Beer expert blind judges "bad" lagers | The Craft Beer Channel

Guess what?! This video was so popular we have done a second edition, tasting the beers suggested as "good macro beer" in the comments and in our Patreon forum! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/zYUgpZ-pPGo

I’ve only enjoyed a Budweiser once in my life. I was in Dubai and it was almost 90 degrees when someone passed me an ice cold Bud. I poured it…….over my head. It was incredibly refreshing.

I've always used Heineken as an example of a "plain, beer-flavored beer"; totally drinkable, goes well with almost all types of food, never disappoints, but is in no way "extraordinary". I drink it all the time, because it's just regular normal beer.

I am still saying that Heineken is a safe choice if you don't trust other beers in a bar. Of course it is not the best, but from all the "mediocre mainstream beers" its one of the best choices. Tastes totally okay, its absolutely drinkable and it isnt a beer where get a bad hangover.

You know this dude is reliable when he gives scores of 6-7 on a 0-5 point scale.

Beer is like music. You like what you like and some wimpy specky bam is always gonna tell you you’re wrong. Incredible.

stares at peroni "Yeah I must have drunk this at a pizza restaurant." The accuracy of that statement...

Beer snobs are the world's gift to comedy. Thank you for the laughs in these dark times.

Crazy how well these scored for after taste. Some of them 6 out of 5! Didn't even know that was possible. Mind blown.

I've had plenty of stale craft brew from the dusty kegs in my day. There's a time and a place for all beers. One trend I'd like to see more of from the craft brewers is a great balanced pilsner.

I had the misfortune of judging the lagers at the local beer competition and I learned that the average person shouldn't brew a lager. Most either stressed the yeast too much or fermented at too high of a temp but they were all dumpers. However, I'm sure all of these macros are better than what I had to endure :D

If you're going to do mostly cheap/"low quality" things, then mix in at least a couple of supposedly medium or high-quality things that you're not super familiar with. More than one, and make it tough to visually distinguish them. Keeps the expert on their toes, and makes it so you can't subconsciously default to "I know all of these are supposed to be bad."

Would love to see a double-blind test with a mix of beers you like and these you don't.

Is it wrong to be really into craft beer but enjoy lagers like these for their purpose? (cheap and great if you are doing lots of drinking)

only five minutes in, im finding it hilarious that jonny is saying "no after taste at all" and scoring it 6 out of 5. the after taste is off the scale!

Sometimes a generic lager is just what you need. Especially if you’re hard on cash at the moment lol. But for real sometimes I just get burnt out on fancy beers and just want something simple lol. My favorite cheap lager is Narragansett Lager. It’s a New England (Rhode Island specifically) staple. And it’s 5.99 for a 6 pack of 16 oz cans lol.

The best beer I have ever had and my dad has ever had was one he made, he has been obsessed about making beer for decades. During the phase where you chill it for a few days, he forgot about it, accidentally chilled it for 3 months... There was no bacteria or foreign yeast or mould, and came out the cleanest, smoothest beer I have ever had in my life with zero aftertaste. Until he agitated it and bottled it into smaller bottles. It was the beer to make non-beer drinkers like beer, and to this day, only us two got to try it.

I have never wanted to drink a shitty lager more than I do right now

Enjoyed this, would love to see you do a version with "better" quality lagers that are reasonably freely available in UK.

First kitchen job the sous chef walked out at the start of december leaving 2 and a kp to do the festive season. After every shift the boss would buy the kitchen a round and i remember coming out of the kitchen after a 14 hour shift and seeing my pint of Fosters (the house lager) sat on the bar with little drops of condensation running down the glass and it tasted like angels dancing down my parched throat. Sometimes all you need is a pint of something cold and alcoholic.