Problem with one beer compared to another.

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by sosbombs, Apr 4, 2016.

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  1. sosbombs

    sosbombs Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2016 Vermont

    Got a friend of mine into craft beer about three years ago and he was on the right track until he discovered Treehouse. Now he claims he can't drink anything else- nothing else, anything he tries (and I kind of agree, Treehouse is great) pales in comparison. Just drank a KBS and then sat down with a Guinness Foreign Export, a great beer and one everyone should try- and hated it. I have no problem sitting in a German beer garden and drinking a nice helles, but I am also being dragged to the dark side. Any thoughts?
     
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  2. akolb

    akolb Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2015 Colorado

    I too have a friend who I got intro craft. The beer that got him hooked was New Belgium's La Folie, and now he doesn't really like anything else. I guess the lesson is to start your friends out with a more "average" beer, and every once in a while take a break from the whalez and drink some classics to reset your taste buds.
     
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  3. pat61

    pat61 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2010 Minnesota

    I would say that you will get over it eventually but if you like what you are doing, then keep it up. The point is to enjoy yourself and only you know best how to do that.
     
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  4. MostlyNorwegian

    MostlyNorwegian Pooh-Bah (2,236) Feb 5, 2013 Illinois
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    It's just a phase.
     
  5. Mlkluther

    Mlkluther Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2014 Canada (AB)

    So many different styles - so little time.

    I started drinking mostly stouts and porters.

    Then got into Trappist ales.

    Then IPAs, etc., etc

    I think we tend to find a niche - but I think it's always important to keep trying the amazing variety of beer.

    That reminds me - I have a Rochefort 10 in the fridge :-)
     
  6. raynmoon

    raynmoon Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2011 Colorado

    It happens. Someone gets hooked on a certain brand. Can't really help their bias. Just let it be. They'll come to equilibrium at some point.
     
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  7. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Drink different styles , it helps with being locked into one beer one Brewer. He's into hops , so add in a nice Pils, lagers, some stouts. What's he going to do when his palate hits the hoppy beer threshold limit? Hop burnout Is a big deal, it's miserable. So avoid it by mixing in different styles.
     
  8. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    After I drove that Ferrari in Vegas, I can't drive anything else. Getting to work and picking up the kids with my Ford is no longer an option... but that's the price I pay for having standards.
     
  9. Squire

    Squire Grand Pooh-Bah (4,385) Jul 16, 2015 Mississippi
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    My right tract is telling my guests they're welcome to whatever is in the fridge.
     
  10. beertraveler08

    beertraveler08 Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2016 Louisiana

    I always drink a series of different beers so i can't compare one IPA or stout to another.I don't want to ruin the moment that one beer might not taste like the one before it.I love all beers and try not to fall into one category or another,just keep trying new things good or bad.Thats what drinking beer is all about to me.
     
  11. deleted_user_1007501

    deleted_user_1007501 Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2015

    ^^1,000% agreed. There were big, citrusy, juicy IPAs that I held as my "favorite", "I'll drink nothing less than this" kinda brews, but weeks later I find myself hankering for something new. Everyone's palate burns out at some point, and turns to something new.
     
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  12. Harrison8

    Harrison8 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,285) Dec 6, 2015 Missouri
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    La Folie was my first sour beer love. Still love her, but I spend my time sampling around (shhh, she doesn't need to know).

    In all seriousness, I just have an infatuation with trying anything and everything new to me. I've had some beers I hated, but I've had some beers I absolutely love. Bottom line is beer is beer, and trying more gives you a more exact idea of what you do like versus what you don't.

    I also only get a max of about two bottles of any one thing, so I don't let myself get hooked onto one particular brew. If your friend needs help getting rid of his Treehouse stash, I'd like to consider myself a helpful dude. :wink:

    Also, I made a similar thread to your KBS paragraph. The message of the thread was: slow down. Big, bold beers nullify the great beers you try right after. You could drink KBS and then Breakfast Stout or their Imperial Stout sequentially - which are all fantastic beers - but the KBS would just drown out the others. Sort of the nature of drinking a big, bold, flippin' awesome beer and then following it with a beer that is just slightly less.
     
  13. tillmac62

    tillmac62 Pooh-Bah (2,859) Oct 2, 2013 South Carolina
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    Sounds like your friend found a beer that really resonates with his palate. You can encourage him to try other styles, but always remember, drink what you like.
     
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  14. MikeP64

    MikeP64 Zealot (661) Jan 24, 2015 South Carolina

    Next time you're drinking with him do the old switcheroo-tell him it's a new Treehouse he hasn't had but give him something else..cruel yes;but it has to be done.
     
  15. StoutElk_92

    StoutElk_92 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,045) Oct 30, 2015 Massachusetts
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    It can be hard when the bar is raised and you start to have higher standards. Like some here have said eventually he may get tired of Tree House's beers and have something else on occasion, but if he really likes his Tree House and doesn't enjoy other brews as much, then let him have his Tree House. There's a good time for every beer, and I think the lesser brews remind us of just how good the better ones are. Guinness got me into stouts, but after having so many different stouts I have no desire for Guinness anymore. It's good though to be reminded of where we came from.
     
  16. bleakies

    bleakies Maven (1,355) Apr 11, 2011 Massachusetts

    The bright side is that your friend will probably never turn into an alcoholic, develop a beer gut, or spend way too much of his yearly income on beer if he only wants to drink stuff exclusively available on site at an out-of-state brewery.

    He may well grow a beard though so you might want to warn him about that.
     
  17. sosbombs

    sosbombs Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2016 Vermont

    Three strikes.
     
  18. papposilenus

    papposilenus Grand Pooh-Bah (3,232) Jun 21, 2014 New Hampshire
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    When we got a puppy, we put him on a rotation diet. Bag of chicken kibble, bag of beef kibble, bag of salmon kibble, etc., then back to the chicken. I forget why we did this, just like I forget the point of what I was trying to say here.

    Anyway. Some weeks I go to Tree House, the next week I'll go to Hill Farmstead and then the next week I'll go to Trillium. See? It's a rotation diet, just like with the dog! So that I don't get spoiled.
     
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  19. hophugger

    hophugger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,434) Mar 5, 2014 Virginia
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    People like that should keep exploring options, they will eventually find other beers that they like. Don't just stop when you have a great beer, because we all know there are greater beers out there.........Explore !!!!!!!
     
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