Am I what I always hated?

If it was brought to the table, already purchased, I'd probably just drink it. I've been there before and have done just that, mostly because I don't want to come off like a jerk, even though I don't think it's jerky to not like a given drink.

But you raise a good point with the post about her knowing you for 7 years and having a rough understanding of what you like. Hell, my COWORKERS would know enough not to buy me a Bud or Miller Light if we found ourselves at a happy hour together, and I've known them for less than 7 years and have a professional relationship, rather than a casual one.

The problem, in my experience, is that people who like BMC beers tend to see the dislike of BMC beers as nothing more than being difficult for the sake of being difficult. I've had friends give me a funny look for buying them a "bitter" IPA when I should know they wouldn't like it, and then turn around and buy a round/pitcher of Bud Light with the expectation that I'll want to drink it.

It's BMC reverse-snobbery at its finest.

 

yea I forget where I think it was In Houston Texas long ago, but they had a place in this theme park or heck tbh i forget exactly where, but they had a test brewery. and man they made some killer stuff LONG before craft was a word ANY in the USA ever heard of. Which IS not saying there was not small pockets of good beer here, but not in the SOUTH. (OF THE USA)

 

As I've said in many other threads of the same ilk, I'll drink whatever if I'm at someone's house for a visit. I don't want to disrespect a friend of mine or anyone else for that matter if they offer me a BMC product. I don't mind it, I just prefer different beer. Many times I've offered great craft beer to my close friends and others and they decline vehemently but I smile and know there is more for me!

 

“I have yet to taste an American lager beer with an off-taste, the problem with the common American lager is more to do with the flavor intensity than the taste itself.”

Patrik, to large measure that is a good ‘summary’. My personal objection to light beers (Miller Lite, Bud Light, etc.) is that they are ‘extra’ flavorless. I just can’t bring myself to drinking that sub-class of beer. I do on occasion drink AAL (and AAAL) beers but they have to have at least a bit of ‘something’ to make them worthwhile. I just came back from Texas visiting family & friends. I always make it a point to have one Shiner Bock beer while visiting Texas. It is an AAAL with a bit of ‘something’ that makes it worthwhile to drink (for me). I had many bottles of Shiner Black Bohemian Lager; that beer is awesome!

Cheers!

 

I get shit from my in laws and I known them for over 40 years....I get the your still drinking all that fancy beer are yea... comments. I go outside and fire one up and forget about them nuts.
My BIL bought me a six pack of SA last time I was there. but I still got the comments. but hey its all just giving me a hard time. I get over it or get even....lol

 

This right here is a way say something tactfully. Good idea for the OP to try next time the situation comes up.

 

you could have said nothing and accidentally knocked it over, lol

hind sight is 20/20

 

miller lite aka 95.83% water and taste as such. in your situation it's not about beer, it's about being social...

 

Yeah...but now you're one drink closer to feeling full, and one drink closer to being more buzzed/drunk than you want to be (and spare me any jokes about "it's just Miller Lite" - it's still going to put 16 ounces in your gut and alcohol in your blood stream).

Personally, I'd have done the same thing. I'd simply offer it to someone else who was there, and just offer up some sort of polite but BS excuse like "this stuff gives me the shittiest headache in the morning". Perfectly plausible, and while you'll probably end up the subject of teasing, you're not going to hurt your friend's feelings.

 

If you were Anthony Bourdain you would have drank said Miller Lite because he doesn't like to offend his hosts.

If you were a Bud drinker and refused this Miller Lite no one would care because you're "loyal to your brand."

What would you have said if you ordered Yuengling Porter and someone refused?

 

Let's say you are in a social situation and there is more than one other person to buy the round for. You can afford miller lite rather than the latest cask ale. Do you buy the round? You should be gracious when you are a guest as well as when you are the host.

 

it's a courtesy that most people would not blink at. it's quick, easy and effective. going around the table to ask what everyone wants, then remembering it, getting it all right, etc. too much trouble.

if someone is buying, i'm drinking.

this oughta be a poll.

 

I can sympathize with trying to find the best beer available for the money, which is why I drink the lager beers brewed by the Swedish brewery Spendrups most of the time. There are cheaper Swedish beers, but they are also less tasteful and tasty in my opinion. I do enjoy pale lager beers, but they need to bring something to the table malt and hop wise in order for me to buy them on the regular (I'll buy most lager beers once just to try them and try and get a sense of the brewing standards of a particular country).

I'll buy American AAL imports once in a while but not on the regular, they simply taste of too little, and the price is too high. If taste required a high price it would be one thing, but it doesn't. In Sweden, which is one of the most expensive countries for beer, you can get an all malt, hoppy lager (within the confines of lager beer), for half of what the global brands charge (i.e Budweiser, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni, Carlsberg, Heineken etc). Tasty pale lager beers can be sold for a bargain if the brewery allows it to be sold for a reasonable price. "Micro" brewed lager beers will of course face larger costs and a higher price.

 

You're not a snob, just a terrible drinkin buddy.

If I were ordering beers, I'd probably ask first, but I sure as hell would not refuse one if handed to me.

Shots are about the only thing I order rounds of and not ask for input first. If someone refuses a shot I buy (only has happened once), you're basically dead to me.

 

it is crazy what the beer culture has turned into. I drink the beer because I like it, not because some guy who has tried every whale in the book and has BA's admiring him, I could care less about that guy. I drink and share beer with my friends because I enjoy it. Period.

 

I personally feel like that if someone buys you a round or offers you a shot you take it unless that drink is going to make you violently ill, crash your car, or end up newly single. I don't think your friend needed to make a big deal out of it, though giving you good-natured sh*t for it is completely within the rights of being a friend. That's when you give it right back to him with the next round of IIPAs.

 

more for you. have a driver, lol

 

Were you not there when she ordered the round? If it was purchased for you when you weren't there, I'd still drink it. We're talking about one beer.

 

No, always better to not drink what you don't want. Might as well not waste the calories or alcohol on something you don't want. It's just like drainpouring a beer you don't like. No reason to suffer through it.

 

If you go out with the same group again and he buys you another Miller Lite, throw it in his face and scream, "I'm unfriending you!" Problem solved. Nah, just drink it. Moms are sometimes taken too literally.