Do you like the taste of beer?

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MetalDog wrote: »

Saying that you drink beer solely for the taste is like saying you watch porn for the storylines and character development. :pac:

Disagree, maybe when I was younger, taste didn't really come into it, but as I have got older, taste is very much the most important factor for me when deciding what I drink.

Dudess

Zebra3 wrote: »

For anyone thinking of giving up beer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oPFXWXaDE

:cool:

To be fair, that scene made me, not much of a beer drinker, want a beer...

MetalDog

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Buceph wrote: »

That's a load of balls. Are you a teenager by any chance, or have you only started drinking recently? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but when you first start drinking you generally don't appreciate how nice one or two good beers can be. I've often gone to the pub and had one or two and no more. Generally I'd like to have more, but I can't and I know that going in. So there's no other reason to drink a pint than the fact that I enjoy the taste. And there are a couple of beers I've only ever had one or two of, because I couldn't afford to buy them in bigger quantities.

Your first sup of a nice cold beer (not the sub-zero crap) is like mana from the heavens. Totally refreshing and envigorating. Can't beat it. Although it does take a while for the tastebuds to warm up to the fact that beer is awesome. I didn't have a great affinity for it when I was younger, it was grand, but it grew on me. Now I love the stuff. Same goes for coffee actually.

Dude I was only trying to be funny. :rolleyes:

I'll close the door on my way out.

Buceph

van der vart wrote: »

stout = Guinness . Larger = bud, C/berg even harp, beer is ale. Smith****s and Bass, am i wrong ????

Nope, "Beer" is the superset, larger, stout and ale are all subsets.

van der vart

Buceph wrote: »

Nope, "Beer" is the superset, larger, stout and ale are all subsets.

should have went to wiki first, was always my understanding of it. cheers( no pun intended)

dexter647

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Zebra3 wrote: »

For anyone thinking of giving up beer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4oPFXWXaDE

:cool:

:mad::mad: Dam no beers in the fridge... Off to bed to dream of beer:(

W.Shakes-Beer

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Wasn't keen on beer the first time I tried it because my palate didn't like the bitterness.

However I now appreciate it and friggin love a nice cold beer.

Love Ales especially.

Thrill

Buceph wrote: »

So there's always some ulterior motive rather than just taste when anyone's having a beer?



You may have a problem then.

Are you saying there is never an ulterior motive than drinking for just the taste?

I rarely drank, but when I did it was mostly to enjoy the effects of alcohol. Like when someone smokes weed because they like the buzz they get from it

Haven't had a drink for a few years now.

So no, I don't have a problem.

Buceph

Thrill wrote: »

Are you saying there is never an ulterior motive than drinking for just the taste?

Let's follow the chain of conversation that you're now spouting off over.

The first post, implying that people always drink to get wasted;

MetalDog wrote: »

Saying that you drink beer solely for the taste is like saying you watch porn for the storylines and character development. :pac:

My response, saying that that was a load of balls. And not everyone drinks beer to pissed, all the time;

Buceph wrote: »

That's a load of balls.

You respond, implying that the original assertion is correct, that people always have an ulterior motive when having a pint;

Thrill wrote: »

No it's not.

Hence, you see drinking as purely an exercise in getting pissed. And if you do think that, then you have a problem.

I never said people don't ever drink to get pissed (although I'd question people drinking something they don't like to get pissed.) I simply said I have often had a pint or two because I liked the taste so the statement that people drink purely to get pissed is "a load of balls."

van der vart

Buceph wrote: »

Let's follow the chain of conversation that you're now spouting off over.

The first post, implying that people always drink to get wasted;



My response, saying that that was a load of balls. And not everyone drinks beer to pissed, all the time;




You respond, implying that the original assertion is correct, that people always have an ulterior motive when having a pint;



Hence, you see drinking as purely an exercise in getting pissed. And if you do think that, then you have a problem.

I never said people don't ever drink to get pissed (although I'd question people drinking something they don't like to get pissed.) I simply said I have often had a pint or two because I liked the taste so the statement that people drink purely to get pissed is "a load of balls."

Nice one, i raise my PINT glass to you

Thrill

Buceph wrote: »

Hence, you see drinking as purely an exercise in getting pissed.

And hence, you would be wrong. When I go out my friends usually only have three or four bottles of millers or a couple of pints of Murphys. They never get pissed. So I know drinking isn't always an exercise in getting blind drunk.

Me, I'm on the orange juice. No problem.

Zebra3

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Apols for posting that scene from Shawshank.

dfx-

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Wetbench4 wrote: »

Franziskaner, is that the beer with a picture of a monk on the bottle? If its the one i'm thinking of, its gorgeous. I also love erdinger dunkel, i even have the erdinger glasses.

Yes...I used to get the u-bahn from Odeonsplatz home every night and facing me was a massive advertisement with the monk and his golden nectar - goading me :pac:

Reiss Avfc

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Meh, some beer works.. Can't beat ice cold cider on a hot day though

guitarzero

Tastes like Horse sh*t if you ask me, only one I like is served in the Merchantile on Dame St. Utterly nasty stuff.

Hank Scorpio

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Love Carlsberg, especially from cans, doesnt even have to be that cold

TBF I would drink most types of beers, what i dont like the taste of is spirits

Monty Burnz

c_man wrote: »

Lot of beer snobbery here too! Just because a drink is commercially successful, doesn't mean it's muck compared to more obscure (in Ireland at least) offerings.

Well, I wouldn't call it snobbery, I'd call it taste. We all know people who like Boyzone or whatever, even though they are shyte. A hell of a lot more people in Ireland would like Boyzone than - say - Miles Davis. Now I don't like Jazz, but I respect Miles Davis and I think that people who listen to that type of music do have taste (in music) whereas those who love Boyzone or Robbie Williams or whatever don't.

Same with films. Loads of people love Adam Sandler films, even though they are generally cack. Not so many people like the films directed by - say - Terence Malick. Not so many people like anything that is subtitled, even though many (most?) great films are.

It's the same in almost every sphere. Most of us have taste in some areas and not in others (you should see my clothes ). In the 'beer' example, the Boyzone/Adam Sandler equivalent is Budweiser/Carlsberg/Miller/Coors/Heineken etc. etc., and the Terence Malick/Miles Davis equivalent would be Chimay, Rochefort and many other traditional, smaller-scale producers.

I'm not sure if that's snobbery - maybe it is, but I don't think it's a bad thing.

Edit: By the way, I have *cough* been known to enjoy a pint of Bud/Heineken etc. - I'm not saying they taste awful, I'm just saying there's much better stuff out there.