Beer Nerds: Negative or Positive?

Negative. I prefer "beer guru" or "aficionado."

 

Can be used both ways.

 

I'd rather be around a beer nerd than a beer snob.

 

Beer nerd (or beer geek) is the friendly, more humorous name for most of us and less high-brow, douch-baggery term compared to several other descriptive title options. In conversion, I say beer nerd and my beer nerd friends and I usualy get a smirk or smile out of people as I'm talking. If you say "I'm meeting up with my beer advocates or beer aficionado friends", its sounds really snooty IMO and probably a lot more negative vibe to outsiders.

 

I have been called both a beer nerd and a beer snob. I do not take umbrage to either as I know what I like and that's what I drink. If someone feels the need to cast stones in my direction because I refuse to drink the same swill as them then so be it. Peasants!

 

Using umbrage in a sentence will get some stones thrown for being a nerd in general, let alone one of the beer variety.

 

Damn Todd is there a picture of me also!

 

I'm Ron Burgandy?

 

I thought being a nerd was cool now? Also, I'd rather be called a nerd than a light beer drinker.

 

I'm fine with beer nerd. I'm also a sci-fi nerd/geek as well.

 

Beer nerds are ok. They talk about beer not about how cool beer makes them.

 

I would say that it both depends on context and how the person behaves...the most knowledgeable among ust would probably be the hardest to identify until real, meaningful conversation was had...anybody who takes things too far and makes a show of it is usually a charlatan....

 

The only person who can call me a beer nerd, is another beer nerd...we can smell our own kind

 

I've always taken it to mean the 3rd definition as beer "snob" covers unruly behaviour to other beer folk and douche describes all other poor behaviour. In my most haughty of opinions, I'd say anyone using the term in a derogatory manner are using it wrong.

 

I'd rather be around someone who just enjoys their beer and doesn't make a big deal about it.
It is, after all, only beer.

 

Beer nerd: someone who appreciates drinking craft beer and sees the art that goes into the product.
Beer snob: someone who spends their days threadshitting and comments on every newbies post telling them that their ratios are off and can't let someone get a better "deal" then they could. Also thinks beer belongs in a case in their showroom like a Mickey Mantle rookie card apposed to in their stomach.

 

positive or negative it is always fun t shove ones head in a toilet bowl