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Pro...its going to be a journey for you. You will have to establish a new taste profile for what a good beer is.

Here is a regimen I would reccomend. I don't know what part of the country you are in, but first, find a beer-shop that has a really large selection. Spend some time in there just looking around. Then, start with something that is not too far from what you are currently drinking. Say a pilsener. This is a type of beer originating in Europe. Its also called a pils. Top shelf her eis a brand named Pilsen Urquell - most excellent. But there are also others. Anything from Czech Republic will be good. Thats where pilsener been started, in the town of Pilsen. You are going to be tasting some really clean, fresh tasting beers. Try these for a while and find some you like. Another most excellent beer is a Fischer from the Alsace Lorraine area of France.(its made by a German family). IN the German area, Becks is good. But you can find one you like there. Most Mexican beer is basically German formulation and brewing. Germans started been in Mexico and central/South America. Notice I have not mentioned Heineken? I refuse to drink it; yes I know its famous. But its also full of chemicals. Heineken Corp pays Germany big $$$ every year for a wavier of the Reichs Brewing law to allow import of Heineken into Germany.

Next...we move into some of the fuller flavored American micros. CHEERS!

Talk about weird.....

I come home from my basketball game this evening and I always stop at the local gas-up for a few bud-lights just a few blocks from my house.

I kid you not, this thread from yesterday was still on my mind.....so I say to myself we are going to try something different tonight, we're going off the beaten path and see if we can dazzle the taste buds. (I've never seen so many opinions about beer last night that lampooned bud light beer - that thread last night had an effect.)

Well, my local gas-up didn't have too much to choose from save for your run of the mill brands. So guess what I picked up. Yup, I picked up a pint of Heineken Lager and I'm sitting her drinking it as I write. I had to laugh about your comments about Heineken.......guess I got some of those nasty chemicals in me right now.

I think I may go back to Moosehead or Molsen Golden. I was hooked on both of those beers in my younger days.

Anyway, I appreciate your post and suggestions for my future beer tryouts. I will keep them in mind.

Someone needs to start a pure Beer thread.....because this is so nice to forget politics and the real world for a minute and just talk about BEER!