BA stereotypes

I think I speak for all West coasters when I say we only drink schwartzbiers.

 

40+ years in Upstate NY, 12+years in PNW. Haven't shaved since January of '79, but the trim levels vary. No tats or piercings. Carry some extra beer with me. Like all styles, but love Belgians and Old Ales. Get a little bored with hoppy beers, and a lot of breweries around here over-hop a lot of their brews, but that's changing to an extent. I'm glad that the 3 breweries within a 15 minute walk of my place brew a nice variety of ales, and one of them brews some truly world class lagers. I drink 'em all!

 

I have plenty of tattoos, I'm overweight, I listen to metal, and only shave when I am required to. I guess I don't fit in at all

 

I actually really agree with weather. As someone who was born and raised on the east coast, then moved to SoCal 5 years ago I definitely find myself craving hoppier stuff more than I did back east. I've definitely blamed the weather partly

 

Sadly, the truth is much more mundane. I was dating a girl, and she preferred me shaven. She dumped me. I'm lazy, so stopped shaving. At 5 minutes a day, I figure I've slept over another month, just by not shaving. I'm very lazy.

 

Heavy f*cking metal!!! And a bit of NPR at times.

 

Midwesterner here. We are totally homers. No doubt. You know why? We have it going on.

We have spent a long time being called "flyover country" by the coasts, and we know we are producing beer that meets or beats anything on the coasts now. I live in a state that is in the top rank in terms of number of breweries and quality of our beer.

We are a proud, defiant people.

And fuck you, my beard makes me look dignified.

 

Just ran the numbers real quick. Over 41 more days of sleeping. Yeah sleep!

 

And Good People, Back40, Cigar City, Sweetwater, Terrapin, Wild Heaven, Thomas Creek, Schlafly, etc etc....

So there's another stereotype - "there's no craft beer in the South", despite there being a thriving craft beer scene that is growing explosively.

 

Darn right I'm a homer! California is home to some great Ambers, IPAs, and Porters. Also, cask conditioned ales are readily available in the greater Los Angeles/San Diego area.

 

I'd have to agree, we are loyal to our own. I will say that German imports are pretty popular in these parts as well.

 

Vermont is #1 per capita. Michigan is #11: http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/breweries-per-capita

 

I think I want to have a beer with you sometime.

 

Sure! If I wake up in time.

 

BeerAdvocate, you've found your mascot!

 

I'm too lazy to type accurately.