Today we have a very special show, along with a special guest. In Show 180, we kick off a two-part taste off of … are you ready? … mass market lagers! While connoisseurs eschew these beers because they have slight and occasionally objectionable flavor profiles, they constitute the vast majority of beers sold in the world. We have an international line-up, and to help us taste them, we invited friend-of-the-pod Alan Taylor to join us. Alan is the German-trained master brewer at Zoiglhaus, and he has a trained and nuanced palate. We invited him to help us all understand what we’re tasting in these beers.

Beers Tasted:

Round 1

1. Budweiser

2. Kokanee

3. Hamm’s

4. Busch

5. Heineken

6. Foster’s

7. Rolling Rock

8. Coors

9. Beck’s

Round 2

1. Singha

2. Modelo Especial

3. Miller High Life

4. Kirin

5. Rainier

6. Stella Artois

7. Michelob Ultra

8. Pabst

9. Narragansett