like the best. IPA are probably the most bitter because beer companies put so much hops in the beer. Hops makes the beer more bitter and can be used as a preservative. Good luck.

Answer 3

The first beer I had was a Labatt Blue, and it was disgusting to me. I couldn't understand how anyone could drink the stuff, and I didn't have another beer for 2.5 years.

Then a friend of mine told me about Yuengling, how it was more balanced between the hops (bitterness) and the malts (sweetness). So I gave it a try, and he was right. It was a lot better than what I had tried previously.

So I would suggest to you that you do a little bit of research (like at http://www.beeradvocate.com ) and find which beers are well balanced, and give those a try.

Answer 4

I never liked beer when I was 18 either, though my friends did. I just forced myself to drink it with them, a little more at a time. After a few times, I got my first buzz. After you get that, I found it to be a lot easier. Now, all these years later, my friends are still drinking the same old beer and my taste has changed dramatically. They drink Bud Light and Coors Light and now I'm drinking Guinness and dark beers.

Answer 5

Drink good beer, not the megaswill that's made with rice and/or corn syrup (Bud/Coors/etc). There's tons of different varieties. If you're not a fan of bitterness, stay away from ones that have a lot of hops (ie. IPAs) until you develop a taste for it. Go with German lagers for now, which typically have a low bitterness.

The best way to do it is experiment with different ones, and make sure you get a good bottle of beer. If you buy crap, it's going to taste like crap.

Answer 6

Try either imported beer (Mexican, Chinese or Czech, maybe German or Irish) or beer from microbreweries. In the Czech Republic, beer from a can is a sacrilege, it is at least from a glass bottle but the best is fresh on tap. But if you don´t like beer, drink something else! You don´t have to do something, especially when you don´t like it, just because the other guys are doing it!

Answer 7

First of all, don't drink it everyday. That's a bad idea, a bad habit. The only way to get used to it is continued exposure, keep drinking. It's just like anything else.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Build up to it. Slowly.
Start off on cruddy weak chilled-into-tastelessness lager and put in years of practise. By the time you get to my age only the thickest bitterest porter and stout will do - everything else tatstes like gnat's wee.
Don't drink out of cans - the pouring of a pint is a thing of beauty. It should be an olympic sport. If you are going to drink - then drink well - decent pubs, decent barmen.
Enjoy.

Answer 10

Like many others have said. The more your drink you will become used to it's bitterness.