Are you a cheap beer host?

[Jono]

I do buy what I know they will prefer..be it Bud Light or Miller Light etc...but I am conscious of the need to provide something with more flavor...be it an ale or stout etc. when there is a large group with some unknown tastes. I usually give the left over light away...it just sits and get old if I keep it. My philosophy is that if I am inviting guests...it is my responsibility to provide a nice selection of food and drink. Not all hold to this view....but it can reflect on the host....and you want to leave a positive impression.

[Stu]

I agree about keeping what your guests like. Down here that's Miller High Life in cans or bottles of my home brew. I have two beer 'fridges and have them in both. Personally I like bottled beer better than cans, and draft better than bottled. I don't drink enough beer to warrant keeping a keg however.

[Phischy]

First off, I'll say you can keep your Guiness - worst stout I've ever tasted, yeah go ahead and go off about it I don't care I can't stand the shit. If you ever in Oregon try Terminator Stout at McMenamins and then give me your opinion - Or even Descutes Obsidian Stout. And the same goes for Bass, can't stand it! If you want to talk good imported beer I'll take something from Belhaven in Scotland, Twisted Thistle IPA is about as good an IPA - beer period - as I've ever tasted. As for what I have around for get togethers it is most typically Bud, Bud Light, maybe Corona and maybe another premium such as something from Deschutes or Rogue in Oregon or something similar that I can actually get in Cali maybe Stone. Now if I could get it here, Dogfish would always be in my fridge and when I move back to Oregon just like my best friend up there I'll keep a 1/4 Keg of either Bridgeport or Deschutes in the keg fridge at all time.

You live just north of me and rave about OR beer. Uh...dude...seriously. San Diego County is currently blowing the entire PNW away with the quality of beer. Lost Abbey, Port Brewing, Alesmith, Alpine, Ballast point and hell...even San Diego Brewing Company is making waves! SD is winning more awards and medals than all of OR and WA in the last few years. I don't mention Stone because I really don't care for it compared to what else is readily available. You need to stop in at Pizza Port Carlsbad and check out their offerings...it's amazing. Or PP San Calmente.

I like OR beer as well and will be spending memorial weekend up there, but SD beer right now is kicking serious ass.

As for what I serve:

3 taps of my finest homebrew. Right now I have a Russian River Blind Pig IPA clone, a red-ish/brown-ish ale (missed my mark but it's still pretty good) and a robust porter. Coming up in the future I'll be doing a blind IPA tasting and a bourbon tasting for all my beer friends.

The Angel Share Bourbon barrel is interesting, but at $15/375ml it's extremely hard to find and expensive.

[Barrel_Proof]

I just inventoried the fridges and the storage room and found 11 different brews --

5 are remainders from previous party guests! Thank you, again!

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Breckenridge Remarkable Vanilla Porter

Augustijn Ale

Brooklyn Winter Ale

Berghoff Red Ale

Mendocino Summer Ale

Schlafly Kolsch Ale

Magic Hat Hocus Pocus

Michelob Select

Bud Light

Yeah; I already drank all of Jeff's IPAs!

[spun_cookie]

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impresive indeed :bowdown: ............

[mier]

I think i`m a lousy beer host,when people come along i always like to hook them to whiskey or wine,there is always a few cans of Guinness or bottles Heineken or Grolsch in the fridge for those who are thirsty.For the good stuff i usually go into town,i`m blessed with a lot pubs with good beers here.

Eric.

[fredthecat]

First off, I'll say you can keep your Guiness - worst stout I've ever tasted

very, very true. i do drink it if i can get it for free.. but there are much more interesting stouts for far cheaper and with much higher alcohol percentages, further increasing the value vs. price

i've tried some stouts from former british colonies lately such as dragon from jamaica and sinha from sri lanka which are very unique (i would strongly, STRONGLY recommend sinha stout :bigeyes: )

[New2Whiskey]

I've been doing a lot of beer tasting lately. And HOPPIN' FROG B.O.R.I.S. The Cruster Oatmeal-Imperial Stout really hit my taste buds. As well as Southern Tier Chokiat imperial stout. 2 impressive beers!

However, my wallet is feeling it big time.

What is a good quality beer for a reasonable price? Note, I no longer enjoy Miller and Bud. Even HIENEKEN no longer brings me much joy to my tastes buds. What do you all drink that you label as great quality for the price?

Cheap beer host?

Not sure about that. But I'm sure I'm not a bad beer host.

There are good beers out there that don't cost $10 for a sixpack.

[cigarnv]

For the most part my guests will have available to them what I enjoy drinking with a few exceptions. My beer likes are quite wide ranging and I pretty much will try anything....but most of all it is "what I am in the mood for". As such I will typically have a few pils, porters, stouts and assorted micros around. I will also keep some Corona and decent production brew around.

We are having some friends over today for grilled pork tenderloin, kielbasa, homemade venison sausage and sauerkraut. I will be picking up a few growlers of local micro brew for the occasion....

[CorvallisCracker]

What is a good quality beer for a reasonable price? Note, I no longer enjoy Miller and Bud. Even HIENEKEN no longer brings me much joy to my tastes buds. What do you all drink that you label as great quality for the price?

When I lived in TLH I bought a lot of Yuengling - it's a great beer and priced in the Budweiser range.

Unfortunately not available here in OR. Mostly I watch for Full Sail Pale Ale on sale. Normally it's about $7.50, but occasionally on sale for $5.99. When I see it at that price I usually buy at least a case.

[OldJack]

I try to keep homebrew handy, but I don't always have the time to keep some around all the time.

Since I live in Texas, I usually stock Shiner and St. Arnold products for guests. Both breweries make solid brews at decent prices. St. Arnold's Lawnmower and Summer Pils are particularly enjoyable (and a huge quality upgrade) for BudMillerCoors fans and Shiner Bock (though not a true bock) has become the new National Beer of Texas (sorry Lone Star.) Round out the fridge with Shiner's Hefeweizen, St. Arnold's IPA and Stout, and you've got a fridge for almost any beer preference.

[camduncan]

I'm mostly a lousy beer host as I don't drink or like beer. If you drop over, and it's not a planned thing, I most likely won't have any in the fridge*. But if I know we are having people over who drink beer, I'll always make sure there's a couple of six packs of something good in the fridge.

* Sometimes the latter means there is beer left over for the former.