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in reply to a message by Sarah
Hmmm. Since you're usually a drinker of Light beers, I'm not gonna suggest anything too dark or heavy (even tho you'll be missing a lot).
If you want to stay in the Budweiser family, try Killarney's. It's their new Irish-malt ripoff of Coors' Killian's but is actually more flavorful than the original. Shouldn't be premium-priced, either. With the obscenely-high grocery beer prices in KY, this has become my "daily" beer.
Foster's or Labatt's Blue are both good candidates to try. Fairly light, but certainly more toothsome than most Budweiser products. Both are made in Canada, altho Foster's is Australian in origin. The Oz version was slightly tastier.
Blue Moon Belgian White Ale is really a Coors product altho their name appears nowhere on the bottle. A nice beer, altho you won't find Priapos Love drinking anything with "Belgian" in the name.
Shiner Bock, made by Spoetzl Brewing in Texas, should also be available out your way. When I'm occasionally in Dallas on business, it seems to have become the most-encountered regional beer. Again, it has a flavor and body that might be to your liking.
Special occasion or "fine dining" beers? Newcastle Brown Ale, Bass Ale, and Negra Modelo -- two Brits and a Mexican, in that order, and that's the order I prefer them in. N.M. is a dark beer, but not that heavy.
Don't pass up the opportunity to try local micro-brews, usually prepared in small batches with very limited distribution. This is a Golden Age for small breweries in the US, and most are worth a try. Since you won't know any of the beers by reputation, you'd probably want to ask for something fairly light in body and NOT too heavy on malt or hops. (Malt provides flavor and body, hops provides bitterness when in higher quantities.)
Afraid I can't help on mixed drinks. Except for the occasional Margarita, I quit these years ago for health reasons.
My son's a bartender and told me about one drink with a great name (altho he won't recommend drinking more than one). It consists of equal parts of three Southern whiskies: Jack Daniels, George Dickel, and Jim Beam, plus one part tequila: Jose Cuervo. The name?: "Three Hicks And A Spic".
If you want to stay in the Budweiser family, try Killarney's. It's their new Irish-malt ripoff of Coors' Killian's but is actually more flavorful than the original. Shouldn't be premium-priced, either. With the obscenely-high grocery beer prices in KY, this has become my "daily" beer.
Foster's or Labatt's Blue are both good candidates to try. Fairly light, but certainly more toothsome than most Budweiser products. Both are made in Canada, altho Foster's is Australian in origin. The Oz version was slightly tastier.
Blue Moon Belgian White Ale is really a Coors product altho their name appears nowhere on the bottle. A nice beer, altho you won't find Priapos Love drinking anything with "Belgian" in the name.
Shiner Bock, made by Spoetzl Brewing in Texas, should also be available out your way. When I'm occasionally in Dallas on business, it seems to have become the most-encountered regional beer. Again, it has a flavor and body that might be to your liking.
Special occasion or "fine dining" beers? Newcastle Brown Ale, Bass Ale, and Negra Modelo -- two Brits and a Mexican, in that order, and that's the order I prefer them in. N.M. is a dark beer, but not that heavy.
Don't pass up the opportunity to try local micro-brews, usually prepared in small batches with very limited distribution. This is a Golden Age for small breweries in the US, and most are worth a try. Since you won't know any of the beers by reputation, you'd probably want to ask for something fairly light in body and NOT too heavy on malt or hops. (Malt provides flavor and body, hops provides bitterness when in higher quantities.)
Afraid I can't help on mixed drinks. Except for the occasional Margarita, I quit these years ago for health reasons.
My son's a bartender and told me about one drink with a great name (altho he won't recommend drinking more than one). It consists of equal parts of three Southern whiskies: Jack Daniels, George Dickel, and Jim Beam, plus one part tequila: Jose Cuervo. The name?: "Three Hicks And A Spic".
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