What has craft beer done for you?

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  1. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    Craft beer made me realize there are other beers that are better than Budweiser, MGD, Coors, Heineken, Rolling Rock, and when I was younger, Mickey's, St. Ides, and Old English. Getting into craft beer, unbeknownst to me until later in life, helped me understand there is a separate beer culture, inside and outside of the macro beer scene. I am sure most of us here are not just micro or macro guys, but a little bit of both. At first it seemed like a new fad, like Mexican food and coffee. Now it's a norm like Mexican food and coffee. The options and choices surrounding craft beer are phenomenal. Just take a look around this site, this all revolves around her, and is a testament to her power over you. Not me :slight_smile:

    Nonetheless, getting into micro-beer has made me leave the macro-beer. She has also helped me spend way too much money on something I do not need. I have enough beer in my make-shift beer cellar to last some people a lifetime. I just keep trading and collecting. Where did that money for my new running shoes go? Craft has also helped me realize that she, although tasting better than macros, can also make you sick and give you a hangover. Even though she tastes delicious, she can still be wicked and sinister. Craft beer gives me something to look forward to at the end of a long work day, or if I'm drying out, at the end of another 48 hours.

    In the end, I love craft. She has added another dimension to my addictive life.
     
    #1 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
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  2. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    At least now we know craft beer has a gender.
     
    #2 Orca, Aug 6, 2014
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  3. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    I would hope you wouldn't call craft a male if you are male. If you did, I wouldn't care...just saying.
     
    #3 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
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  4. slym

    slym Zealot (740) Jun 27, 2014 North Carolina

    It's made me gain 15 pounds or so in the past 6 months... (that's when I discovered my local bottle shop)
     
    #4 slym, Aug 6, 2014
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  5. rozzom

    rozzom Pooh-Bah (2,620) Jan 22, 2011 New York
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    I leave her in the cellar for months at a time.

    Personally I think it's better to refer to beer as 'it'
     
    #5 rozzom, Aug 6, 2014
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  6. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    LOL. I respect craft beer more than that. For me, "It" is a "Her." :slight_smile:
     
    #6 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
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  7. tjosborne

    tjosborne Initiate (0) Jan 31, 2013 Nebraska

    Got me drunk and made me fat.
     
    #7 tjosborne, Aug 6, 2014
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  8. thomda11

    thomda11 Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2014 California

    What has craft beer done for me other than destroying my bank account and increasing my shirt size?

    Now, on a serious note, craft opened my eyes to the fact that beer can be more than just a vessel to inebriation.
     
    #8 thomda11, Aug 6, 2014
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  9. BeerIslander

    BeerIslander Initiate (0) Jun 27, 2014 Washington

    Punched a gaping hole in my wallet and bank account. :slight_frown:
     
    #9 BeerIslander, Aug 6, 2014
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  10. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    LOL!!!
     
    #10 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
  11. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    Nice.
     
    #11 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
  12. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    You might want to consider changing your username.
     
    #12 Orca, Aug 6, 2014
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  13. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    Maybe he's still Slym :slight_smile:
     
    #13 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
  14. BKBassist

    BKBassist Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 New York

    Got me out of retail into a career I love.
     
    #14 BKBassist, Aug 6, 2014
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  15. HighDesertWalrus

    HighDesertWalrus Initiate (0) Jul 29, 2014 California

    My Craft beers sneak out of the fridge when I'm sleeping and shorten my belt.
     
    #15 HighDesertWalrus, Aug 6, 2014
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  16. Elicoleman

    Elicoleman Pooh-Bah (1,557) Sep 27, 2011 Colorado
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    Craft beer has shaped my adult life.

    It was one of a few things that brought my friends and I closer together (along with sports). Going every Monday to the Flying Saucer for pint nite and enjoying their company is something I will always appreciate for as long as I live. Even the weeks where the beer was basic, the time I spend is something I'll always cherish.

    Craft beer gives me this sense of excitement that few things in life ever gave me. The feeling of a new beer to add to the list is unbelievable.

    Lastly, in a city starved for craft beer and craft beer bars, it gives me a goal that I would like to bring something greater to the local craft beer scene. Whether it's truly realistic or not is irrelevant, it gives me hope.

    Craft beer is beautiful. Embrace it. Love it. Share it.
     
    #16 Elicoleman, Aug 6, 2014
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  17. riverlen

    riverlen Pundit (852) Sep 16, 2009 Illinois

    Craft beer has given me an alternate to the imports.
     
    #17 riverlen, Aug 6, 2014
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  18. mabermud

    mabermud Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2006 Washington

    How did it do that?
     
    #18 mabermud, Aug 6, 2014
  19. ArkansasTraveller

    ArkansasTraveller Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2014 Arkansas

    -destroyed my bank account
    -beer gut
    -made me appreciate stinky cheese.
     
    #19 ArkansasTraveller, Aug 6, 2014
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  20. azorie

    azorie Pooh-Bah (2,471) Mar 18, 2006 Florida
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    I always get a kick out of these threads that are of course written by folks who are realivity young. as if craft beer was just invented in 1976. Folks I got a news flash for you, good beer was made LONG before Americans started making it. I should know I was drinking it before the term was invented.

    That said it did make the liquor store start selling more and better beer, but that really did not happen until the late 1990's early 2000's.

    the answer those to the quiz is broke, and a tad rounder. and happy.
     
    #20 azorie, Aug 6, 2014
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