Admitting Your Beer Noobdom

Not denying it being fun. But also time consuming and costly as well.

 

my dog don't even like that

 

The word "bunghole" used to gross me out. Now...not so much.

 

I was pissed when I logged into Planet Fitness' wireless network and was proxy-blocked from BeerAdvocate...

I'll just give them the benefit of doubt that it is to protect their members from drinking excess calories.

 

I would shoot that dog

 

This sounds almost 100% in my evolution of beer drinking, although I went from BMC to Magic Hat (No longer a big fan of - 1st craft was a #9), to Blue Moon, and then straight into IPAs/IIPAs... After that, my tastes in beer exploded into everything I could get my hands on... Hefeweizens/Helleweizens/Dunkleweziens, Bocks and Dopplebocks, Dubbels and Tripels (some Quads), Belgians (Love 'em), Sours and Bretts, (Need to try more "Strong Ales")... Porters and Stouts took me a long while to enjoy, but I'm having one now and absolutely loving it!

 

I am constantly being reminded of my beer Noobdom whenever I try a new beer that makes me think, "Have you been living under a rock!?!"

After trying Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier - Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan last week, I was kicking myself afterwards for not having tried it sooner.

 

I still care about drinking rare beers.

 

I still post on threads after 5 + pages when nobody cares anymore to give me enough likes. (I only post to get likes).

 

I have never been able to tell the difference between Founders Breakfast Stout from year-to-year.

 

Been into craft for about 7 years or so and there's still plenty I haven't tried. Alot of which is because there's still every day stuff that I haven't gotten to because limited realeases and seasonal skeep coming out. I had regular BORIS for the first time this year.

The good thing for beer fans is that the industry is booming right now, and we get to reap the benefits!

 

I'm so |\|00|3, that when I rate beers, although I will never change my rating for Smell, Taste, and Overall; I will change my ratings on Appearance and Mouthfeel to better reflect other's rating of that particular beer .

Anyone else fall victim to that Noob Trap? Haha...

 

Better yet... I'm so noob, that I've sat watching my homebrew in the fermenter for more than 5 minutes (non-stop), just to watch the airlock bubble and click... Still makes me feel as giddy as a little school girl.