SteveHoward
Well-Known Member
If it really bothers you ... It's just another of those examples of that old addage: Opionions are like buttholes, everyone has one, and it usually stinks. Why do they come to the conclusions and develop the opinions they do? I don't know ... but they always seem to have an opinion, and that opinion seems to always cast themselves, and what they like in a good light. Sometimes, they feel a need to contrast it with something else ... it's just people. I can't change them, and I don't usually worry about them.
If I was strictly a beer maker, I wouldn't let his opinion affect what I liked to do. But I might want to make wine much like you do.
Personally, I like many types of wines, but I can't claim to be sophisticated about it at all. I know the difference between dry and sweet, sparkling and flat, red and white etc, but if you want someone to tell you the difference between years or give flower commentary about balance, bouquet, body weight, etc. I'm not your guy. I like wine, though.
I agree with Tom T. Hall here, too:
I like beer. I know the difference between light and dark, have a definite preference for dark, but will drink bud light if that's all that's there. I have a few brands I like, loved trying the local microbrews when I travelled (usually chose a beer because of an interesting name at those). But again, if you want someone who can give flowery poetry about the beer, or point out subtle differences in different batches, I'm not your guy.
I also like to make things. So when I got off the road and needed to settle down, I needed to start making things to occupy my mind and hands in idle times. What better to make than things I like the way I like wine or beer? Since it was blackberry season at the time I had that epiphany, what better to start with than blackberry wine. I love apples, and apple season made me think of cider. Beer is definitely in the queue. If someone wants to enjoy it with me, then great, I want to enjoy it with them. If someone doesn't like it, then tough, I don't care. I don't have the time to worry about pleasing them. I'm going to enjoy what I enjoy.
If I was strictly a beer maker, I wouldn't let his opinion affect what I liked to do. But I might want to make wine much like you do.
Personally, I like many types of wines, but I can't claim to be sophisticated about it at all. I know the difference between dry and sweet, sparkling and flat, red and white etc, but if you want someone to tell you the difference between years or give flower commentary about balance, bouquet, body weight, etc. I'm not your guy. I like wine, though.
I agree with Tom T. Hall here, too:
I like beer. I know the difference between light and dark, have a definite preference for dark, but will drink bud light if that's all that's there. I have a few brands I like, loved trying the local microbrews when I travelled (usually chose a beer because of an interesting name at those). But again, if you want someone who can give flowery poetry about the beer, or point out subtle differences in different batches, I'm not your guy.
I also like to make things. So when I got off the road and needed to settle down, I needed to start making things to occupy my mind and hands in idle times. What better to make than things I like the way I like wine or beer? Since it was blackberry season at the time I had that epiphany, what better to start with than blackberry wine. I love apples, and apple season made me think of cider. Beer is definitely in the queue. If someone wants to enjoy it with me, then great, I want to enjoy it with them. If someone doesn't like it, then tough, I don't care. I don't have the time to worry about pleasing them. I'm going to enjoy what I enjoy.
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