Monday, August 22, 2011

Best Domestic Beers??

I am normally a big fan of Men's Health Magazine because their articles are typically very useful, relevant, applicable, and cover a wide range of topics.  However I think they need to rethink this posting titled "Best Domestic Beers."  Their list of the top 8 domestic beers is:

Sam Adam's Summer Ale
Miller Lite
Goose Island 312
Blue Moon
Pyramid Apricot Weizen
Iron City in Aluminun Bottles
Abita Turbo Dog
Lone Star

Although they do have some different categories (which helps explain why some of these are in here), it definitely does not justify this list.  Let's take a look at the list one by one:

Sam Adam's Summer Ale - Started the list off strong.  Nothing wrong with this selection.

Miller Lite - Whoa.  Not only is this questionable as a domestic these days (MillerCoors was bought by Molson from Canada...), is this really the second beer to mention when giving a list of the Best Domestic Beers? I will grant them that I do prefer Miller Lite over Bud Light or Coors Light, but we're only two beers in to this list and they've already almost lost me.

Goose Island 312 - Ok, I can live with this.  It is a good beer, but Goose Island just doesn't do it for me as much anymore now that they are owned by InBev.  And speaking of InBev, this also brings to question whether this one is truly a domestic anymore too!

Blue Moon - Ok, now they lost me for sure.  Not only is Blue Moon also part of Molson Coors, but the article begins by saying they don't want to reach in a drink a belgian ale, but they justify this selection by saying it's because its part of Coors.  That does not justify it in my book, that only makes it worse...

Pyramid Apricot Weizen - I haven't had this one so hard to make a good judgment on it.  I do like most of what I have had from Pyramid, but am still not completely happy about this choice either.

Iron City in Aluminun Bottles - Well, if you are really in to aluminun bottles, then I guess you can justify this one, but I would typically prefer to choose my "Best Domestic Beers" based on taste than on the bottle they come in.  Besides, I've never really liked drinking out of aluminun...

Abita Turbo Dog - A good, solid beer from a good brewery.  Can't complain about this one much either.

Lone Star - A decent beer that can fit the bill in certain situations, but still hard to imagine it qualifying for this list.

Now, I do understand that different people have different tastes and different preferences for what they look for in a beer.  But, as I am guessing you imagine, my list of the best domestic beers would look a little different than this one.

What would be on your list?

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