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Yes, a good wheat beer is refreshing! I love going to micro breweries. I always order the beer sampler. I know it's a fad that has past, but there are still plenty of places to choose from in almost any area.
Some notes:
Beer was a safe beverage to drink in many European cities at a time when sanitation issues were a true concern. Since you had to boil the wort to produce beer, any contaminant that cause illness was killed. This was at a time when people didn't make the connection that boiling water was a good thing in terms of germs.
India pale ale is known for it's high hoppy flavor (bitterness) which is a result of the long trip by ship to India by the British (India was a former British colony). Hops helps preserve beer by preventing the growth of bacteria as beer is essentially sugar water-something bacteria LOVES!
Hops is supposedly a close relative to marijuana. Fresh hops often smells and looks similar to weed. Fresh beer often has a warm calming effect that some think is a result of chemicals similar to cannabinoids found in marijuana.
The big beer producers like Budweiser often use a variety of different types of hops in their beers. The reasoning is to maintain the consistent taste one would identify as Budweiser. Hops is an agricultural product that is susceptible to changes in weather like too much rain or a drought. By using several different varieties, if one variety isn't available for what ever the reason, the beer taste will not change without that particular hop being present.
Budweiser also has a distinct aftertaste due to their use of rice in the making of their beer. Rice tends to produce a light crisp flavor that I don't particularly enjoy.
Now back to the 300.....
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