Have I become a beer snob?

[bobeer]

Funny thing about this discussion is this: at one time we first started drinking beer, and it was more than likely a big brewery lager we developed a taste for.
Mine was Miller High life back in the early 70s
and until we got educated, we thought that was beer
Think back to yours
I bet you could drink a twelver of it today. working in the yard or doing a project without even a complaint
I could, and sometimes do.
So, do we say we were drinking crap beer? Or admit we like a better beer now but can still drink our old favorite?
Being a snob is kinda like driving and only seeing what we want to see, soon we will have an accident. After all it is all beer, and it is all brewed to someones taste. Why does it sell if it is crap?
Do not fight it, just do as you want, but fighting a billion dolllar business will not get you anywhere.

I still get a 12'er of Red Stripe to drink on while I'm out doing yard work in the heat of the summer. I've tried to brew beers like it but nothing has come close really. I love those little bottles and that ice cold lagered sweet corn taste when it's 100 degrees outside. I don't feel bad about it at all because it's what I want when I want it!

 

[r4dyce]

I realized during a conversation this morning that it's very rare now that I buy commercial beers more than once. Most of what I drink is my own product and if I'm buying, the vast majority of the time I want something I've never had before.

I'm like this too. I'm not the guy who goes to the store and buys a case of his "favorite" beer. Once I've had a beer once or twice I rarely feel the need to order it again. I already know what it tastes like. Variety is way more important to me. This mind set has flowed into my home brewing too and I'm doing multiple small batches simultaneously.

 

[r4dyce]

Why would't you buy Sam Adams? It is probably due to Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada that we have a craft beer industry. They started the revolution. Without them, many of the craft breweries we have today would not exist.

I mean that's kind of like saying without Henry Ford there would be no cars today. I'm sure someone else would have figured it out. I generally don't buy Sam in part because they're just not craft anymore, but more so because for many years they lacked innovation and I didn't enjoy their products. I'm not going to spend money on them just to pay homage to their legacy. I do still buy their stuff occasionally but it's usually a last resort.

 

[firerat]

What's the definition of craft beer this week?