TAG 5: Summer Beers

(TAG 5 is a top five list compiled by secret ballot, submitted by the four horsemen of TAG. An extremely complicated equation is used to calculate the polls. Mostly they are related to SGF, sometimes they are not. A new TAG 5 is released every Monday.)

For those of us at TAGsgf.com, beer is very, very important. Since the staff is comprised of four guys, this week’s list of ideal summertime beers has a surprise at the top. Leinenkugel’s Berry Weiss didn’t reach No. 1 on any individual lists, but acquired 10 points collectively. Ideal summer beers are able to quench thirst and go down easily (sometimes quickly). Leine’s berry wheat does both. The curveball is our No. 2 beer, Guinness. It looks funny, because people relate summer beers to light/clear. As TAGsgf.com staffer Chris DeRosier said, “I drink it year round.” I‘m in the same boat. Tied for third are the four selections for favorite summer beer on each individual list (Hazed and Infused – light pale ale, Corona – lime or not, Miller Chill – gross Allen … just kidding … maybe, Summer Shandy – a crisp summer ale). What are your favorite beers for the year’s warm quarter? Let us know below.

Four votes (as of 4/26/10)
Total points, first-place votes in parenthesis
1. Leinenkugel Berry Weiss – 10
2. Guinness – 6
T3. Boulder Brewing Hazed and Infused – 5 (1)
T3. Corona – 5 (1)
T3. Miller Chill – 5 (1)
T3. Leinenkugel Summer Shandy – 5 (1)

Others receiving votes: Michelob Shock Top 4, Albita Purple Haze 3, Boulevard Rising Moon 3, Boulevard Zon 3, Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat 3, Miller High Life 2, Sam Adams Summer Ale 2, Bud Select 2, Any beer at the ballpark 1, Old Speckled Hen 1.