05-04-2009, 03:55 PM
landmammaldolphin Wrote:jiggy, I suggest starting to go into some ales. Try Bass or even go to a nut brown like Newcastle. They aren't all that strong but I have to warn you that once you start trying the darker stuff you'll get hooked
So very true. Once I got started with dark beers, I was very quickly hooked. I'd say it's probably 2:1 of a ratio of dark beer to light beer for my purchases now.
Mmmmm... dark lagers, dark ales, porters....
landmammaldolphin Wrote:and it's a lot more expensive.
Maybe a little bit, but I don't really think it's because it's a dark beer. I think it's more just of the fact that most of the dark beers you'll see out there are microbrews. Most of the "big boys" of brewing don't really seem to sell that many darker lagers/ales, but the ones that do seem to be just as normal priced as their light offerings.