Are you a Snob or an Enthusiast?

[bracconiere]

lol, i'll drink anything....

edit: and i'm not above watching 'murder, she wrote' either! my mom loved it....

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

I had to do research to answer this question! I can not remember last time
I tasted a BMC. So at dinner at Mexican restaurant, I ordered a Corona thinking that’s kind of like a BMC. It was a good lager. But it’s not BMC so this doesn’t answer the question.

So now, we are waiting for the tornado warning and hail to stop (Texas!) at the bar at said Mexican restaurant, so in the name of brewing science, and in service to the Homebrew talk community, I ordered the above beers for me and my wife. We did a blind taste test and both could easily tell the Sam Adams from the Bud. First of all, the good news is we could both tell which was which easily.

Second: I though the Bud was good. A light lager, clean, clear, no after taste, a great lawnmower beer, etc. My wife didn’t like the Bud but did like the SA. To me, it’s good too - maltier, stronger etc.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Those are different styles of beer.
Boston lager is a vienna lager.

 

[dmtaylor]

Those are different styles of beer.

True.

Boston lager is a vienna lager.

False. It's part of new style 2B International Amber Lager.

P.S. But I'm not being a snob. Just stating facts.

 

[RPh_Guy]

It's better than the beer you brew

That's an opinion, not a fact, and no one holds that opinion who's tasted my beer.

Judging my beer without tasting it pretty much fits any definition of a beer snob. Congrats.

 

[RPh_Guy]

False. It's part of new style 2B International Amber Lager.

P.S. But I'm not being a snob. Just stating facts.

I'm happy to be corrected. What's the source for that info? Is that how they enter in comps?

 

[Qhrumphf]

That's an opinion, not a fact, and no one holds that opinion who's tasted my beer.

Judging my beer without tasting it pretty much fits any definition of a beer snob. Congrats.

S'called sarcasm brah. Either you missed mine or I'm missing yours.

 

[RPh_Guy]

S'called sarcasm brah. Either you missed mine or I'm missing yours.

I guess I missed it. All is right with the world.

 

[MaxStout]

Beer snobbery is really just...

 

[6Tap]

I’m a beer geek. [emoji12]

 

[applescrap]

It's better than the beer you brew



That they're able to reach that level of blandness consistently across multiple plants within the tolerances they allow is nothing short of remarkable.

That's all I'm saying.

I tend to prefer Euro swill over US swill, but fortunately in most instances here if it's macro only it's AB-InBev and Stella is an option. I'll definitely crush some Stella at a hockey game.

Or PBR. I'll knock those back too.

But of the big three, Miller Lite is my preference.

Production greatness is not necessarily flavor greatness. You know that. Fantastic producers they are.

 

[applescrap]

Or a good German Pils....one of my favorites. Give me a BitBurger any day. 100% Pilsner malt....one addition of noble hops and you’ve got a world class beer. It’s all about the process and technique, not the recipe.

I disagree vehemently twice here.

 

[dmtaylor]

What's the source for that info?

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0f6fe247-d425-414b-a170-5cee486ad5f9

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I Drink therefore I Am

 

[zolakk]

While I prefer local or independent brews, if you're buying I'm drinking. I once was in Beijing and someone bought me a bottle of Corona at a bar that tasted like it had been sitting in a hot shipping container for a month (probably because it had been) but they were excited to meet an American with a giant beard and thought I would like it so I graciously accepted and we had an interesting conversation about how different it is between the two countries over that skunk ass beer

 

[Soulshine2]

I agree. If you don't think Bud is one of the finest beers ever brewed, you are not worthy of an opinion.

Oops did I say that out loud? On a thread about snobbery?

Bud is ok if you like a headache and a case of the $hit$.

 

[jack13]

there’s also the BMC snobs , who always have something to say when they see someone drinking something other than bud, miller, coors, etc.

I've heard very little deragatory craft vs. BMC talk overall, but the little I have has been more in this direction, when people imply or say straight out that craft beer drinkers are suckers for paying more.

Plenty of those folks will pay $4 for a coffee, though, and plenty of craft beer drinkers will pay $15 for a 4-pack but would never pay $4 for a coffee. Some luxuries we'll pay for and others we won't and each has their own respective lists, one no better than the next. Though some seem to truly believe they've got it right.

 

[benco]

Y’all sound like a bunch of beer snobs![emoji23]

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

 

[Kee]

there’s also the BMC snobs , who always have something to say when they see someone drinking something other than bud, miller, coors, etc.

Yea, I'd have to say "reverse snobbism" is more wide-spread than any snobbery among homebrewers/craft beer drinkers, just for a point of reference.

 

[camonick]

there’s also the BMC snobs , who always have something to say when they see someone drinking something other than bud, miller, coors, etc.

My boss is a BMC only drinker and can’t see how anyone could drink “that $hi++y dark beer”, even going so far as to get into a “discussion” with the bar tender at a local microbrewery when he was taken there for a family function, as to why they didn’t sell Bud Light as well as their craft beer. He was told that’s not what they do there.
I grew up on BMC but since doing all my own homebrew, I think the former tastes very bland. I’ll definitely drink one when offered or when there’s no other choice, but definitely prefer craft/ microbrew if I have a choice.

 

[S-Met]

I used to hate bmc and talk a fair amount of sh!t about them in my late teen-early 29s. Then I had some really good pilsners and wasn't impressed. That was when I realized I don't care much fo the style and started to change my outlook.

If someone offers me something I do not like, I politely decline. I don't eat fast food, at least not BK, CJ, JB, McD, Toca bell, In/Out, not for snobbery but as I don't really like fast food or processed foods. That, and my rationalization to enjoy beer and not be morbidly obese - everything in moderation and I can moderate more beer if I skip fast food.

 

[ebbelwoi]

Give me a BitBurger any day. 100% Pilsner malt....one addition of noble hops and you’ve got a world class beer. It’s all about the process and technique, not the recipe.

Well off topic, but the Beerery guy says Bitburger is 25% Munich: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/melanoidin-comparisons.551400/

But it actually does go back to process and technique on this one.

 

[radwizard]

It is very well possible that you are all over enthusiastic beer snobs.
Cheers!

 

[Miraculix]

Even though I’m passionate about craft beer, I don’t share the same distain for BMC that others seem to have. I simply think of them as a particular style that is very boring. Not as “low quality” beers. In my eyes a low quality beer is one with off flavors, a beer that was carelessly brewed. I’ve had a lot of bad homebrew. But never a bad Budweiser. Budweiser isn’t a bad beer, it’s just a boring beer. I would never pay money for it. But if I’m at someone’s house and they offer me a bud lite I’m not going to turn my nose up and say no.

There’s nothing about BMC to make it less quality. It’s not like processed food where they’re adding artificial flavors and colors. You could argue that they add rice/corn. But, lots of beers have simple sugars in the grain bill. I’m curious to know what other homebrewers think about BMC.

I even buy myself some coors lite sometimes, easy drinking session beer which I cannot make myself that easily.

 

[WestMichBrewer]

Bud is ok if you like a headache and a case of the $hit$.

Used to have that problem after consuming quantities of Milwaukee's Best in college...

 

[bleme]

Bud is ok if you like a headache and a case of the $hit$.

I know an alcoholic who only drinks Bud because it doesn't give him the runs. Some other beers have and he doesn't feel like experimenting any more to find out which ones don't...

 

[shortyz]

while were on this subject.




next brew is def baby dick belgian white

 

[WestMichBrewer]

I brew all kinds of styles and will drink just about anything if offered.
I still like the mass-produced lighter flavored lagers, especially during the summer months. Just more thirst quenching for me.

Just last week I was traveling for work and there was a $1 PBR can special at a BBQ place - Heck Yeah!

For three seasons of the year I mainly drink what I brew, but in the summer I am at the campground, on a boat most weekends so drink a lot of prepackaged beer, cans preferable on the boat.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

I'm a drinker.