BeerBorg

I'm trying to remember. Everything was adjunct lagers when I was young, and I didn't like beer much. I was over 20 when I found one that I liked, MGD. Now I drink ale almost exclusively, and I prefer them over the few craft lagers I drink. I think it must have been Bass. I know that by the 90s I was boycotting Bass, and I can't think of any other ales I drank then. Do you remember your first? (Or, if you have too much fun, your last?)

I have no idea, back in the 70s I did not know the difference between ale and lager. what I can say is that pbr was on the table quite a bite when I started to get tall enough to reach up there.

Molson Golden...

Dad and Grandpa used to get it by the case from across the pond...

Löwenbräu .......in high school . That night do not turn out well!

Way back in the early 70s. When it was still brewed in Cincinnati.

I can't pin down a specific memory of my first ale, but I'm thinking it would have been some Guiness or a German export ale back in 1977.

The very first.... ginger...

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Way back in the early 70s. When it was still brewed in Cincinnati.

^^^ This ^^^

That's what I was gonna say, I grew up in Columbus and it would have to be that or Genesee cream ale around that time.

Genesee Cream Ale at college in NY State. Sold in old milkshake cups at a bar. A couple of those and you cleaned your system out good!

I didn't know the difference between ales and lagers at the time and I can't tell you the name of the first ale I had. All I can tell you is that I was one or two days into a twenty-two month stint in Scotland when I ordered a "bitter" at one of the local pubs and instantly fell in love all over again with beer.

That was thirty-six years ago.

can't say I remember the name I was pretty drunk at the time

All interesting responses. In fact I may have tried Molson or Guinness first. As above, I didn't know the difference then. But I also know almost everything was lager.
Welcome Back, Ale.

I'm going to say that it was Bass or Guinness with my international Disney roomies. That may be incorrect, but to the best of my knowledge, this is a strong likelihood.