Alright, this may have already been addressed (I'm soo fucking far
behind) but yr an absolute idiot. People "develop" tastes for
many things: food, wine, film, people, class... Perhaps you just
never "developed" past the mindset you had as a child?
On Thu, 18 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You've made my point for me very nicely. The fact that you have to
> "develop" a taste for beer is a very good indication that it doesn't taste
> particularly nice in the first place.
>
> I'm not dismissing beer at all. No more than I'm dismissing cheese or wine
> or mushrooms. To clarify: my cheese is western family, my wine is in a
> box, and I don't generally eat mushrooms.
>
> The fact that people can spend their entire lives trying to make
> themselves think beer tastes good makes an excellent example of what is
> wrong with people today.
>
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> Ben Hubbird
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> On Thu, 18 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I brew my own beer, and rarely drink it to get drunk. Anyone who doesn't
> > think you can develop a taste for the right mix of malt, grains, and hops is
> > just an idiot. And anyone who thinks there is no difference between a
> > hand-crafted ale and a lite American beer has a complete lack of taste buds
> > to go along with their lack of brains. I'm not trying to put my beer-snob
> > hat on here, just saying that beers and wines have been perfected for
> > thousands of years, and that many people spend virtually their lives
> > developing discriminating tastes for fine beers and wines, like you would
> > fine cheeses or mushrooms or something, and that most of these people don't
> > give a rat's ass about getting snockered. Dismissing beer generically is
> > just plain silly.
> >
> > Loring Wirbel
> > Monument, Colo.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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