Ben is not a beer snob.

I enjoy beer.

I have drank countless varieties of beer.

However, unlike my other interests I am not as snobby/picky with the beers I choose to drink.

When I was 21 (*6 years ago, we are fucking old!) I thought I was really cool because I drank Newcastle Brown Ale by the gallon. I can't say that I don't enjoy a Newcastle here and there, but it isn't what I would rank in my current top 5.

I leave you with my top 5 current beers.

NEGRA MODELO, Mexico - I enjoy this dark beer and it is currently my favorite. It is nice and smooth and though it is dark, it is not bitter or heavy. It is very satisfying to drink and doesn't have an overtly hoppy aftertaste. I enjoy it straight from the bottle with a wedge of lime squeezed into it. My favorite place to drink a Negra Modelo is Fidel's in Del Mar. Thank you Damon for introducing me to that place.


SAPPORO PREMIUM BEER, Japan - This rice lager is great to drink with oily or really salty foods. If you know me well that makes up 79% of my diet. This beer is just right when eating at a Japanese food restaurant. Drinking this will not make your food taste different, it will just provide a refreshing way to wash everything down. I prefer my Sapporo Premiums out of the tall bottles. My favorite place to drink a Sapporo Premium is at Cafe Mums Shabu Shabu in Japantown, San Francisco. This is the place Jeff and Crystal pioneered and love to frequent.


WIDMER HEFENWEIZEN, Portland, Oregon - My favorite drinking beer when I want to get drunk. This wheat beer is high in Alcohol By Volume (ABV) but doesn't have an unpleasant (to me) hoppiness. I can't stand hoppy beer, it must be the pussy ass in me. A Widmer with a orange slice is what Neil drinks. While it does taste delicious I don't want to fully give up my manhood so I just squeeze a lemon wedge and enjoy. My favorite place to drink a Widmer Hefenweizen is ANYWHERE.


BUD LIGHT LIME, St. Louis, Missouri - Yeah. It's a lime flavored beer. It's a lime flavored light beer. It's a lime flavored light American pilsner beer. It's also fucking addicting and I want one right now sooooo bad. Thank you Grace for addictng me to this. My favorite place to drink a Bud Light Lime is at Grace's apartment. Anyway I know some of you are snickering at this choice while sipping your microbrewed pale ale at the perfect temperature that maximizes the hoppy nuttiness and aroma, that's OK. The world needs douches like you to make fun of.


BUD LIGHT, St. Louis, Missouri - The tried and true. I will drink this any day and not feel bad about it. Do I need to say more? It doesn't meet the needs of beer snobs (it is basically light yellow water), but fuck beer snobs. All I care about is having fun. Is there anything more fun than shotgunning a Bud Light before a Charger game? Nope. And that's the way I enjoy to drink this fine beer the most. Anyone want to challenge my sucking ability? Yes homo.

As a side note: I HATE HEINEKEN. I HATE ANY BEER FROM STONE BREWERY (FUCK THE RUINATION). I HATE GUINNESS, unless it's in an Irish Car Bomb.