Alternative title: How to trigger all Europeans with one map
As a fellow german I disagree, if someone would give me Becks I’d refuse to drink it. Are you from greater Bremen area by chance?
It might be interesting to look at the parent brands and see if this more a matter of who has the most resources for marketing and export sales.
I can attest that the one for norway certainly matches what you might be hinting at. Ringnes is by far the biggest brewer in norway. And while they do own some relatively OKish brands, the one pictured here is by far the blandest one that is not that far removed from water. It’s only popular because it’s cheap. And its cheap for a reason.
It wouldn’t surprise me if a dane would chime in with a similar statement about Carlsberg, although that sentiment could be more suitable for Tuborg. I’ll defer to Danish input on this.
It is a pity that I hate the taste of beer, as there would be so many different kinds to try out…
Try a lager, like Ratsherren Hamburg Lager. It’s beer for people who do not like beer (source: I do not like beer but most lagers). If you like it sweet you could also try porters, like Lausitzer Porter but that stuff is sweet af.
Liking beer’s taste is a Stockholm syndrome. Never have I ever met a person who has liked beer’s taste at first. But when you’re young and don’t have a lot of money, beer is the cheapest alcoholic beverage so you’re almost forced to drink that in some point.
Then after a while you start to “like” the taste and soon you’re like “this is good” but you’re still lying to yourself until one day you really start to like it.
Then you start to try different beers and they taste different to each other but they really aren’t as good tasting as good ciders or long drinks, but you keep on drinking and tasting.
So just keep on trying to like the taste and some day you might.
Most of there are one of the cheapest beers you can get. I’m sure that is a major factor.
No fucking way is John Smiths the most popular UK beer.
My parents and in-laws dri… Okay, nevermind
That’s the part so many people miss with crap like this: they’re not saying it’s the best, or that it’s the favorite, only that it has broad general appeal.
In the US, Miller Lite is nobody’s favorite beer (outside of a handful of devotees, I’m sure), but it’s a beer that any beer drinker can fall back on and locate just about anywhere. It’s not excessively high ABV, not overly hoppy, not sweet, low calories, doesn’t sit heavy, isn’t strictly for warm or cool weather, and reasonably priced.
Demographically, it is drank by college kids, sports spectators/tailgaters, old guys down at the social club, golfers, rednecks, wannabe rednecks from the suburbs, bachelorette parties, rock show attendees, and pretty much anyone anywhere beer is being served.
For those reasons, it’s likely one of the top 5 “most popular” beers in the US.
Everyone saying they’re local regional favorite or specialty craft brew is better are just missing the point.
