Beer geeks vs Beer snobs

I'm ridin' w/the lovers, having great times & drinking great beers...Go get 'em Ahab, they sucked ya in on another whale!

 

A so called snob is usually a poser saying that Sierra Nevada isn't Craft because it's too easy to find. Whereas, I just want to try as much good beer as possible.

 

When going camping, beer snobs pack snifters; beer geeks take pint glasses.

 

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Beer geeks take solo cups. Snobs take shit that can break and fuckup the campground with glass shards.

 

3 plates - generic. Throw a pair of 2.5's on there and break out of that crap.

 

both are highly educated but one group will never give a brewery a 2nd chance once there in the dog house

 

One more: beer snobs can't wait to tell you what they have cellared.

 

So true, and the geeks try to keep you from finding out haha

 

Great topic. Beer snobs have more money than brains. And I'm not really sure they love beer as I love beer. I think they're more concerned with impressing other beer drinkers then anything else. They are just as insufferable as their cousins the wine snobs. nickapalooza86 said it like it is:
Snobs chase whale after whale while leaving all the great beer on the shelves.... Beer lovers drink 99% shelf beer and 1% rare/whales!

 

Completely agree. Make it official?

 

I don't necessarily agree that there is a 100% of either one. Rather people are made up of different percentages of these two. I call myself 20% snob and 80% nerd more. I started yesterday morning with a hunahpu for breakfast then finished the day with a corona with lime at my sister-in-laws birthday party! Appreciate variety in beer, it is the way to go.

 

A snob in any genre is NEVER a good thing.

 

and the snobs won't share.

 

The only thing worse than beer snobs are the "I see beer snobs" beer geeks.

 

beer snobs say "mouth feel"

 

Ha! I will give it a shot.

 

How do you figure out if a beer is a bad beer without trying it?

 

Beer geeks will tell you what they have in the basement, and then share it with you.

 

"I only drink beer from [obsure brewery]... You've probably never heard of it."

Though in all seriousness, I think "Geek" has more to do with a deep, fundamental love of something. Wanting to know more, experience more, and saturate yourself with something. A snob has more to do with disregard for something not being up to your standards. While more discerning tastes may come with being a beer geek, the difference between the two is on whether it's a positive attraction, or a negative revulsion, that drives the particular person more.

That's my two cents. Now toss me a beer, I'm wicked freakin' parched over here.