If you could only drink one beer

[Holden]

...for the rest of your life, what kind/brand/brew/type/etc. would it be?

And nothing too exotic, because you'd be paying for it; and nothing too intense, because you'd be drinking a lot of it... so, in your opinion, what's the all singing, all dancing staple-beer-that-should-always-be-on-tap to rule them all? As for a benchmark, practical, just drink-out-of-the-bottle beer, it's probably gonna be a lager, but not necessarily.

Personally, I would choose Kirin Ichiban. I know they say variety is the spice of life, but it's so good with food that whenever I'm drinking something else, I usually end up washing it down with an Ichiban, to cleanse my palate. Maybe I have some weird mutant Ichiban sensor genes, but nothing else (that I've tried) comes close for me. The smell, the aftertaste of fresh bread...

Sometimes I worry that if I drink it exclusively, it will become trite and I'll lose my taste for it. But the more I drink of it, the worse everything else tastes in comparison. This discourages me from trying anything new, so I'm curious about yourâ€"not favorite, per seâ€"but standard beer. Hopefully I'll end up with more than one!

[Drunken Monkey]

Pilsner Urquelle

I fell in love with it on my honeymoon in Prague.

But only one beer for the rest of my life?

That'd be like asking me to only have sex with one woman from now on.

Uh, wait a second...

[Stella]

I like my Guinness and I like by micros and PBR's but if it's for life, Smithwicks comes to mind as "the one." 

[He Man]

Do microbrewerys count? or does it have to be mass produced? becasue micros are kinda cheating since no one knows how it taste like.

Id have to go for Bluemoon Winter or Yuengling..... id be happy with either

For microbrews, Blue Point Hoptical Illusion or Coney Island

[Holden]

Do microbrewerys count? or does it have to be mass produced? becasue micros are kinda cheating since no one knows how it taste like.

Id have to go for Bluemoon Winter or Yuengling..... id be happy with either

For microbrews, Blue Point Hoptical Illusion or Coney Island

Yeah, I guess microbreweries don't really count (I'm really looking for a few new ones to try that I could find at the grocer).

[zarn02]

one beer? that's a really, really tough call...

hmm...

red strip
new belgium fat tire
guinness
flying mokey ale (a beer i've never had from the bottle. only on tap.)

but to narrow it down to one?

red stripe or fat tire. i just can't choose.

[Holden]

red stripe

Funny, I'm actually drinking a Red Stripe right now. This is one beer that I truly want to like (hooray, marketing!), but am not totally sure about. It has a sort of... tangy honey flavor to it. God, tastes/smells are difficult to describe... maybe it's kind of like... cornbread?

It would be good with chili. But it has kind of a sickly-sweet nose.

I don't think we were meant to be.

[teddy037.2]

yeah, one beer is a tough call.

the easy answer is guinness. but the first time I had kilkenny on draught made me think otherwise.

very... VERY... arguable seconds are fat tire or echigo.

[Oldfisti]

I absolutely love Guinness but it's not exactly quenching on a hot day.

Sooo...   my all purpose beer has to be original Coors banquet.   

[Holden]

When you all say Guinness, do you mean the "serve extra cold" variety with the widget that doesn't satisfy das Reinheitsgebot?

It's like water.

Echigo looks worth a try. Even if Asahi and Sapporo didn't quite live up to Ichiban's standards, it would be weird to find out that I have a Japanese beer fetish.

[geoffduc]

I'm afraid i'll have to educate you guy's  

Newcastle Brown  

Now that will put hairs on your chest  

BTW it must be served warm   

[zarn02]

I'm afraid i'll have to educate you guy's  

Newcastle Brown  

Now that will put hairs on your chest  

BTW it must be served warm   

*mutters something about 'limeys' and the queen...*

[geoffduc]

zarn02 that's not very chummy now is it,  i'll forgive you for calling me a limey but please  don't call me a queen!!!

[eichh]

Dos Equis lager would be my beer of choice.
Plus everytime I drink it I remember some of the best times I have ever had while I was in Mexico.  

[Holden]

I'm afraid i'll have to educate you guy's  

Newcastle Brown  

Now that will put hairs on your chest  

BTW it must be served warm   

I haven't had Newky Brown since I was a kid (well, if I'm not a kid anymore). I'll put that on the shopping list.

I'll try it warm in a snifter...