Dear God, I love beer.Follow

Tonight is a brewski night. Who else thinks beer is the drink of the gods?

Hmm, looking at your two recent two posts together, I can't help but interpret them as a a cry for help. I just want you to know that we're here for you, Sweetums, whenever you're ready.

Oh, and beer is tasteless fermented bread slop. Spirits, wine or cider.

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And they all taste like

There are some beers that are lightly watered urine. There are other beers that are little samples of heaven. There are still others that are an indication that the brewer is trying too hard.

This makes me giggle every time I think about it.

Good beer is better than bad wine.

Good wine is better than good beer. I like exploring wines subtleties and I like it's buzz.

I find far more variation and subtlety in beer than I do in wine. I am not as familiar with wine, so I will be missing some of it, but there is clearly more types of beer flavours and more flexibility.

What do you consider a beer snob?

Edited, Apr 7th 2014 10:50am by Xsarus

I could never get into beer. I've had enough beer advocates try to push some microbrew or another at me for me to guess that there isn't some magic quality threshold I'm missing -- it just ain't for me. On the rare occasions I buy or drink it, it's just a standard "**** water" domestic for refreshment after doing some yard work. Also, once a year or so I'll get a 12 pack of Old Style out of reverence to my ancestors.

Edit: Reading Catwho's link, the only fancy stuff I tend to find enjoyable is of the "Granite Face Pumptoberfest Winter Spice Blackberry Sprummer Wheat Seasonal Ale" variety. Otherwise, just give me a bottle of MGD.

Edited, Apr 7th 2014 12:08pm by Jophiel

I'd say that beer can have a huge amount of subtlety as well as up front flavours. Wine is all subtlety. I like both, but I prefer beer.

Grätzer is/was a mostly forgotten style so that combined with the surge of sour beers makes it irresistible to the beer snobs and hipsters of this world. Imagine drinking a beer many people can't stomach that is obscure and has an air of authenticity. You can pretend to care about the lost art of making the style, show off how brilliant you are and look down on people all in one!

Just about everyone here drinks Narragansett for their cheap beer. It's not terrible, as far as American adjuncts go. While there are tons of better beers, an ice-cold 'Gansett after a long day in the sun can be a wonderful thing.

I had an amazing Cherry Sour down in Cigar City that was like drinking a cherry sour candy.

And then I had this wonderful thing at the craft brew fest two weeks ago that was more like butterscotch candy.

***** it, I like beer that tastes like any kind of candy or chocolate, period.

Back when I would drink an occasional beer, I preferred the nice light Mexican ones - with lime. Simpatico, in the black bottle was my fav.

It's been probably a decade since I've had a beer.

Hard cider is good. I once visited London and spent a few days with a girl (nothing romantic, she was a friend's girlfriend) where we ordered cider each time we hit a bar/pub. So beyond tasting good, drinking it always recalls a pleasant week abroad.