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The Subtle Art of Beer Snobbery
Modern Drunkard magazine ^
| October, 2009
| Frank Rich
Posted on 11/02/2009 5:15:14 PM PST by dynachrome
While wine snobs have blighted the earth for thousands of years (you can bet there was at least one guy curling his lip at the vintage of Jesus’ first and best miracle), beer snobbery is a relatively young art, especially in the U.S.
This is because every beer in the country once tasted exactly the same. Oh sure, there were Bud lovers and MGD aficionados who would swear they could tell the difference, but if you gave them a blind taste test, you’d soon discover they’d just keep asking for another “test taste” until there wasn’t any beer left and they were passed out on your sofa.
Furthermore, beer was considered the balm of the common man, it was not something you swirled in a glass and judged by its “nose.” It was something you swilled from a plastic cup and sometimes shot through your nose.
Then the microbrewery revolution swept the country and soon every abandoned firehouse, bank and shoe factory was outfitted with a vat and turning out every possible form and flavor of beer you could imagine, and some you would rather not.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beer; judging; moderndrunkard; snobs
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To: dynachrome
LOL!
I like Keystone light!
Got sumpin’ to say about it!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:46:03 PM PST
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: Darren McCarty
Believe me it aint Guinness.
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:46:19 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
Great stuff. Ever try Maudite or Le Fin du Monde (hope I got the spellings right!) from Canada?
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:46:58 PM PST
by
Buck W.
(The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
To: mylife
And proud of it! Somewhat ironically, my eldest son introduced me to the delights of Chimay.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:47:44 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Buck W.
Try it? I cant even say it!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:47:58 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:49:46 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: ConorMacNessa
A couple of guys at work are hooked on the stuff.
They say Paulaner Salvatore tastes like swill by comparison L0L!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:50:29 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Randy Larsen
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:51:12 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: mamelukesabre
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:51:12 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
"Lite" is the quintessential perversion of beer - Make mine heavy, please!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:51:19 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: dynachrome
Personally prefer Henry Weinhard’s Classic Reserve as my everyday beer. Kinda a sort of beer snob wannabee, and am sorting out what I like from what I don’t still...can’t drink much because of medical issues, so it’s gotta taste good.
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:51:54 PM PST
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Without the Constitution, there is no America!)
To: mamelukesabre
To: mamelukesabre
Ultralite = ANATHEMA!!!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:53:19 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I agree.
I like a substantial beer
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:53:32 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mamelukesabre
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:54:31 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
And you won’t after you’ve had one! They’re similar to Chimay.
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:54:39 PM PST
by
Buck W.
To: mylife
Here's to the man who drinks strong ale and goes to bed quite mellow!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:55:11 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: dynachrome
Yuengling Lager
38
posted on
11/02/2009 5:56:09 PM PST
by
linn37
( "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: mylife
Uhmmm...no.
I didn’t say a thing about ears.
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:56:53 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: Buck W.
Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmmm
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posted on
11/02/2009 5:57:23 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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