- Jun 11, 2014
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I'm not here to fool anybody - I drank my share of Rhinelander, Gobles, Schlitz, Hamms, RW&B, Generic................ I could keep going. My rule back in the 80s and early 90s was to never pay more than $2 for a 6-pack. You could get 12 packs of Hamms for $2.99 in some places.What you say here is what I'm coming to understand about the characteristics. Of course, there are many years of unlearning to be done. I can only cringe when I think about pulling the tab on a lukewarm Schlitz while fishing on Shepard's Slough just off of the Apalachicola River or stopping by the place in Mexico Beach as a teenager where they'd fill your milk jug with tepid Bush for a buck. There's now a better way and better brands and as Pines says, I think I owe myself that much. I've had too much bad to mediocre beer (which, depending on what you believe, may or may not be so). Time to really enjoy the gusto!
Had my first Sierra Nevada Pale in the early 90s in G'ville, then tried some Rogue beers that were around (Mocha Porter and Special Bitter), and my taste buds were appreciating these more flavorful beers. For a while I even got into Pete's beers and Sam Adams before leaving Florida, as they too brought more flavor. Then I moved to the west coast and the rest is history. I'm a beer snob anymore.