Ever experience a macro beer snob?

Beat me to it! Don't hear it much anymore since I moved to L.A. but this was very common back in the midwest.

 

There are even AAL snobs on this site, and in this thread. The people who say "it's all beer" and imply that every beer drinker actually likes AALs but some of us just won't admit it because we're craft beer snobs, despite the fact that there are obvious taste differences between beer styles.

 

There you go employing logic again...

 

Yes, up in this part of the Midwest, its super popular for people to disparage Coors for being radioactive... Or Budweiser for the horses. Like don't they know miller and Coors are the same company? But i have coworkers and relatives that are crazy loyal to macro imports all owned by the same company, anyway.

 

Haven't really experienced macro snobs. Macro dumbasshillbillyfucksticks, yes.

 

Never run into a macro snob, but plenty of macro bullies.

Folks who make fun, give strange looks or rude comments about the "fancy" beer you drink. For some reason, this ticks me off. Maybe because folks like this, I feel, are trying to "peer pressure" you into drinking what most people drink.

 

not really if you read the profile... it just doesnt get the second fermentation.
its not always called duvel green either
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/222/45379

 

I see this attitude a lot on here, and it doesn't jive with me. I understand the sentiment of not begrudging your pals for drinking BMC. But if you generally dislike the taste of it (as you don't), why drink it for the sake of camaraderie? Drink what you want. "If all your friends jumped off the bridge, would you?" and that stuff.

Bottom line, some people dislike AAL and shouldn't be forced to drink it any more than a BMC drinker should be forced to drink craft if they dislike it.

 

I would agree that BMC is probably the most American beer. Up until the current craft revolution BMC was known world wide as American beer. "American Beer is like having sex in a canoe, i'ts fucking close to water" -some dude from Monty Python.

 

If the case actually said November 27 2012 on it then yes it would be old since Coors uses Best By dating.. customer was probably annoyed by the old beer and the worker's lack of knowledge of the product.

 

I've had more than one person complain that some of the domestic we carry is "out of date". (It's not)

I was at the counter and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what this woman was doing spending so much time in the domestic cooler. She was pulling all of the Ultra 12 packs out of the cooler looking for the newest date.

 

While I don't have a preference between my BMC beers I can tell you that I prefer them aged. Once they're on the cusp of spoilage they actually start to develop a flavor

 

Essentially it is 2 different beers. I understand it can go by green or single. Regular Duvel is only bottled since it ferments a second time in the bottle. Tripel hop is also another kind. It's all the same, but different. Green is only available on tap hence no secondary fermentation. If you drink them side by side they are completely different. Just sayin...Cheers

 

I feel like you missed the point of what I said but whatever, I'm gonna go enjoy a beer while you ponder these questions.

 

I think macro-beer snobs are way more prevalent (and steadfast!) than micro-beer snobs.

#jusayin

 

My dad scoffs at anything that's not Bud Heavy. His argument is that it's the most popular beer in the world (which I remind him is false every time) Go Snow Beer!

 

I haven't met any macro snobs per se, but I do have a friend who is strictly BMC and hates on all of the beer I drink; it usually goes like, "how can you drink that? it tastes like cat piss" or "why on Earth would you pay $12 for a four pack when you can get a six pack for $5?". I've recently gotten him to try some craft though, namely easy beers to drink like Saint Arnold Lawnmower (a kölsch) and Live Oak Hefeweizen and he really enjoyed both.

 

Reminds me of a friend and his wife, who both have good taste in beer, being lulled to a relative's place without stopping at the liquor store prior because they were told there was "lots of different beers at the house". They showed up and were greeted with "so what do you want, we have three types of Bud!"

Not so bad, but today at work me and two colleagues were talking about dark beers and what temperature I was keeping my 'cellar' at, and one of them was like "ooh, not cold enough for me, I like my beers just about frozen", to which the two of us replied that is all good for some beers but not darker beers generally, and he was adamant "I like all kinds of beers, I like Guiness even but it has to be ice cold, warm beer tastes like shit to me." We sort of had to agree to disagree on that one.

It's kind of like people who drink Starbucks with a pile of cream and sugar in it and think they like coffee.

 

The loudmouth in the corners gettin to me...

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