Evan!
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I went over to the neighbor's last night for some sushi, and brought along one of my new summer favorites, the 2005 Bessin Old Vines Chablis. Great stuff. When we finished that, it was on to their stuff---which was mainly liquor (wasn't feeling that) and a case of The Silver Bullet that another neighbor had brought over. Now, I never ever drink American Light Lager BMC stuff. Just not into it. Somewhat of an elitist thing, you know? But I thought, hell, why not...so I threw back 4 or 5 of them.
And after making my own beer for a year now, and appreciating how effing difficult it is to make a simple pilsner, the stuff was actually not bad. Heresy, especially coming from someone who works in a beer shop that won't even stoop to stocking Sam Adams...but seriously, I used to group beer into two distinct categories: BMC, and everything else. But I think that this hobby really helps you appreciate various styles of beer for what they are. I still despise what I see as false advertising, where they get all in-depth about the supposed taste of their beer, but all in all, it was NOT bad stuff. I wouldn't buy it for myself, ever, but I expected much worse.
And after making my own beer for a year now, and appreciating how effing difficult it is to make a simple pilsner, the stuff was actually not bad. Heresy, especially coming from someone who works in a beer shop that won't even stoop to stocking Sam Adams...but seriously, I used to group beer into two distinct categories: BMC, and everything else. But I think that this hobby really helps you appreciate various styles of beer for what they are. I still despise what I see as false advertising, where they get all in-depth about the supposed taste of their beer, but all in all, it was NOT bad stuff. I wouldn't buy it for myself, ever, but I expected much worse.