Posted on 05/15/2009 4:05:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Beer is generally thought to be a man’s drink. Emma Mahony agreed, until she tried the new ales that brewers are creating specifically for women: Janet Street-Porter is prising off her purple high heels, seated at a table groaning with new “female-friendly” beers. “I hate everything about beer culture,” she carps. “I hate the smell of beer, I hate men’s beer guts, I hate all the crap that goes with beer.” She pauses only to put on her trainers and summon new vitriol. “You know, one in four pubs is closing and they deserve to close because they are bloody crap!” Right ho, Janet. The balanced discussion on why British women tend not to drink beer has got off to a lairy start. I can’t help thinking that if this were a group of Frenchwomen discussing wine, the conversation might be a little more elevated. But it certainly confirms that Project Eve, a new campaign to encourage more women to give beer a try, has some way to go: Street-Porter is not alone in her antipathy to the hop.
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Because I’m in capable of burping, and the bubbles in beer give me horrible chest pains.
That said, I’ll have one with a burger when I’m eating out.
That writer needs to get out more.
Why is a light beer like making love in a canoe?
Because they are both F'n near water.
My son makes his own beer, very hoppy, just delicious. Liquid bread, I say.
The one on the near end just winked at me. Honest. BTT.
Because I don’t need anything I have to ‘aquire a taste for”.
Incapable of burping? What a fate!!
It’s the bloating.
These females are living in Britain, the paradise for real ale. Pubs that brew their own are all over the country. And these women prefer lite crap and femmed-up pseudo-brews?
\I’m female, and I love English ales!
Women and beer ping!
Why do women drink beer?
Do you seriously think juice goes with barbeque?
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