Why I Wouldn't Drink Sam Adams

[joshesmusica]

So by that reasoning would you also refuse to drink, say, an Ayinger Dopplebock?

read the above.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Pssh that's so 1980. I hated Sam Adams before it was cool.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

What the hell is EMO and SKA? Guess I'm getting old.

Back in the 70's we used to say "that's hip" or "I'm hip to that". Of course we were usually smoking a doobie then.

Ska is back from the 60's, bruva. rude boys and the like. a lot like reggae & skinheads: mellow music, violent youth.


as for EMO, I remember them being around long before I heard Weezer. we used to push them around long before I ever heard Weezer. and flocc Weezer right in the eye socket.

as for your beer of choice, drink what tastes good to you. don't rely on how popular/unpopular something is. plenty of folks here still drink BMC/BMC Light because they enjoy it. I don't, but that's personal taste for you. and I mean "Personal Taste", not "Popularity Contest".

 

[SharonaZamboni]

Try a brewery tour at SA. Then go see and drink Harpoon at their brewery near downtown! Their IPA is the milder East coast variety. Beer garden with pretzels made from spent mash are out of this world. And as one Bostonian said on a flight-"thea knawt cowpowate"!

Took a minute, but I deciphered it

I guess I take Sam for granted. It's (lager) everywhere here. Right next to Bud, Bud Light, etc.

*Theya nawt coprette.
Okay, that sounds moah Downeast. Whatevah.

 

[GenIke]

I wear zubaz and wolf t-shirts and prefer to drink 4Loko.

 

[Remmy]

"bro" the ultimate hipster nickname.

You misspelled "bruh," bro.

 

[SC_Ryan]

Man. This thread sucks.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Man. This thread sucks.

not as much as the thread about the vacuum of deep space, but it's close.

 

[Schmoltsbeer]

I'll try anything once... And if I like it twice. Except crystal meth

Crystal Meth you tried 15 or 20 times just to make sure you didn't like it?

 

[day_trippr]

Cheers!

 

[bobeer]

I try to just do the things I like and be who I am. If something I enjoy becomes popular then hopefully it'll help the cause. Take this hobby as perfect example of that. If it wasn't popular right now we wouldn't have access to homebrew clubs, fresh ingredients, better equipment, etc. ..
Life is easier and more enjoyable if you just worry about yourself and your family. Just have fun doing you!

And yes. Sam Adams isn't bad beer at all. You have to try something before you can say you don't like it

 

[C-Rider]

At the ripe old age of 72...I can say this is the first time I say the word HIPSTER. lol

 

[joshesmusica]

You have to try something before you can say you don't like it

I'm usually a strong advocate of this idea. For some reason I just always lumped SA in with BMC. Glad I got my eyes opened!

 

[brewcat]

Isn't Sam Adam's lager more representative of a vienna style lager? What I mean is, adjunct isn't used. Which is essentially the definition of 'American Lager', no matter which color it is. The SA Website says these grain are used, "Samuel Adams two-row pale malt blend and Caramel 60". It may still be boring for some, but it is less typical of an American Lager than a European Lager. That said, hipsters have been around longer than 5 years? What were they in the 90's? Punk rockers?

Hipsters have been around a long time. In the 90s think Kramer from Seinfeld.

 

[ChefRex]

Isn't Sam Adam's lager more representative of a vienna style lager? What I mean is, adjunct isn't used. Which is essentially the definition of 'American Lager', no matter which color it is. The SA Website says these grain are used, "Samuel Adams two-row pale malt blend and Caramel 60". It may still be boring for some, but it is less typical of an American Lager than a European Lager. That said, hipsters have been around longer than 5 years? What were they in the 90's? Punk rockers?

So Billy's a hipster??

 

[NervousDad]

This thread is going places... So bizarre..

 

[GHBWNY]

I was drinking High Life and PBR before most hipsters were born.

I can top that: I invented those beers.

 

[CJ-3]

I am way too old to be a hipster. I remember when # was simply the pound sign.

Thank god that allows me drink whatever I like.

Full disclosure- I like Sam Adams and look forward to their Oktoberfest every year.

 

[mainiac]

Try a brewery tour at SA. Then go see and drink Harpoon at their brewery near downtown! Their IPA is the milder East coast variety. Beer garden with pretzels made from spent mash are out of this world. And as one Bostonian said on a flight-"thea knawt cowpowate"!

That doesn't sound 'Bostonian' at all . . . that sounds like Kripke from Big Bang Theory . . . He is a Caltech grad, and no self respecting 'Bostonian' would have attended Caltech.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

So Billy's a hipster??

you must make amends for your transgression.

 

[Roadliner]

I just don't get the hipster "I like something until it is popular" idea. I like stuff because I like it. Really doesn't matter how many other people like it as well. If anything I've always felt like the "hipsters" of today do exactly what it is they supposedly don't like. They dress the way they do, eat what they do, drink what they do, all because it's the cool thing to do in their circle.

but more to the OP.. I agree that SA isn't too bad. I'd drink that over say a Miller or Coors any day.

 

[joshesmusica]

I just don't get the hipster "I like something until it is popular" idea. I like stuff because I like it. Really doesn't matter how many other people like it as well. If anything I've always felt like the "hipsters" of today do exactly what it is they supposedly don't like. They dress the way they do, eat what they do, drink what they do, all because it's the cool thing to do in their circle.

but more to the OP.. I agree that SA isn't too bad. I'd drink that over say a Miller or Coors any day.

oh no doubt i'd drink it over a miller or a coors.

i think the problem with the thread is that i used the word hipster in the original post. should've never done that. basically was i was getting at was that i didn't ever give them a shot because they were so big by the time i got around to trying good beers. but i should've given them a shot a long time ago, i would have likely been able to try a lot more of their other offerings if i would've done that while i was still living state-side.

 

[Roadliner]

oh no doubt i'd drink it over a miller or a coors.

i think the problem with the thread is that i used the word hipster in the original post. should've never done that. basically was i was getting at was that i didn't ever give them a shot because they were so big by the time i got around to trying good beers. but i should've given them a shot a long time ago, i would have likely been able to try a lot more of their other offerings if i would've done that while i was still living state-side.

Nah.. I knew that's what you meant.. it's just the way the forum work, though. Sparks a question in someone's head for a response and then you end up eventually in a whole other conversation. lol we could end up talking about old candies or cereal.. or even popcorn again lol.

 

[1977Brewer]

oh no doubt i'd drink it over a miller or a coors.



i think the problem with the thread is that i used the word hipster in the original post. should've never done that. basically was i was getting at was that i didn't ever give them a shot because they were so big by the time i got around to trying good beers. but i should've given them a shot a long time ago, i would have likely been able to try a lot more of their other offerings if i would've done that while i was still living state-side.

I never had a problem with your original post. I do have a problem with people who hate youth culture to the point that they feel like the have to degrade it somehow. Here's a list of youth culture movements for the past 100 years. There's a common thread: old people hated them.

Flappers
Greasers
Beatniks
Hippies
Mods
Punks
Hip Hop kids
Skins
New Wavers
Metal heads
Emo kids

That's the cliff note. Point being that kids will unite under various banners to express themselves and that old people hate change.

 

[joshesmusica]

I never had a problem with your original post. I do have a problem with people who hate youth culture to the point that they feel like the have to degrade it somehow. Here's a list of youth culture movements for the past 100 years. There's a common thread: old people hated them.

Flappers
Greasers
Beatniks
Hippies
Mods
Punks
Hip Hop kids
Skins
New Wavers
Metal heads
Emo kids

That's the cliff note. Point being that kids will unite under various banners to express themselves and that old people hate change.

****... did you just call me old? i'm only 31!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I never had a problem with your original post. I do have a problem with people who hate youth culture to the point that they feel like the have to degrade it somehow. Here's a list of youth culture movements for the past 100 years. There's a common thread: old people hated them.

Flappers
Greasers
Beatniks
Hippies
Mods
Punks
Hip Hop kids
Skins
New Wavers
Metal heads
Emo kids

That's the cliff note. Point being that kids will unite under various banners to express themselves and that old people hate change.

EMOs still need to be beaten on a regular basis. we did that when I was young.

 

[Roadliner]

EMOs still need to be beaten on a regular basis. we did that when I was young.

EMO and the eye shadow... I wore that stuff for Halloween once... it's terrible.. don't understand how anyone could do it every day. akin to pouring hot lava in my eyes lol.

 

[joshesmusica]

EMO and the eye shadow... I wore that stuff for Halloween once... it's terrible.. don't understand how anyone could do it every day. akin to pouring hot lava in my eyes lol.

but according to your username, you're still very into eye-liner???

 

[Roadliner]

but according to your username, you're still very into eye-liner???

lol it's the model of my motorcycle.. I imagine eyeliner on a bike.. with the wind factor.. that could be very bad.

 

[joshesmusica]

lol it's the model of my motorcycle.. I imagine eyeliner on a bike.. with the wind factor.. that could be very bad.

ok, well a motorcycle, now that's badass! so you're probably a punk rocker.