Is rare beer really that much better?

Long answer short: NO.

 

OP, this diagram should help you...

 

Nice one! Not everyone is afflicted by that condition, however.

 

Depends on the beer and it depends of the beer drinker. So the short answer on the whole is no!

 

Lagers aren't rare, are they really that much worse?

 

I can drink BCBS whenever I want (which is at least once every couple weeks) and I still think it's one of the best.

 

Humble brag thread.

 

no

 

Like in wine a bottle of napa cabernet from a winery might be $700 over a $90 bottle. 99.9% might say the $90 bottle is just as good.

 

This is yet another post of opinion. You do know that everyone is going to have a different opinion. And everyone is going to post a different answer. So in all honesty. Is it even worth asking you already know the skew of answers you will get. Opinion will never be definitive therefore you will never get a good answer for a question like this. This is about taste in which we all have a different one. But yes, I do like heady topper better than yuengling. And I'll take any stone over Coors. Not because it's less abundant but better tasting.

 

Some rare beers may actually be better, but overall it's mostly a psychological thing. You appreciate drinking it more because it is much harder to find.

 

It's rare because it's made in smaller batches.. It's made in smaller batches because it's a beer made with more care, with more expensive and higher quality ingredients, and takes more times to brew or age.. All of that adds up to, typically, a good tasting beer. It's not good simply because it's labeled as "rare".

 

No, not at all.

I saw that Surly Darkness came out in my area today and called up my local place to see if they were getting any, and the guy basically said he'd already had 25 people call and he's only getting a little in.

I'd love to try it, but I'm certainly not speeding to the store when it comes in, or hanging out before hand waiting for the delivery to come.

I'm sure it's a good beer, but nothing is that good

 

I find that as a ticker, if I can get multiples of anything, I am less likely to drink and/or seek it out, but that's just me.

 

YES! The word-of-mouth demand for "rare" has driven the growth of the Craft Beer Industry like nothing else.

You'll recall also (if you're old enough... ) that fifteen years ago, Fat Tire was comparatively rare.

 

beers isn't better because its rare, but some of the best beers happen to be rare.

 

Sometimes, but often not.

 

ewww, I was with you there for the most part. Till you bad mouthed BVDL. Dat shit is amazing and definitely worth the hype IMO.

But you can't go wrong with BCBS, plentiful and amazing.

 

the "betterness" (I know, not a word) is in the eye of the beholder. To some, Heady may be an everyday thing and may get old (or they are used to it), but if they get their hands on something rare for their area, it may be put on a pedestal.