Comments on: The First Beer http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/ We love beer, we thank heaven. Begrudgingly, we admit we are not the authority on all things "beer," but we know our fair share. Enjoy the good brew with us; correct us where we're wrong. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nate http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Nate Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:06:01 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-15 Thanks for stopping by brad...I hope you stop back and get in our online community beer tasting every Friday. Yeah, Blue Moon isn't bad, despite that it is put out by Molson/Coors. It is mild enough to ease someone into more acquired tastes. "God's gift to man..." I DEFINITELY hope you stop back. Thanks for stopping by brad…I hope you stop back and get in our online community beer tasting every Friday.

Yeah, Blue Moon isn’t bad, despite that it is put out by Molson/Coors. It is mild enough to ease someone into more acquired tastes.

“God’s gift to man…” I DEFINITELY hope you stop back.

]]> By: Brad Ruggles http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Brad Ruggles Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:57:13 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-11 I'll agree with you on the fact that beer is not just a drink, it's an experience. The beer that really opened my eyes and pallet to the world of beers was the simple Blue Moon. I fell in love with the Belgian Wheat Ale and then began exploring from there. I don't drink Blue Moon that often any more these days but when I do it reminds me of when I first started enjoying God's gift to man. I’ll agree with you on the fact that beer is not just a drink, it’s an experience.

The beer that really opened my eyes and pallet to the world of beers was the simple Blue Moon. I fell in love with the Belgian Wheat Ale and then began exploring from there. I don’t drink Blue Moon that often any more these days but when I do it reminds me of when I first started enjoying God’s gift to man.

]]> By: Nate http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Nate Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:03:38 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-6 @Peter…thanks for stopping by man. I envy your London experience! I googled the quote…it’s Ben Franklin. I will be using that considerably in the future. I hope we can enjoy a brew together someday in the future. @James…Great story. Yahoo for discarded beer! @Greg…Thanks for stopping by, stop in again and have an online brew with us (see next post). For the record, While I can sentimentally and flavorably (I made that word up) enjoy a Bud, as you will see in the future, it isn’t my beer of choice…neither is Shiner, but I can enjoy that too. @Peter…thanks for stopping by man. I envy your London experience! I googled the quote…it’s Ben Franklin. I will be using that considerably in the future. I hope we can enjoy a brew together someday in the future.

@James…Great story. Yahoo for discarded beer!

@Greg…Thanks for stopping by, stop in again and have an online brew with us (see next post). For the record, While I can sentimentally and flavorably (I made that word up) enjoy a Bud, as you will see in the future, it isn’t my beer of choice…neither is Shiner, but I can enjoy that too.

]]> By: GregQualls' http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-4 GregQualls' Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:32:05 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-4 I see you did your first post Nate...congrats and welcome. I'm not one for cheaper beers, but I never look down on those that do. Like you said, sometimes a beer is more than just a beer. So to judge someones beer choice is sometimes to judge more than just a beer. So you enjoy your Bud...while I enjoy my Shiner. I see you did your first post Nate…congrats and welcome. I’m not one for cheaper beers, but I never look down on those that do. Like you said, sometimes a beer is more than just a beer. So to judge someones beer choice is sometimes to judge more than just a beer. So you enjoy your Bud…while I enjoy my Shiner.

]]> By: James http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-3 James Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:54:01 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-3 My first sip of beer was from a discarded, yet unopened bottle of Rolling Rock that I found while playing under an overpass when I was nine years old. It was repuslive, putrid, and disgusting. How naive was I! Today, my brew of choice is a cold green bottle of Rolling Rock. I never really could get into the Budweiser line of beers. Just not for my palette. Michelob Ultra? Sure. Sam Adams? Don't mind if I do. Rolling Rock? Bring it on. My first sip of beer was from a discarded, yet unopened bottle of Rolling Rock that I found while playing under an overpass when I was nine years old. It was repuslive, putrid, and disgusting. How naive was I! Today, my brew of choice is a cold green bottle of Rolling Rock. I never really could get into the Budweiser line of beers. Just not for my palette. Michelob Ultra? Sure. Sam Adams? Don’t mind if I do. Rolling Rock? Bring it on.

]]> By: Peter Walker http://thankheavenforbeer.com/2008/08/27/the-first-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Peter Walker Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:19 +0000 http://thankheavenforbeer.com/?p=15#comment-2 Nate, I just keep liking you more and more. Not just that you like beer, but that you appreciate it as an experience and in a non-snobbish way. I've got a pint glass that reads: "fizzy yellow beer is for sissies" but I don't actually believe that. One of my close friends has a t-shirt that reads: "life is too short to drink cheap beer" but I have to disagree... Yes, I love the microbreweries of Oregon. I love thick, creamy stouts and rich, dark porters. I fell in love with room-temperature Guiness when I was 19, lovingly poured from the taps in London. There's a local brewhouse near here where they brew an ale with chile peppers and jalepeno oil. It's incredible and burns as it refreshes! But still, to me the taste of a Budweiser is unbeatably refreshing, simple, clean and pure. A cold, frothy can of Busch Light takes me back to simpler (though debaucherous) times. And a pilsner glass of Miller High Life: The Champagne of Beers... well, it transports me to long summer days, throwing burgers on the grill with old friends. Wasn't it Martin Luther who said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to enjoy ourselves?" I may have murdered that. And it may have been Ben Franklin. Oh well. Nate, I just keep liking you more and more.

Not just that you like beer, but that you appreciate it as an experience and in a non-snobbish way. I’ve got a pint glass that reads: “fizzy yellow beer is for sissies” but I don’t actually believe that. One of my close friends has a t-shirt that reads: “life is too short to drink cheap beer” but I have to disagree…

Yes, I love the microbreweries of Oregon. I love thick, creamy stouts and rich, dark porters. I fell in love with room-temperature Guiness when I was 19, lovingly poured from the taps in London.

There’s a local brewhouse near here where they brew an ale with chile peppers and jalepeno oil. It’s incredible and burns as it refreshes!

But still, to me the taste of a Budweiser is unbeatably refreshing, simple, clean and pure.

A cold, frothy can of Busch Light takes me back to simpler (though debaucherous) times.

And a pilsner glass of Miller High Life: The Champagne of Beers… well, it transports me to long summer days, throwing burgers on the grill with old friends.

Wasn’t it Martin Luther who said, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to enjoy ourselves?” I may have murdered that. And it may have been Ben Franklin. Oh well.

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