I think its because it's not carbonated. Rich people in fancy restaurants don't burp.
While wine does generally have more alcohol than beer, it is consumed in slightly smaller quantities, and almost always with food.
The color of beer is just as interesting and complex as wine, although wine is more striking with the heavier ruby and garnet colors while beer does tend to stay brownish.
Beer also comes from the Old World.
I'm with you, but we are members of a beer fourm, so a bit more knowledgeable and biased.
So, ask 100 random people 1) which has the stronger affect on the palate, 2) which one looks "fancier" in its typical glassware, and 3) which one has a "richer" past from the old world, I think wine will win hands down.
The following two images is how I believe the general public views beer and wine. I thing 9 out of ten people always drink beer from a bottle, even in a bar or restaurant. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that with wine (at least in a bar or restaurant).
Probably because guys (and gals) like us in the forum respect beer, make beer and generally relate every conversation back to beer or homebrewing. And we also post threads about burps, farts, poop and puking in your fermenter.
Then there's this banana guy How's he going to get some wino snob to take him seriously.
+1
However, the classy beer drinkers (albeit few and far between) are 10x classier than the typical wine snob. I live in the Heart of Sonoma County, adjacent to Napa County (two of the most famous wine regions in the world) so I see A LOT of wino's walking about tasting wine with red lips and eyes...
Not to mention that they're usually quite rambunctious, rude, and belligerent when they drink a bit too much grape juice.
Quite the contrary from the beer aficionados I've met in my short time on Earth.
However, the classy beer drinkers (albeit few and far between) are 10x classier than the typical wine snob. I live in the Heart of Sonoma County, adjacent to Napa County (two of the most famous wine regions in the world) so I see A LOT of wino's walking about tasting wine with red lips and eyes...
Not to mention that they're usually quite rambunctious, rude, and belligerent when they drink a bit too much grape juice.
Quite the contrary from the beer aficionados I've met in my short time on Earth.
Well, you do live in Russian River town, too. Great town, santa rosa.
And Golddiggie, you're right. Any person who's a "yankass" when they're drunk is also probably a "yankass" when they're sober.
They see it as something you have to learn how to drink and appreciate.
I say F them all (the wine snobs) with a telephone pole... Drink what you like, brew what you like and don't worry about it...
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