What a great link! I love it when some 20-something snot nose tells me what defines a “great beer.” I’ve drunk more kegs of beer than he has drunk beers!
Rule 1: After the first two, they all taste the same.
Rule 2: The fresher the beer, the better. In other words, if it is local, it is probably more tasty.
Rule 3: If it has “orange motifs” and “a taste of dill pickle” it is being sold to snobs only.
Rule 4: Volume counts and so does price!
Cheers!
When I was in the service, I drank Bud, Coors and Keystone by the suitcase - it was cheap and easy to get.
Then I tried other stuff as my income grew, and started spurning those brands. But the reality of it is, if you hand me a cold one, I'll not turn you down.
I'm brewing my own, and love the different flavors you can get. My wife doesn't like "chewy" beers (stouts, hardy ales, porters) or overly hopped beers. I really don't like overly hopped beers, either, but really like the "chewy" stuff. They almost taste skunked to me, but that is likely a remnant of drinking massive quantities of OB and locally-brewed Bud in Korea. Some bars didn't know what refrigeration or shade was and the beer was damn nasty. I prefer beer that allows me to keep my eyeballs in their original sockets.