I think we may be working from different definitions of terminology here.
First off, the stratification of beers:
piss beer=busch, hamms, ranier, pabst, beast, anything else that is
available in 16 oz. cans.
cheap beer=bud, coors, weinhards, anything else that is available in
bottles but doesn't flatten the wallet. (other than the obvious exception
of pabst, which is really an anomaly as the only piss beer to come in
bottles with the demise of the ranier pounder [RIP])
Anything else is beer snob beer.
People who genuinely enjoy the taste of beer are fooling themselves. They
genuinely enjoy getting schnokkered, but in the circles they frequent it
may not be "hip" to be "hammered". Not to say I don't enjoy kicking back
with a cold one, I do, but I honestly don't think I would touch the stuff
if it weren't for it's mind bending properties when ingested.
Sorry if this sounds angry or confrontational, it's not. You have every
right to blow huge wads of cash on your beer, and respect you for being
capable of financing the habit.
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Ben Hubbird
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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Styx wrote:
> At 01:29 PM 5/15/00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >A beer snob not only insists on drinking expensive beer, but also a beer
> >snob insists on making their preferences therein heard, and heard loudly.
>
> You may have categorized me a bit too quickly.
>
> I definitely don't insist on drinking expensive beer, it just so
> happens that the beers I enjoy the most end up being expensive. It's not
> like I had multiple choice with my taste, you know? It's kind of like
> chastising somebody who prefers Sobe over Snapple. It's not their fault
> that Sobe is 69 cents extra and it's not their fault that they like the
> taste of it.
>
> As far as beer-preaching, I didn't intend to put off that it was what
> I was doing. Beer was brought up and I suggested a few alternatives, *not*
> to be haughty or snobby or whatever, but just to be helpful. If you
> misconstrued that, it has nothing to do with me. There are plenty of fine,
> cheap beers. Pete's Wicked Ale is really cheap, and it's pretty good, too.
>
> >Another thing that bugs me is people who insist that they don't like being
> >drunk. Drink soda pop for christs sake.
>
> Understood, but for those who genuinely enjoy the taste of beer, this
> doesn't apply at all.
>
> - Matt
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