Yeungling? Those are the things that everyone was so upset about Anakin killing in Revenge of the Jedi right? So when he killed a pack of Yeunglings what they really meant was that he blasted through six beers. Natalie Portman and Obi Wan were so upset because he had fallen off the wagon. And when they tried to stage an intervention about his drinking problem it didn't go well. Finally the end of that movie makes sense. I couldn't figure out what a yeungling was for the longest time...
Anyone at the right age remembers Revenge Of The Jedi being announced when The Empire Strikes Back was out. They later changed the working title to Return because they "didn't want to give away too much plot". That may sound absurd now, plot and Star Wars movies, but at the time the kids were all talking about the big cinematic bombshell of Daddy Darth. Now if the working title had been Incest of the Jedi, yeah but revenge? We all saw that hand amputating revenge sh coming miles away and everyone just called it Revenge Of The Jedi the whole 3 years in between. People I grew up with still call it that without even thinking. We hated that Ewok "search your feelings" movie anyway. We were too old at that point for that crap and would have to think to name a newer Star Wars movie. ..Unless one of us had a kid who just wouldn't stop watching that annoyance. Kalbahamut outlines a much better script with Samuel L. Jackson potential.
Guinness draught in Dublin is delicious, don't drink it much in the States. I like Stella. That's it for me on this list. Now if we are talking 15-20 years ago, I wasn't above the Natty and Keystone 30-pack slumming and Busch Light was a delicacy.
I had no idea Busch still existed. Brands like Busch, Stroh's, Scheaffer (the one beer to have when you're having more than twelve) you just don't hear about any more.
I remember one called Red White & Blue. The $1.20 returnable deposit on 24 cans was a serious contribution to the next 24. 2 bucks and something a case.
I've had plenty of beer. I've traveled extensively in Europe and Asia and across North America and tried different local varieties. When I was younger I worked at a restaurant, tavern and brewery that made their own local varieties right on site. They took many of them to prestigious European beer competitions and came away with multiple gold and silver medals. As part of our training we had to sample all of them.
I've never had a a good beer. They're all disgusting. Look like piss. Smell like piss. Taste like piss. Makes you feel bad. Not a good combo, really. There are some fruity non-alcoholic varieties in Saudi Arabia that are okay. And Smirnoff Ice I guess is technically beer and that's at least drinkable. But I don't think those would count to most people.
One of the few kalbahamut rants I feel compelled to respond to...I can understand never having a good beer because some people just don't or won't ever like beer...but they certainly do not all smell and taste like piss. Most of the beers on this list probably do to folks who don't normally drink beer, but there are many that most likely never would smell/taste that way even to the most unrefined beer pallet. E.g. Chocolate stouts, vanilla porters, raspberry lambics, pretty much all IPAs...at least I certainly hope no one's piss smells like that. And of course beer doesn't have to make you feel bad. Everything in moderation.
Oh no, I've been judged harshly by people who like drinking beer so much that they form negative opinions about others' unrelated comments based on their lack of beer consumption. Whatever will I do? I live for the approval of alcoholics and beer snobs.
I dislike beer too. The only ones that are still called beer and that I actually ever liked was Lindeman's Kriek. Also Lindeman's apple beer. Possibly/probably other fruity lambics. But not all kriek. - I've discovered it's the hops flavour that I just do NOT like. I don't like food that has beer added to it either.
Spot on, Kal. 'Good beer' is an oxymoron. Just because it's popular doesn't make it good. And to me coffee is equally awful. If I lived where the only available beverages were beer and coffee I'd die of thirst.
if there was a place that only drank beer and coffee, I think everyone would die... or at the least be very very unhealthy. I think alcohol and caffeine both dehydrate you.
Where's Peel's then? It tastes exactly like Budweiser but cost what Budweiser should. About a dime a can. Maybe we should go by liters sold, not money. Then we'd see the real cheap beer heroes come out on their daily trip off the couch.
Sorry to say but American generic beer is very watery and far below par relative to other beers around the world. Not prejudiced just been round the block.
I'm surprised they topped your list but there again there are a lot of surprises in some of these quizzes and comments!
Yuengling is okay. Sadly, PBR is the second-best beer on this list, in my opinion. This is disappointing in a country that also produces Dogfish Head, Russian River, Anchor, Bell's, Ommegang, Allagash, etc...
It really doesn't. This is more about market fragmentation than anything else. There are thousands of craft breweries that make excellent beer. But craft breweries make many different varieties and don't always sell nationwide, therefore its impossible for any one craft beer to enter the list.
I think this might depend on the person. Many people that want cheaper beer in the US might just watch sports and drink their bud light. People willing to spend more money and that actually care about drinking nice beers should be able to find many of the best craft beers in the US anywhere.
But I think this applies anywhere in the world. The most sold beers in Belgium are probably Stella Artois and Jupiler whilst the country has some of the best trappist and abbey ales.
Also keep in mind that these are the *best selling*, and it doesn't give market share. If only 10% of the market was buying these beers but the other 90% was split between thousands of craft breweries (many with only small scale and/or local distribution) this quiz would look the same.
Whenever I'm in the good ol USA I drink Sam Adams. Nice caramel flavour. I'm told they have been bought out so I may have to retest it next time I'm there.
If it hasn't expanded out of the East coast yet, I don't think it ever will. It's America's oldest Brewery and has had almost 200 years to expand out and distribute itself
I can see where you would think that if you're going strictly off of this list. The mindless masses will always buy the same old piss water. However, we have much better options available now with the rise of craft brewing, but most of those businesses are local or regional. They can not sell enough units nationwide to crack the top twenty.
I think I've only ever tried it once like 5 years back, but I remember it being pretty good actually. Better than any of the other beers on this list that I've tried at least.
You need to account for younger kids that have to drink what they can afford, most high school/college kids just get whatever is cheapest. That's why Budwater is so high on the list and why Natty Ice even made the list.
The last four years of college have prepared me well for this quiz, which is essentially a list of the cheapest, most widely available beers on my college campus lmao.
PS you should accept "Natty" for Natural Lite and Natural Ice
I don't usually drink any of these beers, and I enjoy a lot of different craft beer, Treehouse, Alchemist, Trillium, Lawson's to name a few. But sometimes, on a hot day (maybe after you've mowed a lawn, or done some manual labor, or played a pick-up game, nothing can beat a nice cold Bud Heavy. The first one for thirst, and the second to enjoy. (Sometimes, mind you).
Actually in anything related to food and drink American tastes are pretty much the crappiest in the world - they mistake quantity and/or price for quality all the time - oh and cars....
Not sure where they'd rank today, but growing up I remember us having Schlitz, Rheingold, Schaeffer and Narragansett in the house. Dad would always let us have a sip of his. And when we were old enough to mow the lawn, sometimes he'd let us have half-a-beer when it was really hot out.
He always said there are only 2 things that quench thirst: water & beer. And i think he was right.
Ah, yes. The big cooler at the family reunion. Hamms, Pabst, Schlitz, some generic stuff from the grocery store. Long before the era of "lite" beer. And a box of wine or two. Lots of alcoholics in the family.
I dont understand the automatic america bashing all the time. Of course some beers on this list are crap, but surely not Budweiser, Guinness or Heineken
People want to trash American's taste for watery beer but where else can you drink 9 beers on a sunny Saturday and still safely mow your lawn? Not Germany, that's for sure.
I've never had a a good beer. They're all disgusting. Look like piss. Smell like piss. Taste like piss. Makes you feel bad. Not a good combo, really. There are some fruity non-alcoholic varieties in Saudi Arabia that are okay. And Smirnoff Ice I guess is technically beer and that's at least drinkable. But I don't think those would count to most people.
Finally, yes, only witches hate beer.
The best beer I've ever had was made in my best friends garage.
I'm surprised they topped your list but there again there are a lot of surprises in some of these quizzes and comments!
But I think this applies anywhere in the world. The most sold beers in Belgium are probably Stella Artois and Jupiler whilst the country has some of the best trappist and abbey ales.
If you open a beer and the flavor gets stronger and better while you are drinking it, that's beer!
Also keep in mind that these are the *best selling*, and it doesn't give market share. If only 10% of the market was buying these beers but the other 90% was split between thousands of craft breweries (many with only small scale and/or local distribution) this quiz would look the same.
How can you possibly still feel like a man drinking bud lights? People would never drink such "beers" in Europe.
PS you should accept "Natty" for Natural Lite and Natural Ice
They have the specially lined can!
He always said there are only 2 things that quench thirst: water & beer. And i think he was right.
British list would have Carling, Carlsberg, Fosters, John Smiths etc.