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The “old me” would not excited about a trip to Vermont in anticipation of all the craft beers I’m going to taste.  I didn’t like craft beer.  The only one I used to like is the original:  Anchor Steam Beer.  But that has changed a bit.

Beer, to me, is all about the pure refreshment.  Ice cold.  Preferably in a can.  And definitely from America.  On a hot summer day, when it’s time for a beer, this is what I go for:

  1. Grain Belt Premium
  2. Heileman’s Old Style
  3. Kokanee Glacier Fresh Beer
  4. Narragansett Lager
  5. Miller High Life (The Champagne of Beers)
  6. Coors Banquet Beer
  7. Coors Light
  8. Pabst Blue Ribbon
  9. Hamm’s
  10. Anchor Steam Beer

 

But, as I noted above, my tastes have changed a bit.  Now I like to have a delicious beer with dinner sometimes.  And thus I’ve come to appreciate New England style IPAs.  A little more alcohol.  A lot more flavor.  But I still like them ice cold and in a can:

  1. Anything from Other Half Brewery (Brooklyn)
  2. Two Juicy from Two Roads Brewery(CT)
  3. Ice Cream Man from Back East Brewery (CT)
  4. Sip of Sunshine from Lawson’s Finest (VT)
  5. Lil Juicy from Two Roads
  6. Double Sunshine from Lawson’s
  7. Hopzilla from Lawson’s

More to come…I’m just getting going…