The term 'Beer Snob' has been used on this site to describe people as some of us apparently don't drink the 'More available Corp Brews' anymore.
I disagree with term on the following points.
Beer is great - so many styles and variations within styles. You could try (if you could track them all down!) a new beer every day from around the world and still not taste one you'd tried last year or even the year before!
Beer is also inexpensive - What's the difference between the price of a bottle/pint of 'Big Corp' versus 'Craft Brew'? A few cents? Maybe even a few dollars? I've drunk most 'Big Corp' brews. Most are dull, some are rubbish, one or two I like. In contrast I try to drink more 'Craft Brews' now. One or two have been rubbish, Most have been good and some have been excellent!
Homebrew set ups - have we really spent megabucks that only our Kid's Kids will see the benefits of our long term outlays with this hobby? And also are we communicating in a language between ourselves as homebrewers that no one else can decipher it?
So to summarize - Beer is cheap. Ingredients are cheap, home brew processes don't need to be over-complicated as long as you follow the basics so why not experiment with both drinking and brewing other beers than haven't been available to you before?
How is that 'Snobby'????
Sorry for the rant.....
I disagree with term on the following points.
Beer is great - so many styles and variations within styles. You could try (if you could track them all down!) a new beer every day from around the world and still not taste one you'd tried last year or even the year before!
Beer is also inexpensive - What's the difference between the price of a bottle/pint of 'Big Corp' versus 'Craft Brew'? A few cents? Maybe even a few dollars? I've drunk most 'Big Corp' brews. Most are dull, some are rubbish, one or two I like. In contrast I try to drink more 'Craft Brews' now. One or two have been rubbish, Most have been good and some have been excellent!
Homebrew set ups - have we really spent megabucks that only our Kid's Kids will see the benefits of our long term outlays with this hobby? And also are we communicating in a language between ourselves as homebrewers that no one else can decipher it?
So to summarize - Beer is cheap. Ingredients are cheap, home brew processes don't need to be over-complicated as long as you follow the basics so why not experiment with both drinking and brewing other beers than haven't been available to you before?
How is that 'Snobby'????
Sorry for the rant.....