Beer Snob ? Or just particular

[Tuby]

So, I've been home brewing beer now for only a few months, I've made maybe 7 23L batches in that time some ready to drink some aren't.

What I found very interesting is that I've just gone and picked up a 6 pack of my fav beer Coopers Pale ale and found it a touch bland to see the least. I'm possibly being a little pompous but I find mine as much better beer more robust and hearty.
Anyone else find the same issues ?

 

[Tuby]

Yes I did type this on my mobile phone, hence the appalling grammar and miss placed words.

Cheers Mark

 

[Mongrel]

As a card carrying S.N.O.B. I can't/won't bring myself to judge any/all snobbish behavior

 

[user 144271]

Store bought beer is for the little people



but I say

LET THEM EAT CAKE

 

[DPBISME]

Well I brew well over a hundred gallons of beer a year, (NOTE the correct measurement system--HA!) and occasionally still buy Store Bought Beer (mostly in the summer)...

Usually it is from a craft brewery and I bought it because it looked interesting.

Last night I visited a friend and took some over to his place.

• Harpoon Irish Red
• Tommy Knockers Coco Porter
• Foothills Brewing Company Black IPA and Carolina Blond

AND when Summertime hits and I spend entire weekends outside camping in the 98 F heat I usually drink Budwieser.

Our heat here in the Summer (before there was Air Conditioning) dorve outr beer styles... Hell I was just in Australia and they were drinking Corona... I mean that stuff is so watery it makes Bud look like a Stout...

Happy Brewing...
I still think there is a place for a good cold fizzy yellow beer. AND

 

[Homercidal]

If robust and hearty is what you prefer, then more power to you! You might just have to find a more robust and hearty commercial example to suit your needs now is all.

 

[GrogNerd]

Beer Snob ? Or just particular

are not mutually exclusive

drink what you like, don't what you don't

makes you human.

well... super human, because you can brew what you like

 

[mjdonnelly68]

I don't think you are a beer snob - yet...

As you brew more and more styles and get more and more educated as to what makes beer, beer - it's only logical that your tastes will change.

I've found that it is harder and harder for me to find new and interesting beer when I'm out and about. With all the great craft beer out there, I've been lucky enough to try a lot of different beer and styles. Pleasant surprises are fewer and farther between.

An embarrassment of riches.

 

[daksin]

Just changing tastes. I've got to say my enjoyment of some (SOME) of the lighter flavored macrobrews has actually gone up since I started brewing. Still can't get behind "light" beers, but I've definitely swung both ways.

 

[terrapinj]

i find myself trying a lot more different styles of commercial beer than I used to since I started brewing

I def don't buy as much but I haven't, and def don't plan on stopping - there is still too much great craft beer out there

 

[UnDeadPresident]

You're a snob if you think a beer is "beneath" you. You're particular if you think a beer is poorly made or doesn't taste good. I don't care for most Cream Ales or American Light Lagers (unless I'm playing softball), but I can appreciate the effort, time and craftsmanship that are put into them. I'll even try them again from time to time to see if my tastes have changed in regard to them.

Being able to find the differences and faults in beers commercial and home-brewed will help you to make your own beer better. Preferring Mexican food from the local mom-and-pop place over Taco Bell (or vice-versa) doesn't make you a snob, it just means you have a preference. Being a d!ck about it - That makes you a snob.

 

[m_c_zero]

Being a d!ck about it - That makes you a snob.

Precisely!

 

[GrogNerd]

Being a d!ck about it - That makes you a snob.

I've run into more BMC drinkers with this attitude about homebrew/craft than homebrew/craft drinkers with this attitude about BMC

 

[UnDeadPresident]

I've run into more BMC drinkers with this attitude about homebrew/craft than homebrew/craft drinkers with this attitude about BMC

Same here. It seems the less people know about the brewing process the more likely they are to turn up their noses at a certain beer.