she loves sweet things

[Breavey]

basically, she likes sweet things. not beer. i am desperately trying to impress my new girlfriend with the delicious nature of beer. she has not quite yet grown an appreciation for beer. i think time and some choice tastings can change that. i love beer. i brew beer. i want her to enjoy beer. basically, right now, she loves sweet things. her favorite wine is white zinfandel. she also loves chocolate. i need ideas for really sweet fruity beers to have her try and/or very chocolaty beers for her to try. any reccomendations are very welcome

[wild]

I don't know of any sweet beers other than a Berry Weizen or a Braggot. Take a look at the comments about this beer (http://www.realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?threadid=5128&highlight=Chocolate+AND+Bock).

Good luck,
Wild

[fretlessman71]

4 words: Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock. She'll be hooked.

[wortchillergoal]

Lindemans Framboise Lambic or Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.

[Payson]

The sweet chocolatey flavor she loves can also be found in the Mackeson XXX.

[Beefsteak]

Maybe a Wit, like Blue Moon or Hoegaarden.

[HogieWan]

Most people who drink White Zin, don't really like wine that much. Get her going with different wine for a while. She has it in her head that she doesn't want beer - let her think that for a while. Get her to expand her comfort zone in the wine realm. Move to some pinot grigio or liebfraumilch (nice and sweet whites), then slide over to reds in the pinot noir or zinfidels - I always LOVE the aroma on a zinfindel. Eventually she might go on to cabs or big bourdeauxs. At that point, find some nice winey belgians and she'll so surprised that beer can be big and noble like the new wines you've shown her, she'll want more.

Remember this will be a LONG process

[Breavey]

Thank you to everyone who has sent recommendations my way. All are great ideas.

Hogiewan, you are actually quite perceptive. We went to a wine tasting at a vineyard the other day and the girl basically likes fruit juice that makes you a little loopy. The white zin was as close as she could get to juice before she had to stop calling it wine. I think your approach of getting her to appreciate wine first might be the best, but in the mean time I'll keep sending some well-determined sips her way.

[chazwicke]

Welcome to the board. I'd have to second the recomendations for Lindemans and Sam Adams Chocolate. Good luck with your GF. Keep us posted.

[Triple Freak]

Well, young women don't have fully developed taste buds yet, so don't expect much.

[Seymour]

Young's Double Chocolate Stout always tasted to me like Yoohoo with a kick. You might try that one. Red Seal Ale has a positively floral aroma and flavor to me. Those two might get her going.

Best of luck. A hundred million years ago in my young turk days, I dated a young woman who only drank wine coolers. Couldn't be bribed to drink beer. That relationship didn't last long for obvious reasons; sure hope you fare better.

[MikShau]

Couldn't be bribed to drink beer.

Wow, Beer over sex, dem dare's principles.

basically, she likes sweet things. not beer

I'd try the berry route. Even something as mundane as SA Cherry Wheat.

[Derekt2]

Uh, I'd 86 the Read Seal. One whallop from that hop bomb will guarantee she never tries beer again.

[fretlessman71]

Some port wines are also wonderfully sweet - a friend poured me a glass of a port that tasted like the richest, most complex grape juice you ever had. Wow! If I get the name I'll pass it along.

[Derekt2]

That's probably a tawny port. Sack Sherry can be good too. For that matter sweet mead as well.

[Seymour]

Originally posted by Derekt2
Uh, I'd 86 the Read Seal. One whallop from that hop bomb will guarantee she never tries beer again.

Yeah, tastes sweet to me, but her neophyte taste buds might be turned off. Good point.

[hops99]

The wine thing is a good idea. I'd go with a late-harvest Riesling or Icewine (although Niagara Icewines can be pretty darn expensive). Or, even better, go with a nice Moscato (Batasiolo makes a nice one that only retails for about $12).

[Derekt2]

Originally posted by hops99
The wine thing is a good idea. I'd go with a late-harvest Riesling or Icewine (although Niagara Icewines can be pretty darn expensive). Or, even better, go with a nice Moscato (Batasiolo makes a nice one that only retails for about $12).

Muller-Thurgau from germany is also nice. Not as sweet as Eiswein but only half the cost.

[hops99]

Muller-Thurgau from germany is also nice. Not as sweet as Eiswein but only half the cost.

Good call - a decent Auslese, in some cases, can only cost $6 or so. Peter Mertes and Leonard Kreusch are also good brands of inexpensive German rieslings in that 6-ish range.

[Breavey]

i am loving the responses. you all are throwing me so many great ideas that me and said lady are going to have quite the tasting. by the time it's over, it won't matter what she's drinking--it will all start to taste good.

this has become a project for me. if i am able to bring her to the beer side of life than a) i will be proud of myself/in debt to all of you and b) i will score some serious points because the achievement of her taste conversion will serve as a demonstration to her that i am capable of what she previously thought was the impossible. the resulting implications are endless. this just might be the beginning of something beautiful.

[beerboogie]

Hogie's response is best, it insures long term relationship.

Now if you want to get out of it introduce her to BMC.

[eppie]

My wife doesn't drink much beer and also likes sweet things. She does drink the fruit lambics, I've seen Lindemans reccomended, and also West Flemmish red beers. If you can get a hold of Rodenbach or Duchese du Bourgogne she'll love it (she just may not believe that it is a beer).
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[HogieWan]

Be careful with those flemish reds and such - my wife HATED Duchesse de Bourgogne (which is just about my all-time favorite brew). She wouldn't try anything else I had for a week after.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by eppie
My wife doesn't drink much beer and also likes sweet things. She does drink the fruit lambics, I've seen Lindemans reccomended, and also West Flemmish red beers. If you can get a hold of Rodenbach or Duchese du Bourgogne she'll love it (she just may not believe that it is a beer).

Both EXCELLENT brews. Very winelike and tart. I love both. The Rodenbach Grand Cru is sublime.