Are hipsters ruining craft beer?

[40watt]

I don't need to hate hipsters, but I reserve the right to laugh at them.
I have earned that right.

I mean seriously....just watch and listen to them. It's hilarious.

 

[flars]

Must have been someone very influential that coined the term hipster to have it become a danger to our way of life.





I have always believed tagging people was a gross misrepresentation throughout history.

 

[roastquake]

I don't need to hate hipsters, but I reserve the right to laugh at them.
I have earned that right.

I mean seriously....just watch and listen to them. It's hilarious.

Yep, and I will also laugh at myself when they mess with me about being metal, we can be pretty funny too

 

[40watt]

Exactly! I am ripe for being a source of amusement at my own expense. Fair is fair.

 

[CaptainArgo]

Eh, no one can ruin something for you unless you let them.

Stuff that hipsters like is only really important to other hipsters, because they're the ones concerned about whether something is "played out", and whether they need to find some hip new thing that you haven't heard of to latch on to. Home brewing will exist long after hipsters at large get bored of it.

Just think of them like a force of nature -- a hurricane of annoyance that can, briefly, bring wider attention to some element of culture that they "discover" (usually something that has already existed for ages) until they move on when it is no longer hip and edgy. IMO the attention is mostly a good thing, aside from having to deal with listening to know-it-all hipsters talking about your favorite things or hobbies like a fashion accessory.

 

[zardozap]

I don't hate hipsters, but I do enjoy jokes about them every now and then. Same goes for redneck jokes. Except the "You might be a redneck.." ones, as Jeff Foxworthy has murdered that joke, to the death and beyond.

Also, all this talk about PBR now makes me want one. I've never ever drank one in my life either.

 

[geer537]

Why do hipsters love ice?
Because ice was water before it was cool

Seriously though- I was called a hipster once. I thought you had to have one of them fancy, curly moustaches to qualify. Pay no mind- I laughed and drank my fancy beer. I'll wear whatever I like as well as drink whatever I like.

And to the OP- I love that video. Hilarious. I don't think Hipsters are ruining it.

 

[roastquake]

Why do hipsters love ice?
Because ice was water before it was cool

Seriously though- I was called a hipster once. I thought you had to have one of them fancy, curly moustaches to qualify. Pay no mind- I laughed and drank my fancy beer. I'll wear whatever I like as well as drink whatever I like.

And to the OP- I love that video. Hilarious. I don't think Hipsters are ruining it.

I think you have to listen to Mumford and Sons and have a curly mustache

 

[Beernik]

the whole hipster boogeyman thing is absurd

Hipster bogeymen would be ironic.

I bump into some every once in a while because my wife is an artist. The "urban samurai" clothes they were wearing a few years back was weird. And frankly riding fixies with the hills here is both stupid and dangerous.

I figure it's just another brand of yuppie. It's not about what you are doing or what you like. It's about what you are seen doing and seen liking.

 

[amfukuda]

The only dealings Iv had with one was at a party and he got mad that people were talking while he tried to read his book.


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[unionrdr]

...& to think hipster,or aging hipster used to be a reference to a hippy,or aging hippy. My wife & I included in the historical connotation of the word. Now,idkwtf? Excuse me while I drink some more Ranger IPA...

 

[roastquake]

...& to think hipster,or aging hipster used to be a reference to a hippy,or aging hippy. My wife & I included in the historical connotaion of the word. Now,idkwtf? Excuse me while I drink some more Ranger IPA...

they have common grounds: terrible music

 

[Phoenix7801]

---"The Hipster is unsuccessful in homebrew because he pitches the yeast before it is cool" - Me

 

[Beergnomes]

they have common grounds: terrible music

Hippy music rocks, give me a break. Hendrix, Lennon, Beck, has to be one of the best music eras ever.

 

[Hello]

Hipsters don't bother me much. We were all obnoxious at some point. The video was funny though.

 

[tagz]

I think most of you are just referencing people who try too hard. There's nothing wrong with mustaches, tattoos, vegetarian food, or good beer. So, it's not about the "hipster" style per say, it's just those folks who are into it just to be cool. Same is true for hippies, punks, etc. Style isn't a bad thing; it makes life interesting. It just when there's no balance or substance behind it that it grates on peoples' nerves.

Except for rednecks... I can't stand rednecks.

 

[adamdillabo]

Great video. Funny this conversation has gone full circle. I'm classified by others as a hipster. Doesn't help I live in hipsterville USA. I love Dragnet. They talk about hipsters. I wish shows today would talk about society and offer good advice.

Had a foot of snow last week first beer to sell out in the supermarket. PBR.

Blue blooded hipsters can be spotted by the natural bohemian.


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[Teromous]

What's wrong with PBR? I think it's on the high side of commercial beer, which I still drink on a pretty regular basis.

I'm certainly not going to stop because hipsters or punks or hippies (me) or anybody else claims it.

I prefer my beer but I just can't seem to keep up.

That's interesting. When I was growing up, beers like PBR and Natty Light were the cheaper beers that people would buy when they couldn't afford the regular BMC. Most of the time it was highschool and college kids.

On the East Coast I find that Yuengling is a pretty popular one that's considered on the "high side." I suppose it all depends where/when you lived. I have noticed that PBR has become popular though because I'm seeing it in movies, TV shows, and songs. I don't remember any ad placements when I was a kid.

 

[unionrdr]

For the longest time,Pabst was THE beer around Terrahaute,Indiana. Summer Keggers were common with bbq & baseball.

 

[wobrien]

Why do hipsters love ice?
Because ice was water before it was cool
QUOTE]

How did the hipster burn his mouth?
He drank his coffee before it was cool.

 

[Barley_Bob]

I'm not a fan of hipsters... BUT, if they buy good beer and, thus, encourage more of the places I go to carry good beer, then I'm okay with the whole phenomenon.

 

[geer537]

It's just a trend like any other. Soon they'll come up with a new name to identify themselves as and it will be 'the in thing' to bag on hipsters and identify with the new term. SSDD

The only thing I don't get is doing something ironically. You're still doing it- doesn't make it cool because you perceive it differently than the rest of the world. The rest is trendy BS that we've all fallen prey to in some way, shape, or form.

 

[kevron]

I have been called a music hipster many times. Simply because I am in the industry and listen to artists/bands before they become mainstream. Good music is good music no matter the genre.

Good beer is good beer, no matter who brewed it or where it came from. Just cause one person may not like the style you like, doesn't make their style of choice "bad".

 

[bajaedition]

I have been called a music hipster many times. Simply because I am in the industry and listen to artists/bands before they become mainstream. Good music is good music no matter the genre.

Good beer is good beer, no matter who brewed it or where it came from. Just cause one person may not like the style you like, doesn't make their style of choice "bad".

the true problem with the hipsters liking something is once they move on, which is fast, the over expanded market implodes and is almost ruined.

hair metal

beanie babies

pet rocks

and the big industries that make the bland beers will still be there and will still be strong, Plus will have validated their existence because they are still strong.
And face it, as the no longer hip industry starts to fail left and right it gets a bad name.

try to sell last years hip product you paid a premium to get the day it was released and find it is worth less than nothing.
the best thing that can happen is you grow slowly, fast explosive growth means fast explosive loss when things settle out

 

[JDF]

Is there a category for people that like all types of beer? I enjoy "lite" beers and love craft beers. The only time I truly did not enjoy a beer I drank was when I was given a Shorts Brewing Company peppercorn beer. It just was not for me. However with the increase in craft beer loving hipsters, I have noticed an increase in liquor stores and gas stations that carry craft beer.

In Michigan at least, the new thing is a create your own six pack of Michigan based beers. I find these at Krogers, CVS, gas stations, almost every where I go now that sells craft beer. So if anything Hipsters are an annoying craft beer promoter...

 

[Beernik]

Beer enthusiast.

 

[JBOGAN]

---"The Hipster is unsuccessful in homebrew because he pitches the yeast before it is cool" - Me

Beat me to it."Hipsters ruined craft beer before it was cool to ruin craft beer"

 

[knelson13A]

I'm not a fan of hipsters... BUT, if they buy good beer and, thus, encourage more of the places I go to carry good beer, then I'm okay with the whole phenomenon.

This pretty much sums up my feelings. I don't "hate" hipsters, either. I'm more amused by them.

 

[fuzzy2133]

I find some hipster annoying and others funny to laugh at (sometimes with). If they are completely wrong and open to learning the truth on a subject I am willing to help.

Are they ruining craft beer? I don't think so. The goofy ones are probably giving craft beer drinks a bad image though.

 

[maclaren]

I know some people who fit into this category who believe big beer, including Sierra Navada, = bad and small beer, smaller the better, = good. :

Hipster mentality: If more than 5 people like it, I don't like it.