The Beer Paradox

[yardleybates]

Pretty much for me, if you can see through it, I won't like it. Guinness and Berghoff's Dark are my top picks. For our company holiday party, our caterer for years was Carlyn Berghoff and even when the general population got crummy beer because liquor was provided by the venue, not the caterer, they would smuggle me in a case of Berghoff dark that was just for me

I used to be able to tolerate Sam Adams, but the last time I had that, it tasted horrible to me. Any lager or pilsner or ale I just plain don't like the taste of. Killian's is even stretching it for me these days and it used to be the one I drank most (due to availability).

The idea of fruit in a beer is repulsive to me and I've tried the hefeweisen's and I'm not fond of the tang that they carry. I drink my coffee black and my thought is if you add cream and sugar, it's because you don't like the taste of coffee. I feel much the same way about beer, If you have to put a piece of fruit in it, it must not taste very nice to begin with.

[rushzil2112]

Putting a piece of fruit in it just adds new dimensions of flavors for when you want something different. I also love my coffee black, but occasionaly want cream or milk(mainly because I am out and the coffee I am given tastes like shit). I can't drink multiple fruity beers. I drank a whole 6-pack of cherry wheat ale once and it hurt my stomach something else, but I can drink twice that a dark ale or what have you and be fine, so I limit my intake of fruity(like pyramid apricot weizen, samuel adams cherry wheat ale, pumpkin ales, and ones with orange tings to them), but it is nice to break it up sometimes. I prefer sitting down and drinking 6 different beers than to drink a whole 6-pack of one kind of beer(unless it is my hobgoblin).

[DrumRman]

Originally Posted by yardleybates

The idea of fruit in a beer is repulsive to me and I've tried the hefeweisen's and I'm not fond of the tang that they carry. I drink my coffee black and my thought is if you add cream and sugar, it's because you don't like the taste of coffee. I feel much the same way about beer, If you have to put a piece of fruit in it, it must not taste very nice to begin with.

I agree somewhat but not entirely. Let me say I'm not a fan of adding fruit to my beers. On a hot day I occasionally dont mind a good wheat beer though (UFO is my favorite).

But like someone posted above me.....sometimes we add things just for a new added flavor.

For instance I love pepperoni on my pizza. Its not because I hate cheese pizza, and the way it tastes....its because I like the added flavor pepperoni gives.

[Bryant]

No way.... hand crafted bourbon like Maker's Mark.


Bryant

Originally Posted by scooterSST

Real men drink Scotch...single malt...

But a sixer of newcastle is cheaper then a fifth of Glenfiddich

[Bryant]

Aha !! Another hop-head !! I knew there was some reason I liked you aside from the fact you are a big PM fan.


Bryant

Originally Posted by DrumRman

Huge Hoppy/IPA fanatic here. I have tried over 75 different IPA's and DIPA's.

I have some stupid videos on youtube chugging a few (dont ask how I started doing this nonsense haha)

http://www.youtube.com/themetalmadman

[Bryant]

I believe you and I honestly feel sorry for you. A year or so ago, a "fall-back" beer used to be Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The only "macro" I would drink was "Harp" lager. To this day, I still prefer crafted beers over the macro offerings........ but I just decided one day I was being silly. My hatred for the American macros was simply in m head. Do I buy them ? Well, rarely, but I don't "hate" them. They are what they are and I am not "too good" for them simply because I like beer. Budweiser/Coors/Miller still makes beer. It may not be the best beer youu can find, but "yellow fizz" or not, it is still beer..... and I like it.


Bryant

Originally Posted by shreddy

Here is how much of a snob I am, I've gone to bars and asked them what beers they have, after I get the list of swill I just tell them to give me a Coke. LOL

Seriously I dont know what it is about certain mass produced Lagers that make me take a piss every 15 minutes, I dont get that with good beers.

[KingsGene]

Ran into these guys at a beer fest in Mt Horeb (WI) a couple of years ago: Unibroue from Canada ( http://www.unibroue.com/english.cfm ). They are currently my favorite brewer followed closely by Point, Leinenkugel, Sam Adams. If it's quantity I'm after, then I'll opt for a Foster's Lager. If I have to drink American, then it's MGD for me...absolutely no Bud products.

[scooterSST]

Originally Posted by Bryant

No way.... hand crafted bourbon like Maker's Mark.


Bryant

Bourbon..baaaddd

[rushzil2112]

bourbon..........gooooooood..........gotta love maker's mark, I keep on forgeting how freakin smooth this shit is, I totally just forgot about beer until I run out and don't feel like driving all the way to the closest liquor store.

[Bryant]

Ha ha ha.... dude !! You are hard core !! Maker's Mark is far from smooth. I like it because it is a full-bodied bourbon. It certainly does have a great finish to it, but "smooth" would not be one of the adjectives I would choose for it.
Then again.... I can eat habenero peppers like candy, but red onions make my eyes water. Everyone has different taste buds.

Bryant

Originally Posted by rushzil2112

bourbon..........gooooooood..........gotta love maker's mark, I keep on forgeting how freakin smooth this shit is, I totally just forgot about beer until I run out and don't feel like driving all the way to the closest liquor store.

[scooterSST]

Originally Posted by Bryant

Aha !! Another hop-head !! I knew there was some reason I liked you aside from the fact you are a big PM fan.


Bryant

Ever had "Tuppers Hop Pocket"? It's made by Dominion Brewery in Ashburn, VA.

If I'm in the mood for something hoppy, it's what I go for when I can find it.