BlackForestBrewery
Well-Known Member
I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of BMC brews. I used to (and still do) drink MGD with my grandpa though when I head out to his place. He has also recently taken a liking to Blue Moon.
Why homebrew
if you like another kind of beer and it's cheap and much less
work to just buy it?
Ray
Um, what does money have to do with anything. This thread is about admitting to drinking light BMC lager on occasion and not being ashamed about it. If you think wealth and taste are at all related, I can assure you they are are not. Implying that only those without money drink light BMC beer, well that is just plain snobbery, dude.
I didn't get that impression. The way I understood Ray's thread was to say that the type of person who typically homebrew's, is typically the kind of person that spends more money on beer.
FWIW, I've yet to meet a homebrewer who could fairly replicate a true light american lager.
That's because we don't brew with rice or corn.
That's because we don't brew with rice or corn.
As a general rule, around here we don't associate with Natty Light drinkers.
I love beer, and I love craft beer more than any other kind - I love malty beers, hoppy beers, super balanced beers, and beers of any style... that said, I also love cheap-ass beer
I didn't get that impression. The way I understood Ray's thread was to say that the type of person who typically homebrew's, is typically the kind of person that spends more money on beer, if for no other reason than because it's typically pretty expensive to homebrew. So it is surprising, when in a group of people who typically spend more money on beer, there is such a large turnout of people who occasionally imbibe with cheaper stuff.
It'd be like in a forum on fine watches, a popular thread popping up about people who like their Casio digital watches. It's not snobby to point out the irony there.
But if you really like bmc
lite, why would you even be involved in home
brewing?
Ray
Why is it so hard for you to understand that some of us can appreciate (like) both? I like lots of things in life, why can't I enjoy either or depending on my mood, situation, environment, etc.?
Yes, the money is part of it but my point is
mainly about flavor. I think of people home brewing
because they want flavor, and maybe partly
because you can make great micro-brew style
beer for less than you can buy it, providing you
want to do the work. But if you really like bmc
lite, why would you even be involved in home
brewing? I can't homebrew just because it's
the latest fad or because it's in interesting
process, I have to be able to make a product
I can't get anywhere else easily.
I'm going to have to continually
argue with the "age your beer" crowd because it's
not necessarily going to result in a beer that drinkers
who like a more flavorful brew will like.
Y'all are just straight sick, yo.
It is completely, 100% possible to brew a beer that you enjoy and also crack a BMC every once in a while without those two things being mutually exclusive.
It absolutely blows my mind that you think this.
Well, it absolutely blows my mind that
you think THAT. Sure, you can "crack"
a BMC if you want to get drunk cheaply,
but nobody is going to convince me that
they drink it for the flavor, because there
isn't any.
Ray
I guess what's really bothering me is that I can
see the reason for all the calls to age your beer,
and "use American ale yeast, it's the best!" etc.
Most drinkers in this country are conditioned to
like over-carbonated, low-body, relatively flavorless
beers, and in order to duplicate that you have
to duplicate at least in part the high-tech methods
of bmc, which are antithetical, imo, to the techniques
and ingredients that work best in home brewing.
So any advice I give on brewing probably isn't going
to result in the beer that at least the beginning
brewers would like, and I'm going to have to continually
argue with the "age your beer" crowd because it's
not necessarily going to result in a beer that drinkers
who like a more flavorful brew will like.
Ray
Wow, well stated for something that has zero merit. Members of this board advise new brewers to age their beers when they claim some type of "off flavor" which experienced brewers know are just inherent in green beer. We are trying to stop them from dumping out beer that is perfectly good but just too young. This has nothing to do with making beer more bland.I guess what's really bothering me is that I can
see the reason for all the calls to age your beer,
and "use American ale yeast, it's the best!" etc.
Most drinkers in this country are conditioned to
like over-carbonated, low-body, relatively flavorless
beers, and in order to duplicate that you have
to duplicate at least in part the high-tech methods
of bmc, which are antithetical, imo, to the techniques
and ingredients that work best in home brewing.
So any advice I give on brewing probably isn't going
to result in the beer that at least the beginning
brewers would like, and I'm going to have to continually
argue with the "age your beer" crowd because it's
not necessarily going to result in a beer that drinkers
who like a more flavorful brew will like.
Ray
Well, it absolutely blows my mind that
you think THAT. Sure, you can "crack"
a BMC if you want to get drunk cheaply,
but nobody is going to convince me that
they drink it for the flavor, because there
isn't any.
Ray
Well, it absolutely blows my mind that
you think THAT. Sure, you can "crack"
a BMC if you want to get drunk cheaply,
but nobody is going to convince me that
they drink it for the flavor, because there
isn't any.
Ray
Ever since the movie "Beer Wars" I cant bring myself to drink another Bud, Coors, miller or PBR. I just cant stomach it... The big 3 have done so much to hinder the growth of micro brews its not even funny.
If you haven't seen the movie (its on netflix) than i highly suggest it.
that's alot of drinking there Awsome Squad.....
that's alot of drinking there Awsome Squad.....
Ever since the movie "Beer Wars" I cant bring myself to drink another Bud, Coors, miller or PBR. I just cant stomach it... The big 3 have done so much to hinder the growth of micro brews its not even funny.
If you haven't seen the movie (its on netflix) than i highly suggest it.
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