Favorite beer?

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

honest answer: high life

you people fucking suck what the fuck are you drinking

are you trying to show off like i do with bands i mean i think that's more worth while to be knowledgeable about music instead of obscure expensive microbrews god you make me sick

the only microbrews i could list are all locally brewed

on the record: "LOL!"

[Luke de Spa]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

yeah exactly i'm a dan brown fan and you experience the finer tastes

who's the one with the ego, then

i used dan brown as an example because i figured you'd not be a fan but know that he's very popular

here's the rub. if you like one kind of beer and not another kind, that's just fine by me. same goes for if you like dan brown. i think dan brown sucks, and i've not liked any cheap beer i've had either, but i don't make a big deal about it. the thing to keep in mind here is that you're the one jumping up everyone's ass in what is apparently a bizarre pre-emptive attack against imagined elitism.

(a list of beers you haven't heard of is not elitism; it's just a list of beers you haven't heard of. why should that even be surprising to someone who has no interest in craft beer?)

you see a bunch of people talking about something you don't care for and instead of thinking "hey, maybe there's something to this craft beer thing, perhaps i should give it another shot" or "it's not for me, but nothing's for everyone" you think "THESE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY POSER SNOBS PRETENDING TO LIKE STUFF TO BE COOL"

that's just

well

that's not a sane reaction

[Cool As Ice Cream]

thank you for typing that out, luke.

i find it hard to believe trots was being serious, because his reaction was so over the top. but somewhere i'm afraid that he was. i am le confused.

[teh b0lly!!1]

can people stop raping this discussion now for fucks sake, it's over

[Cool As Ice Cream]

ORVAL

[scottytheoneand]

why is it that Trots can't handle somebody liking something he doesn't?

[Dead Frequency]

Oh its over is it

[Luke de Spa]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

ORVAL

i thought this was fucking disgusting the first time i tried it, but on a friend's insistence gave it repeated attempts. now i love it. was a lot like getting used to blue cheese for me (i used to find that nauseating).

funny how easily the palate can be trained. jeffrey steingarten reckons you have to taste something eight separate times to defeat a flavour aversion. sounds about right

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

seriously what the fuck is this

it is a list of beers that i enjoy a lot

you have seriously fucking lost it.

[duovamp]

Don't be so mad dude. He's just hatin'.

[duovamp]

I mean everybody does this to some extent - think of how many times you thought someone was "just being a wine/car/sports/weed/computer/video game/whateverlamehobbypeoplelave snob" at some point? If it doesn't interest you, or you aren't one, chances are you just write that other person's interests or hobbies off as being pointless. He just likes to hate on everything though, and you guys took the bait. I'm a little disappointed in the seriousness of the responses he's getting.

[Eulogy]

So he's either become completely unhinged or does nothing but troll. Either way, it's obnoxious.

[duovamp]

Well maybe he'd stop if it weren't so easy to troll you bro.

And believe me, it is.

[D.]

Originally Posted by Travis Meeks

Still not hitting the G?

This takes me back.

Memorrrriiiiieees

[Travis Meeks]

Leffe Blonde Beer is my least favorite beer. This stuff is wretched.

[Nimrod's Son]

[duovamp]

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the Pliny the Elder I had, I don't really think it justified the price tbh.

[duovamp]

Mine was marked up a pretty good bit more than yours over in CA was I imagine.

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by duovamp

Mine was marked up a pretty good bit more than yours over in CA was I imagine.

this is probably the case. the only six-packs of hopslam i've seen in DC were priced at $40. like, no. that's not happening.

i'd like to try pliny the elder, for sure.

[duovamp]

I should also add that it's not necessarily my favorite kind of beer either, but like I said it was good. And I can see why other people who are into them would really like it.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by duovamp

I just got back from Bockfest in Cincinatti this weekend. Shit was off the chain. Tons of delicious bocks from big local brews to indie homebrews. Also they crowned a sausage queen, who I Tebowed with, and whose sash my buddy drunkenly stole.

did you really? i went down friday night but missed saturday.

[yo soy el mejor]

i saw both of you.

[slunken]

i just flew in!

[yo soy el mejor]

boy, are ur arms tired.

[neopryn]

i like a good hefeweizen

[neopryn]

delirium tremens is the most hifalutin beer i ever had and it was pretty glorious. paid 20 bucks for a 4 pack tho.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Cool As Ice Cream

thank you for typing that out, luke.

i find it hard to believe trots was being serious, because his reaction was so over the top. but somewhere i'm afraid that he was. i am le confused.

only sort of

first of all beer aficionados/snobs/nerds/poseurs are profoundly easy to troll and it always comes back to how i drink natty light which i don't, i actually have a pretty diverse beer palate.

i don't think anyone can make a list that only contains microbrews and really not be some kind of poser. it's kind of like when someone makes a list of favorite bands and there's nothing but obscure indie bands on it, you're just like "oh come on the mainstream isn't that poisonous."

and for the record luke i'm pretty familiar with craft beers and i often find them to be profoundly overrated. It's not like I'm operating from a state of ignorance, I drink plenty of off-brand craft brews. None of them I find particularly noteworthy, especially the overproduced IPA variety. For example, microbrews i already mentioned that i enjoyed are real ale firemans #4 and austin beerworks pearl snap.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Travis Meeks

Trots, I apologizing for saying fat and bringing up weight during our schoolyard tiff.

if that bothered me i'd have been run off this board a long time ago

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by SuckSuckStyle

can i ask why you didn't just post your list of beers?

i did but you were too busy with the multi response to see it

[Nimrod's Son]

FWIW the microbrews I put down are widely available in my area and very popular. Two are brewed in San Diego county and one is from a little bit north.