It's OK to Drink BMC

Of course its okay. I just choose not to do it because, you know, why would I?

 

It is not an article but a thread discussion. Several very on-point posts by Marquis that you should read.

Cheers!

P.S. Also good contributions by other BAs beyond Marquis.

 

Drink BMC, shop at Walmart, listen to top 40 radio, work in public service, eat fast food, eat copious amounts of fast food, talk about exercising but don't actually do it, turn your brain off. All of these things are allowed under the letter of the law.

 

I drink the very occasional BMC product, like a GI IPA or BCBS, a Kona Pipeline porter or a Pyramid, but we're talking literally two or three times a year. My other hundreds of beers are either homebrews or craft. It's a combination of micro-snobbery and seriously, just not liking much the "big guys" put out.

 

Certainly it's okay, but I definitely choose not to. Do I think someone is a bad person for drinking BMC? No. However it makes me think they have poor taste in beer. No different than if I see someone watching something awful on TV... it doesn't mean they're a bad person but just that they have poor taste in that realm.

Nobody has super refined tastes in every realm. Case in point, my tastes when it comes to food are unrefined and crap. People are more than welcome to say that to me just as I will make the claim about their tastes in beer. I wouldn't say that to someone I don't know but rather to people that ask my honest opinion and wouldn't take offence.

 

“Marquis is/was certainly correct that macro lagers have in the past (and I assume now as well) been very popular in England,…”

But his point was the opposite:

· “Secondly , I can remember when most beer in this country was what would be considered "craft" these days.”

· “I've seen during my drinking lifetime hordes of people abandoning good traditional British styles in favour of blander, less demanding adjunct lagers.”

· “The brewers of adjunct lagers are simply brewing what the public want.”

To sum up, the beer British beer drinkers of the past (let’s say 40 years ago) mostly drank traditional (what Marquis now terms as “craft”) beer. This was the largest selling ‘type’ of beer.

The British beer drinkers of today mostly drink adjunct lagers. Why? It is not because they weren’t (or aren’t) readily exposed to “craft” beer. It is because the majority of beer drinkers prefer light colored, light tasting beer despite what the beer culture was just a few decades ago.

Cheer!

 

Just Drink BEER who cares.

 

Yes, in practically every bar there will be handpumps alongside macro beer fonts. It's not that drinkers aren't aware of the existence of real ale, in fact it's recognised as a quality item.Those who drink lager do so not because they haven't tried anything else, it's simply that they have settled for what they prefer.Even though it costs more.
By lagers I'm not casting aspersions at the great family of this beverage, it's just that's what is sold as lager here is , with some honourable exceptions,pale yellow gassy chilled tasteless stuff.

 

I was under the impression from a few of my Brit friends that many younger folks chose the lager offerings because of the higher alcohol content (i.e. it gets you drunker faster).

 

I'd take this wager if we established that we were referring to the BA's choice. I don't drink BMC generally because I like my beers like my food like I like my women...TASTY. Which is why GI is the exception to my statement about BMC..as is some Kona if you're inclined to consider that BMC. It is not because I'm a holier-than-thou beer geek nose-in-air dickhead..it is just because I'll never enjoy the barely-there taste of a silver bullet or a Bud.

 

The two biggest selling lagers in the UK are Carling Black Label and Foster's , both at 4% ABV.Kids who want to get drunk often resort to "preloading" , drinking spirits etc at home before setting out. Drinking in pubs is expensive , in towns and cities prices of around $5 a pint are considered low and it soon adds up.

 

I like Coors Original and Budweiser.

 

Maybe it was specifically in reference to Budweiser, which is 5%.